What You Can Do This Week To Help
Government urges citizens in its 161st war week to aid the war effort. Actions include sending 10,000 Army nurses via Red Cross, filing 1944 tax declarations by January 15, donating 100000 pints of blood for wounded servicemen, filling 11000 merchant ship jobs as mates engineers and seamen, and recapping tires to meet January quotas.
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Washington
Office of War Information
Red Cross
Europe
Pacific
Americans Reach Within Ninety Miles Of Manila In Pacific Drive
Allied forces press toward Manila as more than 450 American transports move north toward Luzon and carriers strike Lingayen Gulf. Tokyo and Washington reports clash over an impending landing while Mindoro advances tighten the Belgian bulge.
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Associated Press
Tokyo Radio
Luzon Island
Philippines
Lingayen Gulf
Manila
Federal Communications Commission
Gulf
Comei
Mindoro
Tokyo
Asahi
Lingayen
Winter Weather Triggers Multiple Icy Collisions
Snow and freezing rain left roads slick as two crashes occurred in the area. A Yellow cab driven by Broadus Whitlock and a car driven by Leonard S. Newlin collided at Shawnee and Leicester streets, with minor injuries to a cab passenger. A second collision involved Cleveland Jenkins and a Sanitary Dairy truck on Route 522. Additional slide incidents and a stop sign impact near Double Toll Gate caused injuries. County schools canceled due to icy conditions and buses faced start-up issues as roads iced and traffic moved slowly.
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Iey
Broaddus Whitlock
Boscawen Street
Leonard S. Newlin
Shenandoah Avenue
Shawnee
Leicester Streets
Shawnee Avenue
Newlin
Leicester Street
Among Williams
Front Royal
Thomas J. Starrett
Jenkin
Roy Chapman
Winchester
Route 277
Double
White Post
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Leslie D. Kline
Homer Strosnider
National Avenue
Fred Yellett
Canadians Drive To Adriatic Sea
Canadian troops of the Eighth Army reached the Adriatic coast about 10 miles above Ravenna and within four days cleared 50 square miles of marshland between Ravenna and the Valli di Comacchio. Other Italian front activity slowed by snow and cold weather with patrols continuing. American Fifth Army patrols remained in contact with the enemy south of Bologna as German artillery fire diminished.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Revenna
Valli di Comacchio
Fifth Army
Bologna
Admiral Ingram Sees Likely Robot Attacks on U S
Admiral Ingram warned at a press conference that enemy robot bombs may strike New York and other Atlantic points within 30 to 60 days. He said steps to meet the threat are in place and that attacks would be limited to 10 or 12 bombs, not blockbusters, with casualties expected to be light.
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Anna Ha
Conted
Atlantic Fleet
New York
Atlantic
Ingam
Sgt Butler Safe Says Christmas Letter Reassures Family
Mr and Mrs H W Butler of 315 West Clifford Street received a Christmas Day letter from their son Sgt H W Butler Jr saying he had returned from the front and was all right urging the family not to worry. The Butler family also includes Joseph E Butler a U S Marine who has been promoted and is serving in the Central Pacific.
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H. W. Butler
West Clifford Street
Set
H. W. Butler, Jr
Sgt
Post War Council To Conduct January Town Meeting In City
The Post War Planning Council will sponsor January Town Meeting in the city. Representatives from the Junior Board of Trade, led by Arthur Humphrey, describe an open forum for issues of public importance. Speakers and sponsors from groups like the American Association of University Women and the American Legion are planned for future meetings.
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Coordinating Council For
Junior Board of Trade
Frank Armstrong
EF. T. Clark
Grant Pollock
Post War Council
Arthur Humphrey
Humphrey
Mr. Humphrey
C. O. Clark
George Reading
Robert Deckert
George Weldon
Dabney Lancaster
Millers
American Association of University Women
The
American Legion
Handley High School
Sgt Garvin Carper Killed in Action Over Adriatic Sea
War Department report confirms Sgt Garvin L Carper was killed in action December 9 while serving as nose gunner and assistant engineer on a B 24 Liberator with the 15th Air Force in Italy. He trained at Sheppard Field and Las Vegas Gunnery School, graduated Handley High School in 1943, and had been overseas since October 1944. He is survived by his parents and numerous relatives in this city and Frederick County.
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War Department
Magnus Carper
Garvin L. Carper
Adriatic Sea
Mediterranean
Carper
15Th Air Force
Italy
E. L. Mason
Sgt. Carper
Sheppard Field
Texas
Las Vegas
Casper
Wyoming
Lincoln
Nebraska
Sgt
Handley High School
Dellinger Brothers
Methodist Church
Montague Avenue
Frederick County
South End Fire Company to Hold January Meeting and Elections
The regular monthly meeting of the South End Fire Company is set for Monday evening January 8 at eight o clock with the annual election of officers at that time. All members are urged to attend. Square dancing at the Wagon Wheel begins January 9 with sessions on Tuesday Thursday and Sunday. no children under 14 unaccompanied by parents. R M Rhodiffer, Prop.
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South End Fire Company
Howard Hart
R. M. Rhodiffer
Wanted Boy for Cleaner’s Help
Classified note seeks a male applicant over sixteen to work with Pingley and Carper Cleaners. Name not provided. Position appears entry level with unspecified duties and start details.
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Pingley & Carper, Cleaners
Mason Taxi Back in Business After Brief Shutdown
Mason Taxi resumes service after temporary shutdown with contact line 4313. Company details note a return to operations and availability for fares, reflecting ongoing local transportation services.
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Mason Taxi
Army Private Pleads Innocent in Slaying Case at Chungking
Pvt George E Smith Jr pleaded innocent before an American Army trial court to the Dec 3 stay of Sir Eric Teichman at the British Embassy estate in Chungking. Prosecutors say the fatal shot came from Smiths carbine as he hunted on the estate with Pvt Leonard Wojtachia.
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Attlebridge
Eng
George E. Smith, Jr
Pittsburgh
Sir Eric Teichman
Chungking
Britain
Far East
Smith
Pvt
Leonard Wojtachia
Detroit
Maj
F. Brockus
Adve
Wojtacha
Sir Eric
Japs Guard Against Landings In China
Chungking reports fresh Japanese troops landed on the coast of northeast Fukien province to prevent Allied beachheads in the mainland. Saipu town, 70 miles northeast of Foochow, was occupied after a Dec. 26 landing and a Jan. 3 Chinese counterattack drove the enemy east. The move is seen as part of a broader prepare-to-counter American landings on the China coast.
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Chungking
Fpukien Province
Saipu
Foochow
China
Nip Industrialists Held Guilty Too
The Institute of Pacific Relations delegates from 12 nations urged Japan’s rich industrialists to be treated as war criminals for aiding militarists in Nanking Hong Kong and Bataan. They rejected a soft peace and favored mixed occupation forces, while India backed a plan for Japan to rejoin the family of nations in time.
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Hot Springs
Japan
Institute of Pacific Relations
Nanking
Hongkong
Bataan
India
Nylon Hose Delayed Again Postwar Stockpile Planned
New York January 8 The postwar planning committee of the National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers urges three and a half months after production begins before shipping stockings to retailers a 3 000 000 dozen pair stockpile and a 30 day retailer waiting period before sales start.
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New York
National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers
Germans Claim 25 Mile Gain in Counteroffensive Near Budapest
London reports the German high command claiming a 25 mile advance northwest of Budapest as the Budapest garrison resists. Berlin notes signs of a larger operation, while Moscow says Russians retook parts of the Danube front and claim heavy German losses and a failed thrust toward Esztergom. The Red Army advances along the Danube toward a point ten miles from the city.
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London
Budapest
Berlin
Baranov
Sandomierz
Warsaw
Krakow
Moscow
Danube
Estergom
Eszterom
Red Army
Hron
Garom
Pfc Bergie Rickard Missing In Action In Belgium
Mrs Mary Catherine Richard learns by War Department telegram that her husband Pfc Bergie L Rickard of the 119th Infantry in the 30th Division has been missing in action in Belgium since December 21. He trained at Camp McClellan and arrived overseas in England in August 1944 after being wounded in Holland earlier.
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Mary Catherine Richard
South
Kent Street
War Department
Bergie L. Rickard
Belgium
119Th Infantry
Richard
Pfc
Page County
Elizabeth Presgrave
White Post
Wood for sale at Oates Lumber Yard stove length
Portable notice indicates Oates Lumber Yard has wood for sale in stove length. Contact by calling 6414 for details and pricing.
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Oates Lumber Yard
Piano for Sale in Boscawen by Henry F.P. Seal
Modern upright piano for sale thoroughly tuned and reconditioned. Guaranteed perfect condition. Contact Henry F.P. Seal at 104 West Boscawen.
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Henry FP. Seal
W. Boscawen
Montgomery Says American Valor Halted Germans
Montgomery declared in a January press conference that the German offensive failed largely due to American and Allied readiness. He cited Allied counterattacks at St Vith and Bastogne, praising the Second and 82nd Airborne divisions and emphasizing that the last push would not win the war.
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1St Army Group
Montgomery
Mon
St. Vith
Bastogne
Monschau
Leesburg Man Killed in Route 7 Head On Crash
Cleveland Coleman 28 of Sterling Loudoun County died instantly when his car collided head on with a truck on Route 7 two miles from Leesburg. His wife Kitty Coleman suffered head injuries and was hospitalized. Mrs Lorenda Keys, sister of Mrs Coleman, also injured and treated at Loudoun County Hospital.
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Leesburg
Here
Cleveland Coleman
P. J. Coleman
Sterling
Loudoun County
Kitty Coleman
Ptorendeys
Doun County
Two Women Among Six Given Jail Sentences On School Law Charges
Six parents were sentenced for failure to send children to school. Rebec ca J. Owens of Gainesboro and Mrs. Alvin Thomas of Middletown were among the six, each to five days in jail with 30 day terms and five days to be served. All six were fined five dollars plus costs. Some defendants had begun serving time while others faced appeals or further court action.
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W. Erle Edwards
Rebecca J. Owens
Gainesboro
Alvin Thomas
Middletown
S. E. Baker
Stephen City
Dayton Omps
Whitacre
John Crouse
Cross Junction
C. E. Saitler
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Army
Navy
Luzon
Douglas MacArthur
Rom Luzon
MacArthur
Palaun
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
United States
John S. McCain
Palaan Falls
Palaan
von Rundstedt
Salient
James M. Long
Paris
Parst
Third
Courtney H. Hodges
First
St. Vith-Laroche
Strasbourg
Rhine
Colmar
Ardennes
Luxembourg
Bulge
Third Army
Flamierge
Libramount
Houffalize
Allmandy
Alsace
Witternheim
Priesenheim
Rhine-Rhone
Maas
Meuse
Venlo
Supreme Headquarters
Antwerp
Geertruidenberg
Saverne
Alsace Plain
Wissembourg Ap
Haguenau
Marshel von Rundstedt
Ardennes Bulge
Lierneaux
Ingram
Sgt. Butler
Sgt. Garvin L. Carper
Winchester Evening Star
B.F. Rickard
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