Well Known Local Man Dies Today At 84
Frederick obituary notes George Mantz Gittinger age 84 died at Frederick City Hospital after an illness of four days. born May 2, 1859 in Frederick, he traveled extensively, worked with railways and insurance, and was a longtime member of several churches and masonic bodies. survived by wife Emilia Augusta Simmons Gittinger, two daughters Georgianna Simmons Gittinger and Mrs Ernest A Peacock, a grandson, a brother, and two nieces. Funeral Monday at 2 pm from 8 East Patrick Street. interment Mt Olivet.
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George Mantz Gittinger
Frederick
Frederick City Hospital
Mr. Gittinger
James
Mary Mantz Gittinger
America
Emory L. Coblentz
Old Central Trust Company
Peoples' Fire Insurance Company
Railway Company
Potomac Edison Company
Gittinger
All Saints
Mary Oden
All Saints Orphanage
Osborne Ingle
Ingle
Braddock Heights
Order
Enoch Royal Arch
Jacques DeMolay
Knights Templar
Evangelical Reformed Church
All Saints Church
Emilia Augusta Simmons Giltinger
Ernest A. Peacock
Tiptonville Tenn
Georgianna Simmons Gittinger
Baltimore
Peacock
Ernest Anderson Peacock, Jr
Charles Rogers Gittinger
East Patrick Street
Mt Olivet
E. Cline and Son
45th Division Cited for Distinguished Conduct at Rome Beachhead
The 45th Division, a New Mexico and Oklahoma outfit praised for Sicilian service and early Salerno actions, has been cited for distinguished conduct on the beachhead below Rome. Mrs Betty Bayer is confined to bed at her home, 240 East Patrick Street, following illness.
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Allied Headquarters
Naples
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Salerno
Rome
Betty Bayer
Veddy Whiess
East Patrick Street
Why Paper Was Late Chester Mont March 11
In Chester Montana on March 11 the Liberty County Times ran late due to the publisher lacking a printer. The owner, Tom Busey, admits he has owned typesetting machines for 25 years but has never learned to operate them and is now learning the hard way.
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Chester, Mont
Liberty County Times
Tom Busey
Hitler Promises Die As Allies Break Through At Anzio
Allied forces shattered Adolf Hitler’s claim that Anzio would be cleared in three days. Prisoners report German confidence crumbled after heavy Allied counterattacks and air superiority, with casualties mounting and gains limited to a few blocks near Rome.
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Algiers
Adolf Hitler
Anzio
Rome
Hitler
Russia
Smithsburg Soldier Killed in Action in Italy
Pfc. Robert L. Lewis of Smithsburg Route 1 was killed in action in Italy on January 31. His mother, Mrs. Russell H. Lewis, received a telegram from the War Department. Lewis had been in Italy for several months and was inducted less than a year ago. Before induction he worked at the Fairchild plant in Hagerstown.
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Robert L. Lewis
Smithsburg
Route 1
Italy
Russell H. Lewis
War Department
Lewis
Army
Fairchild
Hagerstown
Nazi Diplomats At Tangier Face Ouster
Washington reports Spain ready to sweep from Tangier the remaining 15 of 17 German diplomats whose ouster was requested by the United States. An unnamed U S official said two diplomats had already been expelled from the Tangier center. There are about 50 people in the consulate under Dr Kurt Reith, with unclear plans to remove the rest and close the post.
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Washington
Spain
Tangier
Gibraltar
United States
North Africa
State Department
Kurt Reith
Chautemps Arrives in Tangier on Way to Iberia
Paris radio reports former French premier Camille Chautemps has landed in Tangier in the international zone of Morocco. He plans to travel next to Spain or Portugal after reporting that he has been in French North Africa, with U. S. government monitors noting his location.
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Chautemps
Tangier
New York
Paris
Camille Chautemps
Morocco
Spain
Portugal
U. S
French North Africa
City seeks WPB easing to convert buildings into apartments
Mayor Hugh V. Gittinger said Frederick aims to press the War Production Board to relax restrictions on converting existing structures into housing to relieve a residential shortage. Current limits cap remodeling at 200 per building or 1,000 for four or more units, hindering conversion plans and new home construction.
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War Production Board
Frederick
Hugh V. Gittinger
WPB
Camp Detrick
Attack From Air Continues Blitz Over Germany and France
American Fortresses and Liberators resumed a rapid bombing run against western Germany and the Pas-de-Calais coast of France, delivering a heavy blow after a one day lull. Mosquito raids and RAF attacks supported the campaign, striking factories in central and southern France and targeting aircraft production facilities.
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London
Germany
Pas-de-Calais
France
RAK
Iccoast
Churchill
England
Berlin
Reich
RAF
Air Ministry
Heavy Increase Of Nazi Forces In Yugoslavia
London reports a surge in German strength in Yugoslavia with up to 20 divisions deployed. The Berlin claim of Allied raids on Lissa is echoed, while Tito’s National Liberation army notes the winter offensive failed to crush their forces.
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London
Yugoslavia
Berlin
Adriatic
Lissa
Associated Press
Daniel de Luce
Bari
Italy
Marshal Tito
National Liberation Army
Tito
Judge Praises Girl for Rolling Pin Attack on Abusive Father
In Omaha on March 11 Municipal Judge Perry Wheeler commended a 15 year old girl for striking her former step father with a rolling pin and said he had long recommended such old fashioned treatment for drunken men who abuse their families. He added you are the first one who has taken my advice.
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Omaha. Neb
Perry Wheeler
Wheeler
Island Towns Bombarded by Nazi Forces Near Dalmatian Coast
Allied reports state British destroyers shelled Korcula Island off the Dalmatian coast and attacked an inland vessel between Hvar and the mainland, leaving it in flames. Eighth Army and Fifth Army patrols clashed with German forces in Italy as Allied air and ground actions continued along the Florence Rome corridor and near Minturno.
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Naples
Korcula 1
Dalmatian
Hvar
Eighth Army
Italy
Fifth Army
Rome
Florence-Rome
U. S
Arielli
Littorio
Florence
Tiburtina
Florence rail yards bombed in first city attack
U S B 26 Marauders bombed the Florence freight yards today the first attack on the city aimed at rail junctions crucial to enemy movements in Italy. Crews reported success while precautions were taken to spare Florence's art treasures and landmarks.
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Allied
Naples
U. S
Florence
Italy
Air Force
Rome
Certaldo
Pontassieve
Prato
Industrial Deferments Decline At Draft Board One
Draft Board One reports fewer industrial deferments as it reviews all under age 26 classifications. About 36 men moved to 1-A or reclassified for immediate service, with a tougher stance on deferments and ongoing replacement schedules for large employers. Farmers and smaller employers are urged to cooperate, and no April pre induction call has been announced yet.
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Industres
Selective Service
Special Farm Labor Advisory Committee
Omiclal Sotrees
Frederick
Pucheu Sentenced to Death by French Tribunal
Algiers March 1 The former Vichy Interior Minister Pierre Pucheu was convicted of treason malfeasance in office and collaboration with the enemy by a five man special military court. He was not present for the verdict and has 24 hours to appeal.
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Algiers
Pierre Pucheu
Vichy
Court of Justice
Puchell
Pucheu
Cour
Pucnell
Breslau Reported New German Capital
Unofficial but trustworthy reports said Allied bombers forced the German capital from Berlin to Breslau, 175 miles southeast. The move began quietly weeks ago and most government functions are now carried out at the Silesian headquarters.
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Naples
Berlin
Breslau
Six Die As Richmond Hotel Fire Rips Two Floors
Richmond officials report six deaths and multiple injuries after a midnight blaze swept two floors of the Jefferson Hotel. State Senator Aubrey Weaver and former Virginia First Lady Mrs James H Price were among the dead. Delegates and senators were among guests fleeing amid flames and smoke as fire and rescuers fought to reach trapped visitors.
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Richmond
Marehilm
James Hubert Price
Virginia
Jefferson
Aubrey G. Weaver
Senate Finance Committee
James WL. Price
Jefferson Hole
Camp Perry
Virginia General Assembly
Weaver
Front Royal
Floyd Landreth
Galax
Landreth
Edmund DeJarnette
Hanover
Harry Stuart
Russell County
Colgate W. Darden
William M. Tuck
Gordon B. Ambler
Senator Weaver
Army
Red Cross
Nazi invasion crimes in Russia claim two million dead
Moscow broadcast quoted the Extraordinary State Commission reporting two million men women and children murdered since the Nazi advance into Russian territory. The report said prisoners of war were among the victims killed by murder vans and torture.
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London
Tp1
Moscow
Extraordinary States Commission On the
Einstein Says Tax Form Too Difficult For Mathematician
Albert Einstein admitted he needed a tax expert to handle his income tax return. He joked that the problem was too hard for a mathematician and should be posed to a philosopher. His relativity theory was claimed to be understood by only seven people.
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Princeton
N .F
Albert Einstein
Ahilosopher
Einstein
Van Loon Dies at 62 in Greenwich Home
H. W. Van Loon, famed author and historian, dies at his Greenwich, Connecticut home at age 62. A Dutch native known as Uncle Hank for a short wave radio program to Holland from WRUL Boston, his work included The Story of Mankind and diverse histories.
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Greenwich
Conn
Marek
Hendrik Willem: van Loon
Old Greenwich
van Loon
Holland
Daten
WRUL
Boston
Uncle Hank
Free Netherlands
Two Yugoslav Leaders Desert King in Moscow Move
March 11 reports from Pravda reveal Yugoslav minister Simic renounced King Peter II’s government and offered himself to Marshal Tito. A second letter by Lt Col Meco drag Lokc called for Tito and Lovic to publish the notes. Pravda notes the writers accuse the royalist regime of betraying the people's war against the Germans and hindering Yugoslav patriots. Joan Renn, formerly of Frederick, injured in Hagerstown, fracturing her hip after a fall, admitted to Washington County Hospital with improving condition.
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Moscow
Stanoff Simic
Soviet Union
Peters
Marshal Tito
Fosip Grav
Pravda
Mecodrag Lokc
Weve
Rotheters
Tito
Simic
Lovic
Joan S. Renn
Frederick
Austin Howard
Hagerstown
Wa Nington County Hospital
Allies May Take Strong Action To Protect Men
Washington reports that allied leaders may impose drastic measures to shield invasion plans in Britain from Axis espionage after De Valera refused to expel German and Japanese diplomats. The note urged Ireland to act, while Dublin defended its counter spies and warned expulsion could edge toward war with the Axis.
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Washington
Britain
de Valeras
Ireland
Europe
United Nations
Hull
de Valera
United States
Dublin
Eire
Northern Ireland
Italian Guerrilla Army Reported Active in Italy
A Chiasso dispatch to Basler Nachrichten cited by the Office of War Information says an Italian guerrilla army, with veterans from Africa and the Balkans, operates in Italy under a closely guarded commander. The force is described as large, holding depots and active in native districts, including Alpine troops, marines, cavalry with Bersaglieri, aviators and infantry.
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New York
Africa
Balkans
Italy
Chiasso
Basler Nachrichten
Office of War Information
Guerrilas
Bersaglieri
Parliamentary Invite for US Congress Members to Visit Britain
A delegation of United States Congress members will be invited by Parliament to visit Great Britain as guests of the British government within the near future, according to last night’s disclosure. The plan signals closer ties between the two nations in the near term.
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London
Congress of the United States
Great Britain
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