Russians Head For Link-Up With Allies
Russians advance toward Vienna and Munich as Soviet units fight blocks of the Austrian capital. Tolbukhin’s Third Ukrainian Army reportedly makes rapid westward progress toward Ling and Munich. Far north, Koenigsberg fell after a 33 hour barrage, hailed as a major victory. another Tolbukhin wing nears Hitler’s retreat at Berchtesgaden as Danube crossings near Nitsdorf are reported.
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London
Vienna
Munich
Prague
Moscow
Baltic
Koenigsberg
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Ling
Hitler
Tolbrukhin
Adolf Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Tolbukhin
Danube
Nitrsdorf
Williamsport appoints key committees for postwar planning
Mayor Richard H. Hawken announces appointments to committees supervising streets and buildings and planning postwar projects. Appointees include Assist ant Mayor David K. Poole, council members Snyder Murray Miller Grove Wolfe Lemen and others. postwar projects committee led by the Mayor with members Swain Cushwa Taylor Eckis Hoffman Miller Wolfe Helger Harsh Taylor Lizer.
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Williamsport
Richard H. Hawken
David K. Poole
Eugene R. Snyder
John G. Murray
Maurice Miller
Howard J. Grove
George W. Wolfe
Miller
Snyder
Lloyd Lemen
Katherine Byron
William W. Hetzer
Lemen and Murray
Naomi H. Taylor
Norman McCardell
Hawken
D. K. Cushwa
J. M. Zimmerman
Lester Swain
Albert Leaf
Letser Swain
David E. Cushwa
Wallace Taylor
Samuel K. Eckis
R. G. Hoffman
G. A. Miller
C. William Helger
Adam J. Harsh
Charles W. Lizer
Licenses About Ready To Issue In County
The Board of License Commissioners reported all alcoholic beverage licensees except one at Clear Spring filed renewal applications. New licenses should be ready to issue early next week and must be obtained by April 30. There are 168 licensed establishments in the county, the smallest number since repeal, down from 235 years ago. The Brooklyn Tigers merged with the Boston Yanks, losing Brooklyn identity and playing most home games in Boston.
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Board of License Commissoners
Clearspring
W. K. Bower
New York
Brooklyn Tigers
National Football League
Boston Yanks
Brooklyn
Russians Find Our Raids Did Trick Russians Find Our Raids Did Trick
Soviet correspondents report Wiener Neustadt, near Vienna, wrecked by American air raids with streets piled with debris and ruin. Sopron, southeast of Vienna, is almost obliterated by mass raids by American and British aircraft, with the railway station and hundreds of cars and many storied houses destroyed.
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Moscow
Wiener Neustadt
Messerschmitt
Vienna
Sopron
Hungary
British Drive Crosses Senio River in Italy Offensive
Rome April 10 Britain’s Sixth Army aided by a massive bombardment and an extensive Allied air assault crossed the Senio river in Italy. Bridge heads formed along a broad front north of Lugo as over 1,000 heavy bombers and fighters pounded German defenses. The crossing ended a winter lull on the front and aims to disrupt German withdrawal into the southern Alpine stronghold.
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Rome
Sth
Italy
Senio
Germany
Lugo
Local Schools To Train Veterans
Maryland announces 21 colleges and six junior colleges approved for educating returning veterans. Governor OConor reports 202 high and junior high schools along with four vocational schools six trade schools and 1% business schools approved. Board of Education studies plans to offer special courses with expanded vocational classes and new programs.
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State Department of Education
Annapolis
Maryland
O'Conor
Board of Education
Clean Out Your Clothes Closet Week Drives War Aid
What Can You Spare That They Can Wear prompts Americans to donate usable clothing and fabric remnants to the United National Clothing Collection during an April drive. The national headquarters urged consignors to contribute all serviceable textiles for apparel and bedding to local United Nations collection depots to aid war-ravaged nations.
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United National Clothing Collection
Draft Board No 1 lists inductees to Navy and Army
The Hagerstown draft board announced inductees for April 2 assigned to Navy and Army. Navy picks include O'Brien, Stonesiftr, Brandenburg, Stonevérger, Jacobs, Turner, Shupp. Army assignments name Vaughn, O'Brien, Munson, Day, Miller, Davis, Weaver, Gardner, Hart, Daugherty, Moore, Packett, and others from Elm, John street, Madison, Hamilton, Prospect, Potomac, and Maugansville.
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Draft Board No. 1
Hagerstown
Navy
Thomas A. O'Brien
West Side
Walter A. Stonesiftr
John Street
Haye
Brandenburg
Heisterboro Road
Grover L. Stonevérger
Leroy
Ralph D. Jacobs
Chestnut
Samuel H. Turner
Elm
William H. Shupp, Jr
North Locust
Army
Eight year old Elsie Staats wins top arts award
Philadelphia reports eight year old Elsie Staats painted a funny little picture titled Little Miss Muff, signed Elsie, which later earned a top prize in the Art Directors Club national exhibition in New York. Elsie died February 4, leaving a proud mother and a noted student of art.
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Philadelphia
Elsie Staats
Muff
Elsie
Art Director’s Club
New York
Income Tax Refunds To Start In May
The Bureau of Internal Revenue plans to begin issuing refunds in May, aiming to distribute up to 240000.00 dollars to as many as 20 million Americans by next December. The agency cautions it cannot promise exact dates and notes refunds will take time to process.
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Washington
Sam
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Driver’s Route Mix-Up Leads to Police Help
A Chicago truck driver, heading to Peru, checked a bill of lading and realized he should have gone to Peru, Indiana. After hours of hunting for the terminal on Kelly avenue, he asked police for assistance.
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Peru
Chicago
Kelly Avenue
Ind
V-E Day Likely When Allied Armies Meet In East And West
Hamelin reports a possible joint declaration by Britain United States and Russia to end organized warfare with Germany. German soldiers face surrender or guerrilla status if fighting continues as western front collapses. Western front now weak with no organized divisions encountered by Ninth Army. morale and political factors drive forecasts of imminent V E Day.
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Hamelin
Germany
Fuehrer
Ruhr
Ninth Army
Berlin
Elbe
Berlin Itsel
Okinawa Battle Rages As Marines Make Gains
On Okinawa southern fighting sees heavy artillery duels with Japanese defenders under pressure. Maj. Gen. John R. Hodge's 24th Army Corps makes local gains near Naha, while Maj. Gen. Roy Geiger's Third Marine Amphibious Corps advances up to 4,000 yards north, capturing parts of Motobu peninsula and Katena Ko. Adm. Nimitz reports scattered opposition, as Japanese forces concentrate about 60,000 troops and heavy guns, with battleships and cruisers blasting emplacements. Two counterattacks fail, another ongoing as Red Hill is recaptured by the 184th Regiment.
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Guam
Okinawa
John R. Hodge
24Th
U. S. Army Corps
Naba
Roy
Motobu
Katena Ko
Chester W. Nimitz
184Th
Red Hill
Jap Casualties Double Americans On Okinawa In Early Fighting
On Okinawa April 10 a 24th Army Corps spokesman said two Japanese are killed for every American casualty in the first nine days of combat. American deaths are few, while enemy losses are mainly dead. Comparisons show Saipan and two other islands at one to one, Luzon at four to one, and Leyte at seven to one.
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24Th Army
Okinawa
Ryukyu Islands
24Th Corps
Saipan
Islands
Luzon
Philippines
Leyte
Hannover
Steinhader Meer
Celle
Lehrte
Germany
Bradley
Ruhr
Gelsenkirchen
Krupp
Essen
Bremen
Fockewulf
Peaches Survive Last Week's Frost
A Washington county survey shows mountain side peach orchards with no damage from last week's freezes. Keedysville observer J A Miller spoke with Roy G. Reeder, noting the large Reeder orchard near Keedysville produced about 40 000 bushels last season. Miller says peaches are past frost susceptibility. temperatures dipped to 38 in the morning, mirroring yesterday's low of 73.
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Washington County
J. A. Miller
Keedysville
Roy G. Reeder
Reeder
Corporal Brey Receives Bronze Star for Heroic Action
Cpl. Donald Brey earns the Bronze Star Medal for bravery near Rechrival Belgium on January 39 under heavy fire. He evacuated his wounded recon officer Lieut. Maynard radio operator and an infantryman, saving lives as shells ripped through the line. Brey later wrote to his parents that the act was simply what happened.
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Belgium
Brey
Reconnaisance
Maynard
George R. Brey
Hamilton Boulevard
Cpl George Brey Cited For Heroism Bronze Star
Cor poral George Donald Brey son of Mr and Mrs George R Brey of this city received the Bronze Star Medal for three acts of heroic conduct in European fighting not yet 21 years old. Brey a 1942 graduate of Hagerstown High.
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Cpl
George Donald Brey
George R. Brey
Corporal Bray
Hagerstown High
Encircling Burning Hannover Sealing Off German Port Belt
Allied forces close around Hannover Bremens siege citys and northern German port belt as American and British armies push north and east toward Berlin. Gelsenkirchen and Essen fell in Ruhr operations while Bremen and Hannover faced determined assault and encirclement.
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Hannover
Paris
Bremen
Wheeling
Berlin
Ems River
North Sea
Emden
Montgomery
9Th
Hildesheim
Brunswick
Omar N. Bradley
Hitler Postponed England Invasion Says German General
In Goettingen Germany April a small German general who prepared barge borne invasion sites for England said Hitler postponed the invasion against military advice. He claimed Wehrmacht officers favoring peace had lost real power and recounted orders to wind up in Yugoslavia and pivot to Russia after France fell.
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Hal Boyle Goettingen
Germany
England
Adolf Hitler
Hagerstown Boy Leads Okinawa Artillery Charge
Maj Gen J Robert Sheets formerly of Hagerstown now commands artillery for the 24th Army Corps in the Okinawa invasion. The Associated Press report notes his recent promotion from brigadier to major general and his forecast of a heavy Japanese artillery defense and a battle like Europe. Sheets, a 1914 Hagerstown High graduate and St Johns College alumnus, served in World War I and later in the European theater.
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Associated Press
Guam
Hagerstown
J. Robert Sheets
George H. Sheets
Summit Avenue
24Th Army Corps
Okinawa
Sheets
St. John's College
French Fliers Held As Plot Suspects
Paris report says ten French air force officers were arrested on suspicion of involvement in a plot against the government. They are charged with attempting to incite insubordination within the air force.
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Paris
Ready For County Roads Funds Set For Postwar Use
Federal and state monies totaling 354 855 32 will back postwar road work in the county with 192 432 56 from each. The county faces no local funding as six counties are relieved and the Roads Commission pursues a 45 million postwar construction program over three years focused on new builds.
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Anl
State Roads Commission
The
Roads Commission
Wounded Vet Asks Chunk Of Hoard
Saint Joseph report says a writ of attachment for a 100 million dollar German gold hoard seized by the Allies was issued by Justice of the Peace A. Mr. Olmstead. He acted on an affidavit by Dr. Frank Luckinbill who claims Germany owes him five thousand dollars for WWI wounds. A registered letter to General Eisenhower was said to be sent.
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Saint Joseph
Justice of the Peace A
Olmstead
Frank Luckinbill
St. Joseph
Germany
Sai
Eisenhower
Plans To File Suit To Divorce Flynn
Nora Flynn, wife of Errol Flynn, said she will likely file for divorce in Los Angeles. She wants to work and has offers, and she noted there has been no financial settlement for their baby daughter Deidre. She said he should provide adequately for the child, but she wants nothing for herself.
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Los Angeles
Nora Eddington Flynn
Errol Flynn
Flynn
Deidre
Mexico City
Liberated Yanks Praise Red Cross After Prison Camp Hunger
Fifteen hundred American soldiers freed from Nazi camps by Russian advances in Poland arrived at Boston port aboard an army transport. The ex-prisoners recounted near starvation and brutal escapes, but credited Red Cross aid and Polish generosity for keeping them alive during months of confinement. They described steak, ice cream, and shared supplies as lifelines, and stressed gratitude amid their homecoming.
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Boston
Poland
Red Cross
Maryland War Loan quota set at 231 million total
State quota for The Seventh War Loan fixed at 231 million dollars. Maryland’s share totals 183 million with Baltimore contributing 176 million to the state effort. Charles S Garland, Maryland War Plans Committee chairman, announced the drive targets.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Charles S. Garland
Maryland War Pianes
Baltimore City
Danes Rescue Fleet Sails into Swedish Ports
Stockholm April 10. The last units of a Danish fleet of 19 tugboats and two freighters, manned by 200 Danes, sailed into southern Swedish ports today. The Danes said the flight was directed by the Allies to deprive the Germans of the vessels as Allied armies threatened to cut Denmark off from the Reich.
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Stockholm
Denmark
Reich
Bombers Sink Two Ships Near Swatow
Four Navy Liberator bombers attacked a Japanese convoy off the China coast, sinking a destroyer and a large freighter and badly damaging another destroyer before the rest of the ships could flee toward Swatow. General Douglas MacArthur announced the action.
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Manila
Swatow
China
Douglas MacArthur
Williamsport Fishermen Report Fair Haul This Year
Veteran anglers in Williamsport say fishing is fair this year with sucker catches from dips down from prior years. The report notes less abundant haul and a lukewarm season for local fishers.
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Williamsport
Nephew of Local Resident Killed in Action
Notice received of the tenth in action of Sgt. Ralph N. Page nephew of Mrs. G F Goodwyn Avalon apartments this city Sgt Page 20 was an aerial gunner with a 9th Air Force Bombardment Group He was recently awarded the Air Medal.
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Ralph N. Page
G. F. Goodwyn
Avalon Apartments
Page
9Th Air Force
Auto Recoveries In Boonsboro After Theft
Auto stolen from North Potomac Street Saturday night was recovered yesterday in Boonsboro. The vehicle was found damaged and abandoned along the Dual Highway near Rt. 3, A and Hetts reported.
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AUTO
A. &. Hetts
Boonsboro
Rt. 3
North Potomac Street
Wagon Stolen Report In West Washington Area
Josephine Payne reports a stolen wagon from the 600 block of West Washington street. Police were notified yesterday about the theft of a small express wagon and are investigating.
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Josephine Payne
West
Washington Street
Small Express
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Senio River
Moscow Radio
Sepp Dietrich
Donald Brey
Gen. Sheets
Chunk
Fleet
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