Cross Elbe Last Stream Before Berlin Heads Toward Leipzig
Allied drive across Germany continues with Ninth Army mopping Brunswick and approaching the Elbe near Schoenbeck. Third Army tanks reach within 46 miles of Leipzig while the Canadians push into western Holland and Ruhr garrisons crumble. Erfurt encircled. Ettersburg camp uncovered with 21,000 political prisoners. battles shift toward Dresden and the Bavarian Alps as final German defenses tighten.
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Leipzig
Dresden
Saxony
3Rd Army
Germany
Thoburn Wiart
Czechoslovakia
Bavarian Alps
Hitler
Holland
Ruhr
Weimar
Erfurt
Volkssturm
9Th Army
Elbe
Hannover
Madgeburg
Schoenbeck
Crailsheim
Schwaebisch Hall
Kocher
Danube
Blue Ridge
Soth
Allied forces push toward Elbe in rapid German advance
In the latest front reports 50 mile daily gains mark a major push by Allied units across Germany. The Hell on Wheels armor of the Ninth Army led a 12 hour dash to the Elbe, with other armies skirting toward Leipzig and Dresden as German resistance contracts. Major cities including Essen Nordhausen Coburg and Hmmen fall or are contested amid ongoing heavy fighting.
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3Rd Army
Leipzig
Czechoslovakia
Red Army
Essen
Co‘burs
Nordhausen
Lchweinfurt
Halberstadt
Bochum
Emmen
Holand
Neustadt
Ruhr
Bruns- Wick
Hagerstown
Weimar
Nncvnmsnererm
Germany
William H. Simpson
Ninth Army
Elbe
Berlin
Ekill
Dash
Dresden
Bremen
Seventh Army
Schweinfurt
Sth
Rainbow
Coburg
Hmmen
Brunswick
Dortmund
Celle
Heilbronn
Soviet Troops Reach Vienna Area After Danube Crossing
Russian forces drive toward Vienna clearing a supply route from Poland and seizing key sites including the Vienna power station and Prater Park. They breach Leopoldstadt as German units fueled by Volkssturm resist. Austrians reportedly mobilize into the Red Army amid anti Nazi demonstrations.
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Vienna
St. Ploen
Czechoslovakia
Carpathian Mountains
Poland
Vienna Front
Tolbukhit
Danube Canal
Prater Park
Volkssturmers
Junkers
Leopoldstadt
Volkssturm
Red Army
Moscow
Russia
Austria
Price of Coal Pay Boost and Return of Missing Soldier
Pfc. Fred Wishard, reported missing January 7, is back in the United States after being a prisoner of the Germans for three months. He arrived at Mitchel Field Long Island and asked about everyone at home. He was wounded and his foot is improving. Wishard served in the 17th Airborne Division and trained at Camps Mackall and Forrest before joining Fairchild Aircraft.
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Pfc
Fred Wishard
United States
Jennie E. Wishard
Clarendon Avenue
New Ecantonment Hospital
Mitchel Field
Long Island
Wishard
States
Bettow
17Th Airborne Division
Mackall and
Forrest
Fairchild Aircraft
OPA
Lewis
WLB
William H. Davis
Pig&ce
Cas
German Capital Blasted Again
Allied air forces bomb Berlin three times during the night with 2000 pound blocks as RAF Mosquitos continue raids. Five German merchant ships were set afire off Norway by Beaufighters and Mosquitos. Typhoons in Holland report a large flying bomb storage explosion with fires.
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London
Berlin
RAF
RAF Coastal Command
Norway
Holland
Superforts Hit Jap Plane Plants in Major Bombardment
American B 29s struck Japan’s aircraft industry hitting two sites near Tokyo and Koriyama and Shizuoka with large formations escorted by Mustang fighters. The raids targeted the Musashino and Mitsubishi engine facilities in a major eighth air raid of the war and third this month. Tungsten note appears as stray text in the report.
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Guam
Japan
Tokyo
Akajima
Koriyama
Shizuoka
Mitsubishi
Musashino
Enszines
Kariyama
Honshu
Scouts Plan Annual Camporee in Washington Area
Washington Area Council scouts discuss holding the annual Camporee in May at a yet to be chosen site between Hagerstown and Waynesboro. About 500 from Washington Fulton and Franklin counties expected. tasks include printing a guidance folder and arranging campfire and church services. District commissioners Knupp and Shircliff report on scouting conditions.
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Washington Area Council
Boy Scout Office
McCrory Building
B. J. Hagedorn
Washington Country
Leitersburg
Ringgold
Hagerstown
Waynesboro
Washington County
Fulton County
Franklin County
Arthur Knupp, Jr
Robert Shircli
Committee Reports Progress on United National Clothing Drive
The general committee in charge of the United National Clothing Collection met in Hagerstown to report progress and rising need for used clothing. Officials urged donations of all garments for men women and children to aid war-torn regions, with boxes placed around Hagerstown and central headquarters reachable by phone at 3040.
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United National Clothing Collection
General Committee
Hagerstown
Washington County
Professional Arts Building
America
Friday the 13th Folklore Sparks Caution in Hagerstown
Ladders, black cats, and similar omens are flagged as particularly dangerous tomorrow marking the first Friday the 13th in Hagerstown and the wider world since October 1944.
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Hagerstown
Friday the 13th Aligns With Unlucky Date Discussed
The text notes an unlucky date on the Senda and warns of a three month breathing spell after this period, with July the next time Friday and the 13th coincide. It also mentions normal years see more shotgun shells fired at rabbits than any other North American game species.
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