Yanks Capture Great Saxony Railroad Hub
Allied forces pound German positions as Plauen falls severing key rail links near Leipzig and Chemnitz. 200,000 prisoners taken, Merseburg oil plant captured, while French and Canadian units advance toward Bordeaux and Dutch ports. Berlin defense stiffens. Russians close on Berlin as supply routes shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
Leipzig
Bremen
Chemnitz
Magdeburg
Helle
Dessau
Plauen
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Thunderbire
Seventh Army
Nuernberg
Bavaria
Munich
Berchtesgaden
Ruhr
Merseburg
Jacques Leclerc
Royan
Pointe de Grave
Bordeaux
Gironde
Third Army
First Army
Stalingrad
Halle
Apeldoorn
Hamburg
Ems Estuary
Emden
North Sea
Holland
Zuider Zee
Hilversum
Truman Wins Wide Applause After Address Abroad
President Truman receives strong support from both parties after pledging to continue Roosevelt policies. He aims for unconditional surrender of the axis and a lasting peace, while plans for the San Francisco conference to establish an international organization. Molotov may meet with Truman before proceeding to the conference. Hull's health could affect attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stettinius
Cordell Hull
Bethesda
Naval Hospital
Hull
San Francisco
Molotov
Stalin
Churchill
Connally
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Eden
Congress
Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
America
Thont
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Pepper
Atket
R. Wit
Ryukyus Airfields Seized Amid Okinawa Campaign
Operations reported by Fleet Admiral Nimitz describe Mitscher’s carrier task force raiding northern Ryukyus and Kyushu airfields, with 136 Japanese planes destroyed and 182 more by Turner's amphibious fleet. Iwo Jima Mustang fighters joined the Kyushu raids, while Okinawa casualties reached 2,695 killed, 2,103 wounded, and 160 missing. Approximately 85,000 Okinawa civilians are in American care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitscher
Ryukyus
Kyushu
Fleet
Chester W. Nimitz
Tokyo
Comei
Today
Osami Peninsula
Ryukyus- Kyushu
Adm
Richmond Kelly Turner
Okinawa
Nimitz
Turner
Kanoya
24Th Army Corps
Te Island
Yontan
Katena
Red Paratroops Near Berlin and Eastern Front Advances
Reports from the German Transocean agency quote army leaders as saying time gained is everything and nerve kept will determine success. Russian forces breached German lines near Frankfurt and Berlin while moving toward the Oder and Seelow heights. Tolbukhin’s Third Ukrainian Army pushed through the Austrian Alps, taking Freistadt and advancing toward Graz, with other units 49 miles east of Ling. Matinovsky’s Second Ukrainian Army moved within 18 miles of Benovat, as fighting continues across Austria, Czechoslovakia, and along the Oder front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ninth Army
Elbe
Barby
Magdeberg
William H. Simpson
Berlin
Brandenburg Plain
Supreme Headquarters
Transorean
Army Command
Seelow
Oder
Kuestrin
Oder River
Buret
Berin
Rad J
Frankfurt
Red Army
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Feoor I. Tolbukhin
Austrkin Alps
Freistenfeld
Graz
Pannhe
Ling
Grechoslovakia
Rodlon Y
Matinovsky
Wroem Benod
Jhornt
Russians Praise Truman Address as Statesmanlike
In Moscow on April 17 Russians hailed President Truman's congressional address as a firm step toward implementing the Roosevelt program. Both high and low observers called it statesmanlike and timely for the American people and Allies, outlining how far the new president will pursue foreign policy and wartime objectives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Truman
Congress
Reoosevelt
Soviet Union
Oth
Assessors Busy In Williamsport
Williamsport area work progresses as Permanent assessors Claude C. Ariz and Ellis G Hoover finish Halfway. Tax Supervisor Guy G Gantz notes a three year plan to reassess county residential property with hearings around August and new figures in 1946 basis. Cooperation from property owners is gratifying and farmers were cooperative last year under the continuous reassessment program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude C. Ariz
Ellis G .Hoover
Williamsport
Guy G. Gantz
Hagerstown
Gantz
Luftwaffe Knocked Out In Allied Night Operations
Allied air forces claimed a decisive victory over Germany with Luftwaffe losses reported as knocked out after night fighter sweeps on multiple fronts. Gen. Carl A. Spaatz announced the campaign’s success and urged closer cooperation with tactical air forces as ground advances continued across German territory. British and Russian bombers reportedly attacked Berlin while U S and Russian pilots met over central Germany in a historic tactical joining of air fronts. The day also saw missing eight heavy bombers and fighters from nearly 2,100 warplanes in action, with April’s 16 day total reaching 3,041 enemy aircraft destroyed.
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Luftwaffe
Germany
Carl A. Spaatz
U. S
Strategic Air Forces
Europe
Sth
15Th Air Forces
Sth Air Force
Berlin
Air Ministry
U. S. 8Th Air Force
Hitler
Pfe. Wishard
Pfc
Wishard
Americcan
Frankfurt
Rhine- Krinnenstein
Pfc. Wishard
Hagerstown
Cloth Collection Campaign Urges Timely Help From Public
Mobley warns last minute rush to donate clothes will overwhelm collection boxes and burden committees. He cites Henry J. Waiser and President Roosevelts talks praising the United National Clothing Collection campaign to aid war devastated Europe and bring hope to suffering men women and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Mobley
Henry J. Waiser
Roose
Welt
United National Clothing Collection Campaten
Churchill Cries At FDR Memorial Memorial service moves themes of tribute and unity
Churchill tears during prayer for Roosevelt as Winston Churchill and John Winant attend a twofold memorial honoring Franklin D Roosevelt. Queen Wilhelmina, King Haakon, King George, King Peter, President Raczkiewicz, Princess Julianna, and royal family members join the ceremony with remarks and hymns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
U. S
John G. Winant
Winant
Churchill
Royal Marines
God Save the Hing
Wilhelmina
Netherlands
Haakon
Norway
George
Greece
Peter
Yugoslavia
Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz
Poland
Julianna
Prince Olaf
Princess Royal
Duchess of Kent
Recognition Is Given Forest Planting Event in Washington County
Rickey Dengler son of Mr and Mrs Harry W Dengler Extension Forester for Maryland is honored for his five trees planted by 60 Washington County 4-H Club members. Mayor Richard H Sweeney and councilmen will plant one tree each. The group meets at 9 am at the county agent's office and travels by bus to the site. Veterans Lt Elmer Myers and Pfc Fred Wishard invitees will attend ceremonies after recent release from German prison camps. Further details to be announced after a conference with Extension Service officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rickey Dengler
Harry W. Dengler
Maryland
Washington County
Rickey
Jane Jacques
Lancelot Jacques, Jr
Smithsburg
Richard H. Sweeney
Hellane
Potterfield
Wolfe
Elliott
Kemp
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Private Welfare Needs Survey Rears City Charity Shift
A survey of private welfare needs in Hagerstown will finish mid month with a trustees report to guide the Community Chest. The resignation of the advisory board followed changes in private charity oversight. The Community Chest has added funds to the Salvation Army to continue work formerly done by Volunteers of America, signaling a growth in Army activity as the sole privately funded welfare group recognized by the Chest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Community Chest Organization
Salvation Army
Volunteers of America
Antain Chirehill
The
Board of Trustees
Army
Community Chest
Pfc Huffer Reported Missing in Action in Germany
Pfc Paul E Huffer 23 of Knoxville, known in Washington county sports circles, has been reported missing in action in Germany since March 25. His last letter home was dated March 22. Huffer was an avid baseball enthusiast and amateur player.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
Paul E Huffer
Knoxville
Washington County
Germany
Huffer
Dog Quarantine Extended in Frederick County
Frederick County extends dog quarantine in the southern area as officials issue shoot-on-sight orders if needed to enforce the measure. Two children, one in Point of Rocks and another in Frederick, were bitten by dogs recently, prompting the action amid reports of scavenger dogs near the Potomac river threatening children and animals. Pets under quarantine must be leashed, chained or penned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Point of Rocks
Frederick
Potomac River
Philippine Bombers Sink 23 Jap Merchant Ships
Manila reports Philippine based bombers destroyed 23 Japanese merchant ships on Sunday and hit Formosa airfields and Davao port facilities. The largest action occurred off the China coast between Shanghai and Saigon with two large freighters sunk or damaged and eleven smaller vessels. Off Formosa two large cargo ships were wrecked along with four other vessels including a destroyer escort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Japan
Formosa
Davao
Mindanao
Douglas MacArthur
China
Shanghai
Saigon
Revoke Increase For 1 Ton Coal Delivery
The temporary 25 cent per ton increase for one ton coal deliveries granted by the CPA about six weeks ago has been revoked effective immediately. The order G-58 applied to Washington county and several other counties in Maryland. The ration office provided no reason for the revocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CPA
Washington County
Maryland
April Rainfall Inches Short Of Normal in Keedysville
Keedysville weather man J A Miller reports April rainfall at 2.15 inches, 1.40 inches below normal. Yesterday's high reached 65, overnight low 48, this morning 60. Weather Bureau forecasts clearer skies and cooler temperatures tonight and tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Miller
Keedysville
Mercury
Weather
Change Milk Subsidy Payments In April
The Washington County AAA office announced dairy subsidy rates for April at 70 cents per hundredweight for milk and 10 counts per pound for butterfat, down from March levels of 80 cents and 11 cents. They expect May and June to revert to 35 cents per hundredweight for milk. Subsidy payments are current for January through March production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
AAA
Pfc Wishard recalls life in German hospital and prison
Pfc. Fred Wishard of Hagerstown recounts three months as a prisoner in Germany after being wounded in the Battle of the Bulge. He describes hospital trains, mixed German care, and occasional news from civilians, before being freed and flown home. He expects six months more treatment at Camp Pickett before discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
Fred Wishard
Germany
Hagerstown
Clarendon Avenue
Wishard
Nazi Germany
Bulge
Western Front
Naziland
Paris
Red Cross
American Air Corps
Pic
Hard
Camp Pickett
United States
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Henry Crerar
Amsterdam
Kusten Canal
Omar Bradley
Bradley
Pilsen
Prague
Black Forest
Stuttgart
Kays
VAY
Perg Distributing CO
Virginia Arce -Etowr Telenhane
Abide
Foy
Marc A. Mitscher
Red
Milly
Coats & Suits
Spa
Montgomery Ward
TNS McA
Icodemus
Rudy
Galileo
Florence
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Arthur Dorsey
Cor. x. Locust & Randolph
Schindel, Rohrer & Co
Potomac St
H.L. Miles Stake
Super Suds
Rand's
West
Washington St
the New Wonder
Peoples Drug Stores
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