Patton closes on Munich as Allied forces surge across Europe
Allied armies push toward Munich from the northwest as Patton's Seventh Army nears Augsburg and Ingolstadt. Memmingen falls and 4,000 Allied prisoners are freed while British and Canadian units advance toward Bremen and Wilhelmshaven. Third Army vies for Linz and Salzburg as German defenses crumble.
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Gested
Schleswig-Holstein
Austin Canal
Ware Wilhelmshaven
Emdéx
Bar
Riviéra
Italy
Bordighera
Mediterranean
San Remo
Maritime Alps Department
Patton
Ingolstadt
Danube
Munich
Allied forces press forward as captured prisoners surge past
Army units report 34 257 prisoners captured on Wednesday, pushing April total to 1 112 523 and D Day tally to 2 443 228. Third Army 14 300 taken, Seventh Army 11 335, British 5 000. German regiment surrenders to Ninth Army in Elbe bridgehead near Barby, commander claims alliance with Americans against Russians. French seize Den Stande and push toward Swiss border as Western armies advance into Austria for first time in history.
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Berchtesgaden
Third Army
Linz
Austria
Salzbirg
Regensburg
Danube
Walhalla
Texas and Oklahoma
90Th
Furth
Czech
Pilsen
Prague
Germany
1Ith Armored
Lower
Elbe
Thetedgz
Dresden
Bremen
Hainburg
Schleswig Holstein
Canadian First Army
Kusten Canal
North Sea
Emden
Wilhelmshaven
Bremerhaven
Lever
Ems
Ters
Eisenhower
Seventh Army
Ninth Army
Barby
Martial Armericans
France
Belgium
Liexmbourg
Holland
Monaco
Italy
Czechoslovakia
Assalilt Line
den- Stande
Friedrichshared
Battle Over Chairmanship at World Conference
The article describes a tense leadership struggle over chairing a postwar world conference. Stettinius and Molotov clash on control while Soong Eden and China push for a coalition approach. A proposed trusteeship framework aims to govern ex-enemy territories under a world body. Molotov asserts USSR backing for peace protection, while pressing rotating control and a strong coalition. Stettinius reaffirms US policy urging voluntary cooperation among peaceful nations to advance justice and security amid fears of another global conflict.
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Algo
Stettinius
Molotov
Eden
Soong
China
Succes
Miilitary
Security Council
Géneral Assembly of the World Organization
Russia
Soviet Union
Red Army
Stalin
United States
World Organization
Soldier Bumps Door at Terminal After Return from Germany
A sober soldier bumped into a glass door at a bus terminal. He recently returned from Germany and recalled the Reich era, noting short glass floors are scarce.
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Germany
The
Reich
V E Day Cutbacks Begin In War Production
The War Production Board announced that V E Day cutbacks in munitions have started and the home stretch armament drive topped its schedule last month for the first time. Curtailment will proceed faster from now on as the war continues on two fronts. New York City's public water systems supply about 125 gallons per capita daily.
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Washington
War Production Board
Ie Tiny
New York City
Reds Drive Through Berlin Ruins as Soviets Press
Soviet dispatches say Berlin is a wilderness of ruins with fighting raging above ground and underground as Russians press from Gruenwalde to the streets. Stettin Brno Breslau fall in a seventh day of battle with two thirds of Greater Berlin under Soviet control and German garrisons holding out with SS backing.
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Great Park
Berlin
Miutcracker
Reich
Gruenwalde
Stettin
Balliol
Bruenn
Brno
Hitler
Breslau
Fuehrer
Greater Berlin
Russia
Sime Unite
Gertiah
Mercury Falls In Wake Of Storm
A Maryland storm dropped heavy rain and high winds across Hagerstown Clearspring Smithsburg and Chewsville. Trees uprooted roads blocked and power lines cut as barns roofs and a car were damaged. Route 1 and Frederick Washington roads faced closures due to flooding and a fallen tree.
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Hagerstown
Clearspring
Smithsburg
Lena
D. Paul Oswald
Chewsville
Maryland
John Page
Tedr
Baltimore
York
Parkton
Frederick-Washington
Frederick Junction
Frederick Territory
Edna Winfield
Garfield
Frederick County
Clothing Drive Extended to May Fifth in Hagerstown
Hagerstown and Washington county residents have contributed 65,000 pounds to the United National Clothing Collection campaign. County chairman H. Leister Mobley announced the drive would extend to Saturday, May 5, with a goal of 800,000 pounds by that date. Rohrersville and Keedysville delivered a ton yesterday. packing cases are still needed.
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Hagerstown
Washington County
United National Clothing Collection
H. Leister Mobley
Mobley
Rohrersville
Keedysville
Collection Committees
Professional Arts
Memorial Day Sharpsburg Exercises Speaker Named
Sharpsburg Memorial Committee plans an announced speaker for Memorial Day at Antietam National Cemetery. The event honors Civil War heroes with a 1:30 p.m. program on May 30 after a parade featuring local students and veterans groups. A firing squad will conclude the ceremony. Committee members include Dr. W. H. Shealy chairman and Clarence L. Natt superintendent.
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Sharpsburg
National Cemetery
Antietam
National Park Service
Keedystillé
American Legion
Veterans For Foreign Wars and Boonsboro High School
W. H. Shealy
Clarence L. Natt
Arthur Dorsey
Fred Flock
Evans Poffenberger
Harry Shank
County Teachers To Elect New Officers
Officers for the coming year will be elected next Wednesday evening at the meeting of the Washington County Teachers Association in Woodland Way junior high school. A nominating committee will present candidates for vote and reports from all active committees will be delivered. President Meetle Funk currently leads the association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County Teachers’ Association
Woodland Way
Meétle Funk
Washington County Teachers Association
Retailers Name Committees Continued from Page 12
Post War Planning and various committees are listed with chairmen and members. Milk producers urged to apply for January to March dairy feed subsidies as county office aims to clear records. eight to nine hundred farmers eligible in the county.
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The
Agricultural Adjustment Agency
Petain Arrives in Paris for Treason Trial
Marshal Philippe Petain arrived in Paris at 6 30 this morning to face high treason charges. He was taken to Fort Mont Rouge for detention until the trial after returning from exile in Switzerland. Crowds at Pont Arler station shouted death to Petain as his train moved toward Paris.
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London
Marshal Petain
Paris
Ministry of Information
Fort Mont Rouge
Pont Arler
Petain
Local Merchants Plan Drive for War Bond Sales
A meeting of Seabees merchants will be held soon to discuss cooperation in boosting Seventh War Loan sales. John D. Dunn, a shoe merchant, is named retailers' chairman and aims to use special window trims and posters during the May 14 launch.
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John D. Dunn
Dunn
Youth Confesses To Stepmothers Murder In Michigan
A 15-year-old boy told Baltimore police he shot and killed his stepmother, Edna Lindell Smiley, during a Monday argument at the Smiley summer home in Big Rapids, Michigan. He fled after the act, rode a truck to Baltimore, was held for Michigan authorities, and a coroner's jury attributed Mrs. Smiley’s death to gunfire. A murder warrant was out for the foster-son who vanished last Sunday.
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Baltimore
Big Rapids
Mich
Michigan
Louis Winup
Sallies Smiley
Edna Lindell Smiley
Smiley
Winup
Chicago
Processed Food Point Reductions and Increases Noted
Washington April 27 A few processed foods will cost fewer blue points starting Sunday with itemized cuts for apricots beans catsup chili sauce and tomato products while grape juice rises. A 24 ounce tomato or vegetable juice can drops 10 points and grape juice increases. A single can apricots drops to 30 points. Carved bean cans drop to 10 points per two cans and a 14 ounce catsup bottle falls to 20 points. Grape juice gains 10 points for a pint and 20 for 2 quarts.
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Washington
30 Complete Special Courses In Aircraft
Thirty employees of the Fairchild Aircraft Division completed two supplementary courses sponsored by the University of Maryland at Hagerstown High School. Seventeen graduates finished Aeronautical Drafting and Design, while 13 completed the basic engine testing mathematics course. Instructors were Samuel Plummer and Earl Worden.
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University of Maryland
Hagerstown High School
Fairchild Aircraft Division
Samuel Plummer
Earl Worden
Yanks Drive Toward Genoa In Verona Front
The Fifth Army reports progress near Verona with fall of Verona announced last night. Maj. Gen. Boehlke of the 334th Infantry was captured as German resistance weakens. Legnago and Gerea fell on the Adige river with Ranger Col. Bill Darby leading a Tenth Mountain Division task force to surprise the enemy at Villafranca and seize an airport before destruction.
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Verona
Vigasio
Boehlke
334Th
Fifth
Fifth Army
List
Legnago
Adiga River
Veroa
Gerea
Legiago
Goinea
Bill Darby
Fort Smith
Ark
Tenth Mountain Divisio
Villafranca
Japs Admit Dearth Of Plane Fuel Metals
Tokyo radio acknowledged Japan faces a difficult time keeping its air force in operation due to a fuel and light metals shortage. It admitted being cut off from southern fuel sources and said airplanes would be made of wood with light metal stored in Japan. Aviation fuel would come from potatoes and oil from pine nuts.
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San Francisco
Tokyo Radio
Japan
Farm Inmate Seeks Release in Habeas Corpus Petition
Jack Kincaid of Baltimore, inmate at Roxbury Penal Farm, filed in Allegany county circuit court at Cumberland for a writ of habeas corpus. Convicted of burglary and given five years on January 16, 1944, he claims his rights were violated at arraignment for not being asked to elect jury or judge. Judges Huster and Capper set the hearing for May 3.
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Roxbury
Jack Kincaid
Baltimore
Allegany County
Cumberland
Kincaid
Huster and Capper
Browns Store To Close May 1
The general store of the state G. T. Brown at Brownsville will be closed May 1. The business since the death of Mr. Brown had been conducted by his widow. Mr. Brown was postmaster of the village for Fears and a son of the founder for whom the Village took its name.
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G. T. Brown
Brownsville
Mr. Brown
Fears
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Coats & Suits
Prigkes
Fleisher
A. R. Haberstroh
H. S. Douglas
H. E. Mullendorf
Vernon Miller
Mary Condon
J. Bierns
FF. Merrill Hays
John Lacy
S. H. Ebersole
B. Pryan
Louise Zellers
Kenneth N. Rudisill
C. E. McEwen
Arthur Harbaugh
John J. Smith
Fort
Yanks
Genoa
Brown’s
Hagerstown Bookbinding & Printing Co
Mirro
Emmert Hardware Co
W. Wash
A. M
Hone
May's Optical
Me Yuee
Tom Townsdat
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