Sharpsburg Army Air Sgt Moss Dies Over Germany
Mrs. E. J. Moss of Sharpsburg received a War Department telegram via the Red Cross confirming Sgt Carol E. Moss was killed in action on September 30 over Germany. A 21 year old tail gunner in a B 17 he held an Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal and served in the 3rd Bombardment Division after seven months overseas. He entered service February 1943 and earned his wings May 1945. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Elmer Moss. his wife My Moss resided in Martinsburg.
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E. J. Moss
Sharpsburg
War’ Department
International Red Cross
Set
Carol E. Moss
Germany
Set. Moss
Sth Air Forest
Moss
3Rd Bombardment Division
England-Africa
Air Force
Toodmaker
Fairchild Aircraft
Elmer Sharpsburg
My Moss
Martinsburg
Meat Market Faced With Criticism Over Stall Access
Eggs traded around 56 to 68 cents at City Market this morning while overall prices held steady from recent weeks. Farmers and buyers decried a city ordinance restricting fresh pork sales to licensed dealers, arguing emergency conditions warrant allowing regular market stalls to sell directly.
Chiang Kai Shek Offers Communists Role in Government
Gen Chiang Kai Shek reportedly agreed in principle to allow Communists to participate in China's national government and direct military affairs. The move follows cabinet changes including T. Yi Soong becoming Acting Premier and is seen as pivotal in the current crisis. Communist involvement could enable joint action against northern insurgents.
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Chungrhing
Dow
Third Army Forces New Saar Crossing
Third Army troops fought house to house in the eastern Saar region as they pressed a new crossing after bomber and artillery strikes. They advanced toward Saarbrucken while German counterattacks and renewed artillery duels continued along the Roer front.
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Third Army
New Saar Crossing
Paris
Sarregue J
Saar
Third
Saar Valley
Saarbrucken
Supreme Headquarters
Saarlautern
Neue Brisach
Rhine
Colmar
Roer
Cologne
High Command
Julich
Japs Admit Factory Damage in Earthquake News
Japanese centers Osaka and Nagoya reported factory damage and casualties from Thursday’s earthquake. Domei news agency said overall damage was light, with a tidal wave flooding areas near Shizuoka and landslides southwest of Tokyo, while Osaka and Nagoya, major war industry hubs, faced building damage and disruptions.
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Associated Press
Japan
Osaka
Nagoya
Tokyo
Honshu
Shizuoka
Damei
Domei
Tokai
Janams
Thieves Steal From Unger Second Hand Furnishings
Early this morning burglars forced a sashless break in at W. D. Unger’s second hand furnishings on West Church street, taking a .32 caliber revolver and keys to Unger’s 32 Chevrolet truck. They drove the truck to the garage, then abandoned it on Pennsylvania railroad property off Church street. Two hit and run incidents were reported, with damage to Unger’s truck and to parked cars of Paul Geisler and William Weddles.
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W. D. Unger
West Church Street
Unger
Pennsylvania Railroad
Church Street
Paul Geisler
Westshington Street
William Weddles
Rock
Frederick Street
NAM Head Says Lack Of Gas Kept Our Troops From Berlin
Frederick C. Crawford, chairman of the National Association of Manufacturers, says insufficient gasoline prevented Lieut Gen George S. Patton's Third Army from reaching Berlin. He reports war fronts show planes delivered fuel briefly, but supply constraints forced Patton to order tanks to halt and troops to march on.
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Nam Head
Berlin
New York
Frederick C. Crawford
National Association of Manufacturers
George S. Partons
Third Army
Cleveland
Patton
Williamsport Soldiers to Receive Checks This Christmas
About 400 servicemen and women from the Williamsport district are to receive checks of 2.40 dollars each via the Dugout service newspaper. The funds come from the Williamsport Chrines fund supported by Booster Editions and local contributions as a Christmas gift and expression of gratitude for their sacrifices.
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Williamsport
Bnester
Dugaur
Pioneer Names in War Finance Mess Sparks Telephony Chat
Barbara Fritchey sought Paul Jones and a telephone aye for a meeting. An official answered with disbelief and listed speakers including Daniel Boone, Paul Whiteman, George Washington, and urban leaders as part of the plan. Meanwhile Allied bombers backed by 1400 tons struck Stuttgart rail yards in a two pronged west and south attack. Casper Wyoming mourns as former Governor RB Brooks dies at 83 after bronchial pneumonia treatment.
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Cleveland
Barbara Fritchey
Jeli Paul Jones
Lam Nor
Miss Pritchey
Cuyahoga Couny War Finance Committee
Jones
Youngstown
Daniel Boone
Paul Whiteman
Prony
George Washington
Urban Teague
Casper
Wyo
B. Brooks
Wyoming
Memorial Hospital
Stop Work At California Plant Sparks Union Effort
In Pittsburg California the Columbia stools plant halted all work last night. CIO Steelworkers officials called a mass meeting to urge about 3400 workers to return. A Twelfth Naval District spokesman in San Francisco said workers had been on naval castings, with Sunday shifts cited as the dispute catalyst.
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Pittsburg
Calif
Columbia
CIO
Naval District
San Francisco
Cnitial Naval Castings
Union
Tokyo Admits 13 Admirals Killed in War Report
Japanese headquarters at Yokosuka naval station announced the deaths of 13 admirals in air and sea battles related to American reinvasion efforts. Adi. Hideo Yang previously confirmed similar losses. The FCC recorded the Tokyo broadcast describing the admirals as meeting gallant and heroic deaths on the front lines in the southern region.
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Yokosuka Naval Station
Adi
Hideo Yang
Havy Press
Federal Communications Commission
Tokyo
Local airmen win Air Medal two Mag titles headline
Two Hagerstown airmen received the Air Medal from an Eighth Air Force Bomber Station in England. Second Lt. James E. Martin, 22, a pilot with the 306th Bombardment Group, earned the award for exceptional meritorious achievement, and Cpl. William H. Harper, 19, a tail turret gunner, earned it for meritorious achievement during heavy bombardment missions against Europe.
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Hagerstown
Daily Mail
Eighth Air Force
England
James E. Martin
H. E. Martin
Raven Heights
Cpl
Wiliam H. Harper
W. L. Harper
West Church Street
Martin
306Th
James S. Sutton
Cpl Harper
Europe
One Way To Get Into Uncle Sam's Army
Fort Sheridan reports the tale of Charles Gatewood from Pulaski Virginia who was rejected by the Army in 1842 for weighing 238 pounds. He joined the Canadian Army, served sixteen months, and shed 48 pounds reaching fighting weight. He later transferred to the U S Army as a private and began basic training.
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Fort Sheridan
Charles Gatewood
Pulaski
Bucks Locked In Combat Bagged Bucks In Local Hunt
Joseph Mink, a warden, reports two Balimors hunters, Steve Yasin and Preders ick Wadd, bagged a buck after it and another buck fought. Workmen who found the deer said the animals were locked antlers near the highway before the hunters returned with another.
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Joseph Mink
Steve Yasin
Predersick Wadd
Minke
Realty Market Has Good Week With 110000 In Sales
The local real market had a good week ending today with total sales around 110000. Transactions include B Irvin Beck to Uncle Johns Cabin 20 acres with improvements on Smithsburg Pike priced 1000 and others such as Walters to Mis capacity along Antietam Furnace road for 3200.
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B. Irvin Beck
J John
Ime
Smithsburg
Dailie A. Walters
Noais W. Mis
Antietam Furnate
Frog Hollow
David M. Welty
D. Eldred Rinehart
Waynesboro
Archie R. Starkey
Guy R. Hebb
South Potomac Street
G. Merling Snyder
G. Walter Smith
Oak Hill Avenue
Charles R. Troxell
George I. Folk
North Mulberry
Cronise O. H. Barr
Janes E. Brewbaker
South Prospect Street
John € .Ditmer
Willam T. Brandt
Ridge Avenue
Howard P. Hartman
John Nakopoulos
Louis Scoropan
Showers Bring Momentary Water Relief in Hagerstown
Rain arrived just as Hagerstown faced a water shortage from a broken bell on the main line and a need to draw from the mountain reservoir. City crews diverted roughly 27 million gallons daily from Edgemont and gained 13 million gallons yesterday, easing the supply strain amid over an inch of rainfall.
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Hagerstown
Potomac River
Alihoneh Tagerstown
Edgemont
Faenza Encirclement Report From Italian Front
Rome dispatch says Eighth Army troops rapidly close on Faenza near the Lamune river west of the Rimini highway. Caprire of Sam Prospere reported an advance roughly ten miles from Pideura as Allied headquarters described the fighting as especially bitter.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Faenza
San Prospere
Lamune River
Helosna- Rimini
Caprire
Sam
Pideura
Women Working in French Fields Highlight War Era Dwellers
A county boy reports women and young girls laboring in cold wet fields in France. He describes shared hardship, war’s reach at home, and concern over civilian suffering while noting the paradox of everyday life continuing amid conflict. He recalls letters from November and observes neighbors and family adjustments under wartime strain.
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Tomeehie
Emma Ore
Avdie Wineters
France
Slordie
U.S
Pfc Irvin W Ebersole Killed In Action In France
Pfc Irvin W Ebersole son of Mr and Mrs George F Ebersole Maugansville was killed in action in France on November 21 after four months overseas An infantryman he had worked for Jamison Cold Storage Door Co before enlisting He is survived by his parents sisters Mrs Warren Carder and Mrs Glenn Ridenour and brothers Clarence Reid Lawrence Karl Robert and others plus two sisters Dorothy and Geraldine at home
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Irvin W. Ebersole
George F. Ebersole
Maugansville
France
Fpfc
Ebersole
Jamison Cold Siorage Door Co
Warren Carder
Glenn Ridenour
Meshoro
Clarence Ole
Reid
Lawrence
Karl
Marines
South Pacific
Robert
Move To Meet Army Call For Winter Clothing
Washington reports show a broad campaign to address manpower shortages with new Army pleas for winter gear. Senator Mead warns that voluntary efforts and patriotism will meet war worker needs. clothing and blankets are added to urgent requirements. He cites Army Service Forces testimony and calls for better procurement and labor recruitment to supply personnel.
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Washington
Mead
D-Ny
Senate War Investigating Committee
War Production Board
Army
Army Service
Mea
Amy
Navy
Chinese Recapture Tuhshan and Press Onward
Chinese forces recaptured Tuhshan after pushing into Sharmessu in Kweichow province as the Japanese retreat toward Timing Pass. General Chen Cheng cited allied divisions clearing the Sharmessu area while Kavsh ek’s units pursue remnants toward the Burma road center Kunming and Kwangsi frontier.
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Shangassi
Aland
Kwangsi
Eyemr
Kwen Yang
Kwe Burma
Kunming
Kavshek
Chen Cheng
Timingsdawny Pass
Hartes
Eisenhower Proclaims Equality Under Law in Germany
Gen Eisenhower's proclamation to the German people pledges abrogation of racial religious and political discrimination and promises equal justice under law. It notes Allied plans for Germany including continued inflation controls and that existing currency remains legal tender with Allied military marks accepted as Reichsmarks.
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Associated Press
Eisenhower
Reich
Office of War Information
Germany
Saipan B-29 Base Threat Eased By Iwo Jima Attack
U S Pacific Fleet reports a large combined strike against Iwo Jima and Bonin Island targets. Navy ships and a heavy air contingent pounded the area, shooting down five of six attacking Japanese planes and clearing the Saipan bombing route for the Superfortress base.
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Saipan
Iwo Jima
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Vpi
Jima
Bonin Islands
Adm
Allan E. Smith
Nippon Capital
Sporadic Fighting in Greece Amid ELAS Movements
Sporadic clashes continued near Athens as ELAS forces massed 500 to 1,200 troops moving from the provinces to siege a Greek mountain brigade at a northeast barracks. Heavy sniping reported and mortars used against British tanks. A British ambulance driver was killed on the Athens Pirai road and his vehicle captured.
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Athens
ELAS
Nore
Hassia
Piraeus
Elevst
Piraris
Cairo
EAM
Helen
Greece
Helen of
Mouse Mascot Arrives in Chicago with Marines on Leave
A white mouse mascot traveled from Saipan to Chicago with four Marines on furlough. The rodent was examined and approved by a physician and serves as the mascot for President Ando Boreewesi, who reportedly cuffed a rival during a tense moment.
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Chicago
Saipan
Ando Boreewesi
Soviet Drive Crashes Through to Danube North of Budapest
Berlin reported the 2nd and 3rd Ukraine Armies broke through to the Danube north and west of Budapest, linking at Brest and threatening rail hubs as Hatvan and Astod fell. Soviet forces moved from Csepel after Tatipan tank advances, with Hungarian units fighting alongside Nazi defenders near the capital.
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London
Budapest
Moscow
Berlin
Rodion Y. Malinovtsky
Ukraine
Danube
Feodor Z. Tolbukhin
Astod
Vacs
Vienna
Brest
Malinovsky
Csepel
Bura
War Bond Drive Lagging Again In Maryland County
The Sixth War Loan Drive neared its end with Washington County close to its 20000 goal as Chairman John D Holliday urged more small investors to buy government securities. He noted the final 7000 would be hardest, while Maryland communities elsewhere surpassed targets and he urged Washington County to not fall short.
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John D. Holliday
Tye
Hollyday
Maryland
Walyday
Washington County
Dewey to Press Bipartisan Peace Organization Push
Governor Thomas E. Dewey continues support for a bipartisan peace organization as part of his presidential campaign plan. In a two paragraph statement Dewey said he and foreign adviser John Foster Dulles discussed foreign policy roles and that he would not assume a formal leadership position within the party while remaining its titular figure.
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Albany
Thomas E. Dewey
Steed
Rouday
Dewey
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Washington
Republican
Stolen Bicycle Found Abandoned
A bicycle reported stolen was later found abandoned on a street near Macyland Theater. The finder, Donald Feewler, described the bike as a Tre bike with distinctive markings. Police noted the location and current status of the recovered property.
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Donald Feewler
Macyland
Mas Fund
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Peewee) Grimm
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Fairchild
Pfc
I. W. Ebersole
Tuhshan
Chengring
Dee
Sharmessu
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