Nazis Prepare New Weapons
Reporters note Germany expands fighter production to 3,500 aircraft monthly and eyes a jet powered comeback for reconnaissance and bomber attacks. A German claim suggests dimming artillery could hide concentrations while manpower shortages and dwindling air supply threaten Nazi capabilities. Feverish German construction hints at V-3 launch sites in a Norwegian hideaway amid rising bombing hazards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Luftwaffe
London Herald
Hotchkiss Will Ren For Council
William S. Hotchkiss of 211 Bryan Place announced candidacy for the City Council in the West Ward Republican primary next May. He has lived in Ward 5 for 25 years and works for Brand Cabinet Works, with past involvement at Western Enter prise Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Hotchkiss
Bryan Place
Charles H. Spigler
Ward 5
Hotchkiss
Brand Cabinet Works
Enter E
Delegates Return From 4 H Meeting in Chicago
Washington County delegates Helen Heinemann and William Cunningham returned from the 23rd National 4 H Club Congress in Chicago where Heinemann won first in the State Dairy Production Contest and was sectional Eastern Division winner, while Cunningham was Maryland State Colt Club winner. The Maryland group led by Miss Heinemann arrived first to register among about 900 delegates, with tours, banquets, and visits to museums and stockyards cited as highlights. A broadcast segment featured a Hagerstown soldier Garvin Miller on American Eagle in Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Heinemann
Clearspring
Willian Cunningham
St. James
Chicago
Washington County
Miss Heilemann
Iraty Cheese Corporation
Virtuelg
Cunningham
Horse and Mule Association
Maryland State Colt Club
Maryland
Heinemann
Washington
Mylo
Downey
Aragon Ball
Oklahoma
Garvin Miller
Hagerstown
Britain
Mutual
Thirty Deer Are Killed In County
Reported deer season in Washington County ended with about thirty bucks shot during the six day open season. Wardens and State Police logged 25 hunters with additional reports pending. Notable catches include a rare albino deer near Hancock and a 260 pound buck among the largest taken. A 155 pound seven point buck by Constance Mellon marked the season’s only female shooter. No major incidents or arrests occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Renaris
Hancock
Michigan
Gus Weller
Hager-Hull
Constance P. Mellon
Harrisburg
Woodmont Preserve
Hagerstown
Bill Reisner, Jr
Lewis Schmidt
E. R. McCullough
Pearce
James Norris
Arthur Lander
William E. Exline
Elberta Fruit
William E. Stanley
Tonoloway Mountain
B. O. Wilkerson
Indian Head
Ella Clay Farm
Warden McCullough
B. B. Browning
Sword Mountain
Garrett County
Nutcracker Put On Leyte Japs
Allied forces report capture of Ormoc on Leyte Island a heavy blow to Japanese reinforcements. Ormoc linked to a north Leyte corridor from Ormoc to Carigara Bay, Tokyo’s key Philippines campaign port. The seizure is pivotal but not the war’s end, as fierce battles remain north and south of Ormoc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ormoc
Carigara Bay
Japan
Leyte
Tokyo
Philippines
Associated Press
Marlin Spencer
Ormoe
Recruiter To Be Here This Week At Hagerstown
Chief A. P. Watts of the U S Maritime Service will visit the local UV. S. Employment Service office in Hagerstown on Wednesday December 13. Men aged 17 to 50 percent may learn about enrollment and training options including silk tranches and steward training. Eligibility requires American citizenship and fitness for sea life. Active or inactive military duty disqualifies applicants. Pay includes regular merchant marine wages plus war allowances and subsistence with advancement prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. P. Watts
TY. S. Maritime Service
Countian Builds Own Workshop in England Hospital
T Sgt Henry Maxwell Grim and T/Sgt Henry J Covington built a spark plug cleaning center from glider crates at the Fifteenth Hospital Center in Eng land. The improvised workshop helps wounded men regain strength while reconditioning spark plugs for the Ninth Air Force, with crates repurposed into walls and floors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifteenth Hospital Center
England
Henry Maxwell Grim
Sharpsburg
T/Set
Henry J. Covington
Oklahoma City
Okla
Set Grim
Ninth Air Force
United States Army
France
William A. Schonfeld
New York
N. Y
Marines NCO Earns Quartermaster Rating During War
In a wartime note, the Marine Corps confirms a serviceman qualified as a quartermaster non commissioned officer. Also mentioned are Pvt Charles E Kelbaugh overseas in Italy and Mrs Margarette Kelbaugh at Smithsburg awaiting word. Sgt Jack Naugle and Cpl Charles E Miller operate railway trains in France as part of a Transportation Corps battalion supporting First Army. Julie M Joy of Hagerstown trains with the WAC as Sgt William Joy serves overseas with the Army Air Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Corps
Margarette Kelbaugh
Smithsburg
Pvt
Charles E. Kelbaugh
Italy
Jack Naugle
East Avenue
Charles E. Miller
Williamsport
France
Transportation Corps
Military Portraits And Addresses From A War Era
The piece lists service members and family connections including Pvt Joy who led a band during her husband’s Army induction, daughter of Hazel McKee of Hagerstown Maryland, Join R Smith Jr 7588019 Seaman 2/c SCTU San Pedro California, Lieut Jessie M M Wine Army Nurses Corps now at England General Hospital Atlantic City New Jersey and a 1944 graduate of Washington County Hospital Nurses School, Pvt Paul Titlow reported arrived safely in England, and Calvin Sheeler Jr S 2c seeking friends at APD 69 USS Vokes Norfolk Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Joy
Hazel McKee
Hagerstown, Md
Jessie MM. Wine
Army Nurses Corps
England General Hospital
Atlantic City
Wine
Washington County Hospital Nurses’ School
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O. P.O
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Cushwa
National Congress
United States
Bedwig Heinemann
Miles
Sears, Roebuck & Co. & North Palasiae
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Elbert M. Hofner
Rest Haven Chapel
Countian
Albert James DiBiase
Jacksonville
Fla
Norfolk
Albert J. DiBiase
S 1c
ALM
A & R Shop
N.as
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga
Millservice
Julie M. Joy
WAC
Women’s Army Corps
Wiliam WN. Joy
Army Air Corps
N. JL
Mountain Valley
Hot Springs
Ark
Abe Martin
Public Square
Join R. Smith, Jr
Seaman
SCTU
San Pedro
Cal
Paul Titlow
David Tidow
Salem Avenue
Calvin Sheeler
APD
U.S.S
Vokes
Enit
Postofice
NTS
NGB
GIRES
Johnny Mercer
WIEJ
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Harry
MYERS
North Potomac Street
Rand
Weat
Howard’s
Baltimore St
Hagerstown Bookbinding & Printing Co
Nelson Eddy
Robert Armbrastar
Columbia Broadcasting System
Potomac Edison Co
Liferouy
Arthur Dorsey
Cor. N
Locust & Randolph
Rudy
Hamilton Corner
Municipal Electric
Beneft
Oreep Gee
Rayon
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