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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1944
Page
5
A Nazi expedition off Greenland was thwarted as ships battled ice and weather. The Coast Guard and Navy towed damaged vessels, found loot in ice caves, and confirmed the Nazi crew had fled, abandoning a 153-foot armed vessel after an explosion and fire.
The report notes Route 40 beyond Frostburg opened to traffic after a snowbound block. A rotary plow is dispatched to widen the lane. Chaires expects all primary roads in Garrett and Allegany counties to open by tonight though many side roads remain blocked for days. Washington County highways are in good condition with Route 40 to Hancock fair. west of Hancock motorists should still use chains. Garrett county schools will not.
Return of air raids over Japan reports jubilant pilots and cautious generals. Brig Gen Haywood Hansell Jr weighs results after daylight attack on Mitsubishi plants in Osaka. Visibility was clear, bombs hit the plant as the B 29 force completes 2000 mile Saipan round trips with one crew on its tenth mission.
Weather conditions forced a delayed school opening as service was limited. Some students in Oakland reported for classes but were dismissed at noon. Only two school buses arrived in the city.
J H Carmichael vice president of Pennsylvania Central Airlines spoke to the Rotary Club predicting aviation will rank among the nation's top industries after the war. He praised Fairchild and spoke on the growth of air travel, aircraft costs, and the potential for Hagerstown service depending on profitability.
Twenty first Bomber Command reports B 29 photographs show at least 47 direct hits on Nagoya Hatsudoki aircraft factory. Images from Captain Thomas Kuenn ing of New Bremen Ohio reveal 24 hits on the rambling plant, with important damage noted in machine shops and assembly departments.
The article notes that sapphires and rubies are utilized in precision meters and delicate instruments across aircraft, tanks, and other military equipment, highlighting their role in improving reliability and accuracy in wartime hardware.
U S Seventh Army breaches Maginot line near Bitche and advances toward Kappelenhof and Zweibrücken while Germans withdraw artillery to stronger positions behind Saarlautern and Dillengen. Saarbrucken’s Habkirchen footbridge destroyed. 35th Division holds ground near the Saarland frontier near Seltz.
The First Army pressed toward the Roer with a stout defense around Duren while near Monschau, threatening a flank. German lines shifted repeatedly east of the Roer with three new defenses observed between the river and the Erst eight miles from Cologne and the Rhine.
Newark December report says two major government antitrust cases against E I Du Pont de Nemours Rohm and Haas and Bendix Aviation will resume with President Roosevelt's approval. Grand jury indictment against Du Pont Rohm and Haas and civil suit against Bendix were restored to active list after war pause, Justice Department confirms.
In St Louis on December 14, 1945 a millionaire, Helmuth C. Setz, 53, who once led Missouri's metallurgical work, has not left his hotel room for six years. His brother Carl says the chemist entered the hotel March 16, 1939 and has since stayed inside. Setz told a Globe-Democrat reporter he withdraws not from fear but to pursue chemical studies without intrusion and cited difficulty in a concise reason.
Ray Evans head of the Evans Lead Corporation returned from New York to Charleston amid heavy snow. He strapped on skis and glided three miles from Loudon Heights to the railroad station then proceeded to his lead plant, exemplifying wartime mobility.
War Production Board acting chairman Hiland G. Batcheller called November a wonderful month for critical programs as Japan raid led by B 23 Superfortresses boosted output. Army demand spurred expansion of tire making facilities with 1,000,000 military tires every three months. Output of Superfortresses rose 30 percent from October and beat schedule by three percent, exact plant locations undecided.
Charleston reports the state's worst blizzard as heavy snow drifts and icy roads slow travel. Motor coaches crawled along snow banks with buses halted since Monday night. Kanawha valley snow fell. hundreds of schools closed and coal mines and war plants operated with reduced crews. Bus service resumed on Atlantic Greyhound lines between Beckley and Bluefield and Spencer and Clarksburg.
Officers of Cumberland's Textile Work Union claim state council leadership is dominated by communists. Delegates voted to disaffiliate with the Western Maryland Industrial Union Council. The local membership also reaffirmed stance on capital and labor relations and arbitration matters, amid a period of strained labor links.
A Hagerstown wholesale dealer reported turkey and young chicken supplies will be tight for the holiday season. Washington County turkey growers sold out at Thanksgiving, with few outside shipments likely due to freeze orders. Many buyers have stored birds for Christmas, leaving those who wait until late in December with little chance of obtaining turkeys. Young chickens are also in short supply on the market.
A Williamsport district hearing is tentatively set for Saturday night before Magistrate John H. Hetzer to review charges against C. Walter Hoffman accused of cruelty to horses. Deputy Bruce Spickler reports Hoffman left about 10 horses in a field during snow and froze them in icy water with only a straw stack as shelter. A similar charge dates back nearly two years.
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