Germans Fall Back as Yanks Close In On Meuse Front
Allied forces pressed a broad offensive from the south and east as Patton's 3rd Army seized multiple towns near St. Hubert and Bastogne area. German counterattacks on the Rochefort front diminished while air power and artillery tightened the front along a 45 mile stretch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Vor
Rundstedt
Rochefort
Bitters
Sart
Meuse
von Runstedt
George S. Patton
3Rd Army
Moircy
St. Hubert
Bastogne
Remaene
Magerotte
Morchet
Bastogne-Arlon Road
Sibret
Assenois
Hompre
Frontline Movements Spur Allied Push Near Wiltz
Fragmentary dispatch notes Third Army units maneuver two miles from Wiltz as they close in from the southwest and south. Other columns push 10 miles southeast toward Gastorne while advancing along the Sure valley. German defenses along the Siegfried Line show armor massing upstream from Echernach with artillery remaining silent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vilers-la-Borne-Eau
Arlon-Bastogne
Third Army
Wiltz
Gastorne
Evhan Bigelhy
Siegfried Line
Bollondori
Echiernach
Property Transfers Report From Page 1 North KOW Area
Executed conveyances list land transfers from Sharpsburg to Aulietant Tron Works and nearby streets. Names include Doub executors, Myers, Snyder, Cook, Adams, Hanna, Baer, Bear, Knode, Weddle, Dietrich, and Marshall. Amounts range from 2100 to 12599 dollars for parcels along roads, avenues, and town districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Kow
Alyrey TL. Cook
Randolph Avenue
Center Street
Barbara E. Adams
Dr. Ran
Nell Hanna
Stanley L. Moore
Hagerstown
Henry M. Baer
Russell John Bear
Noah H. Marlin
Paramount
J. Hubert Knode
Chester H. Weddle
Cook Street
Mitchell Avenue
Dietrich
W. Roy Marshall
Tilghmanton
Four Condemned Victors Shot by Mob at Montpellier
French news reports that angry residents of Ales stormed Fort Vauban Prison in Montpellier and killed four condemned collaborators by shooting as guards failed to protect them. The four men had been former mayors and were condemned for collaboration.
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Paris
Ales
Victhortes
Fort Vauban
Montpellier
Reds Roll On To New Gains Near Vienna
Soviet forces advanced toward Vienna as Tolbukhin's Third Ukraine Army crossed the Hron river and moved within about thirty miles of Bratislava. units seized Nana and Parkauny near the Hron's confluence with the Danube and pressed toward Konaron while Budapest faced antitank and antiinfantry obstacles in the city streets.
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Vienna
Nana
Parkauny
Hron
Danube
Feodor Tolbukhin
Third Ukraine
Konaron
Bratislava
The
Hon
Moscow
Budapest
Rea
Lesonc
Lucencéc
Slovakia
Chaplin Defense Ties Lecherous Hound Case
The defense and state arguments unfold as Chaplin's counsel and prosecutor present final remarks. Judge to instruct jurors after rebuttal, with a verdict likely Wednesday. Prosecutor Scott questions the reliability of blood tests and warns experts are not infallible in determining paternity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Chaplin
Charles E. Millikan
Joan
California
No Heavy Travel Seen Here Over New Year's Week-End
Light traffic was reported by the Blue Ridge dispatcher as most buses ran on time despite snow and slick roads in the Cumberland-Pittsburgh area. Hagerstown kept wartime industries running full, reducing travel from the city compared with last weekend’s two-day holiday. Poor weather was a factor in the lighter travel.
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Blue Ridge
Cumberland-Pittsfreh
Hagerstown
Man
Washington County
Prospect
First Division Holds Butgenbach Front Against German Breakthroughs
The First Division halted a German assault around Butgenbach and its ice covered reservoir, refusing to yield ground for eight days. German tanks penetrated once but were repelled by anti tank gunners, engineers, clerks and cooks who hunted tanks behind lines. Two days later infantry clashes near the headquarters ended with German patrols wiped out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butgenbach
WAC Tall Tale Wins Liar Award at War Contest
The War Appeals column notes a majority of tall tales come from servicemen with honorable mentions to several stories. A New York post reports Major Walter E. French recalling a bombardier training joke at Midland Army Base. San Francisco post recalls a New Guinea air raid tale with jungle snakes and mosquitoes and a comic exchange about a Japanese bomber.
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Dent
New York
Walter E. French
Midland Army Base
Herman
Funeral Services for Police Clerk Downey Held
Funeral services for Lewis W. Downey, a police desk clerk for nearly ten years, were held Friday afternoon at Coffman funeral home. Rev. Paul Minnich Robinson extolled Downey’s public service and resilience in the face of handicap. Pangborn Lodge Fraternal Order of Police conducted burial at Manor Cemetery.
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Lewis WW. Downey
Coffman Funeral Home
Paul Minnich Robinson
Downey
Mitnich
Pangborn Lodge Fraternal Order of Police
Manor Cemetery
Suter
Paul M. Robinson
Rose Hill Cemetery
Edward Benton McNamee
Lappans Crossroads
Breathedsville
Hagerstown
Jaspheine Warrenfeltz
Imagene Butler
Breathersville
Sabe] Poole
Sgt
W. Lee
Robert
Pfe
William
W D. McNamee
Oscar Reid
East Funeral Home
William D. McKinley
Virginia K. Tice
West Franklin Street
Albert C. Tice
Washington County Hospital
Trinity Lutheran Church
Helen H. Tice
A. Culler Tice
H. H. Leidig
C. W. Boyer
Tice
Minnich Funeral Home
Wilson P. Ard
Rose Hil Cemetery
Deaths Herald New Year Amid Local Tragedies
The notice recalls multiple obituary items in Washington County with Cushwa McNamee and others, detailing deaths at City Hospital and local funeral plans. It notes public mood as 1945 nears, with New Year events and transportation hints as residents prepare for the holiday period and return of students and workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie L. Whittington
Prospect Street
Washington County Hospital
Charles E. Whittington
Hagerstown
Willard Lee Grubb
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Electrical camouflage threats loom at broadcasting stations
An assistant notes that new electronic equipment could be used to create electrical camouflage around a broadcasting station. The idea suggests potential stealth interference or concealment of signals as technology advances.
News of Our Top Men and Women in Uniform
In this page continuation the Seabees are praised for their work and a veteran inspector from Fairchild’s seeks old friends at 3308-2. New arrivals at Strother Field include WAC Pvt Ruth Ridenour daughter of Ruth Semler of Hagerstown, now sheet metal worker turned V fighter base technician. Second Lt Jessie Wine of Hagerstown is among newly commissioned Army nurses this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EAD
Seabees
Fairchild’s
Strother Field
Kansas
Second Air Force
WAC
Maiie
Ridenour
Ruth Semler
Liberty Street
Hagerstown
Women's Army Corps
Strother Fields
Jessie M. Wine
East Washington Street
U. S. Army
Welfare grants to needy blind in county for November
Fifteen persons who received assistance as needy blind were paid an average grant per person of 22.88 during November by the Washington county Welfare Department. The number assisted was exceeded in Maryland counties only by Allegany county, but the average grant was below the state and county averages. No new applications for blind grants were received during the month.
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Washington County
Maryland
Allegany County
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West Washington Street
Community Finance Service, Inc
Lecherous
Brogua
Indiana
Monty Woceley
Dick Haymes
Anthony Quinn
Beverly Whitney
Moxie Rosent
Metropolitan Opera
Leonard Warren
Blanche Thebom
Gregory Ratoff
Damon Runyon
George Macready
Stooges
Liar Award
Milcha Davis
Martinsburg
Alvey Grafton Davis
Marlowe
W. Va
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Falling Waters Road
Williamsport
Walter
Roy
Georgia
Hedgesville
J. Va
Grant Pitchers
Beddington
Gracie
Annie Barnhart
York
Charles Grimes
Willamsport
Methodist Church
Ernest Harrison
L. C. Messick
Springmill Cemetery
OW. Va
Academy
Womanhater
Spitfire
Pila
Ward Bond
George
Hayes Audrey Long
Elisabeth Risdon
Don Douglas Ooert
Edl
Marr Sores
Orin
Nhs
East Side
Bowery
Rogers Jewelry Co
House of Blue White
St West Washington St
ARROW
Musey & Evans
Warrington Street
Ed Arneral
Cese
Les
K-9
Roy Rogers
Santa FE
Warner
Lais
Hollywoods
IY Eer
Olden Gate Quartet
Ronald Colman
Marlene Dietrich
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