Hitler Left Legacy Of Hate And Revenge
Adolf Hitler s final political testament portrayed him as a martyr and urged loyalty to the state while condemning Jews. Dated April 29 1945 it notes expulsion of Goering and Himmler for seeking power and negotiating with the enemy, with Goebbels notes and Eva Braun marriage record released.
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Daniel DE Luce Nuernberg
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Hitler
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Eva Braun
County Reports Eleven Mishaps In November
Washington county had 11 motor vehicle accidents in November with 2 persons killed and 3 injured. Across Maryland 1,366 accidents produced 45 deaths and 728 injuries. Twenty three fatalities were in cities and towns, 22 on rural open highways. Overall fatal crashes rose. rate since VE Day is climbing toward prewar levels.
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Washington County
Maryland Traffic Safety Commission
Maryland
Long Time Late
Lt Col John Gallnway of Wichita Kansas called a railroad office to ask if his wife Elizabeth’s train was on time. The clerk replied normally yes, but not in four years.
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San Francisco
John Gallnway
Wichita
Kas
Army
Elizabeth
John
Condition Still Serious For City Market Master Randall
Charles W. Randall, City Market Master, paralyzed last Saturday and removed to Washington County Hospital remains in serious condition, hospital attendants report.
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Charles W. Randall
Washington County Hospital
Soldier Oliver Snyder Discharged From Army Air Forces
Cpl Oliver F Snyder of Tagers Town Road 4 has left B 29 headquarters on Guam and is discharged from the Army Air Forces in a dispatch from Guam today reflecting service with the 20th Air Force.
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Oliver F. Snyder
Tagerstown Rd
20Th Air Force
Guam
United States
Army Air Forces
Tip On County Fire Wins First Prize
A Tilghmanton resident earned first prize for a tip that helped report a fire leaving a family of five homeless. The top tip received $3.50 for usefulness.
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Tip On County Fire
Tilghmanton
East End
Daily Mall
Hitler’s Last Will Triggers Nazi Reactions in Nürnberg
Adolf Hitler named Hermann Goering and Heinrich Himmler traitors in a last will written from the Berlin Chancellery bunker before his death with Eve Braun. The document caused a stir among 20 arch Nazis awaiting trial in Nürnberg as they met with lawyers and awaited proceedings resuming Wednesday.
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Nuebrnberg
Adolf Hitler
Hermann Goering
Heinrich Himmler
Nuernberg
Fuehrer
Berlin
Eve Braun
Goering
Hilter
Berchtesgaden
City Outlook Good Says Mayor Hagerstown 1946 vision
Mayor Richard H. Sweeney delivers a New Year forecast for Hagerstown, predicting an expansive industrial and economic boom. He cites reconversion progress, planned expansion of employment by diversified industries, and construction of several hundred new homes in the coming year, with continued growth into 1948.
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Hagerstown
Richard H. Sweeney
Condition of Local Boy Still Critical
John Brewer, injured when his car crashed into a pole on the Williamsport Martinsburg pike, remains in critical condition. He was moved from Martinsburg to a veteran's hospital. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Brewer of this city and lived in Martinsburg with his wife Helen Palmer.
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John Brewer
Williamsport
Martinsburg Pike
Martinsburg
Ralph Brewer
Helen Palmer
Divorce Granted for Marie Grove and Raymond Grove
Marie Viola Grove is legally divorced from Raymond Donald Grove. Attorney Calvert K. Hartle appeared in the case representing one party.
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Marie Viola Grove
Raymond Donald Grove
Calvert K. Hartle
Czechoslovak papers report Bormann arrest in British zone
Reuters dispatch from Nuernberg said Prague papers reported Martin Bormann, Hitler's deputy, had been seized in the British zone of Germany. Allied security officers would not confirm or deny the report.
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London
Reuters
Nuernberg Today
Martin Bormann
Hitler
Fuehrer
Bormann
Germany
Expect Heavy Bus Travel Tomorrow
The Blue Ridge Bus Lines dispatch office notes medium heavy travel over the New Year weekend and warns travel tomorrow and Wednesday will strain capacity. Officials say many took the Christmas holiday week off and expect many will return home on the same day as usual.
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Blue Ridge Bus Lines
Discharged Harrisburg Area Officers and Enlisted Men
Thirty-eight Hagerstown and county service members were honorably discharged between December 27 and 29 at Fort Meade Army separation center. Names include Staff Sgt Glenn W Andrews Pvt John W Smith Staff Sgt Burman H Smith Sgt Fred E Travinger Pfc Kenneth G Hose Emory C Doyle Grafton E Cost Owen C Price Andrew S Baker Albert R Ebberts T Allen R Stouffer Robert M Baker Chester Keedy Jr Richard D Minnick and Major Howard A Caprill among others.
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Hagerstown
Army Separation Center
Fort George G. Meade
Glenn W. Andrews
John W. Smith
Burman H. Smith
Boonsboro
Fred E. Travinger
Security
Kenneth G. Hose
Williamsport
Emory C. Doyle
Cavetown
Grafton E. Cost
Owen C. Price
Summit
Andrew S. Baker
East Lee
Albert R. Ebberts
West Franklin
Allen R. Stouffer
South Mulberry
Robert M. Baker
South Potomac
Chester
Keedy Jr
Richard D. Minnick
Fairground
Howard A. Caprill
Private pilot earns license to fly to Miami races
James Slyder a 64 year old Cham bersburg businessman qualified to fly his own plane to the Miami Air Races. He passed all tests by Civil Aeronautics Administration inspector Richard Carson at Hagerstown Municipal Airport and earned his private pilot license after years away from flying. Slyder, who resumed study in navigation and meteorology, said his son S B Slyder helped spark the plan and now thousands of pilots will depart nationwide with him in January.
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James Slyder
Chambersburg
Miami
Richard “Kit” Carson
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Hagerstown
Slyder
S. B. Slyder
Emporium
Pennsylvania
Snyder
End of Four Year Tire Rationing in 1946
Beginning at midnight motorists may buy tires without restriction for the first time in four years though tires remain scarce. The OPA had announced the end of rationing several weeks earlier with price ceilings continuing and agents watching for black market activity in restricted tire stocks.
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OPA
Chiang Bids For Chinese Unity
Chiang Kai-Shek appeals for a united China inviting other political parties to join the government to run policy and executive branches. He urged peaceful methods to resolve internal conflicts and said the assembly could be enlarged to include leaders of other parties while warning against autonomous armies.
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Chungking
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
National Assembly
Generalissimo
City Prepares To Greet New Year In 1946
Hagerstownians plan midnight celebrations with mixed tone from noisily to reverently as 1945 is bid farewell. The year saw two wars end and the return of veterans. Central city crowds and hotel tavern bookings rise as clubs expect large New Year turnout. Beginning January 1, about 25 percent of local wage earners will become free from in
No Daily Mail Tomorrow New Year wishes issued
Tomorrow is New Year's Day and no Daily Mail will be issued. The paper wishes readers a very happy and prosperous New Year.
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Daily Mail
New Postwar Tax Levies Go Into Effect Tomorrow
Washington reports the 1946 tax law cuts taxes for the first time since 1929 to spur reconversion and peacetime production. Officials expect higher civilian goods flow as producers keep more of their profits after midnight due to the repeal of the excess profits tax, with corporations receiving a $3.136 billion cut.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Airlines Business In Hagerstown Doubles In Month
Traffic in and out of Hagerstown by Columbia Airlines in the past three weeks was double that of the previous month according to Henson Flying Service. Since December 7, 55 arrived by air and 60 departed. flights operated on 19 days in the afternoon and 14 in the morning with weather cancellations.
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Hagerstown
Columbia Airlines
Henson
Columbia
Air
Check Passer Is Now In Custody
Local authorities report the Hickory North Carolina arrest of William Nelson Beck 30 of Washington DC on charges tied to bad checks. He allegedly passed an 85 dollar check drawn on a Hagerstown bank at Rosenour's in Frederick to obtain a fur coat valued at 65 dollars and 20 dollars in cash and fled after the check bounced. Beck is said to be wanted in multiple jurisdictions for forgery kidnapping and other crimes, with earlier 1936 Washington arrest for a stick up and robbery.
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Hickory
N. C
William Nelson Beck
Washington, D. C
Frederick
Beck
Hagerstown
Rosenour’s
Washington
Six More GIs Due From Overseas Arrive On Victory Ships
Six local and county servicemen expected this weekend from overseas duty are listed as arriving at Newport News and New York. Pvt John H Bennett T Sgt Asher S Edelman Jr S Sgt Wayne E Kaiser Pfe James L Slusher all from Hagerstown sail on Bardstown Victory. Pfc Daniel W Phillips arrives on John Stevens. T 5 Chester R Forrest also aboard Hampden Sydney Victory docking at New York.
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Newport News
Bardstown
Two Recruits Enlisted Through Army HQ in Earle Building
Major Kenneth E. Stewart announced that last week two men were enlisted in the Army through the Army Recruiting Headquarters in the Earle Building. They are Daniel Lee Jr of 311144 North Jonathan Street and Edwin J. Thomas of Greencastle Route 3.
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Army
Earle Building
Kenneth E. Stewart
Daniel Lee, Jr
North
Jonathan Street
Edwin J. Thomas
Greencastle
Rt. 3
Restaurant Of Eckis Robbed In Williamsport
Police believe an acquainted intruder burglarized the Samuel K. Eckis restaurant at 1 East Potomac Street last night. The thief entered by breaking the front door lock, opened the cash register with 70 to 80 dollars in half dollars, and left only small silver change. Fingerprint investigations are underway.
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Samuel K. Eckis
East Potomac Street
Williamsport
Two Local Officers Leave Army for Civilian Life
Capt. John E. Shockey of 919 Dewey avenue and First Lt. Charles A. Gossard of 2001 Virginia avenue in Hagerstown are among officers placed on inactive status at Fort Meade Maryland and are returning to civilian life.
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John E. Shockey
Dewey Avenue
Charles A. Gossard
Virginia Avenue
Hagerstown
Fort George G. Meade
Lower Point Scores for GI Discharge Announced
Washington reports a Dec 19 change in Army discharge rules lowering point thresholds to 50 for enlisted personnel and 70 for officers. The adjustment makes about 600,000 more service members eligible for release today.
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Washington
Post Office To Mark New Year’s Day Holiday
New Year’s Day will be a holiday at the post office with no city or rural delivery service. Lock boxes will be available to renters and the usual holiday collections will be made.
Iad Sought Boost In Navy Personnel
Pearl Harbor investigators disclosed that Admiral Harold R. Stark urged U S entry into World War II after Germany attacked Russia, while hoping that Russia and Germany would strike each other. In the witness chair, Stark provided letters to Admiral Husband E. Kimmel and others, noting many were personal and perhaps burnable. The July 31, 1941 note to Capt. Charles M. Cooke Jr. was signed Betty and used nicknames throughout.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
Adm
Harold R. Stark
Germany
Russia
Stark
Senate
House Committee
Savvy
Charles M. Cooke
Pacific Fleet
Kimmel
Mustapha
Betty
Cooke
Seizure plan for Azores disclosed by 1941 memo
President Roosevelt ordered an expedition to sail within 30 days to seize the Azores as disclosed in a 1941 letter from Adm. Harold R. Stark to Adm. Husband E. Kimmel. The note says 25,000 men were to sail and that Azores reinforcement by Portugal was noted, with expected opposition.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Azores
Pearl Harbor
Adm
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
Husband E. Kimmel
Pacific Fleet
Portugal
Navy Discharges Four Sailors From Bainbridge Center
The Bainbridge Maryland separation center announced four Navy personnel honorably discharged. Arthur H. Newcomer Fl/c of Hagerstown Route 5, Charles L. Sellers Mommie 120 North Cleveland Avenue, John C. Shieler 112 West Franklin Street, and Edward E. Wiebel M 1/c 301 Garlinger Avenue are listed among those discharged.
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Bainbridge, Md
Arthur H. Newcomer
Hagerstown Rt
Charles L. Sellers
Mommie
Cleveland Avenue
John C. Shieler
West
Franklin Street
Edward E. Wiebel
Garlinger Avenue
Kentuckian's Flood Tall Tale Tops Liar's Club Winners
Burlington Wisconsin reports the 1945 World Champion liar is M. E. Lineman of Louisville Ky, for a tall tale claiming he saved Louisville from a flood by triggering a local election to keep the town dry. Other entries mocked in the contest include a Civil War era Confederate blood transformation tale and spoof weather yarns.
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Burlington
Wis
Louisville
Kentucky
I. G. Folk
Philadelphia
Congressional Hearing Reveals Stark on Kimmel Attack
Admiral Harold R. Stark told a Senate-House panel that Admiral Husband E. Kimmel received adequate information and directives before the December 7, 1941, attack. Stark described efforts in 1941 to win Roosevelt’s approval for higher naval personnel and fleet expansion, noting Congress had not approved all pleas.
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Washington
Harold R. Stark
Husband E. Kimmel
Hawaii
Chief of Naval Operations
Senate House Committee
Roosevelt
Congress
Thomas C. Hart
Britain
Iceland
Kimmel
Hull
Stark
Mrs Straley to Celebrate Her Centenary Tomorrow
Mrs Ann Elizabeth Straley aged 100 will celebrate her birthday tomorrow January 1 at her Greencastle home 213 South Washington Street. Born January 1 1846 near Zullinger she was the daughter of William and Catherine Logan Kreps. Her father died early and she was raised by grandparents and later lived with her daughter and son-in-law H T Straley.
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Ann Elizabeth Straley
H. T. Straley
South Washington Street
Greencastle
William and
Catherine Logan Kreps
Straley
Zullinger
United States
Mexico
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Iad
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