Battle Report From Cassino And Allied Air Strikes
Allied forces press the Cassino assault with street fighting and tenacious gains as German defenses stiffen. British troops clinch near Castelforte while on the Orsogna front a German patrol is ambushed. Fortresses strike Toulon Cannes and Antheor. air missions hit Pescara and shipping along the Yugoslav coast.
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Italy
Calabria
Cassino
Garigliano
Castelforte
Crecchio
Orsogna
France
Toulon
Cannes
Tolon
Antheor
5Th Army
Rome
Pescara
Adriatic
Yugoslav
Ortona
Gladhill Faces Series Of Charges In Larceny Case
Warren E. Gladhill of Smithsburg is to be arraigned before Magistrate E. G. Miller on larceny charges. Investigators said he took a large amount of goods from Mrs. Alicn Hoffman’s Smithsburg home and that tools belonging to others were found in his residence. Former colleagues at a local plant identified more items, some bearing owners initials. He will be charged with taking two radios from other Smithsburg homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren E. Gladhill
Smithsburg
E. G. Miller
Alicn Hoffman
Gladhill
Snowbound Hagerstown Plea From Pearl Harbor Trooper
Pfc. Sinnisen stationed in Hawaii as part of an anti aircraft gun crew guarding Pearl Harbor asks his family to send a photo of Hagerstown under a blanket of snow. He misses the city’s winter most while enduring tropical heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Pfc
Richard B. Sissisen
Baltimore Sun
Sinnisen
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
Traffic Signals To Resume Operation In Public Square
Traffic signals in the Public Square, knocked out by a truck earlier this week, are expected to be back in service in a few days. Superintendent J Coombs says replacement parts arrived and a new mechanism will synchronize square signals with the city. Officials expect quicker traffic flow. pedestrians are crossing on their own amid the outage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raton J. Coombs
Hagerstown Pupils Lead War Bond Drive Across Schools
Hagerstown Senior High and two junior high schools report strong war bond and stamp sales as part of the Fourth War Loan Drive. South Potomac Junior High leads with 23800, while Woodland Way totals 14078 and Hagerstown High reaches 18383 toward a countywide goal of 325000 by June.
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Hagerstown
South Potomac
William C. Diehl
Army Air Forces
Woodland Way
Maryland
Skippy” Payette
George N. Payette
Warner Brothers Theatres
Hagerstown High School
H L Trumpower Wins High Honors for Conspicuous Bravery
Harold Lloyd Trumpower of Hagerstown son of Walter Trumpower, USNR, commended by the Chief of Naval Personnel for conspicuous bravery during Sicily invasion. He served four days at battle station amid air attacks and shrapnel, aiding a merchant ship gun crew in convoy defense.
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Harold Lloyd Trumpower
Seamar
USNR
Walter Lloyd Trumpower
Ridge Avenue
Hagerstown
Chief of Naval Personnel
Fifth Naval District
Norfolk
Randall Jacobs
Trumpower
Sicily
United States Natal
Rettiaase
Five Die In Plane Crash Near Elkins West Virginia
Five people die when a plane carrying members of a prominent Oklahoma City family crashes four miles from Elkins after asking for landing directions. Victims include Wilbur E. Hightower, his daughter, Roy Hunt, his wife, and co-pilot George Ruddy. The crash follows two other mountain region air disasters in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkins
W. VA
Washington, D. C
Allegheny Mountains
Wibur E. Hightower
First National Bank and Trust Company of
Oklahoma City
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Altemeier to be Interviewed on National Radio
County resident McClellan Altemeier, connected with the American Legion and Fairchild Aircraft, will be interviewed by Robert St. John on NBC radio at 10:15 a.m. Monday February 7. The program will cover Altemeier’s war experiences and his World War I memories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClellan Altemeier
Ts Frock Post
American Legion
Fairchild Aircraft
Robert St. John
Altemeier
NBC
Russians Tighten Grip as Soviet Drive Advances
Russian forces push from Leningrad toward Luga, reaching 19 miles from the railway hub Leningrad to Pskov. Meretskov’s Volkhov army clears the Leningrad Moscow line and nears Luban, while Soviet air forces repel German counterattacks. German losses include 24 Junkers transports and 16 escorts, with 2,700 German dead reported. Submarines sighted near Noorkopping provoke Baltic speculation.
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Stormovik
Junkers
Govorov
Estonia
Leningrad
Luga
Meretskov
Luban
Stockholm
Baltic Sea
Noorkopping
Sweden
Baltic
Plant Shuts Down Amid Shortage in Baltimore Mill
Chesapeake Paper Board Company in Baltimore, the city’s sole paper consuming mill, has closed twice in 48 hours due to paper stock shortages. Vice president J. E. Smith Jr. said one closure lasted four hours and the other eight hours. The plant makes paper board for ammunition and food boxes, incendiary bloom fuses, and medicine cartons for the armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Chesapeake Paper Board Company
J. E. Smith, Jr
Pimlico to Host 28 Day Joint Racing Meeting
The Maryland Racing Commission approved a 28 day joint meeting at Pimlico and other state tracks until spring. The decision enables four mile race venues to run a consolidated schedule in Baltimore amid ongoing regional racing activity.
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Pimlico
Baltimore
Maryland Racing Commission
New Fairchild Plant Opens at Miller Building Site
Fairchild Aircraft opens Plant 29 at the Miller building near City Park along the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks. The facility consolidates shipping receiving and storage of heavy parts, with space exceeding Plant 10 and upgraded siding and loading platforms. Plant 16 remains in shipping, and Plant 26 handles small parcel dispatch. Moving-in has begun in stages over two months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller
City Park
Fairchild Aircraft
Local Aircraft
Miller Furniture Company
Furniture
Fairchild
Annual Meeting To Be Held on Monday
The Maryland Virginia Milk Producers Association holds its 24th annual meeting on Monday February 7 in Washington. County Agent Mark Miller reported the event and Albert Goss served as master of ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland-Virginia Milk Producers’ Association
Washington
Mark Miller
Albert Goss
Notable speakers announced for regional gathering program
Pennsylvania State College's W V Dennis and the Grange members will address the morning session at 10 30 in the Masonic Temple Washington followed by a noon banquet at Stotler B Hotel with Dr H C Byrd president of University of Maryland as master of ceremonies.
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Onal Grange
W. V. Dennis
Pennsylvania State College
Masonic Temple
Washington
Stotler B Hotel
H. C. Byrd
University of Maryland
Armed Forces Reproach 20000 Strike Sparks Regional Ironies
The strike drew condemnation from WEB in Cleveland and Detroit Board chair Edwin E. Witte who accused Smith of sacrificing his son's interests to fight the WLB and NLRA. The dispute centered on an NLEB hearing about a CIO petition for a bargaining election at Willys-Overland Toledo, affecting 4700 workers, with broader impacts in Cleveland and Detroit plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MESA
Smith
Cleveland
Edwin E. Witte
Detroit
Witte
WLB
National Labor Relations Board
NLEB
United Automobile Workers
Cleveland Graphite Bronze Co
National Acme Co
Easton Manufacturing Co
S. K. Wellman Co
Nash-Kelvinator Corp
Michigan Tool Co
Detroit Tap & Tool Co
Eureka Vacuum Cleaner Co
Mesa Representatives
Toledo Works
Washington
CIO
Tam-Cio
Raiding Mesa Membership Counts 53,000 Workers
A Mesa official described a raiding effort that, he said, totals 53,000 workers. The figure is cited as part of a broader dispute over labor organization activity and industry standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesa
Hand injury lands Clayton Haunt in hospital
Clayton Haunt of Hagerstown Route 2 was admitted to Washington County Hospital yesterday afternoon for treatment of a hand injury. The report notes the incident occurred in the local area, with medical staff providing care upon arrival.
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Clayton Haunt
Hagerstown
Washington County Hospital
Enim
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