05 Feb 1945
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1945
Page
1
Cascade elementary pupils purchased 5078 dollars and 55 cents in war savings stamps by February 1. Army camp representatives awarded the effort with a equipment demonstration, featuring jeeps, mortars, radios, walkie talkies, packs, pigeons, and German items for comparison, as children watched and learned.
Flares, smoke screen, and a bazooka demonstration captivated Cascade pupils who felt involved beyond spectatorship. Their dimes and dollars financed the equipment, aiding brothers, uncles, cousins, friends, and fathers to come home sooner, turning a school event into a moral support effort.
The Associated Press reports ration updates covering Meats Fats and processed foods from book four red and blue stamps with several ranges valid through late February to June, including gasoline, shoes, and fuel oil coupons. OPA notes no cancellations and broad validity through the current heating season across all areas.
James Semler of the 500 block Frederick street cut his hand in a fall on the ice at Mulberry and Frederick streets Saturday night. His wife also fell but was uninjured. Mrs William F Maloney of Summit avenue escaped injury in a pavement fall Saturday evening near her home. The first degrees in Divinity at Harvard College were granted in 1692.
Allied forces pressed toward Manila from the south and north after a swift Luzon advance. AP dispatches describe paratroopers landing on Tagaytay ridge, 18 miles from Manila, and Liberator bombers softening Cavite and Corregidor as Japanese fires rage in the capital.
Appalachian area orchardists, food handlers and specialists will meet soon to complete organization of an area branch of the newly formed National Horticulture Council, Carroll R. Miller announced today.
Russian pincers threaten to outflank Berlin as 1000 feet wide advance mops up across pockets from south of Stettin to near Breslau. 100 plus villages captured. heavy Soviet artillery bombards Kustrin Frankfurt and salients. Konev likely active from Oder, bridges deepened at Brieg to 12 miles toward Grottkau. East Prussia German resistance dwindles. Konigsberg area mostly in Soviet hands with rail lines cut at Barwalde Neudamm and Ziebingen.
Fresh snowfalls across New England disrupt transport and lift shortages as the Northeastern winter deepens. Albany reports four inches in New York State with drifts up to 12 feet in Fitchburg. Coal shortages bite Pennsylvania and Ohio while travel and business slow across Illinois to Maryland amid ice and sleet.
Allied report says First Army and U S 6th Army advanced into breach points in the Siegfried Line within 20 miles of Cologne and close to Euskirchen while Bonn and rail targets were hit by RAF bombers. Weather hindered observation as thaw turns ground to slush.
The article lists U S Army personnel and units, including Pvt. Carl in the Quartermaster Company cited by Gen. Clark for Anzio work, Pvt. Irvin L Turner in the Pacific, Pvt. Edward E Slick back in the States with multiple medals, Pvt Joseph M Hoffman overseas, Sgt Earl S Wolfe Jr promoted to staff sergeant in Belgium, and other families noting addresses. it also describes Army Air Forces tech Sergeant George H Norris Jr on furlough in Hagerstown, and the 727th Railway battalion’s commendation by Gen Devers after campaigns in Sicily and Italy with the 27th Railway area.
Morning weather notes in a war update describe rain and fog across regions while the Third Army claws deeper into Germany. It overran 65 square miles, pressed five miles into Reich on a 13 mile front, breached the Siegfried Line at three points, and found unmanned pillboxes amid only sporadic German artillery fire. The French First Army reports 2,200 prisoners captured and loot from the Colmar pocket as its corps clears the Thur river.
In Los Angeles on February 5, Mrs. Margaret Hoffenstein, 49, told police her 14 month old grandchild vanished from a grocery laden automobile while she shopped. The next day she said she recalled leaving the child at friends' home the day before.
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