Four Yank Divisions Invade Reich
Four divisions of the American Third Army invaded Germany anew along a 22 mile front crossing the Our and Sure rivers between Echternach and southern Luxembourg. Patton’s troops pressed Siegfried Line defenses, expanding a continuous 120 mile western front as First and Third armies reached near the Siegfried line and Hellenthal. Hodges’ forces fought across the region toward Prum and Schleiden amid stiff German opposition.
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Paris
Third Army
Germany
Echternach
Mouthern Luxembourg
Clervaur
George 5S
Patton
Siegfried Line
Eisenhower
Holland
Saarlautern
U. S
West Wall
Upper
Roer
Schmidt
Hellenthal
Schleiden
Courtney H. Hodges
Hitler May Yield Title Of Fuehrer To Reich President
Stockholm reports Afton bladet cites Berlin rumors of a government reorganization. Hitler would surrender the Fuehrer title to become Reich president with Franz von Papen as chancellor. Hjalmar Schacht would head finance and Walther von Brauchitsch would be War Minister.
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Stockholm
Aftonbladet
Hitler
Fuehrer
Franz von Papen
Berlin
Reichsbank
Walther von Brauchitsch
Brauchittsch
Schacht
Employers Of Most Of Those Placed In 1-A Take An Appeal
About 93 percent of registrants aged 26 to 30 reclassified to 1-A have appeals filed by their employers. These workers, formerly 2-A or 2-B, are employed in local war industries. Appeals proceed after ten days to file and are heard by the local Appeal Board in Baltimore pre-induction exams.
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Baltimore
Star Martinsburg Gridder Killed in Belgium
Pvt. Robert Weaver of Martinsburg dies in action in Belgium on January 12 with the paratroopers. A star of the 1942 43 Martinsburg High School football team, he played left halfback and led the running attack, also excelling in track. He lived with his uncle in Martinsburg before enlisting and sailed overseas in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Weaver
Fred Weaver
Clearspring
Martinsburg
Belgium
Benjamin F. Snyder
Weaver
Pierlot Government in Belgium to Quit Resigns
Brussels February 7 Premier Hubert Pierlot announced his government would resign. He interrupted the Chamber of Deputies debate to overthrow his government and said he would submit the resignation of his cabinet to Regent Printe Charles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Hubert Pierlot
Chamber of Deputies
Printe
Charles
Local Damage Suit Posted For Trial
Mrs Nora Mullen of Clearspring sues Arthur Dorsey for 10000 damages for injuries from January 1942 after being thrown from a delivery truck. Trial set in Frederick County Circuit Court with State's Attorney Ingram and former State's Attorney Wolfinger for the plaintiff. Mullen alleges a broken back, permanent injury requiring a brace, broken shoulder blade, and months in hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora Mullen
Clearspring
Arthur Dorsey
Frederick County
Martin L. Ingram
D. Angle Wolfinger
Allegany County
Mullen
Fifth Ends Italian Front Stalemate
U S 5th Army troops struck southeast of Bologna breaking a long weather caused stalemate on the Italian front. After a short artillery prep the attack met heavy fire and advanced up to 500 and 00 yards toward limited objectives. Allied moves also pressed in the Serchio valley with Monte Bono and Renaino taken east of the Serchio river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
U. S. 5Th Army
Bologna
Serchio
Monte Bono
Renaino
Serchio River
Ernie Pyle Reports From The Pacific War Zone
Ernie Pyle returns from a vacation to cover the Pacific theater. His Daily Mail column will publish his finest war dispatches about American troops fighting in the Pacific, continuing the Pulitzer Prize winning journalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernie Pyle
Pacific
iPyle
Daily Mail
Ernie
Local Sailor Heads Graduating At Training Center
Claude Owen Merckle son of Mrs Hattie V Merckle 409 Guilford Avenue graduated with honors heading his class of aviation metalsmiths at the Naval Air Technical Training Center Norman Oklahoma He received honor certificates and a Navy ring from Commander E M Shields Merckle a seaman second class becomes seaman first class after graduation He will be reassigned for further instruction and work Prior to enlistment he was a pattern maker for Danzer Metal Works Hagerstown Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Owen‘ Merckle
Hattie V. Merckle
Guil For
Avenue
Naval ‘Air Technical ‘Training Center
Norman
Oklo
Merckle
E. M. Shields
Oklahoma City
United States Navy
Danzer Metal Works
Hagerstown
Douglas Saum Wounded in Germany January 21
Douglas C. Saum husband of Catherine Saum 935 West Washington street was seriously wounded in action in Germany on January 21. He is in a hospital in France and a chaplain’s letter described his wounds as serious but hopeful for recovery. Saum, a 1942 Hagerstown High School graduate, has been overseas six months with an infantry company and is the father of a baby he has never met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas C. Saum
Catherine Saum
West
Washington Street
Germany
Fred R. Saum
Saum
France
Monroe L. Robinson
Hagerstown High School
Stars And Stripes For Work Or Fight
Paris February editorial asserts manpower legislation before Congress is essential. The Army newspaper calls for more men weapons and supplies, renaming the May bill to Must.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stars and
Paris
Stars and Stripes Today
Congress
Barricaded Japs Under Attack In Manila's Heart
American doughboys pressed Japanese barricades along both sides of the Pasig river as trapped defenders set Manila ablaze. Gen Douglas MacArthur urged divine services and said Japan faced its worst military defeat. Fires spread through Escolta amid empty water mains after explosions and prisoner rescues, with civilians trapped or burned.
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Manila
Pasig
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Japan
Escolta
Local Inductees Named for Draft Board No 1
Draft Board No 1 announced Hagerstown registrants accepted for induction on January 25. Names and addresses include Corderman Roscoe D., Mills Charles ., Barnes Robert L., Harrison Richard L., Kelly John F., Gossard George W., Domer Richard W. Jr., Turner Leon B., Staubs Arnold A., Shearer Woodrow W., Randall Roger C., Beair John L. Jr., Ritchie Raymond A. Jr., Shilling Merle L., Royce Lee H. Jr., Minnick James M., Jones Harold L., with service branches listed Army and Navy and multiple street addresses in Hagerstown.
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Draft Board No. 1
Hagerstown
Army
Roscoe D. Corderman
Charles §. Mills
East Franklin
Robert L. Barnes
Jefferson
Richard L. Harrison
South Potomac
John F. Kelly
Summer
George W. Gossard
Clarkson
Richard W. Domer, Jr
Leon
Two Divorce Suits Docketed This Month
Two suits for divorce were docketed today, totaling four filed so far this month. Dolly Neva Myers filed against Allen Ray Myers and Camelia Celesti Hammond filed against Thomas Moore Hammond, both through attorney C. K. Hartle.
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Dolly Neva Myers
Allen Ray Myers
Camelia Celesti Hammond
Thomas Moore Hammond
C. K. Hartle
FDR May Assign MacArthur To Invade Japan
Washington reports strong talk that President Roosevelt may name General Douglas MacArthur to lead the invasion of Japan, with Stilwell eyed for the China campaign. The plan envisions three tasks: command of sea lanes, invasion of Japan, and an invasion of China, shaping the final phase of World War II.
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FDR
MacArthur
Japan
Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Tokyo
Roosevelt
Manila
Philippines
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Joseph W. Stilwell
Stilwell
MacArthur Returns to Manila Amid Shelling at Santo Tomas
General Douglas MacArthur returned to Manila to address civilians at the Santo Tomas internment camp as Japanese artillery pounded the campus nearby. Internees cheered as MacArthur and his staff arrived, despite shells landing about 100 feet away and ongoing fighting for Manila.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santo Tomas
Manila
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
MacArthur
Fruit trees not damaged by cold wave in county
Reports to County Agent Mark Miller indicate peach trees in several Washington county areas escaped damage from extreme cold. Raspberry bushes are undamaged as well. Growers in Boonsboro advised Miller that sustained cold with sharp thaws likely spared the trees, unlike past severe freezes that harmed orchards.
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Washington County
Mark Miller
Miller
Boonsboro
Ham Fat Sparks Job Losses At Armour Plant
The Seventh Regional War Labor Board ruled management alone decides how much fat a picnic ham should carry. Fourteen workers at Armour & Co in St. Joseph Massachusetts were discharged after refusing to trim fat, triggering hearings and a ruling that pork fat trimming is a management prerogative.
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Kansas City
Seventh Regional War Labor Board
St. Joseph
Armour & Co
United Packinghouse Workers
CIO
United States Conciliation Service
WLB
Paul F. Nachtman
War Labor Board
State Highways Virtually Bare After Snow
State main roads radiating from Hagerstown are in excellent condition with about 90 percent clear. The Maugansville road is reopened for bus service after heavy drifts. Dry Run road to be cleared today. Weather calls for warmer temps and possible rain aiding snow packing. Keedysville observer records 13 above zero.
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Maugansville
Hagerstown
Showalter
Garrett County
Weather Bureau
J. A. Miller
Keedysville
Ration Office Sees Rise in Rent Help Calls
The Ration Board office reports 10 to 15 daily rent problem calls over two weeks, all moved to Rent Control. At OPA Rent Control HQ, calls have surged beyond previous periods, though the State Rent Director blocks disclosure of the causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ration Board
Thomas Bittle
Rent Control Office
OPA Rent Control Headquarters
OPA
Britain Backs France in Big Power Conference
London reports the British government endorses France's inclusion in a forthcoming big power conference aimed at political decisions on European frontiers. Minister Richard Law told the House of Commons that reshaping Europe should be decided later by all major powers together, amid French discontent over General de Gaulle's exclusion from the Roosevelt Churchill Stalin talks.
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London
France
Charles de Gaulle
Richard Law
House of Commons
Britain
Outflanking Berlin Offensive Set Up
Moscow dispatch details Red Star columnist K Got man calling Pope Pius a mouthpiece of Germany and preacher of a soft peace. The piece warns Vatican interference in Germany Austria Hungary and Poland and argues for Allied unity against German postwar plans. Also cites Hopkins quotes and editorials supporting Soviet security aims. Continued on Page 2.
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Moscow
K. Gotman
Red Star Today
Pope Pius
Germany
Soviet Union
Vatican
Austria
Hungary
Poland
Gorman
Hitler
Dorothy Thompson
New York
United States
Britain
Harry Hopkins
Roosevelt
Kansas City Star
New York Herald Tribune
Europe
Italy
Hopkins
Balkans Hope for Big Three Conference Progress
Balkan leaders look to the Big Three talks for postwar cooperation in southeast Europe. They expect the meeting, likely near the Black Sea, to spotlight issues in Bulgaria Romania and Yugoslavia as British occupied Greece and neutral Turkey watch with hope and fear. If no clear agreement ensures equal influence for American and British methods, Prussian influence may persist in Russian-occupied territories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ankara
Europe
Balkans
Black Sea
Bulgaria
Rumania
Yugoslavia
Greece
Turkey
Plane Used To Feed Wildlife In Snowbound Franklin County
Airplanes were used to distribute food in snowbound Franklin county mountains. Corn on the cob packed in paper bags of 12 to 14 pounds was dropped at truck accessible points. Corn apples alfalfa hay and vegetables were also delivered by truck in some areas.
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Franklin County
Pvt Charles Schelle Wounded In Action
Private Charles F. Schelle of Clear Spring has been wounded in action and awarded the Purple Heart. Word came to his wife after six weeks of silence, and she asks friends to write. his mailing address can be obtained through her.
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Pvt
Charles F. Schelle
Clearspring
Schelle
Freak Eggs at Daily Mail Office
Mrs Heien Myers of 3 Aixler Way delivered four eggs to the Daily Mail office each with unique markings. One egg bore three works, another two shells, a third weighed half a pour, and the fourth showed designs on one end. She raises her own chickens, which she notes have never acted so strangely before.
Russians pound Kustrin Frankfurt area as fronts widen
London reports Berlin says Red Army makes major blows widening bridgeheads over the Oder near Kustrin and in Silesia. Zhukov's artillery flood and Konev spearhead drive threaten Berlin from the southeast and flank while crossings multiply along the Oder. Front reports say Soviet units push toward Leignitz and Saxony astride the superhighway.
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London
Berlin
Red Army
Oder River
Silesian
Gregory Zhukov
Kustrin
Slovakia
East Prussia
Silesia
Ivan Konev
Oder
Berlin-Prague
Kustrin-Frankfurt
Steinau
Breslau
Koney
Zhukov
Moscow
Konev
Upper Oder
Leignitz
Saxony
Biffle Backed For Senate Secretary
Senate Democrats agreed on Leslie L. Biffle as secretary of the Senate to succeed the late Edwin Halsey. Biffle, 53, is expected to be sworn in Thursday and has served since 1933 as secretary for the Senate majority and as a presidential appointee on the American Battle Monuments Commission. He is a native of Boydsville, Arkansas. Selection of a successor to the majority secretary is expected to be delayed weeks.
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Washington
Senate
Democrats
Leslie L. Biffle
Colt
Edwin Halsey
Biffle
American Battle Monuments Commission
Boydsville
Ark
Retailers Must Paste Sugar Stamps On Sheets For Deposits
The Office of the Ration Board announced that all retailers must paste their sugar ration stamps on gummed sheets before submitting them to banks with accounts, and banks will not accept stamps loose in envelopes. However, stamps may still be deposited in envelopes as previously practiced.
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Office of the Ration Board
Maryland To Require American Studies Courses
The University of Maryland will require courses in the history literature government and philosophy of the United States to give students a better understanding of the American way of life. A comprehensive major in American studies will also be offered. The plan, announced by President H C Byrd, takes effect next academic year and will replace some electives in many programs.
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College Park
University of Maryland
United States
H. C. Byrd
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Lowell
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Big Powers
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