Fire sweeps two Hancock Main Street buildings
A early morning blaze on Hancock Main Street destroyed the two story stucco building owned by Harry McKinley and the Fulton radio store run by Stanley Fulton. The Grill, operated by Chester Hahne, was damaged while the McKinley home and grocery suffered total loss. Firefighters from Hancock and Hagerstown confined the flames to three structures, aided by a brick wall and a protective river wind.
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Hancock
Harry McKinley
McKinley
Hagerstown
Fulton Radio
Stanley Fulton
Grill
Chester Hahne
Fulton
Potomac River
Conn & Fine Department Store
Coin & Fine
Tri
Washington County Tops War Loan With Half Million Subscribe
Washington County surpassed its Fourth War Loan goal with a $500,000 subscription in 3 1 2 per cent certificates of indebtedness by a major local industrialist. Bond Chairman John D. Hollyday announced the county’s total at $2,367,432.50, about $67,000 above its $2,300,000 quota, likely making it the fourth Maryland county to exceed its goal after Howard, Baltimore, and Harford. The banks’ sales to date total $1,418,544.60, with $159,475 in E Series bonds. Continued on Page 2.
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Washington County
John D. Hollyday
Maryland
Howard
Baltimore
Harford Counties
Federal Reserve
Registration to End on March 31
Eligible voters for the presidential primary on May 1 must complete registration by March 31 as the law halts registrations thirty days before a primary. Eligible individuals may register or transfer at the Board of Election Supervisors office on Tuesdays or Fridays, with criteria including intent declared by November 6, 1943, turning 21 before the general election, or transferring from another county.
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Board of Election Supervisors
Court House
American Opera Stars Invited to Naples
Grace Moore says the Allied military government asked her to form a company of American opera stars to perform for troops in Italy at Naples San Carlo. Singers will be chosen from a troops poll, with La Boheme and La Tosca among requested operas. A summer Naples performance is hoped.
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New York
Grace Moore
Italy
San Carlo Opera House
Naples
Payroll Savings Group Formed in Washington County to Boost War Bond Sales
A six member Payroll Savings Committee led by David W. Byron was announced by war finance Chairman John D. Hollyday in Washington County. The panel aims to organize industrial plants for payroll deductions and push bond sales in this and future war loan drives while serving as a central clearing house for deductions.
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Washington County
War Finance
John D. Hollyday
David W. Byron
Roy Danzer
George S. Humphrey
Thurman Lindsay
Leonard G. Mathias
Samuel S. Strite
Hollyday
Treasury
Byron
Duck Helps Farmwoman After Trap Removal
In Annville Pennsylvania on a February day Mrs Donald Parr was called to her farm home by persistent quacking. She found a duck with a trap on its foot. After removing the trap she bound the duck’s injured leg and the bird now waits on her doorstep each time she goes outside.
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Annville
Donald Parr
Japan Told That Decisive Battle In Pacific Looms
New York Feb 8 Tokyo radio told the Japanese people swift American blows had plunged the Central Pacific into an acute phase moving toward a battle the world hangs in the balance. It said American tactics aimed to destroy Japan's strategic structure and mentioned bitter fighting in the Marshalls and the crescent of islands linking Gilbert, Bismarck and New Guinea with the Marshalls.
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New York
Tokyo Radio
Central Pacific
America
Pacific
U. S
Japan
Marshalls
Gilbert Islands
Bismark Island
New Guinea
Marshall Islands
V-Mail Kisses Get Approval With Lipstick Rules
New York Army Post Office will photograph and send lipstick kissed V-mail overseas. Kisses must be lightly placed in a corner to avoid smudging or interfering with writing. Officials caution against heavy lipstick coats as they cause smear.
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New York
Chicago
NLRB to Enter Dispute at Moller Plant
The National Labor Relations Board assumes jurisdiction in the case of John Forrest seeking reinstatement at M. P. Moller, Inc. NLRB field examiner Irving Helbling announced a hearing scheduled for Friday February 11 at the Moller plant, following a CIO petition for an election on bargaining rights.
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National Labor Relations Board
John Forrest
M. P. Moller, Inc
Irving Helbling
NLRB
Moller
CIO
Sus
Father Of Local Man Fatally Injured In Columbus
James H. Ellinger father of M. E. Ellinger of this city was fatally injured in Columbus Ohio when struck by a hit and run motorist. A retired lumber operator, Ellinger's home is in Albright West Virginia. He was visiting a son in Columbus at the time of his death.
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James H. Ellinger
M. E. Ellinger
Columbus
Ohio
Mr. Ellinger
Mr. Elliger
Albright
W. Va
Paddling Seen by Captain Peters as Cure for Juvenile Delinquency
Captain William H. Peters, head of police, favors corporal punishment at home to deter youths from mischief. He cites chalk markings on homes and a break in on East Washington street where youths damaged windows with stones. Suspects, aged 9 to 13, will be brought before the juvenile court. a watchman feared reporting the incident.
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William H. Peters
Peters
North Locust Street
East Washington Street
Russians Chop Trapped Nazis To Pieces
Moscow reports 14 German divisions trapped in the Dnieper bend faced intensifying pressure as the Red Army closed in on Nikopol and Cherkasy. Fighting raged around Nikopol outskirts while Malinovsky’s Third Ukrainian Army pressed remnants of five fast firing divisions in the Dnieper marshlands near the city. Further north, the First and Second Ukrainian armies moved to tighten the noose on Nazi forces.
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Moscow
Dnieper
Red Army
Nikopol
Cherkasy
Red
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Inquiry Of Escaped Prisoner His Undoing
An escaped German prisoner of war was recaptured in Montgomery Alabama after entering the state capitol and asking for the Spanish ambassador’s office. FBI agent D K Brown identified the prisoner as Set Major Hans Peter Fuhrmann of the Afrika Korps, formerly captured in the Tunisian campaign. He escaped a POW camp near Opelika Saturday and wore part of a German uniform.
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Montgomery
Ala
Federal Bureau of Investigation
D. K. Brown
FBI
Birmingham
Hans Peter Fuhrmann
Afrika Korps
British Prisoners Sentenced To Death in Italy
The Nazi DNB agency reported six escaped British POWs were arrested by Fascist Police in the Piedmont Alps of northern Italy after the armistice. Five were sentenced to death for being “the terror of the population,” with no further reasons given.
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New York
DNB
Piedmont Alps
Italy
Whisky Bond Sales Boost War Bond Campaign
RUSHVILLE February 8. Sales of the $1,000 War Bonds are proving popular locally, says the State War Finance committee. Tavern keeper Sam Hinn is giving each purchaser of a $1,000 bond a quart of whisky, offer good until February 15 or while whisky lasts.
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Rushville
State War Finance Committee
Sam Hinn
Dog House Fire in Philadelphia Mystery
John Madigoi nearly lost a net when his dog house burned down in Philadelphia on February 8. Patrolman Edward Basic rescued Madigoi’s dog, chained to the house, but investigators could not identify anyone near the scene in the hours before the fire and whether a dog could start it.
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Philadelphia
John Madigoi
Edward Basic
Madiogoi
Basic
Bike Stolen From Filling Station Near Potomac St
Bitler reported a bicycle stolen from a filling station in the 500 block of South Potomac Street near his home. Police noted the theft occurred in the vicinity and are investigating.
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Bitler
South Potomac Street
Police Housecleaning Season at Headquarters
Police Headquarters begins spring housecleaning with repainting offices and linoleum laid on the desk sergeant’s platform. Walls and woodwork will be repainted to refresh the precinct.
Hint Hired Quisling Army to Aid Allies
The Swedish paper Dagen Nyheter reports Quisling SS troops in Norway are ready to aid any Allied invasion and numbers them at about 4500. Gossip claims some plan to desert leaders and join the Invaders if landing occurs. The piece notes morale reports about the Viking panzer division encirclement in Ukraine. About 800 Norwegians are said to be in that unit.
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Stockholm
Dagen Nyheter
Norway
Quisling
Ukraine
Two U S Submarines.Missing Cisco and S-44
The Navy announced the loss of two American submarines the Cisco and the S-44. Both were operating in Pacific waters where U S subs have been sinking Japanese shipping. Losses reach 19 undersea craft since the war began, while U S subs have sunk or damaged about 572 Japanese vessels. The S-44 was 18 years old and the Disc was commissioned in May.
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Washington
Navy
Pacific
Smithsburg to Get Playground in Central Tract
Smithsburg officials of the Community Volunteer Fire Company announced completion of negotiations to purchase a 344 acre tract behind headquarters on West Main Street for a community playground. The fire company will hold title and plan improvements, using the site for carnivals, church festivals, and outdoor sports. A waterway there could be dammed for swimming at low cost. Previously open-air activities occurred on another town site.
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Smithsburg
Hay Buying Plan Terminated by Feb. 17
Rich mond Va Feb 4 The Commodity Credit Corporation hay purchasing program will end Feb 17 said Dr T K Wolfe director for the Southern States Cooperative. The drought relief scheme has shipped about 12 000 tons since September 1943 for dairy farmers in Maryland Virginia West Virginia and nearby states. Orders postmarked by Feb 17 will be accepted for shipment and dairymen needing hay before May 15 should order now through farm supply dealers or farmer cooperative associations.
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Richmond
Commodity Credit Corporation
T. K. Wolfe
Southern States Cooperative
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Wallace Says FDR May Seek Fourth Term
Vice President Henry A. Wallace states he believes Franklin D. Roosevelt will run for a fourth term but he is unsure whether he would be Roosevelt's running mate again. The remarks were made in San Francisco on February 8.
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San Francisco
Henry A. Wallace
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Air attack hits Anzio evacuation hospital killing 26
German dive bomber strikes an American evacuation hospital at Anzio, wounding 43 and killing 26 including two women nurses and four doctors. Shrapnel hit tents and ambulances, with operations ongoing as the head doctor among the wounded. A War Department report notes these nurses are the first American nurses killed by direct enemy action in the war.
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Anzio
Sead
Doughbors
John Lardner
Lardner
War Department
Washington
Savage German Counterattack Against Our Beachhead Awaited
The Nettuno beachhead in Italy is expected to face a savage German counterattack, but observers think the position will weather the storm. The unease stems from supply problems at Anzio and Nettuno, with ports inadequate for big landings.
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Washington
Nettuno
Italy
Anzio
Nettyno
Pos
Tokens Cut Grocery Checkouts In OPA Test
Washington February 8 The Office of Price Administration reported a Chicago token demonstration cut grocery buying time by about 50 percent. Two hundred retailers endorsed the simplified plan and 40 consumer representatives were gratified. Housewives moved through five minutes versus 11 minutes 55 seconds for ten women under the old system. The token plan takes effect February 27.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Chicago
OPA
Bankhead Signals Food Subsidy Extension Plan
Senator Bankhead of Alabama says he will amend his repeal bill to extend the current government food subsidy program in full through June 30. The proposal, approved by the banking committee, would keep subsidy payments flowing to farmers and food processors and set June 30 as the completion deadline.
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Washington
Bankhead
D-Aia
Senate
Banking Committee
Tax Primer Helps Washington Countians With 1944 Returns
Thousands face income tax for first time this year and many struggle with forms. The Associated Press prepared a simplified Tax Primer explaining who must file, form choices, deductions, refunds, exemptions for soldiers, and how to save money. Free copies are available at the Herald-Mail office by calling in.
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Washington
Associated Press
Daily Mail
Herald-Mail
Grim Fighting Deepens Around Cassino in Italy
Allied reports say heavy German air strikes near Rome met fierce American and British resistance as ground fighting raged in Cassino. U S troops pressed toward Mt Cassino summit while waves of bombers and Focke Wulfs endangered the beachhead, with 500 Germans reportedly captured in the Cassino area.
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HDQS
Algiers
Rome
Cassino
Mt. Cassino
U.S
Frankfurt Hit By Fortresses
American Flying Fortresses bombed Frankfurt again as part of a sustained Allied strike on a major German manufacturing center. The raid involved an 800-plus bomber force with 1,800 tons dropped previously, targeting rail yards, aircraft component factories, and chemical plants along with Liberators, Marauders, and British fighters in coordinated operations across northern France and western Germany.
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London
Frankfort
Germany
France
Frankfurt
Mainz
Rhine
RAF
Caesarean Birth Records 17-Pound Baby in La Jolla
A 17 pound 4 ounce daughter was delivered by caesarean to Mrs. Lloyd Frady of Pacific Beach at Cripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla. Mother and child were reported in fair condition yesterday.
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LA Jolla
Calif
Lloyd Frady
Pacific Beach
Cripps Memorial Hospital
Painful Dream Ends Pitcher Norb Weidner's Arm Injury
Pittsburgh report notes Norb Weidner, 15, once a Sandlot player for Disner, as a likely first 1944 baseball casualty. In a dream at Forbes Field manager Frankie Frisch asked for a pitcher to finish a game. Weidner obliged by striking out the first batter but woke with severe arm pain. Doctor diagnosed a dislocated shoulder from overexertion.
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Pittsburgh
Norb Weidner
Sandlot Disner
North
Forbes Field
Frankie Frisch
Norb
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Payroll Savings Group
Hint
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Onte Cassino
Cairo
Fifth Army
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