Warships Help Smash Assault On Beachhead
Allied forces pressed the Cassino beachhead as American troops widened gains in Cassino town and the jail fortification fell. Germans suffered heavy losses with about 15 000 captured since Italy invasion began, while British and U S units repelled local probes in Mt Ornito and Orsogna areas amid heavy weather and air activity.
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Aprilia
Cassino
U. S
Italy
Garigliano
Cassina
Mt. Ornito
Castelforte
Sih
Orsogna
Ailice
Nurses killed by Nazis at Anzio beachhead assault
At the Anzio beachhead in Italy on February 12 two American women nurses were killed when four German shells struck a marked field hospital. Four medical officers and three enlisted men were wounded, bringing total American women nurse fatalities at Anzio to six since the landings began three weeks earlier. The remaining three nurses had been killed earlier during a German air bombing of an American evacuation hospital.
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Anzio
Italy
America
Maryland Exceeds War Bond Quota As Oversubscription Looms
Maryland surpassed its Fourth War Loan quota of 191 million with totals near 200 million in bonds subscribed by Free State Buyers. State officials urged continuing purchases to reach the largest oversubscription in the nation, with 11 counties over the top and Baltimore City near its 166 million goal. Individual buyers accounted for 60 million toward the state total. Clarence Elderkin volunteered as a solicitor and sold 3.85 million in bonds.
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Maryland
Howard W. Jackson
Jackson
Treasury
Allegany
Garrett
Howard
Montgomery
Baltimore
Harford
Charles
St. Mary’s
Caroline
Queen Anne's
Baltimore City
Hollyday
Federal Reserve
Washington County
Maryland Federation of Women’s Clubs
State Drive
Clarence Elderkin
Consolidated Engineering Company, Inc
Soviets Tighten Noose Around Trapped Nazis
Soviet forces pushed into old Poland to seize Rovno and Lutsk and expanded a corridor 80 miles deep from Koros ten-Sheptekova toward Cherkasy. Red Air Force claimed 25 German planes shot down while German counterattacks near Zveni Gorodka were repulsed, with 70 tanks and guns lost.
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Tin
Old Poland
Rovno
Lutsk
Vetutin
Korosten-Sheptekova
Sheptevka
Cherkasy
Moscow
Red Airforce
Red Army
Zveni-Gorodka
Tagancha
Olkhovchik
Moripolye
Korsun
Krivoi Rog
Dor
Luga
Leningrad- Pskov
Taverns Accused of Overcharging Servicemen Under War Price Probe
State Director McCormick orders a weekend surge to check Baltimore taverns serving servicemen for price ceilings. Price clerks or volunteers will verify Saturday and Sunday prices against OPA ceilings, with four to five days needed to compile findings. Violations beyond local panels to be sent to Baltimore for action.
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Baltimore
Bittle
CPA
Franklin M. Thomas
War Price and Ration Board
Cormick
OPA
McCormick
Infant Saved By Inhalator Use By Patrolmen
Patrolmen C E Carroll and Charles Wolford rushed to a Madi soR avenue home yesterday afternoon with an inhalator and probably saved the life of an infant boy overcome by fumes from an in store. They revived Thomas Montgomery, age 1 year 10 months, using an oxygen tank before he was moved to Washington County Hospital.
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C. E. Carroll
Charles Wolford
Thomas Montgomery
Washington County Hospital
Large Warship Is Reported Afloat
The U S Battleship Oklahoma, capsized during the Pearl Harbor raid on December 7, 1941, has been righted and is afloat again after repairs in drydock. The Navy did not reveal its current location but confirmed she is once more afloat.
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Washington
Navy
U. S
Oklahoma
Pearl Harbor
Local Quotations From Kime Bros Benevols Prices Paid Farmers
Local prices paid to producers for wheat bacon onions fowl potatoes eggs and lard from Kime Bros Benevols appear with reference to OPA ceiling prices. The list includes wheat at mills and at benchmark values as well as various produce and meat items with per unit or per pound figures, reflecting farm market conditions.
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Kime Bros. Benevols
Bern
City Market Sees Busy Session Despite Weather
Eggs sold from 24 to 388 cents a dozen as City Market opened in brisk trading with abundant foodstuffs. Winter fruits and greens were especially plentiful and buyers were active despite poor conditions.
Weather Fights By Allies as Beachhead Pressures Grow
Weather plays against Allies as forces contend with tough combat near a beachhead. The clash recalls Salerno and El Alamein era battles, with Rommel’s early advances and maneuvers as German aims press morale in Germany. Officials say the front is hard but the army will endure.
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Salerno
el Alamein
Edwin Rommel
8Th Army
Desert
Tobruk
Nile Valley
Italy
Theth
Local Man Named In Ration Charge
Austin BE. Biser 23 of Hagerstown Route 1 is charged in a 22 count information filed in Federal Court for unauthorized use of an automobile and allegedly violating gasoline ration regulations by making false applications at the local Ration Board and selling coupons. He was arrested December 20 by Detective Wayne Sellman and is serving a year in the House of Correction.
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Austin BE. Biser
Hagerstown
Route 1
House of Correction
Thomas J. Kenney
U. S
Biser
Wayne Sellman
Landon Calls Democrats To Help Oust Roosevelt
Alfred M. Landon, Republican presidential nominee in 1936, urged anti totalitarian Democrats in Knoxville to oppose a fourth term for Roosevelt. He warned that authoritarianism wears the robes of the Democratic party and would end free enterprise. Also reported are hospital transfers of wounded, foreclosures at record lows, and a divorce suit filed by James A. Warden.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Alfred M. Landon
Roosevelt
Landon
Finnish Party Hints Peace Terms from Reds
The Finnish party line hints at seeking peace terms from the Reds as Hull warned the country to exit the war or face consequences. Helsinki reports note shifting attitudes among Conservatives Agrarians and even Fascist papers while Ameter bladet calls the government wait policy insufficient. Diplomatic activity includes Ramsay meeting Von EinCher in Madrid and Berlin circles doubting Finland can withstand Allied pressure. Marshal Mannerheim reportedly left field HQ for talks with President Ryti.
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Del
Hull
Helsinki
Ameterbladet
Henrik Ramsay
von Einnecher
Madrid
Efe
Berlin
Finland
Office of War Information
Baron Carl Gustaf Mannerheim
Risto Ryti
Bombed Castel Gandolfo Home as German Troops Hold Area
Allied HQ in Algiers says Castel Gandolfo, the Pope's summer home, is now in the battle zone with a heavy German garrison. Vatican radio reports it bombed for the third time, amid claims of further Vatican property damage and a German death toll claim.
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Algiers
Castel Gandolfo
Rome
Vatican City
Anzio
Osservatore Romano
Vatican
Transocean
Castel Gandolfe
Display Continues At Leiter's Store
The Hagerstown Civil Air Patrol display at Leiter Brothers on West Washington Street continues through most of next week. The window features Army aircraft models including a miniature replica of Army plans for the local CAP flight, with photographs and related items drawing strong public interest. Sgt. E. S. Bishop of the local CAP unit is connected with the current campaign.
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Army Air Forces
Hagerstown
Civil Air Patrol
Leiter Brothers
Washington Street
Army
Sgt. E. S. Bishop
The
Hagerstown Flight Speaks On Legion Recruitment
In Hagerstown on Monday evening a speech urged recruitment to the Sons of the American Legion. The article notes the bituminous coal industry's 1944 production goal of 620 million tons as a world record benchmark.
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Hagerstown Flight
Sons of the American Legion
Midwest Snow Drifts Hit Regions From Zero to Below
Bitter cold grips the Midwest with readings from 20 to 33 below zero as snow and flurries persist in Louisville New York City and New England. Seven deaths reported in Boston from accidents after heavy snowfall. Northern Maine sees over a foot. Polar Bear track meet at Columbia cancelled due to snow. Florida records milder weather with Miami at 66 degrees.
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Louisville
New York
New England
Boston
Maine
New York City
Seaboard States
Nig 7
Columbia University
Florida
Miami
Pig Auction Set for April 19 at Four State Sales
Washington County 4H Pig Club decided last night to hold a pig auction on April 19 at Four State Livestock Sales Inc. About 100 pigs will be sold and roughly 70 enter the show the same day at the same site. Show entries are limited to three per 4-H youth. Members signed up for the Maryland Sow Testing Program to record brood sow performance, open to all county farmers. Ural B. Bee of the University of Maryland handles applications. Regular bi monthly meetings for the 4-H Pig Club are planned.
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State Livestock Sales, Inc
Washington County 4H
Vernon Holter
Maryland
University of Maryland
Ration Official Will Visit Here
The local Rationing Board announced that Allison Ballinger, Baltimore, State ration banking official of the OPA, will be here on Thursday evening Feb 15 to speak in the City Hall court room. He will address representatives of all banks in Washington county to explain the new token rationing system designed to save work and simplify the program. Only bankers will attend.
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Allison Ballinger
Baltimore
OPA
City Hall
Ballinger
Washington County
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Virginia
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Newton D. Baker General Hospital
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Federal Home Loan Bank Administration
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Charles W. Wolf
Frances M. Warden
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