Colleges Face Losses As Army Cuts Training
Washington reports colleges face crippling losses as the Army ends most specialized training. About 145,000 soldiers are in the ASTP. 130,000 will leave by April, 35,000 remain in advanced medical, dental, or engineering courses, with 5,000 pre-induction students. The shortage of 200,000 men drives the move to reassign and cut enrollment, impacting colleges nationwide and draft procedures.
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Washington
Army
ASTP
Tha High Command
War Department
Induction of College Training Program Recruits Expanded
The Army announced intensified offensive operations and mounting casualties, requiring immediate field replacements from 110000 ASTP trainees. 17 year olds unaffected. Shortage of personnel due to Selective Service delays left 250000 men not in uniform by end of 1945. Secretary Stimson praised college cooperation, with reimbursement for withdrawn students.
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Army
War Department
Stimson
Empress of Canada Sinking Report Details Losses
Survivors recount the torpedoing off Freetown by an Italian submarine nearly a year ago. Four hundred people perished, many to sharks, as the 21,500-ton liner went down in minutes. British rescuers later saved 800, with RAF Catalina and a destroyer reaching lifeboats after a long hunt.
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Vancouver
Freetown
West Africa
Admiralty
Ottawa
E. R. Emond
George Gould
Emond
RAF
Catalina
Check Presented For Police Work At North Prospect
In appreciation of the arrest of the robbers at J. W. Myers and Company warehouse on North Prospect street, the company sent a $25 check to Pangborn Lodge Fraternal Order of Police yesterday.
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J. W. Myers and Company
North Prospect Street
Pangborn Lodge
Fraternal Order of Police
Battle for Anzio Beachhead Intensifies as Germans Press
Allied defenses confront a major German counteroffensive near Anzio with heavy casualties reported on both sides. German claims of advances south of Carroceto and near the Cassino railroad station collide with Allied reports of dock and coastal attacks, air bombardments, and persistent patrol activity across the 8th Army front while Polish troops take Nazi prisoners and Kesselring orders mass pressure before the expected liquidation of the beachhead.
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Mans
Berlin
Carroceto
Anzio
Cassino
Algiers
Albert Kesselring
Europe
3Rd Armored Grenadiers
Aprila
Castiglione
Sezze
Cisterna
Haly
London
5Th Army
Kesselring
Hitler
Klondike Kate shines in brawling Yukon tale at Henry's Theatre
The romantic Klondike Kate, queen of fortune hunters, dances on a gold paved stage, her legend revived in a Columbia filmed tale now playing at Henry's Theatre amid miners gamblers and adventurers seeking Precious geld.
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Yukon
Columbia
Henry's Theatre
Local Quotations Furnished by the Brow Benevols Prices
Local market notes show prices paid to producers for wheat at mill and barn, bacon, butter, onions, lard, cabbage, apples, and heavy hens. Details include tentative ranges and unit prices such as wheat at 45c, butter and onions at varied cents per pound, and lard around 12 percent, reflecting farmer prices under the era’s market terms.
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S.c
Red Cross Aids Families of Service Men
The American Red Cross under its congressional charter verifies dependency of service men’s parents and helps families receive full benefits. It provides financial aid to needy families pending allotment checks and offers many other services through its relief programs.
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American Red Cross
Coston Elected Officer of Maryland Auto Trade Association
Beverly B. Coston of this city was elected director representing five Maryland counties Garrett Allegany Washington Frederick and Carroll at the annual Automobile Trade Association of Maryland meeting in Baltimore. Attending from here were Maxwell Yingling A F Thumma Charles W Hoffman Ralph Sharrett Fred Emser and Richard Welder. Speakers included Governor Herbert R O Connor Mayor Theodore R McKeldin Congressmen Charles Halleck and H Streett Baldwin W Lee Elgin and H L Wynger. Problems of the auto trade were discussed as Maryland dealers joined in sessions extended by about 350 attendees.
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Beverly B. Coston
Maryland
Automobile Trade Association of Maryland
Baltimore
Garrett
Allegany
Washington
Frederick
Carroll
Maxwell Yingling
A. F. Thumma
Charles W. Hoffman
Ralph Sharrett
Fred Emser
Richard Welder
Herbert R. O'Conor
Theodore R. McKeldin
Charles Halleck
Indiana
H. Streett Baldwin
W. Lee Elgin
H. L. Wynger
Commercial Credit Co
Senior Scout Meet Planned
The first Senior Scout dinner and meeting is scheduled for St Pauls Methodist Church on Feb 22 at 6 45 PM. All Senior Scouts are invited to attend with a special program and dinner. Scout Commissioner Richard Kindsgatter leads the event for this city. Senior Scouts from troops Air Scouts Sea Scouts and Explorer Scouts are to attend. Reservations and tickets are available from Scoutmasters.
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St. Paul's Methodist Church
Richard Kindsgatter
Air Scouts
Sea Scouts
Board of Appeal Will Meet Today in Hagerstown
The Selective Service Appeal Board for Area No. 4 in seven Western Marmland counties will sit at Hagerstown City Hall today. The board, chaired by Thomas W. Pangborn, will hear about eighty appeals and may affirm or reclassify registrants as determined by the Local Boards.
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Selective Service Appeal Board
Marmland
National officers to attend Junior Jaycees meeting
John Ben Shepperd of Gladewater Texas vice president of the National Junior Chamber of Commerce will be present Sunday at Hotel Alexander for the state board meeting of the Junior Jaycees. Morning and afternoon sessions will be held with the first starting at 10 30 a m.
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John Ben Shepperd
National Junior Chamber of Commerce
Gladewater
Texas
Hotel Alexander
Jaycees
Three Arrested on Grand Jury Indictments for Larceny
Sheriff reports the arrest of Hazel Jones and Iva and Goldie Kretzer on grand jury indictments charging larceny. Salvation Army sound picture revival ends Sunday Feb 20 with two films The Serving Army and Fishers of Men plus the message The Rapture. Captain Southwood invites Hagerstown and nearby communities to attend the final revival meetings.
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Hazel Jones
Iva Kretzer
Goldie Kretzer
Salvation Army
Southwood
Hagerstown
London Firestorms From Nazi Air Raid Strike
The raid involved two waves from the northeast with bombs and incendiaries causing large fires across half a dozen districts. Homes for the aged, a student hostel, apartments, a church, and a hospital were damaged or destroyed. American soldiers witnessed the blaze and aided with sandbags as rescue teams worked by dawn. British service staff were killed or wounded in a hotel bombing.
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Ous
London
Red Cross Club
Republican Meeting for Women’s Club at Colonial Theatre
The Women’s Republican Club holds a regular meeting in the Colonial Theatre building on Monday night February 21 at 7 45. A short business session will report on Lincoln banquet committees. Afterward an evening of games with prizes. members and friends are invited.
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Republican Club
Colonial Theatre
Bedaux Mystery Man Died by Own Action in Detention
Bedaux a U S citizen holder awaiting hearings on treason and enemy contact died after taking a large overdose of sleeping pills in his detention room at 525 N. BH 30th Street. The justice process had planned grand jury review and possible indictment, with minor formalities for admission to the United States.
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United States
Bedaux
Border Patrol Immigration and Naturalization Service
N. BH
30Th Street
Liberty Ship Splits Open in Calm Alaskan Waters
In Cold Bay Alaska on January 24 a Liberty ship split open as stresses released while doors and plates parted. Chief Engineer W S Randall watched as water flooded the engine room and troops abandoned ship under orders from General Buckner. The Greenup, on her maiden voyage as troop transport, arrived Seattle February 10 with bilge pumps active.
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Cold Bay
Alaska
W. 5. Randall
Seattle
Post-Intelligencer
P. R. Selig
Simon B. Buckner
Alaskan Department
Buckner
Greenup
Two Are Fined In Gas Cases In Baltimore Court
Two Hagerstown residents pleaded guilty to unlawfully accepting ration coupons for fuel transfers in federal court in Baltimore. Harry B Stouffer admitted selling about 600 gallons of gasoline without coupons in exchange and was fined 500 dollars while Raymond Schildtknecht faced a 50 dollar fine. Prosecutor Thomas J. Kenney said another Hagerstown man obtained many R coupons via false applications and fictitious names. that man is in state prison and faces possible federal charges. The report also notes the 1944 U S milk production goal of 56 billion quarts.
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Hagerstown
W Calvin Chesnut
Baltimore
Harry B Stouffer
Hilling
Raymond Schildtknecht
Thomas J. Kenney
Kenney
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