Patton Drive Seizes Goch and Moselle Advances
Allied forces report rapid gains on the western front. Canadian army troops capture Goch near Kleve while American Third Army advances up to five miles along the Moselle toward the Rhine, seizing 11 towns. Patton’s 50 mile front reaches toward Saarburg and Saar district treasures.
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Paris
Goch
Third
Moselle
Rhine
George S. Patton
Eifel
Saarburg
Kleve
Nijmegen
Henry Crerar
Buchholz
Halverboom
Cakar
Patton
Saar
Seventh Army
Germany
Siegfried Line
Alexander M. Patch
Saarbruecken
Forbach
Prisoners Moved By Germans In Bitter Cold
Richard F. Allen of the American Red Cross warns Brooklyn that American POWs in Germany are being marched deeper into the Reich in temperatures down to 30 degrees below zero without proper clothing. He cautions members to be ready for bad news as Germany's structure breaks down and prisoner conditions worsen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Richard F. Allen
American National Red Cross
Germany
Reich
Allen
The
Red Cross
Brooklyn
Yanks Capture Monte Belvedere In Italy
American troops, tackling steep, rope demanding Italian peaks, seized Monte Belvedere and adjacent villages west of the Is toia Bologna highway. German counterattacks are repulsed as fighting for the heights continues. Monte Belvedere had been held by Nazis since last November before this gain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Monte Belvedere
Izaak Walton League Opposes Potomac Dams Plan
Frederick Maryland February 21 The Maryland division of the Izaak Walton League opposes building 14 dams on the Potomac proposed by U S Army engineers. It urges a conservation program as the better way to control flood waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Maryland
Izaak Walton League
Potomac River
U. S. Army Engineers
When You Complain Of Coal Shortage
Lt. Ray Shirey writes from Germany that his stove, left by retreating Germans, uses coal described as terrific. He notes the coal is square blocks of sawdust compressed together and requires patience to build a good fire, contrasting home shortages with wartime German supplies.
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Ray Shirey
Germany
Circus Officials Sent To Prison In Hartford Fire Case
In Hartford, Judge William J. Shea sentenced three Ringling Brothers officials to prison for involuntary manslaughter after the July circus fire that killed 168. Sentences ranged from two to seven years. six others received jail or fines. The corporation was fined $10,000.
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Hartford
Conn
William J. Shea
Superior Court
Ringling Brothers
Barmum and Bailey Circus
George W. Smith
Sarasota
Fia
Leonard S. Tylesworth
James A. Haley
Edward R. Versteeg
William Caley
David W. Blanchfield
Shea
Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows, Inc
Passiny
Mrs Garrott Suggested for Wash County Board of Education
Mrs Mary R Garrott, a prominent local businesswoman and Fountain Head Heights resident, was recommended to Governor Herbert R O Connor for the Washington County Board of Education to fill the expired term of J Kieffer Funk. She is a widow with one son in the U S Navy, vice-president of Four States Livestock Sales, Inc., and allied with civic groups including Zonta Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary R. Garrott
Herbert R. O’conor
Board of Education
Washington County
Garrott
Democratic State Committee
Zonta Club
J. Kieffer Funk
Board of
Fireman Pension Bill Approved Sparks Boise Station Alert
Boise dispatches report the legislature approved a fireman's pension bill. A fireman stationed outside the Senate sounded an emergency call to the central station, which relayed the tidings to sub stations by emergency bells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
Senate
Dr. Ashbury Dies in Baltimore at 64
Dr. Howard Elmer Ashbury, 64, a pioneer in X-ray use and longtime medical officer of the Army's 3rd Corps Area now the 3rd Service Command, died last night of a heart ailment in Baltimore.
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Baltimore
Howard Elmer Ashbury
Army
3Rd Corps
3Rd Service Command
Prisoner of War Pvt Wilbur Grimm Found in Germany
Pvt Wilbur Richard Grimm aged 20, reported missing in Germany on November 17, is now a prisoner of war at a camp in New Brandenburg. He wrote his mother that he is healthy, hopes to return home soon, and that prisoners had a Christmas dinner. Grimm enlisted February 17, 1944, overseas September 7, and is a Boonsboro High School graduate who worked for Fairchild for two years before enlistment.
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Pvt
Wilbur Richard Grimm
Germany
Wilbur Grimm
New Brandenburg
Grimm
Boonsboro High School
Fairchild
Pvt Easterday Killed In Action In Belgium
Pfc Roger Easterday 22 son of Mr and Mrs David Easterday Keedysville previously missing in action in Belgium on Dec 7 was killed in action War Department telegram to parents says inducted Dec 11 1942 and in combat area two months He attended Keedysville school worked at Victor Products Hagerstown survived by wife Thelma Kidwiler Bakerton W Va mother and father siblings and grandmothers from Keedysville and Downsville
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Easterday
David Easterday
Keedysville
Belgium
War Department
Victor Products
Hagerstown
Thelma Kidwiler
Bakerton
W. Va
Robert Easterday
Rachel
Rosa Nicodemus
David A. Easterday
Downsville
25 More Jap Ships Sunk By U S Subs
The Navy announced 25 additional Japanese vessels sunk in Far Eastern waters by United States submarines. Among the fighting ships were an escort aircraft carrier a destroyer and a large converted cruiser. Non-combatant ships included several transports and cargo vessels, lifting total Japanese ships sunk since the start of the war to 1045.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Washington
Far Eastern
United States
Navy
Rain Sweep Alters Central U S Weather Picture
Rain fell across a broad swath from the Mid Atlantic to the Central Mississippi valley with a narrow zone around freezing in northern Indiana Illinois and southern Wisconsin. Forecasters warned of rising temperatures in Chicago and freezing rain moving into Lower Michigan Central Wisconsin and southern Minnesota. Light snow was forecast further north and totals of two inches or more in 12 hours persisted in Southern Missouri and Northern Arkansas.
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Mid-Atlantic States
Mississippi Valley
Indiana
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Town
Chicago
Michigan
Minnesota
Midwest
Missouri
Arkansas
Frankfurt Lifelines Severed By Russians
Frankfurt on the Oder, 38 miles east of Berlin, endures siege as Russian forces encircle the town. Hans Arntz reports bridges, rail and autobahn cut temporarily, records of air raids, and a fleeing 76,000 population, with streets deserted and essential services reduced amid ongoing bombardment.
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London
Gregory Zhukov
Frankfurt
Oder
Berlin
Transocean War
Hans Arntz
Moscow
Pravda
Red Army
Zhukov
Arntz
Frankfurt-Kuestrin
School Schedule To Change Back To Long Day
Public schools will revert to the long day schedule Monday March 5 announced by Superintendent B C Willis. Since November 13 they have opened at 9 45 a m and closed at 3 30 p m. The switch back is due to longer days and rural students previously leaving before daylight to reach bus stops.
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B. C
Willis
Bombs Hit Near Hitler's Hideout Berchtesgaden Attacked
U S Army Air Forces fighter bombers carried out the war's first air strike on targets in and near Berchtesgaden. Rockets hit rail yards and trains. a locomotive and eight rail cars were knocked out. Nearby towns saw two passenger trains set ablaze and a troop train damaged.
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Rome
U. SS. 12Th Air Force
Adolf Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Hitler
Germany
Munich
Moscow
Bern
Nuernberg Hit By Air Armada
London reports a second straight day of massive air raids on Nuernberg with 1,200 American bombers escorted by 650 fighters striking rail and industrial targets. U S Flying Fortresses attacked the Nuernberg yards as RAF heavies pounded Dortmund and Berlin saw renewed bombing.
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London
Nuernberg
U. S
Berlin
Thuringia
Franconia
Reich
Germany
RAF
Dortmund
Mann
Historical Society Directors To Meet
The directors of the Washington County Historical Society will meet tomorrow at 4 p.m. on the second floor of City Hall. City Hall departments will be closed tomorrow for Washington's Birthday, but the Society meeting will proceed in a second floor office.
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The
Washington County Historical Society
City Hall
Washington
Local Boy Feeds Hungry Filipino Children Amid War
Corporal Svend D. Sheppard, son of Charles and Mrs. Sheppard of 322 West Side Avenue, describes spending 18 months in the South Pacific and aiding reconstruction in the Philippines. He recalls giving up his supper to starving Filipino kids, praising their friendliness and cleanliness while noting hardships caused by Japanese looting. He mentions Filipino families, language barriers, and two Filipino boys who visit their tent each morning, as mosquito nets are kept ready and beds neatly made.
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Cpl
Svend D. Sheppard
Philippines
Charles L. Sheppard
West Side Avenue
South Pacific
OPA Cuts Canning Sugar Allotments for 1945 Season
The OPA reduces home canning sugar to a maximum of 20 pounds per family member up to eight, from 25 pounds previously, with no per person limit. Allotments must be obtained via local rationing boards and applications end October 31. Sugar for canning fruits and juices remains at one pound per four quarts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
OPA
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Snowbound Highways Stir Cumberland Area Crews Active
Sixth District headquarters of the State Roads Commission reports eleven cinder crews are patrolling Cumberland area after a light snow left slick roads. Sideling Will Mountain west of Hancock also cindered last night. Snow amounts ranged from half an inch to one and a half inches. temp fell to 30. Rain expected this afternoon and tonight, ending tomorrow noon.
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State Roads Commission
Cumberland
Sideling Will Mountain
Hancock
Here
Frostburg
Mercury
J. A. Miller
Keedysville Observer
Society urges fewer dog licenses based on home care
Would License Owners Philadelphia February 21 CP The Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals suggests that dog owners be ceased instead of dogs Licenses shouldn't be issued to persons found unable to provide a good home for their pets
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
All Of Bloody Iwo Front Line
MORRIE LANDSBERG reports from Iwo Jima that there is no true front on the volcanic island. Marines fight across a battered beachhead and redrawn lines as enemy fire rains down from unseen positions near the northern edge of the airfield and the Suribachi Yama cone.
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Morrie Landsberg
Iwo Jima
Volcano Islands
Suribachi Yama
Five Mile Long Island
Medieval Siege Tactics In Manila Battle
Medieval siege tactics in modern guise were used against trapped Japanese garrisons in Manila and Corregidor as Gen. Douglas MacArthur reports 24,000 Japanese casualties. Cannon gnawed at the Intramuros wall to create a passage for tanks and infantry while civilians are to be saved. In Corregidor, tunnel entrances are blocked and troops scour rubble for a ventilation vent to seal off the Japanese.
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Manila
Intramuros
Corregidor
Douglas MacArthur
Corresidor
Inductees Leave for Baltimore Pre-Induction Exams
About 150 Hagerstown and Washington County youths departed for Baltimore, with 400 destined for induction into the Army or Navy. From local boards, inductees were mainly registrants classified P A and 2 B. Pre-induction exams began at 7 a.m. in three buses, with Board Two sending the later group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Washington County
Baltimore
Army
Navy
AFL Groups Here To Move Headquarters
The Hagerstown Central Labor Union AFL will relocate its headquarters from 220 West Franklin Street to the second floor of the Majestic Restaurant building on Senuth Potomac Street. The move, decided at a Central Body meeting, will centralize all AFL locals and include office space for each local plus a planned recreation hall.
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Hagerstown
Rotary district conferences canceled by order in US
Chicago February 21 Rotary clubs across the United States cancelled district conferences and the international Rotary meeting in a move announced by president Richard H. Wells. No further details were provided on the implications for scheduled events or attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Rotary
United States
Richard H. Wells
Marines Press Iwo Jima Drive Toward Fighter Strip
U S Pacific Fleet HQ Guam Feb 21 report says more than 3,500 marines killed or wounded in Iwo Jima invasion. 5th and 4th Marine Divisions push toward Motoyama Airfield No 2, advancing through rugged ground under heavy Japanese fire. Southern tip Marines climb Mt Suribachi slopes while bombardment and naval gunfire cooperate. Continuous counterattacks repelled with shellfire and illumination from ships offshore.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet Hdqs
Guam
Iwo Jima
Tokyo
Chester W. Nimitz
Motoyama Airfield
5Th Marine
Mt. Suribachi
Nimitz
Negroes Held In Whiskey Robbery Suspects Named by Police
Three men Perry Campbell Garfield McNinney and Sylvester Good were arrested early today in connection with a $1500 whiskey robbery at the Hot Shoppe. Police headed by Detective Wayne A Sellman state the trio denied knowledge of the crime and will be questioned this afternoon. The Hot Shoppe owned by Charlies J Startzman was looted of 36 cases of whiskey believed trafficked to Baltimore for sale on the black market.
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Perry Campbell
Garfield McNinney
Bloom's Alley
Sylvester Good
Kaplan
Charlies J. Startzman
Baltimore
Enlist in WAVES Names from Maryland Cities
Miss Mary Ruth Brown of Jefferson and Miss Naomi Ruth Albaugh of Walkersville enlisted in the WAVES at the Navy Recruiting Station at City Hall announced by Chief John Mitlard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ruth Brown
Jefferson, Md
Naomi Ruth Albaugh
Walkersville
Navy
City Hall
John Mitlard
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Italy
Central Committee
DR. Ashbury
Pvt. Easterday
Associated Press
Air Armada
Historical Society
James C. Hussong
Martin L. Hussong
Elizabeth Avenue
E. M. Day
Laredo
Texas
France
Set. Hussong
Westover
Mass
Iwo
AFL
Volcano Fort
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