Exiled Germans Doubtful It Was Hitler Who Made Speech
Exiled Germans debate the New Year Hitler address with opinions ranging from doubt that Hitler spoke to assertions the voice was faked or ghostwritten. Observers note Goebbels echoed similar ideas, suggesting the speech blended past Hitler phrases with current propaganda.
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Hitler
Louis P. Lochner
Associated Press
Berlin
London
Fuehrer
Germany
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Goebbels
Reds Whittle Down Garrison In Budapest
In Budapest the fall of Buda seemed imminent as Soviet forces pressed the German Hungarian garrison. Moscow released a communique claiming heavy German losses, and that defenders were squeezed into a four by one mile area with 31,960 killed in street fighting yesterday.
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London
Buda
Danube
Budapest
Moscow
Cairo
Rainfall Deficit in 1944 for Washington County
Weather observer J A Miller Kee dysville reports Washington county recorded a rainfall deficiency of 5.17 inches in 1944 due to an extended summer drought. Total yearly rainfall reached 32.54 inches against a 37.71 inch normal, while December added 3.92 inches, 1.14 inches above normal.
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Washington County
J. A. Miller
Keedysville
Pvt Richard F Stoner Missing In Action In France
Pvt Richard F Stoner has been missing in action in France since November 29. He enlisted February 4, 1944 and had been overseas since October. He is married to Rose A Stoner of Keedysville and is a father of two. His wife lives with her parents Frisby Griffiths. He has a brother in the Navy.
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France
Richard F. Stoner
Rose A. Stoner
Keedysville
Rt. 1
Stoner
Camp Blanding
Pvt. Stoner
Frisby Griffith
Navy
January Tire Quota Cut In Washington County
The Ration Board announced quotas for January in Washington county showing fewer passenger tires than in December when the quota was 575. Military demands prompted the cut and the change affects passenger tires and large and small trucks and buses, while tractor and farm implement quotas rise slightly.
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Washington County
Ration Board
Foo Fighters seen by US night fliers over Germany
American night intruder pilots report a Nazi secret weapon, mysterious balls of fire that race beside and follow planes for miles. Initially feared to explode, they show no damage yet. Intelligence suggests radio controlled devices pacing at 300 mph, with red wing tip balls, a vertical trio, and a 15-light group trailing the aircraft.
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France
Germany
Donald Meiers
Chicago
Two Nazi Spies Seized By FBI
A 16 year old Maine schoolboy spotted two alleged Nazi saboteurs near Hancock Point. FBI agents arrested William Curtis Colepaugh and Erich Gimpel in New York after they landed by U boat November 29. They carried 60000 in US money, pistols, inks and Navy papers, while claiming extensive espionage activity since shore.
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New York
Maine
FBI
Hancock Point
J. Edgar Hoover Hnd
Hoover
Dana Hodgkins
Harvard
Navy
William Curtis Colepaugh
United States
Niantic
Conn
Erich Gimpel
South America
Hanlcock Point
Frenchman's Bay
Oregon
Montana
County Tax Rate Up Twelve Cents in 1945
The Board of County Commissioners fixed the 1945 tax rate at $1.22 per $100, a 12-cent rise aimed largely at funding teacher salaries. The new rate yields about $1,233,192.52 in total receipts, with $138,612.71 more available for county spending, and the state rate adds 12 cents per $100 for a combined $1.34 tax at state and county levels.
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Board of County Commissioners
Decry Rush To Buy Shoes Amidration Confusion
A Saturday misread OPA note sparked a rush to buy shoes with stamps not yet invalid. Dealers report shoppers stockpiled two to three pairs, hoping to lay by. The Ration Board said no stamps were declared invalid and the next valid stamp would not appear until mid summer.
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OPA
Navy announces four ships lost in wartime note
The Navy reported the loss of four vessels: the submarine Harder overdue and presumed lost. landing ship LSM 318 and PT 300 lost to enemy action in the Philippine area. PT 311 lost to enemy action in the Mediterranean. LSM 318 sunk during a Japanese air attack off Ormoc December 7.
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Washington
Navy
Philippine
Mediterranean
Ormoc
Soldier Don Minnick Wounded in Germany
Mrs. Marie Minnick of State Line Pennsylvania received notice from the War Department that her husband Pfeiffer Richard Don Minnick was slightly wounded in Germany on December 13. He formerly lived on Fairground Avenue in Hagerstown and worked for the Pangborn Corporation. He is the son of Walter Minnick of Funkstown.
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Marie Minnick
State Line
War Department
Pfe
Richard
Don) Minnick
Germany
Minnick
Fairground Avenue
Hagerstown
Pangborn Corporation
Wat Iter Minnick
Funkstown
No Wonder These Nazis Surrendered IN GERMANY
Four German soldiers fled toward American lines waving bread loaves. Two U.S. privates Zeims of Chicago and Allen of Thomasville faced the men who proved to be German cooks with a half dozen loaves spared. The Germans dumped most of the meal, then surrendered after tasting the bread.
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Germany
No-Man’s Land
Hnes
Walter H. Zeims
Chicago
Charles J. Alien
Thomasville
WN. C
Zeims
Roads Cleared By Heavy Rain Across Maryland Counties
Heavy rain cleared ice and snow in three Western Maryland counties while high water and floods affected roads from Washington to Baltimore. Garrett saw 2 to 3 inches of snow, Cumberland recorded 10 above and Keedysville 13, with winds making it feel colder.
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Maryland
Big Savage
Frostburg
Cumberland
Hagerstown
Keedysville
Mr. Miller
Allegany
Washington
Frederick
Garrett County
Baltimore
Washington- Baltimore
Post Office Here Has Record Year
The 1944 year at the Hagerstown Post Office set records in receipts mail volume stamps sold and money order revenue. Total receipts reached 352,471.21, up 44,802 from 1933s level. December receipts and bond sales rose notably with war stamps totals also higher.
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Hagerstown
Sharpsburg Driver Is Slightly Hurt In Crash
Howard Swain of Sharpsburg sustained slight facial injuries when his car skid on a slippery Keedysville street and struck a tree before crashing into the porch of the Salem United Brethren church parsonage. The vehicle then damaged the porch and lodged against the building.
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Howard Swain
Sharpsburg
Keedysville Street
Salem United Brethren Church Parsonage
Will of Geo Miller Names 50 Heirs In Probate
George E. Miller of Wilson District dies December 27 leaving an estate around 150000. The Orphans Court probate lists beneficiaries including Conococheague Union Sunday School and Zion Lutheran Church with specific bequests to St Pauls church trustees and many individuals. Executors named are Reno V. Stouffer and J. O. Snyder.
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George E. Miller
Wilson District
Mr. Miller
St. Pauls Church
Western Pike
Frederick H. Renner
Miller Farm
Helen Johnson Harrison
Harrisburg
Helen Roth
Reno V. Stouffer
Maude Nicodemus
Ora Stover
Vera Bussard
Mary Cross
Rosa Bowers
Chester Knepper
Charles D. Knepper
Earl Knepper
Charlotte Seibert
Charles Knepper
Helen Spickler
Daniel Sprecher
D. Jesse Sprecher
Annie Miller
Leslie Miller
Mazie Havey
Lethean Starliper
John Koode
John
Leila
Maggia
Elmer
Lethie
Julia
Mary
Mack
Jesse
Hick
Edwin Shank
Kate Miller
Matilda Shank
Mary L. Yeagle
Melchora
Annie Cowden
M. Clyde Grove
Esther €. Kreps
Guy MM. Grove
Ruth C. Daugherty
George D. Grove
Beulah C. Martin
Mary Louise Miller
Lois Miller
Luther F
Mary E
Matilda Miller
Mary L. Charles
Sarah M. Davis
Laura M. Lindsay
Henry W. Davis
Emory
Zion Lutheran Church
Williamsport
Edward Miller
Clearspring
Mary L. Mentzer
J. 0. Snyder
Farmer Captures German Fugitives Near Casa Grande
In Phoenixa Arizona on January 2, farmer H R Duffey helped capture two of the seventh and eighth German U boat prisoners who escaped from a Papago Park tunnel. Cont Hans Werner Krauss and Helmut Drescher were taken twelve miles west of Casa Grande Arizona, with Drescher's rank labeled comparable to a second lieutenant. Six others were seized near Phoenix after the breakout.
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Phoenia
Ariz
H. R. Duffey
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Navy
Hans Werner Krauss
Helmut Drescher
Casa Grande
Drescher
Papago Park
Phoenix
Fewer Divorces In December Shows Slight Dip
The divorce filings fell modestly in December with 26 suits filed versus 45 in August. November saw 29 new cases, and the year ends with Gerald M. Smith suing Katherine A. Smith, represented by attorney Chas. W. Wolf.
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Gerald M. Smith
Chas. W. Wolf
Katherine A. Smith
Helpful Thief Slips Palmer Help Ends With Wallet Loss
In Chicago on January 22 a passerby aided Darwin A. Palmer after he fell near his home. The stranger then helped him home but robbed him of his wallet valued at 21 dollars plus a lighter case and other items totaling about 145 dollars.
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Chicago
Darwin A. Palmer
Palmer
AP wire editor John F. McDonnell dies at 61
John F. McDonnell longtime Associated Press wire editor in New York dies at his home from a heart attack at age sixty one. He had served at the AP for twenty two years and continued to file news wires on his desk as late as Saturday.
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New York
John F. McDonnell
Associated Press
McDonnell
Germans Paying Heavy Toll In Bid To Regain Offensive
HAL BOYLE reports from Stavelot Belgium on Nazi elite troops slaughtering Belgian civilians during the early German breakthrough. Army officers estimate at least 100 civilians were killed, with 63 confirmed near Stavelot, as SS units killed unarmed men women and children.
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Hal Boyle Stavelot
Belgium
U. S
Hitler
Stavelot
Melvin H. Handville
Syracuse
N. Y
State Department
Malmedy
Army Off
American Food Attracts German Troops In War Talk
S/Sgt. Cyrus Ainsworth of Texas recalls meeting a German veteran with a wooden leg who questioned American rations. The German notes he was captured by the World War I AMF and jokes that surrender may be advised again as American chow draws German soldiers.
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Germany
Cyrus Ainsworth
Grosshack
Tex
Ainsworth
Dams Proposed in Washington County Potomac Valley
The War Department announces two of fourteen proposed multi purpose reservoirs to ease flood damage in the Potomac river valley would be in Washington county. Dams would be on the Potomac at Pinesburg and Rockymarsh Run near Shepherdstown with two more on county borders at Harpers Ferry and Little Orleans. Savage River Dam requires local $200,000 contribution and post completion operation under War Department regulations.
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Potomac River
Washington County
War Department
Division
Potomac
Pinesburg
Williamsport
Rockymarsh Run
Shepherdstown
Harpers Ferry
Orleans
Little Orleans
Savage River
United States
Secretary of War
Dairy feed subsidies deferred to April for Jan through March
Washington county Agricultural Adjustment Agency said dairy feed subsidy payments for January February and March will be issued in April and May to run the program with minimal administration. Applicants should wait to file as the current program ends at the end of March.
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Washington County
The
Agricultural Adjustment Agency
Avery Ignores Byron's Orders
Maj. Gen. Joseph W. Byron said Sewell Avery and Montgomery Ward officials refused to operate company properties seized by the Army in seven cities. He reported that Ward’s representatives rejected directions to conduct business under his supervision, prompting the assignment of operating personnel at each property.
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Chicago
Joseph W. Byron
Sewell Avery
Montgomery Ward and Company
Byron
Army
Special Services Division
Stimson
Avery
Detroit
St. Paul
Denver
Portland
Ore
San Rafael
Cal
Jamaica
Ward's
Pvt Guillard Wounded in Action in France
Pvt Lester Guillard of the infantry is seriously wounded in action in France according to a War Department telegram to his wife Mrs Marie Guillard of 37 Maryland Avenue. A Flagerstown youth, he was inducted June 1, 1944, trained at Camp Blanding and sent overseas in mid October. Before induction he worked at Fairchild Aircraft. his address may be secured by calling 524M.
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Lester Guillard
Infantry
France
War Department
Marie Guillard
Maryland Avenue
Flagerstown
Camp Blanding
Fla
Guillard
Fairchild Aircraft
Ace John C Meyer Adds Two More Victories
Lt Col John C Meyer of Forest Hills New York boosted his World War II tally by shooting down two German aircraft in quick succession, bringing his total to 24 confirmed kills in the European Theater of Operations.
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London
John C. Meyer
Forest Hills
Long Island
Patton Widens Corridor Feeding Main Offensive
Paris dispatch reports the 3rd Army widening its corridor to six miles feeding Patton’s main offensive near Bastogne. American infantry tanks and air power inflict heavy losses on German forces, with claims of 110 tanks and 208 planes destroyed. Patrols report advances to Houmont and Chenouge and repulsed German counterattacks near Champs and Viller-la-Bonne-Enu as the drive continues.
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Paris
3Rd
Bastogne
von Rundstedt
George Is. Patton, Jr
Houmont
Chenouge
3Rd Army
U. S. 1St Army
Bulge
Supreme Headquarters
Champs
Viller-la- Bonne-Enu
Moircy
Bitche
Many Treated For Frostbite and Exposure
Upward of 85 people were admitted to emergency hospitals in Bowling Green after a blizzard blocked Highway 135, with more than 200 others brought in by school buses and bulldozers clearing six foot drifts. The state patrol spent the night rescuing marooned motorists and bus riders, and some were sent to Findlay hospitals.
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Bowling Green
Ohio
Here
State Highway Patrol
Findlay
U S Heavy Bombers Strike Reich Despite Strong German Day
Escorted American heavy bombers, in their 11th straight day of raids, attacked western Germany before noon. Berlin claimed 427 Allied planes destroyed, while revised figures show at least 21 German planes wrecked in Monday’s combats. American and RAF fighters plus ground gunners claimed dozens of German aircraft down in morning swoops.
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London
Germany
Berlin
Two Assault Cases Over The Weekend
Sheriff's officers reported two arrests for assault over the weekend. Dr Myers residing in the southern county section was arrested for slapping Lillian Sapole at a focal manufacturing plant and today forfeited collateral of $12.45. A B Carter of Park Circle trailer is held for a Boonsboro hearing tomorrow for an alleged assault at the Valley Inn and put up collateral of $27.45.
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Dr. Myers
Souther
Lillian Sapole
Focal
A. B. Carter
Park Circle
Boonsboro
Valey Inn
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Reds
R. F. Stoner
Geo. Miller
A.P
Potomac Valley
Montgomery Ward
Pvt. Guillard
Patton
U.S
Reich
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