Yanks Deepen Wedge In Bulge Amid Heavy Air Attacks
Allied forces pressed the German bulge as Rhine reports little early gain. Von Rundstedt’s line held at St Hubert Wiltz and Bastogne faced counter strokes. On the front Linnich to Stavelot saw little activity as Allied air power entered day 11. American flak crews shot down 17 strafers. Allied artillery countered German self propelled guns ferried across the Maas. Canadian artillery repelled two German patrols north of Kapelle.
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Rhine
Sti
Beljan Bulge
St. Hubert- Wiltz
Bastogne
von Rundstedt
Linnich
Stavelot
Bulge
Maas
Darkiels
Kapelle
Holland
Battle actions and losses across Western Front noted
British and Canadian sectors remained quiet for six weeks as Mosquito aircraft damaged 15 tanks and 9 vehicles behind the bulge. The U S 9th Air Force destroyed 278 transports 211 railroad cars and 11 locomotives with 66 more vehicles and 12 railcars damaged. Germans counterattacked December 30 driving Americans from Moircy and Remange but Patton recaptured Remange and towns including Hubermont Houtmont and Chenonge while Moircy remained in German hands. Wardin east of Bastogne fell and heavy infantry fighting occurred along hills south of the Wiltz river as Third Army gains were measured in hundreds of yards.
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Bulge
U. S. 9Th Air Force
Supreme Headquarters
Moircy
Remange
St. Hubert
Bastogne
Patton
Hubermont
Houmont
Chenonge
Wardin
Wiltz River
Third Army
War Problems Get Priority In New Congress
In Washington leaders stress organization over immediate war issues. Rayburn and Martin temper talk of tax cuts, awaiting victory. Roosevelt signals high priority for universal training, Fair Employment Practices, and a rivers and harbors program akin to TVA. Byrnes backs congressional support for the War Labor Board rulings.
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Congress
Rayburn
Roosevelt
Byrnes
Tennessee Valley Authority
Martin
War Labor Board
WLB
Dams Proposed in County and Flood Control Proposals
War Department report recommends abandoning existing flood control dams at Harpers Ferry and Moorefield in West Virginia and Arlington Farm area near Washington. It outlines an appeal process to the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors with four week response window for written communications.
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Ment
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Moorefield
Arlington Experimental Farms
Washington and
Viciniy
War Department
Board of Engineers
Rivers Ad Harbors
Board of Engineers For
Rivers and Harbors
New York Avenue
Washington
2. Cx
Cor J
Ates Engine
Douglas Streets
D.C
Reds Press Advance Around Budapest Amid Heavy Losses
Russian forces closed in on Budapest with 24 German tanks and 13 armored vehicles knocked out and 429 prisoners taken. Katusha mortars arrived to blast fortifications as desperate German counterattacks failed. Russians also seized 14 more locations and neared Lucenec on the Hungarian frontier as a wider Austrian offensive loomed.
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Red Army
Losouc
Lucenec
Budapest
Moscow
Austria
Germans Doubt Hitler Spoke in Bavarian Dialect
The article argues doubts about Hitlers 1940s speeches, listing points critics use. Allegations include asthma symptoms heard in voice, Bavarian dialect instead of Austrian Hanoverian blend, mispronounced difficult words, and absence of direct war references. Some claim such changes imply influence by narcotics.
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Goebbels
Hitler
Field Marshal
von Rundstedt
Ha Gerardstown Fair Association Names Officers and Directors
Officers and directors of the Ha gerstown Fair Association were renominated without opposition at a stockholders meeting. The election on Saturday January 6 will be a formality. Renominated officers include Andrew K. Coffman president Harold F. Bester vice president Charles W. Wolf recording secretary Roger Hershey corresponding secretary Dr R C Snavely treasurer and Charles W Huyett James T Wolfe Eldred Rinehart William P Lane Jr directors include Dr Hubert L Porterfield Joseph D Baker William H Cunningham David Ankeney Simon L Downey and Fimer Corderman.
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Hagerstown Fair Association
Fair Board
Andrew K. Coffman
Harold F. Bester
Charles W. Wolf
Roger Hershey
R. C. Snavely
Charles W. Huyett
James T. Wolfe
Eldred Rinehart
William P. Lane
Hubert L. Porterfield
Joseph D. Baker
William H. Cunningham
David Ankeney
Simon L. Downey
Fimer Corderman
Mass Slaughter of Belgian Civilians by German Forces
Survivors and captured Germans describe a brutal massacre in which 20 to 25 Belgians were herded into a barn and shot by engineers of the First Hitler Panzer Division, the barn burned to destroy evidence. A series of killings in nearby houses left women, children, and men dead, with a 13-year-old and 15-year-old shot near a foxhole. Soldiers admitted orders to kill on sight, while civilians were deemed not to interfere with operations.
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Cers
Hitler Panzer
Capt
Handville
U. S
Roads Cleared By Heavy Rain
Washington county faced dense morning fog and heavy rain on New Year’s Day 1945, shifting to snow by evening. High winds hit Hagerstown as Anne Arundel and Howard Montgomery counties reported high waters blocking some highways. Weather observer D Paul Oswald noted 0.80 inch of rain and reflected on 1944 heat and precipitation records.
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Washington
Washington County
Hagerstown
Howard Montgomery
Anne Arundel County
D. Paul Oswald
Clewsville
Oswald
Youth Admits He Took Money Pouch
Thomas Earl Carter a 16 year old on Bay street admitted taking a money bag with about 300 in silver from a store. Det Wayne Sellman said Carter a former employee took the bag to his home and produced it from a dresser drawer about half the money remained. Neibert called the bag kept on a store counter and said he missed it when he closed Saturday night.
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Thomas Earl Carter
Bay Street
Locust Point
Wayne Sellman
Carter
Sellman
Neibert
Office Entered in Attempted Robbery at Bester Block Co
An attempt to rob the office of the Bester Concrete Block Company near Academy Hill was reported to police on Sunday. A door lock was broken but officials said nothing of value was taken.
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Bester Concrete Block Company
Academy Hill
Polien
Lieut Chapman Returns From Europe To Mitchell Field
First Lt. Hugh D. Chapman of Sharpsburg returns to the United States after nine months of combat flying with the Eighth Air Force in Europe. The 25 year old veteran with 82 missions will instruct pilots at Mitchell Field New York for overseas replacement. He is credited with destroying two German aircraft and wears the Distinguished Flying Cross with one oak leaf cluster and the Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters. His brother Capt. Jacob D. Chapman serves with the Ordnance in France.
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Mitchell Field
Hugh D. Chapman
Sharpsburg
States
Eighth Air Force
First Aaf Fighter Command
N. Y
Aloe Field
Victoria
Texas
Clara M. Chapman
Chapman
Boonsboro High School
Shepherd State Teachers College
Hagerstown Business College
Fairchild Aircraft Corp
Capt
Jacob D. Chapman
The
Ordnance
France
Trains Collide in Utah West Disaster Kills 48
Ogden Utah January 2 48 die and 1 injured as Southern Pacific Limited rear-ends a slower passenger train on a Great Salt Lake estuary causeway. Engineer James McDonald 64 dies at throttle. fireman M B Hardman of Ogden survives with minor injuries. Autopsy requested by Army authorities to determine engineer's death.
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Ogden
Utah
Southern Pacific
West
West- Sound Pacific Limited
Great Salt Lake
James McDonald
M. BE. Hardman
Hardman
George Darling
McDonald
Legislature To Meet Tomorrow In Maryland 130th Session
Annapolis Md Jan 2 members of the Maryland state legislature will gather in Annapolis tonight for the General Assembly eve caucus of the two major parties. The 130th session will open at noon tomorrow in the State House. Veterans and economic readjustment to peace dominate the calendar.
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Annapolis
Maryland
General Assembly
State House
Uniformed air crewman earns second oak leaf cluster
T/Sgt. David J. Hoffman of Waynesboro Pa receives the second oak leaf cluster to the Air Medal for courage, coolness and skill on bombing attacks over Germany. He serves as radio operator and gunner aboard a Flying Fortress and trained at four engine bomber bases after working as a crane operator. Other local service updates note First Sgt. Francis Fratianni visiting home en route to Fort Riley Kan, Pvt. Paul Henry overseas, and Cpl. Russell G. Eversole Jr. arriving at a B-24 base in southern Italy with the oldest bombardment group in the ETO. Sgt. Cyriel Forsythe earns the Combat Infantryman Badge with the 100th Division in eastern France.
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Air Force
Cooks and Bakers School
Pangborn Corp
David J. Hoffman
Waynesboro
Germany
John L. Hoffman
Waynesboro Rt. 3
Francis Fratianni
Frank Fratianni
Army
Fratianni
Maryland State Guard
Sgt. Fratianni
Fort Riley
Kansas
Russell G. Eversole, Jr
Gladys M. Eversole
George Street
Italy
Ploesti
Cpl. Eversole
Hagerstown
Cyriel B. Forsythe
France
Forsythe
Anna M. Forsythe
Frederick Street
Walking Factory for Excess Stomach Acidity Ad Claim
An old advertisement promotes Brandreth Pills as a remedy for constipation and related stomach acidity. It targets general digestive discomfort, touts the product as a dependable family remedy used in many countries, and markets it as gentle yet effective with a 25 cent price at druggists.
Byrnes urges tougher deferment rules and wartime controls
Byrnes calls to rethink youth deferment standards for farmers and to reexamine 4-F eligibility for athletes proven on the football field. He urges Congress to empower the War Labor Board to enforce decisions in courts, argues seizures alone are insufficient, and places reconversion on hold while victory nears. He notes 45 percent of first-half armament programs are critical and insists civilian manufacturing pause only when war orders are reduced.
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Byrnes
Congress
War Labor Board
Two Nazi Spies Seized By FBI
The FBI captured two Nazi agents after they landed and traced their movements from Bangor Maine to Boston and New York. They bought expensive clothes and attempted to build a short wave radio to contact Germany. One suspect, Colepaugh, was a former Massachusetts Institute of Technology attendee and a U S Navy veteran discharged in 1942.
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Hoover
Francis Biddle
Colepaugh
Gimpel
FBI
Bangor
Boston
New York
Germany
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
U. S. Navy
German Nazi collaborators and spies linked to Berlin Elite Guard
The text notes an individual who offered services to the Nazis and enrolled in the Elite Guard. He attended schools in Berlin The Hague and Dresden to learn radio photography and explosives, was arrested in Lima Peru while with a German radio firm, interned in Texas, repatriated to Germany, and later joined the Elite Guard for training similar to Colepaugh.
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Hoover
Berlin
Hague
Dresden
Gimpel
Lima
Peru
Texas
Germany
Colepaugh
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the McPhail
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Lieut. Chapman
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Ware
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Highland Way
Bainbridge
Kenneth Anderson
Fort Benning, Ga
Charles M. Lesher
Clearspring
Asheville, N. Y
Army Ground and Service Forces
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Minnie Winters
Elizabeth Avenue
Tech
Fred H. Henry
St.Lo
Pvt
Paul Henry
Hearing Center
Sonotone OF
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Baltimore Life
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Sts- Baltimore
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American Medical Association
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