Blackout Signals New Formosa Strikes By Navy Carriers
U S Third Fleet carrier aircraft may have attacked Formosa and the Ryukyus for the third straight day as a radio blackout at Pearl Harbor hints at intensified operations. Admiral Nimitz said details are not yet available, leaving open the possibility of ongoing, coordinated strikes.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
U. S
Japan
Formosa
Ryukyus
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Philippines
Japs Have Large Force In China
A Chinese Army spokesman estimated that Japan now has between 19 and 20 divisions totaling over 300,000 men in central and south China. He said the Japanese are regrouping after a long campaign and predicted their next move would be to close the Canton Hankow railway gap.
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Chungking
China
Canton Hankow
Three Doors Fail To Block Thief At Weiss Bros
A thief battered three doors at Weiss Bros wholesale paper supply plant 137 East Franklin street last night or early today and stole $12 after forcing entry via the garage and warehouse to the office. The cash register was pried open with a jimmy and its contents rifled. City Detective Wayne Sellman and Sergeant J B Brown say they have a solid clue to the thief’s identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weiss Bros
East Franklin Street
Jimmy
Wayne Sellman
J. B. Brown
Flying Continues At Municipal Airport Despite Weather
The Fairchild pPT-19 trainer at Municipal Airport remains in heavy use by Fairchild employees eager to learn to fly. Henson Flying Service manager Kit Carson notes many first flights lead to subsequent flights, debunking the notion that open cockpit flying must tolerate brutal weather due to protective winter gear.
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Fairchild
Kit Carson
Henson
Carson
Sugarless cake recipe error causes swelling in readers
San Francisco readers following a sugarless cake recipe from a local newspaper found the directions dangerously wrong, listing 214 cups of baking powder instead of 2 1/2 teaspoons. Housewives noticed the erroneous amount led to excessive swelling of the cake batter.
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San Francisco
American air strikes sink or damage 60 ships in three days
General MacArthur reported heightened American air assaults on Luzon sinking or damaging 60 ships in the first three days of 1945 and harming Japanese planes at Clark Field. He announced 35 ships sunk or damaged at Manila Bay and Lingayen Gulf, with 25 more on New Year's Day, plus additional vessels listed in the latest bay. Liberators returned to Clark Field to wipe out 20 planes.
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General MacArthur
Philipines
Luzon
Philippines
Clark Field
Manila
Douglas MacArthur
Manila Bay
Lingayen Gulf
MacArthur
Hagerstown Home Building Slows After Ten-Year Rise
D E Ryan of Investors Syndicate reports Hagerstown residential construction lagged last year, with 1943 housing easing to 368 people served and 846 new dwellings since 1930. Total 1943 volume 10.9 percent of fourteen year construction. peak 772 in 1942.
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Hagerstown
D. E. Ryan
Investors Syndicate
Ryan
Three Aged Women Die In Flat Blaze
A three alarm fire on the top floor of an apartment house at 96th Street and Broadway in New York claimed three elderly residents and two men. All 22 firefighters arriving first were overcome by smoke and received treatment. About 150 tenants were awakened in their night clothes as smoke affected others.
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New York
96Th St
Broadway
Netherlands civilians rounded up for German war work
The Eindhoven Dagblad reports that over 100000 Dutch nationals in the occupied parts of Holland have been rounded up and forced to work in German war production plants in the last two months.
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Eindhoven
Holland
Jan
Eindhoven Dagblad
German general Kurt Moehrin killed in action
London dispatch reports General Kurt Moehrin commander of a People's grenadier division was killed in action the German high command announced today he was not further identified in the brief notice
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London
Kurt Moehrin
People’s Grenadier
Soviet Recognizes Polish Provisional Government
Moscow radio announced that the Soviet government recognizes the Polish provisional government formed in Lublin.
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London
Moscow
Lublin
Eight From Area Enlist Here In Navy
Eight local youths aged 17 from Hagerstown and nearby areas enlisted in the Navy through the Navy Recruiting Station at City Hall. Enlistees include Robert L. McGinley, Joseph A. Cook, Paul H. Trumpower, Harry E. Sirrbaugh, Samuel E. Smith, Vernon S. Hoffman, Harold E. Heffner, and Marvin L. Isanogle. Chief John Millard emphasized ongoing need for Naval Combat Aircrewmen and radar trainees and urged more enlistments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Navy
City Hall
John Millard
Robert L. McGinley
East Avenue
Joseph A. Cook
Sitters Avenue
Paul H. Trumpower
Mitchell Avenue
Harry E. Sirbaugh
Samuel E. Smith
Rohrersville
Vernon S.hoffman
Brosius
West Virginia
Harold E. Heffner
Jefferson, Md
Marvin L. Isanogle
West
Franklin Street
Millard
School Aides Thug Arrested In Ration Book Theft
Philadelphia report says two Philadelphia Board of Education officials and a known racketeer were arrested for attempting to steal 16 000 No 4 ration books from the board building. The haul included 17 440 000 points for meat butter canned goods and cheese and over 500 000 pounds in sugar coupons. Charged with larceny and conspiracy are Samuel M Bailey assistant secretary and business manager and a board staff member for five years Thomas Wagner board supervisor and longtime employee and James Bailey a long-time racketeer. Police say the trio placed cartons on an elevator with Bailey waiting in a car as it descended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Board of Education
Samuel M. Bailey
Board of Education
Thomas Wagner
James Bailey
Bailey
Wagner
Springs and Wells Show No Comeback Yet
Washington county under ground streams remain low despite late fall and early winter rains. Climate observer J A Miller from Keedysville says water volume in springs and wells fell by about half after the drought. He notes about 10 inches of extra rain needed to restore near normal levels. 1945 saw a warm day at 50 followed by a drop to 22 with colder conditions ahead.
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Washington County
J. A. Miller
Keedysville
Norimal
Mr. Miller
Mercury
Rain Aplenty in Weathered Letter From Morgenstern
Dan Morgenstern of the U. S. Maritime Service writes from the Pacific about trudging through mud and rain to a rain soaked night. He recalls watching a film titled The Rain Came.
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Los Angeles
Dan Morgenstern
U. S. Maritime Service
the Pacific
From Argument To Arsenic Decree Recommended
Mrs Katherine Tomlinson testified in Camden New Jersey that her husband Charles Tomlinson poisoned her with arsenic in food and coffee. She described repeated abuse including monthly beatings and controlling behavior. A divorce decree was recommended based on the prolonged domestic conflict.
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Camden
N. J
Katherine Tomlinson
Holly
Charles
Akyab Falls to Allied Seaborne Forces in Burma
Southeast Asia Command reports the city of Akyab in Burma, a major port and Japanese supply base, has fallen to Allied seaborne forces. British and Indian troops landed from three directions after the Japanese evacuated overnight, with RAF liaison aircraft confirming the capture. Akyab’s seven airfields and harbor facilities will boost Allied air operations and aid in driving Japanese forces toward southeast Asia.
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Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Akyab
Burma
Foul Point
Kudaung Island
Akyab Island
RAF
W.D. David
Lower Burma
Arakan
Bay of Bengal
India
Two More German Fugitives Captured
Two more desert weary German prisoners of war have been captured at SELLS. Ariz Jan 5. They were among 25 who tunneled to freedom from the Papago Park camp near Phoenix on Christmas Eve. A couple of Indians caught them while they slept. Twelve of the 25 remain at large.
Nazis Battle to Break Budapest Siege Line
Soviet forces reported they held the line northwest of Budapest as German panzer units and Luftwaffe air power pressed a counteroffensive. In Budapest, Red Army storm troops gained ground, claiming control of about 1,400 city blocks since the attack began last Friday.
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Moscow
Budapest
Danube
Komarom
Red Star
Vertes
Red Army
Yugoslav Partisans Cross Into Austria Menace Germans
London dispatch reports Tito announcing Yugoslav Partisans crossed into Austria and threaten a German arc between Klagenfurt and Graz. Partisans disrupted the Maribor Graz line at several points and destroyed a long stretch of the Maribor Dravograd line near the border. Graz lies 26 miles inside Austria opposite the junction of the Yugoslav Hungarian and Austrian borders.
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London
Klagenfurt
Graz
Marshal Tito
Tito
Maribor
Wilden
Leibnitz
Ehrenhausen
Dravograd
Yugoslavia
Austria
Red Plane Designer Vladimir Yermolaiev Dies in Moscow
Maj. Gen. Vladimir Yermolaiev, a 40 year old leading Russian aircraft designer and key figure in the Red Army Air Force engineering service, died in Moscow after a brief illness.
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RED
Moscow
Vladimir Yermolaiev
Red Army Air Force
F D R to Discuss Foreign Affairs in Congress Message
President Roosevelt will deliver a broad discussion of foreign affairs in his annual message to Congress, but is not expected to define U S policy on current European issues. He aims to keep bargaining flexibility with Churchill and Stalin at the upcoming Big Three conference, hoping to learn their plans for smaller European nations and basic American aims.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
United States
Churchill
Stalin
FDR Plans Radio Summary Of Congress Message
President Roosevelt announced his forthcoming radio address to summarize the Congress message. He expected to cover foreign policy manpower and possibly more French materials in his state of the union. The broadcast would be about half an hour between 9 30 and 10 30 p m eastern time.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
EWT
Dunn Named Republican Choice For Mayor Run
John D. Dunn shoe merchant and former city magistrate is reported as the Republican candidate for mayor with little opposition. He resides in the Fourth Ward and has support from the more aggressive Republican city committee members though the panel is divided. Mills was ready to run if unopposed. A councilman candidate for Ward 4 has not been secured as several named have declined.
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John D. Dunn
Dunn
Fourth Ward
Republican City Committee
Herman L. Mills
Mills
OPA Asks Shoe Stores to Post Notice on Stamps
In Hagerstown Chief Clerk Thomas Bittle says OPA HQ asks dealers to display notices that no cancellation of outstanding shoe ration stamps is planned. OPA notes increased military demand reduces civilian supply, but shoe stocks are enough to honor current stamps. Next shoe stamps likely not validated until next summer. Local dealers lament panic buying.
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Hagerstown
Thomas Bittle
Ration Board
OPA
War Production Board Office of Civilian Requirements
WPB
Bittle
Slocum Named to Represent Fairchild Aircraft Division
John C. Slocum, long time representative in Washington for Ranger Aircraft Engine division, is appointed to represent the Fairchild Aircraft division of Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corp. He has been in Washington about five years and will continue to represent Ranger.
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John C. Slocum
Ranger Aircraft Engine
Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corp
Washington
Fairchild Aircraft
Corporation
Slocum
Ranger
First Army Gains Steadily With Allied Forces in Belgium
On January 4, delayed, British troops are revealed to have served as silent partners with American doughboys since the German breakthrough. The British have shifted to the offensive at the northwest tip of the German salient, per supreme headquarters. The German broadcasts claimed the move, while Allied intelligence doubted the Nazi reports.
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Belgium
Supreme Headquarters
West Wall
Byron Denies Avery Charges
CHICAGO Jan 5 The War Department runs seized Montgomery Ward properties in seven cities in strict conformity with the law Maj Gen Joseph W Byron military manager says in response to Ward charges of trespass and illegal seizure. He cites careful accounting and insists steps are lawful while noting a federal court hearing set for Monday on the seizure legality.
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Chicago
War Department
Montgomery Ward and Company
Joseph—W
H. L. Pearson
Byron
Army
Ward
War Labor Board
Sewell L. Avery
Democratic Women To Elect Officers At Meeting Monday
The Women's Democratic Club calls a meeting for Monday January 8 at 8 p.m. in the Grice Building Headquarters to elect officers name committees select a delegate to the state organization and discuss important topics and plans. Mrs Sarah Macias Stouffer will preside and urges a large attendance.
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Women’s Democratic Club
Grice Building
Women’s
Sarah Macias Stouffer
Red Army massing near Vistula bridgehead south of Warsaw
Berlin radio reported troops massing 120 miles south of Warsaw at the Vistula bridgehead and probing Nazi lines along the Polish front.
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London
Berlin
Red
Vistula
Warsaw
Mary Mullenix Receives Purple Heart for Son in France
Mrs. Mary E. Mullenix of 125 West Side Avenue receives the Purple Heart awarded to her son Pfc. Daren Mullenix who was wounded August 27, 1944. He has left the hospital and is back on duty somewhere in France.
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Mary E. Mullenix
West Side Avenue
Pfc
Daren Mullenix
France
British Have Been Backstopping In Nazi Drive
British 2nd Army infantry and armor veterans have been thrust into the Belgian bulge as Montgomery’s forces join the offensive in the Marche region near Waha. British units push toward Bure and Wavreille while aiding Liege. six Allied and German armies engage in snowbound fighting as Hodges and Patton’s forces advance, with the 9th Army reported active in Berlin’s communiqués.
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Paris
2Nd Army
Belgium
Holland
Belgian Bulge
Bernard L. Montgomery
Marche
von Rundstedt Salient
Waha
Roger D. Greene
Associated Press
Bure
Wavreille
Rochefort
Liege
von Mundstedt
Salient
Courtney H. Hodges
U. S. 1St Army
Bastogne
Grandmenil
George S. Patton
Berlin
U.S
Montgomery To Command Two American Armies
Washington January 5 1944 Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery was given command of the American Ninth Army and most of the First Army due to the German breakthrough in Belgium and Luxembourg A War Department spokesman said Eisenhower will decide on the continuation of the arrangement Montgomery now heads all Allied forces on the north flank Bradley retains command of the southern forces including the Third Army and parts of the First Army and other units pushed south by the German assault
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Washington
Bernard Montgomery
Ninth Army
Belgium
Luxembourg
War Department
Eisenhower
Montgomery
Omar N. Bradley
12Th Army Group
Third Army
First Army
Bradley
Gin Rummy Banned in New York Nightclubs
New York on January 5 reports Mayor LaGuardia’s directive banning games like gin rummy and backgammon in city nightclubs. Stork Club owner Sherman Billingsley welcomed the move, noting patrons arrived for hours without liquor or food and left without complaints.
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New York
Fiorello LaGuardia
Sherman Billingsley
Stork Club
Watch Repairer Accused in Embezzlement Case
Ora Stumpff filed an embezzlement complaint in New Mexico on January 5 alleging a watch repairer has his timepiece for 23 months and has not returned the watch. The case centers on the missing watch and the alleged improper handling of it.
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Sai
Bulge
Lubin
Theodore
Buck) Wolfe
Annie
Shank Wolfe
Williamsport
Germany
Fred G. Glaze Orchards and Packinghouse
Wells
F.D.R
FDR
Pvt
Francis Currey
Hurleyville
N. Y
Ardennes
Currey
Avery
Gotham
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