British Drive Into Reich Capture Hongen and Rosport
British troops seized Hongen three miles inside the Reich and the U S Third Army took Rosport, six miles from Trier as Allied forces pressed from Luxembourg to Holland. The push threatened Germany from the west while the Russians pressed from the east, with mounting snow hindering advances.
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Paris
Holland Panhandle
Luxembourg
Hongen
Reich
Third Army
Rosport
Trier
Wiltz
Wallendorf
U. S. First Army
Rundstedt
Holland
Germany
Inductees Listed by Draft Board Number One
Draft Board No. 1 reports accepted for induction on January 12 in Hagerstown. Navy inductees include Wilbur F. Ditmer Jr, Elwood A. Knode, Robert E. Artz, Charles E. Gossard, Paul R. Viar, Robert S. Cosens, Francis L. Webb, Charles W. Lucas Jr, and John L. Sullivan. Army inductees include Raymond W. Ebersole, Maurice E. Munson, Lester L. Troupe, James J. Hines, William E. Shrader Jr, Thomas F. Hopewell, Edward L. Ware, and Thomas E. Robison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Draft Board No. 1
Hagerstown
Navy
Wilbur F. Ditmer, Jr
Alexander
Elwood A. Knode
Buena Vista
Robert E. Artz
Summit
Charles E. Gossard
Mitchell
Paul R. Viar
North Mulberry
Robert S. Cosens
West Franklin
Francis L. Webb
West Washington
Charles W. Lucas, Jr
North Locust
John L. Sullivan
Avon Road
Army
Raymond W. Ebersole
Maugansville
Maurice E. Munson
Highland Way
Lester L. Troupe
Washington
James J. Hines
William E. Shrader, Jr
Ray
Thomas F. Hopewell
Orrville
Edward L. Ware
West North
Thomas E. Robison
Bethel
Six Young Farmers Lose Draft Appeal in Philadelphia
Six young Philadelphia area farm workers who sought to block induction into military service lost their appeal. Judge William H. Kirkpatrick dismissed their writs in federal court, upholding the U S Attorney’s motion that no case of capricious or arbitrary action by officials or selective service boards had been shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
William H. Kirkpatrick
U. S
Firemen Refuse Draft Deferment Stand
Martinsburg firemen Merle Fellers and Melvin Peace say they will refuse a draft deferment if granted after the City Council signaled plans to seek a stay for two men who recently passed pre induction exams. They said they would resign their jobs if a deferment is granted and emphasized they are ready to serve if found fit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Fellers
Melvin Peacemaker
Martinsburg
FBI Urges Nation to Watch for Three Nazi Spies
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover warned the public to be on the lookout for three German espionage agents reportedly trained in sabotage. The men linked to Ernst Gimpel and William Colepaugh, who were seized after allegedly landing from a submarine on the Maine coast, are identified as Max Christian Johannes Schneeman 44 once of Pereira Colombia South America Hanz Rudolf Christin Zoehlsdorff 25 formerly of Bogota Colombia and Oscar Max Wilms formerly of Managua Nicaragua.
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Washington
Lat
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
United States
Hoover
Erich Gimpel
William C. Colepaugh
New York
Maine
Max Christian Johannes Schneeman
Pereira
Colombia
South America
Hanz Rudolf Christin Zoehlsdorff
Bogota
Oscar Max Wilms
Managua
Nicaragua
Warm Rain Expected to Clear Maryland Slick Roads
State Roads Commission reports warmer weather and rain tonight and tomorrow to remove slickness from four Western Maryland counties. Roads are open but hard-packed snow keeps travel hazardous. chains advised. Crews in Frederick county continue removing drifts while two-way traffic is restored districtwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Roads Commission
Weather Bureau
Maryland
State Roads
Frederick County
Pvt K E Miller Killed In Action In Belgium
Kenneth E Miller 19 son of Mr and Mrs Luther M Miller 917 Lanvale street was killed in action in Belgium on December 25 per War Department telegram. He enlisted December 18 1943 and had been overseas since mid October. He attended Washington street school and worked here before entering the service. Survived by parents brothers and sisters Donald E in U S Navy Banana River Florida Pfc William A in U S Army somewhere in Germany Irene Delorise and Joyce at home and grandmother Mrs E E Snodderly, this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth E. Miller
Luther M. Miller
Lanvale Street
Belgium
War Department
Miller
Washington Street
Donald E
U. S. Navy
Banana River
Fla
Pfc
William A
U. S. Army
Germany
Irene
Delorise
Joyce
E. E. Snodderly
Pig Bite Victim in Pasadena Office Incident
Pasadena top news: attorney Crales Hollopeter was bitten by a pig in his downtown office during a Junior Chamber of Commerce membership drive. The pig ran loose, Hollopeter grabbed it, and Pasadena Emergency Hospital treated the first pig bite victim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Cal
Crales Hollopeter
Chamber of Commerce
Hellopeter
Pasadena Emergency Hospital
Earthquakes Shake Los Angeles Area But Cause No Damage
Two strong earthquakes were felt in the western Los Angeles area and suburban Inglewood last night, rattling windows and dishes but causing no damage. The first shock occurred about 10:12 p.m. and the second followed immediately.
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Los Angeles
Inglewood
OConor proposes tax cuts and record 1946 47 budget
Governor O Conor urged cutting real estate tax from 12 to 11 cents and keeping the one third reduction on state income tax. His 1946 47 budget totals 112 723 590 dollars, the largest in history, about 5.5 million more than the prior biennium, with increases for public schools mental hospitals Maryland University public health and tuberculosis services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
O’conor
University of Maryland
Huge Fish Crane Blamed For Trout Raids Is Killed
A huge fish crane blamed for killing many large trout near Spielman's station is killed by Emory P. Draper of Fairplay Route 1. Fishermen reported numerous dead trout with tears in their backs, and the crane measured six feet from wingtip to wingtip, stood five feet six inches tall, and weighed 634 pounds. The bird was shot while dining on a 13 inch trout and is now an exhibit at Spangler's Pet Shop on West Franklin Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spielman’s Station
Emory P. Draper
Draper
Spangler’s Pet Shop
Franklin Street
Boyer's Esso Station Robbed on Potomac Avenue
Thieves forced an entrance to Boyer's Esso Station on Potomac Avenue, ransacking the store with flashlights and stealing eight packs of cigarettes and batteries, according to police. Austin Sawyer of the 00 block of South Potomac reported a sled stolen from his yard to police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyer
Esso
Potomac Avenue
Austin Sawyer
South Potomac
Bowman given fifty days on two charges in city court
Emerson Bowman aged 26 of Mitchell avenue was jailed for 50 days in lieu of a fine after arraignment before Magistrate Harry E. Snyder. He faced 25 dollars plus costs for drunk and disorderly conduct and 25 dollars plus costs for an assault on LeRoy Myers. Officer Charles Wolford did not press charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson Bowman
Mitchell Avenue
Charles Wolford
Harry E. Snyder
Bowman
Leroy Myers
Wolford
Luzon Highway Hub Seized In Bitter Battle
American mobile guns mortars and armor smashed a concealed Japanese tank and artillery concentration to seize Urdaneta on Luzon’s Manila-Baguio highway. An American column reached Paniqui, advancing toward Tarlac, with air support from Lingayen. Formosa air raids warned of intensified attacks as warplanes ranged toward the China coast. The fight marked the first bitter clash on the Luzon invasion front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacArthur
Luzon
Urdaneta
Douglas MacArthur
Manila-Baguio
Paniqui
Tarlac
Manila
Camiling
Lingayen
Formosa
China Coast
Federal Communications Commission
Lingayen Gulf
Six Enlist Here In Navy This Week
Six young men enlisted in the Navy this week through the Navy Recruiting Station at City Hall, Chief John Millard announced. The enlistees are James R. Nichols of Hagerstown Route 4, Harold A. Barber of 45 Elizabeth Street, Richard M. Hildabrand of 115 South Mulberry Street, Frederick H. Frazer of Blue Ridge Summit, and Page T. Otto of Sharpsburg. The Navy seeks volunteers for Seabees, combat aircrew, and the Navy Radar Training Course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
City Hall
John Millard
James R. Nichols
Hagerstown Rt. 4
Harold A. Barber
Elizabeth Street
Richard M. Hildabrand
South Mulberry Street
Frederick H. Frazer
Blue Ridge Summit
Page T. Otto
Sharpsburg
Millard
Missing in Action Warren Paden in the South Pacific
Mervin Warren Paden 1/c 22 son of Mr and Mrs Mervin Paden of South Street has been missing in action since January 5 in the South Pacific. He worked at Fairfield Aircraft Division before enlisting in 1941 and is a Hagerstown High School graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mervin Warren Paden
Mervin Paden
South Street
South Pacific
War Department
Fairchild Aircraft Division
Hagerstown
Western Maryland Buys Salty Dog and Plans Tear Down
The Western Maryland Railroad has purchased the Salty Dog building at Elizabeth Street crossing for 7800 dollars from Harry C. Dorsey and wife. The brick structure next to the tracks will be razed to straighten the track at the crossing where it once housed a restaurant and scene of early repeal era brawls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Maryland Railroad
Western Maryland
Elizabeth Street
Harry C. Dorsey
Imperative to Draft Nurses
Army Surgeon General urges nursing draft amid 270 percent rise in battle casualties. He cites nurses at 2,000 for 450,000 patients and 30,000–32,000 monthly admissions, backing Roosevelt’s draft proposal before the House Military Committee. Continued on Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
Norman T. Kirk
House Military Committee
Roosevelt
State of the Union
Congress
Whick
Wife Receives Purple Heart for Sgt Mears Killed in France
The Purple Heart awarded to Sgt Raymond Mears for wounds that led to his death has been received by his wife Mrs Juanita Mears. Mears, 25, was a nose gunner on a B-24 Liberator and was killed over France on November 10 1944. He trained at Camp McClain Hagerstown Fairchilds and various fields before overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Mears
Juanita Mears
Mears
France
Camp McClain
Miss
Air Corps
Kessler Field
Tyndall Field
Fla
Westover Field
Mass
Langley Field
F D R Prepares To Take Oath Fourth Time
Washington dispatch reports President Roosevelt set to swear in for a fourth term in a wartime ceremony at noon tomorrow. About 5 000 to 6 000 invited spectators, 1 500 guests for lunch, 1 000 for a reception, all amid wartime limits. Only plain spectators behind a fence. brief address planned around 500 words.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Roosevelts
Grandpa
Col
James Roosevelt
Burbank
Calif
Armed Services
Germans Exiled Inhabitants Of Warsaw Before Surrender
Soviet war correspondent M Makarenko in Pravda described Warsaw upon capture by Soviet and Polish troops as a ruined city. He said the Germans had exiled all inhabitants, leaving no one alive, and levelled key landmarks including the Royal Castle Belvedere Castle Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and Chopin monument.
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Warsaw
London
Russia
Red Army
M. Makarenko
Pravda
Communist Party
Moscow
Royal
Belvedere
Reds Advance Depriving Germany Of One Of Last Gasoline Sources
The Red army advances in southwest Poland are cutting Germany off from one of its final gasoline sources. Advances threaten Silesian Polish production areas around Krakow, crucial for synthetic fuel as Germany relies on coal gasification. Hydrogenation plants near Blechhammer, operated by I G Farben, are noted as nearly complete and partially used.
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Germany
Washington
Red Army
Poland
Silesian
Krakow
Blechhammer
1. G. Farben
Draft boards tighten calls for essential workers in war effort
Washington sent a letter to local draft boards urging emphasis on younger men under 30 for the armed forces and to minimize war industry disruption. Col. Henry C. Stanwood, state director, said 26 to 38 year olds with 2-A deferments are under review. Boards urged weeding out less essential workers to meet quotas and instructed Maryland boards to cancel occupational deferments for persistent absentees in war industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Selective Service
Henry C. Stanwood
Stanwood
Maryland
Army Increases Staff At Fairchild
Four additional Army personnel join the Fairchild Aircraft Division. Capt Elwood S Grimm, a former intelligence officer with the Kiehth Air Force in England, Capt Charles Keller of New Guinea service, with Phc R B Mackey and Tie Albert G Barrows as enlisted men assigned to the Army office at Fairchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Fairchild Aircraft Division
Elwood S. Grimm
Kiehth Air Force
England
Charles Keller
New Guinea
R. B. Mackey and
Tie
Albert G. Barrows
Fairchild
Pvt Ernest Spielman Wounded in Action in Luxembourg
Mrs Naomi Spielman of 324 South Street was advised by the War Department that her son Pvt Ernest W Spielman was slightly wounded in action in Luxembourg on December 29. He entered the Army in March 1943 and went overseas in July of last year. He attended Clearspring High School and worked for the Western Maryland Railroad.
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Naomi Spielman
South Street
War Department
Pvt
Ernest W. Spielman
Luxembourg
Spielman
Clearspring High School
Western Maryland Railroad
Another Cruelty Charge Preferred In Pleasantville Case
Charles Reynolds of Pleasantville near Harpers Ferry was arrested by Deputy Bruce Spickler on cruelty to animals charges after a letter alleged two horses were allowed to run at large in snow and ice. Officers found no roof on Reynolds barn and footprints indicated the horses were out days. Reynolds was jailed pending investigation and a hearing.
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Charles Reynolds
Pleasantville
Harpers Ferry
Bruce Spickler
Reynolds
Sheritt
England May Soon Ration Potatoes
London January 19 The Ministry of Food is studying placing potatoes on the ration list to curb shortages attributed to frost losses and other factors. The disclosure came today as officials weighed action to conserve supplies.
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England
London
Ministry of Food
Soviet forces push through Carpathians and threaten Budapest
Berlin reported a Soviet breakthrough 38 miles wide and 50 miles deep in southern Poland's Carpathians. Moscow said troops advanced toward Lodz and Budapest, with 65 000 prisoners in the capital and Berlin acknowledging losses as the city nears Soviet occupation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Stalin
Carpathian
Poland
Lodz
Budapest
Berlin
Danube
Moscow
Pest
High Command
Buda
West Bank
Kobe Blasted By Superforts In Honshu Raid
Tokyo said Kobe was hit by daylight B-29s from the 21st Bomber Command based in the Marianas. General Arnold confirmed the operation with 41 major missions since last June and 10 this year. The raid targeted industrial plants producing tanks and aircraft, pausing to note Kobe and Osaka as key sites.
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Washington
Japan
Honshu
Tokyo
Kobe
H. H. Arnold
20Th Air Force
Haywood
Hansell
21St Bomber Command
Marianas
War Department
Osaka
Omura
Nagoya
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Nation
K. E. Miller
Cecil Elwood Harris
Museum of Science and Industry
Pacific
Warren Paden
Sgt. Mears
F.D.R
Bertin
Ernest Spielman
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