Japs May Make Stand Before Key Airfield
Gen. MacArthur reports near Clark Field in Luzon as American patrols push toward Bamban and Capas. Griswold’s troops pause their advance while enemy positions are silenced, and Americans chart a path to the airfield’s surrounding runways and hangars. Gruesome scenes include graves on the burned Camp O’Donnell grounds.
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MacArthur
Luzon
Clark Field
Manila
14Th Army Corps
Oscar W.griswold
Bamban
Spencer Davis
Associated Press
Capas
Lingayen Gulf
Griswold
O'Donnell
Youths Held On Robbery Charges In City Court
Four Hagerstown youths, charged with breaking and entering and larceny, were arraigned this morning and held under 1000 dollars each for February court action. The arrests bring the week’s total youths in custody to eight amid a spate of city and county robberies.
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Hagerstown
Richard D. Henson
Elizabeth Street
Harvey D. Mehaffey
West Church
Leroy B. Myers
Williams Avenue
Harry Sprankle
Superforts Blast Iwo Jima Invasion Hints Rise
United States bombers struck early on Iwo Jima as part of a stepped up tempo by the 21st Bomber Command. About 100 B-29s in four formations faced strong Japanese air resistance while one aircraft was lost over Honshu after the raid on Nagoya.
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Washington
Iwo Jima
Marianas
21St Bomber Command
Japan
Iwo Tima
Nagoya
Honshu
Lear Named Deputy Commander for European Administration
Lt. Gen. Ben Lear is appointed deputy commander in the European Theater to handle administrative matters of United States troops at supreme headquarters. The assignment concerns American administration only and not the campaign direction, which remains an Allied effort.
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Paris
Ben Lear
United States
Supreme Headquarters
Lear
Die Hard Fascists Ready to Defend Milan
Reports from Northern Italy say die-hard Fascists plan a death stand in Milan if the Allies reach the city. They threaten to destroy Milan rather than surrender. Houses are becoming fortresses and demolition materials are distributed. An underground sewer system is cited as a defensive asset.
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Bern
Italy
Milan
Gurrender
Close To Discuss War Problems At Hagerstown Dinner
Upton Close, famed as the Marco Polo of news commentators, will speak on Americas Current War Problems at the Hagerstown Chamber of Commerce dinner at Franklin Court. About 600 are expected to attend. Close has written eleven books on the Far East and numerous articles. Time Magazine named him probably the greatest historian of contemporary Asia.
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Upton Close
Marco Polo
America
Hagerstown Chamber of Commerce
Franklin Court
Close
Far East
Saturday Evening Post
Survey Graphic
Living Age
Time Magazine
Asia
Eighteen Anglo American Saboteurs Executed in Slovakia
London reported that Germany announced the execution of eighteen Anglo American agents by a military tribunal. The men, led by the American Green and a Briton posing as a major, were captured behind German lines in Slovakia while attempting sabotage and espionage.
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London
Slovakia
Transocean
Berlin
Green
Germans Poisoned Wells and Fired Homes As They Retreated
From the Silesian front line Russian dispatches describe retreating Germans burning houses destroying furnishings and poisoning wells as they fled Red Army girls direct traffic toward Berlin and Boris Polevoy reports from a scout flight and countryside visits noting empty villages and poisoned wells with meals laid out but spoiled.
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Eddie Gilmore
Moscow
Silesian
Red Army
Berlin
Pravyda
Boris Polevoy
Polevoy
Kreuzberg
Oppeln
Democrats Stage Lively Primary In City Council Races
Democrats showed strong interest in yesterday's council primaries. Incumbents Claude M. Potterfield and Earl P. Wolfe won renomination in Wards 2 and 3 respectively. Republicans nominated Charles H. Spigler in Ward 5 and Albert M. Long in Ward 2. Mayor Sweeney and John D. Dunn had no opposition. Municipal election set for March 27.
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Claude M. Potterfield
Earl P. Wolfe
Charles H. Spigler
Albert M. Long
Richard H. Sweeney
John D. Dunn
Letter From India Recovered From Plane Crash Fire
Boonsboro couple receives a letter from their son Sgt. Paul Jones in India. Written by former Sunday School teacher Mrs Laura Shifter, the note survived a plane crash explosion and fire with its edges scorched. Jones serves in the Hump Control unit of the Army Air Forces in the India Burma theater, stationed there for about a year.
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Fred W. Jones
Boonsboro
Paul Jones
India
Laura Shifler
Jones
Army Air Forces
India-Burma
Tippetts to Speak After Historical Society Meeting
Dr. Charles S. Tippetts, headmaster of Merciesburg Academy, will address Washington County Historical Society members tomorrow night on Some Critical Periods in American History. The membership meeting at 8 will precede the talk at St. John's Lutheran Auditorium, where the historical exhibit is on display. members are urged to attend to elect directors.
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Charles S. Tippetts
Merciesburg Academy
Washington County Historical Society
Perkins to Stay in Roosevelt Cabinet as Labor Secretary
President Roosevelt rejected Frances Perkins resignation and she will continue as secretary of labor. Perkins had planned to leave Washington after the inauguration but the resignation was turned down orally on inauguration day and followed by a formal letter. Perkins, former New York state labor commissioner, has faced long scrutiny over her tenure amid AFL CIO faction concerns.
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Washington
Frances Perkins
Roosevelt
Labor
AFL
CIO
Objectors Assigned To State Hospital
Conscientious objectors are to be assigned as workers to the Spring Grove State Hospital in Catonsville Maryland. The Federal register lists the hospital as a project of national importance allowing COs to perform clerical duties or serve as attendants waiters farm hands instead of induction.
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Washington
Spring Grove
State
Hospital
Catonsville
Greatest freight movement in 1944 in U S rail history
The Association of American Railroads announced that 1944 set a record for freight traffic with about 737 billion revenue ton miles, up 14 percent from 1943 and 21 percent over 1939, marking the nation’s largest rail movement to date.
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Washington
Association of American Railroads
Smoke Free Utah Senate Says No Smokers
Salt Lake City January 24 Deseret News survey shows none of Utah's 23 State Senators uses tobacco. Mrs. Vinewood Linganore Avenue has word from the War Department that her husband Private First Class Joseph R Wood was slightly wounded in France on December 24.
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Salt Lake City
Utah State Senate
Deseret News
Vinewood
Linganore Avenue
War Department
Pfc
Joseph R. Wood
France
Breslau Under Siege as Germans Rush Troops West
Paris dispatch reports mass German troop movements shifting from Ardennes to eastern fronts and toward Berlin as American air forces attack trains and highways. Allied forces press pursuit of withdrawing Germans to the original Rundstedt line, with Eisenhower noting towns captured and a southern withdrawal.
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Breslau
St. With
Paris
Germany
Ardennes
Belgium
St. Vith
Dusseldorf
Hannover
Berlin
Reich
Roger D. Greene
Montgomery
von Rundstedt
Eisenhower
U. S. 7Th Army
Hancock Theater Sold to Baltimore Man by Mrs. Corbett
The New Theatre on Main Street Hancock was sold by Mrs. Catherine Corbett to Daniel H. Atkins of Baltimore. He will operate the theatre in early spring. Opened in 1916 as Hancock's first movie house, it was run by Mrs. Corbett, who married a Hancock girl, Ella M. Moffet. The brick and stucco building will change hands as ownership shifts to the Baltimore buyer.
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Main Street
Hancock
Catherine Corbett
Daniel H. Atkins
Baltimore
Corbett
Ella M. Moffet
First World War II Vet Returns To Hagerstown High School
Nineteen year old ex Private Andrew Hamilton the first Hagerstown veteran of World War II to return to school after discharge is back in the senior class to complete an interrupted education. He served in the Army Air Corps from December 1943 eight months and says the experience has increased his appreciation for education and teachers. He notes the G I Bill debates and the sense that studying has become easier after Army life. He emphasizes valuing education and belonging to the Mor tis Frock Post of the American Legion. Continued on Page 2.
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Andrew Hamilton
Hagerstown
Army Air Corps
Air Corps
H. J. Hamilton
West Washington Street
American Legion
Hamilton
Joy Over Red Advance tempered by likely final stand in Reich
London reports a surge of optimism as the Red Army advances, but caution rises over a possible German withdrawal to the Reich for a desperate last stand. Moscow casualty tallies show heavy losses but over a broad 400 mile front, with German manpower still vast on the eastern front.
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Reich
London
Red Army
Moscow
Poland
Ivan S. Konev
Ukraine
Local Flier William Fisher Speaks to Kiwanis on War
First Lieutenant William S. Fisher, a 20 year old B17 pilot with 8th Air Force in England, told Frederick Kiwanis Club about aircrew life. He noted Patton might be in Berlin if fuel allowed mobility, described daily routines, fighter escorts, and the no 1 enemy is flak. He praised enemy bravery, denied mass mistreatment of US fliers by the Luftwaffe, and explained bailout signals and signaling surrender.
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Europe
Eighth Air Force
England
William S. Fisher
Frederick Kiwanis Club
Hagerstown
Frederick
Patton
Berlin
Luftwaffe
U. S
Damage suit claims $1500 for car wreck in court
Gerald B. Smith filed a negligence suit in court today against Milton Moats for $1500 damages to his Chevrolet club coupe after Moats, driving a Chevrolet, collided with Smith on December 11 near Williamsport pike. The suit is on the February court docket. Five coaches derailed on the Baltimore & Ohio Shenandoah near Versailles. no injuries reported.
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Gerald B. Smith
D. Angle Wolfinger
Milton Moats
Smith
Moats
Williamsport Pike
Pittsburgh
Baltimore & Ohio
Shenandoah
Versailles Borough
Furloughed Soldiers Put To Moving Freight
In Buffalo New York furloughed soldiers with railroad experience are moving idle freight cars in rail yard terminals. About 300 men were on hand with 300 to 500 expected over two weeks to aid nine railroads amid a backlog caused by a severe storm and manpower shortage. They are paid at civilian rates.
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Buffalo
John Beirne
Western
New York
Lumber Certificates For Farm Dwellings Authorized
Farmers may buy lumber for farm dwelling repair or construction up to 1000 per farm per year. They must hold a Farmer's Lumber Certificate issued by the county Agriculture Adjustment Agency before purchase. Certificates cover essential uses and are issued against the state quota. new dwellings are treated as service buildings.
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County Agriculture Adjustment Agency
County Aaa Committee
Veterans Legislation Advances in Maryland General Assembly
Annapolis Md ten proposals including administration veterans legislation program and Governor OConor s message endorsing them were ready for presentation to the General Assembly. The measures would be in a new Maryland code section titled Veterans. OConor said the legislation is highly deserving and the debt to veterans cannot be discharged by resolutions.
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Annapolis
MD. A
A&dministration
O'Connor
General Assembly
Maryland
Russians Cross Oder in Silesia Near Breslau Crisis
London reports that Marshal Konev's forces have crossed the Oder in Silesia as Soviet assault troops mass along almost 50 miles of the river. Breslau faces possible envelopment while Konev presses fortifications from 10 to 12 miles away and shells Ohlau Brieg. Ice conditions on the Oder are uncertain but could allow infantry crossings.
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London
Oder
Silesia
West Bank
Germany
Moscow
Breslau
Ivan
Konev
Ukraine
Ohlau
Brieg
Eddy Gilmore
Danube
OPA Raises Margarine Points and Adjusts Fat Pork Ration
The Office of Price Administration announces red point values rise to three cents per pound for margarine and one cent for formerly point free fat pork cuts starting Sunday. Red stamps for February stretch five weeks, with six red points and blue stamps totaling 50 points valid February 1. Goldsboro granted an absolute divorce. attorney John J. Allen.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
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Key Airfield
Gen. Lear
Democrats
Dr. Tippetts
Sec’y Perkins
F.D.R
A.F.L
C.I.0
Hancock Theater
Baltimore Man
Kiwanis
Wm. S. Fisher
Frederick Club
O’conor
East Prussia
Ivan Konev
Oder River
Reuters
Volkssturm
Oleo
UL. Goldsboro
Tula
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