Allies Dominate Roads To Rome In Push From Nettuno
Allied troops moved 12 miles inland from the Nettuno Anzio bridgehead toward Rome, dominating the Appian Way and the main coastal rail link to the Garigliano Cassino front. The 5th Army crossed the Rapido in Cassino area as German attacks waned, while reinforcements flooded the bridgehead to brace for a likely counter offensive. Coastal Nettuno fell as Rome front expanded. official confirmation of road cutting was not given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard McMurray
Nettuno-Anzio
Rome
Garigliano-Cassino
5Th Army
Rapido
Cassino
Nettuno
Appian Way
Anzio
Stillwell Relics To Be Shown
Mrs John Augustine Mason of South Prospect Street contributes an intricately woven Indian reed basket to the Washington County Historical Society exhibition at Hotel Alexander. The artifact, linked to early Konolawa Creek settlement and gifted by an Indian chief, will be displayed from 7:30 to 11:30 p m with public access.
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Conococheague
John Augustine Mason
Prospect Street
Washington County Historical Society
Alexander
Eliag Stillwell
Mason
Konolawa Creek
Bedford
Stilwell
Masom
Jess
Five Sailors Hurt in Jordan Derailment Near Syracuse
In Jordan New York a New York Central passenger train derailed after a wheel on a freight car broke, throwing a car into its path. Five sailors sustained slight injuries as the locomotive struck, derailed two baggage cars and eight passenger coaches.
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Jordan
N. Y
New York
Chicago
New York Central
Philip C. Rgan
Syracuse
Southern Democrats Seek A Dixie Son As Running Mate
Southern members of Congress and the Democratic National Committee urge a southern vice presidential candidate for Roosevelt. No agreement yet on the man, with Gov. J Nelville Broughton among possibilities and Sam Rayburn leading in polls. Roosevelt will have final choice if running for a fourth term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Washington
Congress
Democratic National Committee
Maybank
D-Sg
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Rayburn
Senate
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Chicago
South
William B. Bankhead
Alabama
Henry A. Wallace
Local Stocks at New High Prices
Public sale before the courthouse reports record highs for Rose Hill Cemetery stock at 23.50 per share and Blue Ridge Fire Insurance stock at 1.70. Potomac Edison traded from 126.50 to 128.50 amid a 141 high last week, with 20 shares sold in blocks. Col J C Snyder acted as auctioneer for the proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Potomat Edison
Blue Ridge Fire Insurance
Rose Hill Cemetery
Court House
Col. J. C. Snyder
Potomac Edison
Blue Ridge
John §. Kausler
Rose Hill
Car Quota Exhausted in Hagerstown Amid Rising Demand
The Hagerstown Ration Board announced that January automobile quotas are exhausted and no new car certificates will be issued until February. Dozens of applications lack required qualifications, and February’s quota is expected to be below January’s six cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Juvenile Feats Escape From County Jail Window
In Los Angeles on January 25, Deputy Sheriff recaptured 16 year old Ponciana Pena after she wriggled through a 4th story jail window measuring 12% by 6% inches. Chief Jailer Robert Fisher claims the count of 50 is accurate. Pena was found on a 10th floor balcony outside the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Robert Fisher
Ponciana Pena
Two Teens Seized For Ice Cream Break In High School
Howard James Binmer and Robert Dennis Thomas were sentenced to twenty days in jail for disorderly conduct after they walked into a Hagerstown senior high school, found the cafeteria, and helped themselves to ice cream. Magistrate M V Bostetter presided. officers investigate their stories and FBI records as principal John Zentmyer called police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard James Binmer
Robert Dennis Thomas
M. V. B. Bostetter
FBI
Wayne Sellman
Navy
South Potomac Street
Hagerstown
John D. Zentmyer
Zentmyer
Eskimos Could Teach Us Something About Love Making
Edmonton dispatch reports Eskimos in Aklavik exhibit abundant provisions and thriving culture. Fur trader Stan Peter notes up north rationing is impractical and describes local life from dances to radio in a sparsely populated Arctic outpost. He suggests Eskimo customs may offer insight into affection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Alta
Stan Peter
Aklavik
Northwest Territories
Peter
Ottawa
Front Royal
Canada
Allavik
Senator Frederick Van Nuys Dies at 69 in Virginia
Senator Frederick Van Nuys of Indiana died early today at his Vienna Virginia home after a brief illness. The Democrat, 69, chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee and a liquor investigations subcommittee. He had served since March 4, 1933 and opposed several New Deal measures. He had taken part in a major liquor industry probe and whiskey shortage inquiry.
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Washington
Frederick van Nuys
Indiana
Vienna
van Nuys
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Inidanian
Ardinger Named New Republican Register of Voters
Governor Herbert R. OConor appointed William E. Ardinger of Williamsport to serve as Republican permanent register of voters, succeeding the late Thompson A. Brown. Ardinger will fill the unexpired term from June 1, 1943, with Cecil Haynes acting in the Democratic role and Charles S. G. Hartle serving as clerk to the Board of Election Supervisors. Ardinger, a prominent Williamsport Republican, previously contended for the Orphans' Court seat in 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert R. O.conor
William E. Ardinger
Willamsport
Republican Permanent Register of Voters
Edward Oswald
Ardinger
Thompson A. Brown
Brown
Cecil Haynes
Rohrersville
Republican Register
Democratic Register
Senate probes meat spoilage alleged due to rationing
Washington January 25 A Senate agriculture subcommittee opened an inquiry led by Senator Thomas Idaho into charges that meat spoilage and destruction resulted from ongoing rationing. Independent meat packers were invited to testify as Thomas urged a temporary rationing holiday to clear surplus, especially pork, and allow consumer purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
Thomas
Idaho
Agriculture
Soviets Sever Vital German Escape Railway Route
Soviet forces cut the main German escape railway west of Leningrad, trapping a Nazi army of about 250,000. Gen Leonid Govorov's Leningrad front and Gen A K Mereskov's Volkhov army closed a semicircle around the retreating Germans, with a key blow hitting the Krasnogvardeisk Narva trunk line near Narva.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Leningrad
Russia
Leonid A. Govorov
A. K. A. Mereskov
Volkhov
Novgorod
Moscow
Gogorov
Krasnogvardeisk-Narva
Will Ask Farmers To Buy Bonds Tomorrow at Four-State Sale
A Fourth War Loan Farm Committee representative will be at the Four-State Livestock sale tomorrow to solicit rural residents for war bonds. John D. Hollyday, chairman of the local general committee, announced the campaign total at about 853000 dollars with expectations to reach the million mark. The farm committee names Paul D. Kretzer as chairman and lists members William Leatherman, E Austin Mckee, and Clarence as part of its effort to enlist county farmers in backing the attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourth War Loan Farm Committee
John D. Hollyday
Hollyday
Special Farm Committee
Paul D. Kretzer
Williamsport
Four Months For Locker Stealing
Clarence Wm. Satterwhite a 25 year old bakery truck driver pleaded guilty to thefts from Senior High School lockers and three larceny charges. He was sentenced to four months in the House of Correction on each charge to run concurrently. Magistrate Harry E. Snyder said the crime was reprehensible for stealing from youths with little means.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Wm. Satterwhite
House of Correction
Harry E. Snyder
Satterwhite
Virginia
Snyder
Pocketbook theft reported twice in local area
The ongoing purse theft issue is shown by two reports. Beulah B Hewitt said her purse was stolen Sunday night at a local hotel with $50 inside. Jesse Lake of Virginia Avenue reported a missing purse containing $57.597, taken at South Potomac Junior High.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beulah B. Hewitt
Jesse Lake
Mock
Virginia Javenue
South Potomac
Britain and U S Refuse to Recognize Bolivian Junta
Britain joined the United States in refusing to recognize Bolivia's revolutionary junta led by Maj. Guillermo Cillarroel. Foreign Secretary Eden cited German involvement and said the coup on December 20 was aided by subversive groups hostile to the United Nations. No British minister to La Paz will take post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
United States
Bolivia
Anthony Eden
Commons
Eden
la Paz
Maj
Gual
Terro Cillarroel
Enrique Penaranda
Germany
United Nations
Strikes Home in Des Moines Ration Book Worries
Des Moines district OPA director R B E Walter warned about many ration books being lost by housewives and motorists. He ordered duplicates issued only after a 30 day waiting period. Mrs RK Walters lost her ration book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
R. BE. Walter
Price Administration
RK. E. Walters
County Board Action Needed for Teacher Pay Funds
Washington county has not qualified for the 1943 state appropriation to supplement teachers' salaries. Only Montgomery and Baltimore counties have qualified. The county can receive its share by funding the $20 monthly teacher pay through January 1945, after which the state will reimburse $27 per teacher. The governor was told the overall $115,000 appropriation has been reduced by $31,617 due to nonqualification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
State Comptroller's
O’conor
Montgomery
Baltimore
Board of County Commissioners
Burglars Hull Elks Club Take 44 Quarts Whisky
In Belleville on January 25 burglars who entered the Elks club emptied a liquor case found in the kitchen and used it to carry off 44 quarts of whisky. The incident suggests the thieves planned theft of spirits rather than other loot in the break in.
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Belleville
Elks Club
Abolish Army Student Training Urged by Committee
The House Military Committee may recommend ending a large part of the Army's specialized training program to save about 200,000 prewar fathers from induction. Private disclosures show strong sentiment against continuing student training at current rates and a belief that most of the program should stop, except perhaps dental and medical training. Continued on Page 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Military Committee
Berkeley Springs Boy Fatally Shot by Relative
Daniel C. Price, 17, formerly of Berkeley Springs, was fatally shot last night when a revolver his nephew William E. Price, also 17, was handing him discharged. The bullet penetrated his brain during an inspection near Cumberland where he had resided. The two boys were examining the weapon when the tragedy occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel C. Price
Berkeley Springs
William E. Price
Cumberland
Plane belly lands after wheel jam in Long Beach
Army Captain Kenneth B. Seicmore of National City California was piloting a training plane that suffered retractable wheel malfunctions. The aircraft touched down smoothly on its belly in Long Beach California with no injuries reported.
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Long Beach
Calif
Army
Kenneth B. Seicmore
Skidmore
National City
Local Hero Killed By Jap Shell Remembered As Swellest Guy
Bougainville dispatch recalls Elmer J. Carruthers of Hagerstown Md killed leading a bridge crew near the Piya river. Fireman first class Leon T. Gadbois calls him the swellest guy, the unit later finished the bridge named Carruthers in his memory. Virginia Carruthers, his wife, works at Fairchild.
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Shell
Pals
Maurice E. Moran
Crafton
Bougainville
Leon T. Gaddois
U. S. Naval Construction Battalion
Piya
Elmer J. Carruthers
Electrician
West
Washington Street
Hagerstown
Carruthers
Marine Patrol
Gadbois
Virginia Carruthers
Fairchild
Argentina Likely to Break Relations With Axis
In Montevideo diplomats expect a sensational Buenos Aires announcement possibly declaring Argentina's break with Axis nations. Washington notes joint moves by American republics to root out pro Axis sentiment in South America amid Bolivian upheaval. Argentina's foreign minister warned of imminent "important news" after talks with the U S ambassador.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montevideo
Uriguay
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Washington
South America
United States
Bolivia
Alberto Gilbert
U. S
Dog Barking Case Tests City Court Friday
A dog barking case of a neighborhood nuisance is set for Friday in city court with City Attorney Edward Oswald Jr prosecuting. The owner, a woman, faced postponement to summon witnesses as police note many unlicensed dogs roaming the streets. Neighbors recall a large dog on Randolph Avenue that frightened two Wayside Avenue children, prompting the test case on keeping animals that disturb residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eward Oswald, Jr
Randolph Avenue
Wayside Avenue
Divorce Suit Filed by Evelyn Payne Against James Payne
Evelyn Virginia Payne through attorney C. K. Hartle filed for divorce from James Alton Payne in the 18th district court. The action was entered this month and centers on a legal dissolution of marriage based on grounds presented in court records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Virginia Payne
C. K. Hartle
James Alton Payne
Raymond Clapper Reports on New Britain Landing
Raymond Clapper describes New Britain action from Cape Gloucester where Marines landed last month. He notes the situation is under control and discusses Ike, with Kaysneth Clapper detailing the weary sea soldiers who took Ike and their current status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Gloucester
Kaysneth Clapper
Ike
Clapper
New Britain
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Stillwell
J. A. Mason
Byrnes
P.E
T. A. Brown
Soviets
Farm Committee
Clarence W. Satterwhite
Raymond Clapper
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