Nazi Defense Of Florence Costly
Allied forces faced stiff German resistance 5 to 7 miles northwest of Florence as Nazi infantry and tanks held the line amid heavy fighting. Fifth Army fronts along the Arno saw artillery exchanges while the leaning tower of Pisa remained unconfirmed as a military target. Polish units battled near Senigallia as desert air force pilots joined in heavy bombardment south of Florence, with reports of German losses and a stalled Allied thrust toward the Tuscan city.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Florence
Fifth Army
Arno
Pisa
Yeecont Jast
Senigallia
Rimini
Jine
Desert Air Force
Great Tuscan Art Center
Canned corn returns to ration list under OPA overhaul
Washington March 31 Jay 31. Canned corn back on the ration list after Office of Price Administration action to prevent retailers' stocks from running out. A 12-ounce can of whole kernel vacuum packed corn is valued at three points, other canned corn at five points for a 2-ounce can. Grape jam tomato preserves and tomato marmalade become ration-free. Changes effective yesterday.
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Washington
Jay
t+he Office of Price Administration
OPA
War Dog Toby Destroyed After Inability to Adjust Return
Newark reports a German shepherd named Toby, honored as an army sentry dog after over a year of service, had to be destroyed due to unbreakable combat habits. Lt Angelo J iSabia, in England, raised Toby from a pup, but the dog repeatedly ignored civilian cues and followed khaki orders, leading to the decision by his guardian to seek peaceable retraining.
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Newark
Toby
Angelo J. iSabia
England
Leutenant
James
Fort Robinson
Neb
Multiple Deaths in Local Area Highlight Funeral Notices
Several obituaries detail the deaths of Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Brown and Mrs. Louise Straley, with survivors listed across Williamsport and Mercersburg. Services include Leaf Funeral Home in Boonsboro and A. K. Coffman, plus Kraiss mortuary chapel in Martinsburg. Interments at Boonsboro, Riverview, Mountain View, and Rest Haven cemeteries. Card of Thanks from the Braemier Iyne family follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Elizabeth Brown
Dalton Cole
Marlow
W.a
Lawn Son
Catherine Smith
Boonsboro
Fannie Lee
Cumberland
Eadie Wade
This City
Emma Poffenberger
Zion City
Ill
Leaf Funeral
Harry Kattler
Jhhe U. B. Church
Williamsport
Fannie Braemier Iyne
T Ady
Yank captures 80 Germans after battle in France
Pvt. Anthony Blazus of the 2nd Armored Division tells how air force fighters blasted a two mile long German armored column led by self-propelled guns belonging to the 17th SS Division. He was captured at St Denis le Gast and later marched to American lines with the prisoners.
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U. S
France
Pennsylvania
Anthony Blazus
2Nd Armored Division
Fredericksburg
St. Denis le Gast
Roncey
Blazus
Pathet
Hiller
Sth Air Force
S.S
Blamis
Sergeant Lindsay Killed In Action
Mrs. Virginia A. Lindsay of 13 Winter Street received War Department notice that Technical Sergeant Robert H. Lindsay of Co B Wth Division was killed in France on July 3. He served over 2 years overseas, was a 1931 Hagerstown High School graduate, and worked for Victor Products. He was active in St Mark's Lutheran Church and local Masonic groups. Survivors include wife, parents, a sister, and several brothers. A memorial service will be held at St Mark's at a date to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella May Growe
Potomac Street
Ernest R. Crowe
Christ Reformed ‘Church
W. Russell Howard
Daniel Dubel
Bath
Kraiss Mortuary Chapel
W. R. Hartzell
Mountain View Cemetery
Sharpsburg
Isaac M. Hammersla
John Hoover
Hopewell
Hagerstown
George B
Anne Hammersla
H. Nelson Hammersla
jXraiss
G. A Rider
Rose Hill Cemetery
Flora Hess
Ridge Avenue
City Hospital
Martinsburg
Francis Ridenour
Morris Shank
Robert Hess
Neilson Hess
Clayton Hess
Ruth St. Clair
Priscilla Thompson
Mutder Cave
Harry Cave
Beverly Ridings
John Cave
Homer Cave
James Cave
Kingston
N. Ythe
Rest Haven Chapel
Paul PB. Watlington
John Henderson
Shenandoah
Rest Haven Cemetery
Virginia A. Lindsay
Winter Street
War Department
Robert H. Lindsay
France
Sgt
Lindsay
Co. B. Wth
The
Hagers
Maurice W. Lindsay
Alexandria
Fair Board Set To Plan Great Hagerstown Fair
Fair Board members and officers will meet tomorrow afternoon at the association offices in the Second National Bank Building to advance plans for the Great Hagerstown Fair. The group, after visiting New York last week, aims to expand all departments and secure top attractions. An auto act, among the acts already signed, will perform Monday and Tuesday of Fair Week before changes to the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second National Bank
New York
Lawyer Found Dead On Yacht In Potomac River
Arthur M. Hahn, 49, a prominent lawyer, was found dead on the cabin floor of his yacht on the Potomac River about 150 yards below Fort Washington. The discovery was made Sunday by the Coast Guard. the man wore bathing trunks and canvas shoes in the exposed scene.
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Washington
Arthur M. Hahn
Coast Guard
Potomac River
Fort Washington
Mothers Circle Picnic and Meeting Planned
The DeMolay Mothers Circle will hold a picnic supper and regular meeting tomorrow evening at 6:30 at Mrs. G. H. Kahl Jr.’s home 847 Guilford Avenue. If weather is poor the picnic is canceled and a meeting moves to the Masonic Temple at 7:50.
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DeMolay Mothers Circle
G. H. Kahl, Jr
Guilford Avenue
Masonic Temple
Protect Your Money With A Fine Leather Billfold Ady Saums
Ady Saums offers a fine leather billfold at 21 Jonathan Street. The portable wallet emphasizes durability and classic style, aimed at customers seeking quality accessories.
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Saum'’S
Jonathan St. Ady
Saum's
Saum’s
Jonathan St
Cleaning Up Storm Damage Around Baltimore
Associated Press report describes cleanup in Baltimore and Cecil County after a storm with rain hail and wind. A 25 mile per hour wind toppled roofs in northwestern Baltimore uprooted trees blocked roads and damaged autos and street lights. Elk River resorts reported damaged car trunks and scattered debris.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Elkton
Crystal Beach Road
Cecil County
Elk River
More Requests For Farm Loans
J John D. Leatherman state director of the Farm Security Administration says applications for farm tenant purchase loans are up 25 percent from last year. Highway property has risen in value, limiting tenant purchase on FSA loans. Main highways favored. demand driven by war workers seeking convenient postwar homes. Maryland's tenant purchase budget cut to 77,000 for the coming year. rural rehabilitation and tenant purchase loan activity remains high in Maryland and Delaware, with Frank Mish as district supervisor.
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Jjohn D. Leatherman
Farm Security Administration
Hagerstown
Hancock
FSA
Leatherman
Maryland
Delaware
Frank Mish
4-H Leaders Set Friday Meeting on County Activities
County 4-H club leaders will gather in the county agent’s office on Friday evening to plan activities for the coming season, with a focus on events at the Singers town Fair. State leaders Miss Dorothy Emerson and Mylo Downey will attend to advise the group, and the new assistant home demonstration agent Miss Ann Webb will be introduced.
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Sngerstown
Dorothy Emerson
Mylo Downey
Ann Webb
Mrs Lecompte Dies In Cambridge Funeral Planned
Mrs. E Lee Lecompte wife of the state game warden dies after a long illness at her Cambridge home. Funeral services set for tomorrow following her death on Saturday at the Cambridge residence.
Congress Ends 5-Wk Vacation
Washington report notes Congress closes a five week break and may reconvene informally. Lawmakers face reconversion tasks for 26 million war workers and 10 million veterans, with large postwar surplus and plants to absorb. Bills like quick settlement of terminated contracts and the GI Bill of Rights were already enacted.
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Congress
G.I
Dewey Arrives in Pittsburgh for Postwar Reconversion Talks
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey and wife arrived in Pittsburgh for talks with party, business, labor, and farm leaders on transforming industry from wartime to peacetime pursuits. A large crowd greeted the Republican presidential nominee as they stepped from the train.
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Dewey
Pittsburgh
Thomas E. Dewey
Brothers Reunite in England After Long War Separation
Louise Rasmussen of 438 East Franklin reports her husband Niels Rasmussen of Copenhagen and her brother Corporal William Semler have finally met in England after long wartime separations. Rasmussen's Ordnance division arrived in January 1944 and Semler's troop carrier crew reached England in April 1943 after service in North Africa and Sicily. The brothers, who had never met before, met July 1945 despite censorship and limited passes and discovered they share the same blood type.
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Louise Rasmussen
East Franklin Street
England
Niels Aluf Rasmussen
Copenhagen
Denmark
Hagerstown
Cpl
William Semle
North Africa
Sicily
Cpl. Semler
Future Plans For Italians Undecided
Chambersburg, July 31. Future recreational plans for former Italian soldiers at Letterkenny Army Ordnance Depot will be decided after War Department instructions. The POW battalion members had been making weekend trips to Pennsylvania communities in groups of 20 to 25, but plans were halted after protests from Legion and veterans officials over a proposed 25-person party in Jeannette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chambersburg
Letterkenny Army Ordnance Depot
Jerome Caimbre
War Department
Pennsylvania
Frank XN. Murray
Pennsylvania Department of the American Legion
Jeannette
Dr Forlines Dies At 75 In Westminster Md
Dr Charles E Forlines aged 75 died in Westminster Maryland of a stroke suffered ten days earlier. He resigned as president of Westminster Theological Seminary about a year ago and had been in ill health for months. He had served as professor of systematic theology at the seminary and was succeeded by Dr Lester Welliver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forlines
Westminster
Charles E. Forlines
Westminster Theological Seminary
Lester Welliver
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Arthur F. Detrow
Newman Packing House
Smithsburg
Roxy Restaurant
Frederick Street
Mayflower Cab
Fleigh Motor Co
Oak Hill Avenue
Louise Straley
Washington County Hospital
Mercersburg
Joseph H
Mary Clark Straley
Lawrence F Weller
Mary Straley
Howard Talbott
Russell Zeigler
Security
Miles Marsh
Charles Taylor
Charles J
R. Bentley
James H
A. K. Coffman
Williamsport Methodist Church
H.C. Gonso
Riverview Cemetery
Yank
Sergeant Lindsay
Normandy
Sergeant Robt
Washington Co. Hospital
Sharpsburg Pike
W. G. Turner
Comfort
Keystone 1
Green Lantern
Woom
Hagerstown Lumber Company
Frederick Road
Errol
Phong
Columbia College
Patomac Street
Atsaum
Jonathan Si
Goodyear
Balto, & Locust &Ts
Washington Co
Yingling Auto Sales & Service
Pontiac
GMC
Exide Batteries Wholesale & Retail
Reichard’s
W. Antietam St
Germany
Senate
House
Office of War Information
South Haven
Rochester
Wilhelm
Thumma Motor Co
Hagerstown Industrial Loan
D. Earl Neikirk
Jamison Cold Storage Door Co
Maple Avenue
Hagerstown, Md
Gardenhour Bros
William T. Showe
Consumers Credit Service
Consumers Credit Service, Inc
Public Square
Nsed Ofinanciai
Community Finance Service, Inc
Earle
Stora
Central Garage’s Value Center
Summit
Olds
Dodge
Ford
Buick
Value Center
Summit Ave
Reichard
John L. Reichard
Fannie G. Reichard
J. C. Annan
Cus
Tomers
West Antietam Street
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