General Hodges Narrowly Escaped German Capture
New York dispatch reports General Courtney Hodges nearly fell to German advances during the Ardennes breakthrough last December. Hodges reinforced Liege with reserves and then moved east as Maj. Gen. Ridgeway’s 82nd Airborne arrived to counter the breach. Boyle, Pulitzer winner, arrived with Hodges and the First Army staff for rest before heading to the Pacific.
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New York
Courtney H. Hodges
von Rundstedt
Ardennes
Hal S Bogie
Associated Press
Boyle
Hodges
First Army
Pacific
Japan
Spa
Belgium
Liege
Matthew B. Ridgeway
82Nd Airborne
Chaufontaine
Ridgeway
County Girl To Face Charges
Marie Turner of Williamsport is wanted for larceny and returned from Winston-Salem North Carolina. She will be given a hearing tonight before Magistrate John Hetzer in Williamsport. Winston-Salem authorities turned her over to Deputy Sheriff Bruce Spickler for the process.
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Marie Turner
Williamsport
Winston- Salem
N. C
John Hetzer
Winston-Salem
Bruce Spickler
War bond drive set at Biggs Field June breakfast bet
Lt. Richard R. Whipple announces a breakfast in bed prize for the squadron with the highest June bond purchases at Biggs Field El Paso Texas. Sgt James Finley promises to oversee the GI area ranking second as an incentive in the drive.
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Biggs Field
el Paso
Tex
Ghoys
Richard R. Whipple
James Finley
Three News Tip Prizes Are Split
The Daily Mail announces that last week’s first prize in the news tip contest was split among three tips covering a death by self harm, a child’s fatal burn, and other readable entries. Second prize goes to tips about a bee invasion in Hagerstown and a city worker accident. Third prize is shared by a thief escaping amid bullets and a child accident. Tips are accepted weekdays from 7:50 am to 1:36 pm at the Daily Mail.
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Hagerstown
The
Daily Mail
Electric Fans For $150,000 Each
In Chungking on June 4, a severe water shortage worsened conditions in the summer heat. Muddy Yangtze water sold at 3500 Chinese dollars per bucket and electric fans fetched 150000 dollars each as costs in the capital climbed with the high living expenses.
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Chungking
Yangtze
Bond Drive Reaches Halfway Mark in Local Campaign
Local bond sales by last Friday totaled about 1.25 million dollars not counting Hagerstown’s 500,000 subscription. Chairman John D. Holliday said the drive is over the halfway point though the second half is toughest. County “E” bond sales reached 569,653.50 dollars, personal sales 982,727.50, and other sales 220,810.50. The drive runs through June 30.
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Hagerstown
John D. Holliday
Hollyday
Allied Control Commission Meets in Berlin
The Paris radio reported the first Allied Control Commission for Germany met in Berlin with representatives Gen. Eisenhower, Marshal Zhukov, Field Marshal Montgomery, and Gen. de Lattre de Tassigny. The commission aims to draw occupation zone boundaries.
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Associated Press
Paris
Allied Control Commission For
Germany
Berlin
FCC
United States
Soviet Russia
Great Britain
France
Eisenhower
Gregory Zhukov
Montgomery
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
Grim Battle Against Subs Is Revealed
United States faced a long Gulf and Atlantic war with German U boats. From January to mid summer a fierce 177 day NH coast battle produced 27 ships sunk and 882 casualties. City of Atlanta went down first as subs roared from Cape Hatteras and the Gulf.
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Miami
Fla
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic
Cape Hatteras
Gulf
Florida
Gulf Sea Frontier
North Carolina
United Nations
Elizabeth City
N.C
U.S
City of Atlanta
Hatteras
Subsidy Planned for Beef Cattle By Government Aid
The Agriculture Adjustment Agency announced a 60 cent per hundredweight subsidy for beef cattle through county offices. Eligible cattle must weigh at least 800 pounds and sell to federally licensed slaughterers at or above the government minimum price. The seller or feeder must own the cattle at least 30 days prior to sale, and records should be kept. payment timing not yet specified.
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Agriculture Adjustment Agency
Brower
AAA
Court Rules Esquire Maintains Second Class Mailing Rights
The U S Court of Appeals held Postmaster General Walker erred in pulling Esquire magazine’s second class mailing privileges. It reversed a district court ruling that found the publication failed to meet legal requirements. The court noted Esquire’s use of indecent material as not justifying removal. It remanded the case for further district court action.
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Washington
United States Court of Appeals
Walker
Esquire Magazine
Postmaster General
District Court
No Sugar In Prospect For City For At Least A Week
A large wholesale firm indicated sugar supplies may not arrive for Hagerstown for a week or more. The national shortage is linked to a hurricane in Porto Rico, a Porto Rican strike, and a government policy prioritizing Lend Lease and armed forces. The OPA assigns refinery output by area, with Baltimore Sugar Co. possibly supplying a small amount to Hagerstown.
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Hagerstown
Porto Rico
OPA
Baltimore
American Sugar Co
Midwest Struck by Unseasonable June Cold Snap
The Midwest faced record cold with frost in Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota Iowa and Illinois threatening tender crops. Chicago dipped to 34.7 degrees, Cranberry, Wisconsin reached 20, while Minnesota and Wisconsin reported near 29 degree readings. snow flurries touched upper Michigan. Forecasters warned of colder Michigan tonight before gradual warming resumes.
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Victory Gardens
U. S. Weather Bureau
Chicago
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Wis
Upper Michigan
Michigan
Midwest
Weather Bureau
Washington County
Mercury
Keedysville
J. A. Miller
Washington
Clark Is Fined $1000 By Court
Waverly Park pleaded guilty to operating a numbers racket and was fined 1000 dollars with a suspended year by Judge Joseph D. Mish in circuit court this morning. Suspension conditioned on avoiding gambling and good behavior.
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Waverly Park
Joseph D. Mish
Clark
Clarence Bowen
Maryland
Hubert A. Smyre
Gerald Smyre
John G. Terry
Jack T. Green
Baltimore
Navy
Bowen
Smyres
Terry
Green
Sunrise Inn
Jane’s Place
Helen Lightner
Leroy Files
Claude Mit
Army And Navy Halt Nurse Enlistment
The Army and Navy have halted nurse enlistments after meeting their needs. A Red Cross statement noted the Surgeon General requested a halt to enlistings. The Army had aimed for 60,000 nurses by June, while the Navy’s need for 2,560 nurses had been met.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Red Cross
To Settle Poles In Former Reich Area
London dispatch reports a Luxembourg radio quote stating over 7 million Poles will be settled in former German territory as Germans evacuate. About 2.1 million Poles would be settled in Silesia, per the broadcast.
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Reich
London
Luxembourg Radio Today
Lublin
Silesia
Close Shave With 24th Division Near Davao
Cpl. Roger F. Manz of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, narrowly survives a Japanese mortar shell that bounces off his foxhole and explodes nearby near Davao Mindanao on June 4. He calmly discards the hot ordnance after deeming it a dud, remarking that everyone is wrong once in a while as he rises.
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Davao
Mindanao
Roger F. Manz
Pittsburgh
Manz
Woman Taunted Yank Prisoner With Cake
Salisbury Maryland June 4 A released Eastern Shore soldier Pfc Denwood Banks from Fruitland wrote his mother and wife about hunger during capture in December 1944 He recounted a German woman showing and laughing at a large cake while he stood malnourished and ill in a guard camp The Red Cross helped sustain them as they endured the cruelty of captivity and promised homecoming Banks noted the Germans had nothing to offer him after the ordeal.
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Salisbury
Germany
Pfc
Denwood Banks
Fruitland
John Banks
Clara
Red Cross
Banks
Theft of Three Cows Believed Stolen Near St. James
Farmer Elmer Durbin reported to the Sheriff's office that three cows are missing from his field near St. James. He suspects theft rather than stray loss, noting growing fear of livestock theft amid the meat shortage and ongoing concerns among authorities.
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Elmer Durbin
St. James
Sheriff’s Office
Durbin
Cpl Kendall Wins Discharge After Lengthy Service
Cpl Clyde R Kendall a member of a light machine gun unit with campaigns in Algeria French Morocco Tunisia Sicily Normandy northern France and Germany received an honorable discharge from the U S Army as of May 29 He is son of Clyde J Kendall of Lantz and enlisted in 1940 along with Leslie Buhrman and Bill McAfee He earned the Purple Heart Defense Service Medal six battle stars with campaign ribbons expert machine gunner badge and Good Conduct Medal He rests at his Foxville area home and plans to return to work
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Cpl
Clyde R. Kendall
Algeria
Morocco
Tunisia
Sicily
Normandy
France
Germany
U. S. Army
Clyde J. Kendall
Lantz
Kendall
Leslie Buhrman
Bill McAfee
Clyde
Burns
Gela
States
Foxville
4-Fs Take Pre Induction Exam In Baltimore Shuffle
Approximately half of registrants at City Hall in Baltimore pulled away for pre induction physicals. Many under 26 who were disqualified for service due to defects will qualify for limited duty, likely replacing fit soldiers not leaving the country. Some newly 18 year olds and war plant quitters also underwent exams, with many High School graduates already taking exams or enlisting in the Navy.
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City Hall
Baltimore
Navy
Gets His Man
GREAT FALLS MONT June 4 Officer Fred Peres spots a prowler during night patrol and orders him to halt. The suspect disappears around a corner. Peres vaults a fence and circles the block, colliding with the prowler in a mud puddle. Peres captures and transports him to jail.
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Great Falls
Mont
Fred Peres
Peres
Drive Toward Big Jap Naha Airfield
Japanese propagandists predict U S attack by stratosphere balloons manned by pilots. Co mei news agency broadcast cited by FCC quotes Lt Gen Shozo Nakajima saying balloon assaults began March 10 and hundreds have been released daily.
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Big Jap Naha Airfield
San Francisco
United States
Comei
Federal Communications Commission
Gol
Shozo Nakajima
Nipponese Armed Services
Nakajima
U. S. Army
America
Japan
Comej
Chinese Close In On Airbases Near Liuchow
Chinese forces pushed to within 28 miles of Liuchow in Kwangsi and closed within five to six miles of Shaoyang in Hunan as Chiang Kai-Shek’s armies press the offensive. Tsinkong key road center fell, threatening Liuchow’s bomber strip.
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Chungking
Liuchow
U. S
Kwangsi Province
High Command
Hunan
Chiang Kai-Shek
Shaoyang
Paoching
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Tsinkong
Chienkiang
Local Soldier Is Boosted By Buddies
Pvt. Albert Myers of Hagerstown is praised by soldiers Samuel Brown and Neal West from New Guinea. In a letter they say he is a soldier one hundred percent and deserves recognition after over two years in the Army and more than a year overseas with them.
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Albert Myers
Hagerstown
Daily Mail
New Guinea
Samuel ‘Eb. Brown
Neal West
Albert
Teeth Found at City Sewage Plant in Odd Discovery
A set of upper false teeth was found at the municipal sewerage disposal plant yesterday and retrieved by Nelson Heel, a Mant worker. The teeth are reported to be in perfect condition, offering a curious glimpse into local life and urging owners to claim them.
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Nelson Heel
Bear collisions with rural mail carrier near Blair's Valley
John N. Shank, a rural mail carrier from Big Spring, reported a brush with a large black bear near Blair's Valley store while delivering mail. The bear, estimated at 230 pounds, crossed fields and the highway, but appeared unharmed after the encounter amid Ernest Mountain terrain.
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John N. Shank
Big Spring
Blair's Valley
Ernest Mountain
Shank
Daily Mail
Isolated Japs Caught In Trap By Surprise Landing
On Okinawa the 64th day of fighting, American infantry pushed two miles through rain soaked mud to the southern shore near Nakagusuku bay, sealing off the Chinen peninsula. Tokyo said U S assault units landed at the peninsula tip to trap isolated Nipponese troops as fleets moved into the Ryukyu anchorage, while Japanese reports spoke of strikes on a convoy off Oroku peninsula and a drive on Naha airfield.
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Guam
Okinawa
Chinen
Japan
Tokyo
U. S
Nakagusuku Bay
Okinawan
Oroku Peninsula
Naha
Ryukyu Islands
Navy Would Buy Old St. John's College
Washington reports confirm the Navy seeks to acquire St. John's College Annapolis to expand the adjacent Naval Academy. Dr. Thomas Parran says Congress must authorize federal purchase. no relocation planned. St. John's, founded 1696, is among the oldest colleges alongside Harvard and William and Mary.
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Washington
Navy
St. John’s College
Annapolis
U. S. Naval Academy
Thomas Parran
United States
St. John's Board
James V. Forrestal
Academy Grounds
St John’s
New England
St. John’s
King William's School
Harvard
William and Mary College
St. John's
Japanese navy tied to kamikaze program reveal
A San Francisco dispatch reports a Tokyo broadcast by an unnamed journalist connecting the Namikaze training to the full Japanese Navy. The FCC picked up the transmission and noted a garbled word possibly indicating airmen, implying naval air forces involvement in kamikaze tactics.
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San Francisco
Tokyo
Special Attack Corps
Federal Communications Comssion
Navy
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Philadelphia
Irene Jones
Janet
Tommy Ripley
Gen. Hodges
Bond
Allied Control Commission
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Yank
Bly
Oregon
Edward M. Engen
Sherman M. Shoemaker
Hear Agai
Naval Academy
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