Paratrooper Back In United States
Sgt. George Stenger, 26, a paratrooper with 32 months overseas duty, wired relatives that he has arrived at Fort Dix New Jersey and expects discharge within a week. Son of Claude and Mrs Stenger of MacConnelsburg Pennsylvania, he had lived with his brother Harold Stenger at Fountain Head Heights. He entered service in May 1940 and saw action in Africa Sicily and Germany, wearing a Purple Heart with duster and battle stars. His company earned a Presidential Citation and he may settle in the area after muster out.
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George Stenger
Fort Dix
N. J
Claude Stenger
MacConnellsburg
Harold Stenger
Fountain Head
Countian Tells Of Atrocities During Final War Days
S/Sgt. Wilson Rhodes of Clearspring, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Rhodes, recounts Nazi atrocities and harrowing wartime experiences in letters home. He earned the Distinguished Service Cross from General Patton's Third Army for heroism in November near Maidieres-Les-Metz, dislodging a jammed 75 mm shell with a rammer while under fire, then continuing five hours of action despite a broken arm. He had already received the Purple Heart for earlier wounds and describes crossing the Czech border amid road blocks and sniper fire as his unit pressed toward a town they were ordered to take.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Rhodes
Ralph Rhodes
Clearspring
Rhodes
Patton
Third Army
Villars
Maidieres-Les-Metz
S/Szgt
Last WW II letter recounts bridge destruction and German surrender
S/Sgt Rhodes recalls disabling a bridge before American troops crossed, preventing a German counterattack by the 11th Panzer Division. He details mass prisoner corpses found along a road, with Russians and Jews among the captives, and describes Germans surrendering as defeat neared. Rhodes recounts killing two deer for venison and an unarmed barn encounter where three German infantrymen surrendered.
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Rhodes
Germany
Nazi here,” S/Sgt
S/Sgn
Income Tax Exemption Bill Defeated in Maryland
Maryland representatives pushed to recommit a bill exempting federal employees in Maryland and Virginia from state income taxes. The measure had cleared both houses but was amended in the Senate and referred back to the Judiciary Committee. Rep Fallon argued the bill would amend Maryland and other states tax laws, urging state authority.
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Washington
Maryland
Congress
Judiciary Committee
Virginia
House
Senate
House Rules Committee
Fallon
D'Alesandro
Marinland Democrats
Judiciary
State of
Washington China faction rift widens in Chungking row
Washington insiders recount a bitter clash between Hurley and Wedemeyer in Chungking as communications missteps and dual house keeping fueled a public diplomatic rift. Roosevelt, Marshall, and McClure intervened after threats and near fistfight scenes, deepening U.S. splits over China's northern and southern factions.
Nazis prisoner freed Sgt William F Shadrach liberated
War Department announced yesterday that Sgt William F Shadrach son of Jacob Shadrach of 12 South Cannon Avenue has been liberated from German captivity after being reported as a prisoner.
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William F. Shadrach
Jacob Shadrach
South
Cannon Avenue
War Department
Negro Is Stabbed At Reformatory
State’s Attorney Martin L. Ingram ordered an inquiry into the noon stabbing of inmate Charles Felton 17 of Baltimore at the State Reform at Roxbury. Felton, sent from Baltimore City in 1943 for larceny, was treated at Washington County Hospital after being stabbed in the back. Authorities questioned several suspects. Felton said it might have been an accident.
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Martin L. Ingram
State Reformatory
Roxbury
Charles Felton
Baltimore
Washington County
Felton
Baltimore City
Worn Hats Reused For Felt Appliques And Patches
Worn out felt hats can be repurposed to make felt appliques for ornamenting sweaters and jackets, or used to cover worn spots on fabric.
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United States
Leiter Brothers
Ratom Fabric
Countian
Sgt
Czechoslovakia
Hagerstown Bookbinding & Printing Co
Sears
Baby Chicks
Sears Roebuck & Co
North Potomac &J
Hagerstown
Harry S. Myers
Hurley
Roosevelt
Wedemeyer
Marshall
U. S
White House
Pat
Chungking
Ambassador Hurley
General Wedemeyer
China
General McClure
Pup
Oklahoma
McClure
Chiness
John Davies
John Service
South China
Russia
U.S.A
State Department
Second National Bank
Victor
Bohman-Warne, Inc
W. Franklin St
Dads
Service
Kay
WJEJ
Reed
NAZIS
Rogers Jewelry Co
the House of
Blue White Diamonds
West Washington St
Roney
Potomac St
Cushwa
HILL
Hill's Toy & Novelty Store
Potomac Street
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