Hagerstown News Rates and Staff Details
Garvin Hager, editor, and E Phillips, general manager, lead the Hagerstown paper offering inland and foreign subscription rates with annual $6.00 and monthly options. The paper is a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulation and Associated Press, emphasizing exclusive rights to news dispatches and local coverage.
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Bystanders Urge Postwar Plans Amid Ongoing War
The piece argues Americans focus on victory now rather than postwar schemes. It notes many propose postwar rules like probation for Axis powers, trade barrier cuts, or universal race and social equality. It suggests letting soldiers return and help shape the world, warning that bystanders already shape outcomes.
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Europe
Asia
South Pacific
Invasion Front Command Tensions Among Allied Leaders
As Allied leaders join the invasion front in Europe, discussion notes that General Marshall urged delaying his trip to avoid authority clashes with General Eisenhower. Eisenhower and MacArthur rank Marshall, with joint authority from Britain, Canada, and Australia, while Marshall lacks independent overseas authority. No broader conflicts have emerged among Allied chiefs, except rumors around Mountbatten and Stillwell over Burma.
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Admiral Ring
Europe
Eisenhower
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MacArthur
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Britain
Canada
Australia
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Mountbatten
Stillwell
Burma
Factoids from an old era illuminate odd beliefs
A collection of curious historical notes describes a brighter female firefly, Icelanders piping hot geyser water, two million U.S. homes still kerosene lit, Sing Sing's name origin from Indian words, a mid 18th century English carnival featuring a man eight feet tall who could snap posts, and Japanese recruits receiving extended spiritual instruction upon joining the army.
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England
Accelerating Pace of Allied Warfare Across Fronts
The Allies launch unprecedented moves in Italy France and the Pacific while the Russians press toward Finland. MacArthur expands bases in the Pacific while Nimitz harasses Japan toward the Philippines. B 29s hit Japanese war industries as air bases near Tokyo become within 1,500 miles. Germany faces mounting pressure from simultaneous Allied offensives from multiple points.
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France
Finland
Europe
Pacific
Japan
General MacArthur
Admiral Nimitz
Central Pacific
Philippines
Saipan
Tokyo
Germany
Fascist graft exposed as Rome treks toward military rule
Allied officials uncovering evidence of graft under fascist rule in Rome and occupied Italy. The piece traces misrule from Mussolini’s ascent to wartime collapse, noting conscription fraud, repeated airfield hoaxes, and food shortages as nazis tighten control and rationing breaks down.
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Renito
Oh, the Heroes Who Stayed Quiet at Fire's Edge
Just Folks reflects on soldiers returning home and the stark contrast between eloquent speeches and the lived realities of battle. It honors private courage, the cost of war, and the quiet eloquence of those who faced danger and saw comrades fall.
Fair appoints directors to organize horse show
W H Howard and Frank W Mish named a committee to arrange a horse show at the next Fair. Premiums totaling 700 to 1000 dollars are proposed to attract quality entries and ensure a successful[] chow. Mary Loveth, tied to a gypsy family near Relevue, was acquitted of theft in local court after returning a mug and sugar bowl to officials. The Hagerstown Frederick rail project proceeds quickly as businessmen anticipate a 120 minute link between cities.
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Frank W. Mish
Mary Loveth
Relevue
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Alexander
Hagerstown-Frederick
World War Memorial Site Clearing Plans Announced
Democrats at the New York national convention included Joseph K. Hoffman Join W. Peidman and Homer E. The youngest witness appeared in court in a local case referenced in the same report.
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sToseph K. Hoffman
W. Peidman
Homer &. E
Death in Hiding By Ernie Pyle Cherbourg Jeep Tour
War diary from Cherbourg area recounts a jeep tour after 9th Division penetration. Describes a tranquil rural scene amid war, prisoner crowds at a schoolhouse, wounded German officers, and two U S soldiers guiding a French farmer to safety while sharing coffee and a rose moment.
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Arthur Tradonald
Portsmouth
Sgt
T. ©. McFarland
Southern Pines
N.C
Invasion Weapons 75mm Howitzer
The 75mm howitzer is noted for compactness and ease of handling facilitating demolitions and anti personnel and tank fire on battlefields. It moves by land vehicle and can be dropped by parachute in seven parts. It serves airborne field artillery units and can be transported by planes or gliders. The 75 mm pack howitzer weighs 1 399 pounds and fires a 15 pound shell about six miles, crewed by four to nine men. World War I saw combat planes used to transport wounded personnel.
Larry Allen Travers Naziland Under German Guard
AP war correspondent Larry Allen recounts his capture and transport through German custody to repatriation. He describes prison cells, an isolation dungeon, and brutal train journeys from Poland through Germany to Marseilles, ending aboard a Red Cross ship and relief in freedom.
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Naziland
Associated Press
Germany
Hitney
Larry Afiin
Rolzann
Brenner
Monsburg
Manieh
Chusine
America
Europe
Dewey Hears Ebert Plans for Army Navy Unity
In Albany Governor Dewey met submariner Commander Walter Gale Ebert son of West Virginia GOP activist Cara Ebert. Ebert urged joint schools for Army and Navy to reduce rivalry and improve cooperation. Dewey approved circulating the ideas and arranged a Time Life conference. He also discussed foreign affairs and cited a banquet with New York foreign consuls and a misstatement about Brazil.
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Washington
Tom Dewey
U. S.A
Army
Navy
Walter Gale Ebert
Cara Ebert
Naional
West Virginia
Ebert
Albany
Dewey
Harry Luce
Time, Life and Fortune
New York
Palestine
Oscar Correia
Brazil
Latin America
Caribbean
U. S
Dr. Correia
Falls the leading wartime civilian death hazard
New York report cites falls as the top civilian wartime death risk, with about 25 000 fatalities. Falls on stairs and floors kill more women. Hazards include defective rails, loose rugs, worn treads, and icy coatings. Two thirds were 65 plus. ages 14 to 64 face ladder and scaffold dangers. U S Navy runs 5558 technical schools.
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New York
Statistical Bulletin of
the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Soldier buys grass skirt in Pacific tale of souvenir
In a letter from Lieutenant Robert Wankelman, a B 24 pilot in the Pacific, he recounts a village chief selling native girls as wives to obtain a grass skirt. The airman finally got the skirt for a half pound, but the chief also delivered the girl, prompting the pilot to explain he only wanted the garment, not a wife.
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Lieut
Robert Wankelman
Pacific
Shim
United States Holds One Third of World Telegraph Wire
A global survey reports that about one third of the world’s 7,000,000 miles of telegraph conduit lies in the United States, highlighting the country’s extensive communications network and infrastructure.
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United States
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