Allied Aerial Blows Strike Nazi Air Chief Raid on Berlin
Allied bombers hit central Germany with heavy defenses, targeting Berlin area. Goering rumored to cede command as Luftwaffe suffers reorganization. Raids planes lost exceed saved claims, while Sweden and Cairo radio dispatches question Berlin’s status and civic services amid persistent air pounding.
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Germany
Berlin
Hannover
Gerrman
London Daily Mail
Stockholm
Cairo
Girls Are Being Returned To City
Two young girls were on their way home to Hagerstown after a short separation near Fort Bragg North Carolina. The Welfare Board reported Travelers Aid Society located the children and arranged their return with parental funds for bus fare. The case mirrors wartime efforts handled by the local board. New Zealand has sent 2 097 000 tons of food to US forces in the Pacific since the war began.
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Hagerstown
Fort Bragg
N. C
Travelers Aid Society
USO
Inis
New Zealand
United States
Pacific
Checks Issued to Pennsylvanian Rail Workers
More than one hundred local and nearby railroad employees have received retroactive salary increase checks sent by a company official yesterday. The payments, totaling thousands of dollars, cover non-operating staff in the Hagerstown division and follow the wage scale boosts approved months ago. Local Western Maryland workers had already received their adjustments weeks earlier.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Hegerstown
Western Maryland
Washington County Leads In Fourth War Loan Oversubscription
Washington county reports a 170 percent oversubscription with 2,905,600 dollars in Fourth War Loan bonds,second only to Charles and Howard counties in Maryland. State total bond sales reached 280,170,126 dollars, with individual purchasers contributing 96,400,000 dollars.
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Washington County
Maryland
Baltimore
Howard W. Jackson
Charles County
Howard County
Garrett
St. Mary’s
Caroling
Queen Anne's
Harford
Baltimore City
Jackson
Mississippi
North Dakota
Solons Believe FDR Can Carry Maryland
Fifty two Maryland legislators think Roosevelt can win a fourth term and 47 say he can carry the state in November. Among 184 members, 2 responses were missing or incomplete. Delegate Charles Carroll Jr. of Carrollton said Roosevelt could win if Sun papers oppose him. the Sun papers are independent Democrats.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Roosevelt
Baltimore Sun
Chas. Carroll, Jr
Carrollton
Carroll
Sunpapers
Be Quick To Treat Bronchitis Ad Promotes Creomulsion
An old advertisement urges prompt treatment of bronchitis and coughs with Creomulsion. It claims the product targets the chest area to loosen phlegm, soothe inflamed bronchial membranes, and aid natural healing without narcotics. It promises money back if it does not quickly relieve coughing and restore rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ady
Measures To Allow City To Buy Real Estate For Municipal Projects
Mayor Richard H. Sweeney and City Clerk Clyde R. Stouffer traveled to Annapolis to lobby for a measure enabling Hagerstown to acquire land for municipal needs. The bill, introduced recently, aims to fund postwar projects including a proposed boulevard connecting Potomac and Pennsylvania avenues. County commissioners joined in advocating a teacher bonus measure at the same session.
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Richard H. Sweeney
Clyde R. Stouffer
Annapolis
Hagerstown
Sweeney
Potomac Avenue
Pennsylvania Avenue
Board of County Commissioners
Beef cattle prospects discussed at Washington County meeting
A large turnout of beef breeders and prospective breeders gathered at the county agent’s office on Summit avenue to hear talks on beef production in Washington County. Joseph Vial of the University of Maryland outlined the district’s suitability and the basics of beef cattle raising, and silos’ importance. Others, including Ivan M. McKeever of the Soil Conservation Service and Wilbur H. Stevenson of the local Soil Conservation office, covered grass and hay production and program connections. Dr. H. B. Wood spoke on Bangs disease and calf immunity, with Mark Miller presiding and introducing Milton Miller, a Keedysville breeder and former extension specialist.
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Summit Avenue
Washington County
Joseph Vial
University of Maryland
Ivanm. McKeever
Soil Conservation Service
McCormick Links Counterfeit Ration Coupons to Enemy Activity
Leo H. McCormick alleged enemy agents release counterfeit ration coupons to disrupt the U S economy. He claimed gasoline rations might rise nearly 25 percent if black markets are stopped. The Office of Price Administration warned some coupons may be foreign-made and Baltimore seen as a large center for counterfeit currency distribution.
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Baltimore
U. S
Leo H. McCormick
State Office of Price Administration
United States
Veteran WWI veteran falls 12 stories in Baltimore square
A First World War veteran plunged twelve stories to his death before shoppers in Sun Square Baltimore with police identifying him from papers found on the body.
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Baltimore
Sun Square
Auto Hit by Train at Antietam Street Crossing
C F Leiter of Chambersburg narrowly escaped serious injury when his auto was struck by a Western Maryland engine at the Antietam street crossing about 9 PM. The bumper took the impact, the car was thrown ten feet, Leiter did not hear the locomotive approach, and a passenger suffered a slight forehead bump. The auto was dented.
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C. F. Leiter
Chambersburg
Soldiers Accused Of Aiding Escape At Camp Hale
Camp Hale headquarters announced eight other soldiers were involved in the escape of Pic. Dale Maple and two German POWs. Maple and the Germans were arrested in Mexico and Maple faces court martial on charges akin to treason. Five WACs exchanged notes with prisoners, three were jailed four to six months, others held pending further investigation. Maple, 23, once from Middletown Rhode Island, captured near the border after fleeing Camp Hale, described as a German sympathizer and former Harvard student.
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Camp Hale
Cole
Pic
Dale Maple
San Diego
Calif
Maple
Mexico
William W. Garner
Theophil J. Leonhard
Stonewall
Tex
Paul A. Kissman
Erie
Eric B. Hotelling
Mountain Lakes
N. J
Friedrich W. Siering
Chicago
WAC
WACS
Hotelling
Guido M. Gundisch
Milwaukee
Wis
Erhard Schwichtenberg
Heinrich Kikitius
Local Man Dies After Street Altercation
Matthew Dennis Landrigan, about 55, formerly of Troy, New York, died hours after a large gash was sewn and throat stitches placed. The report notes the cause and timing of injuries leading to death.
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Matthew Dennis Landrigan
Troy
N. Y
Saturday Scrap Matinee for War Effort at Maryland Theatre
A scrap paper drive is planned for Saturday morning March 11 at the Maryland Theatre to aid the Junior Police Clubs. Adults may bring bundles or call Police Headquarters for pickup. Children must bring at least two pounds of paper to attend the 9:30 show featuring local acts. Proceeds from paper sales go to the clubs for headquarters and other needs.
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Maryland
Willam H. Peters
Police Department
Betty Framm
Charles Gelwicks
Dorothy Heflin
Patsy Ann Hmerson
Ruth Taft
Jimmy Murfin
Delores Weaver
Billy Delauney
David Lee Zombro
the Two Jeans
Jean Glosser
Jean Izer
Wilson Brady
George Payette
Service Notices From Sampson Area Military Families
Local column lists service updates for several soldiers including Pvt. Albert R. Burdett now in India and Pvt. Richard E. Piper on furlough at Gulfport. Cpl. Robert B. Eves transfers to Camp Davis. Horace M. McAvoy earns corporal rank in the 292nd Engineer Combat Battalion at Camp Butner. Pvt. Granvil Ingram moves from Australia to New Guinea. initials and addresses shared for correspondence.
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Horace M. McAvoy
Hagerstown
292Nd Engineer Combat Battalion
Camp Butner
WN. C
Virginia Ingram
Sharpsburg
Pvt
Granvil Ingram
Australia
New Guinea
Pvt. Ingram
Fairchild
Local Cadet News From Boonsboro And Camp Reports
Aided by Navy and Army posts, local youths from Boonsboro and surrounding towns complete training or pursue cadet studies. Names include Howard H. Knode at Camp McCoy and Samuel F. Judd seeking friends at Camp Blanding, with aviation cadet status noted for John Fleming and Charles Fleming at Maxwell Field. Others listed: Gail A. Mongan, James L. Hyde, John J. Sobotov, Norman Morris Frock, all noted with their ranks and streets in Funkstown and nearby areas.
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Robert Fleming
John W. Fleming
Keedysville
Boonsboro High School
Charles Fleming
Maxwell Field
Ala
Naval Training Station
Sampson
N. Yu
Gail A. Mongan
Funkstown
James L. Hyde
South Potomac Street
John J. Sobotov
South Walnut Street
Norman Morris Frock
Charles Street
Leaning Tower of Pisa Began Leaning During Construction
The tower started to tilt before its completion in the mid fourteenth century, amid ongoing construction and design challenges that affected its stability.
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Pisa
Stand By Air Networks at Henry's Theatre in wartime drama
Henry's Theatre screens Columbia's Stand By Air Networks a timely wartime film led by John Beal Florence Rice Alan Baxter and Margaret Hayes. Pierre Watkin Jack Gardner and David Boyd are prominently cast in the sensational drama about a radio reporter who intercepts information for enemy agents.
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Henry’s
Columbia
John Beal
Florence Rice
Alan Baxter
Margaret Hayes
Pierre Watkin
Jack Gardner
David Boyd
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Hagerstown, Maryland
Sampson, N. Y
Garlinger Avenue
Albert R. Burdett
W. B. Burdett
East
Franklin Street
India
Cpl
Robert B. Eves
Philadelphia
Camp Davis
A. F. Ever
Fountain Head Heights
Richard E. Piper
Emily Piper
Fairview Road
Air Corps Hospital
Gulfport
Miss
Palmer J. Dawson, Jr
Palmer Dawson
Charles F. Knode
H. ©. Knode
Iss
Hone
May's Optical
Intertate
W. Moto.m
W. Washington
Fletcher Martin
Tarawa
U.S. Marine Corps
Maryland Theatre
Stan Laurel
Oliver Hardy
Academy Theatre
Service School
U.S.N.T.S
Bainbridge
Howard H. Knode
Co. A
Camp McCoy
Wisc
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Frei
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Camp Blanding
Fra
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Gene Autry
Poets and Saddles
Colonial Theatre
Heorys
Cae
Uate
Washington
Eniwetok Atoll
Marshalls
Im-G-M
MR. and
Mrs. Miniver
Greer Garson
Walter Pidgeon
Triangle Food Stores
Stan Laurel Oliver
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Soreiley. Burnette
Judith Allen RA Hould
Warner Bros
Junior Police Club
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