Heart Of Osaka Wiped Out In Superfort Raid
A long Superfortress raid on Osaka caused extensive fire and destruction in a hard hit area around Osaka station and nearby factories. Ground crews in the Marianas labored days without sleep to ready the B 29s after Nagoya returns as three aircraft made emergency landings on Iwo Jima. The Tokyo Nagoya Osaka strike disrupted a densely populated industrial zone amid a fiery blaze and widespread damage.
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Tokyo
Iwo Jime
Waves of Japanese Guns Target Osaka Raid Air Losses
Allied B-29 crews report early waves facing erratic antiaircraft fire at Osaka, which intensified as the raid progressed. The message notes the opportunity such bombardment creates to shorten the war.
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Osaka
Reds Breach Oder River Line In East Prussia
Reds breach the Oder line as Rokossovsky aims to wipe out the Gdynia pocket quickly. Russian forces strike from north west and south west while air units probe enemy efforts to reinforce or evacuate. Gdynia’s fall would open Danzig for encirclement.
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East Prussia
Gdynia
Bay of Danzig
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Danzig
Red Army
Mopup
Larceny Case Solved As Teens Confess Break-ins
Sheriff's officers announced that two 14 year olds confessed to breaking into the Price filling station on the Cavetown pike and to a second break in at the Pryor station in Antietam Heights. They admitted taking coins and ration stamps and selling the stamps to school children. They will be arraigned in Juvenile Court.
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Price
Cavetown Pike
Pryor
Antietam Heights
Chamber to Name Seven Directors
Nominees for seven directors of the Hagerstown Chamber of Commerce will be voted upon tomorrow evening at the annual election meeting in Hotel Alexander. Primary nomination ballots have named 14 members as nominees for the directors posts.
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Hagerstown
Peterson's Ointment touted for eczema relief
An old advertisement extols Peterson's Ointment for itching and rashes caused by eczema. It claims relief for pimples, red blotches, and general irritation, noting a money back guarantee and use for itching feet and cracked toes.
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Peterson
Rhine bridgehead under heavy attack northeast of Koblenz
Allied forces pressed along the Rhine as the Honnef region near Erpel and Koenigswinter saw renewed fighting. A pontoon across the Rhine was deployed south of Ludendorf bridge while the Ludendorf span received repeated repairs amid German counterattacks. Allied air forces bombarded Nijmegen and Kleve areas. heavier enemy pressure developed on the lower Rhine with Germany fearing a crossing between Emmerich and the Dutch border.
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Kalenborn
Erpel
Ruhr
Rhine
St. Catharinen
Hoenningen
Cobijenz
Lower Rhine
Emmerich
21St Army Group
Nijmegen
Kleve
Westerwald
Ludendorf
Honnef
Supreme Headquarters
Cologne Opera A La Doughboys
A Mortarman named Kilde and troops stage a chaotic marching show in a Cologne corridor with seven pianos and brass, mixing clattering music and comic sound effects. German troops listen in stolid wonder as Doughboy humor fades into dusk. The two-hour performance ends with troops returning to kill focus.
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Kilde
Sam
Saint Louis
Hasfrauen
Legislature at Top Speed Hammers Through Bills
The Maryland General Assembly advanced a slate of measures amid debate, amid bills to create a Baltimore area chronic disease hospital, cancel a federal lease on the Susquehanna Migratory Bird Sanctuary, and require wage tax lien notices. A long‑standing effort to allow women on juries was again defeated as a special order for April 3. The House approved raises for judges, protections for disabled applicants, and higher pauper funeral allowances, with votes largely unanimous. no night session was held.
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Cronin
Harford
Senate
Baltimore
Susquehanna Migratory Bird Sanctuary
Maryland
General Assembly
Congress
House of Delegates
House
Court of Appeals
Circuit Courts
Supreme Bench
Baltimore City
Year’s Extension Given Lend-Lease
Washington March 14 A one year extension of the lend lease program was approved with a House amendment restricting use to war needs only. The measure extends present expiration to June 30 1945 and approves contracts through June 30 1949. Final vote 354 to 28, mostly Republican, now moves to the Senate. Without passage lend lease would expire.
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Washington
Senate
House
Europe
Jendleais
Evangelist Links Hitler Doom to Nebuchadnezzar Dream
Washington evangelist Harold Eugene Metcal spoke at Franklin Court Auditorium on Hitler's fate, tying Nebuchadnezzar's dream in Daniel 2 to world history from Babylon to Europe. He argued the present day is the feet and toes of the image and urged audience members to study their Bibles.
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Franklin Court Auditorium
Harold Eugene Metcal
Washington, D
Hitler
Daniel
Nebuchadnezzar
Iim
Babylon
Medo-Persia
Grecia
Teme
Europe
Germans Captured by Local Officer
Major Joseph H. Dagenais, a former stock broker and headquarters commander for the Second Armored Division, reportedly captured three Nazis in a German town. He entered a house to select a command post site, found the three soldiers in a corner, and escorted them to reveal the town using a .45 pistol.
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Joseph H. Dagenais
Robert Bunson
Associated Press
U. S. Ninth Army
Dagenais
Second Armored Division
Eight Groups Eligible to Buy New Autos Under Policy
The policy lists eight groups allowed to purchase new cars, including private nurses for necessary calls, ministers and religious practitioners serving locals, armed forces for official business, taxicab owners for replacements, and car rental owners for rental to eligible groups. It also notes that starting 1942 used cars may be bought only by those meeting a 200 per month preferred mileage for a year, and provisions for veterans transferring 1942 cars upon re-registration.
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ODT
Cpl Kershner Engaged to Dutch Woman Miss Audrey de Jongh
Cpl Ned Wayne Kershner of this city notified his parents of engagement to Miss Audrey E de Jongh of the Netherlands, daughter of Mr and Mrs Emilie de Jongh. No wedding date set. He served since 1942 and has spent 15 months overseas in Holland.
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Cpl
Ned Wayne Kershner
Audrey E. de Jongh
Netherlands
Miss de Jongh
Emilie de Jongh
Kershner
Maryland
Army Air Forces
Holand
Pep Inducted Into Army at New Haven Center
Willie Pep of Hartford, holder of the featherweight title, was inducted into the Army and sent to Fort Devens Massachusetts for basic training after being processed at the New Haven induction center on March 13.
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Champ Pep
New Haven
Conn
Willie Pep
Hartford
New York
Army
Fort Devens
Mass
Speaker Tells Of Automobile Crisis
Wal ter Whiteley Hubbard warns at a Lions Club meeting that 1945 sees the most critical period for passenger car transportation in American history. He notes 4,000 cars retired daily with 23 121 589 private vehicles expected soon, and stresses shortages of new cars and the need for tire and battery conservation to support the war effort.
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Walter Whiteley Hubbard
Lanham
Golden Gate
Hubbard
AEF University
Beaune
Cote d'Or
France
Dai Nippon
United States
Spessard Farm Brings $450 An Acre
A 44 acre farm of the late Samuel Spessard on the Cavetown pike sold for 19750 in front of the court yesterday afternoon with J C Snyder as auctioneer. Snyder also sold the Lee property on Jonathan street for 3725 the Spielman property on Fredk street at 7825 and 21 acres of mountain land at Pondsville for 320. R W Eigenbrode sold a five room house on Randolph avenue for 2330.
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Samuel Spessard
Cavetown Pike
Court Youse
J.C. Snyder
Snyder
Lee
Jonathan Street
Spielman
Fred K Street
Pondsville
R. W. Eigenbrode
Randolph Avenue
Negotiated Peace Sparks Heated Local Debate
At a local meeting Hubbard warned that Japan could seek multiple wars until the US becomes a vassal state or part of the Rising Sun. Attendees included John D. Dunn Cp. C. A. Brown and Martin Bostetter, members of the Ha Serstown advisory board, along with George C. Taylor JS. R. Zepp of Automobile Club of Maryland, Lion Amos Reeder of Boonsboro and Lion Bernard Elman of Washington, DC.
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Hubbard
Japan
America
John D. Dunn
Cp. C. A. Brown
Martin Bostetter
Ha Serstown
Automobile Club of Maryland
George. C. Taylor
JS. R. Zepp
Baltimore
Lion Amos 'Reeder
Boonsboro
Lion Berneard Elman
Washington
D. C
Uniformed men win praise for aiding Gothic Line effort
Reports from wartime line note x EWS OF OUR See MEN WOMEN HL A in uniform aiding the 85th Custer Division deep in the Gothic Line. Springer, son of Mrs. Laura Springer of Hagerstown, is to wear a sleeve insignia for the award. Cpl Harold Evans and daughter return to Fresno after a 15 day visit with his parents in Mitchell Avenue. Mrs Benjamin BE Weller of Hancock notes promotions of two brothers in the armed forces. Ambrose brothers see promotions in Germany and the Pacific theater, with Pvt George Willard overseas 20 months in New Caledonia. Mrs Weller will supply overseas addresses.
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85Th
Custer
Springer
Laura Springer
Ridge Avenue
Hagerstown
Harold Evans
Fresno
Cal
Harry Evans
Mitchell Avenue
Evans
Fairchild Aircraft
Benjamin BE. Weller
Hancock
Set
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