Russians and Germans clash on Eastern Front blitz
Soviet forces launch a major offensive east of the Oder with drumfire and tank waves against German positions in Stettin area. Konev’s army drives north of Ratibor and presses toward Breslau in Silesia. In East Prussia Koenigsberg and Braunsberg come under threat as Danzig and Gdynia perimeters see renewed attacks. Kolberg held by Zhu kov’s troops nears collapse. Russian high command reports 25 captured, 1,906 taken in the Danzig corridor actions.
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London
Oder
Stettin
Iovan Konev
Ratibor
Grottkau
Breslau
Silesia
Morayska-Ostrava
Moravian Gate
Moscow
East Prussia
Koenigsberg
Braunsberg
Frisches
Danzig Bay
Danzig
Gdynia
Kolberg
Marshal Zhukov
Berlin
Glogen
Pillau
Wangit
Albehnen
Einsam
Brandenburg
Reyde-Waldburz
Koenigsbero
Krug to Visit Fairchild for WPB Awards
War Production Board Chairman J A Krug will present grand awards to four Fairchild Aircraft Division employees for outstanding production suggestions. Winners include C G Stevens and Theodore Godenour for Tool Design, Alton Garmony of the photo lab, and Hezekiah Moats of Fair play. A ceremony in Hagerstown begins at 3 p.m. with staff from multiple plants attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairchild Aircraft Division
J. A. Krug
War Production Board
Washington
C. G. Stevens
Route 3
Frederick
Theodore Godenour
Norway Avenue
Tool Design
Alton Garmony
West Franklin Street
Photograph Laboratory
Hezekiah Moats
Fairplay
Hagerstown
Myron Tracy
Aircraft Resources Control Office
Henry Nelson
WPB
Mortimer Wilson
Stewart C. Paxton
Fairchild
Planning Engineer Confers With Board on Postwar Roads
W H Childs planning engineer of the State Roads Commission conferred yesterday with the Board of County Commissioners about postwar road plans in the county. Some thirty road stretches were discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Childs
State Roads Commission
Board of County Commissioners
Unhit As Yet at Mountain Home Air Base
In Mountain Home Idaho the officers club displays a sign over the slot machines reading in case of air raid stand near these machines they haven’t been hit yet The note captures wartime humor about civil defense and gambling amid air raid drills and restrictions around bases.
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Mountain Home
Idaho
Mountain Home Army Air Base
Martins Back Bad Weather Ahead
The robins are back in Washington county with Walsh black back and white rump. They arrive a week earlier than expected signaling an early spring. Rough weather is forecast to follow within days as the martins take up residence in bird boxes.
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Washington County
Fight Extension Of Draft Law
Washington March 16 A lively fight formed on Capitol Hill over extending the Draft Law. Without renewal by Congress the act and sections authorizing Draft Boards to induct trainees will become inoperative after May 15. Legislation to extend the act for the duration has been introduced in the Senate and House. Chairman May expects to begin House Military Committee consideration after Easter recess. Some members privately favor changes and restrictions while others oppose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Capitol Hill
Congress
Senate
House
May
D-Ky
House Committee
Dynamite Cap Found in Furnace Coal by Worker
George Baker of 13 South Cannon Avenue, a street department employee, found an unexploded dynamite cap in the coal hopper of a furnace stoker. He had worked in blasting and warned the cap could have exploded if heated, likely damaging the furnace.
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George Baker
South
Cannon Avenue
Democrats To Hear Answers Tonight Rally In Grice Building
Democrats plan a public rally in the Grice Building to hear answers to the Republicans whispering campaign and to outline plans for intensifying their effort in the final days of the campaign. Wm Preston Lane Jr will be present to address the gathering. A Democrat critic calls Republican charges about police politics silly and unfounded after questioning officers about the claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grice Building
Ward
Preston Lane, Jr
Democratic Central Committee
Democratic Club
Increase Expected As Eight Join Navy Here
Navy enlistments are rising at City Mall per Selective Service guidance that 18 to 20 year olds go to Army infantry replacements. Chief John Millard notes seven Hagerstown area men enlisted this week including Gerald Holder Rohrersville James McFarland Richard Swoop and Robert Swoop from Waynesboro Clarence Fogle Thurmont James Unger Hedgesville and Thomas Osier Chambersburg. Navy still welcomes volunteers aged 17 before 18 and seeks hospital corpsmen and combat aircrewmen ages 18 to 26 who are unmarried.
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Navy
City Mall
Army
John Millard
Hagerstown
Gerald R. Holder
Rohrersville
James MH
McFarland
Columbia Road
Richard W
Robert G. Swoop
Tin Brothers
Waynesboro
Clarence Fogle
Thurmont
James
Unger
Hedgesville
W. Va
Thomas
Osier
Chambersburg
Millard
Restaurants Plead To WMC For After Hours Access
A dozen or more restaurant operators spoke at the Hagetown office of the War Manpower Commission seeking permission to stay open after midnight under an amended WMC regulation for war work meals. No action was taken. cases will be referred to the State WMC office by area supervisor Fred Gambrill after hearings at the U. S. Employment office yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hage Town
War Manpower Commission
WMC
Fred Gambrill
U. S
Death and Destruction From US Bomb Raids on Japan
The Associated Press reports thousands burned or injured as B 29 incendiaries strike Tokyo Osaka Nagoya Yokohama Kobe, with evacuees sent to farm work and cities in panic. Propaganda claims aim to terrorize and degrade Japanese morale amid mass flights and strained relief.
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Associated Press
Japan
Nippon
Tokyo
Federal Communications Commission
Sadao Iguchi
Japanese Board of Information
Iguchi
FCC
Osa
Nagoya
Yokohama
Kobe
Osaka
Nag
Radio Tokyo
Domei
Asahi
Tass
Roosevelt Warns Americans to Tighten Belts for War Aid
President Franklin D Roosevelt told reporters Americans must reduce consumption to help fund wartime needs. He defended sugar cutting as a moral choice to prevent others from starving, saying the nation will understand once explained and that the decency of shared sacrifice matters. Byrnes leads a new committee to study food factors across agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Halland
James F. Byrnes
Pair Of Squirrels Battle For Nest In Maple Tree
In a Maple tree at 13 South Cannon the resident pair of gray squirrels contend with two starlings for a nest. The birds had begun a nest, the squirrels arrived late, and a fierce battle ensued with the starlings attacking any squirrel sighting. The nest remained held by the squirrels as of this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Cannon Avenue
Julia Baker
South Cannon
Ina
Last Nazi Office Moves From Berlin to Southern Germany
London report says the last Nazi office has been moved from Berlin and all high officials are now in southern Germany where food stocks are stored. The claim comes from a Moscow radio German broadcast dated March 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Berlin
Germany
Moscow Radio
Potomac Motor Lines to Build New Garage and Terminal
Francis H. Urner, president, announces purchase of Sprecher property on South Cleveland Avenue for a combined garage and motor freight terminal. The concrete block complex will measure about 190 by 70 feet plus 70 by 40, with a two story office section. It will serve Potomac Motor Lines, the Maryland Transportation Company, and other motor freight services. Construction will start soon, with two wide entry roadways from Cleveland and Cannon avenues. The project aims to connect with a new dual highway seen as a major traffic artery.
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Francis H. Urner
Potomac Motor Lines
Sprecher
Cleveland Avenue
Maryland Transportation Company
Tingerstown
Baltimore Street
Arder
Urner
Cleveland
Cannon Avenue
Cannon
Maryland-Mathias Insurance Company
Crosby Bergman Tops In Movies Oscars Honors 1944
Hollywood reports Crosby Bergman and Lee McCarey lead the Oscars at the Academy Awards with Going My Way named best picture of 1944. Bergman wins best actress for Gaslight. Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald win acting honors. Darryl F. Zanuck earns best producer. Margaret O'Brien receives a special award. Ethel Barrymore shares supporting honors with her late mother in None But the Lonely He.
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Hollywood
Sweden
Ingrid Bergman
Bing Crosby
Leo McCarey
Barry Fitgerald
Liltie Margaret O'Brien
Paddy's
Pig
Miss Bereman
Academy of Motion Pictura W Arts and Sciences
Movie Capital
Wilson
Carneal
An ‘Qseen
Crocurr
Crosby l
An Vaetors Nother
Barry Fitz Ut
Lee McCarey
Miss Bergman
Jollywood
Trying Thalchers
Darryl Po “Annuck
Margaret O'Brien
Ethel Barrymore
Cain
Rail Crossing Crash Claims Third Victim
A Pennsylvania freight train crash at Kauffman’s station near Carlisle, Wa, claimed a third victim, 15 year old Gladys Hitner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Biter, who died from a brain injury after the derailment. Frank Faubie, 15, and John de Golden, 17, also died in the same incident as the train struck a car containing pine boards near a crossing gate. An inquest was postponed while investigators monitor the condition of six other injured participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenearth
Gladys GG. Hitner
Biter
Frank Tr, Faubie
John de Golden
Kauffman’s
Pennsylvania
Carlisle
Bitmer
Tennis Star George von Metaxa Reported Dead in London
German radio announced the death of Austrian tennis star George von Metaxa, once a member of German Davis Cup squads, in London. The fate was reported amid unclear circumstances tying his career to postwar events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mareh
George von Metaxa
Allied raid hits Zossen Nazi nerve center in Berlin area
London reports the RAF with U S Air Force support blasted Adolf Hitler’s army staff HQ at Zossen near Berlin in the 14th night raid. More than 1,350 bombers and 750 fighters attacked, targeting administrative buildings, barracks, and vital records, with underground facilities at the center.
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London
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Army
Zossen
Hagen
Misbourg
Hannover
U.S
High Command
Oranienburg
Zossen Center
S. Strategic Air Force
Army Chiefs
Hitler
Mors
Five U S Bishops Appointed by Pope Pius
Vatican City March 1. Pope Pius named five new U S bishops. They include Francis Schenk vicar general of St Paul named Bishop of Crookston Minnesota Edward Tunkeler pastor of Omaha Cathedral named Bishop of Grand Island John Mussie chancellor of Cincinnati named Bishop of Steubenville Vincent Maters diocesan missionary of Richmond named Bishop of Raleigh and Monsignor John O Hara military delegate of the United States Army named Bishop of Buffalo
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Vatican City
Pius
United States
Francis Schenk
St. Paul
Crookston, Minn
Edward Tunkeler
Owiaha Cathedral
Grandreland
John L. Mussie
Cincinnati
Staibenville
Vincent “Ators
Thocesan Missionaries of
Richmond
Raleig
John O'Hara
United States Army
Buffalo
Believe Attempt On Sforza Life Failed
Rome report claims a thwarted assassination attempt on Count Carlo Mowe former Foreign Minister occurred Wednesday on grounds near a villa. A Watchman fired at two intruders, who fled into a water course. Days earlier the count’s daughter was warned by a clairvoyant.
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Rome
Carlo Mowe
Ville
Broaders House Fire Damages Est. Major Loss
A Wednesday fire at the Broader Hansea residence caused damage estimated between 72a and 1300 dollars and destroyed the Broader Hansea home while damaging a hes nonse at Orville Joy of Kens at Thin Barnes. Firefighters from Treencastla Fire Station responded to the scene with no reported injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hansea
Orville Joy Ofkens
Thin Barnes
Treencastla
Tod Sea
Patton's Army Races To Trap Foe In Siegfried Line
Paris dispatch reports American forces within 200 yards of the Ruhr Rhineland highway and advancing up to two miles to Koenigswinter, expanding the east Rhine bridgehead by 13 miles. The 7th Army pushes 50 miles from Saarbruecker to the Rhine as Germans reportedly begin flight from Saarland and Palatinate. Patton's 4th Armored Division leads a Moselle to southeast dash aiming to outflank Siegfried Line defenses.
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Paris
Ruhr-Rhineland
Koenigswinter
East Rhine
7Th Army
Saarbruecker
Rhine
Frankfurt
Saarland
Palatinate
George S. Patten
Moselle
Besieged
Coblenz
Germany
Siegfried
4Th Armored Division
Four More Divisions Across Rhine Ready To Explode Says Foe
German radio reported four more divisions moving into the Remagen bridgehead area, claiming the buildup is the largest concentration of power on a narrow front in the war. Franz Westhoff, a German war reporter, described the situation as a boiler under maximum pressure ready to explode, comparing it favorably to the Normandy invasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhine
London
Remagen
Normandy
Franz Westhoff
Countian Wounded For Second Time
Cletus Anderson, a former Williamsport grocer and son of Mr and Mrs Milton Anderson, has been wounded again after previously being wounded in Europe. His commanding officer says the chest wound is very serious and he is reported in Williamsport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cletus Anderson
Williamsport
Milton Anderson
Williammsport
Anerson
Catholic Homes Needed For Children In Hagerstown
Foster homes for Catholic children are needed in Hagerstown. Miss Catherine Shipley executive secretary of the Washington County Welfare Board said after a conference with the Bureau of Catholic Charities. Law requires placement in a home of religious faith and several county Catholic children need foster homes. The Welfare Board has responsibility to place Catholic children when Catholic Charities does not. Attending the conference were Miss Shipley and Margaret Walters and Charlotte Buchet of Catholic Charities and Monsignor Francis Leary of St. Marys Catholic Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Catherine
Whington Coun Welfare Board
Bureau of Catholic Charities
Shipley
Catholic Charities Bureau
Pirh Welfare Board
Attending Shrine Meeting in Cumberland Tonight
City Court Magistrate Martin V and RB Bostetter visit Cumberland for an important meeting of the Ghan Shrine. Next Friday the annual hall in honor of the Potentate will be held now in Cumberland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin V
Bostetter
Jet
Cumberland
Wil
Con Ber
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Marine Corps
Roy M. Robinson
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Rhine Bridgehead
Sforza
Patton
Siegfried Line
Countian
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