Russians menacing prize port near Stettin in Oder push
Russian First White Army tanks and infantry press the Stettin bridgehead from four and a half miles away as pontoon equipment moves along the Oder near Grieshagen. Zhukov’s forces push southern flank while the Reglitz bridge and major Oder crossings are reported demolished. Third White Russian Army Group advances toward Braunsberg and Brandenburg port, as both sides mass for a climactic battle along the central Oder.
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Moscow
Stettin
Berlin
Oder
Grieshagen
Altdamm
Dammscher See
Kuestrin
Gregory H. Zhukov
Reglitz
Stettin-Berlin Autobahn
Braunsberg
Brandenburg
Noenigsberg
Middie Oder
Local Soldier Slightly Wounded In Philippines
Mr and Mrs Walter Whittington of 126 North Mulberry receive War Department notice that their son Pfc Charles C Whittington was slightly wounded in action on February 3 in the Philippines. He reports being wounded in the left shin and receiving good care. His unit, the First Cavalry, was among the first to enter Manila. Whittington has been overseas two years and prior to service worked at Traney's Coliseum and as a painter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Whittington
North Mulberry Street
War Department
Pfc
Charles C. Whittington
Philippines
Whittington
First Cavalry
Manila
Traney’s Coliseum
State aid for teachers okayed in Maryland Senate
In Annapolis on March 17 the Maryland Senate approved a favorable report on Senate Bill 483 to fix state basic aid for teacher salaries at 150 dollars. Senator Carter proposed raising to 200 dollars but it failed 17-8. The measure is part of Governor O Connor s educational program. Also moving forward were two gambling related bills authorizing the Maryland Racing Commission to impound a one percent take from tracks mutual pool for capital improvements with amendments to increase the take and tax breakage funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Carter
Bal
Funk
Frederick
O'Conor
Maryland Racing Commission
Mutual Pool
Racing Commission
Kobe Shipyard Center Ablaze In Major Superfort Raid
In Guam on March 17, twelve square miles of Kobe were set afire by over 390 Superfortress bombers. Fires visible 190 miles away. two tons of incendiaries caused the blaze. The raid followed Tokyo and accompanied destruction in Osaka and Nagoya, contributing to a 36 square mile devastation across four Japanese cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
21St Bomber Command
Guam
Japan
Kobe
Tokyo
Osaka
Nagoia
Albany
Rangoon Storage Areas Are Bombed
Washington reports a fourth B-29 raid on Rangoon Burma targeting a major enemy military hub. About 40 planes from Brig. Gen. Roger M. Ramey’s 20th Bomber Command joined the strike, following B-29 attacks on Koge and part of a broader campaign against Malaya and nearby bases including Singapore and Kuala Lumpur.
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Washington
Rangoon
Burma
Roger M. Ramey
20Th
India
Koge
Malaya
Singapore
Kuala Lumpur
Empty Promises Of Opposition Are Not Fooling The City Voter
Democratic Club President Wm Preston Lane says Republicans promise to win votes by promising tax cuts free movies and fat jobs. City attorney Edward Oswald Jr lauds current mayor and council as experienced and capable, while Colonel John Carmichael recalls party pasts and police politics. State Motor Vehicles Chief W Lee Elgin endorses the ticket, praising four years of steady governance under Mayor Sweeney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Preston Lane
Democratic Club
Lane
Edward Oswald, Jr
Hagerstown
Sweeney
Oswald
John Carmichael
Board of Street Commissioners
Wertz
J. J. Cassidy
W. Lee Elgin
Substitute Will Keep His Promise
Reading Pennsylvania witnesses a 48th annual St Patrick vow as Alvan Schaeffer unable to play at Hannahoe’s grave. A substitute will perform Lass O Galway and Nearer My God To Thee on a coronet at midnight atop Neversink Mountain. Police estimate up to 1000 people will attend the memorial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Alvan Schaeffer
Tom Hannahoe
Hannahoe
Lass O'Galway
Schaeffer
Neversink
British Warships Reported Operating In Skagerrak
London reports British warships active in the Skagerrak Strait between Denmark and Norway. The Berlin radio cites a Stockholm dispatch claiming warships clear the waters of fishing boats and seize at least six Swedish vessels towed to England. Swedish Navy orders fishing boats east of the German blockade zone amid German warning to vessels entering the zone. No confirmation from London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Berlin
Skagerrak
Denmark
Norway
Stockholm
England
Germam
Iin
Penicillin Arrives in Hagerstown Drug Stores
Penicillin, once reserved for serious military cases, has reached civilian drug stores in Hagerstown but remains prescription only. The greenish yellow powder sold quickly on doctors orders, as citizens learned the drug cannot be bought like aspirin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Kidwell Sentenced To A Year For Parole Violation
Stanley W. Kidwell of Leitersburg was given a year in the House of Correction by Judge Joseph YD Mish in circuit court. He had been paroled after a February larceny conviction and was arrested last night on drunkenness charges. Queen Wilhelmina expected to visit the liberated Holland homeland after five years in exile in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley W. Kidwell
Leitersburg
House of Correction
Joseph YD. Mish
Kidwell
London
Wilhelmina
Holland
Ias
Prisoner of War Ernest L Miller Reported Missing in Action
Prisoner of War Stg Ernest L Miller reported missing in Germany since December 16 is a POW in Germany, according to a card from his parents Mr and Mrs Edward Miller Pecktonville. He said he was okay and thinking of folks at home. He worked at Fairchild Aircraft before enlisting in March 1943 and served in infantry when captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest L. Miller
Germany
Edward Miler
Pecktonville
Fairchild Aircraft
Infantry
Stolen Zoot Suit Described In Dallas Report
Chief deputy sheriff Bill Decker details a stolen gray zoot suit with green stripes, neat pleats, a drape shape and straight hub pants, noting the distinctive make in a vivid Dallas incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
U March
Bill Decker
Thunderstorms To Break Heat In Keedysville Today
Keedysville weather observer J A Miller notes a record March heat spell ending soon as thundershowers are forecast. He cites 91 in 1907 and 87 in 1921 as March highs while peach buds begin swelling but require three or four more warm days. Temperatures last night did not dip below 54.
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Mercury
Keedysville
Weather Bureau
J. A. Miller
Mr. Miller
Miller
Shadrach Now Prisoner of Germans
Sgt. William F. Shadrach son of J. Guy Shadrach from 12 South Cannon Avenue is now a prisoner of the Germans. He was reported missing after the December 19 German counterattack while serving as infantry with the 4th Division of the First Army. He previously worked as an assistant manager at Tom McAn’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Shadrach
J. Guy Shadrach
South
Cannon Avenue
Shadrach
Tom McAn
First Army
Twins Fined On Disorderly Charge In Potomac Street Doorway
Martha Obitts and Vivian Rager, 28 and twins, both married, were fined 25 dollars and costs in city court for disorderly conduct after being found in a doorway of a South Potomac street business. They initially refused to give names but admitted identity at arraignment before Magistrate Harry Snyder. They denied the charges. NAZI DESERTERS EXECUTED. A German radio record reported 1,900 soldiers executed by mobile courts martial for desertion and grave offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Obitts
Vivian Rager
South Potomac Street
Harry FE. Snyder
London
Reuters
Draft Relief Sought By Many Key Industries
Washington March 17 with pinch easing for coal mining and transport others seek relief. Aircraft rubber and steel producers lead the line arguing they cannot meet war needs if more than 30 percent of their 18 to 29 year old key workers are deferred. Coal miners see liberalized deferments. coal associations say almost all under 30 with 2-A or 2-B stay deferred and some 1-A move to 2-A or 2-B. Solid Fuels backs some additions while noting further deferments may be requested. War Man
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Coal Association
Shepherdstown Flier Sees Germans Flee
ADVANCE HEADQUARTERS U S Ninth Air Force reports German civilians fleeing eastward along the Hitler superhighway east of Cologne. Lt John H Rogers of Shepherdstown West Virginia described long lines of people as fighter-bombers pressed to hinder German troop movements toward the Remagen bridgehead and Coblenz area below. Mustangs over Limburg engaged thirty Messerschmitts, with nine destroyed and one American loss.
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U. SS
Ninth Air Force
Hitler
Cologne
John H. Rogers
Shepherdstown
W. Va
Remagen
Coblenz
Limburg
Mobster Found Slain Seals Lips In Chicago Vault Case
Chicago dispatch reports Wincel Urban, a renowned safecracker tied to the $2,500,000 Rumbold vault robbery, was found strangled and mutilated near Kankakee. Urban, 49, linked to Egan's Rats, had a long police record and was sought as the brains of the heist. Four other suspects await trial. three more are being questioned as police recover mainly cash and bonds from the crime scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Wincel Urban
Urban
St. Louis
Kankakee
Wilbert F. Crowley
ER. H. Rumbold Realty Company
Crowley
Egan's Rats
Iowa
Des Moines
Vilinois Penitentiary
Burellary
Illinois Supreme Court
Willie Nitmoth
Thomas Leahy
Lewellyn Morgan
Michael Kosar
Property Sales Totals Reach 150000 In Busy Week
Real estate activity surged with multiple farm transfers and town properties changing hands. Transactions include D Raymond Snively to Orville Shinham for 140 acres in Titghmanton district at 10906 dollars and Ralph Newkirk to H Elmer Buhrman for 34 acres on Leitersburg Ringgold road at 6000 dollars. Other noted transfers involve Old Folks Home property on Virginia Avenue for 9500 dollars and various parcels on View Chestnut West Antietam and Mangansville streets with prices ranging from 3500 to 5700 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Raymond Snively
Orville J. Shinham
Titghmanton
Ralph T. Newkirk
H. Elmer Buhrman
Leitersburg
Ringgold Road
Wilbur J. Bragonier
Old Folks Home
Potomac Synod of the Reformed Church
U. S
William S. Green
William Mason Herbert
Antietam Street
H. Edward Martin
John L. Sullivan
Mangansville
Russell FE. Provard
Paul E. Mughes
Boonsboro
Grace BE. Brandenburg
Samuel F. Lloyd
Larlie C. Pegrott
Fairground Avenue
Milton A. Fore
Robert W. Mock
Summit Avenue
Clarence F. May
Theodore TH. Porter
Quarantine Keeps soil and plants restricted county wide
County officials warn that soil and plants shipped from Washington county must carry an inspection certificate from the University of Maryland Department of Entomology under the Japanese beetle quarantine of the US Department of Agriculture. Japanese beetle grubs lurk in soil and on roots. shipments should contact College Park Maryland for inspection. Miegany county moved from restricted to quarantined. Washington county remains under quarantine.
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Washington County
Department of Entomology
University of Maryland
U S. Department of Agriculture
Mark Miller
College Park
Miegany County
Patton Sends Ultimatum On Coblenz Surrender Reported
The Paris radio claimed Lt. Gen. Geo. S. Patton Jr issued an ultimatum to Coblenz demanding surrender to spare the city from destruction. No official Allied confirmation followed the report.
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Longon
Paris
Geo. S. Patton, Jr
Coblenz
Arkansas taxi driver confesses to six slayings
James W. Hall, 24, of Enola Arkansas, told police he killed six people including his second wife and an Arkansas state official. The JSONArray includes I D Newcomb Jr boiler inspector and Dayle Mutherin of Little Rock. bodies found from Heber Springs to Fordyce and a decedent near Camden. Hall is jailed in Pulaski County on open charges.
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Little Rock
Ark
Yulaski County
Arkansas
Homer Sims
Herbert R. Peterson
James W. Hall
Enola
I. D. Newcomb, Jr
Heber Springs
Faye Clements Hall
E. C. Adams
Humboldt
Kas
Fordyce
Dayle Mutherin
Packing Company
Brummett
Stuttgart
Two Is Paying Off In Pacific War Efforts
WW overviews Guam Saipan campaign costs with 4 189 Marines killed, 15 308 wounded, and 141 missing. Navy says two airfields now in combat range of Tokyo, one central on a small island completed by engineers during heavy fighting. Operations include 30 B29 stops at southern amber field since Feb 28, with large-scale pursuit of Japanese remnants, caves, and tunnels in the north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WW. S. Pacific Fleet Hdqs
Guam
Volenic Httle
Navy
Tokyo
Pacific
Marianas
Japan
Saipan
Mystery wartime pinup lithograph shocks readers
MISSOULA MT March 17 Cpl Arnold Riven, serving in Germany, writes his parents about his outfit s most prized pinup a lithograph of a thick icy steak bearing a curious caption Renteuvbar The note blends humor and wartime morale as soldiers share lighthearted souvenirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula, Mont
Arnold Riven
Germany
Bis
Berlin Admits Breach In Major Depth In Vosges
Paris dispatch reports U S Third Army tanks advancing 40 miles southeast of Coblenz and closing a trap on German forces between the Rhine and Moselle. Patton’s spearheads push 10 to 15 miles daily, nearing Mainz and threatening to pocket two German armies. American forces also secure towns on the Rhine Moselle bridgehead while reporting weak and disorganized German resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
U. S. 3Rd Army
Coblenz
Siegfried Line
Saarland Triangle
Rhine
Moselle
George 8. Patton
Simmer
Coblens
Remagen
Coble
Vosges
Frankfurt
Ruhr
Hoenningen
Hecg
Reiffert
Bremscheid
Divorce Decrees Granted in Bakken and Schildtnecht Cases
Margaret Winifred Bakken and Ange Bakken receive divorces. Evelyn Paige Schildtnecht is granted a divorce from Milton Schildtnecht. Attorney Calvert K. Hartle appeared in both cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Winifred Bakken
Set
Ange Bakken
Evelyn Paige Schildtnecht
Milton Schildtnecht
Calvert K. Hartle
Expect New Cut In Meat Supplies
Washington reports a civilian meat allocation likely to drop to 188 pounds per person for April through June, the lowest since 1835, as Roosevelt calls for shared food burdens. The move foresees possible suspension of some exports to Great Britain and tighter slaughter rules to maximize Midwest output amidst wartime shortages.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Midwestern
Hein Sas
East
Aberey
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Patton
Oder River
Bituminous Industry Trade Association
Solid Fuels Administration
Solid Fuels
South Pacific
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