New Russian Drive Rolling In Hungary
British and reports from March 19 describe a major Russian offensive across Hungary with advances north of Mar as well as west of Budapest. Soviet units under Zhukov push toward Stettin and the Oder, while Konev’s forces reach near Neustadt, threatening Czechoslovakia, as Kolberg falls and German resistance weakens in western Hungary and East Prussia.
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London
Hungary
Mar
Budapest
Vienna
Silesia
Ivan Konev
Neustadt
Czechoslovakia
Neisse
Breslau
Gregory Zhukov
Kolberg
Baltic
Stettin
Oder
Wollin
Marshal Zhukov
Berlin
Koenigsberg
East Prussia
Braunsberg
Heiligendei
Slovakia
Tatras
Kyolen
Lake
Balaton
Peru Rebels Suppressed at Ancon Airbase
Peru reports a failed coup attempt at Ancon airbase 25 miles north of Lima. Two non commissioned officers were arrested amid a small group of rebels who tried to seize Air Minister Gen Fernando Melgar. The government says discipline was restored and calm prevails nationwide.
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Lima
Peru
Ancon
Fernando Melgar
Melgar
Aprista
APRA
Victor Raul Haya de la Torre
Oscar Benevides
Local tips win prizes for wildlife, dynamite, and stadium prep
A single tipster won first prize of 3.50 for three items including a pair of squirrels and starlings disputing a nest, a live dynamite cap, and preparations for Toronto Club spring training stadium. Second prize goes to plans for a new East End garage. Third prize split between a Mechanic Street resident reporting a woman shooting herself and a Summit Avenue housewife.
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Municipal Stadium
Toronto
East Endia Motor Line
Mechanic Street
Summit Avenue
Trapped Burma Japs May Try Breakthrough
CALCUTTA March 19 In Burma trapped Japanese forces near Meiktila 75 miles south of Mandalay may attempt a breakthrough as Allied counterattacks repulse enemy assaults with heavy losses. Japanese armor is lacking, British Sherman tanks inflict heavy toll while Maymo Hsipaw and Lashio are held along vital Mandalay to Lashio lines. Mandalay’s fall seems imminent.
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Calcutta
Burma
Meiktila
Mandalay
Maymo
Hsipaw
Lashio
Mandalay- Sashio
Thazi
Sgt Snyder Is Nazi Prisoner
Sgt Harry L. Snyder, son of Mr and Mrs Harry G Snyder of Hagerstown House 1, reported missing in action December 4, is now a German prisoner. He served in infantry and had been overseas since last October. wife Catherine Snook Snyder at 1901 Virginia Avenue received the card.
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Harry L
Roy) Snyder
Harry G. Snyder
Hagerstown House
Catherine Snook Snyder
Virginia Avenue
Sgt
Snyder
Infantry
Keedysville Youth Loses Toes In Spreader Accident
William Griffith a 17 year old farm helper on the Griffiths farm in Needsville was rushed to Washington County Hospital after his foot was caught in a lime spreader. Witness Tyson Lewis says the boy kicked a clod and his foot jammed in the revolving mechanism, costing several toes.
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William Griffith
Frisby Griffith
Needsville
Washington County Hospital
Griffith
Tyson Lewis
Potato Warehouses Destroyed By Fire in Fruitland Maryland
In Fruitland Maryland a severe electrical storm sparked a fire at the Joseph H Lelany and Sons packing plant destroying three federal sweet potato warehouses and damaging a fourth. Watchman Robert W Duncan cited lightning as the cause. About 50 000 sweet potato tubs were gone and two to three carloads valued around 4500 dollars were lost, totaling roughly 100 000 dollars in damage.
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Fruitland
Joseph H. Lelany and Sons Packing
Robert W. Duncan
Graydon H. Mezick
Local Hotel Pays $750 In Settlement of OPA Damages
D. Ramacciotti trading as Hotel Castello at 45 South Potomac Street paid 750 to the U S Treasury to settle two administrator consumer treble damage suits filed by the Office of Price Administration for OPA rent control violations. Allen H. Murrill of Baltimore said 600 covered one overcharge from September 1942 to May 1944 and 150 covered an overcharge from July 1944 to today, a suit prompted by a tenant’s case brought to the OPA.
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D. Ramacciotti
Castello
South
Potomac Street
U. S. Treasury
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Allen H. Murrill
Baltimore
Treasury
Navy Silver Star Awarded Locally
Mrs. Virginia Baker Carruthers of 619 West Washington street received the Navy Silver Star posthumously for her late husband Elmer J. Carruthers. The award recognizes his meritorious service during the Bougainville campaign as a Seabee chief petty officer who volunteered for a mission at great personal risk and paid with his life. He served years in the Navy, joined the Seabees at the war’s outbreak, and is survived by his widow and a daughter.
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Virginia Baker Carruthers
West
Washington Street
Navy Department
Navy
Elmer J. Carruthers
Bougainville
Carruthers
Seabees
Warns Low Paid White Collar Workers May Turn To Isms
Rep. Engel reports that millions of low income American families may turn to socialism or communism unless wartime living standards rise. He cites 15 percent wage gains under Little Steel, yet income taxes up 1214 percent and living costs 30 to 48 percent, urging restored 1940 tax exemptions of 2000 for heads and 800 for individuals.
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Washington
Rep
Engel
R-Mich
Engle
Congress
House
Little Steel
Carrier Planes Firebomb Nagoya in Major Japan Strike
Carrier planes and about 350 B 29 Superforts dropped incendiaries and high explosives on Nagoya in a dawn raid and a return visit. Col Cal R Storrie reported burning large areas of the city, with Japanese dispatches acknowledging damage but not control of the fires. Nimitz said a larger carrier force raided Kyushu, while Tokyo claimed 1400 planes struck multiple islands.
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Guam
Japan
Nagoya
Cal R. Storrie
Denton
Texas
Domei
Chester W. Nimitz
Kyushu
Radio Tokyo
Shikoku Island
Honshu
Philippines
Yawata Steel Works
Nagoeya
Ninth Anniversary Marked For Potomac Flood Devastation
A weekend marked the ninth anniversary of the Potomac River flood that peaked 4914 feet above normal, washing away bridges and homes in Hancock Shepherdstown and Harpers Ferry. Williamsport suffered outages and $150,000 in damage while Cumberland imposed martial law. Red Cross aid and vaccines were deployed as crews began cleanup after the 1889 Johnstown flood scale event.
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Potomac River
Hancock
Potomac Edison Company
Williamsport
Johnstown
Shepherdstown
Harpers Ferry
The
Western Maryland Railway
Dam No. 5
Cumberland
Red Cross
Pfc Sixens Slightly Wounded In Germany
Telegram from the War Department reports Pfc William C. Sixens slightly wounded in Germany on March 2. He has been overseas since January 21 and serves in an infantry unit. Sixens, a Hagerstown High School graduate, entered service last July.
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Pic
William C. Sixens
Susan M. Sixens
Virginia Avenue
Germany
War Department
Pic. Sixens
Hagerstown
Night Clubs Gain Place in Britannica History
Chicago reports Walter Yst of Britannica announced the 1945 Britannica yearbook will feature a 6,000 word history of 30th century night clubs. The article will appear in the upcoming Britannica printing, marking the first time the topic is included in the reference work.
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Chicago
Encyclopedia Britannica
Walter Yst
The
Britannica
Luhrsehn Nominated to Railroad Retirement Board
President Roosevelt named Julius G. Luhrsehn executive secretary of the Railway Labor Executives Association to join the Railroad Retirement Board. He would succeed Lee M. Eddy with the nomination announced in Washington on March 19.
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Luhrsehn
Washington
Julius G. Luhrsehn
Railway Labor Executives Association
Roosevelt
Railroad Retirement Board
Lee M. Eddy
Air Blasting Of Reich Continues Heavy Bombers Strike Berlin
London reports rapid Allied air raids as RAP heavy bombers hit Witten and Hanau behind the front. Mosquitos mount a 27th straight Berlin raid amid daybreak bombardment figures from 1,200 U.S. bombers. Berlin faced 3,000 tons of bombs in daylight attacks, with fighters defending alongside Russian planes near the Oder.
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London
RAP
Western Front
Berlin
U.S
Witten
Duisbirg
Ftuhr
Hanau
Prankfurt-Am-Main
Reich
U. S
Germany
Oder River
Lift Curfew On Restaurants in Washington County
The War Manpower Commission announced a curfew relief allowing virtually all Washington County restaurants serving food to stay open beyond midnight for workers. The move follows complaints by late-shift wartime workers and a local plea to WMC representative Fred Gambrill. The order exempts restaurants serving wartime workers but warns it does not apply to those catering mainly to entertainment seekers.
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Washington County
War Manpower Commission
Paul V. McNutt
Hagerstown
Fred Gambrill
WMC
Ration Office Awaits Canning Sugar Forms
The Washington County Ration Board will begin issuing stamps for sugar for canning as soon as the necessary forms arrive. Housewives must apply directly to the board for application blanks, attaching spare ration stamp No. 13 from Ration Book Four for each family member. Sugar coupons will be issued on a need basis in amounts of one and five pounds up to 20 pounds per person in a family.
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Washington County Ration Board
Cars Collide on Howard and Summit Streets
Samuel L. Harner, 67, of Moorefield West Virginia, and F. M. Ackerman, 3 Maryland Avenue, both saw damage to their cars in a Sunday crash at the intersection of Howard Street and Summit Avenue. No injuries were reported.
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Samuel L. Harner
Moorefield
W. Va
Lind
F. M. Ackerman
Maryland Avenue
Howard Street
Summit Avenue
Plotter Reveals Why Attempt To Kill Hitler Failed
Louis P. Lochner reports on a fugitive source detailing the July 20 plot against Hitler. The informant claims Hitler watched purges of plot participants as the war waned. The bomb was placed in a wooden shed for a ceremony, not a bunker, affecting blast impact. Continued on Page 2.
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Hitler
Louis P. Lochner
Jast Jvenin
Hatle
Berlin
Lou Copyright
Bonn
Germany
Fuehrer
Rhine
Sitler
Mussolini
No Signs Spring Weather Near End
Springlike weather persisted through the weekend with no sign of ending. The south county faced a severe electrical storm Saturday with .34 inch of rain and high winds, while temperatures cooled to 77 yesterday. People were seen gathering dandelions as the spring greens appeared plentiful.
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Mercury
Actor's Daughter Katherine Garfield Dies in Hollywood
Katherine Garfield, daughter of actor John Garfield, died yesterday in Hollywood after a throat ailment. An autopsy was planned to determine the exact cause as she fell ill during a weekend visit with the family's secretary Hilda Vane and died before a physician could arrive.
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Hollywood
Katherine Garfield
Roo
John Garfield
Garfield
Hilda Vane
Hinkle with hounds creepers rated champion fox hunter
A former major league pitcher, once cut short by an accident, is hailed as Washington County’s greatest fox hunter. Lester Tinkies of Hancock leads a notable fox chase group aided by five hounds and two Pennsylvania creepers. Through fifteen months he claims forty foxes last year and thirty five more this year by the time of Saturday, earning about 480 dollars from hunting and pelts.
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Nui Short
Washington County
Lester Tinkies
Hancock
Reynard
Ray Stink
Hinkle
Patton and Patch Lead 325000-strong Cleanup Army
Paris war bulletin outlines Third Army tanks within 14 miles of Mainz and 45 miles from a trap as 80,000 German retreat from Saarland and Palatinate. Patton’s 10th Armored near Kaiserlautern, while 3rd Army advances toward Siegfried Line and Rhine, aiming to trap Germans in Saarbruecken area amid broader western Rhine maneuver.
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Paris
Third Army
Mainz
7Th
Saarland
Palatinate
4Th Armored
Sprendlingen
George 8
Patton
10Th Armored
Kaiserlautern
Siegfried Line
Saarbruecken
Rhine
Dillingen
St. Wendel
7Th Army
Zweibruecken
Saar River
Repair Likely for Ludendorff Bridge Across Rhine
March 19 reports say the Ludendorff bridge central span, blown by enemy demolition, is salvageable and could be operational soon as a vital Allied supply line for the 1st Army across the Rhine. Army officials stress temporary loss would not halt bridgehead defense. CBS records say near completion of repairs, with casualties reported but no official toll.
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Rhine
Ludendorf
CBS
Wied
Force Vote On Aubrey Williams In Senate
Washington dispatch reports efforts to force a Senate vote on Aubrey Williams nomination for rural electrification administrator. Republicans show mixed support while Democrats press for timely action amid broader treaty debates and the Mexican water treaty. White of Maine signals possible GOP alignment with Williams backers to push major confirmation forward.
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Washington
Aubrey Willams
Senate
Baunklend
Mo Tion
Republisit
Wilams
White
Maine
Repubicans
Wiams
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Sgt. Snyder
Keedysville
Iwo Army
Iwo Jima
John Joanna
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Virginia B. Carruthers
Sixens
James Hall
Little Rock
Saar
Patch
Ludendorff
Aubrey Williams
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