Rampaging Russians advance toward Prague in new push
Soviet forces under Marshal Ivan Konev drive west and southwest from northeastern Bohemia and southeastern Germany on an 80 mile front. They threaten Neisse Leobschuetz Ziegenhais Frankenstein and Ratibor, have captured Neustadt, and claim to have killed or captured 45000 German troops. Germans pull back toward Moravia as Meantime operations continue near Oppeln Breslau.
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Moscow
Bohemian Mountains
Prague
Ivan
Kenev
Ukraine
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Neisse
Leobschuetz
Ziegenhais
Frankenstein
Ratibor
Neustadt
Upper Silesia
Steph
Ansdorf
Konev
Oppeln
Breslau
Red Army
Muensterberg
Zilna
Matzkierch
Moravia
Virginia Avenue Surveyed for Postwar Upgrades
State Roads Commission inspectors survey Virginia avenue from Park Circle to Halfway as plans outline widening by about thirty feet to a three lane highway toward Williamsport and an underpass to replace the N and W crossing in the 700 block. Rebuilding of the Williamsport pike is approved as a postwar project.
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State Roads Commission
Virginia Avenue
Park Circle
Williamsport
Williamsport Pike
German Storehouses, Bulging With Food, Captured By Yanks
Patton's 3rd Army seized Windsheim storehouses bulging with rations and goods. Inventory shows 114000 pounds of oat meal 5909 pounds of canned sausage 10060 pounds of noodles 9000 pounds of canned cheese 5000 pounds of canned soups and 5000 pounds of canned beef. Nearby near Wilflich hundreds of blankets and 1200 pairs of shoes were found.
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Germany
George S. Patton
Saarland
France
Windsheim
Bingen
Wilflich
Prisoner given term for fatal hotfoot at Navy Yard
Rufus Bisserup, 38, a Navy Yard welder, received a five month prison sentence after pleading guilty to manslaughter on a government reservation. He allegedly placed a hotfoot under Naren Jackson, 38, who burned after being startled while asleep at the Navy yard foundry and died weeks later.
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Philadelphia
Navy Yard
Rufus Bisserup
Naren Jackson
Jackson
Tisserup
Newsmen Roast FDR at White House Correspondents Dinner
White House correspondents teased President Roosevelt at the 22nd annual White House Correspondents Association dinner. Joe Fox, new president, opened with a quip about change while Bob Trout recalled the Lincoln room fireside chat with a joke about Lincoln and a winter President. The event featured light satire and Roosevelt’s amused response.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Trout
Lincoln
George C. Marshall
Opposition To Extending Draft Law Dissolves
Washington March 23 The House passed unanimously and sent to the Senate legislation extending the draft law for one year beyond May 15 1945 The measure was approved with no record vote and would extend the 1940 Selective Service Act until May 15 1946 or until the war ends If war lasts beyond May 15 1946 another extension would require congressional action The story notes a shift in opinion toward extending the draft amid projected inductions of about 495000 through July 1 with a forecast 31 percent decline thereafter to about 93000 monthly and mentions testimony defending the training system Continued on Page 2.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Arty
One Negro To Hang Other Brother Gets Life In Fatal Shooting
In Salisbury Maryland on March 25 a three judge Wicomico circuit court sentenced Weldon Jones Jr. eighteen from Chance to hang and his brother Holbrook fifteen to life for the January 12 fatal shooting of I Raynor Graham a 39 year old seafood packer from Deal Island The brothers were found guilty of murder in the shooting at Graham's Deal Island home.
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Salisbury
Wicomico County
Weldon Jones, Jr
Chance
Holbrook
I. Raynor Graham
Deal Island Seafood Packer
Local Pastor's Son Named Military Governor on Philippine Isle
Major Francis R. Rice, son of Rev. W. J. Dice, pastor of St. Paul's Evangelical church in this city, has been named military governor of a recently captured Philippine island. He commands an Infantry Battalion and is in charge of all military and Filipino guerrilla forces on the island after Leyte invasion.
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Francis R. Rice
W. J. Dice
St. Paul's Evangelical Church
Philippine Islands
Dice
Leyte
Brothers Find Each Other In Cemetery In Utah
Two Marine brothers, Grant and Karl Winegar, separated for 20 months and serving in the western Pacific, searched a Bountiful cemetery for grave markers. Each feared the other had fallen, and they unexpectedly met among the headstones. The touching reunion ended their long separation.
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Bountiful
Utah
Western Pacific
Grant
Karl Winegar
New City Bus Routes Planned By Mayor Sweeney
Mayor Richard H. Sweeney announced with Councilmen Wolf and Elliott that Potomac Edison has assured two new city bus routes will be established soon. The routes will serve the municipal light plant and Pangborn Boulevard, providing transport to densely populated areas after multiple discussions with Edison officials.
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Richard H. Sweeney
Wolf and
Elliott
Potomac Edison Company
Pangborn Boulevard
Sweeney
Potomac Edison
First Issue Of Hancock Service Paper Appears
The Hancock Fire company publishes You Name It a four page monthly paper for Hancock district servicemen. Miss Emily Mason edits and citizens and servicemen may suggest a name. Free distribution reaches about 350 servicemen.
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Hancock Service
The
Hancock Fire Company
Hancock District
Emily Mason
Hancock
Fire Company
Speed Removal of W M Snow Fences Across Western Maryland
Road crews in the Sixth District are removing snow fences across Western Maryland this week. They aim to finish by next week as farmers seek access to fields. Work began Monday in Washington and three other counties, with most fences on farm land.
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Maryland
Washington
Lane on Radio Tonight Promotes City Campaign
W. Preston Lane Jr will discuss key city and county issues on WdIEJ at 6:15 PM. He then presides at the Democratic rally at the Price Building. Harold F. Bester reports a hotline at headquarters and transportation help by calling 2409 for next Tuesday’s polls.
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Hagerstown
Washington County
William Preston Lane Jr
Wdiej
Lane
Aerial Armadas Smash At Ruhr
London reports a large Allied air assault on the Ruhr for the third day. 1,250 American heavy bombers and 350 fighters joined 11 railyards attacked while British Lancasters hit a Bremen rail bridge with 11 ton bombs. Berlin says new waves of bombers and Mosquitos struck in succession, as smoke hung over the Ruhr.
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London
Ruhr
Rhine
Bremen
Italy
Germany
Berlin
JSAF
Ihine
Reich
Boston Detective Trickster Case Diverts to Jail
In Gaston, a small felon was arrested for larceny after peddling wooden paddles with painted stars that allegedly could appear and disappear when flipped. He offered the device for a dollar and demonstrated the trick to officers, prompting a wary remark about being booked. A separate divorce suit was filed today by James H. Goff against Lucy M. Goff.
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Boston
Gaston Police Department
James H. Gof
M. T
Ingram
Lucy M. Goff
No Wonder Japs Are Perplexed
San Francisco report notes broadcasts claim Japan plans an offensive toward recapturing Iwo Jima Siapan and Guadalcanal while Allied carrier planes allegedly inflict only slight damage on the fleet. The piece references Premier Koiso and continued war news as reported by intercepted broadcasts.
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San Francisco
Japan
Federal Communications Commission
Iwo Jima
Siapan
Guadalcanal
Kuniaki Koiso
Mateo A. Mitscher
Winter’s Ghost Is Shortlived In Western Maryland
A winter ghost passed quickly through Garrett county with five inches of snow and showers yesterday, but mild temperatures returned this morning. Fruit blossoms reportedly escaped damage as frost did not materialize and winds kept temperatures up. Farmers, delayed by farm sales, are expected to start spring prep on Monday as ground remains moist from recent showers.
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Maryland
Garrett County
Weather Bureau
Jare
Fo Rel
Thieves Break In At Seven-top Settling Works
Thieves worked at the rear of 43 East Baltimore street last night breaking in part way and stealing some tools from the Seven-top Settling Works. They also broke into Robert Evans parked car on Hamilton boulevard but took nothing.
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East
Baltimore Street
Robert Evans
Hamilton Boulevard
Bombing Blitz Clears Path for Rhine Crossing
London dispatch reports nonstop Allied air raids on Germany at about 274 tons per hour, part of a three week aerial campaign. More than twice the wartime tonnage since the war began has pounded the Ruhr and Rhine regions, isolating industry and transport as Eisenhower signals a forthcoming ground offensive.
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London
Germany
Reich
England
Berlin
Eisenhower
Ruhr
Rhine
Yanks seize Guimaras island amid Philippine invasion push
Manila report says Maj. Gen. Rapp Brush's 40th Division invaded Panay on Sunday, then captured Hotlo and an airfield before driving across the strait to seize 25 mile long Guimaras. The 27th island assault in the Philippines place heavy bombers on Cebu and shipping lanes guarded by naval patrols.
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Manila
Guimaras
Hailo
Panay
Cebu
Rapp Brush
Hotlo
Hait
Philippines
Kvile
Cebu City
Midway
Tle Cebu
China Sea
Jolson Hopes to Wed 21 Year Old Galbraithe
Palm Springs California March 2 UP Al Jolson 56 hopes to wed 21 year old Eric Galbraithe of Lite Rock Arkansas. Jolson recovering from a serious illness plans to return to Hollywood this weekend and ask Miss Galbraithe who is under contract to a movie studio for a part in another film. Galbraithe met Jolson when she was an X ray technician in Corpus Christi. Jolson sang to her and she says she hopes for a good part in a future film. She and Jolson had been dating but their plans are indefinite. Jolson has been married and divorced three times. The order Anna Osborne Carron Ethel Delmar Ruby Keeler.
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Palm Springs
Calif
al Jolsean
Eric Galbraithe
Lite Rock
Ark
Hollywood
Miss Galbraithe
Jolson
Corpus Christi
Ivex
Picuires
Erie
Jamison
Anna Osborne Carron
Ethel Delmar
Ruby Keeler
War fronts shift as Montgomery eyes Rhine crossing
Paris reports a planned Rhine crossing from Duesseldorf to Arnhem with heavy bombardment and massed artillery. German targets were struck as Allied air and ground forces advance in Saarland and Palatinate, capturing Mainz and Landau while Neuwied falls as Front lines widen and patrols intensify along the Rhine.
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Berlin
Montgomery
Lower Rhine
Duesseldorf
Arnhem
Supreme Headquarters
Saarland
Palatinate
3Rd
Mainz
Hesse
Landau
Rhine
Neuwied
Coblenz
Bremen
Ruhr
Wesel
21St Army Group
Iwo Jima Receives Fresh Vegetables From Pacific Gardens
Watermelons melons radishes onions and tomatoes arrived on Iwo Jima from Foreign Economic Administration gardens on Tinian and Guam. Transport planes brought 1000 pounds from Guam yesterday and another 1000 pounds from Tinian today, the first fresh produce to reach the island.
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Guam
Marianas Islands
Iwo Jima
Foreign Economic Administration
Tinian
Non-Residents Must Pay Maryland Income Tax
Hundreds of war workers living in Pennsylvania and West Virginia are expected to owe Maryland state income tax for work done in Maryland. Section 229 of Article 81 taxes nonresidents on business, trade, profession, or occupation carried on in the state. Penalties apply for failure to file or pay.
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Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
Ex Soldier Dies In Chair For Slaying 16 Year Old Gil
Joseph T. MacAvoy, former Army sergeant from Brooklyn, was electrocuted at Nebraska penitentiary for the slaying of Anna Milroy, Sutton, Nebr. The 25 year old veteran, who observed his birthday days earlier, was the first execution in Nebraska since 1929 after a state district court jury sentenced him for first degree murder and the Nebraska Supreme Court affirmed. The execution followed two stays and a plea of insanity.
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Lincoln
Nebr
Joseph T. MacAvoy
Brooklyn
N. Y
Nebraska Penitentiary
MacAvoy
Nebraska
Cary
Nhon
Marvard
Anna Milroy
Sutton
Murger
Nebraska Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Pvt Fouche Wounded Then Back In Action In Germany
Pvt RW Fouche son of Mr and Mrs C My Fouche of 335 West Washington street was slightly wounded in Germany on February 14 and has returned to frontline duty. An Infantryman with the First Army he served overseas under Gen Hodees. His wife Mrs Evelyn Fouche resides at S20 n avenue Ist.
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RW. Fouche
C. My Fouche
West
Washington Street
Germany
Rgt
Fouche Sheen
Sincere Jah
Hodees
Evelyn Fouche
S20
N Avenue Ist
Underground Nazi factory seized near Koenigswinter
U S First Army across the Rhine reports capture of a massive underground Nazi factory carved from rock, housing 1,300 civilians and 400 slave laborers. Troops of the 75th Lightning Infantry Division led by Lt. Col. Richard W. Ixeyes found the facility after a civilian tipped them off, uncovering a camouflaged cave near Koenigswinter.
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Rhine
Koenigswinter
Tsth
Lightning
Richard W. Ixeyes
Houston
Texas
Bish WU
Dough Boys
Armpricans
Owo
Reich
Saferen
Gestapo
Private Thomas Kline Wounded in Germany on Patrol
A war casualty note reports Private Thomas Kline slightly wounded in action in Germany on Patrol 27, confirmed by ward records received by M38 Smiths. Mrs. Thomas K...
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Thomas Kline
Germany
Ward
Smiths
Thomas KK
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