Don't Break Up Winning Team Editorial
In 1931 Connie Mack broke up a pennant winner and the piece argues against breaking up Hagerstown’s postwar winning city government. It boosts Mayor Aubrey Kemp and Council for tax cuts, debt reduction, higher bond ratings, wage increases, and a growing surplus. It notes airport, dam, street and water improvements, plus new playgrounds as proof the current team remains strong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connie Mack
Philadelphia Athletics
Hagerstown
Richard H. Sweeney
Webster
Claude Potterfield
Board of Street Commissioners
Earl Wolfe
Frank Elliott
Aubrey Kemp
Elmer Hoover Wounded in Action in European Theater
Elmer Hoover 2/c USN was wounded March 10 in Europe. Parents Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Hoover of 911 Corbett Street report he sustained wounds in both legs one arm hands and head and is hospitalized in France. Hoover, 28, attended Hagerstown High and worked in Cleveland before enlisting in November 1942. he has been overseas for 13 months.
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Elmer Hoover
MOMM
USN
Navy Department
B. F. Hoover
Corbett Street
Hoover
France
Hagerstown High
Cleveland
Ohio
Bast and Sons Acquire Hancock Funeral Home
The funeral director business of the late Theodore P. Jenkins in Hancock has been privately sold to William F. Bast and Sons of Boonsboro at an undisclosed price. The Jenkins family had run the business for about 100 years across three generations. Berlin hit from Italy as U S forces conduct long escorted mission over Europe with bomb fragments falling on the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore P. Jenkins
Hancock
William F. Bast and Sons, Funeral Directors
Boonsboro
Jenkins
Russians Drive On Berlin
German broadcasts report Marshal Zhukov massed six infantry divisions and heavy armor in a decisive push from Oder bridgeheads toward Berlin. Russians reached Kiessin and Galzow within 31 miles of Berlin, while German defenses claimed to still hold some parts of the old city.
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London
Gregory Zhukov
Oder
Berlin
Reich
Zhukov
Kuestrin
Old City
Warthe River
Kues
Missing Soldier Sgt Don Murray From Williamsport
Sgt Donald C Murray 25 son of Mrs Francis Freeman and husband of Mrs Mary Murray 743 Spruce St this city has been missing in action in Germany since March 7 according to War department word today He a Williamsport High School 1937 graduate was Silco store manager Chestertown Md before enlisting Over overseas since last August A brother Sgt Kenneth M Murray is stationed in Nebraska
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Donald C. Murray
Francis Freeman
Mary Murray
Spruce Street
Germany
War Department
Sgt
Murray
Williamsport High School
Silco
Chestertown
Kenneth M. Murray
Nebraska
Ivan Holland Wins Third Cluster To His Air Medal
S/Sgt. Ivan J. Holland of Williamsport, tail gunner on the B 17 Blythe Spirit, receives the third Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal from an Eighth Air Force base in England. He is married to Fay Holland and previously worked as a ball player before joining the Army Air Forces in February 1943. The citation commends meritorious achievement during heavy bombardment missions over Continental Europe and notes his courage coolness and skill.
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Ivan J. Holland
Iva J. Holland
Williamsport
Daily Mail
Eighth Air Force
England
Holland
Fay
Army Air Forces
Europe
United States
Soldier’s lost billfold found by county farmers in 1943
Walter W. Dasher of York Pennsylvania misplaced his billfold during field maneuvers in October 1943 containing 53.17 dollars, papers, keys and photos. Bearded Church area couple Wilbur and wife found it on their Beard’s Church farm, later deciphered Dasher’s details, wrote to his mother, and Dasher returned on furlough to reclaim the wallet.
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Walter W. Dasher
York
Walter
Beard’s Church
Wilbur Ridenour
Dasher
Wild Geese Seen Signal Spring in Maugansville
In Maugansville a resident reported seeing a flock of wild geese forming a half circle with two small V formations flying north, marking the latest sign of spring. Delays at Grand Island Independents press disrupted deliveries as a subscriber asked an operator to read the paper aloud.
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Grand Island, Neb
Grand Island Independent
Maugansville
Lane Warns Republicans Seeking More Power By Control Of City
William Preston Lane Jr told a Hagerstown radio audience that voters should recall how Republicans eight years ago fired City Board of Street Commissioners and forced records into court. He warned that John Dunn, then active in that move, now runs for mayor, alleging charter violations and attempts to seize board control.
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Lane
Hagerstown
William Preston Lane, Jr
Richard H. Sweeney
Democratic Central Committee
John Punn
Board of
Street Commisssioners
Dunn
Perry Prather
Tlane
John Dunn
German Army Expected to Disintegrate Soon
Washington reports indicate top officials believe the German army will begin to break apart in the near future as Allied pressure intensifies. There is no solid expectation of surrender, and any political upheaval remains uncertain under the Nazis' continuing grip.
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Washington
Germany
Realty Market Here Remains At High Peak
The local real estate market enjoyed another banner week with total sales around 150000 dollars. Transactions include Amos M Horst and wife to Lawrence Martin on 138 acres along Cearfoss Pike for 14000 dollars and Elias F Sprecher and wife to Francis H Urner on 534 acres with improvements on the west side of South Cleveland Avenue for 5000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos M. Horst
Lawrence
Martin
Cearfoss Pike
Hubert L. Sauders
Harry C. Edward
Smoketown
Elias FE. Sprecher
Francis H. Urner
Cleveland Avenue
William E. Kline
George W. Socks
Chewsville
Harry N. Smalts
Hubert JT. Souders
Halfway
Ethel May Finn
Kieffer R. Spessard
Booster Pump In Operation At Hagerstown Station
Hagerstown's water booster station at Halfway started operation with a 90-minute test. The booster exceeded expectations by delivering 10,500,000 gallons per 34 hours, 500,000 more than projected, as City Engineer Charles W. Stump and the Board of Water Commissioners observed.
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Hagerstown
Charles W. Stump
Board of Water Commissioners
Potomac
Supreme Allied Leaders Visit Patton's Headquarters in Germany
General Dwight D. Eisenhower and General George S. Patton are pictured entering Patton’s German headquarters amid Allied offensives aimed to end the war in the spring. Signal Corps caption notes the moment occurred days before the escalation.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
George Tt. Patton
L. 8
Third Army
Germany
WV. S. Signal Corps Telephone.,Internationaly
Week Remains To Renew Licenses Board Reminds
The Board of License Commissioners announced renewal applications for alcoholic beverage licenses must be filed by March 31. Applications postmarked after April 1 are treated as new, incurring ad lists, and protest petitions must be filed by April 3.
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Boad
Massive Allied Bombers Roar Across German Plain
Massive fleets of bombers attack towns and villages on the Great German Plain while advancing forces press toward targets and report invasion progress. Operations unfold as plans proceed with air and ground units coordinating on the front.
Allied assault forces cross lower Rhine into Wesel and Rees
American and British troops breach the Rhine on a broad front advancing into Wesel and Rees while thousands of airborne forces land on the German plain above the Ruhr. Montgomery reports capture of a Wesel commander as 20 000 to 30 000 paratroops drop behind enemy lines. Churchill at Montgomery’s HQ says victory near as the offensive proceeds.
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Lower Rhine
Rees and
Wesel
Paris
Rees
Ruhr
Montgomery
211St
1St Army
Remagen
Great Industrial Basin
George S. Patton
8Rd Army
Upper Rhine
Oder
Berlin
U. S
Rahr
Deutsch
Zanten
Beslich
Lewis H. Brereton
1St Airborne Army
Eurt
Rhine
Winston Churchill
Weather Finally Turns On Hitler
London reports that in a major Allied offensive the weather turned against Hitler as bright sunshine favored Allied forces crossing the Rhine into the Ruhr plain. Previously, German plans relied on bad weather to hinder Allied operations.
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Weather
Hitler
London
Rhine
Ruhr
Biggest Armada Aiding Invasion
London reports a record aerial armada of 3 500 Allied warplanes crossing the English Channel to support the Rhine invasion. The dawn assault over northwest Germany and the Javhy valley bombardment are described as among the war's most awe inspiring operations, with hundreds of bombers fighters and gliders involved.
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London
English Channel
Germany
Rhine
Javhy
Local Gunner On First Ship Over Target In First Superfort Raid
Local air corps veteran recounts the first Superfort raid over Japan and Manchuria. He notes leading ships, raids over Palembang Sumatra and Yawalia, and the 21st Bomber Command’s early missions from India bases. He recalls searchlights, flak, and the shift to daylight raids after Ya watts.
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James QO. Bush
India
States
Japan
Omura
Sasebo
Ski
Yawatta
Singapore
Bangkok
Taingoon
Palembang
Saigon
Mukden
Anshan
Nanking
Shanghai
SeSet
Hues O
Yash
Air Corps
Remy
James J. Mush
East
Washington Street
Lehalking
Manchuria
Indo- China
Thailand
Sumatra
OTC
21Th
Yawalia
Dung
Ea. O
Germany vows to keep fighting despite conditions
London reports a German broadcast stating the high command will continue the battle under any conditions. A Nazi spokesman said new fronts are forming in the east and west and that all means are being used to inflict maximum losses on the advancing enemy. The commander emphasized time is crucial as Germany seeks to deploy more troops and materiel to delay a decision.
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London
PA Gereman
Germany
Mercury Falls Nighttime To Near Freezing
A local observer reports the temperature dipping to 35 degrees after a daytime high around 72. The expert notes springlike conditions are unusual but not dangerous if no frost occurs.
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Ysyilie
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Wm. F. Bast and Sons Acquire Funeral Home
Italy
Rome
Danzig
Gdynia
Don Murray
Ivan Holland
Democratic Committee
Hopoff
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