Russia Invades Austria Threatens Vienna and Danzig Falls
Soviet forces drive into Burgenland and approach Vienna from Szombathely while encircling Danzig. Reports say the Third Ukrainian army occupies Austrian villages and reaches Papovar near Vienna as the German high command confirms Danzig’s fall to Soviet forces. Moscow hints Stalin will mark victory soon.
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London
Feodor Tolbukhbin
Vienna
Moscow
Graz
Austria
Slovenia
Croatia
Yugoslavia
Szombathely
Zagreb
Free Austrian Radio
Feodor I. Volbukhin
Burgenland
Papovar
Names Dropped From County Voting Records
With about half the county’s districts checked, the Board of Election Supervisors today announced removal of roughly 4 000 names from the permanent voting files for failing to vote in four calendar years. Cards will be sent to those affected. most removals are deceased or long‑moved residents. The board expects 5 000 to 19 000 removals this year and aims to keep files clean of dead wood while avoiding errors and protecting armed forces voters.
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Board of Election Supervisors
Board of Public Health
Will probate for Frank Lee Carl longtime Cumberland editor
The will of Frank Lee Carl who died March 20 was admitted to probate in orphans court yesterday. His widow is named chief beneficiary and his daughter Margaret Crane must preserve the library for a year before disposing of it with proceeds to his granddaughter. Carl, a Hanover native, was widely known in Washington County.
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Frank Lee Carl
Cumberland
Margaret Crane
Carl
Hancock
Washington County
Clock Stolen From North Foundry Street Home
Frank R. Swope reported a theft of an electric clock from his home on North Foundry Street, describing the clock to police after a theft believed to have occurred yesterday.
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Frank R. Swope
North Foundry Street
U. S. Seizure Of Coal Mines Now Held Possible
Washington dispatch reports soft coal wage talks collapsing and hints of government seizure of coal mines. Labor Secretary Perkins faces operator rejection of new working agreement, triggering a War Labor Board dispute step and potential retroactive wage adjustments.
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Washington
Perkins
Sgt James McGuffin Wins Bronze Star For Heroism
James E. McGuffin Sr of 513 West Franklin Street Hagerstown received the Bronze Star from Maj Gen Louis A Craig commander of the 3rd Infantry Division for meritorious service in operations against the enemy. He served since 1942 in Tunisia Sicily Normandy Cherbourg Northern France Belgium and Germany and also earned the Distinguished Unit Badge for extraordinary heroism during the Cherbourg offensive.
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James E. McGuffin
Franklin Street
Hagerstown
Louis A. Craig
3Th Infantry Division
Daily Mail
Germany
McGuffin
Tunisia
Sicily
Normandy
Cherbourg Peninsula
Cherbourg
France
Belgium
U S Abandons Its Laohokow Air Base
U S forces evacuated their Laohokow air base on March 26 200 miles northwest of Hankow in the face of a Japanese assault estimated at 80 000. U S 14th Air Force bombed a town five miles northeast yesterday suggesting the enemy may have reached Laohokow. The offensive could threaten Sian or Chungking if unchecked.
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Chungking
Laohokow
Hankow
U. S
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Sian
Shensi Province
Loohokow
ETO Casualty Pic: Earl Eichelberger reported missing
Infantryman Earl E. Eichelberger of Patch's 7th Army has been missing in Germany since March 14. The War Department notified his wife Mrs E E Eichelberger of Bay Street. A 23 year old two year Army veteran with 18 months in combat, he trained at Fort Bragg and worked for D A Stickell and Sons. He attended Hagerstown schools and is father to Phylis Ann, a year and a half old. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Eichelberger, live at 347 Antietam Street.
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Pic
Earl E. Eichelberger
Patch
7Th Army
Germany
E. E. Eichelberger
Bay Street
War Department
Eichelberger
Fort Bragg
N. C
D. A. Stickell and Sons
Hagerstown
Phylis Ann
John Eichelberger
Antietam Street
Voting Ratio Attack Seeks Equal U S Power in UN
Washington reports a secret three to three voting plan for a world peace keeping assembly. Chairman Bloom of the House Foreign Affairs Committee urged the United States to hold six votes, arguing the Yalta agreement would unfairly limit U S influence while Britain and allies would control six seats. He indicated the American delegation may sponsor a proposal for equal power if San Francisco adopts the three vote per nation framework. The White House disclosed Stalin asked for one vote for Moscow and one each for the Ukrainian and White Russian Republics, with Roosevelt and Churchill backing the plan only if the U S also receives three votes.
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Washington
Yalta
British Empire
United States
Russia
Bloom
D-Ny
House Foreign Affairs Committee
San Francisco
White House
Stalin
Moscow
Roosevelt
Churchill
Rommel Aide Hangs Self In Prison Camp
Lt Gen Karl Buelowins, 55, once with Rommel's Afrika Corps, hanged himself in a prisoner of war hospital at Camp Forrest Tennessee. He was captured near Bizerte in 1942 and later buried in a POW cemetery in the Tennessee mountains.
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Camp Forrest
Tenn
Karl Buelowins
von Rommel
Afrika
Bizerte
Tunisia
Buelowins
East Prussia
Tennessee Mountains
Today's Temperature May Set New March Heat Mark
Keedysville's weather observer notes potential March heat record if today matches yesterday's 39 degree range and climbs from a 46 degree low. A 95 degree high is possible with clear skies, while 91 was last March’s top in 1907. Dandelions bloom, mushrooms appear early, and March rainfall reaches 1.90 inches so far. Apple trees may blossom soon.
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Keedysville
J. A. Miller
Harry L. Henneberger
Summit Avenue
Lt Gimple Wins Bronze Medal for Meritorious Service
Lt Donald B. Gimple son of Mrs Belle Gimple Funkstown was cited for meritorious service in combat and awarded the Bronze Star Medal by Maj Gen Hugh J. Gaffey Fourth Armored Division. On November 29 1944 he led a patrol of 29 near Sarre Union France gathering vital data under heavy fire.
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Donald B. Gimple
Belle Gimple
Funkstown
25Th Cavalry
Hugh J. Gaffey
Fourth Armored Division
Daily Mail
Germany
Sarre - Union
France
Saar River
White Cabbage Butterflies Back Ahead Of Schedule
Mrs Summers reports white winged butterflies arriving two months early amid warm weather. The insects pollinate cabbage plants, lay eggs, and the early arrival could aid growers by delaying cabbage worm battles.
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John Summers
East Avenue
Farm Machinery Shortage Harsh in Washington County
Washington county reports a severe farm equipment shortage worse than a year ago when rationing by the AAA was in force. Demand focuses on tractors hay machinery and disc plows. Dealers warn of long waiting lists as supplies dwindle and labor shortages press industrial output. Farmers fear quitting as pressure mounts to obtain gear.
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Washington County
AAA
Agriculture Adjustment Agency
Electric irons to surge in second quarter output
The War Production Board estimated today that about 500000 electric irons will be produced in the second quarter of the year. This compares with 1944 production of 400000 irons.
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Washington
War Production Board
Chinese Turkish Officers Working Here Aid Relations
An officer from the Chinese Air Force Capt Chung Ling Hsu and a Turkish Air Force captain Capt Huseyin Yegin work at Fairchild Aircraft Division in Hagerstown to study American aircraft design and build international goodwill. Both praise American friendliness and the city, with Hsu noting his family is in occupied territory and out of contact for years.
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Chung Ling Hsu
Huseyin Yegin
Flont 13
Fairchild Aircraft Division
America
Hagerstown
Chinese Air Force
National Central University of Nanking
Taichow
Shanghai
Hsu
Jop
Caat
Two County Marines Killed on Iwo Jima
Two Washington County Marines died on Iwo Jima in action during the invasion. Cpl. John P. Garman, 21, of Security, assigned to Company E, Fourth Division, had served three years in the Marines and eighteen months overseas. He previously fought on Saipan and Tinian and was killed March 2, with Lt. Gen. A. Vandersgrift sending condolences to his father Peter Garman. surviving siblings live in Reading. Pfc. Harry W. Brown of Smithsburg is the other reported casualty.
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Washington County
Iwo Jima
Clifton B. Cates
Cpl
John P. Garman
Peter Garman
Marines
Co. E
Saipan
Tinian
Cpl. Garman
A. A. Vandersgrift
Irene
Anna
Reading
Pennsylvania
Harry W. Brown
Smiths
Disabled Veteran Sues for Divorce Over Disability Burden
Memphis March 20 A war veteran rated 70 percent disabled by the Army sues for divorce claiming his wife deserted him because she cannot bear the burden of his condition. Robert F Isom says Mrs Helen Galloway Tsom has returned to Tampa with no intention of living with him while he undergoes treatment at Kennedy General Hospital. He suffered wounds to chest back legs and abdomen and lost a right lung.
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Memphis
Robert F. Isom
Helen Galloway Tsom
Tampa
Fla
Army
Kennedy General Hospital
Tsom
First Army tanks seal Ruhr trap in rapid advance
Allied forces push into western Germany as First Army tanks breach toward Paderborn and Giessen. Nazi resistance collapses with tens of thousands surrendering. Frankfurt and Mannheim fall. Eisenhower warns Ruhr loss cripples German resistance. British and U S Armies drive toward Hamburg Bremen and Wilhelmshaven while encircling remaining pockets.
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Paris
First
Ruhr
Germany
Courtney H. Hodges
Paderborn
Berlin
3Rd
Frankfurt-am-Main
Mannheim
Hamburg
Bremen
Wilhelmshaven
Eisenhower
Europe
1St
21St
Third Army
Lauterbac
Herhbstein
Giessen
Leipzig
Czechoslovakia
First Army
Terror Campaign Used By Nazis To Stir Up Germans
Nazi leaders in London outlined a dual campaign to terrify Germans during perilous times. Propaganda warned of slavery if Allies win while threats of punishment aimed at those resisting or aiding Allies in occupied areas. Amid chaos and desertions, reports said preparations for a retreat to Bavarian Alps and some Nazis fleeing to Mainau island.
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London
Reich
Bavarian Alps
Mainau
Lake Constance
Condi
North Sea ports hit by large American air assault
More than 1,400 American heavy bombers and 900 fighters attacked Bremen Hamburg and Wilhelmshaven to cut seaborne supply lines to German forces in the north. Targets included submarine yards naval vessels oil depots and harbor installations. Concurrent raids by Italian bases hit Vienna area while Berlin faced Mosquito strikes for the 38th straight night. One escorting fighter was reported missing after yesterday’s Brunswick benzol plant attack.
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London
Sth
Germany
North Sea
Bremen
Hamburg
Wilhelmshaven
Reich
Vienna
Berlin
Brunswick
Air Ministry
Death of prominent Bethesda horseman by his own action
W Norman Clarke age 58 a well known Bethesda horseman was found dead in his car on a farm near Wensington Maryland. Montgomery County medical examiner Yr F J Broschart ruled death by own action stating a garden hose connected to the exhaust led into the car intake. Police reported the incident as a suicide.
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Bethesda
W. Norman Clarke
Wensington
F. J. Broschart
Montgomery County
Petain Trial Set In Absentia By French Court
New York dispatch reports Marshal Petain head of the Nazi puppet regime will be tried in absentia on April 24 before a special purge court in France. The Verdun hero of the last war faces charges stemming from his wartime leadership under the occupation.
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New York
Marshal Petain
France
FCC
Petain
Verdun
Germany
Kansas City High Students Plan Iwo Jima Memorial
Kansas City high school student council votes unanimously to erect a bronze statue modeled on Joe Rosenthal’s Iwo Jima flag raising photo. Board of education must approve. students plan fund-raising to cover about 65 000 dollars.
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Kansas City
Joe Rosenthal
Associated Press
Iwo Jima
Board of Education
Slayer Of Bride To Get Mental Exam
LITTLE ROCK ARK March 30 UPi James W Wall 24 year old taxi driver who confessed the slaying of his second wife and at least five other persons has been committed to the state hospital for a mental examination He was sent there on motion of an attorney appointed for him by the circuit court Hall has been charged formally with killing his 19 year old bride Faye Clemmons Hall In a police statement he said he killed five other identified persons while hitch hiking He said he killed 17 more who have not been identified by name O N Martin Little Rock Detective Chief cited Hall in his description of the killings
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Little Rock
Ark
Upi
James W. Wall
Circuit Court
Hall
Faye Clemmons Hall
O. N. Martin
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ETO Casualty
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India
New Zealand
South Africa
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Lt. Gimple
Sarre
Iwo
H. W. Brown
Smithsburg
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Main
21St Army Group
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