Nazi Pict To Kill Eisenhower Plot Revealed
Paris dispatch reports a high level Nazi plot to assassinate General Eisenhower. Lt. Col. Otto Skorzeny led a raiding team that freed Mussolini in 1943 and was captured in the Arl valley. Allies traced Himmler and others, with a war crimes decision expected May 31.
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Paris
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Otto Skorzeny
Eisenhower
Western Front
Ardennes
Norway
Bavarian Alps
War Crimes Commission
Skorzeny
Benito Mussolini
Aled
Italy
U. Ss. 3Rd Division
Arl
Himmler
Henry Standish
London News Chronicle
Lueneberg
2Nd Army
London Daily Man
Pierre Laval
Spain
France
Kitzbuhel
Austria
42Nd
U.S. Seventh Army
Arthur Greiser
Pospan
Poland
Heinz Reinefarth
Kuestrin
Krimml
Albert von Ibne
Adolf Hitler
Farm and Industry Conference May 28 at Hotel Alexander
Farmers and businessmen will meet to discuss postwar challenges at a one day Farm and Industry Conference on Monday May 28 at the Hotel Alexander. The event is part of a nationwide effort by the National Manufacturers Association Committee of Cooperation with Agriculture with local farm and business groups co sponsoring including University of Maryland College of Agriculture and Maryland Farm Bureau.
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Hotel Alexander
Committee of Cooperation With Agriculture
National Manufacturers Association
University of Maryland College of Agriculture
Maryland State Grange
Maryland Farm Bureau, Inc
The
National Association of Manufacturers
Hagerstown Chamber of Commerce
Stores Weigh Half Day Closing For Wednesdays
Hagerstown retailers mull closing stores Wednesday afternoons year round. A poll result will be announced at next Friday’s monthly meeting at the Crystal Room, Hotel Hamilton. Paul D. Horst says J B Ferguson will discuss postwar employment in Hagerstown. James Dunn will report on Seventh War Loan Drive cooperation. John Dunn chairs the bonds drive committee. F G Bryan to chair in President Warne’s absence. A picnic committee report also due.
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Hagerstown
Deport Kuhn Ordered as Undesirable Alien
May 18 report says Fritz Kuhn former German American band leader is ordered deported to Germany as an undesirable alien, announced by the Justice Department.
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Kuhn
Washington
Fritz Kuhn
Germany
Justice Department
Robins Record Longevity Cited In Roswell
G B Moritzky claims a robin in Roswell has returned for the 27th spring in a row since first seen in 1918. He notes the bird has never raised a mate or built a nest, calling it possibly a bachelor.
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Roswell
N. M
G. B. Moritzky
Moritzky
Ration Board Orders Registration to Cut Meat Slaughter
Farmers and non federally inspected slaughterers must register with the Ration Board to obtain a permit to kill meat for sale or transfer. A statewide check by the Office of Price Administration will confirm registrations within a week. Meat quotas for 1945 drop sharply from 1944 levels, with penalties including criminal prosecution and treble damages for noncompliance.
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Ration Board
Office of Price Administration
OPA
War Food Administration
WFA
William H. Davis
Economic Stabilization Director
Ration Office
Price Panel to hear CPA ceiling price violations
Three cases involving used car sales allegedly violating CPA price ceilings will be heard by the Price Panel of the Washington County ration board this afternoon.
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CPA
Washington County Ration Board
One At A Time Blood Donation Attempt in Jamestown
Norman Robinson sought permission from blood bank authorities to donate a pint from each arm at once. When refused, he still donated his 23rd single pint, continuing the blood drive in Jamestown New York on May 18.
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Jamestown
N. Y
Norman Robinson
Blood Bank
Groundhog Killed After Biting Pony on Farm
William Hurd of Williamsport rode a pony along the Williamsport pike when it shied in tall grass. The groundhog bit the pony’s leg and was killed by the pony when it delivered a fatal stomp. The incident tied the animal’s audacious bite to a tragic end.
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William Hurd
Williamsport
Williamsport Pike
Hurd
Big Warehouse Fire Destroys Mercersburg Grain Elevator
A three story Sunshine Feed Store grain elevator in Mercersburg burned yesterday evening with contents valued at five to six thousand dollars. Lightning sparked the blaze around 6 15 p m as smoke rose from the roof. The building owned by J I Triplett heirs of Woodstock Va is on Crego street near the Pennsylvania railroad. Firemen from Mercersburg and Greencastle contained the flames to the warehouse. adjacent fireproof structures were spared. Earl Miller, manager, cited grain losses including corn wheat barley and feed.
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Sunshine Feed Store
Mercersburg
Fort Wayne
Ind
J. I. Triplett Heirs
Woodstock
Crego Street
Pennsylvania, Railroad
Earl Miller
Greencastle
Many Arrested On Indictments
The sheriff reports indictments from the May 1 grand jury with numerous arrests for larceny breaking and entering embezzlement robbery and armed robbery. Names include Glenn Austin Green Edward Johnson David Em bly George Pilgrim Charles Arenz Morris Frack Arenz Frack William Pierce Joseph Martinal Robert W. Poet Max Turner Herbert Clark William P. Jacobs Carl Guessford Howard W. Rubeck John G. Terry Hubert Smyre Gerald Smyre Jack T. Green Clarence A. Bowen Roy C. Walker Norman Adams Charles Watts. May term criminal court opens next Thursday morning.
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Sheriff’s Office
Glenn Austin Green
Edward Johnson
David Embly
George Pilgrim
Charles Arenz
Morris Frack
Arenz Frack
William Pierce
Joseph Martinal
Robert W. Poet
Max Turner
Herbert Clark
Wiliam P. Jacobs
Carl Guessford
Howard W. Rubeck
John G. Terry
Hubert A. Smyre
Gerald Smyre
Jack T. Green
Clarence A. Bowen
Roy C. Walker
Norman Adams
Charles Watts
Inductees to Depart Here May 2 for Armed Forces
Letters were sent to two groups of draftees who will leave here May 2 for induction into the armed forces. They come from Boards 1 and 2 after passing pre induction physicals weeks ago.
Army airman aided bombing of Czech underground depot
Sgt. James L. Ramey a former Fairchild worker and ball turret gunner in the Eighth Air Force participated in the final European bombing days targeting an underground oil storage dump at Roudnice Czechoslovakia according to a Daily Mail dispatch He is the son of Mr and Mrs James H Ramey near Martinsburg
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James L. Ramey
Fairchild
Eighth Air Force
Europe
Roudnice
Czechoslovaki
Daily Mail
James H. Ramey
Martinsburg
Franklin carrier brought back from grave's edge
The U S aircraft carrier Franklin survived one of the war’s severest ordeals and is home at the Brooklyn Navy Yard under repair. With 341 dead, 21 missing, and over 200 wounded from two direct bomb hits, the Essex class ship narrowly escaped sinking and will resume duty against Japan.
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U. S
Franklin
Grave's Edge
Pope Haley Washington
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Japan
Chance
Gas plate topples as man aided by firemen
Manuel Martinez was struck by a falling gas hot plate in his Denver kitchen causing a bright sunset glare and a mistaken explosion impression. Five fire companies and two police squads assisted in stabilizing the stove and helping him.
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Denver
Manuel Martinez
Martinez
Hail Struck Orchard Belt in Franklin County
A hail storm in Air Hill Franklin County devastated a two to four mile wide strip of orchard and farm land Tuesday night. Arthur Smith’s peach orchard, normally 4000 bushels, lost about 75 percent of its crop with twig and limb cuts from a quarter to an inch. Elmer Hock near the Smith farm lost his tomato crop and several house widow panes were broken.
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Air Hill
Franklin County
Arthur Smith
Elmer Hock
Smith
Hints Russia May Send Japs Ultimatum
Paris radio quoted British diplomatic circles saying Russia could join the war by addressing an ultimatum to Japan demanding acceptance of total surrender terms and abandonment of continental conquests. The broadcast was recorded by CBS.
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New York
Paris
Russia
Japan
CBS
Coroner rules drowning in kitchen sink accidental
In Corinth Mississippi Otis Pike aged 62 died in his home after turning on water he slumped over the sink blocking the drain, a coroner's verdict found accidental drowning. Coroner Frederick G. Eaton announced the finding today.
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Corinth
Otis Pike
Frederick G. Eaton
Pike
Local RAF Gunner Freed After Months as Prisoner
S/Sgt. Joni, a B-17 turret gunner from Hagerstown High, reports being freed by British troops after months as a prisoner since June last year. He describes marching 85 days to reach the British, then being in Canadian Army custody and well treated, with plans to return home via Brussels France England. He previously worked for North American Cement and married to Gladys Jones of Mitchell Avenue.
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Blanche Jones
North Prospect Street
Joni
Vienna
Jones
Brussels
France
U. S
England
Air Corps
North American Cement Corp
Hagerstown High
Gladys
Mitchell Avenue
Japanese Cruiser Sunk by British Forces Near Penang
British ships and aircraft sank two Japanese cruisers of the 10,000 ton Nazi class on May 16, fifty miles west-southwest of Penang on the Malay peninsula. Carriers spotted the ships in the North Malacca Strait, leading to their destruction, the Admiralty announced.
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London
Penang
Malay Peninsula
Admiralty
Malacca Strait
Divorce Suit Filed by Kenneth Gearhart for Peggy Gearhart
Kenneth E. Gearhart filed a divorce suit today through Samuel C. Strite. It is the nineteenth suit filed so far this morning.
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Kenneth E. Gearhart
Attornee
Samuel C. Strite
Peggy J. Gearhart
Budding Juvenile Con Man Uses Tears for Cash
A nine year old boy in a local tale feigns distress to solicit donations for theater tickets. An observing couple helps, then follows as the lad pockets contributions and attempts another grab at cash, running through East Antietam and West Washington streets toward town.
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East Antietam Street
South Potomac Street
West Washington Street
Jonathan
Assault On Okinawa Near Decision In Battle For Naha
Guam May 18 The Okinawa campaign enters a decisive phase as the 6th Marine Division pushes to widen a bridgehead in Naha while three divisions close in on Shuri from three sides. About 34,000 Japanese and Okinawa home guard survivors defend a garrison of 80,000 plus. Tenth Army maintains pressure against a Japanese line as Marine and Army units hold the western and eastern fronts, risking greater exposure to air attacks.
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Guam
Okinawa
6Th Marine
Naha
Shari
Tenth Army
Siegfried Line
Marine 3Rd Amphibious Corps
24Th Army Corps
Tokyo Brands Talk Of Peace Propaganda
In San Francisco May 18 radio commentator Tohiro Baba declared Japan was on completely friendly terms with the Soviet Union and on an all out fighting basis with the Anglo Americans after severing diplomatic ties with Germany. He branded peace negotiations as propaganda and spoke before the FCC.
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San Francisco
Germany
Tohiro Baba
Japan
Soviet Union
FCC
Bond Sales Lag in Seventh War Loan Drive
General Chairman John D. Hollyday warns bond totals in the county run far below targets. He reports about a half million in sales, roughly one sixth of the goal, urging sharper daily totals as the campaign nears its close. A new slogan, Bonds for Mercy, is introduced for the drive.
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John D. Hollyday
Hollyday
Ted R. Gamble
Treasury
Potomac River Rises 5.4 Feet After Western Maryland Downpour
Heavy rains across Western Maryland pushed the Potomac upstream to 5.4 feet above normal, climbing two feet overnight. Edgemont, Williamsport, and Hagerstown stations logged 1.80, 1.22, and 1.12 inches of rain respectively, while Keedysville recorded 0.84 inch. May rainfall to date reached 2.33 inches, below the 3.05 inch May average. Flooding in Hagerstown overflowed curbs and strained storm drains.
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Maryland
Potomac
Nomal
U. S. Weather Bureau
Williamsport
Edgemont Reservoir
Hagerstown
West End Reservoir
J. A. Miller
Keedysville
Superforts Knock Out Major Japanese Oil Storage Areas
On May 10 a force of over 400 B-29s raided southeastern Honshu destroying 12 oil tanks and wrecking 85 percent of the Tokuyama naval fuel station area. Reconnaissance photos show the joint army and navy fuel complexes were left devastated as the raid targeted Japan's vital gasoline and oil reserves.
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Guam
Japan
Army
Navy
Honshu
Tokuyama Naval Fuel Station
Tokuyama
Woman Is Mauled by Nine Pit Bulls in Miami
In Miami, nine bull pit terriers will be executed in a gas chamber after they mauled 43-year-old Delietta Zinke to death. The owner, Joe Munn of Hialeah, faces potential manslaughter charges as investigators probe how the dogs were allowed to roam. FBI and local authorities pursue various leads in this unprecedented case.
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Miami
Fla
Justice of the Peace
Henry L. Oppenhorn
Joe Munn
Hialeak
Munn
Deretta Zinke
Albert Lemoine
Hialeah
Zinke
Miami Springs
R. M. Zinke
Mitchell Field
S. 1
FBI
Two Towns To Vote On Consolidation
HARPERS FERRY W Va May 18 Proposal for consolidation of the towns Harpers Ferry and Beallsville will be voted upon at the June 5 town election alongside candidates for mayor recorder and five council seats Combined, the towns would have about 1500 residents Two towns seek merger to form a single municipal unit.
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Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Tokyo Says Fleet Steamed From Marianas Sunday
Tokyo reports a powerful Allied fleet left the Marianas last Sunday or Monday and is en route toward Okinawa. The home broadcast warns of potential homeland attacks and notes U S carrier losses while urging more planes and heightened vigilance. Ichiro Tokue tomi calls Okinawa pivotal to Japan’s fate and survival.
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San Francisco
Ma Rianas
Radio Tokyo
Shuri
Okinawa
Federal Communications Commission
Domei
DT. S
Japan
Ichiro
Soho)Tokuetomi
British Cruiser Cut In Half
The British cruiser HMS Curacao was cut in half by the ocean liner Queen Mary while fleeing a German submarine and sank off the Irish coast on October 1, 1942, with 338 officers and men killed. Survivors including Captain John W. Blackwood were rescued near Glasgow. the Queen Mary, carrying 15,000 American troops, escaped unharmed after minor bow damage and returned to New York. The Admiralty also disclosed the loss of 10 destroyers, eight submarines, and many smaller craft.
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London
Atlantic
Admiralty
John W. Blackwood
Glasgow
Cunard
United States
Scotland
Foreland County
Donegal
Clyde
New York
Accused Slayer To Be Arraigned
Earl Watkins, 19, indicted by the May Grand Jury for the murder of William Johnson, 15, at the Penal Farm last Friday evening, will be arraigned before Judge Joseph D Mish in the circuit court at 10 o clock tomorrow morning. He will be brought from the Farm and counsel will be assigned if requested. He has been in solitary confinement since the stabbing and confessed detailing plans to kill two other inmates if he escaped.
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Earl Watkins
Penal Farm
Wiliam Johnson
Joseph D. Mish
Etrencht Court
Mora
Watkins
Johnson
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Gestapo Hatchetman
Sunshine Feed
RAF
Martin Jones
Talk of
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Calif
Pacific Electric
Los Angeles
Santa Ana
Marianas
Curacao
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