Flame-Throwing Tanks Succeed In Luzon Ridge Assault
Flame throwing tanks led Maj. Gen. William C. Chase's 35th Division in storming Woodpecker Ridge amid jungle cleared by fire. The assault, supported by field artillery and air units, left 330 Japanese dead and raised the division’s total to 16,354. Mindanao advances were reported alongside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Luzon Island
William C. Chase
Douglas MacArthur
Mindanao
Philippines
Malabasar
Bataan
Marikina River
Wawa Dam
Envelope Shortage Delays Allegany County Tax Bills
Allegany county faces delays in mailing 1945 tax bills as envelopes ordered six weeks ago have not arrived. The collector disclosed that about 22,000 bills are mailed, with a five percent discount for county taxes paid by June 30.
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Allegany County
Executive Board Of AFL To Meet In Cumberland
A two day meeting of the executive board of the Maryland State and District of Columbia Federation of Labor will begin tomorrow at the Fort Cumberland hotel in Cumberland. E. W. Butler a vice president from this city is a member and will attend the sessions replacing the annual convention.
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Maryland
Bond Sales Rise in County Totals Near Quota
John D. Hollyday reported May 19 that county bond sales reached 840,820 with two days remaining. Official E bond total stood at 404,053.50 as of May 19, and officials expect many more E bonds to be needed to hit the 1,350,000 quota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Hollyday
Hollyday
Deaths and Obituaries in Waynesboro Area
Obituary notices for John Baptist Rossi of Waynesboro who died at 5 a m aged 74 with funeral at St Andrews Church. Mrs Margaret Wyley of West Antietam Street dies at 79. Madelin Eloise Troxell 35 drowns in Antietam Creek Funkstown with services and burial planned. Surviving family members detailed.
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John Baptist Rossi
Waynesboro
Church Home
Viticuso
Italy
Dominic and
Filomena
Rinzi) Rossi
St. Andrews Catholic Church
Holy Name Society
Nicholas Torrime
Vincent Evers
Anthony
Haly
St. Andrews Church
Carl B. Brady
St. Andrews Cemetery
Philadelphia Avenue
Waynesooro
Margaret Wyley
J. Wryley
West Antietam Street
Mercersburg
John
Sylvia (Byers) Burrell
Pentecostal Church
Marishall
Eugene Stone
Hagerstown
Bertie Brandendorph
Clearspring
David Burrell
A.K. Coffman
Blair's Valley
Madelin Eloise Troxell
Funkstown
Antietam
Miss Troxell
Hagerstown Trust Company
Alice D. Troxell
Hugh Kirby Troxell
Joseph L. Troxell
Isabelle Statelmyer
Jane Stotelmyer
Jay Troxel
AK. Coffman Funeral Home
Raymond M. Miller
Rest Haven Cemetery
In memory of Ida Semler in memoriam poem
In memoriam of our mother Ida Semler who died May 25. Dear mother you are not forgotten though on earth you are no more. In memory you are with us as you always were before. Signed daughter Margaret Spessard and sons William and Charles Ady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida
Semler
Margaret Spessard
William and
Charles
Ady
Maj Edward J Byron Killed In Plane Crash In Italy
Major Edward J Byron Jr aged 25 died May 1 in Italy when the air liner he rode in encountered bad weather. He had flown 162 combat missions as a fighter bomber pilot for the U S Army Air Forces. Parents Mr and Mrs Edward J Byron of New York City and Dublin NH received War Department notice. He enlisted in 1941 and had just returned to Europe after a US leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. Byron, Jr
U. S. Army Air Forces
Italy
Edward J. Byron
East 79Th Street
New York City
Dublin
New Hampshire
War Department
Europe
United States
Byron
Army Air Corps
Sgt Morton Receives Bronze Star For Heroic Medical Duty
Sgt Earl Lee Morton, son of Mrs Bertha H Morton and former Smithsburg teacher, earned the Bronze Star with meritorious service in Gen Pattons Third Army. He led litter squads evacuating front line casualties under hazardous conditions in Belgium Luxembourg and Germany, aiding stanching injuries and saving many lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Lee Morton
Bertha. H. Morton
Smithsburg
Gen. Patton
Third Army
United States
Belgium
Luxembourg
Germany
Sgt
Morton
William A. Niddlemoser
Riddlemoser
Joe
Dr. Baer
Baltimore
France
Set. Morton
U.S. Senate
Balloons Carry Bombs From Japan Target U S Coast
Washington reports Japan is striking back with large unmanned paper balloons carrying bombs. They drift with no control toward North America and have caused no reported damage so far. Officials urge calm and precautions to save lives, noting fires could be set if bombs explode.
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Washington
Japan
United States
Army
Navy
North America
War Products Display Opens at Franklin Court Auditorium
A U S Rubber Company sponsored exhibition at Franklin Court auditorium showcases wartime rubber uses by the U S Army. The free display runs noon to 9 p m today through Thursday and features two large rafts for liferafts used in bombers and fighters, a rubber tank centerpiece, and the jungle hammock.
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U. S. Army
U. S. Rubber Company
Franklin Court Auditorium
Streamlined Baltimore Conference Meeting Scheduled
Westminster Md May 23 A four day meeting of the Baltimore Conference Methodist Church will be held at Western Maryland College from June 5 to 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster
Baltimore Conference
Methodist Church
Western Maryland College
Agreement On Trieste Near Final Settlement
In Trieste the dispute between Allied governments and Marshal Tito over occupation nears solution after tense exchanges. Sir Harold Alexander arrived, Freyberg hosted a dinner with Yugoslav officers, and Alexander inspected New Zealand troops. Patrols are fewer and armed Partisans less visible as a Rome radio note hinted a communiqué on a principle agreement.
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Trieste
Tito
Harold
Alexander
Adriatic
Bernard C. Freyberg
New Zealand Second Corps
Mediterranean
New Zealand
Rome
Aleander
Round and Square Dance at Span ish Danceland
Round and square dance sessions planned for Friday and Saturday night at the Old Mill Tavern at Span ish Danceland featuring the Penn Maryland String Band and a marquee act Your Old Friend Ross.
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Spanish Danceland
Old Mill Tavern
Penn-Maryland
Ross
Dempsey To Campaign For War Bonds On Speaking Tour
Commander Jack Dempsey, just back from Okinawa, will speak to American workers on how war bond funds are used to defeat Japan. The tour opens Friday in Chicago, with Gamble noting Dempsey's desire to urge extra bond buying. Individual bond sales reach 1,849,000,000 of which 1,246,000,000 is series B. E bonds are 11 percent of quota.
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Washington
Jack Dempsey
Okinawa
Japan
Ted. R. Gamble
Tti
Chicago
Dempsey
Coast Guard
Gamble
Martin Site Proposed for Baltimore Municipal Airport
The Glenn L. Martin Aircraft Company field at Middle River is under consideration for Baltimore’s proposed new municipal airport. City Aviation Commission chair Robert O. Bonnell disclosed the possibility at a Baltimore National Aeronautic Association meeting, with the association favoring Martin over the Friendship Church site in Anne Arundel County.
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Baltimore
Glenn L. Martin Aircraft Company
Middle River
Robert O. Bonnell
City Aviation Commission
National Aeronautic Association
Friendship Church
Anne Arundel County
War Hero Units Earn Citations in World War II
Cpl. William S. Mellott of Williamsport and Pfc. Roger A. Swope of Smithsburg serve in the Third Armored Division and 553rd Quartermaster Railhead Company, with the former earning the Presidential Unit Citation for actions August 26 to September 4, 1944 from the Seine to the Siegfried Line. The 553rd earned the Distinguished Unit Citation for June 6, 1944 at the Normandy invasion beaches, as eleven members previously received Purple Hearts. Also noted are tech sergeant Ernest T. Rouzee and staff sergeant William H. Morrow Jr. of Hagerstown, recent combat mission milestones with the 15th Air Force B-17 group, and the Second Bomb Group of World War I lineage.
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Cpl
William S. Mellott
Russell S. Mellott
Williamsport
Third Armored Division
Hid
Lune
Normandy
France
Germany
Seine
Siegfried Line
Roger A. Swope
Rt. 2
Smithsburg
Lenford Isaacs
Pampa
Texas
Hagerstown
Ernest T. Rouzee
Brown Avenue
William Hi. Morrow
Marbern Road
15Th Air Force
Moulon
U. S
Liberated Pfc Robert O Wallace of 3rd Army POW
V-Mail to his parents in McDowell avenue confirms Pfc Robert O Wallace 21 was freed from a German prison camp. He was captured November 19 1944 in France and later held at Stalag 2A. He wrote May 1 from France saying it was wonderful to be free. He did not mention when he would return home.
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Robert O. Wallace
V. O. Wallace
McDowell Avenue
3Rd Army
Pfc
Wallace
France
Stalag 2A
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Hotel Patterson Audubon
Terrace Restaurant
Hamilton Hotel
Martin Feed
Pennsylvania Avenue
North Jonethan St — Tal
Beck's Restaurant
Jonathan St
AFL
Memoriam
Potomie Sr
Kraiss Funeral Home
Edw
J. Byron
Matthew
Mark
Linke
Saum’s
Bell Cab, Inc
Stude
de Soto
Fleigh Motor Co
Oak Hill Avenue
War! Fonte and
War Products Display
Franklin Court
Goodyear Service
Balto
Locust Sis
A. J. Klinkhart
Consumers Credit Service
Consumers Credit Service, Inc
407
Public
Hagerstown Lumber Co
Frederick Street
Martin
Baltimore Airport
7-Up Bottling Company
Bakers Helpers
WMC
Caskey Baking Co. Inc
Yingling Auto Sales & Service
Pontiac
Frederick St
General Acceptance. Corp
Hagerstown Industrial Loan
Jonathan ST. D. Earl Neikirk
Chevrolet
Fred Remsburg
Hoffman
Washington and
Locust Streets
Harry E. Pyle
Infantry
North
Cleveland Avenue
Dartha L. Pyle
PFO
CPA
Sharrett Motors
Baltimore St
Church & Prospectors
Crouse Produce
Reichard’s
Atu
Hagerstowil
Buick
Cadillac
Chrysler
la Salle
Packard
Plymouth
Studebaker
Dios
Value Center
Summit Avenue
Building and Loan Association In
Washington County
Home Builders Savings & Loan Assn
West Washington Street
D. A. Stickell & Sons, Inc
West
Baltimore Street
Community Finance Service, Inc
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