Aerial Assault Opens New Wave of Bombing Blitz
A heavy Allied air offensive involving about 5000 planes hits Berlin Vienna and Paris with U S heavy bombers and fighters leading twin strikes from Britain while Mediterranean Air Force crews target Vienna and rail and air facilities. Marauder bombers batter the English coast amid a six day assault that has surpassed 25000 tons.
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London
Berlin
Vienna
Paris
U. S
Britain
Alps
Italy
Europe
England
English Channel
Allies Drive Deeper Into Jap Stronghold
Allied troops pushed further into Myitkyina Burma after repulsing Japanese counterattacks on the city’s western outskirts. A field headquarters communique said the Allies seized a key railway and road junction serving the city from the airport. Chinese forces holding the Irrawaddy south of Zigyun repulsed attacks while Stilwell’s airborne units pressed south of Mogaung.
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Hongking
Myitkyina
Burma
Joseph W. Stillwell
Irrawaddy River
Stilwell
Mogaung
Ten Persons Bitten By Dogs With Rabies
Ten residents in the Charles Town area were bitten by dogs this week. Health officer Dr. G. P. Morison ordered drastic action. James Manuel and a son, Ben Magaha and two children of Ranson, plus Constable Brown of Shenandoah Junction and his five children were bitten by dogs that died of hydrophobia or were pronounced rabid.
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Charles Town
G. P. Morison
James Manuel
Ben Magaha
April Traffic Fatalities Rise in Washington County Report
Maryland Traffic Safety Commission reports fifteen motor vehicle accidents in Washington county during April, causing three deaths and eleven injuries. Hagerstown saw eight crashes with no fatalities and eight injuries. Also, Capt. Michael Blair Wallace, son of famed mystery writer Edgar Wallace, was killed in action.
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Washington County
Maryland Traffic Safety Commission
Hagerstown
London
Michael Blair Wallace
Edgar Wallace
European Patriots Ordered To Stand By For D-Day
May 24 London report says Allies force French Patriots to prepare for D-Day roles under BBC guidance. Underground urged readiness. war broadcasts claim sabotage and rail disruption by Germans to dampen Allied confidence while Paris radios claim French rage grows.
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London
British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC
Paris
Robert de Beauplan
France
Accident Case Will Be Heard Tomorrow
Richard Albert Miller, 31, of Florida avenue, driver of the truck in a West Franklin street accident that fatally hurt Eldridge Crabtree, 14, of North Prospect street, faces a manslaughter by auto charge in city court. Miller, a Hagertown Storage and Transfer Company driver, will be tried before Magisterate Harry E. Snyder. police labeled the collision unavoidable, citing a bicyclist as the primary rider.
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Richard Albert Miller
Florida Avenue
West Franklin Street
Eldridge Crabtree
North Prospect Street
Miller
Harry E. Snyder
Hagerstown Storage and Transfer Company
New Tires Soon For A Drivers
Washington reports that A card automobile drivers may receive their first new tires since the war began. OPA rationing chief Charles F. Phillips said monthly syn thetic tire allocations could rise to 2,000,000 from 1,400,000 this May, with production reaching about 2,000,000 units by fall.
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Washington
Charles F. Phillips
OPA
Quads Doing Well At Southend Hospital
Hospital authorities in Southend reported favorable conditions for the quadruplets born Monday night to Mrs. Daisy Moxham wife of an RAF flying officer. The three boys and a girl lay in a heated air conditioned ward receiving feedings every half hour. During the night they were given a few drops of brandy.
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London
Southend Hospital
Daisy Moxham
May Rainfall Near Normal After Heavy Shower Last Night
Last night's soaking rain exceeded an inch and a half, bringing May to 3.16 inches, within .03 of normal. J A Miller in Keedysville logged 1.54 inches between 9 pm and midnight, described as grain farmers welcome. Williamsport saw about 1L.0 inches in a light shower and heavy rain last night with some hail. A live wire on Virginia avenue snapped but was repaired promptly by Fotomac Edison.
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J. A. Miller
Keedysville
Williamsport
Virginia Avenue
Fotomac Edison Company
Penal Farm Inmate Flees Road Gang
Joseph Drury, an inmate at the Roxbury state penal farm near Baltimore, escaped from a labor gang on the Myersville Wolfsville Road. He had brown hair and eyes, a ruddy complexion, and a scar on his rugged face. The gang was painting guard rail posts along the highway and performing general maintenance duties.
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Joseph Drury
Baltimore
Roxbury
Myersville
Wolfsville
Drury
Highay
Moody elected temporary chairman at Texas Democratic convention
In Austin on May 24 a friend congratulated former Governor Dan Moody on becoming temporary chairman of the state Democratic convention. Moody accepted with a gulp, swallowed a short cigar he was chewing, and quickly fled to a drug store for a soda.
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Austin
Tex
Dan Moody
Moody
World Council Is Advocated By Churchill
London May 24 Winston Churchill in a foreign policy speech urged a world council of great states to prevent wars and sprawl of conflicts. He favored preserving Rome and hinted Allies may win in the Balkans and southeast Europe without Turkey, while praising Spain and flagging unity of the British commonwealth and empire with the Allies to beat the enemy.
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London
Winston Churchill
Balkans
Commons
Germany
Rome
Turkey
Alles
Europe
Churchill
Spain
British Commonwealth
World Council of Great States
Local Negro youths held for theft in federal case
Two Hagerstown youths, Clarence Albert Jackson and Vernella Valentine Lee, are jailed in Marion County West Virginia for the September term federal grand jury action on auto theft. They were found in Charles Town after driving the stolen car to races and were arraigned before U S Commissioner George C Ludwig at Keyser and ordered held. Driving a stolen car across state lines elevates the crime to a federal offense.
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Hagerstown
Marion County
W. Va
Clarence Albert Jackson
Vernella Valentine Lee
Charles Town
U. S
George C. Ludwig
Keyser
Astate Line
Divorce Court Sees 124 Suits Filed This Year
The fifteenth and sixteenth divorce cases were docketed this morning through Attorney H. H. Hoffman. Lena Scott versus Ernest Scott and Margaret C. Harne versus George Harne were filed, bringing the annual total to 124, roughly one per day excluding Sundays and holidays.
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H. H. Hoffman
Lena Scott
Ernest Scott
Margaret C. Harne
George ©. Harne
Spenders Led Zoo Spending Spree by Three Boys
In Atlanta on May 24 police report three boys aged 7 and 18 found 766 dollars in a grocery store and spent it at Grant Park zoo. They fed elephants and monkeys and themselves, then fell ill. A later search uncovered 700 dollars they claimed to have hidden in the woods.
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Atlanta
Zoo
Grant Park Zoo
Wife Testifies in Miller Case Says Lind Demanded Bills
The 42-year-old wife of Robert J. Miller testifies that Dr. John E. Lind demanded payment of all his bills to keep their affair secret. She described Lind as threatening to reveal the relationship unless paid, and said she loaned or gave about $5,000 over five years. Miller allegedly followed them last February 21 in a disputed incident.
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Washington
Robert J. Miller
John E. Lind
Lind
Miller
Miler
Ladders Hatches Worst Hazards On County Boy's Battlewagon
James M Hamby writes from a Pacific battle zone to his parents about optimism amid war. He notes minor injuries like ladders and hatches as routine and mentions shipmate William Middlecamn from Hagerstown and an expected emergency appendectomy before campaigns. He lists four tasks checked off since his last letter.
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James M. Hamby
Sive
Harry Hamby
Clearspring
Jim
Pacific
William Middlecamn
Mulberry Street
Hagerstown
Tojo
Secretary To Detroit Pastor Is Murdered
Detroit May 24 Mrs Jean Long secretary to the pastor of the Twelfth Street Evangelical church was found stabbed to death in the church. Police said the pastor Rev G Liesemer reported the body at 9 am. She was about 40 and last seen leaving the pastor's home at 8 30 pm yesterday.
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Detroit
Jean Long
Twelfth Street
G. Liesemer
Bickering Marks GOP Convention in Maryland
Maryland's delegation to the Republican National Convention will go to Chicago with a virtual mandate to back Gov. Thomas E. Dewey for the presidential nomination. The state convention approved a resolution urging 16 of Maryland's 22 votes be pledged to Dewey amid bickering and no major quarrels.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Chicago
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dewey
Wendell L. Willkie
GOP
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Roosevelt
Gatien L. Tait
State Central Committee
Blanchard Randall, Jr
United States
Millard E. Tydings
Dmd
Parley on Prison Labor for Orchard Harvest
Orchardists in the Hancock area will meet with county agent Mark Miller and U S Army representatives next Monday night to decide pay for German war prisoners used to harvest Hancock crops. Prisoners will receive 6 cents daily. the rest goes to the Treasury. Transportation logistics and the Green Ridge Mountain Camp will be arranged by orchardists. Previously announced, 206 German war prisoners will be stationed at the camp for the summer and will not be used elsewhere in Washington county. The same report notes two men, Charles Reed Lohr and Frank Lester Rudolph, were enrolled in the U S Maritime Service in Baltimore to train for service on merchant vessels.
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Hancock Area
Mark Miller
U. S&s. Army
Hancock
Miller
Treasury Department
Green Ridge Mountain
Washington County
Maritime
Charles Reed Lohr
Salem Avenue
Frank Lester Rudolph
South Potomac Street
U. S. Maritime Service
Baltimore
Nutcracker Catches Germans In Pocket
Soviet Moscow radio said Polish National Council representatives arrived from Germany to contact the United States and Soviet allies. The broadcast in Russian, backed by the Union of Polish Patriots, denounced the London Polish government in exile. The move signals a potential showdown between Moscow and the London Poles as Britain and the U.S. seek reconciliation.
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London
Moscow
National Council
Germany
Poland
Union of
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Britain
United States
Second Paroled Prisoner Back Charged With Drunkenness
Max Marshall, 31, recently paroled on abstinence promises, appeared before Magistrate Harry E. Snyder for drunkenness, fined 10 dollars and costs. Officer Stains testified to a recent on street altercation on East Washington. Marshall was parolee after pleading guilty to theft of a watch and faces further parole-violation sentencing.
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Max Marshall
Harry E. Snyder
Marshall
Stains
East Washington Street
Huster
South Potomac Street
E. Merckie
Merckie
Sixth Annual Field Day Next Tuesday
The Western Maryland Jersey field day and calf auction, the sixth annual event, will be held in Baker's Woods Keedysville on Tuesday May 31 starting at 11 am. It features Jersey heifer calf auctions from popular blood lines, a free heifer calf to a local FFA member under 16, and a 4 H audience judging contest with prizes.
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Maryland
Jersey
Baker's Woods
Keedysville
Tues
Mark Miller
Russian Ultimatum Served on Bulgaria
Ankara reports an ultimatum from Russia to Bulgaria demanding policy changes by midnight May 25. The note, delivered Monday, threatens severed relations if Bulgaria does not comply.
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Bulgaria
Ankara
Russia
Pincer Push Breaches Hitler Line In Liri Valley
Allied dispatch from Naples reports a major breach in the Hitler line at the Liri valley as U S troops break out from Anzio toward Cisterna and Velletri. Canadians and British push with French taking Pico while 7 500 prisoners are listed from the offensive.
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Hitler Line
Liri Valley
HDQS
Naples
U. S
Anzio
Rome
Liri
Monte Alto
Terracina
Lottoria
Pontine
Cisterna
Velletri
Moletta
Pontecorvo
Pico
Casilina
Churches Open For Silent Worship On Invasion Day
Trinity Lutheran Church will open its doors on invasion day for silent prayer. Rev. Dr. Wilson P. Ard announced from the pulpit that the Trinity congregation should gather for observance. Other city and county churches plan to follow suit to unite the public in prayer.
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Trinity Lutheran Church
Wilson P. Ard
Trinity
Matey Yesters
Yellow
Four Die As Flash Fire Sweeps Packed Hall
A deadly flash fire at a crowded dance hall in Hamiltons on May 21 killed four people and wounded many others. About 76 attendees, mostly workers, were inside when the blaze erupted, forcing a panic and a chaotic rush toward exits and windows.
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Hamilts
Eatriv Inday
Daire
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World Council
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Yonkers, N. Y
Jean Dupuy
Dr. Lind
Polish Council
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