U S Bombers Hit German Rail Centers and Plants
American heavy bombers from Britain and Italy struck Germany and occupied zones in a major day raid. Up to 1,000 Liberators and Fortresses attacked Karlsruhe Mannheim Ludwigshafen Saarbrucken Metz Strasbourg Marseille Nimes Avignon and rail yards and airfields. Italy based planes targeted Razanik as RAF Mitchells supported the effort. Substantial damage to residential areas reported. weather hindered German defense claims.
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London
Hitler
Europe
Britain
Italy
France
Karlsruhe
Mannheim
Ludwigshafen
Saarbrucken
Metz
Strasbourg
Mediterranean
Marseille
Nimes
Rhone Valley
Avignon
Rhone
Salon
Montpellier-Aimargues
Berlin
Razanik
Sara
Germany
Allied
Active Week in Realty Sales Totals 125000
The local real estate market shows brisk activity with weekly sales around 125000 and most properties sold were homes. Transactions include Guy Stanley and wife to Clayton Youvicker on Baptist Church road. 1500 dollars.
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Ios
Guy Stanley
Clayton Youvicker
Baptist Church Road
Hancock District
Garland KE
Gran
Gerald L. Barlup
Summit Avenue
Baltimore Hotel Guest Questions Police Before Checkout
Manager Harold Fink at the Southern Hotel in Baltimore was surprised when room No 501 caller said she was preparing to check out and asked if police were needed. He found Mrs Abrahim Temel from Turkey explaining police notification is standard in Istanbul as part of her customs.
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Baltimore
Harold Fink
Southern
Fink
Abrahim Temel
Turkey
Strawberries Are Plentiful at City Market This Week
Homegrown strawberries appeared in City Market with prices as low as 40 cents a quart. Growers report rapid ripening and peak season within a week. Berries are large and flavorful due to ideal growing conditions. Eggs rose to 30 cents a dozen after 28. Vegetables are abundant. J E Rowland of Maugansville says hot house tomatoes will be on market next week.
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Can ‘Hye
J. E. Rowland
Maugansville
Molotov Toasts Eisenhower in Moscow Luncheon Toast
London radio quoted Foreign Commissar Vysheslav Molotov as toasting Gen Eisenhower and Allied leaders at a Moscow luncheon marking the second anniversary of the British Soviet mutual aid pact. The CBS listening post said Molotov avoided specifics, citing extreme prudence.
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New York
Vyscheslav Molotov
London Radio Today
Eisenhower
CBS
Moscow
Women Ready To Harvest Peaches
The Women’s Land Army volunteers, recruited from city offices and professions, are ready to help harvest the Washington county peach crop again this year. County Agent Mark Miller says a Washington, D. C. group that spent two weeks last year in the county has offered to assist if needed, with Hancock growers confirming willingness to use them. The main challenge is housing and meals for the worker unit, ideally in a single building. Growers await labor developments as the women standby, meeting monthly through winter.
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Women’s Land Army
Washington County
Mark Miller
Washington, D. C
State
State Extension Service
Hancock
Washington
Mass Desertions Of Bulgarians Reported
In Bari Italy on may 27 officials said Bulgarian troops in southeastern Yugoslavia are deserting in groups as morale weakens amid Balkans tension. Whole platoons and companies reportedly desert, with unconfirmed reports of German disarming Bulgars in southern Serbia.
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Bari
Italy
Yugoslavia
Balkans
Serbia
Court Upholds OPA Ceiling Price against Ward & Co
Chicago May 27 A U S Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an injunction restraining Montgomery Ward and Company from selling any goods above Office of Price Administration ceilings. The order, issued September 7 by Federal Judge John P Barnes, covered all items sold by the mail order house after OPA alleged women s and children s outer garments were priced above ceilings.
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Chicago
Montgomery Ward and Company
Office of Price Administration
OPA
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
John P. Barnes
FDR Plans Possible Trip Abroad This Summer
President Roosevelt signaled a possible summer trip to Europe to observe the Allied drive against Hitler. He suggested describing operations as liberation and said he may travel to confer with Prime Minister Churchill in late spring, summer, or fall, but not winter, leaving timing ambiguous and fueling speculation about a fourth term.
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Washington
Hitler
Europe
Roosevelt
Churchill
Atlantic
Mr. Roosevelt
Imperial Palace in Berlin Hit in Raid
Stockholm reports travelers say the famed Imperial palace in Berlin sustained heavy damage in daylight raids. The throne room and the chapel where Frederick the Great was baptized were badly damaged. Since the Weimar republic the site has served as a museum.
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Stockholm
Berlin
Germany
Frederick the Great
Weimar Republic
Start Work On Water Line In Hagerstown NW District
A new water line project in Hagerstown's northwest district will begin, routing 600 feet of 10 inch pipe from Pennsylvania avenue near Park Lane toward the Mitchell avenue underpass, connecting Linganore avenue with a 4 inch main. The system will boost fire protection for New York Central Iron Works and Central Chemical Company, replacing a plant destroyed by fire and eliminating a dead end near the two facilities.
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Hagerstown
Pennsylvania Avenue
Park Lane
Mitchell Avenue
Linganore Avenue
New York Central Iron Works
Central Chemical Company
Danube mined again by Allied air power
Allied air crews from RAF Liberators and Wellingtons completed a new mining sweep along hundreds of miles of the Danube river. The operation, conducted at night and low altitude, reduced German waterway traffic to the eastern front. A gunner reported traffic drop from prior mining, and Hungarian and Romanian firms said they could not accept cargoes.
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Allied
Naples
Danube
Balkans
Royal Air Force
Strategic Air Force
William, MacGuffie
Whitehaven
Cumberland
England
Injuries Fatal To Aged Resident In Tree Accident
Bertram D. Hospelhorn of 25 East Lee street died at Washington County Hospital from injuries after a tree fell on him while aiding in felling trees on a St James farm. He was a member of the St Eling Lutheran church in Emmitsburg. Survived by wife Mary E and two sons Wilbert D in New York and John D a Baltimore deputy state banking commissioner. Funeral Monday at 2 pm from home, Rev J Fiward Harms officiating. Burial Emmitsburg cemetery.
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Bertram D. Hospelhorn
East Lee Street
Hospelhorn
Washington County Hospital
St. James
St. Eling Lutheran Church
Emmitsburg
Mary E Hospelhorn
Wilbert D
New York
John D. Hospelhorn
Baltimore
J. Fiward Harms
Emmitsburg Cemetery
German Troopships Sunk By Red Airmen
Moscow bulletin reports Arctic air raid sinking two transports and a destroyer north of Norway. Three ships damaged. unclear if ships carried new German troops or were withdrawing forces.
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London
Barnets Sea
Norway
Arctic
Moscow
Divorce suits filed by Pacheo Obertus and Bingaman spouses
Two divorce suits were filed in court today. Mnez Pacheo Obertus, represented by Charles W. Wolf, seeks a divorce from Junio Novena Obertus. Rachael Mary Bingaman, with attorney C. K. Hartle, seeks a divorce from Harry Victor Bingaman.
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Mnez Pacheo Obertus
Charles W. Wolf
Junio Novena
WMC Director Sees Bright War Contract Prospects Here
Lawrence Fennemen, State Director of the War Manpower Commission, said Hagerstown plants in good position to win new war contracts after furloughs. Grafton Brown of the TF.S. Employment Service warned that demobilization problems may rival mobilization early in the war. The local WMC committee noted no need for tighter labor market controls amid shifting war work.
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WMC
Hagerstown
Lawrence Fennemen
War Manpower Commission
Baltimore
Ious
Brown
Fennemen
Militia boot leave at Bainbridge Station prompts question
Nice Camp Bainbridge Ma May 27 Seaman James Cook asks to spend nine days of boot leave at Bainbridge Naval Training Station explaining that all his friends are in the service and he knows nobody at home. The commanding officer notes the request as part of routine procedures.
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Bainbridge
Bainbridge Naval Training Station
James Cook
Cook
North Carolina Democratic primary tests New Deal support
Two political veterans Clyde Hoey and Cameron Morrison vie for the Democratic Senate nomination in North Carolina as Marvin L. Ritch runs an active campaign. Senator Reynolds, who opposed many administration policies, did not seek reelection. The governorship contest features R Gregg Cherry and Ralph W. McDonald as leading hopefuls with Olla Ray Boy an unpredictable candidate.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Clyde R. Hoey
Cameron Morrison
Congress
Marvin L. Ritch
Charlotte
Hoey
Morrison
Robert R. Reynolds
Reynolds
R. Greggs Cherry
Gastonia
Ralph W. McDonald
ainston-Sajem
Olla Ray Boy
Pinetown
Estelle Taylor Separates From Third Husband Paul Small
Hollywood report notes Estelle Taylor former wife of boxing great Jack Dempsey separated from her third husband Paul Small. The actress wed Small a year ago after marriages to Kenneth M Peacock of Wilmington Delaware and boxer Jack Dempsey.
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Hollywood
Estelle Taylor
Paul Small
Jack Dempsey
Kenneth M. Peacock
Wilmington
Del
Spotted Fever Off To An Early Start
Annapolis reports Rocky Mountain spotted fever already active this summer with one death and three hospitalizations including two children. County health officer Dr. William J. French notes 11 cases observed so far this season, two fatal, far exceeding 1943.
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Annapolis
Wiliam J. French
Five Injured In Early Auto Collision Near Benevola
A head on crash at 1 o'clock on US 40 near the Harry Toms farm at Benevola left five injured. Williamport resident John R. Hichelberger, 21, sustained two arm fractures and severe lacerations. Miss Miram L. Shook of Frederick suffered knocked out teeth and facial and leg cuts. Hichelberger, driving toward Hagerstown, collided with Norman Detrow of Rt. 3 Frederick, headed to Frederick. Trooper Houck and Deputy Sheriff Leister Isanogle to file charges.
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Harry Toms
Benevola
Jobn R. Hichelberger
Williamsport
Rt. 2
Washington County Hospital
Miram L. Shook
Frederick
Hichelberger
Hagerstown
Norman Detrow
Rt. 3
Houck
State Police
Leister Isanogle
Miss Shook
Detroit
Eichelberger
Malaria Danger After War Seen
Washington May 87 (2) Malaria experts estimate that over a million troops will return as carriers and require strict measures to prevent outbreaks. Surgeon General Thomas Parran told the House Appropriations Committee that relapses occur in about 40 percent of cases and current drugs merely suppress infection. He urged maintaining malaria control near military bases and ready mobile units to move into affected communities and rapidly control outbreaks.
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Washington
Thomas Parran
U. S. Public Health Service
House Appropriations Committee
Russians Start Offensive in Eastern Front, NBC Reports
New York May 27. NBC London report quotes Vichy radio saying Russians have begun an offensive on the eastern front. No details or confirmations from other sources available.
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New York
David Anderson
NBC
London
Vichy Radio Today
Allied HDQS report on 5th Army push near Artena and Liri valley
Allied dispatch describes 5th Army reconnaissance driving toward Artena near Valmontone with heavy German counterattacks repulsed. Canadian and British forces near Arce and Ceprano advance as Germans reinforce in the area along Highway 6 the Via Casilina. Field Marshal Kesselring rushes fresh troops to dangerous sectors.
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HDQS
Naples
Via Casilina
5Th Army
Artena
Valmontone
Rome
Anzio
Mark W. Clark
Cisterna-Valmontone
Liri
Sth
Melfa
Arce
Sacco
Ceprano
Cassino-Rome
Via
Casilina
Albert Kesselring
Adriatic
Nazi Press Says No Protection for Allied Downed Airmen
Propaganda Minister Goebbels in Voelkischer Beobachter states Nazi Germany will not provide police or military protection for Allied airmen who bail out over Germany. He accuses Anglo-American fliers of attacking German civilians and murdering children, arguing protection would require arming defenders to prevent lynching.
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Stockholm
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Voelkischer Beobachter
Germany
Goebbels
Brich
Postwar Planning Funds Open to Maryland Communities
Maryland communities may access about 2.1 million dollars for postwar planning and construction projects after June 80. Governor O’Conor announced grants will be awarded on a matching basis, subject to approval by the Maryland Commission on Postwar Reconstruction and Development, with distribution likely by population and central subdivision layouts.
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Annapolis
Maryland
de Gire
O’conor
Maryeland Commission
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Jon W. Poffenberger
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Floyd M. Clingan
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J. Waldo Stouffer
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Howard Street
Charles W. Moore
Tor Lucy May Norris
Everett J. Norris
Sample
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Pauline MM. Jones
Cearfoss
Lester M. Mose
Elmer Saunders
Funkstown
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Holmes
Falkensten
Charles Edward Koontz
Corbett Street
Charles W. Strole
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Fairground Avenue
North Locust
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Indian Springs
Ulrich Gilleland
E. Glenn Hoover
Oak Hill Avenue
Pred C. Wisherd
George H. Smith
Herman R. Eavey
Lester Ridenour
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John E. Lewis
Goldie M. Schmidt
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James G. Franklin
George B. Cash, Jr
West Washington Street
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Fountain Head Heights
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John W. Ingram
Ann M. Krider
North Mulberry
Etha L. Stotelmyer
O. Jesse Stotelmyer
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Mealey Parkway
Arthur V. Adams
Sunset Avenue
Russia
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Samuel C. Troupe
Abe Martin
Clearspring
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Mogaung
Binnie Barnes
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