B-29 Sets A New Distance Record
Washington officials report two B 29 Superfortresses from Guam achieved a non stop distance record flying eastward. They passed La Crosse Wisconsin at 9 30 a m EST and were headed for Washington National Airport around 1 30 p m EST. The record surpassed the 7158 44 mile mark set by the British in 1938.
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Guam
Wisconsin
Washington
Army
la Crosse
Wis
Army Air Forces
Washington National Airport
Egypt
Australia
Japan
Hokkaido
Chicago
Five Fined For Sunday Hunting In Mountain District
Five residents from Smithsburg Wolfsville and Garfield appeared before a Thurmont magistrate on charges of violating state game laws. Ragen P. Kline paid 15 dollars for Sunday hunting and possessing a rabbit. Wilmer M. Tracy Clifford M. Tracy and Raymond Kline each paid 10 dollars for Sunday hunting and 20 dollars for hunting without a license. Charles Kuhn forfeited 10 dollars collateral. Phobus said charges reflected flagrant illegal hunting in the mountains. Raven Kline and Kuhn claimed they hunted on their own land.
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Smithsburg
Wolfsville
Garfield
Thurmont
Benj. F. Phebus
Ragen P. Kline
Wilmer M. Tracy
Clifford M. Tracy
Raymond Kline
Charles Kuhn
Phobus
Raven Kline
Kuhn
Christmas Seals Mailed Yesterday in Washington County
The Washington County Tuberculosis Association mailed Christmas seals to 7 000 individuals in Hagerstown and Washington County for the 239th annual sale. The seals, selling for one dollar per sheet of 100, fund case finding free diagnosis clinics X rays tuberculin testing rehabilitation medical research and health education.
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Washington County Tuberculosis Association
Hagerstown
Washington County
Crown O. Diehl
Two More Local GIs Arrive From Overseas
Two additional local soldiers have returned from overseas service. T/4 Frank T. Miller came into New York aboard the William Cody and Pfc. Robert L. Eavey arrived in Boston aboard the John P. Mitchell.
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Frank T. Miller
New York
William Cody
Pfc
Robert L. Eavey
Boston
John P. Mitchell
Air travel changes perspective on journey from Hagerstown
A Daily Mail report describes Columbia Airlines pioneer service linking Hagerstown with Baltimore and Cumberland. The writer notes the shift from ground to air view, detailing how landmarks, terrain, and distances appear different from a Boeing twin engine flight, and how the ground map’s patterns dissolve into a new aerial perception. The account covers the initial ascent, the Hamilton Homes area, Smithsburg, and the rolling hills seen from 4,000 feet.
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Columbia Airlines
Hagerstown
Baltimore
Daily Mail
Columbia Airlines, Inc
Cumberland
Funkstown
Boonsboro
South Mountain
Frederick
Ca. Colu
Hamilton Homes
Toy Village
Smithsburg
Washington
Carroll Counties
Army Discharges 3,114,000 So Far
The Army announced 3,114,900 discharges by Nov 16, with 2,470,880 returned from overseas since V E Day. It projected year end arrivals by region, noting strikes and ship delays but still aiming to meet the target dates for complete demobilization.
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Washington
Army
AEF
War Department
Department
Europe
Mediterranean
U. S
Pacific
Tell Our Farmers To Cut Potato Crop
Agriculture Adjustment Agency sets Maryland potato acreage goal at 5 000 bushels for next spring, down from 5 900 last spring. With Europe’s limited demand, farmers must adjust production to domestic needs.
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Agriculture Adjustment Agency
Maryland
Europe
Father and son share army discharge advice moment
In Maxwell Field Alabama an army counselor officer Lt Howard E Nelson meets Lt Col Howard M Nelson of Louisville for a farewell reconversion talk. The elder receives honorable discharge while the son delivers the guidance in a brief, personal moment from the base setting.
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Louisville
Maxwell Field
Ala
Howard M. Nelson
Howard E. Nelson
Honorably discharged corporal Ridgeway at Camp Meade
Corporal Kenneth P. Ridgeway of 936 Spruce Street was honorably discharged from the Army at the Camp Meade separation center on November 34.
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Cpl
Kenneth P. Ridgeway
Spruce Street
Army
Camp Meade
China Reds Race To Occupy Changchun Capital
Chinese Communist troops invade Manchuria’s capital Changchun as Nationalist forces push 23 miles inside Manchuria toward Mukden. Reports say 4,000 Reds entered Changchun amid conference talk with Russia and U.S. influence in the region drawing sharp Chinese reactions.
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Chungking
Manchuria
China Times
Changchun
Times
China
Russia
Moscow
Mukden
Great Wall
United States
Communist Daily News
Showers Revive Pasture Grass and Wheat Crop
After last night’s .59 inch rainfall the temperature fell to 35 degrees. Keedysville observer J A Miller reports grass revival and markedly improved pastures. The showers also benefit the winter wheat crop as yesterday peaked at 50 degrees.
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Keedysville
J. A. Miller
Arraign Prisoners In Court Friday
Indictments for the November term are completed as the grand jury tours the Washington county jail and the Bellevue institution. Arraignment before Judge Joseph D. Mish is scheduled for 9:30 Friday morning.
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Washington County
Bellevue Institution
Joseph D. Mish
Holiday Service At P. O. On Thursday
Postmaster Thomas Simpson announced Thanksgiving holiday service for the local post office. There will be no window service and no city or rural delivery. Lock boxes will be open to renters from 5 a.m. to 11 p.m.
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Thomas Simpson
Two Women Named Mrs Earl Sanders Share Births
In Benton Nebraska on November 20 two women on the same street and block, each the mother of three sons, delivered a daughter within the same hour at West Frankien Union Hospital. Dr. G G Moore attended both births in the same shift.
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Benton, NL
Earl Sanders
West Frankien Union Hospital
G. G. Moore
Bicycle stolen from South Prospect street reported
Charles Lowman of 267 South Prospect street notified police last night that his bicycle was taken from the first block of South Potomac street while he was at a bowling alley.
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Charles Lowman
South Prospect Street
South Potomac Street
Church rejects rent plan for social room to VA
The Church Council of St. John's Lutheran Church voted against leasing the social room to the Veterans Administration for a sub regional office. VA had sought space in Hagerstown for months, with several other sites already rejected as unsuitable.
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St. John’s Lutheran Church
Veterans Administration
Hagerstown
St. John’s
Vinson Urges a Strong Nation at Legion Convention
Treasury Secretary Fred M. Vinson told the 27th National American Legion convention in Chicago that the United States must stay powerful, push international talks for peace, and provide leadership for world prosperity to avert another world war. He warned against complacency and urged active participation in global issues while praising measures like reciprocal trade, the Export-Import Bank, UNRRA, and the IMF as aids to stability.
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Chicago
Secretary of the Treasury
Fred M. Vinson
United States
National American Legion
Vinson
Treasury
London
Export-Import Bank
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
International Monetary Fund
Tarpon Strikes Skiff Angler Bledsoe Injured
PORT ISABLE Tex Nov 20 William Bledsoe 74 sustained four broken ribs after a six foot tarpon leaped into his skiff while fishing. The fish weighed about 125 pounds and was not hooked, likely striking at the boat’s reflection in the water according to coast guardsmen who aided him.
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Port Isable
Tex
William Bledsoe
Bledsoe
Coast
Yamashita Must Begin Defense After Denied Delays
Lt Gen Tomoyaki Yamashita, facing a war crimes trial in Manila, fails to obtain a directed verdict of acquittal and must start his defense tomorrow. Maj Gen Russell B Reynolds, president of the military commission, rejects requests for delay and urges expediting proceedings.
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Manila
Tomoyaki Yamashita
Yamashita
U. S. Military Commission
Russell B. Reynolds
Military Commission
Harry Clarke
Reynolds
Russia Halts Iranian Troops in Azarbaijan Province
Tehran reports Russian authorities halted Iranian troops advancing toward Kazvin to quell separatist disturbances in Azarbaijan. Four battalions and gendarmes were moving from Tehran, aided by two American advisors, amid casualties and disrupted communications as fighting continued northeast of Tehran near Tabriz.
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Tehran
Azarbaijan
Kazvin
Tabriz
Azerbaijan
Norman Schwarzkopf
Iran
Fined $100 For Dizzy Driving
David J. Hite 25 of Keedysville pleaded guilty to drunken driving after crashing into a brick pillar at a Pennsylvania Avenue filling station at 11 30 last night. He was fined $100 and costs by Magistrate Harry E Snyder in city court. Patrolmen Palmer and Lowry pulled him from the wreckage and described the scene as a near complete demolition with a trunk door found 50 feet away and a wheel 200 feet distant. Hite, a discharged Navy man, had minor cuts and bruises and said officers misled him about the wreck when questioned at Police Headquarters.
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David J. Hite
Keedysville
Pennsylvania Avenue
Harry E. Snyder
A. C. Palmer
A. C. Lowry
Hite
Wayne Sellman
Truman Plans Attendance at Army Navy Game Weekends
President Truman will travel from Washington to Philadelphia on December 1 with Mrs. Truman and daughter Margaret to attend the Army Navy football game. They will ride by train, depart Saturday morning and return the same night, with the President placed on the Army side for the first half and the Navy side for the second half.
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Washington
Truman
Philadelphia
White House
Margaret
Army
Navy
Hancock GI Awarded Bronze Star Medal
Pfc. Homer T. Weller, son of Samuel Weller of Hancock Route 1, received the Bronze Star Medal from Maj. Gen. C. E. Hardis of the Sixth Infantry for meritorious achievement in operations against the Japanese on Luzon. The Red Star Division logged 219 days of combat on Luzon before hostilities ended and then moved to occupation duty in Southwest Korea.
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Homer T. Weller
Samuel Weller
Hancock Rt. 1
C. E. Hardis
Sixth Infantry
Luzon
P. I
Red Star Division
Korea
Honjo Commits Seppuku After Arrest Order
In Tokyo baron Gen Shigeru Honjo, accused war criminal and Manchuria ringleader, killed himself by seppuku in his War College office within a day of his arrest. Reporters found him slashed with a ceremonial sword, still in uniform, with boot creases polished.
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Tokyo
Shigeru Honjo
Manchuria
Japanese War College
Honjo
Russia Agrees With Press Tours in German Zones
CHICAGO November 20. General Dwight D. Eisenhower announced an agreement with the Russian occupational commander for exchange press tours in the military zones of Germany occupied by Russian and American forces.
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Chicago
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Germany
Oddly Garbed Defendants Read Indictment at War Crimes Trial
The International War Crimes Tribunal heard the first counts of a 35 000 word indictment against 21 defendants including Rudolf Hess and Martin Bormann as proceedings opened. Defendants wore strange garb and showed varied emotions while the trial began amid pending reports on Hess mental condition and Kaltenbrunner’s absence due to a cranial hemorrhage.
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Mernberg
Adolf Hitler
International War Crimes Tribunal
Juncheen
Rudolf Hess
Martin Bormann
Hitler
Hess
Geoffrey Lawrence
Ernest Kaltenbrunner
Hermann Goering
Propaganda
Hans Fritzsche
Preston W Dunn Is Released From Navy
Preston W Dunn, 25 High Street, was honorably discharged from the Navy at the U S Naval Hospital San Diego after 12 months overseas duty aboard a patrol craft. He recalled contact with enemy submarines near Iwo Jima but was not certain he sank any. Dunn enlisted in June 1944 and previously worked for Fairchild Aircraft. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Ellsworth Dunn of this city.
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Preston W. Dunn
High Street
Navy
U. S. Naval Hospital
San Diego
Calif
Iwo Jima
Dunn
Fairchild Aircraft
Ellsworth Dunn
Baby Kangaroo Sent From Brookfield Zoo to New York
Joey the six month old kangaroo at Brookfield Zoo is being sent to Central Park Zoo in New York City after a mother son feud led to him being kept out in the cold. Director Robert Bean moved to market Joey when the infant was left outside the mother pouch.
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Chicago
Joey
Brookfield Zoo
Robert Bean
Central Park Zoo
New York City
Juicy Steaks Bring Smiles Back To Local Diners
Hagerstown waitresses smile again as wartime lapses fade. A Daily Mail reporter observes servers asking choices like sunny side up or over, while Mr. Smythe enjoys a satisfing meal with attentive staff. The scene recalls easier times in local eating places.
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Hagerstown
Daily Mail
Mr. Smythe
Aln
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