French Capture Mulhouse Great Maginot Fort
Allied forces push toward the Rhine with columns across the Vosges, advancing through Eschweiler and near Saverne as U S Ninth Army overran nine towns and drove toward Fronhoven. British Second Army seized Maashree and neared Baarlo and Sevenum near Venlo while the Seventh Army's surge split the German line and reached Schalbach and Siewiller.
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Rhine
Yebourg
Pest
Saverne Geyern
Bard
Sevenum
Venlo
U. S. Ninth Army
Ninth
Fronhoven
Eschweillersjera
Linnich
Julich
Tuer River
Warna
Ucks
Curtais
Eld
Reich
Oman
Metz
Sith
Enhower
Seventh Army
Vosges
U. S. D4th
Jacques le Clerc
Strasbourg
Fort Phalsbourg
Paris-Strasbourg
Schalbach
Siewiller
Sarrebourg
Mittelhorn
Saverne
Thanksgiving Day Observances In Hagerstown And County
Residents prepare for a quiet Thanksgiving with families at home, shopping limited by earlier turkey shortages. Stores and many workplaces close. banks post office and schools shut. Oysters and other staples remain available. turkey supplies largely sold out as advance demand dries up stocks. Travelers expect heavy post office and bus terminal activity amid holiday departures and visits.
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Hagers
Washington County
Mest Y
Countia
Petomar
Petomar Nie Ram
Norrow Ar Oon
Minister Delivers Thanksgiving Day Address at Lions Club
Rev. Fr. John Ballard spoke at the Hagerstown Lions Club luncheon at Hotel Alexander. The program featured vocal solos by Mrs. ler and accompaniment by Mrs. Chateau. Attending lions included Past District Governor Ian Brown of Georgetown, Amos Reeder of Boonsboro, Rob Lewis of Martinsburg, and visitors Staff Sergeant Fernand Le and others from U S M C, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Carlisle, and Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ballard
Hagerstown Lions Club
Hotel Alexander
Clu
Ler
The
Presbyterian Church
Chateau
King Lions
Ian Brown
Georgetown
Amos Reeder
Boonsboro
Rob Lewis
Martinsburg
Fernand le
David Cianelli
U.S.M.C
Donald E. Ensminger
Wall, Cox, Jr
Baltimore
Roberter
Carlisle
W. S. Thompson
Philadelphia
Postwar Jobs Assured Workers and Industry Leaders Speak
War Production Board head J A Krug and President Roosevelt urge incentives to keep workers on wartime jobs after V E day. They note reconversion may lag and cite Detroit auto plants converting quickly. Roosevelt backs Wilsons ideas to reassure workers their earnings will hold amid peacetime shifts.
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War Production Board
Walia
Wilson
Roosevelt
Detroit
J. A. Krug
National Press Club
Access times for boxes and offices set in notice
Access to boxes and lock boxes is scheduled from 5 a.m. to 1 p.m. with related times at 5 p.m. The fragment indicates a change or detail in access windows for storage or security procedures.
War manpower chief warns of urgent war job gaps
War Manpower Commission chairman Paul V. McNutt said 200000 workers are needed for urgent war jobs but areas with those tasks face recruitment difficulty. He noted 28 percent of the program is so critical that more workers would boost early success and save American lives.
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Paul V. McNutt
The
War Manpower Commission
Battle patrols and homefront letters amid Pacific jungle peril
War dispatch chronicles Cpl. William Gerhart of Hagerstown Md returning from a Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop patrol with Major General Robert C McClare praising the crew. He voices desire for a shower, a square meal, and a letter from home. The report notes his combat service, awards, and sister’s address, alongside updates on Sgt. Charles M Smith and Pfc. John E Fager’s hospital statuses and transfers.
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Cpl
William J. Gearhart
Hagerstown
Robert C. McClare
Americal
Gearhart
East Wilson Blvd
William J. Gerhart
Gerhart
Howard N. Steff
Local Servicemen Return From Frontline Duty
Cpl Joseph Carbaugh earns President's citation for 400 B26 Marauder missions earned overseas 22 months while relatives here cheer. Master Set Ridge returns after 47 months with the Signal Corps. Elmer D Diverbiss comes home after 32 months with the Ordnance Department in the Southwest Pacific. Pfe Fager, former Landisool Co employee of Waynesboro, wounded in France July 15. He was inducted February 19, 1942.
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France
Landisool Company
Waynesboro
Pfe
Fager
Cpl
Joseph Carbaugh
Cpl. Carbaugh
AAB
Hagerstown
Pacific
Lawson M. Ridge
M. G. Ridge
West Side Avenue
Signal Corps
Elmer D. Diverbiss
Summit Avenue
Ordnance Department
Southwest Pacific
Phone Strikers Defy WLB Order
Michigan Bell Telephone employees defied a WLB order by rejecting the 10 a.m. deadline to end the strike. The action began Friday in Dayton, with over 100 operators joining in protest against out of town hires and an $8.25 weekly bonus for Dayton traffic handling. The union remains unsatisfied and awaits final WLB action on grievances.
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WLB5
WLB
Michigan Bell Telephone
Dayatton
Dayton
Bond Sales Soar To 250000 Here
Bond drive progresses with Series E sales of 3450 yesterday and 1800 on Monday. County goal is 2700000. a 45 foot pole in Public Square will feature a Fairchild aircraft motif and foxhole figures. Veterans selling bonds daily at Gas Con office 2:20 to 5 pm and 7:30 to 9:30 pm, excluding Thanksgiving. Civilian Defense helps. a six-truck war bond caravan tours the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairchild Aircraft Division
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington
Gas Con
Public Square
Signal Corps equipment caravan to visit Hagerstown
The War Department announced a Signal Corps equipment caravan will visit Hagerstown on December 4 to showcase advances in warfare gear. From Holabird, the display includes a mobile radio station a photography trailer a telephone communications trailer and a public address system. The tour underscores support for the Sixth War Loan and will travel to major Maryland towns and cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nal Corps
Hagerstowne
Holabird Signal Depot
Washington Street
Signal Corps
War Finance Committee
Maryland
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Mulhouse
Maginot Fort
Rand
West Washington St
Harry S. Myers
North Potomac Street
Lions Club
Mane At & A
America
Conoco
Continental Oil Company
NS Service
Howard Bowers
Italy
Pvt. Bowers
Ridgeway
W. Va
Charles M. Smith
Gore Field
Great Falls
Montana
Baxter General Hospital
Spokane
Sgt. Smith
Edith L. Smith
Cannon Avenue
John E. Fager
Charles Fager
Smithsburg
Ashford General Hospital
White Sulphur Springs
Rogers Jewelry Co
the House of Blue White Diamonds
West
Washington St
Acann A Radionicae
BON Ton
Packard
Sor
Packard-built
Rolls- Royce
Jess
Packard PT Boat Marine Engines
Coston Motors
W. Franklin ST
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