Yanks Drive To 19 Miles Inside Reich
Allied forces push deep into western Germany as they advance toward the Saar basin capturing forts on the Maginot Line and breaching defenses. British 2nd Army probes Venlo at the Dutch border while Dutch fortifications resist, anti tank ditch challenges remain, and pockets of German troops are isolated as fighting continues along the northern front near Aachen.
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Saar
Maginot
Venlo
Geramany
Rohr
Allied Push Near Strasbourg and Rhine Front
American 7th Army pressed through the Saales Pass toward the Rhine southwest of Strasbourg and captured two German generals in Strasbourg. French units under Lisien reportedly trapped parts of the German force near Forts Ney Petain Kleber while Eisenhower widened pressure toward Cologne. Allied forces advanced within four miles of Duren as German defenses held along the Roer river line.
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Alsace
Saales Pass
Rhine
Strasbourg
Lower
Vosges
Lisien Fander
MM. Parton
Germany
Ney
Petain
Kleber
Strashon J
Franz Waterhof
Bey Ander
Kaiser
Cologne
Marshal von Rundstedt
Black Forest
Saar
Eisenhower
Duren
Julich
Roer
Duren-Weisweiler
Tokyo Bombed by Superforts in Major Raid
Tokyo faced a heavy B29 air raid by Superfortresses lasting about two hours with attacks concentrated on Nakajima Musashina plants and the harbor. Reconnaissance showed fires and damage while Japan reported seven fighters down and one B29 lost with crew rescued after a water landing.
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Tokyo
Nakajima Aircraft Company
Musashina
Nakajima
Japan
Ailing Hall Resigns From War Mobilization Post
Ailing Hall is reported to have resigned as head of a wartime department, with aides noting his long service since leaving the Supreme Court. The Tennesseean, once a vice presidential candidate and ally of Roosevelt, is said to seek rest while preserving influence in foreign policy matters and advising on national affairs.
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Alion
Shane
Nes
Te House
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Wallace
Hull
Reminder From Tax Official On Withholding Exemptions
Allen H. Mumma, Internal Revenues deputy, warned Tragerstown and county employers yesterday that less than a week remains for employees to file new withholding exemption certificates. If not filed by December 1, employers must withhold tax from wages with no exemptions. Current certificates expire December 31, 1944. A new form and pamphlet explain how to count exemptions.
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Tragerstown
Allen H. Mumma
Internal Revenues
Veteran pilot’s World War II service traced through Pacific battles
The record outlines Sweeney’s wartime path from Hawaii in 1939 to 1942 Midway leadership, later serving in the War Department general staff’s operations division in Washington, and finally joining Hansell’s organization after moving from the Tokyo raid era. He faced heavy antiaircraft fire and fought alongside Fifth and Eleventh bombardment groups, eluding up to 100 fighters.
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Sweeney
Saipan
Tokyo
Fifth
Eleventh
Hawaii
Bitstrom Hickmanfield
Midway
War Department General Staff
Washington
Hansell
Yank Strip Tease Dancer Charged In Taxi Driver Slaying
In Feltham Middlesex England November 27 a jury demanded the death penalty for Karl Gustav Hulton of Cambridge Massachusetts and Elizebeth Marina Jones an 18 year old English strip tease dancer in the robbery slaying of taxicab driver George Heath. Prosecutor H A K Morgan said the killing was deliberate cold blooded and that Jones knew Hulton was armed and intended violence to attain their joint robbery. Heath was found shot in a ditch at Knowle Green near Staines in October.
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Feltham
Middlesex
Eng
Karl Gustav Hulten
Cambridge
Mass
Elizabeth Marina Jones
George Heath
H. A. K. Morgan
Hulten
Jones
Heath
Hulton
Knowle Green
Staines
Shank Re-Elected Master Of Grange
T Keller Shank of Leitersburg was reelected Master of the Washington County Pomona Grange at a Saturday meeting in Hancock hosted by the Hancock Grange. Officers installed include Overseer Van tm ore and Secretary Margaret Starliper among others. A luncheon followed as the Pomona Grange set its next gathering for February 24, 1945 in Lettershoro.
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T. Keller Shank
Leitersburg
Washington County
Pomona Grange
Hancock
Hancock Grange
Vantmore
George A. Sites
Ernest Yeakle
Leroy Lehman
William Leatherman
Clarence Corrier
Margaret Starliper
Theodore Hebb
Ceres
Mary Ward
Pomona
Elva Leatherman
Flora
Bertha Martin
May Hebb
Ella Sheller
I. K. Shank
Walter Bromley
Josephine Lowery
T. Harry Sheiss
Mills
Lloyd Leatherman
Sheller
Leltershoro
Ease Neuralgia With Quick Acting BC
Use quick acting BC head ache powders for prompt relief from neuralgic pain. BC also relieves head aches muscular aches and functional periodic pains. 10c and 25c sizes. Use only as directed. Consult a physician when pains persist.
Destroyer Rescues Bomber Crew After Tokyo Raid
Saipan, Nov 25. The entire crew of one of two B 29s lost in the Tokyo raid was saved by a destroyer at 2 p m after drifting about 24 hours. Captain Gubce Tudor of Beckley West Virginia led the downed aircrew from two rafts, with eight aboard the first craft and three later rescued, as PBY and P-47 aircraft arrived for rescue support.
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Saipan
Tokyo
Tokyo War Industries
Japan
Gubce Tudor
Beckley
WV. Va
San Antonio
Texas
Tudor
Trans
Navy
Local graduate earns Aerial Gunner wings and promotion
The graduate completed a six week aerial gunnery course, receiving a diploma, Aerial Gunner silver wings, and a four grade promotion. He trained in firing .50 caliber Brownings, turret handling, aircraft identification, and gun maintenance, ending with air firing on tow targets.
Two Injured In Auto Accident
Warren J Burns aged 21 and Dorothy Chong aged 19 sustained head injuries in a Sunday morning auto crash on Jonathan Street near Pennsylvania Avenue. The car operated by Burns skidded about 100 feet before striking a billboard. he is charged with reckless driving. Both were taken to hospital by Goodwill ambulance.
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Warren J. Burns
Harmon Alley
Dorothy Chong
Bloom Alley
Burns
Jonathan Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Blenard
Dearnberger
Goodwill
Veterans News From the Front Lines in World War II
Overseas since Oct 1942 Major Terretta led combat engineers in French Morocco and commands a battalion after six campaigns earning the EAME ribbon. He studied at Virginia Tech and worked for Victor Products Corp prior to service. Letters home from Audy A Gilbert report heat and longing from the Pacific while Dutch hospitality offered relief. Mundey of the 29th Division, on D-Day to St Lo, writes of Holland, food shortages, and Dutch money, plus his Belgium and England service. Donald R Wollkill graduates from the Army Air Forces Flexible Gunnery School at Laredo Field Texas as part of the AAF Training Command.
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French
Morocco
Terretta
EAME
Armed Forces
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Victor Products Corp
Eston G. Mundey
St. Lo
SN. S. Munley
Summer Street
Holland
New York
Sat
Mundey
Belgium
England
Cpl
Donald R. Wollkill
J. R. Wollskill
East
Baltimore Street
Army Air Forces
Laredo Army Air Field
Laredo
Texas
AAF
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