07 Sep 1944
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1944
Page
1
A woodshed and adjoining fence on the William E. Weaver property in Funkstown were damaged by fire yesterday afternoon. Volunteers and the Funkstown Fire Company quickly subdued the flames. Neighbor Albert Shilling helped by spraying water with a garden hose until firemen arrived. Damage described as slight.
Allied forces, led by Hodges and Patton, press from Liege toward the Siegfried Line and Belgian coastal strongholds Ostend and Zeebrugge. British, Canadian, and Polish units push into Boulogne and Gent while advancing near Calais and the Dunkirk area as German defenses form.
Residents near North Mulberry street and East avenue may find a wallet with $4 and cards after a six year old took it from Glenpis M. Ricker on East avenue and tossed it through a cellar window. Police seek owners to recover valuable papers.
U S and British forces describe the air war against robot installations in France and Germany. Sandys praises Lt Gen Carl Spaatz and the strategic air forces for destroying launch depots fuel plants and factories since 1943. More than 100000 tons of bombs dropped with 450 planes and 2900 airmen lost. American batteries supplied significant heavy anti aircraft guns as priority was given by the President at the Prime Minister request.
German prisoners of war may work on incentive certificates instead of a fixed 80 cent daily wage. P.O.W. output would determine government pay at 10 cents per box or a dollar for ten boxes, and five dollars for fifty boxes. Army confirmation was not available. The plan, starting with Grimes Golden harvest, aims to address labor shortages as growers anticipate heavy POW use. Grimes Golden apples are said to be small with potential tonnage depreciation due to drought. weather could improve late varieties.
Plans for a large interfaith service to mark Germany's surrender unite the Council of Church St Mary's Catholic Church and the local Jewish Synagogue. Rev Paul M Robinson chairs the committee with Rev G Aubrey Young and Rev Francis J Leary among leaders. The event may be held at City Park or St Johns Lutheran Auditorium with prayers remarks and a dedication.
Joseph E. Lowes Jr. head of public relations for Fairchild Aircraft is chosen to lead Yale Alumni War Service replacing R. H. MacDonald. He will coordinate over 60 Yale centers in the U S and abroad to aid Yale men in the armed forces. Yale Alumni War Service began in October 1942. Ground peanut shells are used to make a cork substitute.
Roosevelt praised as best able to promote peace and lead in war. Attourney Bushong and McMullen urge Democratic unity and voter participation in a county campaign. McMullen argues national admin change would disrupt war progress and peace aims.
Red Star claimed 791000 German deaths on the eastern front from June 23 to August 31 and reported large German losses and captures as Soviet forces pushed along the Narew river front near Ostroleka and within 23 miles of East Prussia.
A broadcast from Marshal Tito’s headquarters claimed the Red Army has smashed across the Danube into Yugoslavia. The report did not specify if forces joined, but implied some link already existed.
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