Weimar Surrenders to American Forces in Bloodless Occupation
Weimar Germany, birthplace of the republic, yielded to U S Army units without a fight. Lt Col Paul Bandy of Hillsboro Texas led the surrender demand as Treisvds mayor delivered terms. American troops entered Weimar and overran Buchenwald. The destruction included Goethe and Schiller homes. Herder’s church and area arts sites were damaged.
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Weimar
Germany
German Republic
U. Ois
Vilage
Treisveds
Paul ‘Bandy
Hillsboro
Tex
Bisely
Erica Fischer
Br. Bischer
Ema
Buchenwald
Schiller
Liszt
Aze
Ameriéaarch
Herder
Goethe
Braumbeugh Details Three New VA Hospitals in Pennsylvania
Congressman Jp E Braumbeugh announced VA plans to add three veterans hospitals in Pennsylvania funded by a proposed 54 million dollar federal appropriation. The plan targets expanding veteran care facilities across the state.
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NEW Vet
Attoorg
INS
Jp, E. Braumbeugh
Veterans’ Administration
Pennsylvania
Sticky soil conditions guide garden spading timing
The guide explains soil texture checks using a damp ball test to decide when to plow or spade. It emphasizes not working overly wet soil, spacing a garden near four to five tenths by fifty feet, and estimates 10 to 12 hours of spading for a 50 by 8 to 10 foot plot.
Onions from Sets Guide For Amateur Gardeners
For mature dry onions use small sets planted shallow so only the sets are covered. Early planting beats late sowing. For green onions use larger sets about an inch in diameter that grow quickly. Plant green sets at least two inches deep for crisper tender results. About 20 pounds of large onions per quart of small sets. Plant sets every ten days for succession. Next: Starting Beets.
Reply to Pearl Harbor Cable Reaches Three Years Later
In Louisville Kentucky a postwar note reveals a three year delay in a cable from a Manila supplier responding to a client. The message expresses concern for safety after the December 7 1941 attack and conveys thanks and family safety updates.
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Louisville
Philippines
Pearl Harbor
Shirt Co
IL Siere
Brryv
Mechanicville Man Found Dead in Bathtub
Alfred White a 64 year old Mechanicville resident who had been blind for ten years was found dead in a bathtub at his South Central Avenue apartment Wednesday night Coroner Arthur W Johnson said the body was fully clad and it appeared he suffered a heart attack and fell into the tub He died of a valvular heart disease and had been treated for years He was born in Montrose Scotland and was a former president of the Townsend Club of Mechanicville Survivors include sons George and William White of New York and sister Mrs Josephine Fartarn of Barre
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Alfred
Mechanicville
South Central Avenue
Arthur W. Johnson
Mr. White
Former Troy Priest Injured in Accident
Rev John A Honan former Trojen and assistant pastor of St John the Baptist Church in Schenectady suffered cuts on his forehead and scalp Wednesday when his car collided with a Schenectady Railway Co bus on the Troy Schenectady Road just outside Troy. He was treated at Ellis Hospital and held for photographs. The bus was operated by Edwin H L Winston of Schenectady. One passenger appeared shaken but did not report to authorities.
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John A. Honan
Trojen
St John the Baptist's Church
Schenectady
Olleexe
Paratrooper Wounded In Three Nations
Cpl Lester Hittlepole of the paratroopers has been wounded three times in three countries since leaving the United States in 1935. He was last reported wounded February 7 in France and previously hurt in Holland on September 20 and with an ankle injury in the Italian campaign.
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Desrat
United States
Cpl
Lester Hittlepole
Cpl Hittlepole
France
Ida
Holland
Poles Take Custody Of Notorious Nazi Leaders
Moscow reports that Arthur Greiser once Nazi gauleiter for Poznan and Robert Fisher former Warsaw governor have been captured by the Red Army in Poland. They are held in Polish jails as trials loom and execution is expected.
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Moscow
Arthur Greiser
Poznan
Red Army
Greiser
Warsaw
Fisher
Poland
German war prisoners dislike many U S foods in study
The Fourth Service Command reports German prisoners in seven southeastern states will be fed under new plans starting April 1. The study finds Germans favor certain American items and dislike breakfast bacon, butter, fresh meat, tomato juice, and many breakfast foods while preferring fruit, jam, cereal, coffee, and bread with oleo substitutes.
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Atlanta
Fourth Service Command
War Ace
Erie
German Diet Under Siege Mentioned In Wartime Dispatch
A wartime report observes German food preferences focusing on cabbage lettuce potatoes bread and pastries over meat. The fragment notes Germans favor sauerkraut and large quantities of Irish potatoes amid shortages and rationing.
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Carol
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Broadway
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Tub
Troy
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U. S
Backaghes
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