Plunge to death kills RAF officer’s wife and two sons
New York police report a widow Mary Lindsay Tomlinson and her two sons Michael Hiddingh eight and John Hiddingh six died after plunging from a 15 story hotel extension. Mrs Tomlinson had married Flight Officer David Tomlinson two months earlier and was reportedly despondent over separation from him in England. Authorities say it is undetermined if she pushed the children or fell with them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Henry Hudson
Mary Lindsay Tomlinson
Michael Hiddingh
John Hiddingh
West 45Th Street
Tomlinson
Guy Hiddingh
Africa
David Tomlinson
England
Edward Houlihan
Clothes Provided For Italians
The American Red Cross announced over one million clothing items from US chapters will reach Italian refugees within a month. William Giblin said relief targets those left destitute by German retreat, with aid also for Jews Yugoslavs and Greeks freed under Allied occupation.
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Allied
North Africa
American Red Cross
Red Cross
United States
Italy
William Giblin
Red Cross War Relief
AMG
American
Allied aim to dismember Japan reshapes war outlook
The article notes the Allied pledge to dismantle Japan as a strategic decision with implications for Adolf Hitler. It links this stance to intensified RAF bombing of Berlin and suggests the broader impact on the Nazi regime as the war progresses toward a decisive outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Air Force
Berlin
Japan
Classified Advertisements WANTED Listings
Several WANTED notices appear for lodging, work, and services. Items include a gentleman roomer on Cameron Street, waitresses at Greyhound Grill, a commercial subjects teacher, a play pen, a modern five to seven room house, a nurse for a child, large clean cotton rags, fodder, rental housing by December 10, bus drivers mechanics and painters seeking work with defense employment not welcome, and a job listing at Potomac Motor Lines in Hagerstown Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potomac Motor Lines, Inc
Hagerstown
For Sale Farms and City Property
FOR SALE Several real good farms large and small and priced right Also some desirable city property J R Gearing 611 S Cameron St phone 3374 FOR SALE Complete 1932 Chevrolet motor good condition Apply Edwin Baughman Sunny side Va FOR SALE 1 1941 Harley Davidson motorcycle 775 1 1939 Harley Davidson motorcycle 550 Both in perfect condition Also 1 metal top to fit 1941 ton pickup price 40 M T Duff Phone 4809 or 5373
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Gearing
S. Cameron St
Edwin Baughman
Sunnyside
M. T. Duff
Allied strategy emphasizes finishing Hitler before major Pacific pushes
The article argues the Allied plan must finish Hitler first to free power for the Pacific. It notes expected second front in France and rapid preparations despite poor invasion weather, with simultaneous potential Rhone Valley operations and ongoing Pacific prep under Mountbatten and American command.
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Nippon
Hitler
Orient
Germany
America
Russia
Britain
Europe
France
English Channel
Rhone
Algiers
Lord Mountbatten
Pacific
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Warner Bros. Capitol
Rio
Sect
Turin
John Garfield
Maureen O’haran Sparrow
Bow
Dalton
H. C. Sheetz & Son
Gray & Sheetz
Jayne
Chapman Motor CO
Boscawen
USO
Leesburg
J.W. Arthur
General Insurance
Rouss Ave
Winchester
DIAL
Boyce
Roy P. Duvall
N. Main ST
Greyhound Grill
P. O. Box
Star
Care Star
B&o Rrco
Brunswick, Md
Camden St
Baltimore, Md
Orphans Home
Boonsboro
Maryland
J. W. Hutton
Rt. 2
Peoples Drug Store
J. W. Ellyett
Berryville
Rt. 4
Martinsburg
W Va
Hugh R. Stipe
Clearbrook
Checkerboard
P. O
City
Lady’s Bicycle
Call
H. S. White
Hayfield
Ford
John Slater
Guernsey
Fairmont
Capon River
White Palace
Ed Molden
S. Loudoun St
Bath
Nettie Luttrell
East Cork St
N. Braddock St
U. S
Montgomery War and Company
Yankee Stadium
Farmers & Merchants National Bank
Virginia
L. M. Allen
Ray Robinson
Paul M Haldeman
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
George W. Kurtz
Gabardine
Hanover
N. Cameron
T. A. Silvires, Jr
Kearneysville
W. Va
Capitol Restaurant
Oldsmobile
Buick
Community Oil Co
T. A. Whitacre, Mgr
Charles Town
John Dyke
Frank Lavender
Rabhor
Gray & Eddy
Londoun Street
Hable
Una Merkel
Secret Service
Wild Bill Elliotes
LS Sor
Gabby” Hayes
Tyler Anne Jeffreys
Don Winslow
NAVY
Frank V. Martinek
Lupton Orchard Service CO
Hansbrough & Carter Insurance
Loudoun Street
MacMillan Poultry Company
Murray
Frankford, del
Macmillan Poultry CO
W. Gerrard Street
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