Canadians Close In On Goch Fresh Gains Scored
Canadian First Army units driven by massed guns and flamethrowers push within about a mile and a half of Goch as they seize Hasselt and Bedburg. Canadian Scots and British forces advance two miles, with air support and tank action aiding the breakthrough along the Rhine Meuse front. The Allied push expands the breach in the Siegfried line while German positions retreat south of Kleve amid heavy bombardment and floods. 5,300 prisoners reported in six days. Hasselt and Edburg taken. dykes along the Rhine blown to swell floods north of Kleve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Canadian First Army
Goch
Rhine
Meuse
Hasselt
Bedburg
Henry Crerar
Reichswald
Oude Rhine
Kleve
Kellen
Emmerich
Cologne
Roer
Rhineland
Reich
Calar
Sthine
Ruhr
Wee
Eisenhower
Griethausen
Berlin
Ontario
Kelen
Niers
Roger D Greene
Keleves
Calcar
Edburg
Udem
Public Sale of C B Stickley Real Estate
Public sale set for Saturday February 17 1945 at noon in front of Frederick County Court House. Details appear in inside advertisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Stickley Real Estate
Frederick County Court House
War Front Updates Across Europe and Pacific Fronts
Reports from the Western Front note the Canadian First Army advancing on Goch with heavy air and artillery support and the U S Third Army breaching the Siegfried line opposite Luxembourg. On the Russian front the Red Army pushed toward Dresden as Budapest falls and Glogau is encircled. In Italy patrols duel as artillery, and in the Pacific Manila survivors crowd the city while Cavite falls and air assaults on Corregidor continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dresden
Budapest
Moscow
Glogau
Oder
Debt Hikes to 300 Billion? Congress Signals Postwar Cuts
Washington reports congressional fiscal leaders acknowledge the debt ceiling must rise to 300 billion soon, with a plan to pare spending within two years after the war. Rep Taber warns it could take decades to repay if spending outpaces income, urging restraint and critical review of wartime schemes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Pearl Harbor
Rep. Taber
New York
Appropriations Committee
William and Mary suspends Flat Hat editor over editorial
William and Mary student editor Marilyn Kaemmerle was dismissed after publishing an editorial advocating future admission of negro students. The student body then voted against publishing the Flat Hat under faculty supervision. Dr. Pomfret announced a faculty committee would advise on student publications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsburg
College of William and Mary
Today
John E. Pomfret
Marilyn Kaemmerle
Jackson
Mich
Pfc Henry Roller Hurd Dies in Belgium Action
Pfc Henry Roller Hurd 26, son of Mrs H R Hurd and the late Mr Hurd of Boyce, killed January 4 in action in Belgium. Attached to the 550th Infantry Battalion First Army, believed lost in the Belgian Bulge. He enlisted March 1942 trained at Camp Beale Calif attended Boyce High School and was a Boyce Methodist Church member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Roller Hurd
H. R. Hurd
Mr. Hurd
Boyce
Belgium
First Army
Hurd
Camp Beale
Calif
Boyce High School
Foundations For Real Peace Seen
Senator Byrd hails the Crimea conference as producing the most practical means for world peace. He calls the report a milestone shaping future peace and anticipates its implementation at the San Francisco conference opening April 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Byrd
D.-Va
Crimea &S
Crimea
San Francisco
Miller Resigns as Shenandoah Area Scout Council Chief
Col Ashby Miller resigns as President of the Shenandoah Area Scout Council while residing in St Louis. J R Poland of Martinsburg elected to fill the unexpired term as President. Poland has served on the Executive Board since 1942 and as First Vice President since 1943. B A Poland named Vice President. Sale contract for Rock Enon Camp site nearing signing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Miller
Scout Council
Poland
Shenandoah Area Scout Council
Ashby Miller
St. Louis
Miller
Shenandoah Area Council
Rock Enon
Council
J. R. Poland
Martinsburg
Perfection Garment Company
Charles Town
B. A. Poland
Joseph F. Moore
Decisive Blow Is Loosed By Yanks To Control Manila
American forces press into Manila driving Japanese from Intramuros and surrounding areas. Cavite Naval Base and airfields fall as First Cavalry and 11th Airborne push toward Manila Bay, raising enemy casualties to over 9 600 and signaling the end of the garrisoned trap. Corregidor bombed heavily as forces seize key positions in the Luzon campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Pasig
Cavite
Douglas MacArthur
Luzon Island
Intramuros
Manila Bay
Nicholas
Nielson
Luzon
Robert 8. Beightler
37Th
Pasay
11Th Airborne
Joseph M Swing
Nichols Airfield
Mapilau
Japan
Corregidor
January Bond Quotas Topped
The sale of War Bonds in Winchester and Frederick County during January amounted to $99,421.25, exceeding the $85,000 quota. Clarke County buyers also surpassed their target with $22,480.25 against a $20,000 quota. February quotas show a slight drop with Frederick County and Winchester at $80,000 and Clarke County at $18,090.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Frederick County
Clarke County
Rosenman to Meet Roosevelt in Italy on Crucial Mission
Paris reports Samuel Rosenman special adviser to the President left by special plane for Italy where he is to confer with President Roosevelt. Roosevelt plans to visit Pope Pius and inspect war ruins, then resume travels in Italy from his youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Samuel Rosenman
Italy
Roosevelt
Rosenman
Pope Pius
Markwood's Restaurant Ad At Fair Grounds Entrance
Notice promotes Markwood's Restaurant at the entrance of Fair Grounds offering home cooked dinners suppers and sandwiches at reasonable prices. Contact details appear under American Gas and Oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Markwood's
Ould Fair Grounds
American Gas and Ol
Dresden Bombed In Support Of Soviet Advances
London reports over 2,250 U S bombers and fighters attacked Germany with a main strike on Dresden aiding Marshal Konev. RAF also bombed Chemnitz Magdeburg and a Rhine bridge at Wesel while Dresden faced heavy refugee crowds and rail/industrial targets across central Germany.
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London
U. S
Germany
Dresden
Ivan Konev
Chemnitz
Magderburg
Berlin
Rhine
Wesel
First Army
Saxony
Prague
Vienna
Charles Portal
Yalta
British Air Ministry
Marshal Konev
S Or. Althogether
RAF
Bohlen
Leipzig
Madgeburg
Nuernberg
Ubtonn
Dortmund
U. S. Army Air Forces
Ardennes
U. S. Ninth Air Force
Store Butter Theft Leads to Guilty Verdicts
Albin Carlson and Betty Carlson Brannon were found guilty of shoplifting a pound of butter each from the City Store. Judge John Rice imposed fines totaling 35 dollars and suspended 60 day jail terms. Police recovered the butter from Carlson’s pocket and Brannon’s purse after the manager reported the thefts yesterday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albin Segfried Carlson
RFDI
Stephens City
Betty Carlson Brannon
John Rice
Albin Carlson
Red Push Toward Dresden Press Coverage of Allied Summit
Roosevelt may report to Congress on the Crimea talks with Stalin and Churchill. Byrnes says the president chaired the meeting and outlines agreements on liberated areas and Dumbarton Oaks. San Francisco UN conference target is April 25, with timing tied to military progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Hightower
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Stalin
Churchill
Crimea
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Dumbarton Oaks
San Francisco
Russia
Japan
Germany
48 County Men Leave For Roanoke Examinations
Frederick County Draft Board orders 48 men to report for pre induction physicals. They depart this morning by chartered bus for Roanoke. Listed individuals include Jennings Allen Roe Richard Carl Baker Russell W Loy Linden Byrd Unger and many others with transfers noted for Gene M. Racey and Melvin R. Jenkins among the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County Draft Board
Roanoke
Jennings Allen Roe
Richard Carl Baker
Russell W. Loy
Linden Byrd Unger
Charles Edward Fichel
Azariah Booten Jones
Edward Leon Willis
Richard Dallas Tevalt
Herbert W. Murphy, Jr
Raymond C. Derflinger
Harold Leon Cooper
James A. Summel
Robert Roland Snapp
James W. Judy
Benjamin Strother
Winaris
Twenty Eight Men Report for Induction
Twenty eight countrymen will report for induction into the armed forces on next Tuesday February 20. Names include Bruce Himelright James Edward Berryman Lucian R. Preitte Winfred Harvey Crum Ray Luther Michael James M. Feiee Bee Paul G. Anderson Ralph R. Brown Jasper T. Baker Dory McKee Brady L. Burcham Joshua G. Place Ray Miller Raymond W. Carver George McFarland Charles M. Dick Alvin Lee Ruble Elwood M. Wolfe Elwood C. Rodgers Lawrence P. Himelright Carl William Strosnider James Edward Helsier John E. Manuel Jr Paul N. Anderson Chester G. Garrett William Henry Orndorff Linwood Norwood Dusing twins transferred in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Himelright
James Edward Berryman
Lucian R. Prefitte
Winfred Harvey Crum
Ray Luther Michael
James M. Feieebee
Paul G. Anderson
Ralph R. Brown
Jasper T. Baker
Dory McKee
Brady L. Burcham
Joshua G. Place
Ray Miller
Raymond W. Carver
George McFarland
Charles M. Dick
Alvin Lee Rub
Wounds Received In Action Fatal To County Soldier
Pvt. Roy Orndorff, husband of Mildred Orndorff of Mt Falls route near Winchester, died January 4 in Belgium from wounds in action. Son of the late Henry and [Mrs.] Orndorff, he was 26, served since August 2 1943, trained at Camp Hood Texas, arrived overseas February 1944, and previously farmed for National Fruit Products Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Roy Orndorff
Mildred Orndorrff
Mt. Falls
Winchester
Belgium
Henry Orndorff
National Pruit Products Company
Camp Hood
Tex
Weber's Sentence Reduced From Death to Five Years
The court martial of Pvt Henry Weber who refused to drill at Camp Roberts Calif has been reduced from death to five years in prison after a series of reviews. The War Department policy guided the change and Myron C Cramer judge advocate general reported to Senator Thomas. The sequence began with the death sentence then life at hard labor then 20 years confinement before the latest reduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
California
Imeoeas
War Department
Thomas
Utah
Senate Military Committee
Myron C. Cramer
Pvt
Henry Weber
Camp Roberts
Calif
Cramer
Judge Advocate General
Board of Review
Red Army Presses Through German Lines Near Sorau And Dresden
Soviet forces under Konev break into Sorau eight miles northwest of Sagan as Berlin reports gaps widening along the Oder. Moscow dispatches place Konev within reach of Saxony and Prague while Stalin notes the fall of Budapest frees troops for Vienna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sorau
Konev
Oder
Berlin
Sagan
Boe River
Brandenburg
Sommerfeld
Gregory Zhukov
Volkssturm
Zhukov
Grutten
Moscow
Saxony
Prague
Budapest
Marshal Stalin
Vienna
Silesia
Konem
Hitler
Breslau
Glogau
Associated Press
Daniel de Luce
Little Girl Recalls Life in Santo Tomas Camp
A 10 year old girl writes from Santo Tomas Manila about life in the internment camp during World War II. She recalls bomb shelters, missing her father who was taken away, time with sisters, Christmas gifts to soldiers, and eventual release to join him in the camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santo Tomas Interment
Joan Elizabeth Bennett
Roy C. Bennett
Manila Bulletin
Joan Bennett
Santa Tomas
Manila
Santo Tomas
Daddy
Mother
Sister Helen
Myself
Bataan
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U.S
Tharp's Wood Yard
Groves
J. W. Grove Purniture Co
The
Third Army
Siegfried Line
Luxembourg
Saler Bay
Pfc
Henry R. Hurd
MacArthur
By C. Yates McDaniel
By Henry B. Jameson
Weber
West Side
Bulletin
Jauer
Bres
Lau
Red Army
Richard Kasischke
Queis River
Dressen
Neisse River
Little Girl
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