German Areas Face Withering Air Blast Across Fronts
Western Front. Canadian First Army advances toward Rhine opposite Emmerich and closes on Goch and Cakar with heavy air support. U S Third Army pushes a mile in the bridgehead south of Prucm. Russian Front. Allied air offensives push toward Dresden and Neisse bridgehead as Zhu kov’s forces move west of the Oder. Italian Front. German probes push back American outposts on the coast. Pacific Front. Fortresses bomb Honshu, Manila siege tightens, Bataan drives along east coast, Corregidor bombed, Chinese reach Lashio in Burma, 48 miles from Lashio.
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First Army
Rhine
Emmerich
Goch
Cakar
Third Army
Prucm
Koney
Dresden
Neisse
Moscow
Zhukov
Oder
Pacific
Honshu
Manila
Bataan
Corregdor
Burma
Lashio
Howard Cowan
Paris
Siegfrieg
Ruhr
Montgomery
Rhineland
Walter von Model
Harendeich
Kleve
Fonev
Gregory Zhukov
Berlin
Puerstenbergberg
Konev
Capers
Kohlfurt
Bunzlau
Goerlitz
Pravda
Adolf Hitler
Reich
Storkow
Gruenberg
Sommerfeld
Prankfurt
Kuerstin
Hich
Allied Drive Strikes Deep Into German Rhine Frontier
As floodwaters retreat the Allied advance along the Rhine targets Emmerich and the Kleve sector. British troops repel German counterattacks near Goch and Calcar while intensified bombardment and air support halt German efforts, threatening Ruhr munitions hubs and the Rhine’s lower reaches near Harendeich.
Annual Poultry Institute To Be Held Here Tomorrow
The Frederick County Poultry Committee outlines plans for a cooperative processing and marketing plant during the annual Poultry Institute. The all day meeting at the County Court House starts at 10 with two sessions on production in the morning and marketing in the afternoon.
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Frederick County Poultry Committee
Frederick County Board of Agriculture
County Court House
Sarah Zane Fire Hall Event Prizes Lead Thursday Night
A February 15 program at Sarah Zane Fire Hall offers a prize pool of 300 dollars with 1 prize for 1 team. The event starts at 8 30 p m and invites participation from local players.
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Sarah Zane Fire Hall
Public sale of C. B. Stickley real estate
Public sale of C B Stickley real estate scheduled for Saturday February 17 1945 at 12 o clock noon in front of Frederick County Court House Details available in advertisement inside News note from Hillyard s Piccadilly Street offers wallpaper direct from factory with no price advance and ample supply
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Hillyard
Piccadilly St
C. B. Stickley Real Estate
Frederick County Court House
Suspected Wife Slayer Is Under Hospital Guard
Lt. S C Epes, 29, son of a Virginia family, held under guard at Fort Jackson hospital after his wife Mary Lee Epes, a 26-year-old Jacksonville schoolteacher, was found dead from a head wound and suspected drugging. He gave a signed statement claiming innocence and seeking to shield his family from blame. Autopsy indicated a fatal head blow and prior sedation.
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Columbia
8. C
T. Alex Heise
S. C. Epes
Virginia
Mary Lee Epes
Jacksonville
Fla
Fort Jackson
Epes
Fort Hospital
Heise
Mary Lee
Hesse
State Identification Bureau
Epes-Pitzgerald Paper Company
Richmond
Tharp's Wood Yard Ad Offers Chunk Wood and Kindling
Corner Main and Monmouth ad promotes chunk wood and kindling wood for stove use. Sells 8 ft slabs and large economy loads with more value for money. Contact by phone 5928.
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Tharp
Wood Yard
Main
Monmouth
Italians Favor Relaxation of Armistice Terms
Continental dispatches indicate possible relaxation of Italian Armistice terms and a Roosevelt inquiry into relief for French civilians. Reports say Roosevelt may visit Italy, meet Pope Pius XII, and discuss easing Allied controls. Vati canCity notes the Pope is bedfast with influenza.
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London
Roosevelt
Paris
France
Marseille
Marsille
Italy
A.P
Edward Kennedy
White House
Washington
OWI
Elmer Davis
Pope
Pop Pius XII
Vatican City
Associated Press
Rome
Churchill Urges Greek Solidarity in Athens Visit
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrived in Athens and received a warm ovation in Constitution Square. He called on Greeks to bury party hatreds and promised cooperation in Greece’s rehabilitation. Eden and Field Marshal Alexander accompanied him on the visit.
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Athens
Churchill
Constitution Square
Greece
Church Hill
Anthony Eden
Harold Alexander
Mediterranean
Marshall Lands Fifth Soldiers
Gen George C Marshall toured the Italian front telling Fifth Army troops they had immobilized large German forces in Italy and halted Nazi reinforcement of eastern and western fronts. Officials estimate 27 Nazi divisions in Italy during his surprise three day visit from the Crimean conference.
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Fifth Army
Italy
George C. Marshall
Marshal
U. S. Army
Sheme
Allied Aerial Offensive Reaches Unprecedented Proportion
Allied air power conducts a massive operation against Germany with over 1,100 heavy bombers and 450 fighters striking Dresden Berlin Cottbus Magdeburg and Chemnitz as part of a broad daylight campaign. German alarms rise as RAF and US forces pound rail hubs and industrial targets.
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Holland
Germany
Chennitz
Dresden
Saxony
Polish Exile Premier Blasts Big Three and Defies Surrender
Tomasz Arciszewski, head of Poland's government in exile, accuses Soviet Russia of arresting and killing Polish home army members, mass requisitions and looting, and says Poland will not sign Crimea dictated terms. He criticizes Moscow for food seizures and warns against new government inclusions.
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London
Tomasz Arciszewski
Poland
Arciszewski
Soviet
Russia
Phil Ault
United Press
Crimea
Moscow
Lublin
Romania
Markwood's Restaurant Ad Near Grounds Entrance
Notice advertising real home cooked dinners suppers and sandwiches at reasonable prices at Markwood's Restaurant near the entrance of a grounds area. American Gas and involves a date code 2-13-1p-3t.
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Markwood’s
Ouldean Grounds
American Gas
Sale of City Real Estate at Court House
Public auction of City real estate at 11 o clock February 20 1945 in front of Court House Commercials and Savings Bank. Estate of Stewart G Fawcett. (2-15-19-10-21)
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Court House Commercials & Savings Bank
Stewart G. Fawcett
Bombers hit Japan home island as Stimson weighs air war
Washington reports B-29s struck Nagoya and other targets amid a new Marianas bomber group in operation from Tinian. Stimson noted Japan’s vulnerability as factories move to Manchuria and warned of continued heavy damage to industry and aviation plants.
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Washington
Japan
Stimson
Nippon
War Department
Tinian Island
Marianas
Tokyo Radio
Nagoya
Mie Prefecture
Atsuta Bay
21St Bomber Command
Guam
Tokyo
Federal Communications Commission
Shonan
Singapore
Tokyo- Yokohama
Manchuria
Ota
Honshu
Demolitions Harsh Manila Battle Pressed By U S Troops
Manila report says American divisions push through Intramuros Ermita and Malate as Japanese forces shell civilians. Beightler's 37th Division nears university area while MacArthur says cordon tightens on trapped enemy as tanks aid house to house fighting.
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Manila
Nanking
Intramuros
Ermita
Malate
Manila Bay
Pasig River
Escolta
Robert 5. Beightler
University of the Philippines
High Commissioner
Ced Miestas Waar
Associated Press
Fred Hampson
Douglas MacArthur
37Th Infantry
First Cavalry
11Th Airborne Divisio
George Thomas Forster
NBC
CBS
John Adams
South
No Decision Yet On Wage Rate
County Agent Fred Stine said the Third Service Command has not decided on the 30 cent per hour prevailing wage fixed at a Frederick County Farm Wage Board hearing. Pots of German POWs at Winchester camp limit signing contracts. 368 prisoners out of 400 capacity are used by local firms National Fruit, Grove Lime, Stuart Perry and Plumly Lumber. The Fruit Growers Association seeks POW labor for orchard and cedar work but is blocked by camp policy.
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Fred Stine
Third Service Command
Frederick County Farm Wage Board
Army
P Ws
Stine
Fruit Growers Association
Winchester
National Fruit
Grove Lime Company
Stuart Perry and
Plumly Lumber Company
Pws
Frederick County
Hickory Club Notice Meeting Friday at Odd Fellows Hall
All club members urged to meet Friday night at 8 39 at Odd Fellows Hall. All W O W members are members of this club. very important meeting scheduled for December 15 at 1 pm and 11) unclear but noted.
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Odd Fellows Hall
Russians Close On Dresden In Wide Eastern Push
Soviet forces under Konev and Zhukov pressed toward the Neisse and Oder rivers as Russians crossed the Neisse and fought for bridgeheads. Allied bombers hit rail yards at Cottbus Dresden Berlin and Magdeburg amid a broad offensive near Breslau Goerlitz and Forst.
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Cottbus
Dresden
Chesnnis
Berlin
Magdeburg
Konev
Amas
Gutchabes
Forst
Eet Forst
Neisse
Mallee
Goerlitz
Sommerfeld
Death Sentences To Be Reviewed In Spy Case
William Curtis Cole Paugh and Erich Gimpel were found guilty of violating the law of war by landing behind U S lines from a submarine, acting as spies, and conspiring to commit espionage and sabotage. Maj. Gen. Terry will review the sentence and send the case to Washington for a board of review before it reaches President Roosevelt. The seven man military commission sentenced them to death by hanging after a brief deliberation.
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New York
William Curtis Colepaugh
Erich Gimpel
Thomas A. Terry
Second Service Command
Washington
Roosevelt
Deadline Nears for Lewis Re affiliation with AFL council
John L. Lewis, veteran deadline m eeter, must accept the AFL executive council terms for re affiliation of his United Mine Workers by tonight. The council plans to wind up its mid winter sessions in Miami and warned Lewis it might grant a place on the council as a condition of his return.
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Miami
Fia
John L. Lewis
Af.l. Executive Council
United Mine Workers
Lewis
County School Board To Meet On Budget
The Frederick County School Board will meet tomorrow to complete the 1945 46 budget. A prior meeting was postponed as several members could not attend. Superintendent Leslie D Kline estimated four to five hours needed to finalize the statement for the board of supervisors. The joint session with county supervisors is set for Monday February 26.
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Prederick County School Board
Leslie D. Kline
Board of Supervisors
Moresy
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Henry B. Jameson
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East Front
Chemnitz
Taregets
Bomber Command
Air Headquarters
John A. Parris, JR
New Demolitions
Hickory Club Notice
Bulletin
Chojice
Stalin
James F. King
Neisse River
Berelin
Breslau
Tass
Ivan Konev
County School Board
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