davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1945-04-26

lean and British fighters. Heavy
bombers of the United States 9th
and 18th Air Forces threw NaM
defenSes OF guard with attacks on
communications all around Berch-
tesgaden.
Two Raj Planes Lost.
Two Raj planes were lost. Six
teen 9th Air Force bombers, includ-
ing several in an attack on the
Skoda armament works at PilSen,
were shot down by antiaircraft fire.
The 18th Air Force lost Is heavy
bombers from all operations yester-
day.
Aerial photographs show that .
large number of bombs. specially
fused TO bore deep underground
before exploding, burst in the area
of the Fuehrer's chalet and nearby
barracks where 10000 hand picked
SIS bodyguards had been reported
housed.
A London newspa pernian who
few in one of the lead ships said
the force of the explosions made
the planes Shudder.
The ground spewed rocks earth
bricks and even trees. uprOoted and
thrown like straws into the sky
he wrote ''All the target area was
soon covered with smoke. You
could smell it inside the plane"
The whole redoubt area bristled
with antiaircraft guns. flyers said.
There was increased air activity
over all fronts yesterday and at
least II Nazi planes were shot down
Lancasters bombed submarine
oil depot in Oslo Fjord last night
and other British aircraft struck at
targets in Germany.
Nazi Transports DOwned.
With Berlin encncled by the Red
Army. British Mosquitoes patrolled
west of the capital to intercept any
attempt by the Germans to escape
or to obtain supplies by air. -Four
Nazl transports were among the
aircraft shot down yesterday Rail
movement north of Bremen and
Hamburg up to the Danish PENN.
sula was under continued attack and
16 trains were reported wrecked or
damaged.
+ German airmen came up in larger
numbers than recently in an effort
20 screen traffic movements around
Berlin, but showed little inclina-
ton to fight. Nine Spitfires shot
down eight of the enemy without a
loss
Mosquitoes hit the Kiel naval base
for the eighth successive night and
other British bombers attacked elec-
trio railway transformer stations
near Munich for the third consecu-
tive night.
Evening star., 1945-04-26
Russion
Continued From First Page,

fighting was in the southeastern
part of Berlin where the Germans
had constructed heavy fortifieations
in an attempt TO hold the Spree
River line. 49,
The Nazis reported the Plaza
Theater had changed hands re-
peatedly, that Red forces had
reached the cttys center in an uni
IDENTIFIED sector. but had been
halted by counterthrusts. .t.s
While German loudspeaker trucks
goaded the Nasi fighters on. the
city's airports were. reported filled
with planes eyacilating high, NaN
officials. ~
A Moscow communiq1e said 6 900
German officers and men were killed
in yesterdays battles. The MOSCOW
radio. meanwhile. said nearly 1000
600 German troops had been killed
or ca aptured since January 1 bring
ing to more than. II 600 900 the
Russian-reported German casual
ties for four wears of war,
Evening star., 1945-04-26
Rail Junction Blasted
In FoIIowup Of Raid
On Berchtesgaden
By the Associated Press.


LONDON. April 26.-Italy-
based Raj Liberators struck the
German redoubt city of Freilas-
sing last night in a followup to
the historic bombardment of
Hitler's Eagle Nest refuge and
his chalet near Berchtesgaden.
Freilassing is a road and railway
junction 13 miles due north OF
Berchtesgaden, which itself is now
only u miles ahead of American
ground troops and a few miles more
from Russian vangsards.
American and British airmen
were jubilant over the co-ordinated
strike at Hitler's hideouts yesterday
The chalet was destroyed by direct
hit from a six-ton bomb. Heavy
deep penetrating explosives were
hurled on his Kehlstein Mountain
fortress with unannounced results.
It was disclosed today that $50
Raj Lancasters were used in the
strike at Hitlers properties, rather
than 200 as originally reported
They were escorted by both Amer
Evening star., 1945-04-26
ADVERTISEMENT.
~. ADVERTISEMENT.
Gas on Stomach
Relieved in 5 minutes Or
Aaakln voVae -nm>- k.~k

When sSesss stomach acid causes painful. ssRaeet-
~ ess. stoaach and heartburn. doctors Isuaiy
Drseeribs the fastest acting medicines tns~n for
y9Dtomatic relisf-nsdicines Ike those In Bsll ans
Jaklets. No laxative Bell -ans brings comfort IN Q
fly aoxbls your money back on fsturn Of bssels
- us. 15e st al druggtNs.
Evening star., 1945-04-26
LOST RATION COUPON.

LOST RATION COUPON.
Anne, Laura. Dolores. Stella. Alberta and
Betty Beal, and Cosie Beal. sf,. DE 1861.
RATION BOOK NO. 3, issued to 0eoree ~.
Edwards, Churchton, Md =
RATION BOOK NO. s, issued to william
James Dorsey, ChurchSbn. Md.
RATION BOOK No. 4. issued to Mary
Boich. Akron. Ohio.
RATION BOOKS NO. 4, in brown leather
folder, issued to Edith Campbell, Jarnes
Saunders and Ruth Barron. De 1909. a6s
-
OXFOkDS, nurse's white KID, 6rnday en
Brook1apd car. Decatur 1856 "a
SAM01'S NECK eCARE, with oyner's
r4me on it. Atlantic S4p2 5ssy.- q.
WRIST WATCH. Westclox, found iest Veef
near Shoreham. NE 001o. MISS ADAMS.
Evening star., 1945-04-26
Every One in Berlin
Resisting Reds Advance
By EDDY GILMORE,

hSsbSiatGu SaSEfN ~ SolicntSOhuchts
MOSCOW, April 26.-A Russian
war correspondent In Berlin report
ed today that virtually every Ger
man in the encircled city was now
resisting the Soviet Army's growing
attack-"everyt one able to hold q
gun. shovel.ax or crowbar." ,
But the Red Army cannot be
kept from crushing the city, Mai.
Sergei Penchaloy. the writer. said
Many men around me have Berlin
addresses and scores to settle"
Russian artillery augmented by
rocket-firing katusi1as blasted the
city from all sides today. no sector
of the central area escaping the
shells.
Tommyeunners. red as Indians
from clouds of brick dust rising
from the debris. battled through
barricaded streets seeking to rush
the heart of the capital, where many
high-ranking Nazis still may be
found.
Muscovites impatienty awaited
the expected announcement of
Russian American linkup in the
Elbe sector II was now apparent
that the news could come from
several salients, anywhere from west
of captured 'Riesa to the region OF
Stendal.
A late Tass dispatch said hum
dreds of Russians. Poles and sCzechs
had been liberated and were moving
homeward while many Berliners
were fleeing the battle zones think
ing the districts occupied by the
Red Army are less dangerous.
More and more flags fiuttered
from Berlin,s windows and over her
ruins-"like q Washday"-Tass said.
Maj. Penchalov. writing of Rus
slams with scores to settle, said: =
"Vasilf Kordjuk, a Ukrainian from
the Latvian district, was taken to
Berlin for hard labor, worked for
Manufacturer Ernest Banker. He
escaped and entered the Red Army.
He has killed six Germans, one an
oncer, on the banks of the Oder,
but this, hasn't settled his revenge.
He wants to find Ernest Banker.
Reds Seek Relatives.
Maj. Penchalov said another
fighter was in Berlin to '.free his
sister, there; another sought to re-
venge his dead brother. carried to-
Berlin from voronezh;. still another, /
whose wife was killed by the Ger
mans, refused to 90 to first-afd
post after being wounded, saying he
would accept treatment after Berlin
had fallen. i....s
Maria Bondarenko is from Stalin-.
grad, !" the correspondent said. She
Is regulating trafnc IN Berlin streets.
She dreams and talks shout stand
ing IN the center of the Wiia1klm-
strasse with her. signal nags.
Tass Correspondent Boris AfanseyI
reported the noise Of the battle In
creased as the Russians neared the /
Etys center. 1h4 din vasa ~ (hlslI
s 70 Smiles away. IL sRiid. ~, ~ i; ]
Evening star., 1945-04-26
Western Front
CONTINUED From First Page,

man resistance 1t Gen. Alexander
M. Patch's troops were threatening
to curl around that third largest
German city from the south in a
plunge toward the Austrian border
+ The French fst Army slashed into
German pockets in the Black Forest.
Swabian Alps, around Ulm and
Stuttgart and Aalen. The Poilus
pushed along the Swiss Rhine FROM
tier to Waldshut, Il miles north
west of Zurich.
chalet was hit by siX-ton and
lighter bombs yesterday, was indeed
threatened from all sides. The
Russians were reported beating in
from the east. about 80 miles away.
The Allies in Italy were closing
across the Pc from the south. The
7th Army and the French were
moving down from the northwest
and west. and the Sd Army was
striking frontally from the north.
7th Army Meets Opposition.
Virtually the only concerted op-
POcAtAOAl dlohS Vic WAOAC oOutAlCIll
front was against the 7th Army in
its four principal bridgeheads, two
across the Danube and two across
the Iller Canal leading south from
Ulm.
Gen. Patch's veteran Sd Division
joined the Hellcat 12th Armored)
Division in the Dillingen bridgehead
over the Danube and together they
famed out to the southeast and
southwest. The tanks were on a
four-lane highway to Munich at An
hausen, IL miles southwest of Dilli-
gen and the infantry captured Vert
ingen, IA miles northwest of Augs-
burg and 45 miles from Munich
Troops at another point were less
than 10 miles from Augsburg, but
no closer to Munich at last reports.
With the German 18th Army
chopped to ribbons, the German 1st
Army was falling back doggedly be-
fore the American 7tf and Sd Armies
Evening star., 1945-04-26
Plon to Parachute Food
To Dutch Is Abandoned
nv The Associated Press

By the Associated Press. ,-- -.'
LONDON, April 26.-The omcial
Netherlands Aneta news agency said
it had learned today that Gen.
Esenhower's announced plan to
drop food by plane to civilians in
the German-held pocket in Western
Holland had been abandoned tenn
pofarily 80 s..- =.
German military authorities in
Holland said they would not agree
to Gen Eisenhowerss plan for dis
tributing the food. 81.
Evening star., 1945-04-26
JUDGE Modden to Speok

Judge J. Warren Madden of the
United States Court Of Claims will
address the Fairfax County Voters
League at 1880 pm. tomorrow at
the Village Inn. Falls Church. His
ttopic will be - Citizen in To-
days Community" .AHD
Evening star., 1945-04-26

War Bonds are new owned by
some $1,000, ,eee individual Ameri-
cans. More than out sf every Il
men, women and children in the
United States are purchasers. :,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-02-23
Visual Acuity

When you apply for an automo-
bile drivers license in many states,
you will be asked to read the let
tiers on an eye chart Your ability
to read the various lines of letters
indicates the distance efficiency of
your eyes, says the Better Vision
institute. The charts were designed
so that a person with sight con-
sidered normal can read easily at a
distance of 20 feet a letter which
makes a picture of standard size
upon the retina of the eyes. If you
can see only the $50 line" it means
your eyes must have larger pic
ture on the retina and that, accord
ing to estimates by experts, you
have a visual acuity of only Ola
per cent of standard. If the $40
line" is the smallest that you can
distinguish clearly, then your sight
is only 1876 per cent of standard.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-02-23
Green Feed Supplies
Chickens With Vitamins

Green feed supplies vitamins A
and G and for this reason laying
hens should be allowed to range on.
it, say extension poultry specialists.
Both vitamins are necessary for
maximum egg production and hatch
ability. Vitamin A is necessary also
to prevent an eye trouble similar to
roup.
Green feed has some advantages
other than nutritional, in that it
tends to keep the birds satisfied and
probably helps to prevent feather
pulling and cannibalism. For this
reason the birds should have access
to a green range at all times. This
can be supplied by double yard
ing system, which not only supplies
an abundance of green feed but aids
in combating diseases and parasites.
Oats make a good winter grazing
crop. They should be seeded at the
rate Of five bushels per acre. This
makes a dense sod which will give
grazing for a flock of hens much
longer than when lighter seedlings
are made.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-02-23
TO EMPLOY 10000 FOR FARM
CENSUS

Soon $4,000 Government census
takers will sharpen pencils, tuck
record books under their arms AMI
set out to count agricultural noses.
1t will be the two-month task of
these Census Bureau interviewers to
make comprehensive tabluation of
U. S. farms, farmers, farm dollars.
livestock, crops and other miscellan
eous agricultural data.
The first farm census was taken
more than 100 years ago, in 1910,
and was repeated once every decade
until 1920 and once every five years
since tken.
There still is some doubt that the
1945 census ever will be completed
and made public. 1t is a $12,500, 900
job and so far Congress has appropri-
ated only $7,25O,00O for the purpose
enough to carry out the interview
ing and pay the $4,000 enumerators.
The Seventy-eighth Congress in a
last rebellious gesture refused to au
thorize the additional 100000
needed to add up the figures and pub
lish the findings.
Farmers will be questioned in de-
tail about the kind of crops planted
acreage, how much was consumed on
the farm and the income received
from their sale. Farm properties and
debt position will be determined. An
inventory of farm machinery will be
included.
Utilization of land will be disclos-
ed by questions on idle fields, crop
failures and pasture or grazing land.
Perhaps the most detailed ques-
lions will cover the livestock popula-
ton. The enumerator will determine
the number of chickens and turkeys
raised, income from poultry, number
of cows and heifers milked, how
many gallons of milk produced and
quantity of butter sold.
Operators and tenants of ranches,
truck farms, combined victory gar
den projects, nurseries, greenhouses,
fruit orchards, poultry lots, hatcher
les, apiaries, and feed lots all will be
Intercepted.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-02-23

cites. Cabbagefi Carrots and lettuce
all ranked higk on the list Following
in close order were corn, beets( Gu
cumbers, green peas, mustard, pep
pers, potatoes, radishes, squash, tur-
nips, kale, spinach, swiss chard and
onions. These and many other vege-
tables appear on the plans being
drawn up for this years gardens.
Most gardeners find that seed or
dering can be on interesting passtime.
The whoe family can have fun read
ing the descriptions of mouth-water-
ing fruits and vegetables given in the
catalogs; looking at the illustrations;
and discussing likes and dislikes.
Then finally comes the decision as to
just what varieties show the most
promise for successful garden.
1t helps for the whole family to
talk over garden plans before max
ing selections: The tried and tested
varieties are recommended. However,
it is also a goo dida to try one or
two new vegetables ra new variety.
The use of varieties resistant to dis
ease especially is urged. This is par
ticularly true in the case Of cabbage,
sweet corn. aud tomatoes. as other
wise some Of the soil-borne diseases
may ruin the entire planting.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-02-23
Bamboo Serves Many
Purposes in Orient

There is not a category of human
needs which cannot be supplied by
some form or product of bamboo.
Food, weapons, shelter, implements,
clothes, furniture, baskets and con-
tainers, bridges, conduction pipes,
paper, cable, ornaments, and many
very specialized articles are made
from it.
Bamboo has figured largely in the
past history of Asiatic and many
tropical peoples and has been the
subject of artistic rendering in all
the arts. The famous Bamboo
Books, containing more than 100000
seal characters, comprising Is diff
ferent works dealing with the his
tory of China for 1900 years, were
written on tablets made of bamboo
which were strung together like a
fan.
To bring the uses of bamboo up to
date, bamboo basket has been de-
signed and used by the Chinese to
protect their most important build
ings from Japanese air raiders. The
Chinese construct three-story bam-
boo framework atop buildings and
load all three floors with cut ban-
boo. When bomb hits, it is HARM
lessly detonated before it reaches
the building itself.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-02-23
Washing Care Needed
For Wooden Socks

Pure wool naturally tends to
shrink little, so it is a good idea
to buy wool socks half a size larger
than usual; but even at that, proper
washing care is necessary. Never
rub wool socks. Just press the suds
through them, keeping to the same
lukewarm temperature for washing
and rinsing.
Another precaution Is to dry the
socks on forms which can be bought
ready-made or can be cut out of
wood or cardboard Covering the
forms with bath-towelling will help
speed the drying. If you do not use
forms, smooth the socks into shape,
pull them out to original size, and
lay them out fiat to dry or hang
them with the feet about half over
the line.
Many women, to save time and
soap, have developed the habit of
rinsing out their menfolk's socks
right along with their own stockings
in the bathroom washbowl each
night.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-02-23
HAM AND EGG SHOW-3Oth
EDITION

The thirtietk Ham and Egg Show
is scheduled for early March at the
Fort Valley State College in Georgia,
where hundreds of Negro farmers
will compete for honors in produc-
ton of quality products. One feature
to distinguish this exhibition from
most others of equal age is the fact
tkat Otis S. O'Neal, the man who ORR
ginated the idea for the first show, is
still the handspring of the expanded
enterprise. The young Negro extern
sion agent who promoted the first
show in 1916 is now a veteran still
active in extension work. Meanwhile,
the idea has spread, and IL counties
in Georgia now hold Ham and Egg
Shows, and the idea has caught on in
six other States: Alabama, Arkansas,
Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas,
and Virginia, according to reports to
the U. S. Department of Agriculture.
AS O'Neal tells it, the idea came to
kline in the srping of 1915, when he
was on his rounds as extension agent
listing Negro farmers in Peach and
Houston counties. Most of the farm
ers he visited did not have enough
meat for their families, but a few
were we'll supplied. For the first
Snow he encouraged some of the fore
handed families to exhibit their
meats to inspire others to provide
similarly. That year there were 81
hams, many poorly cured, and IT
dozen eggs, soiled and low grade. At
the last show there were more than
1000 hickory cured hams on display
and more than 200 dozen high grade
eggs.
In 1915 only about one Negro fam
lily in five in the two counties kept
hogs and chickens. Today 10 out of
20 of them have hogs and chickens.
The Ham and Egg Show and the
meetings before it have caught popu-
lar interest and provide farmers with
information they need in improving
their farming for better income and
BETTER supplies of home grown food.
The Ham and Egg Show, says a
statement by the University of Geor-
gia, "must be seen, felt, tasted,
smelled and heard" to be appreciated.
This years show is expected to run
to an imposing total of red ration
points that exhibitors will not need to
surrender to enjoy their home grown
products of high quality.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-02-23


ings, blood plasma and whole blood,
kit bags and comfort articles to the
battlefronts. 1t is vote of gratitude for
the millions of food parcels reaching
American men in enemy prison camps.
Opening March 1, the third American
Red Cross War Fund campaign for
100000, 0OO-the same as last year.
will continue throughout the entire
month. More than 100000 volunteers
Will distribute the familiar window en-
blems, conducting house-to-house can
vass to fulfill the 1915 quota. Along
with the window emblem, tcach con-
trlbutor will receive lapel tab fash
toned after the Red Cross flag-the
nag known to all as sign of aid and
comfort.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-02-23
Symbolic Red Cross Emblem
10 Appear In Windows Again

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Once again,
next month, the scarlet emblem Of the
American Red Cross will appear in the
windows of American homes, symbolic
ing the financial support of the nation
in supporting the manifold services of
that organization to American fighting
men overseas.
In every nation of the world, this red
cross has long been the symbol of uni
versal humanitarianism, both in peace
and in time of war. Today it is worn
by medical corpsmen of all armies and
navies serving the wounded. 1t pro-
tects hospital tents, ships, planes and
trains. Painted on each of the Inter-
national Red Cross ships bearing food
parcels to prisoners of war and ex-
changed prisoners homeward, it is a
guarantee of safety from acts of war.
To the giver doing his part to fulfill
the $200,000000 goal of the American
Red Cross in 1945, it represents his per-
sonal part in supplying the material
things which add to the morale of the
American serviceman whether hospi-
talized or able-bodied.
"The window sticker means more
than dollars contributed to the Red
Cross" Chairman Basil O'Connor de-
clared. at means service clubs, can
teens, recreation rooms and clubmo-
biles for the men in war theaters."
To the American Red Cross, each
window sticker is family's request to
the Red Cross to continue it's RESPONSE
bilities on behalf of the son in Italy,
the neighbours boy half turn around
the globe in the Philippines, and the
brother fighting on the Western Front.
It IS the expression of faith of the
American people that Red Cross will
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-02-23
Sponge Bank

Tuck soap scraps into a sponge
slit at the top so that you can put
soap pieces into the cloth lining.
When wet it is pliable and full OF
soft suds. You'll find host Of uses
for this sponge bank. Soap" the
dishes with it when you're doing
quick dishwashing job. Keep spe-
cial one for bathing the dog or
scrubbing floors. But since the soap
is inside you can't rinse surfaces
with It,. Or prepare a jelly from
remnants of soap bars. To make a
jelly dissolve small pieces of soap
in hot water, using Is cup soap to l
quart water. Then cool and set
aside to jell. You can use this Jelly
in place of fakes for any launder-
ing. Use up the ends of your bar
soap this way.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-02-23
VICTORY GARDENERS PLAN 1o45
SEASON


Many "old-timers" large number
of veterans of one, two and three
years of Victory Gardening, and a
sizeable number of newcomers in the
game ARE being gardening wise" by
planning their 1915 gardens now.
While no definite goal has been set
for gardens tkis year, it is estimated
that at least one of every two Mary
land homes will have one, w. r. Bal
lard, garden specialist at the Uni
versity of Maryland, said.
Surveys indicate that tomatoes are
by far the most popular garden crop,
not only in Maryland. but in the
country as a whole. Both past per-
formances and present plans give this
fruit first rank. Beans are second in
popularity. with preference divided
heaswesR the green end lima VERT