Four Killed Six Hurt In Plane Wrecks at Waynesboro Va
Four people died and six were wounded in two separate crashes near Waynesboro and Gate City, Virginia. A Piper Cub flown by Walter Ellison crashed on Augusta airport grounds during an air show injuring two passengers, while DeWitt Chandler died later from injuries. A Navy plane also crashed near Marevania Ridge east of Gate City, killing two officers and injuring others as it attempted to land after engine trouble.
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Waynesboro
Army Atg
Augusta
Walter Jackson Ellison
Navy
DeWitt Chandler
Stuarts
Army
Chandler
Ellison
ATS
Hartman Flying Stevice
Harrisonburg
Trae
Stanlay Kline
AT6
Cub
ATG
Gate City
Mareacia Ridge
St. Simon Naval Air Station
Georgia
Detroit
Holston Valley Community Hospital
Kingsport
Tenn
Knife Wielding Clerk Convicted Of Assault
Scottsville Kentucky August 11 Rev Frank Carter of Scottsville attacked Russell Scott with a knife after Scott shouted at a church service. Carter was fined 30 dollars and costs after being found guilty of cutting in a sudden affray. The incident occurred April 18 after services at a tabernacle near Petroleum. Scott, a World War II veteran, was slashed on the face and chest.
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Scottsville
Frank Carter
Russell Scott
Scott
Robert M. Coleman
Coleman
Carter
Rev
Petroleum
Rev. Carter
Hunger Is The Pay-Off For Germany
Berlin reports from Reginald Kenny describe the postwar economy under Allied occupation. Official rations remain meager and vary by zone and work, prompting women to toil in emergency gardens and rubble cleanup to gain food. Black market hopes rise as prices strain households with eggs and butter costing prohibitive sums.
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Rte Winder Iy
Gergens
World Conquist
Ile
Berlin
Reginald Kenny
Nea-Aeme
St Deseanf
Tne Tien
Skat Po
Sais
15 Held For Months Without Formal Charges Against Them
Frankfurt dispatch reports that Shirlon American civilians and soldiers have been held in a U S Army jail for up to many months without formal charges or access to legal counsel. An Army lawyer denounced the justice system as slow. officials pledged investigations and counsel would be provided. The case includes a Chicago civilian jailed since June 23 and a Detrait man jailed June 11 for possible involvement in a German girl's death. A letter smuggling scandal drew prompts from Capt. Earl Carroll and Col. Owen Summers, who stressed due process and accountability. Charles Corbett of Bridgeport, 17, faces theft charges in Hyattsville after allegedly taking a wristwatch from a dairy foreman. He confessed selling the watch and officers recovered it.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Aug
U. S. Army
Army System of Justice
Army
Army Criminal Investigation
Chicago
Pée
Daniel i P. Walczak
Detrait
Oficer
Walratre
Maidac
Robinson
New York
Litchfield
Bad Nauheim
Earl Carroll
San Bruno
Calif
Owen Summers
Portland
Ore
Theater Headquarters Command
Harold Chase
Salina Kans
Washington
War Department
Carroll
Charles Corbett
Bridgeport
Init
Prince Georges County
Albert Adelsberger
Emmitsburg
Corbett
Hyattsville
Union Bridge
Adelsberger
Negro Evangelist and Bride Denounce Newspapers in Harlem Banquet
Father Divine and his 21 year old bride Edna Rose Ritchings denounce press distortions at a Harlem banquet attended by about 50 followers. He warned followers to avoid crime and claimed his work has saved New York City millions by reducing relief rolls and cutting vice. The couple objected to publication of photos from Philadelphia and defended their interracial union as not race based.
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New York
Harlem
Father Divine
Edna Rose Ritchings
Montréal
Philadelphia
Tay
Tersians
Inea
Eena Fose Ritchings
Collision Of Planes Brings Death To Four
Huntington West Virginia August 11 three occupants of a Navy twin engined Beechcraft and the pilot of a single engined aeronca trainer were killed when the two planes crashed mid air over the Chesapeake Ohio river bank. Navy authorities said the Beechcraft carried four aboard including Lieut. Comdr. Clark Henderson and John S Row Jr while J P Corkran Jr the Huntington pilot of the aeronca trainer died at the scene. Howard Mayes owner of the Chesapeake airport identified Corkran.
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Huntington
W. Va
Chesapeake, O
Ohio River
Reger Funeral Home
Clark Lee Henderson
Staatsburg
N. Y
John S. Row
Naval
Anacostia Air Station
Washington
D. C
Navy
Cincinnati
Naval Reserve
Reserve
Mayes
Corkran
Chesapeake
Whitten
Fire damages car on Seventh Street Pike near Camp Detrick
Fire damaged a car owned by LeRoy Crebbs of Yellow Springs, with over $200 in harm to the upholstery and chassis. The blaze occurred about 8 a.m. Sunday when the vehicle caught fire on the Seventh Street Pike, a mile west of Camp Detrick. The county engine assisted, and officials cited a possibly overburdened exhaust pipe as the cause. The car was towed to a local garage.
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LeRoy Crebbs
Yellow Springs
Seventh Street
Independent
Camp Detrick
Carmack Jr. Enlists in U S Army and Is Stationed at Camp Carson
Private Harvey H. Carmack Jr. enlisted in the United States Army on April 2 and is now stationed at Camp Carson Colorado after a transfer from Fort McClellan. His father accompanied him during the move, followed by a five week Rocky Mountain trip visiting Denver and regional sights before returning home by rail.
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Bettorcoy Bori Men Carmack, Jr
Harvey Somiden Carmack, Jr
Carmack
United States Army
Fort McClellan
Camp Carson
Colo
Mr. Carmack Sr
M. O. Carmack
Denver
Rocky Mountains
Buffalo Bill
Lookout Mountain
Red Rocks
Garden of the Gods
Estes Park
Ratl
Harvey H. Carmack, Jr
H. A
Allen Kline Stricken In Cerebral Hemorrhage
G Allen Kline superintendent of the Monocacy Valley Canning Co suffered a cerebral hemorrhage around 4 pm Sunday and was reported in serious condition today at his residence 168 B O avenue.
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Allen Kline
G. Allen Kline
Monocacy Valley Canning Co
Avenue
Price Aid Promised By Paul Porter
Washington August 11 Invigorated by a new Decontre Board Administrator Paul Porter pledged full OPA aid to business and industry as the government loosens wartime price controls The board will take up its first tasks tomorrow Porter denied that OPA will force industry through red tape to win increases Congress framed the law to require justification under the standards He said productions must flow and the CPA will not blame the OPA for delays In 1936 Coast Guard aviation was authorized by Congress.
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Washington
Paul Porter
OPA
Decontre
Congressional
Porter
Congress
CPA
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Jerry) Batten
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Gerfart
Colorado
Coast Guard
Paine & Enamel
Frederick
Frederick Auto
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Fender
West Patrick Street
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Studebaker
Hillside Motor Co
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