Fishermen Meet to Decide Beaver Creek Section
Washington county fishermen are invited to a Tuesday meeting on April 4 at 7 30 p m in Hotel Hamilton clubroom to decide on closing a Beaver Creek section to worm fishermen. Joseph W Brooks Jr Baltimore sportsman and chairman argues the move is conservation noting Beaver Creek total stocked trout extends 80 miles with 40 miles open to worm fishing and 7 miles open in this county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Hotel Hamilton
Beaver Creek
Daily Mail
Witor
Joseph W. Brooks, Jr
Baltimore
Fresh
Maryland State Game and Fish Protective Association
Une
Brooks
Rainfall in First Quarter 1944 Surpasses Normal
Weather observer J. A. Miller reported first quarter 1944 rainfall totaled 8.62 inches, 0.18 inch above normal. March rainfall threatened a new record but did not reach 5.68 inches, and March was cooler than the average 43.3 degrees. Fruit trees show excellent condition with no blossoming danger unless warm weather lasts five to six days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Miller
Schmeling Meets Pope Pius XII in Rome Visit
The German former world heavyweight boxing champion Max Schmeling had audience with Pope Pius XII in Rome. The Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau reported Schmeling arrived in Rome to box a young Nazi paratrooper stationed on the Cassino front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Max Schmeling
Germany
Pius XII
Rome
Schmeling
Cassino Front
Hunt For Missing Weapons At German POW Camp
In Trinidad Colorado three weapons a pistol two revolvers and an Army carbine are sought by military authorities at the German prisoner of war camp near Trinidad where prisoners cached homemade knives and liquor. Camp commander Lt Col Lambert B Cain said the search sparked a sit down strike by inmates protesting the home search. The strike ended with no violence after food was with held. A quantity of homemade wine and knives fashioned from razor blades and wood were found. Cain said the missing weapons are a criminal lapse and disclosed Second Lt John Aboud was relieved of duties with charges filed against him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinidad
Colo
Lambert B. Cain
Cain
Col. Cain
Col Cain
John Aboud
Four Injured In Early Leitersburg Crash
Four persons were injured, all seriously, when an Oldsmobile crashed into a concrete wall and a pole near Leitersburg at 12:30 this morning. Driver Devitt Haines 23 Martinsburg said brakes failed as he returned from Waynesboro. His mother Bessie Haines 63 and wife Virginia Haines suffered facial injuries and a broken knee respectively. Passenger Joe Guardada 26, stationed at Baker hospital Martinsburg, had head cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leitersburg
Ringgold
Devitt Donald Haines
Martinsburg
Leister Isanogle
Waynesboro
Haines
Bessie Haines
Virginia Haines
Joe F. Guardada
Baker Hospital
Bond Sales Drop At Post Office
Bond sales at the post office fell about 39,000 in March from February. Postmaster Thomas M. Simpson announced. Total bonds sold March 50,718.75 versus 89,550 in February and 93,131.25 in March last year. Postal receipts rose in March to 28,888.25 from 23,743.08 in March 1943, a gain of 5,145.17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas M. Simpson
13 Volunteers Here This Week For Navy
The Navy recruiting office announced the acceptance of 13 volunteers this week, bringing first quarter 1944 total to 129 with only eight rejections at the Baltimore induction station. Names include Jack E. Bloom Leitersburg Ernest A. Knott Jr Hagerstown Richard A. Heyworth 66 West Side Richard L. Frush Big Pool William D. Stotler 136 East Franklin William N. Anderson Williamsport Layton E. Sigler Sharpsburg Earl J. French 224 Nottingham road Richard H. Sharar 328 North Locust Phillip H. Rohrer Hagerstown Rt. 5 Earl M. Glass Emmitsburg Arthur L. Fauble Weverton Richard L. Robinson Greencastle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Baltimore
Jack E. Bloom
Leitersburg
Ernest A. Knott, Jr
Hagerstown Rt
Richard A. Heyworth
West Side
Richard L. Frush
Big Pool
William D. Stotler
East Franklin
William N. Anderson
Williamsport
Layton E. Sigler
Sharpsburg
Earl J. French
Nottingham Road
Richard H. Sharar
North Locust
Phillip H. Rohrer
Hagerstown
Earl M. Glass
Emmitsburg
Arthur L. Fauble
Weverton
Richard L. Robinson
Greencastle
Saboteur Pups Delayed Coast Guard Dog Training
A German shepherd at the naval air station Wold-Chamberlain Field in Minneapolis was granted a temporary leave during Coast Guard dog training. She gave birth to ten puppies delaying completion, with officers naming the litter saboteurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Coast Guard
Naval Air Station
Wold- Chamberlain Field
AWOL Bear Mascot Joey Hibernates at Camp Mackall
The 501st Paratroopers mascot Joey the black bear had an AWOL charge dismissed after disappearing for over three months. He reappeared near the mess hall and was found to be in a hibernation den under the barracks with a three and a half month nap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Mackall
N. C
Joey
Housing shortage hits Fairchild workers in Hagerstown
A Housing Section report for the Fairchild Aircraft Division shows less than 50 percent of dwelling requests filled in the last six months. It notes a housing shortage forces workers to commute from out of town. From October 1943 to March 1944, 130 dwellings were found in Hagers town, far short of needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairchild
Fairchild Aircraft Division
Hagerstown
Coal Dealers Join War Manpower Agreement in Hagerstown
Hagerstown coal dealers are added to the area war manpower agreement. The pact restricts transfers of workers between industries and grants essential status to participating industries. Drivers cannot switch jobs without employer release or U.S. Employment Service approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
War Manpower Commission
U.S.E.S
March registration totals rise with 300 new voters
About 140 people registered with the Board of Election Supervisors yesterday, the last day before the primary, bringing March's total new registrations to about 300. About 55 percent of the new voters are registered Republican amid heightened interest in the GOP U.S. Senate nomination battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Election Supervisors
U. S
Secrecy Tightened Ahead of Western Invasion
London reports drastic security steps as D-Day nears. Visitors barred from a ten mile deep zone spanning over 700 miles along England's southern and eastern coasts facing occupied Europe. Measures aim to prevent information leaks though officials say no invasion imminence is indicated. Travel between England and Ireland already suspended amid persistent rumors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
D- Day
British Isles
England
United States
Britain
Ireland
Drive Launched To End Dumping
Sheriff's officers announced a county wide drive to curb dumping of waste paper tin cans garbage and debris along roads and highways. Granville T Mozingo pleaded guilty to dumping waste paper in Doubs woods on Downsville pike receiving 30 days jail sentence suspended on payment of 10 and promise to obey laws. Magistrate Bostetter noted the 90 day and 50 fine maximum. Sheriff Huyett urged public pride and highlighted a county dump and old auto bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granville T. Mozingo
Sharpsburg Pike
M. W. B. Bostetter
Mozingo
Doub’s
Downsville Pike
Bostetter
John B. Huyett
Hospital Casualties Mount at Anzio Hospital Strike
Allied dispatches from Naples report 85 casualties at the Anzio beachhead hospital struck by German bombs on Wednesday night. Sixteen dead and 69 wounded, with details unclear on how many were patients or if nurses were among the dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Anzio
Pope Pius XII Easter Mass to Be Private Broadcast
A DNB Italian dispatch says Pope Pius XII will celebrate Easter Sunday Mass in his private chapel and will not broadcast the service to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
DNB
Pius XII
Williamsport Democrats Set Monday Meeting at Hall
Williamsport W. D. Byron Democratic Club will meet Monday at 8 PM in the Williamsport Community Hall. Secretary Donald E. Ebersole expects a full turnout to discuss several important matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsport Democrats
Williamsport
W. D. Byron Democratic Club
Donald E. Ebersole
Ebersole
Real Estate Market Sees Best Week In Years
The Washington County market closed a strong week with nearly $250000 in sales across ten farms and several residential properties. Brokers report demand far outstripping supply with buyers eager for investment homes. month totals approach a million dollars as transactions include Virgin B Young to J Raymond Hershey and others on Cushna Avenue Startown Leitersburg Pike Broadway and Maryland avenues among properties valued from about 2800 to 16000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Virgin B. Young
J. Raymond Hershey
Cushna Avenue
Wm. McPherson Miller
George D. Clopper
Leitersburg Pike
Charles A. Heckman
Stanley B. Riley
Carl
Broadway
Henry S. Munson
Philip N. Breichner
Maryland Avenue
Benjamin F. Bechtle
Virginia Huyett Brown
East Antietam Street
Isaac M. Kemp
Famous Polar Flier Arrives In Sweden
STOCKHOLM April 1 Balchen renowned American polar flier arrives on an official mission in Sweden. It is unclear what his exact assignment is but he may be here to aid establishing American airline service to Sweden. Balchen was named a U S Army air specialist in 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Bernt Balchen
Amercan Polar Flier
Sweden
Balchen
U. S. Army Air
Allied drive to break black markets in Italy
Allied authorities in Naples announce a nation wide effort to dismantle black market rings exploiting about 3 million residents under Allied administration. Public-spirited squads will hunt violators in Naples Avellino and Benevento with courts empowered to mete severe punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Avellino
Benevento
Peace Prophesy From Local Birth Trends At Hospital
Washington County Hospital sees 60 births in a month with 40 girls and 20 boys. Observers link higher girl births to approaching peace, noting prior months favored boys and overall births declined from a peak of 92 to 55–60 per month. Hospital reports prematurity rates unchanged. all babies over five pounds counted as normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County Hospital
Hagerstown
Jap Gunners Fail To Hit Island
New Orleans April 1. Signalman Second Class Michael W. Langston of Winnsboro Louisiana describes a Japanese submarine commander who could not hit a nearby island. Langston, at the naval armed guard center after four months at sea, recalls shells that overshot the atoll and landed in the sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Michael W. Langston
Winnsboro
Naval Armed Guard Center
Langston
Pacific Atoll
Ten Autos Of Workers Robbed
Thieves believed to be boys switched from the Western Maryland station parking lot to a nearby park and broke into ten parked cars. They stole gas ration coupons and valuables, damaged windshields and side glass, and targeted railroad workers. Earlier in the week several Western Maryland office workers’ cars were ransacked for gas coupons and valuables. Sheriff and city police join in the hunt, urging owners to keep gas coupons in pocketbooks and purses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Maryland Station
Downsville Pike
Shomo Yards
Western Maryland
Worker Held On Serious Charge
Max T. Marshall, 30, of West Antietam Street, a shoe factory worker, was arrested by City Detective Wayne Sellman and City Officer John Knode on a warrant for breaking and entering the American Restaurant on South Potomac Street. The alleged robbery occurred after midnight, with ten bottles of wine and about $15 in cash taken. Marshall, found intoxicated at a local tavern, will not be questioned until sober. Police report two bottles of stolen wine recovered and say entrance was through a rear door. He frequented the restaurant and knew its general layout. A preliminary hearing is slated for next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max T. Marshall
West Antietam Street
Wayne Sellman
John Knode
South Potomac Street
Marshall
Injunction Halts Philly Air Traffic
Philadelphia isolation followed United Airlines decision to drop service to Allentown Bethlehem airport after a Lehigh county farm couple, Frank and Mary Dingos, secured an injunction. United had used the airport for Philadelphia departures since the municipal field closed in December, forcing passengers to travel by rail or to other hubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
United Airlines
Allentown- Bethlehem
Lehigh County
United
Allentown-Bethlehem
Upstate
New York
Kenneth M. Bates
United Said
Frank
Mary Dingos
Berlin Says Reds Reach Key Pass
Berlin radio reported Red army spearheads reached the northern approaches of Jablonica Pass in the Carpathians, advancing toward the Czech-Slovak border. The pass lies about 15 miles south of Delatyn, with Borodenka-Kolo mea sector noted west of Czernowitz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Berlin
Jablonica Pass
Carpathian Mountains
Associated Press
Delatyn
Moscow
Borodenka-Kolomea
Czernowitz
Finn Cabinet Reconsiders Truce With Russia
Stockholm dispatches report the Finnish cabinet weighing a new Moscow communication that could lead to an armistice. Paasikivi, Finland's peace envoy, has reestablished contact after rejecting Moscow's terms, and today’s cabinet session is seen as a result of those talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Helsinki
Moscow
Finland
Juho K. Paasikivi
Only One Application For New Car In Month
Only one application for the purchase of a new automobile in Washington county was made last month through the Ration Board. The ration office said this represents the smallest demand for new cars since the war began, due to reduced eligibility limitations for new cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Ration Board
Ration Office
18 Year Old Papa Of 3 Awaits Draft
ITALY Texas April 1 C R Dawson father of three children has just turned eighteen and received his draft call He says his first child was born when he was 15 and another has arrived each year since He expects to go to war any day now
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Texas
C. R. Dawson
Jimmy Stewart Now Operations Officer
Maj James M Stewart nicknamed Jimmy Stewart from the movies is promoted from squadron commander to operations officer of a Liberator bomber group at a U S bomber base in England. He will direct bombing of at least 48 Liberators, previously led a 12-plane squadron and flew 11 missions including Berlin. The promotion effective March 30 allows occasional combat flight as a pilot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
England
James M. Stewart
Jimmy Stewart
U. S
Stewart
Berlin
Bone Confirmed to Ninth Circuit by Senate
Washington April 1 The Senate waived rules to vote immediate confirmation of President Roosevelt's appointment of Senator Homer T Bone to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Homer T. Bone
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Japanese air chief relieved in Tokyo air command shakeup
Tass quoted a Tokyo dispatch reporting Lt. Gen. Takeo Yasuda has been relieved as inspector general of aviation in a Japanese air command shakeup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Tass
Tokyo
Takeo Yasuda
Soviet Drive Cracks Romanian Front in Bessarabia
Soviet dispatches report Romanians surrendering as Red Army forces advance toward Kishinev Odessa and Tiraspol. Malinovsky and Konev’s fronts close on Odessa’s approaches while Ukrainian units press from the east and north, with a 600 captains surrender cited and a plea for honorable surrender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Russia
Odessa
Tiraspol
Kishinev
Bessarabia
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Ivan S. Konev
Black Sea
Lower
Dnieper
Izvestia
Extra Rations For Ill Revised
The Office of Price Administration announces a revised procedure for granting supplemental food rations to the ill. Effective April 6 local boards issue extra rations only for certain illnesses generally accepted as needing more food and will forward other cases to OPA district offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Liquor and Cabaret Taxes Explained for Today
The Ration Board explains new Federal excise taxes on all distilled spirits and wines take effect today with higher prices but never exceeding the tax amount. The cabaret tax applies to singing or dancing venues at 30 percent of charges, passed to consumers under restaurant rules.
Also Mentioned on This Page
REDS
Peg Spinning
New Rochelle
N. Y
Skippy
Capt
Ken Spinning
Brenner Pass
Will
Schemeling
Pope
Fairchild Housing
WMC
Realty
Philly
Black Sea Port
Crumbie
Papa
Bone
JAP Air Chief
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!