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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1944
Page
8
Pvt. Russell L. McClelland, once with Company B before federal service, was killed in France on July 12. He leaves his mother Mrs. Edna Myers and a wife Mrs. Wiolet McClelland with a young son, all living in Washington. he was an only child.
Ira Roth, manager of Kraft Cheese Co s new Hagerstown branch, will receive the 10 year safe driving award at a forthcoming company ceremony to be held locally. The announcement confirms the milestone achievement and recognition by the firm.
Washington Agricultural Conservation Association moved rationed farm equipment from sales floors to food production. County Chairman Jacob Ankeney said eligible farmers will receive letters allowing them to negotiate a sale even if the county quota is used up. The plan covers tractors, pick-up balers, hay loaders, combines, manure spreaders, corn huskers, corn pickers, mowers, grain drills and ensilage cutters.
In a strange discovery a potato grew through a knotted length of heavy wire while Paul H. Blair dug up his victory garden at 92 Park Avenue. The unusual tuber is displayed at the Herald-Mail office. Also in brief: King George VI returns to Britain after a 10 day tour of Allied forces in Italy. Laurence Steinhardt leaves Ankara en route home. In Boonsboro a carnival homecoming yields about £8 in found money.
Allied forces under Lt General Omar Bradley pierced Brittany with a 30 by 35 mile wedge reaching Rennes and Dinan, while Canadian troops attacked below Caen. American armor advanced from Avranches toward Brest and St Nazaire as a 60 mile pincers moved on German lines near Tilly-La Campagne.
London reports describe a 12 hour unbroken flying bomb assault over southern England and London with near continuous antiaircraft fire. Hospitals were damaged, patients killed and injured, a church and houses struck, and two bombs destroyed midair and in the sea. One hospital wing was hit killing a patient and injuring several nurses. Damage tallies approach $600,080.
A Daily Mail issue dated March 21, 1944 arrived in Williamsport in a box sent to Mrs. George Wolfe by Frankie Herbert in Italy. The paper belonged to Paul Anderson, a Williamsport resident serving in Italy, and the box also held a native-made Italian tea set.
Cpl. Liddy D. Brunner slowly improves after being seriously wounded in France on June 21. The War Department relayed the latest word to his mother Mrs. Laura Brunner of Smihshburg.
In Dedham Massachusetts the will of Woodbury Rand is interpreted by executor Charles N. Rogerson to leave the tiger cat Buster a $40,000 bequest, instead of rumored $100,000. Margaret Thomson, Rand's former housekeeper and caretaker of Buster, may receive the windfall as the court sorts the revised bequests.
Washington county farm labor needs shift as harvests ease some inmate use at the Penal Farm yet Jamaica labor will rise. About 50 additional Jamaicans are slated to arrive for peach picking, with 30 more needed for apples, bringing total imported labor in Smithsburg to about 150.
Five suits were docketed in court this morning bringing the total to five in two days. The actions include Harry M Paulsgrove versus Mary C Paulsgrove and Mae Emma Barr versus Charles F Barr, both through Attorney J F Allen, and Iona Ewilda Daugherty versus Oren Dorsey Drew through Attorney H M Miller.
Master Sgt. Lauren M. Ridge recalls a single shot sniper on Saipan who harassed a Wooded ridge nightly for two weeks. The elusive Jap never stayed to engage, slipping away before patrols could locate him, and Ridge believes troops have since flushed him out.
Word received by his parents Mr and Mrs Clarence Cottrell of 122 Conococheague Street Williamsport states Sgt Richard L Cottrell 23 was killed in action in France on July 14 He was a Hagestown area figure member of the Eagles Lodge Williamsport Volunteer Fire Company and United Brethren church He attended Williamsport Junior High and worked at Federal Silk Mill before joining the Army He had been stationed in Ireland before departing for the invasion Surviving parents include sisters and brothers Elmer Knode William Elmer in Arkansas Sgt Ralph in Hawaii Pfc Russell in Louisiana and Joseph and Dorothy at home Grandmother Mrs Annie Kelly Williamsport
A 100 year old willow on Lester N. Conner’s property near Antietam Creek was uprooted by a freak windstorm in Funks town. The V shaped tree about 100 feet tall was hurled across the stream, creating a crash heard across town by a nearby farmer. No other damage was reported as high winds accompanied an overcast afternoon yesterday.
The Ration Board disclosed a higher August quota for passenger tires in Washington county while withholding the exact number. Demand has risen over several months as many recapped carcasses are no longer usable. Grade 1 tires are issued only after screening to prioritize essential needs.
Lem Franklin a 25 year old Chicago negro heavyweight died in City Hospital Newark after suffering brain concussion and partial paralysis from a July 24 knockout at Meadowbrook Rowlhere. He was removed to hospital shortly after the bout with Larry Lane. Doctor Herbert Conner attributed injuries to Franklin's fall to the canvas.
Aug 3 1941 Philadelphia faces a work stoppage at the Philadelphia Transportation Company for a third day. Violence between Negroes and whites erupts as FEPC directives prompt eight Negro employees to be upgraded. Government seizure of the transit system and possible troop use loom. Police report window smashings by youths and a failed two hour bid by PT C workers to resume subway service. A Transport Workers Union official says back to work efforts have little chance without a Washington breakthrough. Interracial clashes tied to the strike lead to at least 13 hospitalizations.
A polio case was reported within ten miles of Hagerstown near Greencastle. Patricia Bonebrake, 12, daughter of Fred Bonebrake of Greencastle Rt. 3, was moved to Harrisburg hospital and the Bonebrake home placed under a 14 day quarantine.
Draft Board No. 1 released a list of Hagerstown registrants and former residents accepted for the armed forces on July 25. The roll shows soldiers and their assigned branches including Army and Navy with names such as Leroy F. Moats Burlington Melvin E. Cooper Pen Mar Thomas S. White Indian Head Md John K. Gorman Wayneshore Charles F. Andrews Frances E. Sisler and others from Hagerstown Frederick Sparrows Point and surrounding areas.
Sharpsburg resident Sgt. Carroll E. Moss, ball turret gunner on a B 24 Liberator, earned the Air Medal for meritorious achievement during bombing missions against industries and military targets in Nazi held countries. Moss, son of Mr and Mrs Elmer J Mose of Sharpsburg, joined the RAF in February 1943 after working as a toolmaker for Fairchild Aircraft in Hagerstown.
Chairman Truman of Missouri resigns from the Senate War Investigating Committee amid committee protests. Hugh Fulton also resigns as chief adviser to the group.
The War Department praised the 115th infantry regiment formerly the First Infantry of the Maryland National Guard for its Normandy campaign. Federalized Feb 3 1941 the unit liberated 16 villages before joining the St Lo assault on July 18 after heavy fighting since June 6. Towns captured include St Laurent sur Mer Longueville Colombieres Bricqueville Vouilly St Marguerite and La Luzerne.
Chicago August 3. Lawrence Dago Mangano once linked to Al Capone era gang activity was shot and killed in his car on the West Side. Wounded accomplice Mike Pentelli was taken to Bridewell hospital. A brunette identified as Mrs Rita Reyes sat with the men and was held for questioning.
German reports say American heavy bombers from Italy attacked the aircraft center at Friedrichshafen near Switzerland and another strong force from England struck over Bavaria. Heavies hit several French objectives. foul weather grounded the British armada. Swiss reports described planes over eastern districts with sirens in Zurich and St Gotthard. No heavy bomber activity from Italy or Britain last night. RAF Mosquitos patrolled France and shot down five German planes. Weather caused zero visibility in parts of Cherbourg though conditions were clearer deeper in France with some improvement forecast.
Telegram to Mrs. George Mosser reports Tech Sergeant Glenn Mosser seriously wounded during the invasion of France. Mosser, formerly with North American Cement Corp, served in Company A before his unit was federalized.
Berlin says Russian forces broke through near Augustow as Cherniakhovsky’s 3rd Army pressed toward East Prussia. The Warsaw battle intensified on a 20 mile front with Germans holding fixed lines around Praga while air and ground bombardment battered the city. The Polish underground fighting in Warsaw continued with about 25,000 fighters contributing to the resistance.
The B 29 Super Fortresses struck the Anshan steel works in Manchuria with direct hits on coke ovens and factory buildings in what Secretary Stimson called an important blow to Japan's war making capacity. The attack also targeted Tangku and Anshan on July 29, carried out by a substantial force.
Charles R. Dupree and Martin A. Kinsely Harrisburg solicitors arrested earlier this week on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses were held to await November court action by Magistrate Harry E. Snyder with bonds set at $500 each. They and their employer C. L. Henry a Harrisburg publisher testified they sought advertising for a railroad time book and did not intend to defraud. Local merchants testified they paid receipts after telephone solicitations and Henry plans to continue publication here.
Lieut Dallas L Hawkins, once with Landis Machine Company, is reported missing in action over Germany. He is well known in Hagerstown where his sister Miss Minalee Hawkins lives, and the notice comes from his parents Mr and Mrs Ralph Hawkins of Worthington West Virginia. The report recalls his service as a sky pilot with a Fortress unit based in England.
New York August 2 China will press in peace terms with Japan for the return of Manchuria Formosa and the Pescadores Ly I H Kung vice premier says in a Blue Network broadcast with Henry J Taylor asserting Japan must disgorge all conquests restore Korea independence and independence.
The Journal of the American Medical Association reports that synthetic quinine substitutes ghimerine lata and related compounds may prevent malaria in civilians and relieve armed forces cases. Officials note the drug shares anti migrainal and anti malarial properties of quinine, with large scale trials and experience informing its potential role.
Plans filed with New York City departments yesterday reveal four new skyscrapers in Gotham. The proposals, including height and site details, indicate a major city skyline upgrade and potential economic impact for the area.
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