Jamison Plans Plant Addition at Maple Avenue
Jamison Cold Storage Door Co plans a 27 700 square foot expansion to its Maple avenue plant with an estimated cost of 150 000 dollars. City Building Inspector Charles W Smith issued the permit for the one story brick and concrete addition. Other permits issued include a 1014 West Washington street garage for Milton R Smith at 2800 dollars, a two story brick dwelling at 46 Belview avenue for Charles Sprankle at 7000 dollars, and a poultry house at 732 Virginia avenue for W W Tucker at 850 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Jamison Cold Storage Door Co
Maple Avenue
Charles W. Smith
West
Washington Street
Milton R. Smith
Smith ON Co
Sted
Charles Sprankle
Belview Avenue
W.W. W. Tucker
Virginia Avenue
Byrnes Weighs Russia Snag Over Conference Chair
Secretary James Byrnes urged patience as the council debates the conference chair, warning a small nation’s push for a permanent chair could upend decisions at the conference and future foreign ministers meetings. Molotov pressed for acceptance of the Big Pour rotation rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council of Foreign Ministers
Byrnes
United States
Russia
Britain
France
Molotov
Rules Committee
Youths Leg Broken In Auto Crash Near Locust and Randolph
Kenneth McHirey a 17 year old sittered resident suffered a broken leg yesterday afternoon in a two car crash at North Locust street and Randolph avenue. Drivers Joseph Napier age 21 and James Clevenger 44 were involved. Napier was cited for reckless driving after his vehicle struck Clevenger's car and a curbside case. McHirey was taken to Washington County Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth McHirey
Fairground Avenue
North Locust Street
Randolph Avenue
B. W. Kuhlmen
Joseph Napier
Frederick Street
James
Clevenger
Weat Howard Street
Napier
Randolph
McElroy
Washington County
Kuhlman
Strikers Seek Jans in Ongoing Labor Dispute
Advertising comments that the strike arose after the company halted collective bargaining with the union and that the union plans to resume talks for a swift settlement. The notice covers seniority, grievance, closed shop, wages and vacations. Meanwhile vacation paychecks are mailed and life and health insurance coverage continues. Picketing is reduced and quiet at the Pangborn plant as a York supplier’s truck arrives for patterns needed elsewhere, affecting about 50 foundry workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanos
Daily Mail
P. J. Potter
Pangborn Corporation
Blue Cross
Potter
American Chain and Cable Company
York
York Company
Panghorn Foundry
Short Enlistments Reported Out by Marine Corps
Master Technical Sergeant Larry Bennett announced at the local Marine Corps recruiting office that two year enlistments are closed for aviation units. The short enlistment option is filling fast with volunteers, ending the two year term for standard Marines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Corps
Larry Bennett
Marine Corps Recruiting Office
Bennett
Finger Mash by Window Incident Town Hospital Treats Injury
Master Sonny Waller of Elizabeth street suffered a smashed right index finger when a window fell on it. He received hospital treatment for the injury.
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Sonny Waller
Elizabeth Street
In Memoriam Tones A Tribute of Love to Florence M
In memoriam tones honor Florence M who passed away leaving a heart full of memory and faith. The message expresses love and longing, vows to meet again in heaven, and is signed by Joseph C. Rehert and Latha Adv.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Florence
Hite
Lowdon
Dove
Beaver
Five or Six Die In Bomber Crash Near Long Beach
An Army Air Forces B-20 medium bomber crashed in flames three miles southeast of the Long Beach air field during an approach in dense overcast. Five or six aboard died with no survivors. Wreckage smeared across about a quarter mile radius. Navy surgeon counted six bodies, identifications withheld pending relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Calif
Army Air Forces
Army Air Field
Army
Long Beach Army Air Field
Veterans' Ticket Wins As Sheriff Elect Ready
After a tense election fight in Athens deputies traded gunfire over ballot counts. A demolition blast damaged the jail as GI veterans backed by a three man committee hold meetings. Governor McCord sends four state troopers for a day. Sheriff-elect Knox Henry takes office September 1. George Woods notes Henry beat Cantrell. veterans plan resignations and new candidates for state offices in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Johnson
Veterans Ticket
Jim McCord
Nashville
Athens
Knox Henry
George Woods
Tennessee House of Representatives
Henry
Paul Cantrell
Woods
Paul Buttram
Mansfeld
Veterans’ Group
Rescues Bunny From Water Meter Pit
Ray mond Beard meter reader for the municipal water department freed a hungry rabbit from a water meter pit near the Pennsylvania railroad station. The rabbit tumbled six feet into the pit after squeezing under a loose lid and appeared lean after several days in captivity. Harold E. Bitner of Hagerstown was honorably discharged from the Navy at Jacksonville separation center on July 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Beard
Municipal Water Department
Pennsylvania Railroad
Beard
NAVY
Harold E. Bitner
S20
East Lee Street
Hagerstown
Jacksonville, Fla
Enlistments To Doom Draft
Senator Edwin C. Johnson said July enlistments estimated at 40,000 signal the end of the draft. He noted Army volunteers and a lull in draft calls, citing 29,798 enlistments in early July and a 25,000 selectee plan for September. He urged no further drafting if June and July rates persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Johnson
Washington
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Cole
Colorado
Senate Military Committee
Johnson
Navy
War Department
Ticklish Bear Rescue Near Albuquerque
In Albuquerque on August 3 a 200 pound bear caught in a government trap was to be freed by Iva Young, a government trapper. She edged her truck close, the bear crawled under and around the rear axle, she tied him with rope and then released the trap from a distance. The bear then climbed the nearest tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
N. M
Iva Young
Downsville Church Services and Social News
Downsville notes list Sunday church services with Bible school at 10 am and preaching with communion at 11 am. The Bible School picnic is planned for Coffman's Grove on August 3. Local residents and visitors are mentioned including Rev. and Mrs. Jarrett, Mrs. Hildebrand, the Witt family, Coffman family, Edna Snyder, Lelita Belle, Barbara Jean Martin, Emory Flock and relatives, Bud Showe, Benton Fidler, Laura Tritt, Mildred Jones, Doris Forsythe, Frances Reed, Alvey Marshall, Gorge Weaver, Myrtle Marshall, and other neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Downsville
Bible School
Christian Endeavor
Coffman's Grove
Jarrett
Washington
Margaret Hildebrand
Washington County Hospital
Fred Witt
Newark
N. J
Emma Long
W. D. Coffman
Hagerstown
Richard Coffman
Edna Snyder
Prior’s
Lelita Belle
Harry Snyder
Barbara Jean Martin
Mary Marshall
Emory Flock
Thomas Markey
Judy
Joan
Nancy Markey
Akron
Ohio
Don Braden
Washington, D. C
Ralph Flook
Sue Ellen
Williamsport
Bud Showe
Detroit
Benton Fidler
Aspern
Reno Smith
Paul Flock
Nelda
Kay Marshall
B. F. Marshall
Real estate transfers fragment shows multiple parcel deeds
A long list of property sales outlines transfers in Hagerstown area. Names include M Nugent Luther H Corderman John M Miller Frederick Renner Ernest Carryer and many others. Parcels cover streets like Fountain Head Heights Jefferson road and Main avenue with prices ranging from 200 to 22 000 dollars.
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M. Nugent
John Street
Luther H. Corderman
Waille T. Locke
Stoadfording Road
John M. Miller
E. Aldine Lakin
Fountain Head Heights
Frederick D. Renner
Wayne H. Kershner
Funkstown
Ernest EB. Carryer
Clarence M. Young
North Side
George Street
Western Maryland Realty Company
Mas B. Darden
Elizaveth Street
Harry W. Appenzellar, Jr
Ezra E. Spielman
Alexander Armstrong, Jr
William G. Herridge
East
High Street
Preston W. Thurston
Clarence B. Hull
Bryan Place
Fred EB. Shilling
Ray R. Reed
Oak Hill
Clarence A. Turner
William W. Tucker
Virginia Avenue
James W. Kesselring
Beulah Paulsgrove
Mitchell L. Plumm
Chewsville
J Ezra BE. Spielman
Charles F. Plummer
Annie EB. Plummer
Jefferson Road
Charles N. Bair
Charles O. E. Stoner
Mastarenne
Harry =. Snyder
Louella A. Martin
Roy Henretty
Robert F. Forkner
Lester H. Birkelbach
West Side
Clearview Road
Norman B. Sterling
Harvey O. Spickler
Broadfording Road
Elmer
Hendershot
Jett O. Snow
Hancock
Harry W. Weaver
Harold R. Obersole
Irene G. Oswald
John B. Benthot
Cavetown
Stanton E. Massie
Clyde E. Shull
Lot
Harwood Road
Quentin EH. Shull
Anron Shank
George P. Brody
South Side
Main Avenue
Harry J. Powell
Richard M. Powell
Yfankstown
Beaver Creek
Gay Williams
Ernest Williams
Church
Bethel
van C. Ridenour
Donald R. Bigony
Laitersburg
Jacob A. Young
James S. Wine
William F. Zimmerman
Chester C. Jones
Three Children Die Of Lead Poisoning In Baltimore
The Baltimore Health Department reports three deaths from lead poisoning among three year old children linked to rubbing newly painted objects in homes. Three more children are ill with the affliction, prompting Health Commissioner Dr Huntington Williams to urge parents to take precautions to prevent further cases.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Health Department
Bureau of Occupational Diseases
Huntington Williams
Queen Cheryl Walker Receives Baby on Birthday Anniversary
Hollywood reports actress Cheryl Walker, famed 1938 Tournament of Roses queen, welcomed a baby girl on what marked her 26th birthday anniversary. The daughter, named Doyle, was born Thursday at a hospital where Walker's husband Dr. Jay B. Coombs serves as resident radiologist.
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Hollywood
Cheryl Walker
Famed Doyle
Misa Walker
Jay B. Coombs
Congress Heads For Home Front Continues Pushes On
Congress adjourns with bills on enlisted furlough pay old age benefits and social security tax hold. President may name four fireman atomic control board members and await confirmation. Incoming Congress to reorganize committees and tackle merger of armed forces price control draft extensions and foreign aid.
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Domestic Atomic Control Board
Senate
Congress
79Th
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
St. Lawrence Seaway
Charge Cabbie With Larceny
A cab driver was charged with larceny after being captured and returned to the station. Officers Lowry and Kline placed a suspect, identified as Shipper, under arrest in connection with missing money found at a filling station. Shipper denied dropping the money and claimed he would have discarded it if forced to do so while fleeing. Magistrate Snyder arraigned him on the charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shipper
Lowry
Kline
Snyder
Sunday School in Brethren Church and Social Visits
St James notes include Sunday morning services at 10 o'clock and Christian Endeavor after, with various local residents and visitors visiting friends and relatives in the area. A physicist estimates the sun will emit heat and light for about 50 billion years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Cline
Victor Metz
Walter Green
Carson Metz
Baltimore
Kilton Bloom
Tena Rowland
Cora Stockslager
Huff
Leitersburg
John Sheeley
Jena Rowland
Pearl Sperow
Physicista
Housing agency tightens rent rules for new houses
The National Housing Administration introduced a new rent-fixing formula to boost rental housing, allowing higher rents for new homes under certain conditions. The $80 monthly ceiling remains for veterans housing, but rents for lower priced new homes can exceed old limits if justified by construction and operating costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Housing Administration
NHA
Raymond H. Foley
Six Under Arrest In Strike Melee
New Cumberland Pennsylvania August 3 six persons were under arrest on five assault charges and one inciting to riot count after a general melee of pickets at the Susquehanna Woolen mill during a mill move. Justice of the Peace Robert S Glass heard that blows were exchanged and coal was thrown in an alley between the mill and warehouse as workers clashed during a truck move. The International Ladies Garment Workers Union AFL has sought a contract with the company for weeks and more than 150 mill employees are on strike. Mill superintendent Charles H May filed assault charges against Paul Border and Lloyd B Stevens of New Cumberland and inciting riot against David Franklin Harrisburg union organizer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Cumberland
J. J. Smith
Susquehanna Woolen Company
Justice of the
Robert 5. Glass
International Ladies Garment Workers’ Union
AFL
Glass
Charles H. May
Paul Border
Lloyd B. Stevens
David Franklin
Harrisburg
Car Snoop Snarl as Car Engine Whirs With Cat Inside
A Vernon Jobp car started with a purring hiss and a cat hid under the hood during the night. The car spun the engine while the feline was trapped in the fan. A mechanic freed Pussy with minor bumps and scratches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrollton
Til
Vernon Jobp
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Municipal Electric
Milly
Danzer Metal Works Company
Veterans’ Emergency
Federal Housing Authority
Memoriam
Joseph C. Rehert
Latha Adv
Moonlite
Light St
Tolchester Beach
Pier
U.S. Bear Mountain
Tolchester Lines, Inc
Light Street
Balto
Lexington
Bunny
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Downsville Letter
Jean
Mousehold Finance
Fleer
Memorial Bridge
Arlington
Potomac River
Luscombe
Lustombe
America
Westminster
Carroll J. Myers
P.O. Box
Weatminater
St. James
Wetherill
Poe
Sda Banalain
Qal. Ee
R. D. McKee
M_ Potomac
City Hall
FHA
Buddy
Yingling Auto Sales & Service
Pontiac
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