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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1950
Page
11
At Fairfield-Suisun Air Base California a B 29 bomber crashed after takeoff killing 17 air force personnel 60 injured including families in a nearby trailer camp. Brig Gen Robert F Travis among the dead. Eight survivors included the plane commander and pilot.
In Wolf River Tennessee 63 year old Alvin York famed for capturing 132 Germans in WWI says if Russia is attacked the atom bomb should be used and that he would push the button if no one else can. York is now recovering from pneumonia after a siege.
The crash involved a car with under 300 miles driven by Katherine Martin of Smithsburg and a vehicle driven by Williard Dick of Sharpsburg on a dual highway near a drive-in theater. Martin was charged with reckless driving. Also noted is the wartime casualty figure of well over a million civilians from World War II air bombardments.
A Cumberland bound locomotive and four freight cars derailed at the western end of the Western Maryland Railway yards late last night. Officials expect a slow recovery, with delays possible into the morning. The cause remained unknown, but no public traffic disruption was reported.
Two local men were named to official posts at the meeting and workshop in Ocean City Maryland of the Maryland and District of Columbia Oil Industry Information Committees. W B Cooper of the Esso Standard Oil Company was named a vice chairman of the Maryland ONC. A B Bendell of Cities Service was appointed area chairman for Washington County. Independent dealers distributors jobbers and representatives of supplying companies attended the meeting in Ocean City.
Polio-stricken Wythe County reports three new cases, the lightest daily total since the epidemic began in the 23 000 population area. The note adds a statistic on American working women being married.
Romaine Beyard sang excerpts from Mendelssohn Elijah Lehman O Moon of My Delight and Herbert Ah Sweet Mystery of Life in last night’s Hagerstown Municipal Band program at City Park conducted by Dr Peter Buys. The concert featured light concert music ballet selections and operetta excerpts before a large crowd.
The Franklin County farm tour will visit Washington County on August 18 stopping at Sharpsburg for a tour of Antietam Battlefield. The trip continues to Charles Town and farms near Martinsburg for a day of agricultural education.
Nineteen Japanese were killed and 196 injured in floods caused by a three day rainstorm in eastern Japan. Sixty eight are reported missing as flood waters cover 128000 acres. Dispatch notes Hanover Germany population at about 475000.
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