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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1944
Page
6
A Chicago bomber radio operator describes air reconnaissance over the Normandy coast during the first wave. He notes little to no anti aircraft fire or gun flashes, with many parachutes marking landing zones and told of gliders disintegrating in the air while troops appear to have landed near designated spots.
Charlies Newcomer 14 of Hakerstown Route 5 suffered a fracture of the right arm Sunday afternoon while roller skating at the Cold Spring Park rink. He was at a Sunday school picnic from Ringgold. The fracture was reduced at Waynesboro Hospital.
The Termite and Pest Control Company merges with Vogel- Ritt Inc retaining the West Washington street office. Vogel-Ritt Inc will operate as Vogel-Ritt, Inc. Lionel E. Sellman will manage. Vogel-Ritt, a long established pest control firm, becomes a national organization with modern equipment and fumigation methods. They will market insecticides and sanitary supplies and plan staff expansion.
Pvt. Paul G. Jones of Boonsboro reports sending home a pin up photo taken from a dead Japanese soldier in the Burma India China theater. He also mailed a photo of a Japanese first sergeant, Chinese military insignia, and Japanese money, though he feared mailing it.
Names and addresses of local service members and family notes. Pvt William P Henry reports a new address at Camp Blanding Florida as part of ongoing service. Pfc Robert Wilson graduates electronics and AAFTC training at Chanute Field Illinois. 2nd Lt David J Voyce earns Silver Wings at Craig Field Selma Alabama after advanced flight training. Cpl David E Grove reports arrival in England. Aviation Cadet Alvin Mansons transferred from Maxwell Field Alabama to primary firing school. Sgt J E Ruth of USMC stationed in South Pacific. brother Pvt W F Ruth also in South Pacific. County men arrive at Camp Croft South Carolina for basic training. Also listed are local names Charles Franklin Andrews Pershing Bryan Charles J Bowers Ernest William Bowers Pvt Charles E Reichard. Three local girls to depart Wednesday.
Five named inductees listed for haste training at Fort Oglethorpe Ga depart from Ha Leesene. Catherine Moore of 726 North Potomac, Ruth Spence of 1029 Concord, and Martha Schnebly of 117 North Avenue are among the women leaving for military training.
Mrs J Alvey Long has been appointed to the Washington County Welfare Board to fill the vacancy created by the expiration of E F Bradley the six year term. The board will organize and elect a chairman at its August 28 meeting. The change follows M E Eltinger’s earlier appointment.
Alfred S. Bendell Jr. of this city has been promoted from captain to major in the Army Special Service Division. He serves as executive officer to Brig. Gen. Joseph W. Byron, commands Army post fixes worldwide, and recently visited his wife and son at home. Bendell is stationed in Washington, D C, and accompanied Byron overseas to England, Africa and Italy. He began as a first lieutenant and was formerly Boy Scout executive for the Washington Area Council.
Eighth Army troops seized Frontone 27 miles inland from the Adriatic in the Apennines, the only major advance on the Italian front. Florence suffered reduced sniping as Allied officials supplied the city. Empoli fell to the Sth Army with no resistance, while Arno near Pisa showed only light fighting. Mediterranean air forces bombed Rhone bridges and coastal targets as efforts broadened in southern France and northern Italy.
Prime Minister Churchill and Yugoslav leaders Marshal Tito and Premier Ivan Subasic of the exile government held talks in Italy over the weekend. The discussions, announced from London, focused on ongoing unity and postwar cooperation between Yugoslavia and the Allied powers.
Nationwide motorists report fuel savings up to 30 percent after installing the Vacu matic auto carburetor device. Fully automatic, no adjustments, quick installation. Vacu matic Co offers units and incentives for referrals from Wauwatosa Wisconsin.
The postwar conferences position Tito as a dominant figure in Yugoslav affairs and efforts are seen to lead to greater military support for Tito's Partisans, who have tied down several German divisions.
NEW YORK Aug 15 Branded as a woman who sold her country to the Japs for money frail thrice married Mrs Velvalee Dickinson 50 year old doll store owner was sentenced today in Federal Court to 19 years imprisonment and fined 16000 on her guilty plea to a charge of violating the Federal censorship law. Mrs Dickinson who earlier had delivered an impassioned plea for clemency was in tears as she heard Judge Shackelford Miller Jr impose the sentence the maximum penalty. To her she admitted as dating with Japanese agents in the country but placed the blame of sending information about West Coast naval activities to the enemy upon her late husband Lee T Dickinson former San Francisco produce merchant.
The Regional War Labor Board announces time and a half overtime for about 800 hourly workers at Phillips Packing Co plants in Cambridge Maryland. Payments start May 29 and apply to all work over 40 hours per week or eight hours per day in vegetable processing and U S Army rations production.
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