Marks 33rd Anniversary of Airplane Pilot Richard Depew
Richard H. Depew Jr, Fairchild Aircraft projects manager, marked the 33rd anniversary of his first solo flight on Sunday, August 13, 1911, at the Fairchild airport. The 1911 training under Maurice Farman in France is noted, with early aviation history highlighted, including a young Depew learning to fly amid 1920s aviation roots.
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Richard H. Depew
Fairchild Aircraft
Fairchild
Depew
Farman Brothers
Societe
Maurice Farman
France
Paris
New York Herald
Dick Depew Jr Deeply Rooted in Early Aviation Achievements
Dick Depew Jr. earned a pilot license in 1911 and became a pioneering figure in aviation. He served in the Army Air Service, promoted Fairchild aircraft, and led early aviation initiatives in Argentina and Long Island. Now a production coordinator for the Fairchild AT-21 Gunner, he seeks to become the oldest pilot while reflecting on a 33 year flying career and 156 aircraft types.
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Army Air Service
Depew
Curtiss Company
Argentina
Curtiss
Fairchild Aerial Camera Corporation
Fairchild
Richard H. Depew, Jr
Long Island
Early Birds
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America, Inc
Maryland
Civil Air Patrol
Air Forces
Dick Depew
Pinesburg Community Club festival draws large crowd
Pinesburg August 17 1944 report notes the Pinesburg Community Club festival on the local school lawn was largely attended. The item lists several residents and visitors, including Miss Dolores Fowler, Mrs. Anna Kershter, Miss Lorraine Grove, Miss Anna Catherine Goetz, Miss Marie James, Mr. Allen Rees and son, and Pvt Charles Potts on furlough from Italy, among others who visited local families or spent weekends with relatives in nearby towns.
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Pinesburg
Dolores Fowler
Anna Kershter
Marlowe
W. Va
Lorraine Grove
Washington, D. C
Robert Hose
New York
Matilda Hose
Anna Catherine Goetz
Haferstown
Marie James
Williamsport
Allen Rees
Alonzo Kees
Newton D. Baker Hospital
Texas
Charles Potts
Italy
Eli Barkdoll
Menno Landis
John Barkholder
Scotland
Antietam Launched With Two Cruisers In Navy Ceremony
The Antietam aircraft carrier and two cruisers Chicago and Los Angeles were launched at Philadelphia Navy Yard in ceremonies led by Under-Secretary Ralph Bard. The vessels, funded by war bond sales, mark the largest single launch in naval history with a 53,000 ton displacement.
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Antietam
Chicago
Los Angeles
Edward J. Helly
Fletcher Bowron
Ralph A. Bard
Navy
Enmies
Milo F. Draemel
Navy Yard
Pacific
Negro Gets Term For Money Theft
Lawrence Barbour a 19 year old Hagerstown Negro cut a pocket from another man’s trousers with a safety razor blade. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced by Judge Davison in Criminal Court in Chambersburg to one to two years in Eastern State Penitentiary plus costs and a $5 fine. The arrest dates from August 7. Police testified Banks was on a porch when Barbour borrowed the blade and cut the pocket, Banks later reporting an $8.50 loss.
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Lawrence Barbour
Hagerstown
Davison
Chambersburg
Eastern State Penitentiary
H. S. Byers
George Banks
Barbour
Banks
Service unit notes and local service members in wartime
The item lists local servicemen and their assignments from various towns. It notes George Thurman Smith now at Fort Bragg with the LST unit, Ensign George Ruth earning Wings of Gold at a naval air station, and others like Pfe. Lewis W. Shanholtz in France and Pvt. Frank S. Leiter Jr at Camp Croft. It also mentions Pvt. Thomas H. Moore reaching England and Hugh H. Lowery completing boot training, reflecting wartime mobilization and local family ties to the armed forces.
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George Ruth
USNR
Naval Air Station
Sanford
Fla
Frank S. Leiter, Jr
Asn
Co. D
Camp Croft
Ss. c
Military family notices from World War II era hastily reported
Local notices list service members and family connections across Maryland and Tennessee. Inductions, promotions, and relocations are recorded for sergeants, corporals, and privates with addresses and units such as Camp Lejeune, Fort Belvoir, Camp Forrest, and 24th Ordnance Base.
Soldier Tells Of Modern Miracle In Tank Accident
Pvt Walter C Painter Jr of Hagerstown narrates a Kentucky training mishap near Camp Breckenridge on June 3 1943. An out of nowhere tank ran over him. he survived though right knee fractured left thigh broken and he feared walking again though he clung to the idea of walking.
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Walter C. Painter
Hagerstown
Margaret Rugemer
West Washington Street
Kentucky
Pyt
Camp Breckenridge
S&th
Soldier Relearns Walk After Multiple Surgeries
Pvt. Painter, after hospitalization in Louisville and another operation aided by Army Medical Corps doctors and jurysey support, can now walk without a limp at his current station.
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Louisville
Jurysey
Army Medical Corps
Painter
Gordon Johnson
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Pinesburg Letter
Sears, Roebuck & Co
North Potomac St
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Andrew K. Coffman
J. Forney Young
W. H. Shealy
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Benjamin Willis
Rachel Willis
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Tom Loy
Frank
Schwartz
David Schwartz
John L. Swain
John Ford
Donald Kaylor
Scott
R. Wagner
J. Vincent Jamison
William P. Lane
J. Alvey Long
Merle G. Kneizel
H. S. Douglas
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B. A. Beard
Lawrence Wolf
Robert H. Tenney
Coraine Barger
Joseph M. Harp
Local Historical Society
Benjamin Franklin Hotel
Coffman
McPhail
St. Malo
Andreas von Aulock
S.8.c
George Thurman Smith
G W. Smith
Tilghmanton
Parker Tire Company
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RTC
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Army
Mary Shanholtz
George Street
Pfe. Lewis W. Shanholtz
Pvs
Herman R. Tucker
Charles Street
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Asftc Transportation Corps
Indiantown Gap
David Snowberger
H. Edgar Snowberger
Smithsburg
Lincoln
Neb
Combat Crew
Adm
North Area
Army Air Field
Alamogordo
New Mexico
Cpl
Hugh H. Lowery
Hagerstown High
Hagerstown Business College
Lydia E. Pinkham
Hagerstown Bookbinding & Printing Co
Atlaslac
R. D. McKee
Bon Jor
Jon
Bae S
Concord - Ee
Parris Island
Quartermaster School
Camp Lejeune
University of Maryland Department of Animal Husbandry
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Roger C. Ford
Hulon
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Boonsboro
William J. Harper
AAF
Dyersburg Tenn
Pvt
Ray L. Yeakle
Camp Forrest
Tens
Pfc
Glenn F. Yeakley
England
Raymond B. Weaver
Elmer G. Weaver
Clarendon Avenue
Pomona
Cal
24Th Ordnance Base
Despot Company
Ogden
J Moore
Summit Avenue
Love Edwin L. Clark
Fort Belvoir
John Yeakle
Clearspring
Route 2
George D. Gaylor
89Th Signal Cpn
2 Army
Tenn
Walter Painter
Cleo
Triangle Food Stores
Sefco
Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Island City
N.Y
Cloverdale Spring Company
Newville
Reat
Everly