Christening of Antietam Carrier Highlighted
Editor H. S. Douglas of Weekly Kiwanis spoke to Kiwanians at the Alexander Hotel detailing the christening of the aircraft carrier Antietam. He noted a prior 1869 Antietam thwarted in completion, the present ship’s 850 foot length and capacity for 86 planes, and described a 50,000 strong audience as the bottle broke on the champagne ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.S. Douglas
Kiwanians
Antietam
Alexander Hotel
Douglas
Park W. T. Loy
Millard Eydings
Maryland
Hagerstown
Mayor opposes expanding police force amid war
Mayor Richard H. Sweeney declared he was not wholeheartedly in accord with the Street Board plan to recruit more policemen now. He urged keeping existing personnel until the war ends, noting veterans will seek their jobs back after returning to civilian life and several officers are currently in the armed forces.
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Richard H. Sweeney
Street Board
Armed Forces
Churchill Meets Umberto at Italian Luncheon in Rome
Prime Minister Churchill met Crown Prince Umberto ruler of Italy as Lieutenant General of the Realm at a luncheon with Sir Noel Charles. Churchill later received the entire Italian Government for an informal conversation at the British Embassy. Marshal Badoglio attended the luncheon.
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Rome
Churchill
Umberto
Italy
Noel Charles
Pieitre Badoglio
Mayor Opts for Work and Worship on V Day
Mayor Richard H. Sweeney suggested V Day be observed as a day of work and worship rather than mass celebration as Germany surrenders. He urged restraint in downtown crowds and planned air raid warning signals on news of the surrender. The Hagerstown Retailers Bureau is organizing a Victory Day observance.
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Germany
Richard H. Sweeney
Pacific
Sweeney
Hagerstown
Surprise Birthday Wienia Roast at Dieterich Home
A wiener roast celebration was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. Roy Dieterich for Mrs. Dieterich’s birthday on August 22. Numerous gifts arrived and many relatives and friends attended, including Mr. and Mrs. Walter Shank with Harold, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Shank, the Shank and Dieterich families, and many others listed as guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Roy Dieterich
Ernest Grove
John
Daniel
Clyde
Rodger
Barbara
Ian
Frank Draper
Donald
Dorothy
Lottie
Josephine
Vincent Hanbecker
Vincent
Allan
Errol Miller
Neal
Bruce Reid
P. L. Martin
Mary
George Davis
Mary Jean
Paul
Faye
Jacob Reid
George Downey
Ethel
George Lawrence
Sara
Katherine S. Dieterich
Fred Dieterich
Harry Hoffman
Carolyn
Robert
Charles Hoffman
Mae
Blanche Eckstine
Charles Dieterich
Adam
Edith
Lena Mae
David Dieterich
Wayne Myers
Robert Dearfoss
Bernice Stinger
Betty Shank
Marvin Lawrence
Kenneth Eckstine
Ruth Sites
June Stouffer
Air Medal Awarded to Summers for Bomber Operations
Staff Sgt. Leonard F. Summers, 20, Boonsboro R. F. D. 2, has been promoted to yeoman first class at Anacostia D C and stationed with the WAVES in England as part of an Eighth Air Force bomber station. The Air Medal was awarded for exceptionally meritorious achievement during sustained bomber combat missions over enemy occupied Continental Europe.
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Anacostia, D. C
The
WAVES
Bngland
Europe
Leonard F. Summers
Boonsboro
R.F. D
Local WWII Notices Highlight Gunners and Graduates
Sgt Summers top turret gunner on a B 17 has taken part in more than ten bombing attacks against Germany and occupied countries. Carl D DeNeen rises from first lieutenant to captain with three years in the Army, two in England. Harry Leighter DeNeen promoted to seaman first class and earned the submarine combat pin in the Pacific. S/Sgt Richard L Slick sent a bracelet made from a fragment of a Japanese plane to Miss Mary L Tracey. Slick overseas twenty eight months. Harold K Snyder, 18, a Kingman Army Air Field graduate, is the son of Hagerstown MD natives. he joined the Army Sept 20 1943. There are 36 letters in the Russian alphabet.
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Sgt. Summers
Germany
Veriah Summers
Fairchild Aircraft Corporation
Hagerstown
Carl D. DeNeen
Man
Arizona
Harold K. Snyder
H. F. Snyder
Ph. Snyder
Baltimore
Hagerstown High School
Service News From Home And Abroad In Wartime
Continues notes from the home front and military communities. Pvt Clarence V Burkett reports from England to his mother Mrs Mary Boerner in Hagerstown. Pvt James R Shanholtz serves as airplane mechanic at a major RAF depot in Britain after joining in January 1943. Alice Lynch, daughter of Mr and Mrs T Frank Lynch, is mentioned in this wartime update.
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Clarence V. Burkett
England
O. K
Mary Boerner
P. O
Hagerstown
AIR Service Command
Hangland
James R. Shanholtz
Rebecca Shanholtz
George Street
Britain
RAF
W. M. Railroad
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U.S.S. Antietam
Hill’s Toy & Novelty Store
Potomac St
Wait
Prince Umberto
Richard L. Slick
Mary L. Tracey
Smithsburg
Slick
Charles H. Stick
Loverseas
Kingman
Kingman Army Air Field
King
France
Camp Blanding
Fla
Glenside Avenue
Aliee Lynch
Mr. l
T. Frank Lynch
Leiter Brothers
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