U S Planes Will Defend Burma Road from Japan
United States pilots now serving under the Chinese flag form an All-American force to defend the Burma Road supply route to China. The unit includes veterans from the U S Army and Navy, with civilians and technicians, totaling about 250 in China, while more than 1,900 veterans await assignment. The force operates under Chinese authority, with officers keeping ranks and pay, as preparations press ahead despite new Japanese bombing.
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Manila
Burma
China
Air Force
Chungking
U. S. Army
Navy
United States Armed Forces
Army of Navy
United States
Burma Road
Be Quick To Treat Bronchitis
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Thefts Reported To City Police Over Weekend
Several minor larceny cases were reported to city police over the weekend. Dawson Horine, an insurance man, reported the theft of a leather brief case with insurance papers. L Garlock on Virginia Avenue reported a baby suit and baskets of groceries taken from a parked car on a West Franklin street lot. Mrs. Roy Thomas on East Franklin street reported a suit of clothes stolen from her home. The fruit store of Frank Corsi on East Franklin street was entered but nothing was taken.
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Dawson Horine
L. Garlock
Virginia Avenue
West Franklin Street
Roy Thomas
Franklin Street
Frank Corsi
East Franklin Street
Three Hurt In Auto Accidents
A man and wife were injured when their car struck a concrete bridge on Route 40 between St Pauls and Clear Spring. Kenneth Hoffman of Waterloo Town and his wife Carolyn suffered cuts and bruises. Hoffman also had a broken knee cap. A beer truck left the highway and crashed into a tree near the bridge, causing traffic delays. Separately, Leroy Snyder of Warfordsburg Pa was seriously injured on the Hancock Warfordsburg road near the Pa line, with a broken leg and severe head cuts. He was taken to a Hancock physician and then to Washington County Hospital by ambulance.
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St. Paul's
Clearspring
Kenneth Hoffman
Waterloo
Town
Carolyn
Washington County Hospital
Hoffman
Kenneth Stangle
Leroy E. Snyder
Warfordsburg
Hancock-Warfordsburg
Pennsylvania Line
Snyder
Hancock
W. F. Russ, Jr
Pittsburgh
Washington County
Russ
Kenneth A. Stangle
Funkstown School Reports Slight Blaze in Coal Pile
Funkstown Elementary School basement coal pile fire discovered at 11 45 Sunday by janitor Tiaac Wilson. Firemen wore gas masks as coal gas filled basement and nearby rooms. cause blamed on coal piled around a metal pipe from the furnace. Fire fought two hours, limited to coal with no woodwork damaged.
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Funkstown
Tiaac Wilson
Arrested Here in Middletown Larceny Charge Raised
Thomas Darr of Middletown was arrested in HaVerstown by city police and sheriff officers on larceny charges involving three dams from a Middletown house. He is expected to be turned over to Fresherick county officers today. Berkeley Springs tomato king John Winford Kerns, 39, Morgan County, is noted as the 1841 tomato growers achievement winner. Kerans won.
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Thomas Darr
Middletown
Haverstown
Darr
Fresherick County
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Tohn Winford Kerns
Morgan County
King
Kerna
Retail Sales Record Seen For Defense Program Boost
Washington reports the Commerce Department expects retail sales to reach about 54.955 billion this year, a gain of 10 billion from last year and near the 1929 peak. Oct consumer purchases remained high, with prices rising and taxes nudging volumes, durable goods declining more than nondurables and jewelry showing a seasonal drop.
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Washington
Defense
Commercce
Barn Wrecked By Fire On Saturday
A fire destroyed the barn and contents on Russell E B Stouffer’s Cearfoss Fairview Road farm Saturday afternoon before 4. Firemen from Hagerstown and Maugansville worked about three hours to save a hog pen, chicken house, and dwelling. Loss estimated at 3500 to 4000 dollars, with partial insurance. About 225 bushels grain and livestock feed burned. no livestock was in the barn. Local firemen later checked a grass fire near Elizabeth and Center streets Sunday afternoon.
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Russell BE. Stouffer
Cearfoss-Fairview
Hagerstown
Maugansville
Junior Fire Company
Movie Actor Adrian Morris Dies at 38 in Hollywood
Hollywood reports screen actor Adrian Morris age 38 died Tuesday from a brain hemorrhage. Born in Mount Vernon he was the brother of actor Chester Morris and had begun film work about a year ago often portraying heavies. Grapes of Wrath was among his better known pictures.
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Hollywood
Adrian M. Morris
Mt. Vernon
Chester Morris
William Morris
Etta Wawking
Morris
Me Award Winners at Annual Grain and Poultry Show
David Stine Baugh won the Hawker-Farmer Corn Project while Emory Harden was honored for the Kiwanis Project at the annual day grain and poultry show.
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David Stinebaugh
Hawker-Farmer
Emory Harden
Plastic Age and Solar Mysteries Parade in News of the Universe
The column celebrates plastics in daily life and future transport, noting GE and Stokley joining the research lab. It then moves to solar science highlighting coronal observations, distances to the sun via Eros, and a new mean sun distance of 93,010,000 miles. It details Plaskett's death and the discovery of a massive spectroscopic double star, with mass, distance, and orbital data, plus Earth and solar interior temperatures and densities.
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Earth
H. Spencer Jones
Astronomer Royal
England
Jones
J. S. Plagkett
Dominion Astrophysiscal Observatory
Victoria
British Columbia
Dominion Observatory
Plaskett
Litvinoff Arrives in Manila En Route to Washington
Soviet Russia's new Ambassador to the United States Maxim Litvinov arrived in Manila by air from Singapore. He declined to discuss international issues with reporters and said he was following the Russo German situation closely on his journey to Washington.
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Manila
Maxim Litvinoff
Russia
United States
Singapore
Litvinoffs
Washington
Plane disappearance mystery ends with wrecked craft find
In Hyndman Pennsylvania a burned airplane wreck and two charred skeletons were discovered seven miles from Hyndman. Coroner Dr Charles Yoho tentatively identified the remains as Daniel Stone of Shaker Heights and Warl H Waltz of Cleveland missing since May 17 after departing Washington DC. Positive ID awaits Ohio tests. Insurance tags a belt buckle and tie clasps were recovered near the wreckage.
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Hyndman
Toveland
Allegheny Mountains
Bedford County
Charles Yoho
Daniel Stone
Shaker Heights
Cleveland
Warl H. Waltz
Ohio City
Fairchild
Sheridan Lewis
Yoho
Washington, D. C
Lonaconing
Adlais
Stone
Businessman Joseph Eliot of Taneytown Dies Sudden
Joseph B. Eliot 31 prominent heating and plumbing businessman died at home in Taneytown Maryland after a heart attack during a St Joseph Church supper bazaar. Son of Charles A. and Mary C. Eliot he had run the firm 30 years serving state institutions. Also notes 45,000 campers used western Canadian national park campgrounds in July and August.
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Taneytown
Joseph B. Eliot
Sun Gay
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Elliot
Charles A
Mary C. Elliot
Western
Canada
Middletown Man Fatally Shot in Field Accident
William Bowlus aged 50 of Middletown Maryland died after being shot in the neck in a rear field near his home an accidental discharge from a .22 rifle carried during a target shooting. Victor Alexander and George Mohler reported to the medical examiner that Bowlus attempted to crawl under a fence when the rifle fired. An ambulance took him to Frederick City Hospital where he died shortly after admission. He is survived by his widow and three children.
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Wiliam Bowlus
Middleown
Frederick City
Victor Alexander
George Mohler
R. W. Baer
Frederick County
Bowlus
Alexander
Mohler
Baer
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Mgr
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Estherney
America
the Doolittles
Ofte
Mother Doolitle
H'Lo
News OF the Universe
Leslie C. Beard
The
Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Gezid
James Stokley
Fels Planetarium
Buh? Planetarium
General Electric Co
General Electric Research Laboratory
Colorado
Harvard
W. O. Roberts
BON Ton
Reddy Kilowatt
Ees
Apa
Henry's
S. Potomac ST
Squara
Municipal Electric
Beneft
Harry S. Myers
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