Holiday Death Toll Mounting
The Associated Press reports this Christmas holiday period mirrors 1948 in violent deaths. Auto crashes caused 198 fatalities, plane crashes claimed 20 lives, including 16 Army personnel near Harrisburg. California led states with 387 deaths. Pennsylvania 27 and New York 22 follow.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Minneapolis
Harrisburg
Indianapolis
California
Pennsylvania
New York
Munitions Worker Killed In Crash At Ordnance Depot
Souders, 45, of near Mc Connellsburg, was killed and three other men injured when a car collided with a diesel locomotive at a Letterkenny Ordnance Depot grade crossing. The victim, a munitions handler and father of 10, died at the scene from skull and facial injuries. Survivors include Merle M. Souders of Hancock and Harold Earl Souders, with injuries to David Kerlin and others. The incident occurred at California and Delaware avenues.
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Souders
McConnellsburg
Letterkenny Ordnance Depot
Sounders
Harold Earl Souders
Hancock
Merle M. Souders
David Kerlin
Knobsville
Ira
Otto Clark
McConnells Pure
California
Delaware Avenues
Kerlin
California Avenue
Sauders
E. 5
Donahue
Hagerstown
Roundhouse
W. W. Wait
Sellers
Letterkenny
One Brother Held in Auto Theft Case in Virginia
Albert Jones, eldest of three Alexandria brothers, was held Saturday by sheriffs for stealing a Virginia automobile. He faces $1000 bond and Federal Court to answer National Auto Theft Act violations. The other two brothers, Oscar and Jiarr, were returned home. Albert was arraigned before the commissioner Welles Little.
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Albert Jones
Alexandria
Sher Cers
Virginia
Oter
Oscar
Jiarr Jones
Albert
Welles Little
Death notices and obituaries from Greencastle area
Multiple obituaries recount deaths in Greencastle and surrounding towns including Mrs. Mary Catherine Goetz 35, Geo John Otho Stoulemyer 46, Mrs. Mary Clarine Langenstein in Detroit, Ira V. Smith of Baltimore, Mrs. M. McClure Lacher Hancock, Martin Luther Trumpower of Altoona, and Minerva Virginia Zello Crossroads. Survivors listed with spouses, children, siblings, and other relatives. Funeral arrangements and burial details across several funeral homes and churches are provided.
Three Decrees Of Divorce Filed In Court Today
Three divorces were filed in court today. Mary Helen Wittkofsky was granted a divorce from John Edward Wittkers, Joseph Henry Smith, and Thelma June Overton was granted a divorce from James Fith Overton Jr. Attorneys Cal verth Hartle and Chas. Wolf attended cases. Interment services announced for several local families follow later notices.
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Mary Helen Wittkofsky
John Edward Wittkers
Joseph Henry ‘Smith
Thelma June Overton
James Fith Overton
Calverth. Hartle
Vorney Chas. W. Wolf
Jerome Butler Dies After Long Illness In Hagerstown
Jerome Butler aged one of Hagerstown's oldest residents died at his home on Bloom Avenue Monday morning after a long illness. Survived by three daughters Mrs. Sarah Jane White Baltimore Mary Brooklyn and Mrs Helen Smith Floroned and Mrs Emma Smith Baltimore and a number of grandchildren. The funeral arrangements were pending with Caldwell Funeral Home.
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John Otho Stoulemyer
Kuhnavenue
Hagerstown
Homer
Flora
Bake Stoulemyer
Pearl
Ira V. Smith
Baltimore
Raymond M. Smith
Washington Avenue
Minerva Virginia Zello
Thusetts Crossroads
Washington County Hospital
Clearspring
William H
Mary J. Jacobs King
Howard Street
Carrie Reed
Ikron
Ohio
Virgie M. Bell
Nobleville
William
Bell
James L
Joseph H. Bell
Vhis
Ank
Dominick
Angelo
Law Zella
U. S. Army
Carlisle Zella
Mary Elizabeth Harper
George W
Samuel G. King
Suter
Vad
Grace Breimien Church
Gienn D. Rubeck
Big Spring
Washington County
Reformed Church
Mary P. Rubeck
Glenn
Amos Rubeck
Helen L. “Bright
Ruth Stubeck
Edith M. Rubeck
Ralph
Wren S
David C. Rubeck
Blairs Valley
Harry P. Spangler
William Sr
Hannah Jane (Peters) Spangler
East Catherine Street
Chambersburg
Falling Springs
Church of the Brethren
Jennie Spangler
Paul A. Spangler
Harvey Wertz
Julia Bowman
Greencastle
Paul BE. Clugston
Jerome Butler
Bloom's Avenue
Sarah Jane White
Brooklyn
Helen. Smiers
Emma Smith
Caldwell
Congress Spotters Ready For Start Of New Session
Washington December 26 The three Thurstons in the House marshal the new members. Col Bill Roy George Maurer and Fishbait Miller memorize 435 faces to aid Speaker Rayburn. With 90 new members the trio brief the Speaker each day, enabling recognition for speeches. Fishbait declines to reveal his real name.
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Washington
Congress
Col
Bill Roy
George Maurer
Fishbait Miller
Mace
Sam Rayburn
Sam
Thurstbans
Johnny
Arkansas
Rayburn
Fishbait
Famed Nazi Sub Commander Now a U.S. Prisoner
London reports Guenther Prien, once hailed as Germany’s No. 1 hero after his U-boat raid on Scapa Flow and the Royal Oak, is now a prisoner in the United States. His capture unsettles Goebbels propaganda and prompts questions about the fate of his submarine crew and the Nazi myth of invincible command.
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U.S
London
Guenther Prien
U. S
Germany
Prien
Scapa Flow
Royal Oak
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Joseph Goebbels
Goebbels
Wide search for Baltimore girl continues
Baltimore police in nine states pressed a daylong search for 17 year old Jane N Hildreth missing since December 19 after returning home from the Northampton School for Girls. The mother reported a note saying no one will ever see me again. The girl, daughter of William Hildreth president of the People's Bank of Charlottesville Virginia, is described as five feet two inches tall with brown hair and eyes.
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Baltimore
Jane N. Hildreth
Northampton
Mass
Baltimore Police Department
Elizabeth M. Hildreth
William §. Hildreth
The
People’s Bank of
Charlottesville, Va
Townsend Club No 2 Christmas Service at Masonic Hall
Townsend Club No 2 hosts a Christmas service Thursday evening at the Masonic Hall on North Street. Townsend Club No 1 members and the Singers will attend, and the public is invited. Rev. Mr. Coffee will deliver the message.
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Townsend Club No. 2
Masonic Tall
North Street
Townsend Club No. 1
Ys For
Mr. Coffee
Card of Thanks for B. Franklin Highberger
Mrs Edna Highberger thanks friends and neighbors for kindness during illness and death of her husband B Franklin Highberger. Gratitude for floral tributes and rides.
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B. Franklin Highberger
Edna Highberger
Be An Expert Be a owlardt in typing
Be an expert typist in spare time open to employed unemployed and students with an address box in Tife o Herald Mail.
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Tife-o Herald Mail
Seek Identity Of Slain Woman
New Orleans police pursue leads to identify a red haired woman found dead in a hotel room Sunday. Coroner says death may be homicide from suffocation under water as investigators test a water bottle contents. ring with initials L. F. was found on the body and $350 was sewn into her underwear. Local calls from the public did not yield a positive ID.
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New Orleans
Philip Montelepre
Parish
William Gorseh
L. F
Lev
Round and Square Dance at Span ish Danceland
Every Friday and Saturday night Kemp's Mill Tavern hosts Uncle Roy and His Dixie Serenaders with Ross as the advertised caller. This lively event invites couples and families to enjoy traditional dances in a classic tavern setting.
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Kemp's Mill Tavern
Roy
Dixie Serenaders
Ross
Road To Berlin Front Distances Chart
World War II era mileage figures list lines 1 301 miles from near Duren line 2 304 miles from north of Warsaw line 3 368 miles from Leva line 4 549 miles from Mezzane distances map the western Russian Hungarian and Italian fronts toward Berlin with place names.
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Associated Press
Duren
Warsaw
Leva
Mezzane
Chaplin Ready To Take Stand In Paternity Case
In Los Angeles a paternity trial centers on 14 month old Carolann Berry. Joan Berry will answer more questions as her daughter’s counsel Joseph Scott considers seating Carol Ann beside Chaplin for facial comparison. Chaplin has testified he cannot be the father and defense seeks blood test evidence and physician reports.
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Los Angeles
Carolann Berry
Charles Chaplin
Joan Berry
Miss Berry
Carol Anes
Joseph Scott
Carol Ann
A. H. Risse
Chaplin
California
Charles E. Millikan
Tulsa, Okla
J. Paul Getty
Beverly Hills
Hans Ruesch
Getty
Ruesch
Civilian tires to be cut sharply in January
Washington reports the OPA will reduce civilian tire supplies in January. Passenger tire allocation drops to 1,000,600 from 2,060,000 in December. Small and heavy track and bus tires also see reductions, with figures shrinking from 280,000 to 216,100 and from 120,000 to 110,000 respectively.
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Washington
OPA
Harmons Expecting Baby Next July in Hollywood
Actress Elyse Knox and her husband Lt. Tom Harmon, former Michigan football star, announce they are expecting a baby in July. Knox wore a bridal gown crafted from the silk parachute he used after his 1943 crash in China. Harmon, a former Army Air Forces ace, endured a 1940 jungle crash and is now stationed in the United States.
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Hollywood
Elyse Knox
Tom Harmon
University of Michigan
Knox
Harmon
Ann Arbor
Mich
China
Army Air Forces
United States
397th Infantry Fights Through Vosges to Rhine Front
The 397th Infantry Regiment of the 100th Division fights on the U S Seventh Army front in Eastern France. They began in the Vosges near Baccarat, pushing through Roan l Etape and Sennes toward the Rhine. Members include Cpl Franklin J. Herman Jr of Hagerstown and Pf Charles R Forrest of Funkstown. Also noted are promotions and assignments of soldiers with the Fifth Army in Italy and an air force armorer commendation for Cpl Austin W Hutzel of Hagerstown.
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397Th
France
Vosges
Baccarat
Sixth Army Group
Roan l’ Etape
Senenes
Rhine
Cpl
Franklin J. Herman, Jr
Summit Avenue
Hagerstown
Fifteenth Army Air Force
Italy
Austin W. Hutzel
East First Street
Fay R. Upthegrove
Joseph G. Russell
San Antonio, Tex
Father Of Six Shot To Death
In Columbus Georgia a Christmas dinner quarrel ended with the fatal shooting of Joseph E Mayo a 42 year old brick mason of Laurel Mississippi. His father in law Rev S W Noles 55 a preacher and state superintendent of Assembly of God Churches was arrested on a murder warrant. Mayo was shot four times as his wife six children and his mother in law watched. Noles said he acted in self defense after Mayo seized a child and threatened the family.
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Columbus
C. H. Jones
S. W. Noles
Assembly of God
Joseph E. Mayo
Laurel
Miss
Mayo
Jones
Georgia
Mayos
Noles
Mississippi
Maya
Santa Tamed Donna Smith with Sudden Jaw Fix
In Newark New Jersey on December 26 Donna Smith stayed awake waiting for Santa. A wide yawn caused her jaw to misalign and an ambulance was summoned. By Christmas dinner the soreness had subsided and her jaw was reset.
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Newark
N. T
Santa Claus
Donna Smith
Sailor brings home Japanese rifle ends in tragedy
George Lee Lewis Jr., 21, a Navy electrician's mate first class, returned from two years in the South Pacific with a Japanese rifle. While examining the prize yesterday the weapon discharged, killing him instantly. Scrimmages are set for Monday and Tuesday with a light drill Wednesday and a long offensive scrimmage planned for Thursday's windup.
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Piedmont
George Lee Lewis, Jr
Navy
South Pacific
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Satm's
Jonathan St
Jaeivac
Mary Catherine Goetz
Danter
Dorothy Bu Greencastle
Elmer Goer
Cireencastle
Fiers
Clayton Angst
Dorothy Burge
Mal Utree Broth
Greencastler
Teeter
Creencase
H. E. Krone
Cedar Hills
Mary Clarine Lengenstein
Gottlov Langenstein
Detroit
Wm. S
Mary =. Davis
Pauline Green
St. Louis
Lyzie Davis
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Bowles
Presbyterian Cemetery
Balwin G. Locher
Charles H. Locher, Jr
John Locher
Harry Locher
Andrew C. Faith
Charles Pyles
Martin Luther Trumpower
Altoona
Pennsylvania Railway
Williamsport
Presbyterian Church and
Masonic Order
Myrtle (Zeigler) Trumpower
Elya
Dolan Shenk
J. G. Roberson
Bergoo
W. Va
Gordon
Russell
Aubrey Young
Rose Hill Cemetery
Paul Forsythe
George P. Dennis
Huyetts Crossroads
Walter
Earl
Mantas
Texas
Margaret
Hhagers
Ruth Forsythe
St Paul's Church
Western Pike
J. Warde
Clara Zimmerman Gearhart
Jacob A. Gearhart
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Bessie M. Bartlett
Avon Road
Robert Eugene Stoner
Warren
Ruth Stoner
Juanita
Mary
Warren, Jr
D. I. Stoner
Edward Leroy Henson, Jr
Pee
Eadward Eroy
Anna Bassard Henson
Franklin Etreet
Leaf Funeral Home
William Huddle
Lutheran Church
Riverview
Barbara Ann
William B
Doris (Fleagle) Willingham
Kraiss Funeral Home
N. Potomac
Proms
Church & Prospect Sta
Croure Proguca
Baltimore Girl
Frederick Street
Wilhelm Thumma Motor Co
Leon Stahl
Fleigh Motor Co
Army
Marine Corps Shin
Hagerstown Leather Co. City
Apilesen
General Acceptance Corp
Tom Harmons
Mayflower
General Ins
Agen
Dealers In Sound Insurance
Arthur FP. Detrow
Mgr
Reichard
W. Antietam
Yingling Auto Sales & Service
Frederick St
Charles R. Forrest
West Side Avenue
Funkstown
Fifth Army
Floyd E. Brown
Vernie Brown
Highfield
Maryland
Sth
Custer Division
Mark W. Clark
ST. Petersburg
Pla
Woodrow W. Semler
Thomas L. Semler
Liberty Street
Miami Beach
Fla
RAF
Don Ce Sar Place
Richard E. Elvils
Caskey Baking Co
Semler
Army Air Forces Hospital
Leroy Hendricks
Peter Hendricks
Chestnut Street
1St Armored
Aree Kochenour
Div
Stark General Hospital
Army Hospital
Pvt
Kochenour
Rachel Kochenour
McComas Street
Air Corps
Cpl. Hutzel
Army Technical Training School
Buckley Field
Colo
Goodyear Service
Balto. & Locust Sts
Value Center
Summit Ave
Hagerstown Ice Co
Consumers Credit Service
Consumers Credit Service, Inc
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