04 Feb 1947
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1947
Page
1
Dr. John T. O Mara longtime secretary of the State Board of Health Examiners died at his Baltimore home after an 11 year illness. He was 66.
Maryland counties and the University of Maryland have had funds advanced by the Federal Works Agency for school building program planning. Senator O Coney cites 1,413,731 dollars already advanced, with Washington County's program alone totaling 1,350,000 dollars. The 29th Division Association plans a membership drive at the Feb. 5 meeting, with officers installed last time by Commander Charles Sinclair taking charge.
A large group from Hagerstown and nearby areas will be sworn in at the local Navy Recruiting Office as Lieut. Joseph Elliott arrives to lead a drive for the Naval Reserve. Eligible ages range 17 to 43 and 30 to 49 without prior service, or 18 to 64 with six months of service. joining requires no cruises unless desired, but cruises offer six weeks with full pay and allowances. Residents remain civilians, longevity starts immediately, and opportunities for Navy correspondence courses may follow.
A Friday report outlines a long term traffic plan for Hagerstown stressing broad official cooperation and public support. It suggests one way shifts on Antietam or Washington streets and could cost about 40000 dollars to modify Dry Bridge and the Meadow connection, with surveys showing most downtown shoppers view traffic and parking as serious issues.
William C. Duncan, 34, former head of the Duncan School for Boys in Lenox, was sentenced to two years in prison in Massachusetts after pleading guilty in Superior Court to embezzling 300 dollars of a student's funds.
In loving memory of husband and father Lester H Titlow who died February 4 1945. Its lonely here without you Dad, so sad along life's way. Life does not seem the same since you were taken away. When the evening shades fall and we are sitting alone in our hearts there comes a longing if you only could come home.
Amid proposals, officials note the trolley will be removed as a traffic issue within months once buses arrive. Recommendations aim to make the trolley obsolete by the time action takes effect.
Cumberland Maryland February 4 Mayor Thomas S Post asks city attorney to draft a bill giving Cumberland power to tax utilities He proposes shifting seat permit fees from the state to the city seek refunds on a state gasoline tax from Potomac Edison and urge taxes on poles from Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone and Potomac Edison Companies plus a foot‑of‑line tax on Cumberland and Allegheny Gas Company He wants council to study the measure before legislative submission
A British military tribunal sentenced five women and six men to death for killing and torturing female Ravensbruck inmates described as the largest women's prison in history. Four co-defendants received 10 to 15 year terms. Dr. Adolf Winkelmann, called a devil doctor by witnesses, died in his cell of a heart attack in Hamburg on Saturday.
Theodore Wilhide, 36, was found with a gunshot wound through the left chest in his yard at Shockey's Station near Ringgold around 5 30 pm yesterday and was taken to Waynesboro Hospital in fair condition. A single barreled shotgun was found in his kitchen. no shells or live rounds were located. Deputy Leister Isanogle said Wilhide was discovered conscious by Mrs Leta Lenz and last seen around 4 30 pm when a man identified as William Melvamee and a woman left him at a railroad crossing.
A wooden frame garage of Spickler Motor Lines, about a quarter mile west of Cearfoss, was destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon around 1 o clock. Tools tires and other materials stored inside were burned. The origin of the blaze was not immediately learned. Three trucks an automobile and:
Fire started in the northwest corner and largely destroyed the structure. Two motorcycles were removed from the building without damage. Franklin B. Spickler operated the line as the First Hose Fire Company responded to the out-of-town alarm early yesterday afternoon.
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