War Problems Get Priority In New Congress
The new 79th Congress opened with war issues as top priority. Speaker Rayburn and Minority Leader Martin pledged focus on winning the war, while Byrnes urged stronger manpower controls and possible farm deferment actions. A universal training act for youth was discussed but not rushed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
James F. Byrnes
Capitol Hill
Byrnes
Sam Rayburn
Martin
R-Mass
War Service
New Year Weekend Death Toll Tops 250 Across U.S.
The Associated Press reports 254 people died in a three day New Year weekend in the United States. A train collision near Ogden Utah caused 48 deaths, while traffic accidents totaled 96, fires 54, and miscellaneous crashes 56. Utah recorded 45 fatalities and California 22, with Pennsylvania each at 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
United States
Southern Pacific
Ogden
Utah
Californext
Pennsylvania
Tlmois
Births Rise at Washington County Hospital
Births increased over the prior month with 97 new arrivals at Washington County Hospital. During the month there were 49 male and 48 female babies born.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County Hospital
Convention to Open Horticultural Society Meets Tomorrow
The two day annual gathering of the State Horticultural Society will convene at 10 a m tomorrow at Hotel Alexander with Dwight Walker presiding as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
State Horticultural Society
Hotel Alexander
Dwight Walker
Deaths in Williamsport and Westminster Communities
Death notices from Williamsport and Westminster list Peter Milton Ruthrauff aging 82, wife and children, and several other local deaths: William Cridar 94, Estelle Moats 78, Mary Elizabeth Hall 83, Walter L. Sampsell 81, Theodore Spessard 86, Millard F. Beane 78, Hugh G. Downs 69. Funeral arrangements in Greencastle, Westminster, Williamsport, and nearby towns with Church of God and Mountain View cemetery interments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Milton Ruthrauff
Williamsport
Westminster
Peter South
Mary Ann (Houser) Ruthrauff
Kemp's Mill
Joan Everhart
Hazel Barnes
Margie
New York
Jennie Shafer
Los Angeles
Calif
Hersh Avenue
Everhart
C. Estelle Moats
Harvey Moats
Oneatersay
Fairplay
Simon and
Sarah (Boyd) Coffman
Church of the Brethren
Charles D. Coffman
Coffman Funeral Home
Rowland Reichard
Mountain View Cemetery
Sharpsburg
Mary Elizabeth Hall
James Hall
West Church Street
Samuel
Mary Merary
Golden Rule Chapter
Sons and Daughters of Liberty
Cpl Abner Hall
U.S. Army
California
William Hall
Baltimore
Joseph Ward
Marlowe
Cyril Hoover
River View Cemetery
Obituary notices from a Maryland area including Downs and Bell families
Multiple obituaries note survivors and funeral details for Irene Downs and Hugh G. Downs Jr in France, plus William C. Downs of Baltimore. Also listed are Mary E. Curtis of 69 West Franklin. Malissa S. Carroll of 428 Cook street. Minnie L. Whittington of 612% North Prospect. Emerick C. Bell of Smithsburg. Charles Dulaney Diffendal of 607 West Washington. and William Scott Rinehart of Mr. Rainier, with service times, locations, and interment plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh G. Downs
East Antietam Street
Baltimore
William C
Elizabeth Downs
Department of Pharmacy
University of Maryland
D.C. Aughinhbaugh and Son
T. and S
Frosburg
St. Paul's
Methodist Church
Knights Templars
Odd Fellows
Irene (Roe) Downs
U. S. Army Engineers
France
A. K
Mary E. Curtis
West Franklin Street
Washington County Hospital
Lutheran Church
Claude M. Frye
Jesse G
Essex
Samuel D
Lancaster
Earl K
Lauderdale
Fla
Maude Wilkinson
Washington
Stella Wilkinson
Memphis
Penn
Kraiss Mortuary
Malissa S. Carroll
George W. Carroll
Cook Street
Grace A. B. Church
Raymond
George W
U. S. Navy
Carl W
U. S. Army
David
Thelma Kennedy
Howard Carter
Viola Collier
Margaret
Betty
Charles Snyder
G. I. Rider
Paul Watlington
Rest Haven Certery
Minnie L. Whittington
North Prospect Street
Charles E. Whittington
Willard Lee Grubb
Fort Lauderdale
Jessie G. Kelley
L H. Foreman
Kraiss Mortuary Chapel
L. L. Grubb
Rose Hill Cemetery
Charles Dulaney
Diffendal
West
Washington Street
Westminster
Joseph
Mary Ann
Martin) Dulaney
Fairchild Corporation
Church of the Brethren
Nettie
Robert F
Martinsburg
Dulaney M
Hagerstown
C. Thomas
United States Navy
Frank
Lford
Edward
Cleveland
A. K. Coffman Funeral Home
Paul Minnich Robinson
Meadow Branch Ceemetery
Drastic Manpower Proposals On Home Front Battle
Washington January 2 194? drastic manpower proposals edge toward work or fight act. Byrnes proposes 4-Fs be drafted into war roles and given statutory teeth if labor controls fail to boost armament output. The plan aims to force ready men into essential work or service and could redirect them to critical plants or limited Army duty. Decries farm deferments as the largest remaining source of young men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jan
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Office of War Mobilization
Congress
War Agency
Former Resident Killed In Mishap
Robert W. Imyre, formerly of Hagerstown, was killed in an automobile accident in Harrisburg on December 29. Surviving are his wife Gladys two children Jack and Peggy of Harrisburg parents Mr and Mrs E. Imyre of this city sisters Mrs Othel Laurens Mrs Kitty Ambrose and brother J Stouffer all of Detroit and a stepsister Mrs R V Schiotterbeck of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert W. Imyre
Hagerstown
Harrisburg
Gladys
Jack
Peggy
E. Imyre
Othel Laurens
Kitty Ambrose
J. Stouffer
Detroit
Mich
R. V. Schiotterbeck
County Deaths In War Rise To 128
A wartime tally shows 104 Washington county men killed in action abroad, raising total deaths from all causes to 128. The roll also lists 27 missing in action, 23 lost in training or other deaths, and one dying in a Japanese prison camp.
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Washington County
Byrnes Proposals At A Glance
War Mobilizer Byrnes outlines plans for the home front including drafting 4-Fs for limited military service or war jobs if manpower controls fail, congressional legislation backing War Labor Board orders, potential larger draft calls in coming months, farm referments reconsideration, and delaying reconversion to civilian production until military needs ease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Byrnes
Congress
War Labor Board
Veterans Administration opens contact unit in Hagerstown
W L Limburg of the U S Veterans Administration announces a new contact office in the Hagerstown post office building. George C Taylor serves as full time contact representative and officer in charge to assist veterans with entitlements under the 1944 GI Bill including education loans insurance and burial benefits. The office operates daily except Sunday from 830 am to 6 pm to provide information forms and assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Limburg
U. S. Veterans Administration
St. Paul Street
Baltimore
Maryland
Veterans Administration
Hagerstown
George C. Taylor
Taylor
Tax Rate Jumped 12 Cents And Rate Fixed At $1.22
A continuation page item lists tax rate changes and fixed total at 1.22 dollars. The document enumerates court, health and welfare offices, sheriff, elections, libraries, hospitals, and various agencies with associated rates. It notes free beauty culture lines offered by Pope's School of Beauty Culture at 229 North Locust Street.
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Circuit Court
Juvenile Court Register of Wills
Maryland
Bellevue
Escee Free Library Association
Washington Do
Pope's School of Beauty Culture
N. Locust St. Adv
Mindoro Air Strikes Hit Luzon Rail and Seaport Targets
General MacArthur's headquarters reports land-based U.S. bombers and fighters attacking Luzon after establishing Mindoro as a forward base. Strikes score sinking or probable sinking of three destroyers and several transports at Lingayen gulf, while bombardment and strafing hit Batangas and surrounding lines. Nipponese reconnaissance and ammunition trains are targeted as American air power presses the Luzon invasion theater.
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MacArthur
Philippines
Mindoro
Luzon Island
Manila
Lingayen Gulf
Luzon
Lingayen
Marine Corsairs
Batangas
Mindoro Island
San Jose
Uingayen
Leyte
Nielsen
Batapgas
Film Actor Arrested After Biting Secretary at Lupino Home
Los Angeles reports film actor Helmut Dantine, 26, is to appear in Municipal Court on a battery charge after allegedly biting Ida Lupino's secretary Leslie Forrest on the arm wrist and head and chasing two Lupino guests. Forrest said Dantine entered without permission at about 6 20 am after a New Year party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Helmut Dantine
Ida Lupino
Miss Lupino
Leslie Forrest
Dantine
R. C. Stoner
George E. Haddox
Lupino
Miss Forrest
Rena Courwyn
Barbara Reed
Miss Courwyn
Father's and Sons Service News From World War II Letter
A son Pfe Richard L Poffenberger in an English hospital describes his November 13 shrapnel wound in France after serving with infantry. Inducted October 1943, trained with mechanized cavalry, then infantry. awarded the Purple Heart. A. N. Poffenberger family notes, others report First Class Petty Officer promotion for Charles Flure, six months overseas, four major battles. Richard H Wolfe returns to Hagerstown with a Presidential citation for 834th Engineer Aviation Battalion in France. first airstrips built post D-Day. also served in Iceland, Belgium and Germany. earns unit citations and ribbons. Sgt Norman W Gerberich, mess sergeant, Harvard Army Air Field, linked to promotions and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfe
Richard L. Poffenberger
A. N. Poffenberger
Fourth Street
France
Poffenberger
Charles Flure
Funkstown
Quartermaster
Flume
Hagerstown
George H. Wolfe
Summit Avenue
834Th Engineer
Wolfe
Hhis
Belgium
Germany
United States
Aviation Engineers
Army
Hagerstown Shoe and Legging Co
Nimitz Says He Would Welcome Russian Help in Pacific
Admiral Chester Nimitz stated he would welcome Soviet participation in the Pacific war, saying it would be on our side. He noted continued high landings on the China coast, and anticipated invasion of Japan amid tougher enemy resistance. He also praised British naval units for aiding operations in the Pacific and welcomed their growing involvement.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Jan
Japan
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific
Pravda
Nimitz
Saipan
China
Great Britain
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Leon Stah
Fleigh Motor Co
William Cridar
Greencastle
Edward P
Charles E
David A
Frank H
Greencastle Rt
Minnich Funeral
Lester
Ambrose Myers
Cedar Hill
Walter L. Sampsell
Wayside Avenue
Church of God
Carrie B. Sampsell
Joseph B. Sampsell
Annapolis
Minnich
H. CG. Gonso
F. H. Snavely
Rest Haven Cemetery
Theodore Spessard
Akron
Ohio
John
Eliza (Cook) Spessard
Bilion
Millard F. Beane
Clearspring
Cordelia
Joseph E
Boston
Mass
Emmett
Caroline Taylor
Snyder Rowland
Kraiss Funeral Home
WMC
D. A. Stickell & Sons
W. Baltimore ST
Emerick C. Bell
Smithsburg
Arlington
Navy Yard
Masonic Lodge
Clarendon
Order of the Eastern Star
William Scott Rinehart
Mr. Rainier
Reichard
Antietam St
Mayflower
Chewsville
David H
Mary (Stockslager) Rinehart
United Brethren Church
Lloyd
Russell
Washington, D. C
Maxwell
Ralph
Kenteth
New London
Conn
Navy
Newton Hoffman
Maud Burk
A. K. Coffman
Rev
Green Hill Cemetery
Waynesboro
Ronald Lee Wishard
Glenn R. Wishard Ady
Robert Eugene Stoner
Adv
Harry Holsinger
Harry Holsinger, Jr
Clara Zimmerman Gearhart
Public Square
East Washington Street
Potomac Street
Potomac Avenue
Prospect Avenue
West Washington St
Potomac St
Prospect Ave
U. S
Saum’s
Jonathan St
Richard H. Wolfe
England
Iceland
Norman Ww. Gerberich
North
Cannon Avenue
Fayebelle Gerberich
John H. Gerberich
Norma Jean
Sgt. Gerberich
Harvard Army Air
Reds
Spanish Dancel
Roy
Dixie Serenaders
Ross
Hagerstown Ice Co
Goodyear
Balto, & Locust Sts
Consumers Credit Service
Consumers Credit Service, Inc
407
Public
Value Center
Summit Ave
Bortion
Church & Prospect Sta
Crouas
People's Jewelry
Washington St
Mr. Corgel
Caskey Baking Co
Yingling Auto Sales & Service
Frederick St
Defenders OF Liberty
Nat’! Bank
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