General Assembly Opens in Annapolis with Democratic Harmony
In Annapolis Maryland the 170th General Assembly convened with Democratic unity across the Senate and House. Senate President James J. Lindsay and Speaker John S. White were unanimously chosen, with Governor O Connor to deliver the opening address. Delegates and Senators gathered at the Historic State House signaling a smooth start.
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Annapolis
Maryland
General Assembly
Jast
Epring
Senate
House of Delegates
House
O'Conor
James J. Lindsay
Leo Moore
D-Barford
White
Truman B. Cash
Party
State Central Committee
Man Arrested On Liquor Charge In Dam No 4 Whiskey Case
Robert Burger of 100 block East Franklin Street was arrested by federal investigators for carrying on the business of a distiller without bond. He allegedly manufactured whiskey in a house at Dam No. 4 last November. Arraigned before U S Commissioner C Welles Little, he posted $500 bond for a hearing next week. A Social Security Board representative will recruit machine operator trainees at the TU 5 Employment Service, 111 South Potomac Street, January 11, 12 and 18, with housing available and immediate appointments for qualified applicants in Baltimore.
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Robert Burger
Franklin Street
Burger
Dam No. 4
U. S
C. Welles Little
The
Social Security Board
TU. 5
Employment Service Office
South Potomac Street
Baltimore
Secretary forgives actor after bite incident
Los Angeles report says Helmut Dantine and Ida Lupino's secretary Leslie Forrest reconciled after she had him arrested on a battery charge for chasing her and two guests around the Lupino home on New Year's Day. The charge was dismissed and Forrest spoke with a deputy city attorney accepting the apology.
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Los Angeles
Helmut Dantine
Ida Lupino
Leslie Forrest
Lupino
Jae
Deaths in Greencastle and surrounding areas
Death notices from Greencastle and nearby towns report Aaron Tathelm aged 62 passing at home in Greencastle with survivors including Maude and several children and grandchildren. Lottie Edith Wilkes aged 60 dies at her Coffman Avenue home after illness. Harry Wade, 56, dies in Miles City, Montana. Sarah May Barnhart, 74, widow of Clarence Barnhart, dies at daughter’s home in Greencastle. Ivy Mitchell former Hagerstown resident dies in Alexandria. Walter L. Sampsell dies at Wayside Avenue home with funeral at Church of God. Interments planned at Rose Hill and Rest Haven.
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Aaron Tathelm
Greencastle
Maude
Melvin
Harold
Lauren
Axel Petersen
Hagerstown
Harry
Orlando
Fla
Kenneth
Camp Cook
Cal
Richard Heilman
Waynesboro
Mary
Andy Fowler
Warnesboro
Grace Barnhart
Frederick
Lottie Edith Wilkes
Clarence V. Wilkes
Coffman Avenue
Detour
Thomas and
Sulia Eyjer Kemp
St. Mark's’ Lutheran Church
Vivian
Agatha
Berkeley Springs
Kemp
Vergie Fitz
William L. Poffenberger
Tittsville
Bertie Kemp
A. K. Coffman
Raymond Miller
Rose Hill Cemetery
Sarah May Barnhart
Clarence Y. Barnhart
Ralph Johnston
Smithsburg
George
Mary Ann (Rise) Miller
First United Brethren Church
C. Foreman Barnhart
Green Hill Cemetery
Ivy Mitchell
Alexandria
S17
King Street
Walter L. Sampsell
Wayside Avenue
Church of God
Rest Haven Cemetery
Card of Thanks for Kindness and Funeral Help
The W. Eshwa family thanks friends and neighbors for kindness during illness and death, for floral tributes and use of cars. Adv. - W. Eshwa Family. Round and Square Dange every Fri and Sat night at Spanish Dancel and Kemp's Mi Tay ers. Uncle Roy and His Dire Serenaders. Your Old Friend Ross Act.
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W. Eshwa
Spanish Dancel
Kemp
Roy
Ross
Plastiras Becomes Premier To Form Broad Greece Government
Gen Nicholas Plastiras, 61, pledged to form a new all party government to end weeks of civil strife in Greece. He accepted the premiership at Archbishop Damaskinos's request as King George II, in London, named a regent. Russia reopens Athens legation as British artillery shells Elas forces continue to clash in Athens.
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Athens
Nicholas Plastiras
Greece
Plastires
Archbishop Damaskinos
George II
London
Plastiras
George Papantreou
Moscow
Mihail Sergieff
Legation
Russia
Elas
Papandreon
France
Papandreou
Army ousts 11 Montgomery Ward officials in seizure action
In Chicago on January 3 the Army moved to tighten control of Montgomery Ward properties across seven cities after federal seizure. Eleven officials were fired for non cooperation, with affidavits filed for an injunction to sustain the seizure ordered by President Roosevelt. A federal court hearing is set for next Monday. Major General Joseph W. Byron said non cooperators face penalties and that most employees are expected to cooperate with the government operation.
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Chicago
Montgomery Ward and Company
Roosevelt
Joseph W. Byron
Byron
War Department
Juvenile Delinquency Seen Rising On Home Front
Keedysville resident Charles C. Thomas Jr. writes to the Daily Mail warning that juvenile delinquency is increasing even in small towns as war demands draw parents into service and work. He urges responsible supervision for children left without parental care and notes risks from truancy, vandalism, and false alarms.
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Keedysville
Daily Mail
America
Charles C. Thomas, Jr
Woman 68 Found Dead In Her Home At Blue Ridge Summit
Mrs. Lena B. Cummins aged 68 was found dead in her Blue Ridge Summit home Tuesday morning. Coroner DB Shull of Chambersburg ruled death by hanging, a 45 year married life ending with a broken neck. She had been in ill health for over a year and leaves three sisters. funeral Friday at 2 PM from the home.
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Lena B. Cummins
Blue Ridge Summit
DB. Shull
Chambersburg
Cummins
Charmilan
James F. Cummins
the Summit
Hawley Memorial Presbyterian Church
Bank Calls For Bank Condition Reports
The Comptroller of the Currency issued a call for statements on the condition of all national banks as of December 30. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation issued a parallel call for insured banks for the same date. Also, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad President R B White announced authorization to purchase 500 steel box cars to be built by Greenville Steel Car in Greenville Ohio.
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Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Baltimore
R. B. White
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
New York
Greenville Steel Car Company
Greenville
Ohio
Beauty Culture Classes Free at Pope's School Ady
Students at Pope's School of Beauty Culture invite the public to enjoy free beauty culture services at 224 North Locust Street in Ady.
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Pope's School of Beauty Culture
N. Locust St
Manila Airfield at Clark Bombed in New Year Raid
Liberators from Leyte based units hit Manila Clark Field amid heavy anti aircraft fire. Bombers faced flak but all returned. Fighter escorts tangled with Japanese interceptors as MacArthur expands air strikes toward Formosa, marking first SW Pacific strike on the island bastion.
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MacArthur
Philippines
Manila
Clark Field
5Th Air Force
Douglas MacArthur
Formosa
Red Riders
Raymond Seidel
Olympia
Wash
Luzon
Japan
Fruit Growers In Annual Meet Opens Two Day Event
About 100 Maryland and nearby state fruit growers gather at Hotel Alexander for the 47th Maryland Horticultural Society annual meeting presided by Dwight Walker. The program features a technicolor film, talks on orchard disease control, spray use for thinning, and a cooking moth topic, with sessions on peach problems and fruit issues.
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Maryland
Hotel Alexander
Maryland Horticultural Society
Dwight Walker
Airy
Robert H. Davies
New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
E. C. MacFadden
Hagerstown
Dwight T. Walker
Mr. Airy
Stanley M. Fulton
Hancock
Fulton W. Allen
Salisbury
Eugene W. Scott
Rockville
Bennett A. Porter
Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine
Department of Agriculture
Castilla Graham
University of Maryland
County Herd Among High Producers
Six registered Guernseys owned by Hugh Warrenfeltz of Washington county ranked among Maryland’s top producers in the Dairy Herd Improvement Association. They averaged 645 pounds of milk and 38.2 pounds of butterfat, while Frank G. Remsberg of Frederick county had 29 Holsteins producing 1,266 pounds of milk and 42.6 pounds of butterfat.
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Hugh Warrenfeltz
Washington County
Maryland Dairy Herd Improvement Association
University of Maryland Extension Service
Frank G. Remsberg
Frederick County
House Wanted In Good City Section
Wants a modern or room house to buy or rent in a good city area. Requires complete description street address date built and price. Respond to Box 15% in Herald M.
Two More Nazi Fugitives Caught in Arizona
Desert conditions and local authorities cornered two more escaped German POWs in Arizona. Heinrich Palmer and Reinhard Mark were captured near Sells, bringing to ten the total caught since 25 Germans fled Papago Park camp near Phoenix on Christmas Eve.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Desert
Arizona
Hutson Installed As Board Proxy At Hagerstown Real Estate Board
Harold H. Hutson was installed as president at the Hagerstown Real Estate Board meeting held at the Hotel Hamilton. Officers named included J. W. Barncord as first vice president Robert L. Cook as second vice president John L. Swain as secretary Charles B. Fry as treasurer and B. K. Hetzer as corresponding secretary. Plans for the coming year emphasize closer cooperation with city and county officials on post-war programs.
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Hagerstown
Hutson
Leloser
Deadline Set for AAA Reports in Washington County
The Washington county AAA committee announced February 15 as the final date to file performance reports for qualification for a net payment under the 1944 agricultural conservation program. All county farmers who participated in 1944 AAA should contact the county AAA committee immediately if payments and performance reports have not yet been filed.
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Washington County
AAA Committee
County Aaa Committee
Bloody Battle For Budapest Continues In World War II
The provisional Hungarian government in Russian held territory cites German and Hungarian forces totaling 105,000 to 125,000 as the battle for Budapest persists. Russians hold about 1,000 city blocks with roughly 1,000 prisoners taken in recent advances. A German counterattack from Austria near Komarom struck the Vienna road, while a Berlin effort to break out of western Budapest failed.
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Budapest
Danube
Komarom
Austria
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Vienna
Jury To Get Case Of Chaplin Today
Los Angeles January 3 A jury begins deliberations on whether Charlie Chaplin is the father of Joan Berry's 14 month old daughter The judge's instructions on law remained before seven women and five men retire to the jury box Berry 24 seeks a ruling of paternity and $2 500 monthly support Chaplin 55 faced sharp public attacks from Berry's attorney who described him as a lecherous character while Chaplin's side argued scientific proof of innocence.
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Los Angeles
Charlie Chaplin
Joan Berry
Joseph Scott
Joan
Chaplin
Miss Berry
Caro
Ann
YLAN SHORT COURSE ON ANIMAL HUSBANDRY OFFERED
The University of Maryland Extension Service announced plans to conduct a short course in animal husbandry in Washington county, starting early this month and continuing through February. Subjects covered include dairying feed crops and animal husbandry.
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Ylan
University of Maryland
Flans
Washington County
Wartime Hero Roster Includes Purple Heart Recipients
Mrs. Loraine Walker receives the Purple Heart from her husband Pfc Elmer J Walker wounded November 5 in Italy with General Mark Clark s Fifth Army. Sgt Charles Jones of Hagerstown, recovering from injuries after guiding a tank through France, earned the Silver Star rescuing five airborne men. His brothers serve abroad, with one killed in action. Second Lt Earl A Rice Jr, a Moller Co mechanic, completes bombardier training at Victorine Army Air Field California. Lt Richard D Harp begins four engine pilot training at Courtland Als RAF Pilot School.
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Loraine Walker
Pfc
Elmer J. Walker
Italy
Mark Clark
Fifth Army
Walker
Fairchild
France
Charles Jones
Hagerstown
Mae Smith
South Potomac Street
Jones
Glenn W. Jones
Altogordo
N. M
Jay
Kenneth Jones
Belgium
Charles
Ruth Kershner
Lanvate Street
Earl A. Rice
M. P. Moller Co
Victorine Army Air Field
California
Lt. Rice
BE. A. Rice
Mercersburg
Richard D. Harp
Elmer L. Harp
Myersville
RAF
Courtland
Als
Veterans urged to register for GI unemployment benefits
World War II veterans should register with the UO Employment office after discharge to qualify for unemployment compensation under the GI Bill. Manager B Paul Shilling cautions not to delay registration to avoid delays in benefits during eligibility checks.
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OU. S. Employment Office
B. Paul Shilling
War Department
Maryland
Washington County
Missing in Action Lieut Breckinridge Reported in Europe
Lieut Caspar Shunk Breckinridge 21 of Summersville West Virginia son of Mr and Mrs A N Breckinridge was reported missing in action in the European theater. A member of the 399th Infantry he went overseas in October. His mother Edith Wright of Usar Williamsport went with him. During the holidays his parents visited cousin Mrs Charles Little in this city. two older brothers also serve.
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Caspar Shunk Breckinridge
A. N. Breckinridge
Summersville
W. Va
War Department
Edith Wright
Usar
Slightly Wounded Pvt Raymond Poper Reported In France
War Department notified yesterday that Private Raymond S. Poper was slightly wounded in France on November 24. His parents, Mr and Mrs Henry S Poper of 402 Fremont Street, were informed.
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Raymond KE. Poper
France
Henry S. Paper
Freemont Street
War Department
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