Local Driver Killed in Route 40 Head-On Crash
Roy H. Spigler 40 of 000 block Concord street died instantly in a head on collision with two cars on Route 40 three miles west of Hagerstown Saturday night at 11 40. Five others injured including Margaret L Barrett 32 of Winchester Va in Spigler car and Lester Mundy 39 of Madison avenue with facial injuries. Gilbert Hildon Shawyer 19 of Hagerstown Route 2 drove eastbound and reported Spigler was on the wrong side. Shawyer and passengers James Rohrer 17 and Lloyd Metz 16 also injured. Taxi driver pulled Barrett and Mundy from wreckage. both cars demolished. Spigler a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad brakeman, survived by family. funeral Tuesday at 2 p m at Coffman Funeral Home with interment Rose Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy H. Spigler
Concord Street
Headon
Hagerstown
Spigler
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Gilbert Hildon Shawyer
Margaret L. Barrett
Winchester
Washington County Hospital
Lester ©. Mundy
Madison Avenue
Shawyer
James Cleveland Rohrer
Potomac Street
Lloyd Milton Metz
Mulberry Street
Barrett
Mundy
Spigier
Harry
Martha
Arlinger) Spigler
Henry Zellers
Camden
N. J
Wilbur Harp
Williamsport
George R
Walter R
Cecil A
Edward
Matsala
Montana
A. K. Coffman
Death notices and obituaries from Mercersburg area
Multiple death notices and funeral details for William E. Gluck in Mercersburg, George Washington Metz in Hagerstown, John Masters of Edgemont reservoir, and Lillie Myrtle Rose of Waynesboro, with survivor lists, service times, and burial plans. plus a social note about a local dance event at Span ish Danceland.
See Compromise On Soldier Vote
Washington January 31 The Senate and House opened a race to settle the soldiers vote controversy. The Senate aimed for a final roll call by today or tomorrow while the House waited for talks with states rights and Federal ballot advocates. The federal plan would send uniform ballots to service members worldwide, despite opposition over states rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Congress
Editor Will Deliver White Funeral Oration
Henry J. Haskell editor of the Kansas City Star will give the funeral oration for William Allen White author and editor who died Saturday at 75 in Emporia Kansas. The two men had been close friends since White left the Star in 1895 and bought the Emporia Gazette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emporia, Kas
Henry J. Haskell
The
Kansas City Star
William Allen White
White
Star
Emporia Gazette
In Memoriam Hattie Sinyer Palmer
In loving remembrance of my dear sister Hattie Sinyer Palmer who departed this life two years ago January 31 1942 From this world of pain to the land of peace and rest God has taken you Our dear one now is sleeping no care is on thy brow Oh blame us not for weeping for I have no sister now By her sister Mrs Maud Kendall and niece Mrs Nellie French Adv
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie Sinyer Palmer
Sister
Maud Kendall
Nellie French
Loving memory of Theo and Mary Barger Ady
In loving memory of my father and mother, Mr and Mrs Theo Philus Barger. Gone but not forgotten, by daughter Mrs Gertie Roberts Ady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theophilus Barger
Gertie Roberts
Ady
Memorial notices for mother and husband with poems
A daughter memorializes her mother who died January 31, 1942 with a silent grief poem. A wife honors her husband John H. Roberts, who died a year ago, with verses about memory and loss. A line notes that Russia received 1,560,000 tons of lend-lease food while Pravda comments on Moscow origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Moscow
Good Samaritan Act Cost Family 4000 in Chicago Tale
A 14-year-old borrowed a light fuse at a North Side tavern leading to a burglary where 2200 in cash and 1725 in war bonds were stolen. Five siblings, left alone, were cared for by a tavern visitor and his wife, then placed in two orphanages after police traced the missing funds. The children were not connected to the burglary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Albert Adams
North Side
Willie Klitch
Klitch
Edward Paluch
Paluchs
Washington county AAA denies soil payments to farmers
The Washington county AAA office stated farmers are not eligible for soil conservation payments at this time and the Maryland AAA office clarified payments apply only to Eastern Shore farmers. The prior release claimed checks would be mailed ahead of schedule to aid farmers, describing them as partial compensation for capital investments in soil fertility during the war and for posterity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
The
Agricultural Adjustment Agency
AAA
Maryland
Thir County
Soldier Vote An Issue Here 1861 Election Debate
The Hagerstown Mail urged a Peace Party ticket while the Herald and Torchlight demanded oath of allegiance for peace advocates to vote. Union supporters worried by soldiers away, 600 enlisted with 150 more moving to vote, yet the Union ticket won by a large margin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown Mail
Peace Party
Herald and Torchlight
Union Party
Williams
Army of the Republic
Union
Woman, 101, Dies Here On Saturday
Mrs. Katherine Phoenix died Saturday night at her home 131 Bloom's Avenue after a brief illness aged 101. Surviving are two daughters Mrs. Martha Hall and Miss Mary Jane Phoenix of the city and grandson William S. Caution. Funeral Tuesday at 2:00 PM at Caldwell Funeral Home with Rev. S W Fields officiating. Interment in Rose Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Gluck
Mercersburg
Henry and
Anna Manns Gluck
Reformed Church
Lulu Gluck
W. Howard
Chambersburg
Martinsburg
W. Va
Emma
Rebecca Gluck
Shippensburg
Trinity Reformed Church
George Washington Metz
Hagerstown
Rohrersville
Jacob
Jane (Grimm) Metz
Martha
Clarence Domer
Clinton Carpenter
Cearfoss
John McCarty
Benjamin W
Walter G
Ella
Davis
Coral Carter
Baltimore
Victor M
Spielman’s Station
A. &. Coffman
J. A. Wilson
Bakersville Cemetery
Katherine Phoenix
Bloom’s Avenue
Martha Hall
Mary Jane Phoenix
William S. Caution
Caldwell Funeral Home
Welding Class Organized at New Vocational Center
A free electric welding course opens at the new Vocational Center behind the Municipal Swimming Pool in Hagerstown. The twelve week program runs 7 to 10 pm two to three evenings weekly beginning February 1 with registration at the center. The class, funded by the federal government, covers arc and gas welding with machines and materials supplied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Board of Education
Death Benefits Inquiries Rise In County
A Hagerstown Social Security office reports a survey showing most relatives ask about death benefits after a family member dies. In the last quarter of 1943 every case except one prompted an inquiry, attributed to lack of local relatives from a southern state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
The
Security Agency
Dwight Billings
Yanks Breach German Lines In Italy Debrief Note
American forces pressed from Cassino to pierce German defenses by blasting haystacks silos and pill boxes while engineers built a log bridge to cross the Rapido. Two hills Nos 2 3 and 167 fell as Cairo and Monte Villa came under allied control and the bridgehead reported a five mile German bunker line along the Cisterna Rome railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Rapido
Cassino
Fifth Army
Cairo
Monte Villa
Cisterna-Rome
Cisterna
Cape Alava Wash Westernmost Point of U S
Cape Alava in Washington is identified as the westernmost point of the United States. The location is noted for its geographic extremity at the edge of the Pacific coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Alava, Wash., Is the Westernmost Point of the
U.S
OConor backs waiving registration for Maryland soldiers
Governor OConor urged that Maryland service members be exempt from registration rules to vote in upcoming elections. Senator Tydings predicted Senate passage of the Lucas-Green soldiers vote bill, which would let state law determine voting eligibility for absent service personnel amid Maryland's requirement for registration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Maryland
O’conor
Senate
Millard E. Tydings
Dmd
WBAL
Tydings
Fourth Ward Democratic Club Celebrates Fifth Anniversary
The Fourth Ward Democratic club marks its fifth anniversary at North Mulberry Street clubrooms with limited invitations to Democratic leaders and public officials. President Perry Osborne announced, noting John Hartle, the first president now in Alaska, will be absent with many members serving abroad. Seafood and other unrationed foods will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourth Ward
Democratic Club
North Mulberry Street
Perry Osborne
John Hartle
Alaska
Otheir
February clinic schedule announced by city health department
The city and county Health Department released the February clinic timetable listing venereal disease adults on Tuesdays and Fridays at 7 pm, combined adult and child clinics on Thursdays at 9 am, prenatal sessions on February 8 and 22 at 9 am, tuberculosis by appointment on February 2 and 16, ENT by appointment on February 5 12 and 24, mental hygiene by appointment on February 11, and the next orthopedic clinic on March 17 1944. Child hygiene clinics by Infant and Child Health Center Inc will be February 1 and 15 at 9 20 am at Western Enterprise Fire Hall. all other clinics at the Health Department on King Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Infant and Child Health Center, Inc
Western Enterprise Fire Hall
Health Department
King Street
Long-Delayed Court Clears Property Title in Utah
In Salt Lake City a 1904 district court ruling cleared title to a property. Jennie E B Hayes filed a motion for a new trial in 1906, but District Judge M J Bronson denied it 37 years later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Jennie E B. Hayes
M. J. Bronson
Promotion Moves War Officers From Our Area
Promotion of Tom C. Mahon from sergeant to staff sergeant was announced at an Eighth AAF Bomber Command station in England. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Paul E Mahon of Chambersburg Pennsylvania and a known figure in Hagerstown. Also mentioned are sergeant Stanley W Brill seeking contact from friends, and William Brewbaker Jr now aboard a destroyer in the Pacific after five months’ silence. Bar Kinsey promoted to petty officer second class aboard the high seas. Naval Cadet Robert E Roulette, son of Ellsworth Roulette, completed pre flight training at Chapel Hill and proceeds to primary flight training at Glenview. Sgt Glenn Frush arrived safely in England after serving in Iceland, with his family noting England as a wonderful country. (Continued on Page 6)
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom C. Mahon
Eighth
AAF
England
Sgt. Mahon
Paul E. Mahon
Chambersburg
Hagerstown
AAFP
Mying
Army
Stanley W. Brill
Pacific Theatre of War
William Brewbaker
South Potomac Street
William Brewbaker, Jr
Pacific
Naval Aviation
Robert E. Roulette
Ellsworth Roulette
U. S. Navy
Chapel Hill
N. C
Naval Air Station
Glenview
Roulette
J. Luther Frush
Maryland Avenue
Sgt
Glenn Frush
Sgt. Frush
Langley Field
Iceland
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Grace Washburn Tewart
Washington St
Green Lantern
North Potomac Street
Quick Confidential Service
Consumers Credit Service, Inc
Public Square
John Masters
Edgemont
Smithsburg
Martin and
Elizabeth (Smythe) Masters
Masters
Cascade
Greensburg
Clarence McGaha
Mt. Bethel Cemetery
Waynesboro
Lillie Myrtle Rose
Clyde H. Rose
Farmingdale
Rouzerville
James Smith
David Emly
Spanish Danceland
Kemp's Mill Tavern
Rass
Reichard’s
W. Antietam St
Fleigh Motor Co
Oak Hill Ave
Sheet Metal Workers
Wood Workers
Pope Ave
Victor Products Co
Special Communication Friendship Lodge
A.F
A.M
Ali Master Masons
Toy
Marshall
Twigg
Memoriam
FE. J. Sturtz
John H. Roberts
Gerlie Roberts
Porter
Gov’t
Frederick Street
Wilhelm
Thumma Motor Co
Mousic
Little Mike’s Tavern
Cleveland Ave
Hill’s Toy & Novelty Store
South Potomac St
Conor
4Th Ward
Community Finance Service Incorporated
West
Washington Co
Owners
Yingling Auto Sales & Service
Pontiac
GMC
Hagerstown High School
University of Maryland
General Ins
Agey
Dealers In Sound Insurance
Arteur
DETRO
Sen
Winkler Stokers
Dixie Supply, Inc
Franklin Street
A. Funeral Home
Kraiss Funeral Home
N. Potoman St
People’s Jewelry Store
East
Signature Auto Furniture Loans
Hagerstown Industrial Loan
Jonathan St
Earl Neikirk
Earle
Beceval
Central Garage
Value Center
Summit Ave
Stude. Com
Saum
the House of Quality
Jonathan Street
ASTOR
ROD & Gun Club
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