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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1945
Page
4
Washington July 2 The Office of Defense Transportation set a five day limit on passenger train reservations effective at midnight replacing the 30 day advance rule. Director J Monroe Johnson said the move ensures maximum use of space for civilians amid high military transit demand. No reservations already made are canceled.
Boston July 2 Two young men in Navy uniforms were sought by Naval Intelligence and police for questioning in the Turkish bath killing of Chase MacArthur 61 educator from Foxboro Mass and Maine. MacArthur died from throttling. He had been recently named to Ricker Junior College staff in Houston Me. The bathhouse register showed he entered about the same time as the uniformed men. The two men’s handwriting was sent to the Navy Department for comparison with naval lists.
Mayor Theodore R. McKeldin urged ratification of the United Nations Charter during a Sunday service in Baltimore City. He framed the message around self discipline with the motto Know Thyself, Control Thyself and Give Thyself, noting the Mussolini death did not quell animosity among Italian nationals. The event featured vocal solos by Dotte McGraw and flag lowering by Clopper Michael Lennon Post. McKeldin’s grandfather is buried at Antietam Cemetery.
A government beetle trap program warns residents that vandalism of traps will incur severe penalties. Glass jars in traps have been broken or stolen, with damage reported across town and county. Caretakers at parks and others urged vigilance to protect federal property.
Officials say those guarding the traps have orders to act if any person tampers or interferes with the devices. The notice emphasizes immediate steps to protect the traps and prevent compromise of the operation.
At dawn in Rheinbach Germany three German civilians named Peter Back Peter Kohn and Matthias Gierens were hanged by U S Army executioners after a civilian war crime trial. The men were punished for the death of an unidentified American Army flier who parachuted into Germany last August a flying plane was shot and assaulted prior to his death.
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