A cate chism Hail Established 1828
Hagers town post office second class matter J GARVIN BAGER editor phones 104 105 106 subscription rates in advance listed for various zones and durations with carrier and mail options foreign rates included. Associated Press rights noted for news dispatches and local coverage with reserved publication rights.
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Hagerstown
J. Garvin Bager
Blember Audit Bureau of Circulat
Sisgie
Associated Press
Bunker Hill’s Fury In Pacific Carrier Battle
The battle tale describes the aircraft carrier Bunker Hill under Mitscher in the Pacific clash. It recalls fierce danger from bombs fires and the crew’s courage. It notes that 52 sailors were buried at sea after ceremonies spanning noon to dusk.
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Pacific
Bunker Hill
Adam Mitscher
Puget Sound Navy
Vas Sr
Europe Needs Food Aid Priority Amid Pacific War Pressure
Washington faces pressure to shift focus to European relief over Pacific war needs as Germany’s end disrupted spring planting and a famine risk looms. Officials stress aiding Europe without hampering war shipments to the Far East, with Eisenhower urging swift action to halt the war and save lives.
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Pacific
Washington
Germany
Europe
America
Russia
Far East
Japan
Refugee Woman Sees War End Quickening Global Rehabilitation
The text notes her release from war and a chance to pursue personal redemption, asserting no grounds for complaint if American production shifts to the remaining conflict. It argues that a sped end to this war would accelerate rehabilitation in every future war worldwide.
Gas warfare myth and the German plan in world war II
General Devers reports on German gas stocks and reluctance to use them as a war weapon. He notes even a potential Hitler idea was blocked by staff. The piece also mentions Allied gas protection, post invasion anti gas policy, and other war time curiosities including Japan and Russia moves.
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Germany
Jacob L. Devers
Sixth Army
Western Front
Devers
Hitler
Normandy
D-Day
Remagen
Parson
Missouri
West
Stettinius State Department
Truman
Stettinius
Florida
Pepper
Pennsylvania
Guffey
Montana
Murray
Kentucky
Chandler
Wisconsin
Lafollette
North Dakota
Langer
Vermont
Aiken
Leo Pasvolsky
San Francisco
Ed Stettinius
United Nations
William Paley
Columbia
Standard Oil
General Motors
International Telephone and Telegraph
Hungary
Romania
Leopold
Austria
Europe
Notwithstanding the Fourth Fireworks in Williamsport
The Maryland Rural Free Delivery Carriers Association held its second annual meeting in Williamsport on the Fourth. Edward L. Burger of Hagerstown gave the welcome address and refused the presidency. Charles W. Baechtel was elected secretary treasurer, with Walter J. Carson and J BR Newcomer among a committee on horse insurance. Samuel Craley bought William Bowers’s barbershop on East Franklin, June added 30 new Y M C A members for a total of 276. A Clear Spring Grange organized with Mastuy Daniel Grove as overseer and officers Jel A Brewer lecturer George M Kenley secretary Daniel Sei chaplain Jonas Bell steward C M Schnebly.
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Maryland Rural Free Delivery Carriers Association
Edward L. Burger
Hagerstown
Charles W. Baechtel
Walter J. Carson
J. BR. Newcomer
Williamsport
George J. Young
Keedysville
Clearspring
Mastuy
Daniel Grove
Jael A. Brewer
George M. Kenley
Daniel Séichaplain
Jonas Bell
C. M. Sehnebley
Creager and Son Take Full Partnership in Hancock Store
Health issues prompt Harry L. Creager to name his son Roscoe as full partner in the Hancock hardware business after four decades of family operation. Bank notices and church events are listed amid a townwide update on local affairs and upcoming industrial day plans.
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Harry L. Creager
Hancock
Roscoe
Jews Free in Slovakia Seek Fair Restitution After War
In Ratislava Jews walk free but face slow restitution of homes and business properties seized and resold. Officials acknowledge delays in untangling deals while ensuring fair treatment. Rabbis and aid groups assist refugees toward rebuilding, amid lingering anti Semitism and a cautious optimism toward new government action.
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Hal Boyle
Ratislava
Slo-akia
Armin Frieder
Tiso
Frieder
Warsaw
Bratislava
Buchenwald
Dracau
Slovakia
Joint Distribution Committee
Hugo Colman
Danube Valley
Colman
Vienna
Gestapo
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Austria
Seattle
Wash
Oswiéczim
American Red Cross
Vladivostock
Petrograd
Czechoslovak Republic
Just Folks By Edgar A Guest The Good Old Days
A reflective verse sketch recalling the good old days by lamps and stove with family gatherings. The speaker contrasts past slower times with modern youth, mentioning telephones and autos as signs of change while lamenting the loss of simpler joys.
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Gail
Fia
Conversion of Cyril Joad Shakes Materialist Beliefs
Dr Earl L Douglass recalls Professor Cyril Joad’s conversion to Christianity and his realization that life cannot be explained by economic necessity. Joad found that forces beyond material theory drive form and expression, and that life surpasses mere formulas of consumption and wear.
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Earl L. Douglass Eere
Cyril Joad
Ideals, God and modern life in Christian view
The text reflects on how men place trust in ideals and the spiritual realities Christianity presents. It notes sensible people now must consider God when facing life’s problems and decisions.
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God
Hopkins and Truman clash over Berlin trip and Poland fix
Washington Merry-Go-Round sketches Harry Hopkins health, influence with Truman, and cabinet friction. It notes Hopkins urged Stettinius as Secretary of State, then backed by Truman, and mentions strain with Byrnes. The piece covers Hopkins as clothing arbitrator prospect, Rosenman stay, and hints at postwar policy moves across Europe.
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Drew Washington
Harry Hopkins
Berlin
Harry
Hopkins
Byrnes
FDR
Stettinius
Truman
U. S
Moscow
Poland
Mead Committee
Kilgore
West Virginia
Somervell
Patterson
Jimmy Byrnes
Sruman
Stimson
Forrestal
Navy
Morgenthau
Treasury
Miss Ferkins
Texas
Clark
Illinois
Ickes
Interior
Iowa
Wallace
Commerce
New Mexico
Anderson
Agriculture
Washington
Schwellenbach
South Carolina
Sidered
International Ladies’ Garments Workers’ Union
David Dubinsky
New York
James J. Walker
Roosevelt
Dubinsky
Sam Rosenman
Rosenman
White House
Hopkins Fnally
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