Urges City To Buy Hager Home
At a weekly Hagerstown Lions Club luncheon Rev Dr Scott R Wagner urged citizens to acquire and restore the old stone Hager home near City Park, site of founder Jonathan Hager. He called for marking the historic building with aid from the Washington County Historical Society and noted Hager’s broad religious generosity and graves in Zion Reformed Church yard.
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Hagerstown
Hager
Washington County Historical Society
Wagner
C W. Tyler
Jonathan Heger
Zion Reformed
St. John’s Lutheran Church
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Jonathan Hager
North Potomac Street
Daniel Heister
Philip Wingert
John C Hilliard
John Gruber
U S Navy Scores 10 1 Victory in Solomons Drive
U S forces claim a decisive 10 1 naval win over Japan as Rendova and New Georgia positions tighten. American garrisons shell Munda and Kula gulf actions limit Japanese raids while air battles report 164 Japanese planes downed. Darwin and Nassau Bay raids yield minor damage as Spitfires and allied pilots push air superiority.
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Mary Frank Knox
Bremerton
Wash
Rendova Island
Solomons
Australia
New Guinea
Munda
New Georgia
Bairoko Anchorage
United States
Kula Gulf
U. S
Strong
Rendova
Viru Harbor
Rendovya
Darwin
Senate Executes Dramatic About Face On Subsidy War
The Senate reversed course on subsidy policy in a dramatic session. Votes shifted on limiting CGC expenditures, extending CCC acts, and blocking subsidies to push down prices. Senator Tidings broadened the anti subsidy measure, while President Roosevelt faced renewed pressure as Congress moved to defy a veto.
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Senate
F.D.R
CGC
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Shipstead
CCC
McKellar
Tenn
Taft
Ohio
Hilt
Barkley
Danaher
Senator Tidings
D-Md
Terms Of Will Are Renounced
The will describes a life estate for Letha A. Fox and a trust for Mt. Moriah General Synod Lutheran church in Foxville with fallback to United Lutheran Church in America if abandoned. Mrs. Fox may renounce terms and receive her intestate share under Maryland law. The renunciations were filed with the bank, and Letha A. Fox was appointed administratrix.
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Mt. Moriah
Letha A. Fox
Maryland
Youth 18 Drowned in Abandoned Well Near Frederick
Frederick Maryland July 7 Robert Lee Norwood seven year old son of Louise Norwood a nurse at Spring Grove Hospital in Catonsville was accidentally drowned in an abandoned well near Lime Kiln three miles from Frederick He stood on a rock while playing with other children and fell into about 36 feet of water George Miles an employee of M J Grove Lime Company owner of the quarry recovered the body.
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Frederick
Robert Lee Norwood
Louise Norwood
Spring Grove Hospital
Catonsville
Lime Kiln
George Miles
M. J. Grove Lime Company
Recorder War Screams Train Army Officers at Camp Forrest
Camp Forrest Tennessee July 7. Lt Col Allen F Clark Jr and Maj James Warner Bellah developed a sound effects trainer to stress test staff officers under simulated battle conditions. The 20 by 30 foot dugout uses wind light and shell noises with dummy bodies to push officers to work through tactical problems under sensory onslaught. The project cost about 67 cents in electrical work and was funded by the unit and donations.
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Herman R. Allen
Wester Camp Forrest
Tenn
Camp Forrest
Link
Wombat
Allen F. Clark, Jr
James Warner Bellah
Bellah
Portrait of Arthur Pue Gorman hung in U S Capitol
A family gift honors Maryland statesman Arthur Pue Gorman with a portrait placed at the Senate end of the Capitol corridor. Richard Barkley led ceremonies with family members and Maryland leaders present.
Attorney Briscoe Dies After Stroke in West Virginia
Charles Town West Virginia July 1 John Straith Briscoe former Baltimore attorney died at his Jefferson County home following a stroke He was the son of Mr and Mrs David Straith Briscoe and grandson of the late Dr J J H Straith a Confederate Army surgeon Briscoe graduated from Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland Law School and led the legal department of United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co of Baltimore He is survived by his widow one daughter and a half sister Byron Shepherd of Baltimore
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Charles Town
W.va
John Straith Briscoe
Baltimore
Jefferson County
David Straith Briscoe
J. J. H. Straith
Briscoe
Johns Hopkins University
University of Maryland Law School
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company
Byron Shepherd
Committee to Meet for Service Men's Benefit Dances
The Service Men's Benefit Committee planning dances at the Y M C A will convene on Thursday evening at o o clock on the second floor. Representatives of all men's and women's service clubs are requested to attend, and the meeting is open to interested organizations.
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Service Men's Benefit Committee
Friendship Union Church Services and Events
Dr Raymond Schmidt spoke on wrong choices Sunday evening. Rev C K Clapp ordained as Baptist minister and serving in Idaho. Rev Orla Montgomery to guest preach next Sunday at 7 30. Mennonite chorus to sing on Sunday evening July 18. Wednesday 8 pm topic The Holy Spirit in the Old Testament. Wednesday children services 3 to 5 0 pm.
Washington County Schools Open September 13
Public schools in Washington County officially open Monday September 13 per Superintendent Benjamin Willis. A teachers meeting is set for Friday September 10 at Hagerstown High School. Palm trees provide food shelter clothing timber paper starch sugar and tannin.
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Mension
Washington County
Benjamin Willis
Hagerstown High School
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Amely
Hone
May's Optical
Washington ST
U.S
Navy
American Can Company
Amshtorp
Forest Park
Richard P. Ross
Grover L. Michael
W. H. Shelvin
E. G. Nei- Kirk
Harry’s Cie
North
Jonathan St
Peole
Hill & Daleikle
Ersah Ia
Rogers Jewelry Co
the House of
Camp Forrest, Tarn
Washington
Arthur Pue Gorman
U. S. Capitol
Gorman
Arthur Gorman Lambert
Chevy Chase
Kentucky
House of Representatives
Radclife
George
D-Ga
Rep. Lasseer
Theodore McKteldin
Galen L. Tait
Republican State Campaign Committee
Wilton K. Lambert
Senator Gorman
Woodstock
Capitol Page
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Sone
NSS
YurNow
Alaska
Yukon
Youngstown
Yuma
Coca-Cola Bottling Works
Pennsylvania Ave
Hugh GC. Crafton, Mgr
Coca-Cola
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