Flying saucers swirl over Asheville and Raleigh
The flying discs extend across 41 states since June with reports from Asheville in western North Carolina and Greensboro and Raleigh in the north central region. Explanations vary from radio controlled missiles to reflections from jet wings. Army Air Forces say no radar effort yet due to equipment limits. Lt Col Schaefer plans mass flights to study the phenomenon. Patent chief Ooms doubts any of 3 million patents explain the saucers.
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America
North Carolina
Asheville
Greensboro
Raleigh
U. S
World Inventors Congress
Los Angeles
Army Air Forces
Washington
Harry W. Schaefer
Wisconsin Civil Air Patrol
Milwaukee
Caspar W. Ooms
Revive Roadside Beautification Effort Gathers Steam
Organized in 1939 to beautify Maryland roadsides, the Confederation of Western Maryland Communities plans a July 17 Baltimore meeting with the State Roads Commission to review plans and launch postwar roadside improvements. Frederick leader James H. Gambrill Jr invites representatives from service clubs and chambers of commerce to advocate surveys, landscaping, and early work after the war. Scenic parking areas on Fairview Mountain and Route 40, plus third lanes in mountain sections, have already been established.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Confederation of Western Maryland Communities, Inc
State Roads Commission
Baltimore
James H. Gambrill, Jr
Frederick
Confederation
Chambers of Commerce
Gambrill
Washington
Allegany
Garrett
Fairview Mountain
Auto damaged by hit and run driver in Hagerstown
Theo dore Good of 338 North Potomac street reported his 1947 Buick was struck while parked at 1 30 this morning near North Potomac street by a passing auto that sideswiped the vehicle and fled the scene.
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Theodore Good
Hagerstown
Obituaries from Hagerstown area deaths listed
Multiple obituaries detail deaths in Hancock and Hagerstown areas including Mrs Pleasant Mecy Clevenger aged 77, funeral at Methodist Church Hancock with Rev Olney White. David Raymond Coffman aged 70 of Hamilton Boulevard. Bruce James Mills Sr aged 45 of Millstone. Mrs Annie Sophia Broadus aged 99 from Carlisle and a niece in Hagerstown. Julia Mummert aged 13 of Greencastle with services from Minnich and Macedonia Church. Eric Hamren aged 54 engineer in Hagerstown with funeral in Oshkosh Wisconsin. notices list survivors and burial plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Mecy Clevenger
Hancock
Amos O. Clevenger
The
Methodist Church
Ladies
David Raymond Coffman
Hamilton Boulevard
Coffman Lumber Corporation
Washington County Hospital
Annie Sophia Broadus
Adam A. Broadus
S J. James, Md
Phillip Kee
Nancy (French) Kee
Carlisle
Hagerstown
Zion Baptist Church
100 Injured In Train Collision At Grand Central
Nearly ten passengers including three Phillies members were injured when the B and C line Shenandoah train crashed into a switch engine at the Grand Central Station shed entrance. Twenty seven treated at St Luke's Hospital. five remained. Ben Chapman and wife were among the released. Rowe was knocked unconscious but expected to play in the all star game. Verban shaken but not hospitalised. Chapman to coach NL all star game lines.
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Chicago
Philadelphia
National League Baseball Club
Baltimore and Ohio
Shenandoah
Grand Central Station
St. Luke's Hospital
Ben Chapman
Phillies
Ola
Lynwood
Funeral for Clifford Haynes Held Wednesday
Funeral services for Clifford Haynes 34 of Rohrersville who died from injuries in an auto crash near Gapland will be held Wednesday at 2 p m at the Locust Grove Lutheran Church with Rev. William A Wade and Rev. Paul E Hoffcraft officiating. Burial will be in Locust Grove cemetery. Survived by mother Dora E Haynes sister Martha E Haynes brother Walter D of Hagerstown. Three others injured in the crash improve. Samuel B Smith Jr of Rohrersville Rt 1 driver will face charges.
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Clifford Haynes
Rohrersville
Washington County Hospital
Gapland
Locust Grove Lutheran Church
William A. Wade
Paul E. Hoffcraft
Locust Grove
Haynes
Dora E. Haynes
Martha E. Haynes
Walter D
Hagerstown
Clopper-Michael Legion Post
Boonsboro
Fraternal
Order of Eagles
Raymond Shiffler, Jr
Audrey Marie Burger
Samuel EB. Smith, Jr
Rt. 1
Gapland-Rohrersville Road
Rioting Ends After 24 Hours in Calcutta
Police report restoration of order in Calcutta after Hindu Muslim clashes left 25 officially killed and 141 injured. Unofficial tallies suggested as many as 50 dead and 200 wounded.
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Calcutta
Jones denies joining Black Legion in 1938 during FCC hearing
Washington July 1 A Senate commerce subcommittee weighs Rep Robert F Jones Ohio for FCC post He denied twice that he joined the hooded group in 1938 despite affidavits from two self described members and testimony from police chief Frank Barber and Glenn Webb A Lima classmate and a priest vouched for his character as witnesses backed his non membership claim
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Washington
Brewster
R-Me
Senate Commerce Subcommittee
Robert F. Jones
Rohio
Federal Communications Commission
Jones
Black Legion
Ohio
Rollin R. Moxtey
Lima
Legion
The
Drew Pearson
Frank A. Barber
Beaver Dam
Glenn E. Webb
Former Countian Drowning Victim Lawson W. Spessard
Lawson W. Spessard 30 formerly of Smithsburg and a Navy chief signalman drowned while swimming in Chesapeake Bay at Herald Harbor. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond B. Spessard of Silver Springs, husband of Margy Jane, father of James Michael, with brothers R. Kenneth and Raymond R. Spessard. Military funeral planned tomorrow at 2 p m in Silver Springs with burial at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Lawson W. Spessard
Silver Springs
Smithsburg
Chesapeake Bay
Herald Harbor
Spessard
Raymond B. Spessard
Hagerstown High School
University of Maryland
Navy
Tokyo Bay
Margy Jane
James Michael
R. Kenneth
Philadelphia
Raymond R
Arlington National Cemetery
Waynesboro Event Schedule Highlights Fireworks and Historic Shows
A dense list outlines a Tuesday program at Waynesboro with gates opening at school auditorium for 7:30 p.m. and 9:45 p.m. fireworks. Delegates register at the Fire Hall from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tom Breneman broadcasts from the high school auditorium at 3:30 a.m. and 11:60 a.m. with the Breakfast in Hollywood shows, along with a 10:00 a.m. opening and 10:36 a.m. Tom Breneman Show. The 46th annual CVV Volunteer Firemen’s Association convention features an 11:30 a.m. memorial service, 2:00 p.m. business session and fashion parade, with a Fort Belvoir concert at 4:00 p.m. and a Lions Club dinner at 6:00 p.m. A 7:30 p.m. stadium gate opening leads to a 8:30 p.m. Crossroads Review reprise, 9:45 p.m. fireworks, and an 11:00 p.m. Shirttail parade with prizes.
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Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen's Association
Fire Hall
Tom Breneman
Hollywood
Waynesboro High School
C. VY. Vvolunteer Firemen’s Association
Y.M.C
Breakfast In
Tom Sreneman
Yesteryear
356Th Army Band
Fort Belvoir
Waynesboro Lions Club
Anthony Wayne Hotel
Y.M.C.A
School Stadium
Crossroads
Opening of Waynesboro Sesqui Hit by Rain
Thousands crowd the Waynesboro Sesquicentennial opening day as rain halted the program after the Tom Breneman Breakfast in Hollywood show. Miss Grace Kuhn of Hagerstown won a wrist watch on the Breneman broadcast. The coronation pageant and Crossroads Review were postponed. tickets can be exchanged and events extend through Saturday.
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Tom Breneman
Pageant
Crossroads Review
Waynesboro
Rotary Club
Anthony Wayne Hotel
Tom Braneman
Hollywood
Washington County
Franklin County
Berkeley County
W. Va
Baltimore
Grace Kuhn
Hagerstown
Breneman
Waynesboro High School
L. H. Miner
Wayside Avenue
Keedysville Weather Sees Minor Temperature Swing
J A Miller of Keedysville notes a ten degree variation in the past 12 hours with a 72 degree high yesterday and 62 degree low last night. Rainfall measured yesterday totaled .22 inches in Keedysville.
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J. A. Miller
Keedysville
Communists Renew Attacks on Chaoyang Jehol Front
Government dispatches report renewed Communist assaults on Chaoyang in Jehol province near Manchuria and a tightened hold on the rail and coal center of Peipiao, located 26 miles northeast.
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Peiping
Chaoyang
Jehol
Manchuria
Peipiao
Maid In Slave Case On Stand In Ingalls Trial
In San Diego on July 8 Dora Jones a 58 year old maid testified under cross examination denying inviting intimacies with the first husband of Mrs Alfred Wesley Ingalls. She rejected claims of being an attractive girl decades ago while an affair with Walter Harmon. The Ingalls are accused of keeping Dora in bondage as part of a slavery case. Dora said she loved the Ingalls family and denied hatred of anyone.
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San Diego
Calif
Dora Jones
Alfred Wesley Ingalls
Walter Harmon
Washington, D.C
Ingalls
New England
Ruth Castendyk
Chicago
Helen Roberts
Berkeley
Roberts
Lions Club Smithsburg to Host Roanoke Speaker
Charles Wolfinger of Roanoke Virginia and former Smithsburg resident will be guest speaker at the Smithsburg Lions Club meeting Wednesday evening.
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Charles Wolfinger
Roanoke, Va
Smithsburg
Lions Club of
Potomac Edison Declares 90 Cents Dividend On Preferred Stock
The Potomac Edison Company declares a quarterly dividend of 90 cents a share on its preferred stock payable August 1 to stockholders of record July 11.
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Potomac Edison Company
Ice Cold Watermelons Direct from Georgia Turner’s
Georgia grown watermelons advertised by Turner’s on Sharpsburg Pike one mile from town. Fresh fruit available direct from farm.
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Georgia
Turner
Sharpsburg Pike
Fire Chief Discovers His Car Blazing In Potsdam
Potsdam New York July drama sees James J. Doyle Jr chief of the Potsdam volunteer fire department lead to a scene where his own car was burning. Firemen extinguished both blazes as Doyle found the flames.
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Potsdam
N. Y
James J. Doyle, Jr
Doyle
Lamb On The Lam In North Philadelphia Streets
Andrew Duffy led a lamb into a slaughter house but the animal broke away and ran through North Philadelphia streets. Fifteen minutes and a mile later Patrolman Frank Rizzo captured the escaped lamb.
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Andrew Duffy
Philadelphia
Frank Rizzo
Sheriff Secures Lodging for Jail Prisoner at Hotel
Sheriff Randall Killebrew faced a crowded Scott county jail as a standing room only sign went up. He arranged detention for one prisoner at a hotel with a deputy guarding him to alleviate jail crowding.
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Winchester
Randall Killebrew
Scott County
Burglars Loot Swift & Co Market Safe, Steal Truck
Chicago July 8 burglars broke into the Swift and Co wholesale meat market and battered a large safe without success then left with a company truck and a small safe containing seven hundred dollars. The big safe held twenty five dollars.
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Chicago
Swift & Co
Tucker Corporation Clears Stock Sale Plans
The Tucker Corporation, an automobile builder, can start selling 20 million dollars of stock to the public after SEC clearance of its registration. It plans to offer 4,000,000 shares of common Class A stock at five dollars each, with the offering proceeding from this approval.
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Philadelphia
Tucker Corporation
U. S
Securities and Exchange Commission
Chicago
Latimer Opens Law Offices In Washington Street
John A. Latimer Jr has opened law offices at 116 West Washington Street and will be associated with Evan Crossley. Latimer recently was admitted to Maryland bar and is a George Washington University Law School graduate. He trained at Davidson College class of 1939 and served two years in China and India with the Army Air Forces. He is the son in law of Dr and Mrs Charles L Mower of 1014 Oak Hill Avenue.
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John A. Latimer, Jr
West Washington Street
Evan Crossley
Latimer
Maryland
Law School
George Washington University
Davidson College
Washington
Army Air Forces
China
India
Charles L. Mower
Oak Hill Avenue
City
Engineer Karen Hamren Dies After Long Wisconsin Career
Karen Hamren, born January 1935 in Ter, worked as a design engineer for Pangborn Corporation from 1935 to 1944 and remained active in Southern Engineering Society. His daughter joined Potomac Playmaker productions. He later returned to Wisconsin and continued engineering work until his death.
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Ter
Karen
Pangborn Corporation
Southern Engineering Society
Potomac
Hamren
Wisconsin
In Memoriam and Cards of Thanks Classified Notes
Classified section notes feature In Memoriams and Cards of Thanks. Watch clock and jewelry repair services promoted with modern methods at 21 Jonathan Street, Adv.
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Satm’s
Jonathan St
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Goel
Associated Press
Margaret Robey
Madeline Smith
Jessaline Mort
Cumberland
Methodist
Olney White
Mt. Olivet
D. R. Coffman
Williamsport
Peter
Catherine Coffman
First Christian Church
Willis (Landis) Coffman
R. Landis Coffman
Rose Hardt
Garrell Newcomer
Samuel
Roy
Nora Heff
Fresno
Cal
Frisby Rowe
Panora
Iowa
Emma Long
Downsville
Andrew K. Coffman
Coffman Funeral Home
William M. Norment
Rest Haven Cemetery
Bruce J. Mills
Bruce James Mills
Millstone
Hencock
Lulu Irene Mills
Bruce James, Jr
Darwin T
Vernon T
Harry O
Big Fool
Ella Mills
Big Pool
F. Spitzer
Stone Bridge Brethren Church
Annie S. Broadus
Julia Mummert
Greencastle
Route 2
Luther
Julia Fortney Mummert
Flo Miller
Charlotte Grove
Leon Schlotterbeck
Lloyd
Allentown
Jack
Minnich Funeral Home
Macedonia Church
Martin Luther Propst
Lester Misner
Eric Hamren
Oshkosh
Wis
Stepdaugh
Middleburg Pike
General Tires
Thumma Motor CO
Buick
Baltimore St
Jorming
SOS
Rep. Jones
Hooded
Countian
Review
REDS
Clifford Fitzgerald
Dora
MacArthur
Lamb On the Lam
H.L. Coffman Lumber Corp
John A. Latimer
Montmorency
Martin’s Cold Storage
G. William Gardenhour
Smithburg, Md
FORD
Fleigh Motor Corp
Hil Ave
Knotty Pine Inn
A. E. Window Washing Service
Eddie Harper
Andy Ridenour
East Washington Street
Summit Avenue
Public Square
Bendix
Frigidaire
Herald-Mail
Electrical Engineering
A. G. Crankleton Elec. Co., Inc
Buddy Rocco
New York City
Hager
DRY Cleaners
E. Washington St
Bock
North Prospect St
Hamilton Park
Waynesboro, Pa
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