House Votes Today on Britain Loan Amid Global Stakes
The House prepared for a final vote on a 3.75 billion dollar British loan, with supporters framing it as a choice between Washington and Moscow leadership. Critics warned Russia could view the loan as an overt act. A House poll showed broad support but uneven, 88 yes to 168 no with 82 undecided. Debate centered on collateral, security, and timing, while Rep. Clare Boothe Luce urged backing Britain as a key ally and buffer against aggression.
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Washington
Moscow
Russia
Rgas
Bwn
Rayburn
D-Tex
D-Tenn
Democrate
Rep. Landis
Rnd
Rep
Dirksen
R-Ill
Britain
Koubatin
Jesse Jones
Commerce
America
Atlantic
United States
Clare Boothe Luce
Rconn
House
Rep. McCormack
Massachusetts
McDonough
McCormack
Britain agrees to trade lift and dollar pool control
Britain will discuss reducing the large debt to empire countries and support American moves to lower trade barriers. The plan includes a wartime dollar pool giving Britain dominance over dollars in the Middle East India and other pound regions. American businessmen worry this limits business freedom in India and the Middle East.
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Britain
India
Beer Cri
Middle East
Great Britain
Senate Passes Emasculated OPA
The Senate approved a revised OPA plan lifting price controls on most foods and modifying authority. It reinstated several provisions Truman objected to, kept subsidies short of his request, and set ceilings designed to cover cost increases since 1840. Conferees named War per Barkley Downey Radelile Tobey Taft Millikin.
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Truman
Secretary of Agriculture
OPA
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Senate House
House
Warper
D-N.y
Barkley
D.-Ky
Downey
C.-Calif
Radelile
D.mda
Tobey
R-N.h
Damage by Jap Beetles Mounts in Washington County
University of Maryland entomologist George Langford warns that Oriental beetle infestation in Washington County is the worst yet. He recommends spraying with 2 pounds of 50 percent DDT powder to 100 gallons of water or 3 teaspoons per gallon for small scale use, noting the spray kills beetles on contact and protects plants from later invaders.
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Keedysville
Washington County
George
Langford
University of Maryland
In Memoriam Sgt Richard L Cottrill
In memoriam of Sgt Richard L Cottrill who was killed in France on July 14 1944. A lonely grave is pictured under the moon and stars as his grieving parents Clarence and Myrtle Cottrill recall their son whom they loved but could not save.
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Richard
Clarence
Myrtle Cottrill
Salvation Army Buys Home Site In Hancock and Elsewhere
A string of real estate transfers across Hancock and surrounding areas shows Salvation Army purchasing a home site, alongside numerous sales to individuals and churches. Transactions include parcels on West Summer Street, East Murddock Avenue, and North Mulberry Street with prices ranging from ten dollars to five thousand dollars, and multiple church-related property sales in the Presbyterian and other districts.
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Blomberg
H. B. Hertbler
West Side Summer Street
Gilbert G. Godlove
Charles W. Price
Hagerstown- Leitersburg Road
Potomac Edison Company
Mary L. Martin
South Mountain
Nannie M. Bloyer
Marion J. Wolford
Conocacheague District
John C. Souders
Charles L. Sheppard
South Side
Indiana Avenue
Leslie C. Garvin
Charles I. Hyler
Norway Avenue
Robert HE. Edwards
Carl M. Hillyard
West Sigs
Clara Be, Feldman
James A. Reid, Jr
East Side
Murddock Avenue
Clara E. Feldman
Cora WN. Reid
Mary
Hancock
John W. Hogshead
Henry P. Bridges
Daniel B. Heller
Stanley M. Fulton
Marvin M. Widmeyer
Presbyterian Church of
LeRoy G. Carter
Joseph E. Moser
Herman K. Moser
Hagerstown-Boonsboro
Alexander Armstrong
Eugene B. Bowers
Mulberry Street
Stanton I. Massie
Walter A. Stonesifer
Harwood Road
Charles M. Weant
Loring
Kendrick
Buena Vista Avenue
Earl W. Jackson
Jurdan S. Saunders
Hagerstown Manufacturing, Mining and Land Improvement Company
Pangborn Corporation
A. Landis Coffman
Crestline Avenue
Continental Illinois
National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago
Guy 5B
Knepper
Fountain Head Heights
Lawson J. Schrayer
John L. Semler, Jr
West Side
Pennsylvania Avenue
Harry D. Hildebrand
Noah G. Ford
Glenside
Besse S. Bennett
Frank JL
Bennett
Mildred ‘E. Mobley
Lucille Miller
Oak Hill Avenue
I E. Blanche Rowland
Clyde E. Brewer
Anza N. Harman
James K. Harman
Frances P. Baylor
Neill Bay
Jor
Mildred J. Patrick
George H. Patrick
Charles
Menagh
West Washington Street
William A. Miller
Jesse E. Miles, Jr
Wilson Election
Meda L
Decker
John W. Fridinger
Ringgold District
Chester A. Strite
Andrew C. Strite
Smithsburg
Hamilton Homes, Inc
James QR. Keller, Jr
Hamilton Park
Lynn K. Brugh, Jr
John W. Tracy
Chestnut Street
Army Officer to Soon Arrive Home
Captain Levi Bitler, of South Potomac street, has arrived in the United States from Tokyo this week and is expected to come home soon. He phoned his wife from Portland, Oregon, after landing there on a freighter voyage from Japan. In August both sardonyx and peridot are cited as possible birthstones.
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Levi Bitler
South Potomacc Street
United States
Tokyo
Bitler
Portland
Oregon
Japan
Foreign Censors Slapped In Bill Washington
The Senate approves a 2.7 billion dollar appropriations measure including 465 million for UNRRA led by F H LaGuardia. Hearings reveal pressure to bar censorship on UNRRA reports while urging uncensored dispatches to China. LaGuardia stresses the need to foster goodwill and relieve food shipments held by port backlogs.
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Washington
Senate
Unrra Dle
F. H. LaGuardia
Russia
Senate Appropriations Committee
LaGuardia
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
William L. Clayton
House
UNRRA
Ball
R- Minn
United States
China
Man Guilty of Dynamite Death in Virginia Factory
Amon J. Gusler, 52, a furniture plant mechanic, was found guilty of first degree murder in the dynamite killing of J Russell Smith at a Bassett furniture factory. The jury fixed the sentence at death in the electric chair after a one hour verdict, with defense motions to set aside the verdict. Gusler testified he placed three sticks of dynamite under Smith’s desk to resolve a fear that Smith would harm him following a prior incident and a party at Smith’s home two years earlier.
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Martinaville
Amon J. Gusler
J. Russell Smith
Henry County
Joel W. Flood
Gusler
Smith
Bassett
Smith Improves at Home After Serious Crash
Patrolman Donald Smith, badly hurt in a motorcycle crash here weeks ago, is reported improving at his home this week. His head and body injuries are improving, the leg injury coat has been removed to permit walking with a cane. Smith was recently discharged from Washington County Hospital.
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Donald Smith
Smith
Washington County Hospital
War Probers Invite Rep May to Testify on War Profiteers
The Senate War Investigating Committee, in closed session, invited Rep Andrew J May to explain his connections to a 78 million dollar munitions group linked to Erie Basin Metal Batavia Metal Products and related firms. May, chairman of the House Military Committee, denied personal profit and was urged to appear publicly if convenient. Senator Ferguson suggested subpoenaing May if he refused to testify voluntarily.
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Washington
Senate War Investigating Committee
Andrew J. May
May
Ferguson
R-Mich
Erie Basin Metal Products Company
Batavia Metal Products Company
Mead
D-Ny
House
Nine Enlist, Six For Second Hitch Brothers In Group
Two Stine brothers John L and Otis G of Greencastle Route 2 were among nine men sent to Baltimore for Army reenlistment. Otis served in the Pacific a year 11 months earning Bronze Star and Purple Heart. John served two years five months in Europe earning Purple Heart with cluster. Other recruits include George D Crum James B Collins Robert S Myers Albert Yenger Carl W Washington Roy M Shirk and William D Nelson. Lt James R Forrester becomes plan clearance officer at Fairchild Aircraft replacing Gene Goodsen. Scotland pawn brokers note.
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Baltimore
John L
Otis G. Stine
Bessle L. Stine
Greencastle
Route 2
Otis
Pacific
John
George D. Crum
Hagerstown
James B. Collins
Smithsburg
Robert S. Myers
Williamsport
Albert Yenger
Hancock
Carl W. Washington
Roy M. Shirk
Clearspring
William D. Nelson
New OPA Bill At Glance Seeks Pricing Formulas and Adjustments
The proposed price ceilings target manufacturers and wholesalers with a formula linking to prewar costs and later increases. The new bill lets reasonable adjustments for abnormal production and allows ceilings to avoid boosting or harming essential item output. It contrasts with the old bill which tied ceilings to October 1941 levels and earlier wholesale price dates.
Postmaster Is Fatally Wounded in Bethlehem Md
Bethlehem Maryland July 13 Postmaster James R Christopher known for assisting stamp collectors with Bethlehem postmarks was found shot to death inside his locked smokehouse by family members. He appeared to have died from a mouth wound with a gun nearby. Mrs Christopher said he had been ill and despondent. four children survive. The King of England is not allowed to enter the house of Com mona.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Boards of Registrors
Redgall
Gene Talmadge
E. D. Rivers
Bethlehem
James R. Christopher
Caroline County
Local Negro Held In Virginia For Local Authorities
John Smothers a 21 year old colored resident of Blooms Alley was jailed in Winchester Virginia on charges of safe breaking and breaking and entering. Warrants charging Smothers with several assault and robbery cases in Hagerstown are held by local police. On June 6 he and Francis King and Lincoln Jackson are accused of a wave of robberies and assaults in the Bowery and North Prospect streets. King and Jackson were arrested arraigned and held for grand jury action. Smothers was not arrested at the time.
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John Smothers
Bloom’s Alley
Winchester
Smothers
Hagerstown
Francis King
Bethel Street
Lincoln Jackson
Blooms Alley
Bowery
North Prospect Street
King
Jackson
William Rickard
Washington County
Garage And Auto Damaged By Fire In Summit Avenue Alley
Fire gutted an automobile and damaged a garage owned by Clarence Keedy near the Public Library on Summit avenue last night. Smoldering furniture stored above the garage reignited, drawing an engine to extinguish it. Keedy said the damage to the garage would likely be slight. Virgie Fratianni reported discovering the initial blaze.
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Clarence Keedy
Summit Avenue
Keedy
Virgie Fratianni
Hageratown
Local men enlisting in Navy at Hegerstown office
Three local men were enlisted in the Navy through the Hegerstown recruiting office during the latter part of the week. The inductees are Samuel R. Barber of 254 South Potomac Street, Joseph P. Dattillo of Security, and William J. Hugbrecht of Brunswick.
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Navy
Hegerstown
Samuel R. Barber
South Potomac Street
Joseph P. Dattillo
William J. Hugbrecht
Brunswick
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Maite
Oan
Kam Ks
Wether-Tone
Thea Waaheble
Wall Finleh
R. D. McKee
Petemee i
Memoriam
Bank
Im Hag
Our Infants’ & Children’s Dept
Kaybee Peoples Store
W. Washington
Turkey
Lederle
Penna. Ave
Salvation Army
Jones’ Appliance Service
Philadelphia
Butener
Lett
CIO
Sidney
Hitman
Carnegie Hall
New York
Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union
Cio-Pag
International
James R. Forrester
New Guinea
Australia
Fairchild Aircraft
Gene Goodsen
Scotland
Alzea
Harry S. Myers
Jacobson’s Furniture
West Franklin
Tevet
Sare
Postmaster
England
House of Commona
Virginia
Otek, Ern
Service Hill’s Toy & Novelty Store
The
Danzer Metal Works Company
Phang
Concord
c/o Herald-Mail
Chatkin’s Pharmacy
Earle
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