Clothing Drive Aids War Victims In Italy
War Relief Service campaign in Washington County reports 5900 pounds of clothing and 6000 plus items packed for shipment to New York, then by boat to northern Italy. Local committee led by T Ramaviotti thanks donors and urges continued contributions to St Mary's Rectory.
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Washington County
Italy
St. Mary's Rectory
D. Ramaciotti
M. Domenici
Francis J. Leary
John ©. Pangborn
C. N. Baylor
War Relief Service
National Catholic Welfare Conference
New York
T. Ramaviotti
Citizens of
Wash
Ington County
West
Washington Street
Ramaciotti
H. J. Iannone
Baltimore
Fra
Leary
St. Mary's Church
Alberta Mobley
Ramaciolli
Father Leary
A. Britti
T. Corsi
M Vidas
D. Guiliani
A. Pennes
Richard H. Sweeney
Joseph D. Mish
E. Stuart Rushong
John C. Pangborn
T. 8B. Gushwa
Herman L. Mills
Chamber of Commerce
Thomas W. Pangborn
County Firemen's Meeting Hosts Washington Vol Firemen
The Pioneer Hook and Ladder Co in this city will host the Wash ington County Volunteer Firemen's Association for its quarterly meeting on Friday evening July 21 at o'clock. Refreshments will be served after the business session.
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Pioneer Hook and Ladder Co
Washington County Volunteer Firemen
Washington County Volunteer Firemen's Association
Pioneer Fire
Guard fatally wounded by prisoner during escape attempt
In Philadelphia, Eastern State Penitentiary guard Edward Lichtenberger 35 died after being struck with a home made hatchet by prisoner Steven Saunders 27 who killed himself after a failed escape. Saunders had manipulated his cell lock and set a delayed fire device during the plan. Saunders was serving a 30 year sentence from 1937.
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Philadelphia
Eastern State Penitentiary
Edward Lichtenberger
Herbert Smith
Lichtenberger
Steven Saunders
Saunders
Officers Swamped by Dog Noise Complaints Citywide
Desk clerks report a flood of calls from across the city about barking dogs. Residents complain dogs disrupt sleep, ruin lawns and gardens, and stray from home, prompting visits to police headquarters for proof.
Former Child Prodigy Dies in Obscure Clerk life
William Jame Sidis once wowed Harvard with theories of the fourth dimension. He died at 46 in Boston after a life spent mostly in minor clerk jobs earning about 15 dollars weekly. Once a child genius, he later worked as a math instructor, joined a left wing group, and withdrew from intellectual pursuits to avoid thinking.
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Boston
William Jame Sidis
Harvard
Boris Sidis
Sidis
Ife
Rice Institute
Houston
Texas
New Yor
New York
Massachusetts
Department of Unemployment Compensations
Four Fatally Hurt In Plane Crash Near Cattonwood Fulls
Four crewmen were killed and a farmer's wife injured when a heavy four engine Army plane crashed into a house four miles east of Cattonwood Fulls Kansas. The crash destroyed the Jack Glanville home, ignited a butane tank, and set ablaze an old barn two houses and a hog house before the craft struck a concrete silo.
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Cattonwood Fulls
Kas
Here
J. W. Gilmore
Jack Glanville
Gilmore
Lt Sharrer Receives Posthumous Silver Star Award
Second Lieutenant Charles L. Sharrer of Emmitsburg Maryland earned the Silver Star posthumously for gallantry with the Fifth Army in Italy. Stationed as artillery forward observer, he directed accurate fire to aid repulsion of a fierce enemy attack, kept radio operation under heavy bombardment, and was fatally wounded while transmitting orders. Sister Valerie Sharrer of HaLown is mentioned.
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Fifth Army
Italy
Charles L. Sharrer
Emmitsburg
Marie £. Sharrer
Sharrer
36Th “Texas” Division
Decision On Road Project Soon Due
A decision may be reached this week by the War Production Board on releasing materials for completion of the Hagerstown Frederick dual highway. The project, on a state essential list, has seen recent right-of-way work and macadam shoulders added between Canmon avenue and Antietam creek as the committee notes progress.
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War Production Board
Hagerstown Frederick
State Roads Commission
WPE
O'Conor
Hagerstayn
Frederick
Canmon Avenue
Antietam Creek
Army Ordnance Highlights PETN Use in Bombs
Army Ordnance notes PETN a powerful high explosive, about a third more potent than TNT, employed in various aircraft bombs and ammunition.
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Army Ordnance
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