Truman Is Selected Conference Head
POTSDAM July 18 President Truman began his first Big Three conference by meeting separately with Churchill and Stalin to discuss matters. Secretary Byrnes accompanied him, signaling ongoing efforts to smooth wartime commitments. Truman aims to keep the public informed while pursuing swift diplomacy.
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Potsdam
Truman
Churchill
Stalin
James F. Byrnes
Capitol Hill
Roosevelt
Missourian
Washington
Victor Denies Union Charges
Victor Products Corp denies UAW CIO claims it halted contract talks and says it and the union agree on wages pending War Labor Board approval. The firm cites union demands on membership, classifications, officials’ seniority, and assignability as unresolved issues. Some retroactive pay and wage terms remain tied to board approval.
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Victor Products Corporation
Uaw-Cio
War Labor Board
Victor Products
Joseph E. Craig
Amalgamated Local
National Labor Relations Board
Victor Products Management
Metal Trades Association
Fairchild
Soviet Plea For Trade Outlets Seen
Washington reports that Russia seeks new trade outlets to the open sea and hopes Potsdam talks will address ocean bottlenecks. Port Arthur and northern Pacific routes figure in Moscow’s bid, tied to securing reliable passages to the Soviet Union through Eastern Asia.
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Washington
Russia
Berlin
Soviet Union
Potsdam
Yellow Sea
Siberian
Japan
Asia
Pacific
Port Arthur
North China
Stalin
Showers Help Washington County Vegetation and Crops
Keedysville weather observer J A Miller reports 24 hour showers valued at thousands to farmers and orchardists. Over half an inch fell locally with .57 in Keedysville and .62 at Edgemont. Rain added six inches to the reservoir and a 2.55 inch July total fuels optimism for a bumper corn crop. Miller notes additional showers in late July and early August could help fill the corn ears.
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Washington County
Keedysville
J. A. Miller
Mr. Miller
Edgemont
Plan Prisoner Use In Peach Orchards
German prisoners of war will be put to work in the peach orchards in the Hancock area in about three weeks. About 35 POWs are now used in the Hancock section, with weather slowing the need. Another group of Jamaicans is expected next week to supplement a group of 30 housed at the Smithsburg Labor Camp. Farmers report no crop loss due to labor shortages.
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Hancock
Benjamin Solliday
Solliday
Smithsburg
No Authority To Grant Permission
Captain of Police William H. Peters commented on yesterday’s magazine racket article stating the police cannot grant or deny permission to magazine solicitors. He noted the city requires solicitor registration for protection and to deter racketeering, but no law bars soliciting.
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William H. Peters
Turner Wins Bronze Star For Escape From German Captors
Sgt. Clifford Turner of Williamsport earns Bronze Star for daring 1945 escape with Belgian aid near Paalen Germany. After freeing themselves in a house with SS guards, Turner and others fled to American lines by April 2. He also holds Purple Heart, CIB, Good Conduct, and ETO ribbons. 15 months overseas with Patton’s 8th Army. Turner, 24, on furlough, awaits reassignment to Fort McClellan. Brother Pvt. Gilbert Turner serves in France.
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T/4
Clifford Turner
Lettie Turner
Williamsport
Turner
Paalen
Germany
Sgt
8Ith
George Patton
Third Army
France
Belgium
Luxembourg
Herald Mail
Fort McClellan
Ala
Pvt
Gilbert Turner
Three Injured In Early Morning Headon Crash
At 12:30 this morning three persons were injured in a headon collision at Summit and Virginia avenues. Pfc. Donald Shaeffer, home on furlough, suffered head injuries needing hospital care. His brother William J. Shaeffer had a cut to the right knee, Miss Josephine Pouge was shaken by shock. William J. Shaeffer drove a Chevrolet that hit James E. Ciem Jr.’s Plymouth sedan. Patrolman Rohrer found no charges due to weather and no evidence of negligence.
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Summit
Virginia Avenues
Pfc
Donald Shaeffer
Mitchell Avenue
Wm. J. Shaeffer
Josephine Pouge
Forrest Drive
James E. Ciem, Jr
Virginia Avenue
Rohrer
Yugoslav Royal Baby Born in London To King Peter and Queen Alexandria
King Peter and Queen Alexandria of Yugoslavia welcomed a boy weighing 8 pounds 14 ounces last night in London. The king said the birth was warmly received and the baby’s gender fulfilled their hopes, with the Queen expressing happiness.
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London
Peter
Alexandria
Yugoslavia
Annapolis Records Greatest 12 Hour Rainfall
Four days of rain caused flooding and telephones out in Maryland. Cambridge led the state with 8.71 inches from last Saturday 10 a.m. to today 10 a.m. Baltimore 3.8, Washington area 4.57, Salisbury 4.10 inches. Annapolis recorded 5.46 inches in a 12 hour span, the town’s highest ever for such a period.
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Maryland
Free State
Cambridge
Baltimore
Washington
Salisbury
Annapolis
Local Boy Awarded Purple Heart Again
Pic Richard A. Hargett son of John L. Hargett 25 North Locust street this city has been awarded a Bronze Oak Leaf cluster for wounds received during the 38th Cyclone Division 16 day battle for Zig Zag pass east of Olongapo Luzon He has recovered and returned to duty The local boy also was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds previously received during the battle for the same pass Overseas 1 months Pfc Hargett served previously in Hawaii New Guinea and Leyte
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Pic
Richard A. Hargett
John L. Hargett
North Locust Street
Olongapo
Luzon
Hargett
Hawaii
New Guinea
Leyte
Report On Child Care Probe Nears Release
Investigation into the care of about 20 children formerly under Volunteers of America now with the Salvation Army is completed. Captain John Churchill said a committee report is expected tomorrow. The Salvation Army took over housing and feeding after VOA split from the Washington County Community Chest. Maryland Board of Public Welfare and a Federal Security Agency representative reviewed conditions.
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Volunteers of America
Salvation Army
John Churchill
Washington County
Churchill
Maryland Board of Public Welfare
Federal Security Agency
Edna Vegelahn Granted Divorce for Cruelty in Chicago
Mrs Edna Vegelahn testified before Circuit Judge Harry M Fisher that over three years of marriage her husband Otto Vegelahn battered her 26 times with black eyes. She said in the first year he struck twice, and since July 1943 she has received one black eye a month. The court granted a divorce on cruelty grounds.
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Chicago
Edna Vegelahn
Harry M. Fisher
Otto
Vegelahn
Veterans From 29th Division Expected Home Soon
Twenty four men from Maryland and Boonsboro are among 501 soldiers in the 29th Division slated to return home soon. Dispatches say 3,787 officers and enlisted personnel left Bremen for Leipzig on June 26 to join the 69th Division for shipment home. The 69th, known as the Contact Division, linked with Russian forces at Torgau, enabling the 29th veterans to return earlier by transferring their units.
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Hagerstown
Bremen
Leipsig
69Th Division
Warren D. Baker
Richard M. Hannan
Fred H. Henry
Paul H. Lettick
Glenn W. Holder
Roy E. Lushbaugh
Harry F. Martin
Eston G. Mundey
Arnold Payne
John A. Rowland
Kenneth R. Thorne
Glenn M. True
John IX. Higdon
Boonsboro
Germany
69Th
Torgau
Elbe
Suspended Sentence In Larceny Case
Elizabeth Davis also known as Blackie faced larceny charges after arraignment in city court last week. She elected to stand trial and received a suspended 30 day sentence in jail on her promise to restitution and to obey all laws for two years before Magistrate Harry E. Snyder. The accused, held for November court, admitted stealing $20 from an aunt and has been jailed since last week. Because she would remain in custody until November, a trial was ordered this morning.
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Elizabeth Davis
Blackie
Jajiil
Harry E. Snyder
Mott and Shatzer Divorce Judgments Reported
Marshall A. Mott was granted an absolute divorce from Mary Herman Mott. Herbert Erdman Shatzer, a U S Army sergeant recently returned from overseas, was granted a divorce from Mary Anna Shatzer. Attorney Calvert K. Hartle appeared in both cases.
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Marshall A. Mott
Mary Herman Mott
Herbert Erdman Shatzer
U.S. Army
Mary Anna Shatzer
Calvert K. Hartle
Thunderstorms Dwindle in This County Over Time
Historical Daily Mail reports from 1905 describe fierce electrical storms wrecking barns and livestock in Washington County. Headlines recount hogs killed by lightning, wheat struck near Jacob Ankeney’s barn, and the Schlotter family narrowly escaping as lightning rods failed.
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Washington County
Daily Mail
Charles Grosh
Jacob Ankeney
William Schlotterbeck
Bus plunges into Gillies Creek. one infant killed
A Greyhound bus carrying 45 aboard from Norfolk plunged into rain-swollen Gillies Creek near Richmond when a bridge collapsed. One infant died, 44 passengers survived, with six or seven swimming to safety. Eva Nora Hammel of Delta Pa reported her three months old infant missing. The accident occurred around 4 a.m. and rescue boats evacuated those atop the submerged bus.
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Richmond
Greyhound
Norfolk
Gillies Creek
E. H. Organ
Organ
A. D. Garton
Eva Nora Hammel
Delta
Robbery Reported at Frederick Street Stations
Thieves last night visited two filling stations on Frederick Street. At the American Oil Company station they pried open a side window and took 118 pennies from the cash register. The Atlantic Company station across the street yielded nothing of value. Police are investigating and suspect boys.
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Frederick Street
American Oil Company
Atlantic Company
Say Senator Austin Would Accept Place On Supreme Court
Washington July 18 Friends of Senator Warren R Austin Vermont Republican expressed confidence he would accept a Supreme Court appointment if tendered by President Truman. Austin would not comment on the boom among colleagues for his appointment to fill the vacancy left by Justice Owen J Roberts. Senator Hatch endorsed Judge Sam G Bratton of the Tenth Circuit, calling a Republican appointment wise. Roberts departure leaves Chief Justice Harlan F Stone as the lone Republican on the bench. Austin 67 has been in the Senate since 1931 and supports international cooperation.
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Washington
Warren R. Austin
Vermont
Supreme Court
Truman
Austin
Owen J. Roberts
Hatch
DNM
Sam G. Bratton
Tenth Circuit Court
Bratton
Roberts
Harlan F. Stone
Senate
Berlin Blanks Windows for Stalin Train Passage
Berlin workers boarded up or blacked out windows along railway corridors to Moscow and Potsdam as Soviet leaders plan Premier Stalin's arrival for the Big Three conference. The blackout aims to prevent peeping at the convoy during Stalin's train passage.
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Berlin
Stalin
Moscow
Potsdam
Tokyo Radio Reports On New Sheilings
AP dispatch by Dewitt Mackenzie notes growing belief that Japan may collapse under Allied bombardment and blockade before amphibious invasion. It argues fighting to finish in close combat differs from starvation and aerial and naval bombardment, while warning officials in Tokyo grow more worried as British bombers appear in Japanese skies.
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Tokyo
Mikado
Nippon
Orient
Europe
Bull
Aussies Anticipate Big News On Japan Soon
Sydney newspapers speculate on Japan making peace or Russia entering the Pacific war as possible soon events. Acting Secretary Grew in Washington denied any peace overtures. Editorials say Hirohito could enable peace with a stroke of the pen while US policy keeps him in reserve. The Morning-Herald notes Allies’ terms may be demanded despite Japan’s dwindling military options.
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Sydney
Australia
Sydney Today
Japan
Russia
Joseph C. Grew
Washington
Sydney Sun
Hirohito
United States
Morning-Herald
Germany
95-Pound Turtle Is Captured In County
The largest turtle catch reported by county residents was by Capt. Carl M. McCleary and Harry English of Hagerstown who captured a 25 pound snapper near Boonshore during a bait expedition. They and their families are summering at a clubhouse near Miller's Sawmill and plan a feast of turtle soup they will remember.
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Carl M. McCleary
Harry English
Hagerstown
Boonshore
McCleary
English
Woman jailed for jaywalking in downtown Los Angeles
In Los Angeles on July 18 Dixie Evans 25 wife of a serviceman was arrested on jaywalking charges after allegedly dashing into downtown traffic. She refused to give her name and clung to a telephone pole to avoid detention. The municipal court judge found her guilty and fined her 36 dollars, higher than the usual two dollar street-fee for jaywalkers.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Dixie Evans
Allies bomb Japanese coast in midnight raid on Honshu
U.S. 3rd Fleet and British ships shelled Honshu with over 2,000 tons of explosives along a 20 mile stretch from Mito to Hitachi. AP reports engineers, steel and copper plants, and an arms factory destroyed. Japanese claims of helplessness contrast with Allied silence and heavy air and sea attack.
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Guam
Japan
Radio
Tokyo
Honshu
Mito
Hitachi
Sukegawa
James Lindsley
U. S
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
King George V
U.S.S. Iowa
Two Mine Sweepers Lost In Borneo Area
The Navy announced the loss of two motor mine sweepers in the Borneo area due to enemy action. The ships YMS 50 and YMS 365 each carried about 35 men with no fatalities or missing reported, and no information on wounded casualties was available.
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Washington
Borneo
Kidnap Case In Spokane Involves Chickenpox Infant
Spokane July 18 A detective details a case of a seven year old girl who took the crying infant to a wood shed to play house. The mystery solved in under an hour but fears of new developments loom. The baby had chickenpox. Detective Ralph Weir and the child never have.
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Spokane. Wash
Ralph Weir
Weir
Williamsport Boy Survives Major Typhoon Aboard USS Atlanta
Williamsport youth Eugene Flure Lic, living with Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Heffner, survived the June 5 typhoon while aboard the light cruiser USS Atlanta of Halsey’s Third Fleet. The ship—untouched by the storm—is assisting in shelling Japan during World War II operations.
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Eugene Flure
Lic
J. B. Heffner
Williamsport
Navy
U. S. S. Atlanta
Halsey
Japan
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Emory S&s. Land
War Shipping Administration
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Emil Schram
New York Stock Exchange
Schram
John W. Snyder
War Mobilization
Tokyo Radio
Dewitt MacKenzie
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