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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1944
Page
4
Baltimore dealers report whiskey becoming more available amid a War Production Board August provision allowing distillers to operate and lift quotas. Despite signs of improvement, local shops still parcel out limited bottles as drought easing spreads elsewhere, with hopes for faster relief to Hagerstown.
In Pittsfield Massachusetts on July 21 a soldier son wrote to his mother that Brigadier General Nelson M. Walker was killed in action in Normandy. The general, then attached to the Army general staff, had been awarded the Legion of Merit last February for his work in developing soldier training.
Yard sign style notice offers watermelons cantaloupes and home cured meats from W G Turner Ady. Also promotes weekly Friday and Saturday dances at Span ish Danceland Kemp's Mill Tavern with Penn Maryland String Band and a nod to Your old Friend Ross.
Lt. Tom Harmon of the Army Air Forces and film star Elyse Knox will wed on August 26 in Ann Arbor. The Michigan Catholic notes the ceremony at St Marys Student Chapel with nuptial high mass celebrated by Rev Fr Frank J. McPhillips.
The piece notes two months may pass to locate a part, with older cars hardest hit as parts grow scarce. Garages delay repairs until replacements are found, and stockouts leave cars sitting. Motor parts like bearings, connecting rods, wrist pins are scarce, and synthetic paint is in short supply. When shipments arrive they sell out quickly and factories cannot restock promptly.
Mrs Annie Agnes Stoner wife of Arthur J Stoner died at 535 Frederick street this morning after five years illness aged 63 She was a Church of the Brethren member Surviving husband sons Cecil O Hagerstown Karl O Sharpsburg four grandchildren sisters Genevia Baltimore Eugenia Rowland Hagerstown Elmer Stone Boonsboro brother Ira Meedy Hagerstown Funeral Tuesday at 2 pm Kraiss mortuary chapel Rev Paul M Robinson officiating Interment Rest Haven cemetery Harry Charles Downs resident of Curwensville Pa for 42 years died Monday June 26 in Clearfield Pa aged 62 Born in Williamsport son of Charles and Eliza Gansard Downs husband of Elina Brown Surviving locally brother David and sister Mrs Anna Wilson
Mrs Annie Wagner died at her home 123 West Bethel Street yesterday morning after a long illness. Funeral notices will be announced later.
Two Washington county men die in France during World War II. First Lieut. Marshall E. A. Carpenter 26 of Hagerstown is listed as killed June 22. Pvt. George L. Gigeous, Boonsboro lad, died June 17 after enlistment July 7 1943 and basic training at Camp Croft South Carolina. Carpenter's family details and local affiliations are noted including his wife Ruth Brown Carpenter and daughter Bonnie.
French patriots at Crugey blew up ammunition dumps supplying German air bases in eastern France between June 19 and 22. About 10,000 tons of munitions in over 7,000 rail cars were reported destroyed in the sabotage.
Foresighted homeowners and gardeners are advised to plant ornamental species and vines resistant to Japanese beetle attacks to reduce damage. The University of Maryland extension service lists beetle resistant flowers, vines, and several shrubs and trees. A pamphlet with complete lists, including immune varieties, is available from the county agent’s office.
George Dewey Nelson of Sandy Hook was fined 150 dollars or jailed 90 days by Magistrate Howard M. Jones after being convicted of driving with a revoked license and leaving the scene of an accident near Brunswick. The collision involved Howard J. Hartman of Frederick. Nelson fled the scene. Nelson received 100 dollars for driving with a revoked license and 50 dollars for leaving the scene.
A traveler arriving in Sweden said two German divisions rose in revolt Wednesday in Prussia, sparking rumors of an attempted Hitler assassination. He could not confirm details and noted Goebbels often seeds propaganda rumors in neutrals to boost Allied morale.
Private Laerm earned a Medal of Honor level distinction for gallantry on 1 June 1944 in France. While protecting a detachment of tanks he mounted the lead tank, exposed himself to fire, directing accurate shots on enemy positions and aiding in the town’s capture. Before service he ran a hairdressing business in Hagerstown and married shortly before enlisting in July 1941.
Sunday program features square and round dancing with music by Bill and His Melodiers. Also advertised a cake sale on Saturday July 22 at the West Grant Store. Notes include Friendly Men's Club and Emmanuel U.B. Church as organizers or sponsors.
ROMB July 24 German guns in the hills behind Pisa harass Livorno as Fifth Army patrols probe north of the Arno for the first time. Allied HQ says American units are still finding and eradicating pockets of enemy resistance on the south bank, noting one of the quietest days since the May 11 offensive began.
Divorce suits have been filed in July at more than one per day, totaling 22 actions up to yesterday afternoon. Four suits were filed yesterday: Janet B. Flair and Charles L. Flair. Ralph Charles Sharer and Helen Winifred Sharer. Janet Elizabeth Hastings and Robert Alexander Hastings. Mark F. Younker and Elizabeth C. Younker.
Emmitsburg Maryland July 21 Marlin Lee Kenney 18 an apprentice seaman USNR drowned Wednesday in the new outdoor pool at Mount St Marys College near Emmitsburg where he was attending naval school.
Washington County relatives submit APO addresses for servicemen overseas but censorship bans publishing addresses except hospital cases in England. Lt Charles E Price and his anti aircraft artillery unit earned praise for their first combat mission in the invasion of the continent. Price searches for his brother Owen in France while Austin Abbott returns home for furlough after seven months hospital care. Other families report safeties and furloughs as servicemen serve aboard ships and in Atlantic City and England.
Pvt Halph J Sigler of Hagars Town is shown at Newton D Baker General Hospital healing from war injuries. He is ambulatory on crutches and has joined a typing class as a class 3 patient, spending time between the hospital gym and mental training under medical supervision. A rummage sale is scheduled for Saturday July 22 in Market House basement by Gradale Sorority.
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