Yanks Press Advancing on Tinian and Guam Fronts
Pacific front reports by Admiral Nimitz describe U S forces driving Japanese from large parts of Tinian and Guam. Marines push toward Agana on Guam while sealing a trap on about 2,600 Japanese defenders. Ground gains span several miles with key heights seized and heavy enemy casualties noted as the Marianas campaign continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Tinian Island
Guam
Marianas
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Tinian
Saipan
Sumay
Former Movie Star Jailed For Vagrancy
ANTIOCH Calif July 29 Frances Farmer the former film actress known as Blonde and tousled haired spent last night in city jail awaiting her father attorney E M Farmer from Reno after being arrested for vagrancy and hanging around Antioch for three or four days She pleaded guilty before Justice Te Milan was fined sixteen dollars with suspended sentence She refused assistance saying she wanted to be strong enough to fight herself] Hugh George left to attend the National Elks Convention in Chicago as exalted ruler of Fountain Head Heights lodge
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antioch
Calif
Frances Farmer
E. M. Farmer
Reno
Nev
al Leroy
Miss Farmer
Justice of Peace Te_- Milan
Leroy
Harry D. Fletcher
Farmer
Western State Hospital
Steilacoon
Wash
Hugh George
Fountain Head Heights
Elks
Chicago
Mr. George
Deaths in Cumberland area prompt notices and tributes
Obituary notices report the passing of Joseph E. Weaver at 75 after a long illness in Cumberland. Weaver, a Hancock native, held civic roles and worked for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, later running the Arlington Hotel. Surviving relatives include a widow, sister Mrs. Charles Cornell, brothers, step-daughters, and more. Additional notices list Samuel Daniel Boyd of Clearspring aged 36, with survivors and a funeral at Kraiss Mortuary, and John W. Stein of Hancock with services to follow Monday. A card of thanks from the families of Mrs. Cora BE House and others expresses gratitude for support, floral tributes, and transportation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph E. Weaver
Hancock
Cumberland
Charles Cornell
Clearspring
Benjamin
Jacob
Arthur
George Weaver
Lillian A. Aaron
Mary Bowhay Jones
Baltimore
Weaver
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Arlington Hotel
Democratic State Central Committee
Allegany County
Fort Cumberland
Samuel Daniel Boyd
Clear Pring
Washington County Hospital
Charles Boyd
Missouri Boyd
Merritt
Andre
Dolan
Gary
Donna
Sonja
Dian
Vesta Boyd
United States Army
Australia
Kraiss Mortuary
Luther L. Hare
St. Paul's Cemetery
Western Pike
Cora BE
Adv
Arthur Cohen Dies. Noted Hagerstown Attorney Passes
Arthur Cohen 30 a prominent Hagerstown lawyer and associate of the local Office for Defense Transportation died at Washington County Hospital after a two week illness. He attended Hagerstown High School Lehigh University and George Washington School of Law. Survivors include his wife Genevieve Wolf Cohen and his parents. Funeral at Kraiss mortuary Sunday 3 30 p m officiated by Rabbi J Schnitzer. Interment in Hebrew cemetery. Washington County Bar Association to pay funeral respects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur 5. Cohen
B'nai Brith
Washington County Bar Association
Genevieve Wolf Cohen
B. L. Cohen
Hagerstown
Kraiss
J. Schnitzer
Hebrew Cemetery
Cohen
Story of AP Will Be Broadcast Sunday
The 15 minute program titled It Started in a Row Boat will air on the local radio station tomorrow at 8 35 p m It covers the history of the Associated Press and is directed by Paul Gerard of the AP The listing also promotes MT LENA TAVERN entertainment and local food offerings by W G Turner Ady 3 miles south on Sharpsburg Pike
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Paul Gerard
Sharpsburg Pike
W. G. Turner
Ady
City Market prices hold steady amid OPA ceiling disputes
Farmers at City Market pressed the OPA ceiling rules though price ranges stayed similar to last Saturday. Corn 30 to 50 cents a dozen. lima beans 60 to 76 cents a quart. eggs 35 cents a dozen. tomatoes 15 to 20 cents a pound. cucumbers and peppers selling near ceiling with growers arguing size and quality should affect value. Buyers largely accepted the offerings as farmers voiced concern over quality distinctions and homegrown superiority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Threat to Florence Intensifies Near Historic City
Allied dispatches report New Zealand veterans broke Nazi defenses south of Florence and advanced within five miles of the city as German counter-attacks and Tiger tank assaults drove back a leading company. South African forces crossed the Greve river two miles south of Impruneta, narrowing the approach to Florence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
New Zealand
Florence
Allied Headquarters
Greve River
Impruneta
Diamond wedding ring sets at Saum's Ady storefront
Diamond wedding ring sets of guaranteed quality priced at 318.75 and up highlight Saum's department store at 21 Jonathan Street Ady. A leather billfold from Saum's also promoted to protect money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saum’s
Jonathan St
Jonathan St. Ady
Purple Heart Winners Rolland Burger and Edward Bentz
Pfc Rolland Burger and Pvt Edward Bentz have received the Purple Heart for wounds in action. Burger, son of Mr and Mrs Frank Burger of 52 West Side Avenue, was wounded June 12 while serving with Company B 1st Maryland Regiment in the 29th Division and is hospitalized in England. Bentz, wounded in the Sarmi area of Dutch New Guinea, recuperates at an undisclosed base hospital. he will be 22 next month, son of Mr and Mrs Lewis Bentz of West Washington Street. He attended Hagerstown high school and worked at Mollers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolland Burger
Ang
Edward E. Bentz
Pfc
Burger
Frank Burger
West Side Avenue
1St
Marysland Regiment
England
Pvt
Bentz
Sarmi
Dutch New Guinea
Lewis Bentz
West Washington Street
Hagerstown J High School
Moller’s
Roxy Restaurant Ad Promotes Dinner Specials
Roxy Restaurant at 289 Frederick Street advertises a special chicken and steak dinner every evening from 5 to 9. It is open daily from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. with Sundays closed. Ady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roxy Restaurant
Frederick Street
Ady
Readers call for action on vacant lot near Armory
In a letter to the Daily Mail, 5S. W. Sowers blasts the vacant North Potomac Street lot north of the Armory for a health and civic pride issue. He derides city officials and police for inaction and proposes wild animals as a temporary entertainment while the site remains unrelieved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Mail
Armory
Potomac Street
Dewey Quietly Influences New York Senate Nominee
Albany July 29 Gov. Thomas B. Dewey dipped into a congressional race to attack Rep. Hamilton Fish and appeared ready to quietly shape the Republican choice for the U S Senate seat now held by Democrat Robert F. Wagner. Edwin F. Jaeckle said the nomination was wide open, but Dewey was expected to exert major influence in selecting a candidate to run with him in a state viewed as pivotal for the party’s presidential bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Thomas B. Dewey
Hamilton Fish
United States Senate
New York
Edwin F. Jaeckle
Robert F. Wagner
Dewey
Hopkins Professors Frazer and Spencer Die
Johns Hopkins University scholars Dr Joseph Christie Whitney Frazer aged 68 and Dr Hazelton Spencer aged 51 died unexpectedly yesterday. Frazer died at Union Memorial Hospital after a brief illness while Spencer collapsed of a heart attack in Manchester Michigan. Both had taught nearly 60 years combined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Joseph Christie Whitney Frazer
Hazelton Spencer
Johns Hopkins University
Frazer
Union Memorial Hospital
Spencer
Mainstree
Mich
Saturday Night Music at Valley Inn With Bill and His Melodiers
The Valley Inn hosts weekly Saturday evenings featuring live music by Bill and His Melodiers. patrons can enjoy a steady program of melodic entertainment each weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley Inn
Bill and His Melodiers
Ady
Service Members in Uniform From Local Area
A letter reveals several local servicemen in the Army and Army Air Forces. Preston Shupp, site of Bigg er address, visited his brother Robert G. Shupp in the Solomon Islands during 26 months overseas with multiple Pacific battles. Other Shupp brothers serve in Sardinia and at Fort Ord, while Eugene Shupp in Hunter Field illness. J K Shupp inducted March 12 1943 with air corps training at Atlantic City and Hunter Field. Robert J. Peddicord reports arrival somewhere in the Pacific. Staff Sergeant Edward M. Martin, 54 South Cannon Avenue, promoted to staff sergeant after service at Fort Bragg and Fort Sam Houston, then overseas duty. Mrs Lucille Canfield learns her husband Harry W. Can is included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton Shupp
Walter D. Peddicord
Spring
Cpl
Preston
Dewey Avenue
Shupp
Robert G Shupp
Solomon Islands
Army
Fort George G. Meade
A. P. Hill
Virginia
D. A. Stickell Co
Charlton
Pvt
J. K. Shupp
Sardinia
Hill
Edward M. Martin
South
Cannon Avenue
U. S. Army
Bawara
9Th Infantry Division
Fort Bragg
North Carolina
Martin
Carolinas
Louisiana
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Rome
Hagerstown Man Wounded In Action
Pvt Milford Chapman formerly of Hagerstown was wounded in France on June 16. The War Department notified his wife Mrs Blanche Chapman of Baltimore 2. Chapman had worked at Paughborn Corporation before enlisting and had been overseas seven months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milford Chapman
France
War Department
Blanche Chapman
Hillman Street
Baltimore
Pvt
Chapman
Paughborn Corporation
Hagerstown
Better Rubber Heels Price Ceiling Maintained by OPA
The Office of Price Administration said better grade rubber heels will not raise ceiling prices. The prevailing ceilings remain in effect, dating from November, and cover repair stores and outlets selling rubber heels for home repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Also Mentioned on This Page
Abram E. Shank
American Jersey Cattle Club
Kemp’s Mill Taverm Penn-Maryland String Band
Rosa
Phona
Eall
Columbia College
South Potomac Street
Frederick Strast
Wilhelm
Thumma Motor Co
CAB Assn
John W. Stein
Gorman B. Betts
W. E. Albert
Arthur S. Cohen
Arthur Cohen
Story of
MT. Lena Tavern
Four Aces
Philip H. Mz
Washington St
Thias and CO
Ernest W. Miller Seed and Grocery
C. Voyn Miller
George D. Hicks
Adma
Toe. Snyder
Walter C. Young
Comfort
Public Square
Hagerstown Industrial Loan
D. Earl Neikirk
Green Lantern
North Potomac Street
South Haven
Rochester
Smithsburge
Baer Brothers
W. Franklin St
Commercial Small Loan & Finance Co
Summit Avenue
Court House
Che Mitchell
Nical Corporation
Hagerstown, Md
Ham Fish
Hopkins
E. B. Sefton
Mayflower Cab
Exide Batteries Wholesale & Retail
Reichard’s
Antietam St
Shipp’s Sea Food
Fleigh Motor Co
Oak Hill
Aveona
Community Finance Service Incorporated
Maryland Welding Co., Inc
East
Baltimore Street
Coal—Builders
Church St
Robert J. Peddicord
The
Pacific
Lucille Canfield
Harry W. Can
Hamilton Hotel
SAUM
Jonathan Si
Washington Co
Yingling Auto Sales & Service
Pontiac
GMC
Frederick Streat
Newman Packing House
Smithsburg
Goodyear
Balto. & Locust Sa
Central Garage
Summit Ave
Western Maryland
Consumers Credit Service
Consumers Credit Service, Inc
Row’s Park
Fairview Ramblers
Johnny Silvers
Jamison Cold Storage Door Co
Maple Avenue
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