Local Railroader Honored At Depot
Western Maryland Railway Ammunition Division commends five depot staff for constant duty in certifying and repairing box cars to ensure timely and proper ammunition shipments. Leader H M Grayson, once based in Hagerstown, moved to Chambersburg for restless 24 hour service and now oversees car certification and pool readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Maryland Railway
Letterkenny
Walter P. Griest
Ammunition Division
H. M. “Horace” Grayson
Hagerstown
L. A. Ness
H. .L. Noaker
Shippensburg
R. M. Stout
Chambersburg
M. S. Shantz
Nyesville
Griest
Grayson
No bids for Hagerstown barn and pool concession stand
No contractor submitted bids to replace the burned city farm barn in Hagerstown nor for the municipal swimming pool concession stand. Only two contractors requested specifications, signaling delays in city construction plans and pool facility upgrades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Is Epilepsy Inherited Causes Explained By Doctors
A booklet from the Educational Division offers opinions of famous doctors on epilepsy. Free by mail to foster parents who write to 635 Birth Ave New York, detailing whether epilepsy is inherited and what causes it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fostler
Birth Ave
New York
Seaman Honored At Closing Exercises
Harlan Stevenson of Waynesboro PA enlisted for radar work and earned his Waynesboro High School diploma at Tuesday exercises. He received a Bausch & Lomb award for progress in science, and a certificate and medal, while on inactive Navy status to graduate. He will report to Great Lakes Naval Training Station. He is son of Wilbur H Stevenson, soil conservation chief. The biggest sea animals on the globe are whales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan Stevenson
Waynesboro
Navy
Waynesboro High School
Stevenson
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Wilbur H. Stevenson
Soil Conservation Service Office
Japs Press Luzon Mindanao Assaults In Late May Clashs
Manila dispatch reports Japanese forces mounted small scale but persistent counterattacks on Luzon and Mindanao as well as New Guinea. US and Filipino guerrillas repulsed several hundred troops at the Cagayan river, while the 25th and 32nd Divisions closed in Santa Fe area. The 38th Division pushed toward Sierra Madre basins near Wawa dam and Mt Lamita as Maj Gen William C Chase’s unit neared Mt Purro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Luzon
Mindanao
New Guinea
Cagayan River
Aparri
Tuguegara
Cagayan Valley
Philippines
Dauntless 38Th Division
Wawa Dam
Sierra Madre
Mt. Lamita
Mt. Ayaas
Mt. Purro
William C. Chase
Tornadoes Cause Massive Losses and Fatalities 1916–1942
From 1916 to 1942 tornadoes caused over 330 million dollars in property losses and resulted in more than 6,600 deaths.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Horace Grayson
R.M. Hays & Bros., Inc
Schindel, Rohrer & Co
S. Potomac St
Japan
Whales
O. K
Kay
WJEJ
Ash
Martin Feed & Implements
Pennsylvania Avenue
People’s Store
W. Wash. St
Montgomery Ward
Washington St. Fhone
RAND
West
Washington St
Triangle Food Stores
H.L. Mills Stereer
Rinso
Lable
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