Massive Pacific air blitz across Carolines and islands
U S Pacific Fleet announced coordinated American air strikes across the Carolines from Guam to Wake and the Kuriles. Bombers from Southwest and Central Pacific theaters struck Ponape Trick Aletisland Woleai and Wake while Eniwetok Liberators pounded Guam for a third time. Aliutians Ventura planes hit Shumushu and other Kuriles were engaged. No losses reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Carolines
Guam
Japan
Wake
Southwest
Central Pacific
MacArthur Theater
Admiralty Islands
Alet Island
Woleai
Eniwetok
Marianas Island
Kuriles
Navy Ventura
Aleutians
Shumushu
Rummage Sale Saturday at Market House Basement
St. Marys Alumni hold a rummage sale this Saturday June 3 in the Market House basement. Proceeds support alumni activities and community programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Market House
St. Mary's Alumni
Adv
Newton D. Baker Hospital
Methodists Emphasize Sunday School Against Delinquency
Salt Lake City June 2 Methodists announce a new push to stress Sunday school as a tool to curb youth crime. Bishop Wilbur E Hammaker of Denver told delegates at a four day conference that Methodism will mobilize forces to attack the rising delinquency, noting other factors but accepting responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Utah
Storm Brings Little Relief Across County Weather
Yesterday afternoon's thunderstorm and half inch rain offered only temporary relief from heat. Keedysville forecaster J A Miller noted temperatures near the century mark possible if skies stay clear. Rainfall for 1944 through May totals 17.53 inches, May at Potomac above Williamsport 3.39 inches. Lightning caused a fire alarm on Marshall Street and damaged some wires, traffic lights flickered, crops benefited from rain while Keedysville saw heavy rain and wind with minimal damage to crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercury
J. A. Miller
Keedysville
Smithsburg
Deaths Mrs Elizabeth K Dixon in Lancaster Hospital
Mrs Elizabeth K Dixon wife of Rev Andrew M Dixon died Wednesday in Lancaster General Hospital Lancaster Pa She born in Elizabethtown Pa and was daughter of Rev J H Kling and Elizabeth Kling She and her husband served in pastorates in Pennsylvania and Hagerstown Survived by husband two children Pam E Sywalka and Richard K Dixon three brothers and three sisters Services by Revs Hiram W Lefever and Harold Snider in Lewistown Pa from Miller Funeral Home Elizabethtown on Sunday at 3 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth K. Dixon
Andrew M. Dixon
Lancaster General Hospital
Lancaster
Elizabethtown
J. H
Elizabeth Kling
Pennsylvania
Hagerstown
Dixon
Calvary Brethren Church
Pam E. Sywalka
Wheaton Ill
Pfc
Richard K. Dixon
Camp Swift
Tex
Hiram W. Lefever
Harold Snider
Lewistown
Miller Funeral Home
In Memoriam Anna B. Cline Dear Wife and Mother
In loving remembrance of Anna B. Cline who died June 2 1939. We remember our wife and mother with lasting sweetness and cherished memory. Mr W Harry Cline and Children send this tribute as a family keepsake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna B. Cline
Mr. W. Harry Cline
Gas Sickness Strikes Brooklyn as Hundreds Treated
In New York Brooklyn chlorine gas released from a 220 pound cylinder sickened about 150 of an estimated 1,000 people, with over 350 taken to seven hospitals and many treated at makeshift stations. No deaths reported. victims include subway riders and downtown shoppers. Medical officials described respiratory damage and pneumonia risks as treatment continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn
Max Seide
Cumberland Hospital
Cumberland
Six U S Airmen Lynched By Germans
Berlin dispatch from Bern reports six American airmen lynched in Germany amid claims German propaganda spurred such acts. An official Berlin notice via Swiss agency blames enraged villagers and notes police and army struggle to protect aviators, sometimes arriving too late to prevent excesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bern
Switzerland
Berlin
der Bund Today
Germany
Firefighters quick to quell school blaze in Bristol
Junior Fire Fighters report from Bristol Conu June 2 as firemen rushed to St Anthony s Parochial School housing a kindergarten and first four grades yet pupils aged under 10 had already used a fire extinguisher and doused the flames. June 3 at Market House basement. Huyett s Homemakers Club ad. Round and Square Dance every Friday and Saturday night at Rows Park ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Conun
St. Anthony's Parochial School
Rows Park
Russian Lines Hold Firm Against Attack
Soviet announces fourth day of battle north of Jasi in Romania with 8060 Nazi soldiers killed and 17 tanks knocked out. Red tanks and infantry launched counterattacks as German thrusts were halted by artillery mortars and machine guns, while Berlin admitted resistance stiffening and counterattacks to regain lost territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Red Army
Jasi
Romania
Moscow
Moldavian
Berlin
Japs Mass Huge Army In China
Chungking June 2 The Japanese have 280000 troops in Hankow and Canton areas for a major drive to seize the Canton Hankow railway and press attacks elsewhere. Gen C C Tseng says 210000 are in Hankow, 70000 in Canton, a vast increase from earlier 40000. He cites a new Japan strategy of defensive stance except in China, with troops massing toward Indo China and Yunnan border and a new Hanoi Laokay highway and air base in construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Hankow
Canton
Canton-Hankow
China
C. C. Tseng
Tseng
Japan
Hanoi
Laokay
Fairchild Weekly Paper to switch to bi weekly format
The Fairchild Aircraft Division announces its weekly staff paper FAD will be published bi weekly due to a newsprint shortage. The memo notes the paper serves its employes and cites persistent paper shortages following the war as the reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairchild Aircraft Division
Aircraft Company
All-Out Biak Drive Advances In New Guinea
Allied forces amass for a major Biak assault in Dutch New Guinea with Seventh Fleet support. American reinforcements land as air and ground efforts target Japanese positions on ridges and near air fields at Mokmer and surrounding areas. Bougainville pivots open new advance routes while Australian troops seize Guru village and Main Harbor along the coast without contact with the enemy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Guinea
Biak
Schoutens
Seventh Fleet
Dutch New Guinea
Geelvink Bay
Bosnek
Mokmer
Bougainville Island
Solomons
Tekissi
Augusta Bay
Torokina River
Bougainville
British New Guinea
Guru
Ecuador Regime Talks of Aug. 16 Election Plan
Ecuador’s Velasco Ibarra announces a constitutional assembly on August 16 to decide if a presidential vote will be held or the government will persist after a recent coup. He pledges to honor all treaties made during the Arroyo Del Rio era. Local notices include Saturday closings for the county bar and several rummage sales to benefit community causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quito
Ecuador
Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra
Velasco Ibarra
Carlos Arroyo del Rio
Washington County
Forty Four Hagers Town Youths Seek Merchant Marine Enlistment
Forty four youths from Hagerstown ages sixteen to seventeen applied in the past week for Merchant Marine enlistment. Chief Alton P. Watts, U S Maritime Service recruiter, notes strong eagerness among younger teens. Six have been sworn in and six more will be sworn in this evening at the U S Employment Service office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Merchant Marine
Alton P. Watts
U. S. Maritime Service
Watts
U. S. Employment Service
Lend-Lease Approved With UNRRA Budget Endorsement
Washington reports the House appropriations committee endorsed the Lend-Lease Administration and UNRRA with a full 1945 budget request. The package totals 3.45 billion for Lend-Lease, led by 2.696 billion for food to aid Britain and the Soviet Union, reflecting wartime prep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Lend-Lease Administration
New World Relief
UNRRA
Teeth Breaking Job At Ashboro Upholstery Plant
A workman from Ashboro North Carolina on June 2 requested permission to switch jobs because his current task was breaking his teeth. He claimed to be a tack spitter in an upholstery plant. The notice appears in a local employment service report. Also listed: a market basement event and two weekly square dances with entertainers at Valley Inn and Mt Lena Tavern, plus a fried chicken dance night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashboro
N. C
Employment Service
Men in uniform help keep planes flying overseas
Fred Russman, son of Mrs. Ethel Russman of Chewsville, serves with the Aircraft Section of an Air Service Command depot in England, contributing up to date improvements to combat ships. The depot’s production surge drew praise from Lt. Gen. Carl Spaatz. Also noted, 400 soldiers received Good Conduct ribbons at a Services of Supply base in England for one year of exemplary service.
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AIR Service Command
England
S/Set
Fred Russman
Ethel Russman
Chewsville
Germany
European Theater OF Operations
Services of Supply
Cpl
Oscar L. Guessford
West Franklin Street
Form Auxiliary To Purple Heart Form Auxiliary To Purple Heart
Local women connected to Purple Heart recipients may form an auxiliary in Hagerstown. Fourteen charter members signed. meeting set for Sunday at 2 PM at the American Legion home to organize and elect officers. Elizabeth Segal will install officers. membership open to mothers wives sisters and daughters of Purple Heart veterans or service members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
American Legion
Elizabeth O. Segal
Purple Heart Auxiliary
Legion Home
Auxiliary
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Carolinas
FED“ Savings & Loan Associations
The
U.S
Kce
Hagerstown Ice Co
West Lee Street
S. S
Storm
Memoriam
Kraiss Funeral Home
N. Potomac St
CAB Association
East
Washington Street
Blue Ridge Bus Terminal
M. M. Pike
Junior Fire Fighters
Huyett’s Homemakers Club
Community Finance Service, Inc
Washington St
J. S. Snowberger & Sons
E. Washington Sthone
Call City
R. M. Hays & Bros
Fairchild Weekly
Williamsport
Spanish Danceland
Kemp’s Mill Tavern
Penn-Maryland
Ross
Fleigh Motor Co
Oak Hill Avenue
Downsville P. T. A
Row’s Park
Bill and
Melodiers
Tex Barr
Goodyear Service
Washington Co
Yingling Auto Sales & Service
Pontiac
GMC
Frederick Street
Hagerstown Industrial Loan
Jonathan St
Earl Neikirk
Cheerio Restaurant
Pennsylvania Avenue and
Park Lane
Borden
House Committee
House
Soviet Union
Britain
Markethouse
Loyal Daughters, First Christ’n Ch. Adv
Valley , Inn
Jack Shipley
MT. Lena Tavern
General Ins
Agey
Dealers In Sound Insurance
Arta
Arthur F. Detrow
Gen
Mer
Reichard’s
W. Antietam St
Multiple Listing Bureau
Wilhelm
Thumma Motor Co
Carl Spaatz
Fred
Fairchild Aircraft Corporation
Norfolk
John A. Hahn
Marine Corps
Brownsville
Naval Air Technical Training Cen
Purple Heart
Consumers Credit Service
Consumers Credit Service, Inc
Public Square
Defense
Jamison Cold Storage Door Co
Maple Avenue
Rod & Gun Club
STAG
Hamilton Hotel
Winkler
Dixie Supply, Inc
Franklin Street
Green Lantern
Potomac Street
Apply Employment Office
Victor Products
Pope Avenue
Central Garage’s Value Center
Summit Ave
Maryland
Value Center
New Jersey
Trenton
N. J
United States Employment Service
East Washington Street
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