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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1945
Page
6
Joseph M. Giblin, a ten year old handyman, pled guilty to seven arson charges for the Memorial Day fire wrecking Mahoney City’s business district and six earlier blazes. He received 70 to 140 years in prison after a swift arraignment amid fears of mob violence and reports of possible lynching.
The Hancock War Memorial Foundation launches a district wide campaign in Election District 5 to raise 25,000 dollars for a memorial building housing a library and recreation room. Dr H E Tabler reports 10,000 dollars already pledged and expects near 25,000 as canvass continues. The building will honor all Hancock district veterans from the Revolution onward on donated property of Henry P Bridges.
County Agent Mark Miller announced a request for 30 Jamaican workers to start farming duties in Washington County around mid June. The move shifts earlier July plans due to a shortage of local labor, extending the need for foreign help this season.
Pvt Ralph L Nokes Marine Corps. Overseas since December. Mother Mrs Ruth Nokes 05 Elizabeth Street informed. Wounded slightly in Okinawa battle. Also note Eisenhower宣布 Normandy anniversary holiday for Allied forces observed June 6.
The OPA promises fair meat shares for every county with a plan by Chester Bowles. Slaughterers must resume normal distribution patterns from early 1944, and only federally inspected meat may cross state lines. The plan aims for even distribution, not last year’s levels, and takes effect June 27 with monthly reporting.
Vatican broadcasts report Pope Pius XII hopes Germany can rise with new dignity after expiating Nazi crimes. He defended Vatican policy toward Germany, spoke to the College of Cardinals on St Eugene's Day, and warned of disappointed men swelling revolutionary ranks. He cited priest murders and deportations in various regions including Slovenia and Croatia.
ATLANTA June 2 A seven floor fall to the mezzanine of a fashionable hotel proved fatal yesterday for Dr. Edgar G Ballenger 68 president of the Southern Medical Association One of the nations foremost meteorologists he had told a waiter at breakfast he felt dizzy Detectives said he appeared to suffer another attack in the hall leaned on the banister for support and fell
Kansas City authorities report Timmie a male tomcat wedged between brick walls for two weeks. Firemen blasted a hole through a beauty shop wall to free him after chloroform failed and police considered shooting. The cat recovered with milk and artificial respiration and returned home to Jackie Folz 7 and her 20 month old brother Jerry Lee Folz.
The Hagerstown Fair will not be affected by the Office of Defense Transportation request to cancel all regional and state fairs this year. Local and county fairs like Hagerstown may proceed, as they do not involve intercity transportation. The ODT cites wartime transport pressures as the reason for the request.
A certificate of incorporation was yesterday granted by the State Tax Commission to the G. B. Linderman Corporation this city. The new company is authorized to deal in control equipment and to issue 6000 shares of stock at $10 par value. Incorporators are Garrett B. Linderman Robert B. Rench and Edwin C. Downin, all of this city.
Mrs Susie Shackleford faced a scare while going to the mailbox when a large copper head lay in the path. She armed with a club and killed the snake on the way to her home near Dam No 4.
Local housewives face food scarcity as meat shortages ripple through daily life. Hospitals report constant battles to secure beef cold cuts pork and lamb with ham hardest to obtain. Schools and clinics struggle to finish term amid rising shortages forcing menu substitutions and potential closures.
Russell Hesson of Hagerstown Rt 1 displays more than 50 four and five leaf clovers found around his home. A yard stalk yielded 24 four–leaf specimens and a strawberry patch clump contained 27 mixed four and five leaf clovers.
U S 10th Army after sealing Shuri targets Okinawa advance to seize the island’s best airfield and harbor. A Navy official in Washington said the backbone of Okinawa defenses appears broken as ships and merchant craft losses mount.
Andy Zack reported at 1 99 am that a light skinned Negro held him up in Wellsers alley and took a half pint of whiskey while armed with a knife. Hours later a man of the same description snatched Martin Green s purse containing about $9 as he opened his restaurant. Police pursue identification.
Guam June 2 news reports Admiral Halsey returns to Pacific action with the Third Fleet as Nimitz reorganizes command. Spruance shifts to Guam shorehead duties while Buckner’s Tenth Army in the Ryukyus comes under Nimitz direct control, signaling major planned offensives against Okinawa or the home islands.
The local realty market had an active week with aggregate sales near 150000 dollars. Transactions include multiple apartment properties and parcels on Broadway Concord Street East Washington Lanvale Guilford Memorial boulevard Salem avenue South Prospect Wilson boulevard and other streets. Notable transfers include Stanley B. Riley to Robert W. Grady for 16000 and Nellie L K Bitler to Bettie J. Showe for 3900.
Mrs. Helen Poole has been put in charge of the Japanese beetle trapping program in Washington county for 1945. Traps will be placed countywide within about a week as 15 boys applied for summer attendant jobs, though only a few will be needed due to a new automatic trap being used this year.
Mary Hall admits the Tehachapi Institute for Women escape was aided by soap grease. Hall and two others allegedly slipped through bars after dropping clothes and soaping bodies. Sandra Cooper and Hazel Loros remain at large.
Miss Dorothy Allen reports a break in at her West North Street home. An intruder forced entry to the kitchen, ransacked cupboards and drawers and the refrigerator, but nothing appears stolen. Several burned matches were found on the floor.
The National Archives will publicly display the original German unconditional surrender documents on June 6, the first anniversary of D-Day. Archivist Solon J. Buck announced the exhibit of a dozen papers including surrenders signed at Edims and Berlin.
Mayor Richard H. Sweeney announced that the Civilian Defense siren will be discontinued today until further notice, with Baltimore and other cities joining the move. Under a presidential proclamation the Civilian Defense will end after June 30, and a future meeting may decide if the local organization can be repurposed.
Montjuich Castle officers denied Laval killed himself. Paris circles questioned the London and Luxembourg radio claims of self destruction and surrender, noting Laval was not the type to settle matters easily and lacked corroborating information.
No shortages on city market with meat as the only exception this morning. Byron chickens were plentiful. Homegrown peas appeared for the first time and sold for 40 cents a pint. Asparagus and early vegetables were plentiful. Eggs priced at 40 cents a dozen. J Edgar Rowland offered hothouse tomatoes first of the season at 30 cents a pound. Strawberries scarce but cherries available, strawberries at 40 cents and cherries from 20 to 35 cents.
Members of the Board of Election Supervisors, reappointed weeks ago by Governor O Conor, qualified yesterday by swearing in before Clerk Edward Oswald. The board re elected J Richard Rauth as president with William McP Miller, Charles Q Ward, and Mr Rauth forming the panel for two year terms.
Yanks at the 38th Division faced strong opposition while attacking Japanese elements driven from the old Shimbu line east of Manila. On Mindanao resistance stiffened as Americans pushed into the head of the Cagayan valley. Allied air forces had sunk or damaged over two million tons of Japanese shipping since New Year’s. The Japanese preserved key forces in the Shimbu line despite February losses.
Allied air power renewed two hour raids on Kyushu air bases and trains as carrier actions followed heavy B 29 fire raids on major Nippon cities. Tokyo radio cited 200 seaborne fighters and aging boats from Kerama Islands bases. Osaka feared damage while Osaka aircrews reported “heart of Osaka” burned. A jewel caught in a bullhead fish valued at 75 dollars rounds out the dispatch.
A cold air mass from Hudson Bay arrived after an early morning thunder sleet storm in Washington County, dumping a quarter inch of rain and freezing temps in parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Maine. The system soured June weddings but should fade by mid afternoon with cooler air returning tomorrow.
London reports indicate General Charles de Gaulle may refuse participation in an international conference to resolve tensions in Syria and Lebanon. French forces near Damascus reportedly pulled back to barracks as Soviet and Paris statements call for rapid measures to halt military operations. The Soviet note urges a postwar security organization and signals Britain, the United States, and China as peace initiative holders.
William Shrader reported two Negro youths in a truck blocked the alley between Locust and Mulberry just north of Franklin and demanded cigarettes for passage. He remonstrated and one threatened him with a bar. They then fled before police arrived after he phoned a nearby store.
The Navy reported initial Okinawa invasion costs around 7.8 billion dollars with nearly 1 billion more spent on planes, supplies, equipment, and training. Navy expenses alone approached 5.5 billion, exceeding World War II naval outlays, with Army costs not counted. Treasury officials note the figure as a stark example of war spending.
The Merchants Wholesale Grocery Company, of this city, has purchased the stock, office equipment and trucks of J C Orrick and Son Company of Cumberland and will operate it under the new name Merchants Wholesale Grocery Company. Orrick, oldest wholesale grocer between Baltimore and the Ohio river, founded in 1863.
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