U S Seeks Way Out Of Veto Issue Stalemate
The United States seeks a solution to the veto voting deadlock at the UN conference. Russia opposes broad veto limits while Britain China and France favor a flexible interpretation. A new Big Five meeting was convened as progress continued on other topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
United States
Russia
Britain
China
France
Guillermo Belt
Andrei Gromyko
Moscow
Stettinius
Pfc Harry M Nuse Reported Dead in France
Pfc Harry M Nuse 20 of Knox ville is declared killed in action after being reported missing in France on July 31. War Department notice sent to his mother Carrie M Nuse confirms the death. Survived by mother two sisters Dorothy M and Mary E and brother Thomas all at home. Nuse served 13 months overseas and was formerly employed by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry M. Nuse
Knoxville
France
War Department
Carrie M. Nuse
Dorothy M
Mary E
Thomas
Pic
Nuse
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Deaths and funeral notices from area obituaries
Multiple obituaries list Joseph Fleisher 33 of 26 South Mulberry, death at Washington County Hospital, services at Kraiss Mortuary, interment Hebrew Cemetery Halfway. Charles Clinton French 66, retired Western Maryland railroad engineer, heart attack at Cherry Run home, funeral at Mt Carmel Evangelical church, interment nearby. Cora Marmaduke Bowers dies at 1:15 a.m. in Washington D C, funeral at Bakersville church. George Eldon Krouse, 67, dies in Chewsville, services by Rev. A. R. Andrews, interment at Wutheran cemetery Beaver Creek. Carrie Burger, dies Washington County Hospital, survived by husband and Lambert line. Rev. P D Cunningham dies in Mercersburg age 48, funeral at Mercersburg Methodist Church. Frank N Motphine, 72, dies, funeral at Suter Funeral Home Cavetown cemetery. plus weekly dance listing at Span ish Dareeland with Penn Maryland String Band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Fleisher
South Mulberry Street
Washington County Hospital
Congregation of B’nsi Abraham
Hannah Fleisher
Martin
Max
This City
Etta Katz
Philadelphia
Mole Cohlberg
Kraiss Mortuary
Hebrew Cemetery
Halfway
Charles Clinton French
Western Maryland
Cherry Runh
Wiliam and
Silen (Trout) French
Cherry Run
Louise
Irene Hessler
Mt. Carmel Evangelical Church
Shanktown
Charles Moon
Berkeley Springs
Charles Grubb
Martinsburg
Cora Marmaduke Bowers
Washington, D. C
First Brethren Church
St. James
Rose Mercer
Molly Hammond
Williamsport
William
Hagerstown
Johu
Tilghmanton
Bakersville Church
D. C. White
George Eldon Krouse
Daniel J
Anna (Stonebraker) Krouse
Chewsville
Clara M
Pfc
Vernon E. Krause
Germany
Roy E. Michael
Kirby A. Riffee
Chicago
Ill
J. Cay Weagley
U. B
Carrie Burger
Marry D. Burger
George P and
Mary Schock Lambert
St. John’s Lutheran Church
George P. Lambert
Suter Funeral
J. Edward Harms
P. D. Gunningham
Mercersburg
Cunningham
Maryland
Virginia
Methodist Church
S$. A. Kipe
John Gonso
C. W. Fink
Hazel Beard
Daring Surface Attack By Sub Caught Jap Convoy At Anchor
The U S S Barb, in water too shallow to dive, attacked an anchored Japanese convoy at night with poor visibility. Comdr Eugene B Fluckey led a fast, decisive strike that sank many ships, earning the Congressional Medal of Honor and the Presidential Unit Citation for the crew.
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Washington
U. S. S. Barb
Navy
Forrestal
Eugene B. Flackey
Finckey
Annapolis
Fluckey
Burns Fatal To Earl L. Cave in Pennsylvania Explos ion
Earl L. Cave 39 died from burns suffered May 26 in an explosion in a Pennsylvania Railroad cook car at Lewis town. He had just joined the railroad. Survived by wife Virgie P Cave and children Kathleen Marguerite Dorothy Jean Roy James. sister Mamie Harkett. brothers Roy Fairplay. father John L Cave. Funeral at Kraiss mortuary 2 p.m. with Rev Rowland Reichard officiating Bakersville cemetery. viewing this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl L
Farmer) Cave
Lewistown
James Cave
This City
Mamie Harkett
Roy L. Cave
Fairplay
John L. Cave
Bakersville
Kraiss
Rowland Reichard
Public offering for wartime memorial auditorium and monument
In a letter to the editor the writer argues for both an auditorium and a monument to honor 250,000 young lives lost in war. He recounts a past Pennsylvania case where court injunctions blocked building and notes community divisions. The piece stresses separate purposes: living memorials for an auditorium and solemn monuments for the dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Imperial Household Chief Resigns After Tokyo Fire Raid
New York reported that Tsuneo Matsudaira resigned as minister of the imperial household. Sotako Ishiwata, formerly finance minister, succeeded him. Matsudaira had been in the post since March 1936 and left amid circles in Tokyo citing responsibility for fire damage at the imperial palace during a May 26 Superfortress raid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tokyo Radio
Tsuneo Matsudaira
Sotako Ishiwata
Associated Press
Matsudaira
Tokyo
Imperial Palace
Not Even A Nibble For Bay Fishermen
A Chesapeake Bay fishing party from the county returned from Solomons Island with no fish after an afternoon of angling for hardheads. A veteran captain at Solomons blamed bomb tests by Patuxent Naval Air Station near the mouth of the Patuxent River for the poor luck, saying the water was white with explosions. The party members were B. D. Conn Charles McKinley H Cornelius McKinley Wilbur Exline Walter Jackson W R Wachter and George Rash.
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Chesapeake Bay
Solomons Island
Solomons
Patuxent River
Patuxent Naval Air Station
B. D. Conn
Charles McKinley
H. Cornelius McKinley
Wilbur Exline
Walter Jackson
W. R. Wachter
Hancock
George Rash
Hagerstown
Appreciation note from the Jordan family
In appreciation for the sympathy and beautiful floral tributes we received in our sorrow. We are deeply grateful and sincerely thankful to each and every one of you. Est appreciation to the Employees of the Western Maryland R. R. Co. and neighbors and friends. -Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Jordon and Family. Adv.
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Western Maryland R. R. Co
E. P. Jordon
Adv
Deep Sea Fishing Lifts Navy Wounded From Charleston
Seaman Frank L. Welty Jr of Hagerstown is shown recovering at the Naval Hospital after a deep sea trip off Charleston, S C. Navy uses patrol boats from the Charleston Frontier Base to provide wrecked ward-life relief and boost morale for sailors who served in the invasion of France and convoy duty aboard a destroyer escort.
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Frank L. Welty, Jr
Hagerstown
America
Navy
Seaman Welty
Charleston Naval Hospital
Welty
France
Local Man Freed Pic Shatzer Heads Home From War
John A. Shatzer, prisoner of the Germans for 18 months, is on his way home after liberation. His mother, Mrs. Mary Shatzer of 408 Freemont Street, reported the news. Shatzer was captured in the European theater around late 1943 after being wounded. Word of his liberation reached here with Allied gains on V E Day but was not published until now. He enlisted November 1, 1942, and served after a 17 week training period. Before service he worked for a beer distributor and was a Herald- Mail carrier boy.
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Pic
John A. Shatzer
Mary Shatzer
Freemont Street
Shatzer
Pfe. Shatter
Army
Herald- Mail
Men Inducted In Army On May 28
The following men were inducted into the Army May 28 from Local Board No. 2 Elwood Devere Ridgely 42 Belle vue avenue Adelbert W. Q. Anderson Williamsport Howard Cornell Tedrick Biz Pont Route 1 William Oscar Henline Jr Hancock Albert Clifford Charlton Williamsport Route 2.
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Army
Elwood Devere Ridgely
Bellevue Avenue
Adelbert W. Q. Anderson
Williamsport
Howard Cornell Tedrick
Biz Pont
William Oscar Henline, Jr
Hancock
Albert Clifford Charlton
Halsey Plans Carrier Strikes on Kyushu Japan
American carrier planes attacked Kyushu air fields while Japanese landbased aircraft fought over Okinawa, with Adm. Halsey declaring kamikaze forces a nuisance and vowing to strike Japanese naval strength. Nimitz reported 26 enemy planes down as Japan pressed a five day Okinawa air attack. Halsey, back at sea, urged unconditional surrender for Japan.
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Guam
Okinawa
Nippon
Kyushu
William F. Halsey, Jr
U. S. Third Fleet
Japan
Chester W. Nimitz
Admiral Halsey
Pacific
Halsey
Official Veterans Information Center in Hagerstown
U S Employment Service designates its office in Hagerstown as the official veterans information center. Director D Paul Shilling says veterans are confused by many conflicting services and the center will refer job seekers to appropriate programs and advise which government office to contact for complaints or requests. The aim is to cut through the maze of agencies offering veteran aid after discharge.
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U. S
Veterans Information Center
Hagerstown
D. Paul Shilling
Maager
Shilling
Clean Cemetery Volunteers at Brown's Cemetery Foxville
A Saturday cleanup at Brown's cemetery near Foxville drew volunteers including Martin L. Brown Clyde Kendle Albert M. Brown Hanson Kendle Hunter McAfee Mrs Clyde Brown Wade Cline Roy Lewis T DeLauter and Walter Brown in a local community effort to maintain the burial ground.
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Brown's Cemetery
Foxville
Martin L. Brown
Clyde Kendle
Albert M. Brown
Hanson Kendle
Hunter McAfee
Clyde Brown
Wade Cline
Roy Lewis
T. 4. DeLauter
Walter Brown
Local WWII air crew feats and awards span several states
Staff Sgt Roy A Lint, radio operator on a B24, flew 12 missions over Germany with the 458th Bomb Group and earned the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster. S/Sgt Karl E Wellinger, instructor at Camp Wheeler, Md, received the Good Conduct Medal. Tech Sgt Ivan J Holland of Williamsport Md arrived in Miami Beach for reassignment after 34 combat missions earning the Air Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters. The 356th Fighter Group at an English base earned a Distinguished Unit Citation for actions on 17 18 and 23 September 1944, granting S/Sgt Bradley W Norris the DUB. Flight Officer Richard A Myers, Hagerstown native, graduated from Army Air Forces Training Command in Texas.
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Roy A. Lint
Earl Lint
Elizabeth Street
Germany
Eighth Air Force
Coblentz
Linz
Europe
458Th
Armed Forces
The
Western Union
Miami Beach
Fla
Ivan J. Holland
Williamsport
No. 2
United States
Holland
Ivan M. Holland
Fae Holland
Willamsport
England
356Th Fighter Group
Bradley W. Norris
Alexander Street
Hagerstown
Richard Arthur Myers
Arthur M. Myers
Route 5
Army Air Forces Training Command School
Victoria
Texas
Sailor First Class Karl Smyre Reported Killed in Action
The Navy telegram confirms Karl Smyre, 36, reported missing in April and killed April 12 by enemy action while on a destroyer near Okinawa. He had been in service over a year, formerly with North American Cement, survived by wife Edith Smyre and a large family in Hagerstown, including mother and several siblings.
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Karl Willian Smnyre
Edith L. Sruyre
Randall Jacobs
Naval Personnel
Navy Department
North American Cement Corporation
Okinawa
Messie May Smyre
Hagerstown
Rosalie
Samuel
William
Wilbur
Germany
Hubert
Gerald
Vernon
Jack
Paul
Mrs
Margaret Hager
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Security Council
Inner
Hamilton
Gage
First Federal Savings & Loan Assn
North
Jonathan St . Tal
Roy
Hagerstown Ice Co
West Lee Ftreet
Frank N Motfhine
Suter
Sean R. Wagner
Cavetown Cemetery
Spanish Dareeland
Old Mill
Ebon Porenae
Duane Na Kraiss Funeral Home
Consumers Credit Service
ATO
Faymert Flan
Consumers Credit Service, Inc
Burns
Earl L. Cave
the Mail
Court House
Saum's
Jonathan St
Imperial Household
Heart-Shield Bibles
Jonathan St. Adv
Stude
de Sato
UBED
Fleigh Motor Co
Oak Hill Avenue
Goodyear Service
Balto. & Locust Sts
John Shatzer
Franklin Dry Cleaners
WMC
Hagerstown Lumber Co
Frederick Street
Veterans Center
Jane
Saum’s
Hotel Patterson Audubon
Sharrett Motors
Baltimore St
SRTC
Camp Wheeler
Karl E.wellinger
Pearl Weilinger
Pittsville
Wellinger
13Th Battalion
Infantry Replacement Training Center
T. G. Hearn
Harry W. Wellinger
West Wilson Boulevard
Western Maryland College
Jonathan St. Ady
Saum
Ady
Karl W
Itnyre
Yingling Auto Sales & Service
Pontiac
Frederick St
Ice Track
Wit
Les Street
General Acceptance Corp
Hagerstown Industrial Loan
Earl Neikirk
Home Builders Savings & Loan Assn
Washington Street
Bottiar Cor
Church & Prospect Sta
Croosa
Reichard
W. Antietam St
Roy Metz
Antietam Street
Terrace Restaurant
Cadillac
Chevrolet
Chrysler
de Sota
Dodge Word
la Salte
Mercury
Nash
Olds
Packard
Avey Asoy
Plymouth
Studebaker
WE Boy
S. Value
Enterenue
Community Finance Service, Inc
West Washington Street
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