Army Veteran Is Home On Visit
Staff Sgt. Ernest R. Carter, 23, of Knoxville Route 1, son of Mr and Mrs B R Carter, has served nine years in the infantry. Enlisting in 1936 at age 14 with parental consent, he led a machine Run section in the 158th Infantry Regiment, the Bushmasters. Returning from the Southwest Pacific on fur lough, he plans to rejoin his unit overseas and says he will stay until the war ends.
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Ernest R. Carter
B. R. Carter
Knoxville
Route 1
158Th Infantry
United States
Southwest Pacific
Carter
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Veteran recalls action in four Pacific campaigns
A first enlistment with the 30th Infantry at Fort Meade, re enlisted in 1940 with the Fifth Infantry to Panama, then joined the 158th where he sought action. As a machinegunner and section sergeant he took part in four major Pacific campaigns, was wounded twice, earned the Bronze Star, Combat Infantryman Badge, and Purple Heart with Oak Leaf. He has 16 months overseas service, plus the Philippine Liberation Campaign ribbon and Asiatic-Pacific Theater ribbon with four battle stars.
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30Th
Fort George G. Meade
Fifth
Panama
Pacific
Philippine Commonwealth
AO Accountants To Visit Plant
A plant visitation of Letterkenny Ordnance Depot is scheduled for members of the local chapter of National Association of Cost Accountants on June 4, commencing at 2 p.m. Forty members are expected to arrive in Chambersburg from Hagerstown, Waynesboro, and Shippensburg for this occasion. The group will be introduced to the methods and procedures of accounting related to ordnance handling and distribution. A technical session will follow a supper at Colonial Inn and discussions on the learned methods.
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Letterkenny Ordnance Depot
National Association of Cost Accountants
Chambersburg
Hagerstown
Waynesboro
Shippensburg
NACA
Colonial Inn
Youth Sentenced To State School In Three-State Burglary Case
Wayne Franklin Snyder eighteen of Chewsville pleaded guilty to three counts of burglary in Franklin county court at Chambersburg and was committed to the State Industrial School at Whitehall by Judge Watson R Davison Arrested May twenty three near Hagerstown by State Police and Sheriff s officers Snyder allegedly confessed nine robberies in three states including entries at Frank Diack gasoline service and Union Bus Depot in Chambersburg He stole twenty dollars in cash and cigarettes at each place Police testified he confessed stealing five hundred dollars from Charles Kauffman home at Mont Alto on March twenty three
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Wayne Franklin Snyder
Chewsville
Franklin
Chambersburg
Whitehall
Watson R. Davison
Hagers
Snyder
Potomtac Avenue
H.S. Byers
Frank Diack
Union
H. K. Trout
Charles Kauffman
Mont Alto
Chandler to retain seat to cover World Organization Conference
Baseball Commissioner A B Happy Chandler will keep his Senate seat for several more months to stay involved with the San Francisco World Organization Conference. He told a reporter he wants to be in on the conference results.
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Washington
A. B
Chandler
Senate
San Francisco
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