U. S. Delegates Face Truman On Veto Stand
SAN FRANCISCO June 5 P Secretary of State Stettinius seeks a Truman decision on forcing a showdown with Russia over the right of free discussion at a world security conference. Moscow’s reply to a Soviet veto proposal could determine progress toward a June 15 windup. Arab states Egypt Syria Lebanon Saudi Arabia and Iraq plan bloc votes against veto while De Gaulle’s France governs Syria.
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San Francisco
Stettinius
Truman
United States
Russia
Britain
France
China
Moscow
Egypt
Syria
Lebanon
Saudi
Arabia
Iraq
de Gaulle
Tick bite fever case joins Baltimore diphtheria tally
Four cases of diphtheria and a typhoid fever death were reported in Baltimore during the week ending June 1, the city health department said. It also noted the second tick bite fever case of the year in the city.
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Baltimore
Rummage Sale at Market House Base Friday
Rummage sale set for Friday June 8 starting at 108. Market House Base offers clothing and shoes for men and women. Proceeds support Ady.
Death-Drive Bombing Threat Diminishes In Pacific
Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher said during Navy department talks in Washington that the Japanese death by own action plane menace in the Kinawa operations is daily being reduced and will likely fall further. He noted only about ten percent of enemy planes get through Allied air defenses, with most shot down and only a small fraction effective. He described the tactic as a form of dive bombing that sacrifices the pilot.
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Washington
Marc A. Mitscher
Kinawa
Mitscher
Navy Department
Pacific
In Memoriam and Card of Thanks for Fryer Family
In loving memory of husband and father John J. Fryer who died three years ago on June 5 1942. He is missed by wife and children with a faith that they will meet again in Heaven. Card of thanks to friends neighbors for kindness, flowers and use of cars during illness and death. Signed Mrs S Shoemaker Edith and Arthur Clark.
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John J. Fryer
Shoemaker and Children
Dr Joseph Protzman Dies After Long Medical Career
Dr Joseph Protzman veteran county physician who practiced in Smithsburg for over 40 years died at Washington County Hospital at 12 50 am after a three weeks illness aged 89. A Baltimore Medical School graduate of 1891 he began practice that year and continued public service until about ten years ago. Survived by two brothers Lewis Waynesboro and Charles Smithsburg and a sister Mrs Alice Gernand Smithsburg. Funeral at 2 30 pm Hoover funeral home Smithsburg with interment in Welty Church cemetery.
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Joseph Protzman
Smithsburg
Washington County Hospital
Baltimore Medical School
Baltimore
Friends
L and Associates
Lewis
Waynesboro
Charles
Alice Gernand
Hoover Funeral Home
Welty Church
Liberation of American POWs in Europe Accelerates
Paris June 5 The Provost Marshal in the European theater reports virtually all American prisoners of war in Europe recovered, including those in Russian areas. More than two thirds have left for the United States, with 89,776 recovered or en route and about 64,000 shipped home. Only 3,000 to 4,000 remain to be processed, and officials expect all prisoners to be en route home by month’s end. Lt. Col. W. F. Schweitzer heads the recovered Allied personnel division.
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Paris
United States
W. F P. Schweitzer
Two U S Destroyers Lost Off Okinawa Casualties Heavy
The Navy reported the destroyers Morrison and Luce sunk off Okinawa with heavy casualties. Each ship carried over 200 crew. survivors include commanders Jacob W. Waterhouse of the Luce and James Richard Hansen of the Morrison. Waterhouse hailed from Wheeling West Virginia and lived in Los Angeles, while Hansen was born in Fort Benton Montana and resided in Los Angeles. The vessels were 2 050 ton ships.
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U. S
Okinawa
Washington
Morrison
Luce
Navy
Comdr
Jacob W. Waterhouse
James Richard Hansen
Waterhouse
Wheeling
W. Va
Echo Point
Hansen
Fort Benton
Mont
Los Angeles
Mistaken Report About Theft At Local Stores
Edith V. Dick reported a pocket book theft at Montgomery Ward but investigators found the description matched a book found at McCrory's. McCrory's manager F J Bryan said a clerk located the item on a counter. Also announces a round and square dance at Conococheague Park on Wednesday June 6 with Uncle Toe Mills and His Mountain Ramblers plus a cake walk. ad for fountain pens at SRUM'S and barber shop move to 711 Salem Ave with winter entrance.
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Edith V. Dick
Montgomery- Ward
F. J. Bryan
McCrory’s
Po Tica
Conococheague Park
Uncle Toe Mills
Mountain Ramblers
Crum’s
Reay
Salem Ave
Winter St
H. M. Staley
Fourth Ward Democratic Club to Meet Tomorrow Night
The Fourth Ward Democratic Club will hold its regular monthly meeting tomorrow night at its club rooms on North Mulberry Street.
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Fourth Ward
Democratic Club
Tooms
North Mulberry Street
Eisenhower Heads to Berlin for Occupation Talks
General Eisenhower departed his Frankfurt base for Berlin to consult Allied occupation leaders from Britain Russia and the provisional French government. The mission aims to set authority for the Allied Control Council and finalize a quadrapartite declaration on Germany's defeat and occupation. Central Army meat cutting plants and unit messes recovered 20,000,000 pounds of cooking fats in 1944, saving about $3,200,000 in cash.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Paris
Eisenhower
Frankfurt-On- Main
Germany
Berlin
Great Britain
Russia
Sheaf
United States
United Kingdom
U. S
Central Army
Span ish Danceland Fete and Charity Sale Adverts
Fragmentary ad notice lists events at Span ish Danceland including The Old Mil Tavern Penn Maryland String Band and Your Old Friend Ross. Also promotes Heart-Shield Bibles at 1.95 and a missionary rummage sale June 6-7 at Market House Base with clothes donations.
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Spanish Danceland
Mil
Penn-Maryland
Ross
Adv
End Of Japs On Okinawa Near End Of Campaign
American Marines push to seal Okinawa as airfield control nears completion. Sixth Division paratroopers and Marine raiders overrun most of Naha airfield while Tenth Army advances on central and eastern fronts. Nimitz predicts Okinawa could end in days if fast maneuvers hold. Supplies drop to line troops amid heavy mud slowing movement.
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Guam
Okinawa
Oroku Peninsula
Naha
Naka Bay
Tenth Army
Chester W. Nimitz
Simon
Bolivar Buckner
Diaper Washing Service Opens Too Popular for Early Days
The Stork Dy Dee Service in Harpers Ferry opens amid high demand as over 450 expectant mothers vie for service, more than double current capacity. The Ha gerstown Laundry building houses the operation with machinery installed to serve about 215 now and 500 by year end. Prospective clients were asked to wait for an official opening advertisement. The firm aims to reach 215 customers by tomorrow.
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Stork Dy
Man Held For Hearing July 2 Over Impersonating FBI Officer
William Edward Hunter, 42, of the 200 block South Potomac street, was arrested Saturday by city police on impersonating a federal officer. He was held on a $1,000 bond for a July 2 hearing after arraignment before U S Commissioner C Welles Little. Officers said Hunter frightened several people by posing as an FBI agent and displaying a badge and cards indicating federal authority.
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William Edward Hunter
Potomac Street
U. S
C. Welles Little
Hunter
FBI
Pfc Weller Freed After Prisoner Wait
Pfc Benjamin E Weller a German prisoner since October 1944 has been liberated and is en route home according to a Sunday message to his wife Mary A Weller of Mauganeville He formerly worked for Fairchild Aircraft before enlisting four years ago and was a S1 year old soldier likely captured in France His wife and parents in Hagerstown had no word since his capture until this notice
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Benjamin E. Weller
Mary A. Weller
Mauganeville
Pfc. Weller
Fairchild Aircraft
France
B. B. Weller
Hagerstown
Wounded Soldier Henry W Funk Reported By War Dept
Pfc. Henry W Funk, 30, son of County Commissioner and Mrs J K Funk of East Franklin street, has been seriously wounded May 6 in the Czechoslovakia Southern Germany area. A member of the 90th Division of the 9th Army, he was in a French hospital and is expected to return to the United States soon after 18 months overseas. He is a Massanutten Military Academy graduate.
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J. Kieffer Funk
Franklin Street
War Department
Pfc
Henry W. Funk
Germany
90Th
9Th Army
France
States
Funk
Massanutten Military Academy
Four Inch White Radish Grows Through Button in Wilbur
In Wilbur Washington on June 5 George Schoolcraft displays a four inch white radish that grew through the eye of a button. The root continues to push upward as it feeds through the tiny hole, a remarkable plant anomaly observed locally.
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Wilbur
Wash
George Schoolcraft
Veterans Aid and Honors from World War II Units
Reports from Northern Luzon and Europe highlight veterans from the 32nd Infantry Division and 45th Division. Herbert K. Hockett of Hagerstown Md earned the Philippine Liberation Medal for Leyte and Luzon actions and the Combat Infantryman Badge for ground duties. Frank E. Knapp Jr. of the 76th Division earned promotions and battle stars, with his family listed in Maryland. lin Herrman of Hagerstown arrived at Northington General Hospital wounded in northern France and begins hospital rehabilitation. Robert E Burgesser of Cavetown Md earned the Combat Expert Infantryman's Badge in Germany during the Ruhr battle. Charles W Long of Hagerstown Md promoted within the 45th Division in Germany under the Seventh Army. Samuel E Younker Sr of Hagerstown Md awarded the Combat Infantryman’s Badge for the Czechoslovakian campaign with the 16th Armored Division. George R Ebersole of Maugansville Md earned the Boots and Wings with four weeks jump training at Fort Benning Ga including a night tactical jump.
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32ND
Luzon
Set. Tech
Herbert K. Hockett
Virginia. Hockett
Corbett Street
Hagerstown
Commonwealth Government
Leyte
Hackett
Saidor
Ataipe
New Guinea
Leyte Island
Philippines
Caraballo Mountains
Elsie Hackett
North Mulberry Street
Frank E. Knapp, Jr
76Th
Germany
Judith Lee
Hamilton Boulevard
Robert E. Burgesser
C. Lester Burgesser
Cavetown
the Ruhr
Seventh Army
Charles W. Long
Vivien
Samuel E. Younker
16Th Armored Division
Army of Occupation
Europe
Marggaret R. Younker
North Mont Valla Avenue
George R. Ebersole
George F. Ebersole
Maugansville
United States Army
Fort Benning
St Germain en Faye item mentions Joseph E Bitmer
A fragment from St. Germain en Faye reports Joseph E Bitmer of Moller Apartments in Hagerstown Maryland was given details continued on page 2. The note is part of a larger column or notice carried by the newspaper.
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ST. Germain EN Faye
France
Lest
Joseph E. Bitmer
Moller Apts
Hagerstown
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Jonathan St. Adv
Christ
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Hamilton Hotel
Locost Home Loans
Nortz Jonathan
Omar N. Bradley
12Th Army Group
Clarence R. Huebner
5Th Corps
Maxwell D. Taylor
101St Airborne
Memoriam
Edith and
Arthur Clark
Just
Eversharp
R.m.hays & Bros. Inc
Consumers Credit Service
Consumers Credit Service, Inc
PubWe
Jos. Protzman
Srum’s
Jonathan St
N. Potomac St
Kraiss Funeral Home
Rudolph L. Keplinger
Delorous C. Keplinger
East
Heart-Shield Bibles
Saum's
Hotel Patterson Audubon
Community Finance Service, Inc
Washington St
Herald & Mail
Sharrett Motors
Ford
Baltimore St
Roy Metz
Antietam Street
Goodyear Service
Balto. & Locust Sts
Yingling Auto Sales & Service
Pontiac
Frederick St
Troy Laundry Company
Weller Freed
Benjamin Weller
Franklin Dry Cleaners
Saumi
Leon Stahl
Fleigh Motor Co
Oak Hill Ave
Public Square
East Washington Street
Potomac Avenue
General Acceptance Corp
Hagerstown Industrial Loam
Jonathan ST. D
Earl Neikirk
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Franklin Herrman
Northington General Hospital
W. R. Dear
F.J. Herrmann
Church & Prospect Sta
Crouse Produce
WMC
Hagerstown Ice Co
West Lee Street
T-Up Bottling Company
Reichard'’S
W. Antietam St
Saum’s
Jonathan Bt
Terrace Restaurant
Buick
Cadillac
Dodge
Ward Y
Plymouth
Studebaker
Home Builders Savings & Loan Assn
West
Washington Street
Board of Street Commissioners
Maryland
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