Blackout Test Declared Great Success by Defense Officials
A county wide blackout test produced initial successes in all towns with fifteen mock casualties. Civil defense teams including ambulances, first aiders, canteen workers and Boy Scouts operated efficiently under city hall command as volunteers manned control rooms and emergency stations. The event showcased orderly response and signaling during a staged blackout ahead of a three hour test slated for June 16.
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J. W. Just
Maryland Fire Prevention Service
Frederick
Earl Shriver
Russell Young
F. Lester Smith
Roger B. Wolfe
Sweeney
Hoffman
Hagerstown
John Knode
City Hall
Motor Corps
Boy Scouts
Life term for Elmer Daywalt in Franklin County
Elmer Lee Daywalt was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment in the Eastern State Penitentiary by Judge Watson B. Davison in Franklin County Court at Chambersburg. Daywalt, 22, admitted guilt April 20 for fatally clubbing neighbor Harry R. Tawney on January 10, and received a $25 fine and costs as part of the life sentence.
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Elmer Lee Daywalt
Watson B. Davison
Franklin
Chambersburg
Eastern State Penitentiary
Mercersburg
Harry R. Tawney
Davison
Day Walt
Jonathan Street
Nervin Smith
Donald Smith
Daywalt
Tawney
Vernon Crouse Selected Chairman of Victory Display Committee
Vernon J. Crouse, display manager of Lester Brothers, was chosen executive chairman of the Victory Display Committee. The group will promote officially approved display themes in retail show windows to inform the public as directed by government. The committee aims to be ready to promote the first showing, scheduled for June 26, entitled Lets Keep the Flag Flying.
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Vernon J. Crouse
Lester Brothers
Victory Display Committee
Prison Term Given for Larceny of Scrap Metal
John C. Painter of Hagerstown pleaded guilty to stealing scrap metal from the Oscar Barr farm near Greencastle in Franklin County. He was sentenced to one to two years in the Eastern Penitentiary with a $5 fine and costs. Judge Davison declined county jail. Painter had recent Maryland House of Correction release and a history of three Maryland prison terms including a locomotive derailing count.
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John C. Painter
Hagerstown
Oscar Barr
Greencastle
Franklin
Watson R. Davison
J. L. Pochba
Painter
Maryland House of Correction
Maryland
Jessups
City air wardens to bang pans in bumper test
San Francisco juried crowd hears young Jack Helms plan to beat on pans and tubs. The city’s 21 000 man air raid warden service will do the banging. The jab aims to spur kids in a public play.
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San Francisco
Little Johnnie
Jack Helms
Americans claim midway victory revives morale after Pearl Harbor
In a night communique Admiral Nimitz announced heavy Japanese losses after Midway air battles. Japanese carriers and battleships suffered severe damage while American forces gained air superiority and pushed the retreating invaders toward rout. Casualties for the United States were reported light.
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Nimitz
Hawaii
Navy
Isoruka Yamamoto
Pearl Harbor
United States
White House
Washington
San Francisco
London
Yamamoto
Corral
mid-Pacific
Oahu
Admiral Nimitz
Midway
Great Increase In- Plane Production After Pearl Harbor
Washington report notes an 85 percent rise in U S military plane output in the six months after Pearl Harbor. Col John H Jouett, head of the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce, says production may soon surpass Germany Italy and Japan combined. Since 1939 American aircraft firms have produced nearly 4 billion dollars worth of planes engines and propellers.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
John H. Jouett
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce
War Department
Jouett
Germany
Italy
Japan
Plans For Fair Are Subject To Change
Frederick Maryland June note reports Frederick County fair officials plan October exhibitions but may cancel if government needs fairgrounds or buildings or if fire and gasoline rationing continues. John L Shaw, president of the County Agricultural Society, says no cancellation action has been taken yet and mentions possible wartime use of fairground buildings for industry.
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Frederick
Frederick County
John L. Shaw
County Agricultural Society
Shaw
Excitement Over Midway Victory Sparks Public Jubilation
In Chungking on June 8, vast posters proclaimed the United States Midway victory. Crowds cheered and hailed the news as a turning point in the war. Chinese officials urged accelerated aid to Chinese forces to celebrate Japan's defeat with renewed Allied momentum.
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Chungking
United States
Midway
Tokyo
Japan
Honored Rohrer Receives 40 Years of Service Vase
Dr. C. W. G. Rohrer, a former Countian and longtime Maryland State Health official, was honored Monday June 1 1942 with a large silver vase and forty rosebuds for forty years of service. State Health Department staff attended as epidemiologist Dr. Charles H. Halliday spoke. Rohrer’s record is described as a world's significant unbroken service. Rohrer hails from Keedysville.
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Friends and Co-Workers
C. W. G. Rohrer
Maryland
Rohrer
Keedysville
Canada Tops World as Maple Sugar and Syrup Producer
Canada remains the leading producer of maple sugar and maple syrup globally, maintaining its dominant role in the industry with substantial output and export activity across key provinces.
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Canada
BC Relieves Headache and Neuralgia Quickly
Advertises BC as a quick acting remedy for headaches neuralgic pains muscular aches and functional periodic pains. Urges keeping a small package for prompt relief and to consult a physician if pains persist.
Nazis Wiring Huge Sums From People
Washington reports the Nazis amass about four and a half billion dollars yearly in seized goods from occupied Europe. A private research group states three years of looting could fund years of war prep. Ernest Hediger says Germany collects a reparations total every 41 days, pushing Europe toward famine and freezing hardships for civilians.
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Washington
Europe
Foreign Policy Association
Ernest Hediger
Association
Germany
Hediger
Draft Board Chairman Drafted Into Army
No Appeal ist Mo., June 8, (P) R. Ginsberg, publisher of the St ell county Democrat, has been drafted by himself. Chairman of the St. Clair county draft board, Ginsberg drew his own number Saturday, and was inducted into the Army yesterday. "I just wanted to get in," he explained.
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Ist
R. Ginsberg
Stell County
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