Fliers Long Missing Found In Indian Village Rescue
Six American airmen and an RAF sergeant missing since June 7 after their bomber was damaged over Akyab survived a sea crash. They sailed rubber rafts across the Bay of Bengal, reached India after four days, were aided by locals, and returned to base by rescue plane. Names include First Lieut. Clarke Johnston and Second Lieut. Thomas Murphy among survivors. Lt. Col. Conrad Necrason coordinated recovery with Charles Sharpe assisting.
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New Delhi
India
United States
Burma
Akyab
Bay of Bengal
Clarke Johnston
Dalks
Thomas Murphy
Shreveport
Johnston
Conrad Necrason
Cooperstown
Charles Sharpe
King George II Attends Naval Academy Baccalaureate
King George II of Greece attended the Naval Academy baccalaureate at Annapolis as 6615 seniors were urged by Chaplain William W. Thomas that every duty starts with individual integrity. The monarch sat front center during the service as parents and sweethearts joined June Week events opening.
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Annapolis
Greece
William W. Thomas
Naval Academy
Americans Build Korea First Tram Line and Railroad
Americans completed Korea's inaugural tramway line and first railroad, marking a pivotal development in Korean transport infrastructure. They established the network to improve movement, commerce, and access across major cities.
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Korea
Flag Day Program in City Park Honored with Flags
The Tragerstown Lodge of Elks and the Municipal Band marked Flag Day with a large City Park ceremony attended by thousands despite shortages and cool weather. Adjutant General Francis Petrott praised the flag as an enduring light while Capt. Carl H. McCleary and Lt. Col. William Preston Lane accepted the American and Maryland flags for the Maryland State Guard. The program included patriotic remarks by Co. L. Mobley and a Municipal Band concert under Dr. Peter Buys, featuring Stars and Stripes Forever and My Maryland, with a note that weekly Sunday concerts will continue through summer.
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Tragerstown
Hagerstown
Petrott
Nathan Hale
Hale
Maryland
Hagerstown Lodge of Elks
Carl H. McCleary
William Preston Lane
Eighth Batalion
Shell
John G. Sommer
James McGuffin
Charles W. Miller
Hugh S. George
Ralph Sheeler
Lester Smith
Peter Buys
Bousa
Meacham
Sigmund Romberg
Pacific
Jake
Lampe
United Nations
Arthur Seigman
Flag Day Observances Mark Baltimore War Time Tribute
In Baltimore on June 15 the city joined the nation in observing the first war time Flag Day in nearly 25 years. Three historic shrines served as origins for a national radio broadcast to Allied fronts. General MacArthur Day and United Nations Day were also celebrated with a flag hand sewn by Baltimore women at the Flag House, where Mary Pickersgill made the flag that inspired Key.
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Baltimore
Maryland
General MacArthur
John A. Cutchins
Third Corps
Mary Pickersgill
Francis Scott Key
Moose Initiation Held by Lodge No 212 in large class
Moose Lodge No 212 initiated a large class at the Moose auditorium on Sunday afternoon with Governor Jacob Shultz presiding. Charles O Connor led the degree team as R J Strawburg, R Les culet and CU Kugler exemplified the ritual. A local drill team under Capt J W Swope performed a military drill followed by taps. Entertainment by Mary Donegan, Paul Mattson and Julie Joy. Tom Cassel master of ceremonies. Refreshments served.
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Moose Lodge No
Moose Auditorium
Jacob Shultz
Charles O’connor
R. J. Strawburg
R. Lesculet
CU. Kugler
J. W. Swope
H. Sowers
George C. Pappas
George Bishop
R. A. Showe
Clarence Funk
al Schlotterbeck
L. Jacobs
Mary Donegan
Paul Mattson
Julie Joy
Tom Cassel
Northern Kyushu Hosts Most Japanese Blast Furnaces
Most blast furnaces and steel mills in Japan concentrate in northern Kyushu near the island’s coal fields, shaping the region’s heavy industry landscape.
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Japan
Kyushu
Gaver Heads State Association in Maryland Letter Carriers
Rex D. Gaver of Hagerstown was reelected president of the Maryland State Association of Letter Carriers at the two day biennial convention in Braddock Heights Frederick June 15. Floyd H. Hightman of Hagerstown was chosen secretary and Roy S. Whitson of Cumberland treasurer in the session which closed last night.
Five Boys Die in Lightning Bolt Tragedy at Millinocket
Five school boys swimming by the Penobscot river were killed when lightning struck a tree sheltering them. Identified victims include George Gray 17 Charles Watkins 16 Le Realliu 11 Arthur Duffy 14 all of east Millinocket and Buddy Lee 17 of Medway. Several other youths were stunned but revived by nearby Boy Scouts aid.
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Millinocket
Maine
Penobscot
EB H Fiske
George Gray
Charles Watkins
le Realliu
Arthur Duffy
East Millinocket
Buddy” Lee
Medway
Tramp Tramp Tramp at Henry's Today Only
The comedy features Jackie Gleason Jack Durant Florence Rice Bruce Bennett and Mabel Todd in Tramp Tramp Tramp at Henry's Theatre today only. Two barbers join draftees to mock war prep plan a Home Defense Army and face military rejection and comic misadventure near camp with Tommy Lydell and Hank and Jed providing laughs from start to finish.
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Jackie Gleason
Jack Durant
Florence Rice
Bruce Bennett
Mabel Todd
Henry’s
Tommy Lydell
Belleville
Hank
Jed
Tommy
Henry's Theatre
Wife of Admiral Nimitz in City
Mrs Catherine Nimitz wife of Admiral Chester A Nimitz commander in chief of the Pacific fleet passed through Hagerstown yesterday en route to California. Mrs Nimitz driving her own automobile was accompanied by her two daughters Mary and Nancy Nimitz.
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Catherine Nimitz
Chester A. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Hagerstown
California
Wheat Program Being Planned for 1943 Acreage
Washington June 15 Secretary Wickard plans a 1943 wheat production program due to a record surplus. The plan would set a national 55 million acre planting allotment, same as 1942, and allocate it to farmers by law formulas. He aims to reduce acreage by several million acres while offering special payments for planting below allotments into war needs crops like soybeans and flax. The amount of payments remains undecided.
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Washington
Wickard
Ers
AAA
Railroads Enter Chicago Represent Huge National Mileage
Forty one railroads arrive in Chicago representing about four tenths of the United States mileage. The magnitude underscores Chicago as a major transportation hub and reflects extensive rail network reach across the nation.
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Chicago
United States
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