Okinawa Japs May Crack Any Moment
On Okinawa, Gen. Del Valle said the enemy might be crushed in two days or two weeks depending on luck. A massive air strike hit suspected headquarters caves, as 64 Corsairs dumped fuel and rockets. About 700 Japanese surrendered while many laborers and anti aircraft personnel remained engaged in fierce fighting along the island’s fortifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guam
Pedro A. del Valle
Okinawa
del Valle
Associated Press
al Doping
Marine Corsair
Yoejn
Bank Officials Here On Alert After Fraud Arrests
Bank officials aided a federal probe that led to the arrest of Cumberland men James H. Darling and Sherwood Wiseran on charges of using the mails to defraud the Glenn L. Martin Aircraft Company of Baltimore of 4958.70. The duo allegedly used fake invoices and stamps to route payments via Pittsburgh, depositing a forged Crawford signature into a local bank. A second $1700 draft to Crawford appeared later, prompting bank suspicions and contact with Martin officials.
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Cumberland
Glenn L. Martin Aircraft Company
Baltimore
James H. Darling
Western Maryland Railway
Sherwood
Wiseran
Martin Company
Pitteburgh
Spartans
Martin
Pittsburgh
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Henry Crawford
Darling
Crawford
Vet Sues For Old Job And Seniority
Harry Goodman a 34 year old honorably discharged Philadelphia soldier filed suit to regain his old job and seniority. His employer a Philadelphia plumbing concern is willing to re hire him but Goodman says the AFL union threatened a strike unless he is placed at the bottom of the seniority list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Goodman
Philadelphia
Goodman
AFL
Daytime Venus visible says Utah astronomy instructor
In Salt Lake City on June 14 Junius J. Haynes, an astronomy instructor from the University of Utah, explains to the press that Venus can be seen in daylight after receiving questions about a bright star in the sunlit sky. He clarifies the planet’s daytime visibility is possible under proper conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Venus
Junius J. Haynes
University of Utah
Nearly Loses Tire On Collection Day
J L Penner of South Cannon avenue almost lost a goat automobile tire on tin can collection day. He parked his car and left briefly, returning to find the tire missing and later spotting a youngster loading it onto his wagon thinking it was for sale. Penner recovered the tire just in time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Penner
South Cannon Avenue
Penner
Pender
Tirol’s Burgermeister Leads Town Police and Traffic
Lt. Robert Bohman of Tirol Austria presides over police, fire, and traffic in Stadt Hall. He starts each day with morning reports and a court session to sentence violators. Bohman, a 1941 Hagerstown High graduate, holds a battlefield commission with the Seventh Army and oversees vehicle operations for food and clothing transport and assists Austrians seeking passage within Innsbruck Land Kreis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tirol
Austria
Robert Bohman
C. P. Bohman
Dewey Avenue
Stadt Hall
Bohman
Hagerstown High
Seventh Army
Land Kreis
Innsbruck
Resignation Accepted for FHA Chief Abner Ferguson
President Truman accepts the resignation of Abner H. Ferguson as administrator of the Federal Housing Administration effective July 1. Ferguson, a Paris, Virginia native, will resume private law practice in Washington. No successor named. Ferguson has led FHA since 1934. Also reported Duke attorney William R. Perkins died at 69 in Lynchburg Virginia Baptist Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Abner H. Ferguson
Federal Housing Administration
Ferguson
Paris
White House
FHA
DUKE
Lynchburg
William R. Perkins
Rock Lawn Farm
Bedford County
Perkins, Daniel and Perkins
New York
Virginia Baptist Hospital
Perkins
James RB. Duke
Benjamin N. Duke
Freeze Hits Prices For Washington County Black Raspberries
Washington county berry growers report their black raspberry crop cut to 35 to 40 percent of normal after a May freeze that wiped out most lowland patches. The War Price Administration set a price ceiling at 8.85 per crate, leaving growers earning about 37 cents per quart box while red raspberries approach 90 percent of normal. Buyers had paid 12 to 13 a crate earlier, with initial shipments to Washington and Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
War Price Administration
Washington
Pittsburgh
Gandhi Says He's Ready To Bow Out
Gandhi indicates readiness to step aside as Congress leader after eight Working Committee members are freed. Field Marshal Lord Wavell, the viceroy, announces their release. A June 25 Simla conference will discuss Britain's offer of two additional Indian executive council posts toward self government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bombay
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Congress Working Committee
Lord Wavelis
Simla
Britain
Executive Council
Gandhi
Wavell
31-Cent Overcharge Brings Jail Term
U S District Judge William H Kirkpatrick in Philadelphia fined Bethlehem Pa dealer Alex Schoenen 300 dollars and sentenced him to 32 days in jail for a 31 cent overcharge on two meat sales under a new tough policy against black market operators Mildred L Stine granted an absolute divorce from Donald E Stine by Judge Jos D Mish with attorney J J Allen representing her
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lune
U. S
William H. Kirkpatrick
Philadelphia
Alex Schoenen
Bethlehem
Schoenen
Mildred L. Stine
Jos. D. Mish
Donald E. Stine
J. J. Allen
Saratoga Back In Service After Devastating Iwo Jima Raid
The carrier Saratoga sustained seven direct bomb hits during the Iwo Jima action causing 215 casualties, including 123 killed or missing. After extensive damage, Puget Sound Navy Yard completed a record repair, and the ship is back in fighting trim near Iwo Jima.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Saratoga
Iwo Jima
Tokyo
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Alrready
Pearl Harbor
Stadium Bunny Has A Rough Night
The municipal park rabbit, loved by Owl fans, dodged exploding land mines during the climactic moment of the Here's Your Infantry show. It fled from the left field, then retreated toward the infield before finally leaving the stadium to safety amid relieved spectators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Municipal Park
Owl
Negroes Given Suspended Sentences in City Court
Cecil Campbell and Sylvester Good were given suspended sentences after pleading guilty to assaulting Edward Swann and Garnett Wilson. Each must pay $25 fines and remain law abiding for three years. Magistrate M. Wi. B. Bostetter imposed sentences of one year for Campbell and two years for Good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Campbell
Sylvester Good
M. Wi. B. Bostetter
Campbell
Good
Edward Swann
Garnett Wilson
Buth
Crooked Chinese Generals Executed in China
In KUNMING on June 15 three Chinese army supply service generals were shot after Chiang Kai-Shek confirmed their court martial convictions for extortion and craft in handling war contracts, per Morning Post via Central News Agency dispatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kunming
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Morning Post
Central
OPA Sees Meat Shortage From Missing Slaughter Permits
The OPA reports reduced slaughter in Washington county due to farmers and slaughterers failing to obtain required permits. Only three Class I slaughterers under 6000 pounds applied, while permits issued limit slaughter to 74 percent of a 1944 rate. Class II producers must contact the Baltimore office. record keeping in the past year is cited as a barrier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
OPA
Baltimore
Fortune teller booth theft rattles car carnival
George White visited a fortune teller at a suburban car carnival in SALT LAKE CITY on June 15. After leaving, he reported the fortune he carried in his wallet was missing, prompting a police inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
George White
Radio cuts water flow delays via short wave radio
Water department expedites reservoir adjustments using short wave radios and two sheriff cruiser cars. Two employees at Smithsburg and Bridgeport coordinated valve changes to match downstream flow in one hour. From today 1.7 million gallons daily will reach Hagerstown as summer supply. Continuous mountain water use reduces pumping costs and energy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Municipal Water Department
Richard Willson
Brent Huyett
Water Department
Smithsburg
Bridgeport
Edgemont
Hagerstown
Last Night Hottest Of Year In 1945 With 95
The city endured the hottest night of 1945 with a high of 95 yesterday afternoon and a low around 71. Weather observer J A Miller predicts possible 98 or 99 highs today if skies stay clear, while forecasters say it will stay mostly fair with scattered thundershowers.
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Keedysville
J. A. Miller
Mr. Miller
Weather Bureau
Train wreck near Milton kills at least 16
At least 16 people die and 32 are injured when a freight car derails onto a Washington Buffalo passenger train near Milton Pennsylvania. More than 200 people are shaken up as the locomotive and first cars derail. Crews use acetylene torches to free victims and identify the dead may take hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsport
Washington
Milton
Pfe
Lester Calvert
Buffalo
Race Meet Plans Are Being Rushed At Fairgrounds
At the Fairgrounds race meet preparations speed up as rental manager James T Wolfe reports 39 horse stalls booked from Texas to New England. Track is fast and workmen lay macadam around the grandstand betting ring and paddock while interiors receive decoration, aiming for a record meet with first class facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairgrounds
James T. Wolfe
Texas
New England
Wolfe
Typewriter Tornado Winner Excites Mexican Army Man
Nectar Feline Jiminez Rubio, attached to Lowry Field, earned the Typewriter Tornado title after typing 120 words per minute in English, a language he cannot read. He criticizes English for its many verbs and notes his temporary assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Nectar Feline Jiminez Rubio
Lowry Field
Tie
Tragic Tractor Accident Claims Md Farm Boy
Eight-year-old P Tienry Schilling of White Hall Maryland died in York hospital after a tractor overturned and pinned him beneath it. The incident occurred near Rt. 1. Authorities reported the boy was injured earlier and succumbed to his wounds late today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
P—Tienry Schilling
White Hall
Rt. 1
York Hospital
Eisenhower urges peacetime universal military training
General Eisenhower told a House committee that fairness to the country and individuals requires universal peacetime military training. In a letter to Chairman Woodrum, he argued for rapid expansion of leadership, manpower, equipment, and industrial capacity after any serious war. The missive accompanied War Secretary Stimson’s support for peacetime draft proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
House
Europe
Woodrum
D-Va
Stimson
Eisenhower
America
Seventeen Naval Personnel Die In Big Plane Crash
A large transport plane exploded and crashed near Vicksburg Mississippi killing seventeen naval personnel including two Waves. One navy lieutenant survived unconscious with multiple fractures and burns. Wreckage spread across wooded terrain as witnesses described a fall from about 3000 feet and a surrounding fire.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Here
Baldwin Funeral Home
Jackson
Jackson Army Cir
Mercy Hospital
Owen W. Baldwin
Jackson Funeral Home
Baldwin Adobe
Wreckag
Rainbow Grill Robbed of Cash
Elm Shipler proprietor of the Rainbow Grill on Summit Avenue reports thieves robed his place during the night of $3.77 in a glass jar and all contents of a pinball and a steadying machine not specified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elm. Shipler
Raibow Grill
Summit Avenue
Ribbentrop Captured After Night of Hiding in Hamburg
Field Marshal Montgomery reports capture of Nazi Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop in Hamburg. He had been in hiding since April, using the alias Riese, with a landlady who refused him aid. British intelligence identified him, and a special plane was planned to transport reporters to the interrogation camp. He admitted intending to hide until British sentiment waned and then seek a trial. His sister identified him late last night amidst a dramatic arrest scene.
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Montgomery
HDQR
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Hamburg
Europe
von Ribbentrop
Champagne Schressman
Hitler
Germany
Riese
Ribbentrop
Hancock Station Found Ransacked
The Gulf Service Station on Main Street Hancock was robbed last night. Thieves took eight passenger car tires 18 to 20 tubes five dollars in cash and stamps for 300 gallons of gas and 150 gallons of kerosene. Sheriff J B Huyett County Investigator Tom Staubs and State Trooper M Conrad investigated finding a basement entry attempted and a broken front door glass. Fingerprints and clues were obtained with early arrests likely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf Service Station
H. R. Powers
Main Street
Hancock
J. B. Huyett
Tom Staubs
M. Conrad
Aerial Mail Pickup Passenger Service For City Proposed
GREENSBORO June 15 Piedmont Aviation Corporation of Winston-Salem asked the Civil Aeronautics Board to approve a combined mail pickup and passenger service system via five routes from Washington to West Virginia including Maryland Virginia the Carolinas Tennessee and 15 mail pickup routes in those states and Georgia The proposal includes service to Frederick and Hagerstown Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
N.C
Civil Aeronautics Board
Piedmont Aviation Corporation
Winston- Salem
N. C
Winston-Salem
Piedmont
Washington
Maryland
Virginia
Carolinas
Tennessee
West Virginia
Georgia
Coorporation
Frederick
Hagerstown
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Robert Bohmant
Italy
Rita Louisa Zucca
New York City
Anzio
W.P.A
Pennsy
Rainbow Grill
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