United Nations Shape A New World League
United Nations charter embracing 6 dollar goals is wrapped into a world document to maintain peace. President Truman will deliver a speech on international affairs as delegates continue technical sessions and minutes await formal assembly approval. The conference advances toward signing and ratification with a trusteeship chapter and standards for colonial governance gaining approval.
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San Francisco
United Nations
Truman
Washington State
General Assembly of Nations
Victor Andrade
Bolivia
Committee On Assembly
Herbert V. Evatt
Australia
Commission
Andrade
Stettinius
Washington
Independence
Senate
Weather Bureau Picnic Basks in Sunshine Amid Light Shower
In St Louis on June 21 the Weather Bureau held its annual picnic. Meteorologist Harry Wahlgren arrived with a light shower but the sun soon broke through. Assistant meteorologist A A Rausch, who picked the date, brought a rain coat just in case.
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ST. Louis
Weather Bureau
Harry Fb. Wahlgren
A. A. Rausch
Deaths in the area list several local obituaries
Obituaries report Miss Katherine Eshelman dying at Mennonite Peoples Home aged 73, with funeral details in Chambersburg area. John E. Powell, Albert Hutzell, Mahion Kendall, and Wilbur D. Byers also noted with burial plans and surviving relatives. Public funeral notices include churches, cemeteries, and calling hours. An ad for expert jewelry repair appears at Saum's in Waynesboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Eshelman
Mennonite Peoples Home
Mangansville
Christ and
Mattie (Weaver) Eshelman
Wranklin County
Mennonite Church
Chambersburg
Miss Eshelman
W. C. Foust
Miami
Fla
John E. Powell
Frederick Street
First Christian Church
Lawrence T
Katherine McCoy
Sarah Schilling
Elton Bowers
Ada H. Kaylor
Hagerstown
Jerome
George
Harding
W. Va
Tilden
Kalamazoo
Mich
William M. Norment
Rose Hill Cemetery
Mahion A. Kendall
West Church Street
Toledo
Ohio
Lerraine Kendall
Akron
Mollie Whitmer
Greencastle
Nettie Burkett
Mason and Dixon
Ellen Smith
Smithsburg
Anna Kendall
Baltimore
George Kendall
Jesse
Samuel
Waynesboro
Daniel
This City
Henry
Kraiss Mortuary
Paul Watlington
Smithsburg Cemetery
Nazi Plan to Hide in Industries for Third War
Senate War Mobilization subcommittee disclosed secret German documents showing Nazis aiming to hide within strategic industries while plotting a third world war. Kilgore said hearings would review the economic base for German aggression and postwar financing schemes by industry leaders.
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Washington
Senate
Kilgore
D-Wva
Senate Military Group
Strasbourg
Europe
Germany
Dr. Scheid
Obersruppentfehrer
Hermandorff and Schonburg Company
Nazi Party
War postwar job outlook in Hagerstown area survey predicts rise
The WMC forecast shows 2,000 more jobs postwar across services and trades. Current 1,212 workers in self employed and branch office roles will rise to about 1,500, with men and women increases split evenly. Manufacturing may fall, while wholesale and retail sectors expect major hiring boosts, especially in postwar service and distribution roles.
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Hagerstown
Fennemen
South End Shoe Repair Ad at Potomac Street
Short service offered by South End Shoe Repair at 806 Potomac Street. Satisfactory work promised with initials stamped in gold on leather goods purchased at Saum's 21 Jonathan Street.
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South End Shoe Repair
Potomac St
Saum's
Jonathan St
Plain White Marble Stone Specified By FDR For Grave
New York June 21 The grave of President Franklin D Roosevelt in Hyden Park New York will be marked by a plain white Imperial Dandy marble tombstone per his handwritten specifications. The note was released from Basil OConnor's office and quotes a design eight by four by three feet with a simple south side inscription naming Franklin Delano Roosevelt 1882 19 and Anna Eleanor Roosevelt 1884 19.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hyden Park
N. Y
Basil O'Connor
Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
Round and Square Dance at Span ish Danceland
Round and square dance events occur Friday and Saturday night at The Old Mill Tavern in Span ish Danceland. The Penn Maryland String Band performs with Your Old Friend Ross providing entertainment. Ad highlights birthstone rings as ideal gifts for purchase.
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Spanish Danceland
Old Mill Tavern
Penn-Maryland
Ross
Adv
York Springs Votes Dry In Local Option Referendum
The borough of York Springs near Hanover voted to remain dry with 62 in favor and 111 opposed on liquor sales. For beer sales the tally was 72 in favor and 104 opposed. Beer had been sold for eight years. no further sale will occur for four years as local option votes cannot be held earlier.
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York Springs
Hanover
Boys Club Food Dilemma Hits Hagerstown
Fred Manning director of activities for the Junior Police Boys Club of Hagerstown explains the club’s turnover in interest. He notes the rear MCA HQ has drawn crowds only when a free banquet is offered and that without free meals attendance falls off. He stresses the need to please the boys while treasury limits free meals.
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Fred Manning
Hagerstown
Manning
MCA
Local Union Wins Tannery Elections in West Virginia
The Federal Labor Union Ha serstown represented by Marl Ander won two elections at the Keystone Tanning and Glue plant in Paw Paw WV. Among 176 eligible voters, 114 backed the AFL, 47 voted against, 15 did not vote. In the leather department 55 backed the AFL and 28 voted non union, with jurisdiction to United Leather Workers International Union AFL.
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Haserstown
Marl Ander
Keystone Tanning and Glue Company
Paw Paw
West Virginia
AFL
United Leather Workers International Union
Better Values in Diamonds at Saum's 214 Jonathan St
Saum's at 214 Jonathan Street advertises better values in diamonds with convenient terms. Also promotes Decker's Shoe Repair Shop corner Howard and Chestnut Streets, formerly Wields, now open daily from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., with work finished the following day.
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Saum's
Jonathan St
Decker
Cor. Howard & Chestnut Sts
Wield’s
Adv
Summer Suit Supply Low
Clothing dealers in Hagerstown report severe shortages of summer tropical suits. Two West Washington street shops say customers are being turned away for light summer worsteds rayons and Palm Beach styles. War orders limit civilian production and shipments, leaving many men coatless this season.
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Hagerstown
West Washington Street
Early Reports Are Encouraging for St Marys Campaign
Thomas W. Pangborn reports strong early worker results for St Marys Church building drive. The first official report meeting is Friday June 22 at 8 p m in the Parish House with team and division reports, refreshments by Catholic Daughters, a vocal group and a St Marys school tap dance. The campaign aims to raise 150 000 by the Friday June 29 closing as part of funding a new church and rectory, a twenty year goal.
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Thomas W. Pangborn
St. Mary's Church
Catholic Daughters
Earl Knott
St. Mary's School
Mary Stinehaugh
Jean Womack
Pegey Basore
Lucy Basore
Mr. Pangborn
St. Mary's
Battleship Nevada’s World War II Heroic Service Highlighted
Aboard USS Nevada in the Pacific sailor Jesse L. Harris from Hancock Maryland serves on the battleship famed for its Pearl Harbor action. The ship later took part in Attu landings, Normandy invasion, southern France, Iwo Jima and more, with a keel laid 1912 and commissioning in 1916. Phc. Chester G. Keller reports from the Philippines after rest in New Caledonia, while 5/Sgt Kirby J. Krouse in Nancy, France recovers from a broken foot after multiple battles.
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Pacific
Jesse L. Harris
USNR
W. C. Harris
Hancock
Pearl Harbor
Oklahoma
Pearl Barbar Entrance Channel
West Coast
Nevada
Attu
European
Partici
Pate
Normandy
Mediterranean
France
New York
Iwo Jima
Fore River
Quincy
Mass
Charlestown Navy Yard
Chester G. Keller
Eleanor Keller
Chewsville
Philippines
New Caledonia
Palaus
Keller
Marte Vets Not Too Hard To Knit
Norfolk veterans recount Navy men in the South Pacific knitting at home after Luzon Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Lt Cig Harry Anderson saysmany "hard old boys" learn to knit sweaters and baby clothes for their youngsters while off duty, easing wives' burdens.
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Norfolk
Neb
Navy
South Pacific
Luzon
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Cig
Harry Anderson
Also Mentioned on This Page
WMC
Hagerstown Ice Co
West Lee Street
Albert
Hutzell
Boonsboro
Lutheran Church
Martha P. Hutzell
Madeline Gross
Anna Lee Barker
Roger
Eugene
Glenn
Robert
Joseph Wutzell
Viola Wilkerson
M. A. Ashby
W A. Herpick
Boonsboro Cemetery
Wilbur D. Byers
East North Street
Potomac River
Church of the Brethren
George L. Detwiler
Price’s Cemetery
Jonathan St. Adv
Employment Office
Pangborn Corporation
Sharrett Motors
Ford
Baltimore Street
FDR
Saum’s
N. Potomac St
Kraiss Funeral Home
Victor Products Corporation Apply Employment Office
Pope Ave
Crouse Quality Seafood
North Prospect ST
Maryland
Borough of
Church & Prospect Sta
Crouse Produce
Goodyear Service
Balto. & Locust Sts
People’s Jewelry & Watch Repairing
Washington St
St. Mary’s Church Drive
Yingling Auto Sales & Service
Pontiac
Frederick St
THE
Terminal & Astor Cab CO
Astor Cab Co
Oil Company
Care Herald-Mail
Kirby J. Krouse
Laura Krouse
2Nd General Hospital
Nancy
Krause
Pat
ST. Peter Pan
Lungheon
Hamilton
Community Finance Service, Inc
W. Washington &c
Leon Stahl
Fleigh Motor Co
Oak Bill Ave
People's Jewelry and Watch
East Washington Street
Columbia Way
Catatok
Hamitea S.mfunx
Spotomac
President Haceaetown
Toda
Faso
Bulcks
Cadillan
Chevrolet
Chrysler Packard
Plymouth
Bas Ggg
Bacage Studebaker
Value Center
Summit Avenue
General Acceptance Corp
Hagerstown Industrial Loan
Jonathan ST. D. Sars Neikirk
Washington Street
Consumers CR 407
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