forecast of 2000 more jobs after war in Hagerstown area
War Manpower Commission official Lawrence B. Fennemen reports that postwar employment in Hagerstown and Washington county is expected to rise from 28,220 to 36,203. Current workers total 28,220 with 18,384 men and 9,836 women, while postwar demand cites 21,120 men and 9,083 women. Including outlying firms, 43 local establishments, two in Williamsport and Cock, are surveyed, with additional shop activity across the county.
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Hagerstown
Washington County
Lawrence B. Fennemen
War Manpower Commission
Fennemen
Williamsport
Hancock
First Keystone Auto Insurance Suit Began In City Court
The first of about 90 suits against Keystone Indemnity Exchange policyholders was tried in city court before Magistrate M W Bostetter. Suits seek one year premiums of 6 to 122 dollars to cover claims against the defunct company. The Insurance Commissioner of Pennsylvania filed the suits after liquidator findings, with rulings upheld by courts in Dauphin County, Baltimore, and the Maryland Court of Appeals.
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Keystone Exchange
Keystone Indemnity Exchange
M. W. B. Bostetter
Exchange
Insurance Commissioner of Pennsylvania
Court of
Dauphin County
Pennsylvania
Adams
Baltimore
Pennsylvania Court
Maryland Court of Appeals
Insurance Commissioner
Charles W. Wolfe
Fuel Oil Will Stay Tight Through Pacific War
The Petroleum Administration for War warned on June 21 that fuel oil supplies will remain tight for the duration of the Pacific war. It will deny requests to convert heating systems from coal to oil as military oil needs rise with the expanding navy and distant theaters.
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Washington
PAW
Adams
R-Nh
Europe
Pacific
No Hit Game Delivers First in Utah League
Sam Oliver, a welder in a cop per plant, worked a double shift then hurried home for a nap before pitching for Salt Lake City in the Utah Industrial Baseball League. His wife warned she would never attend again if he were taken out of the game and Oliver obliged by throwing the league’s first no hitter against Magna.
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Sam Oliver
Salt Lake City
Utah
Oliver
Magna
Pigeon Stays Put At Mabel Glover Home
A pigeon that stopped at the Mabel Glover home in Wellington Kansas on Tuesday refuses to leave. Each time it is outside the door it pecks to be let back in. The Hagerstown Traffic Club postpones its meeting to Thursday June 28 at the Hotel Alexander.
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Wellington
Kas
Mabel Glover
Hagerstown
County Nearing Bond Drive Goal
Washington county presses toward a $2 950 000 goal in the Seventh War Loan Drive with only 35 percent remaining for Series E bonds. General Chairman John D Holly Day reported Monday sales at 882 727 75 toward a county quota of 1 350 000 while total sales stood at 2 112 754 75 not including Hagerstown city Read on Page 2.
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Washington County
John D. Hollyday
Hagerstown
County Boy Wounded on Okinawa Returns to U S
L E Pete Sigler AM 3 c son of Mr and Mrs Charles Sigler Dam No 4 was seriously wounded off Okinawa and moved to a hospital at Whidbey Island Washington While his injuries are not yet detailed he remains eager for letters He won first prize in a hospital essay contest urging courage and freedom and asks friends to write to N A S Box B3 Whidbey Island Wash for his address
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L. E
Pete) Sigler
Charles Sigler
Okinawa
Whidbey Island
Wash
Pete
Free America
Pacific
Barefoot Daddy Strips Noted In Army Paper Clip
A clipping from the Daily Mail shows a Hagerstown report about a man known as Barefoot Daddy protesting shoe rationing. The barefoot parade carried a sign “Bare foot daddy. Two sons in the Army and no shoe stamps.” The item arrived via a letter from Germany to Mr. and Mrs. Harry F Bottom.
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Barefoot Daddy
Daily Mail
Stars and Stripes
Hagerstown
Tegwt
Army
Daddy
Harry F. Bottom
Cypress Street
P.t. Harry, Jr
Germany
Freight Platform Extension at Western Maryland Depot
The Western Maryland Railroad extends the loading platform at its freight station on West Baltimore Street by two car lengths. Workmen are actively engaged in the construction as the project proceeds.
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Western Maryland Railroad
West Baltimore Street
Expect Increase In Slaughtering In Washington County
The State Office of Price Administration said meat slaughtering will rise in Washington county within days as slaughtering permits applied for will be issued within a day or two. Most slaugh terers believed they must wait for a permit to slaughter, but they may continue if they register and stay within their quota. Officials noted Washington county slaughterers who protested at the district office were told to keep within quota while permits are issued. Applications are arriving fast and all permits will be mailed before week’s end.
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Washington County
State Office of Price Administration
GPA
Baltimore
Never Too Old at Utah Old Folks Day
In Salt Lake City on June 21 a 100 plus couple danced as the feature of Utah's Old Folks Day. Mrs Anna Katharine Rasmussen age 161 of Sandy and Joseph C Manning age 160 of Salt Lake City waltzed before a crowd of more than 6 000 persons all over 70.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Anna Katherine Rasmussen
Sandy
Joseph C. Manning
Twelve Poles convicted by Soviet court in subversive case
Twelve of sixteen Poles accused of subversive activity behind Red Army lines were found guilty and sentenced. ranges from four months to ten years. Three acquitted, one trial postponed. Maj. Gen. L. Bronislaw Okulicki got ten years, Jan Jankowski eight. Sentences to start from arrest date March 27. Moscow radio said no appeal.
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Moscow
L. Bronislaw Oeulicki
Underground
Warsaw
Jan Jankowski
London
Okulicki
Military Presidium
Wassily V. Ulrich
Divorce Suits Increase to Twenty Three this Month
Two suits for divorce were filed this morning bringing total in the month to 23. Edward Thomas Waters through C. K. Hartle filed against Sarah Pauline Waters and William L. Weaver through J. J. Allen filed against Nancy E. Weaver.
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Edward Thomas Waters
C. K. Hartle
Sarah Pauline Waters
William L. Weaver
J.J. Allen
Nancy E. Weaver
Thieves Loot Texaco Station in Frederick Street Burglary
City Detective Wayne Sellman reports suspects broke into the Texaco station at the 200 block of Frederick Street last night. They passed over gas ration coupons, tires, and tubes, taking $13.50 cash, $10 from a forgotten pocketbook, and $3.50 from the cash register after entering via a rear window and climbing a trestle to reach it.
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Texaco
Roger Shelleman
Frederick Street
Wayne Sellman
Shelleman
Killers Of 78 Guests To Die At Changshou Inn
In CHUNGKING June 21 Chinese innkeeper Liao Chang-shin and accomplice Hsu Chang-shan were sentenced to death for robbing and murdering seven guests at the Changshou inn along the Yangtze river port. Execution awaits approval. a student with $20000 was to be disposed of.
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Chungking
Changshou
Yangtze
Liao Chang-shin
Hsu
Changshan
Chengtu
Szechwan
30 000 Japs On Luzon Trapped By U S Army Push
Manila dateline reports about 30,000 Japanese forces driven north along the Cagayan Valley by Maj. Robert Beightler’s 37th Ohio Infantry Division toward Aparri. Filipino guerrillas and Igorot forces block Nipponese routes in the Cordillera as planes, including Mexican pilots, fly up to 300 sorties daily in support of Luzon operations.
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Manila
Cagayan Valley
37Th Ohio Infantry Division
Luzon
Aparri
37Th
Cagayan River
Cordillera Mountains
Robert
Beightler
Tagan
Acquitted Of Charge of Planning Cartel
A 26 day federal court trial in Newark ended with acquittal for E I Du Pont de Nemours and Rohm & Haas and six officials on charges of conspiring to form a world cartel to control the manufacture distribution and sale of two types of airplane plastics.
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Newark
N. J
E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co
Wilmington
Del
Rohm & Haas
Philadelphia
Carrier Antietam Led by Maryland Crew With Near Fifty
The aircraft carrier Antietam, named after the Civil War battle, carries nearly 50 Maryland officers and men but none from Washington County. After shakedown at Philadelphia Navy Yards she sails to sea May 19, stopping at Yorktown and Norfolk to load bombs, planes, and aviation gasoline. Captain James R. Tague, born in Japan, commands a crew whose flight deck work is vital to ship operations.
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Antietam
Washington County
Maryland
Thomas J. O’donnell
The
Sunpapers
Philadelphia Navy Yards
Navy Department
Navy
Yorktown
Norfolk
James R. Tague
End of Okinawa campaign announced by Nimitz
The Okinawa battle ended after 82 days with Admiral Nimitz declaring organized resistance crushed. Stilwell to take over the 10th Army as Gen Buckner fell mortally wounded, fulfilling his prediction Japan still held small pockets as U S forces closed in.
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Guam
Okinawa
Chester W. Nimitz
Japan
U. S. 10Th Army
Douglas MacArthur
Manila
Joseph W. Stilwell
10Th Army
Stilwell
S. B. Buckner, Jr
Buckner
U. S. Army
Navy
Nimitz
Tokyo Radio
Vinegar Joe Named To Command U S Tenth Army
General Douglas MacArthur announced Gen. Joseph Stilwell was selected to command the U S Tenth Army, succeeding the late Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. Stilwell, known as Vinegar Joe, has long commanded American ground forces in Asia and China before his recall to Washington.
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Joseph W. Stilwell
Army Ground Forces
Gen
MacArthur
U. S. 10Th Army
Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr
Okinawa
Stilwell
7Th Division
Manila
Douglas MacArthur
Joseph AW. Stilwell
Army
U.S. 10Th Army
Simon Bolivar Buckner
Pacific
Trig
10Th Army
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Joint Chiefs of Star
Vinegar Joe
Burma-China
U. S
Washington
Chung- King
China
Missimo
Chiang Kai-shek
Burma
Driver Fined for Reckless Driving After Collision
Herbert E. Raffensberger 28 of 490 Block Wilson Boulevard was found guilty of reckless driving after his Tuesday evening crash with John L. Thomas of South Cannon Avenue. Magistrate Harry F. Snyder imposed a $25 fine plus costs. Raffensberger attempted a left turn on Franklin from Por yomae when the collision occurred.
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Herbert E. Raffensberger
Wilson Boulevard
John L. Thomas
Cannon Avenue
Harry F. Snyder
Avi
Raffensberger
Franklin
Por ‘Yomae
Thomas
Okinawa Blood Toll and Mighty Role in Pacific War
American forces paid a heavy price in the Okinawa campaign with 9,602 killed and 25,514 wounded through May 24, as Lt Gen Buckner Jr and Brig Gen Easley were killed in action. Japanese kamikaze pilots sank at least 18 U.S. fleet units and damaged 49 more as the brutal fight extended 28 days beyond May 24.
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Associated Press
Okinawa
Pacific
Japan
Simon Bolivar Buckner
U. S
Tenth Army
Claudius M. Easley
U.S
Twin Jap Attack Sinks Destroyer Mannett L. Abele
The destroyer Mannett L. Abele was sunk off Okinawa on April 12 by a Japanese suicide plane and a Baka bomb. One killed and 32 wounded in the final action. many casualties trapped below and others died when a life raft was bombed after abandonment. The Zeke fighter struck the starboard deck, the bomb exploded inside, breaking shaft and keel, followed by the Baka teardrop impact at the waterline.
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Washington
Mannett L. Abele
Okinawa
Navy
Osmond Christmas cactus blooms in June evidence claim
Nebraskans in Osmond cite Martha Henzter's Christmas cactus as proof seasonal beliefs shift as the plant normally blooms in winter but burst into full bloom in mid June indicating a climate or cycle change.
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Osmond, Neb
Martha Henzter
Osmond
Byrd declines to comment on Maryland referendum
University of Maryland president H C Byrd offered no immediate comment on a student referendum regarding undergraduate affairs. Officials stated a formal statement would be issued later as the college community awaits clarification of the university’s stance.
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Byrd
College Park
H.C. Byrd
University of Maryland
Nashville reaches service after major war damage recovery
The light cruiser Nashville suffered heavy loss of life and extensive damage from a Japanese air attack last December in the Philippines. 133 officers and men were killed and 190 wounded as she screened a convoy to Mindoro. She had just supported MacArthur at Leyte before returning to Puget Sound Navy Yard for repairs and has since resumed duty.
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Washington
Nashville
Philippines
Mindoro
Douglas MacArthur
Leyte
Puget Sound
Wash
Navy Yard
Navy
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