Senators to get charter report from two members
In San Francisco on June 22, Senators Connally and Vandenberg plan to deliver a full report on the San Francisco conference charter next week. They will fly to Washington after President Truman speaks at the closing session, with further remarks and positions to follow in Washington and a continuation of debate anticipated in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
United States Senate
United Nations
Senate
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Truman
Chinese Attack Liuchow Airfield Amid War News
Reports from CHINA in CHUNGKING indicate Chinese troops attacked the former American airfield on Liuchow’s southern outskirts, inflicting casualties as Japanese forces retreated toward Kweilin. Spokesmen claim Linchow’s garrison was reduced to 1,000 to 2,000 defenders, with Liuchow itself reportedly almost encircled and possibly in flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungeing
Liuchow
Linchow
Kwellin
Robert B. McClure
Kunming
Wickard Wins Senate Confirmation For REA Post
Washington June 22 Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard won Senate confirmation to a 10 year term as Rural Electrification Administrator by a 56 to 16 vote Wickard succeeds Henry Slattery who resigned last December 1 Rep Clinton P Anderson D NM will take over Wickards cabinet post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Claude Wickard
Senate
Wickard
Henry Slattery
Rep
Clinton P. Anderson
DNM
Deaths and funeral notices from Mercersburg and area
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices. William L Cowan aged 3 dies at home. survivors include parents and many relatives across Pennsylvania Maryland. Sharom Elaine Gordon infant dies at home near Wilsons. services pending. Tacy E Stouffer dies at daughter's home in Potomac Street after eight weeks illness. burial in New Cumberland. Franklin Mongan dies in Tilghmanton. services in Manor Church area. Bodies to Earnshaw Kee d s ville. services planned at Manor Church of the Brethren with interment in Manor cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Cowan
Edber
Mercersburg
McConnelsburg
Maude Stenger
Myrtle Seville
Marion
Lininger
Edward Croft
Bethel Cemetery
Fulton County
Sharom
Elaine Gordon
Martin Gordon
Wilsons
Sylvia
Raymond
Tacy E. Stouffer
C. E. Dorman
South Potomac Street
W. E. Gossard
Cpl
David S. Dorman
South Pacific
New Cumberland
Franklin Mongan
Tilghmanton
Frisby
Margaret Moats Mongan
First Brethren Church
Waynesboro
Midway Council
Jeremiah Mongan
Reynolds Franch
Margaret Mongan
Sally Ford
Laura Boyer
Dora Baker
Nora Baker
Hagerstown
Earnshaw
Keedysville
Church of the Brethren
Manor
D. C. White
In Memoriam Captain Carpenter Remembered in France
In loving remembrance of Capt. Marshall Edward Carpenter who died in France on June 22, 1944. His family laments the loss, recalling his blue eyes, smile, and kindness, and notes God took him home. Mrs. Marshall A. Carpenter and family send a final tribute with a gold initials stamp boast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Edward Carpenter
France
West
Marshall A. Carpenter
Faniy
Adv
Ike Homecoming Parade Fetes General Eisenhower in Abilene
General Dwight D. Eisenhower returns to Abilene Kansas after victory in Europe. Thousands line the two mile parade route and at Liberty Memorial he urges training for youth, moral leadership, and U.S. role in food production. He meets 12 reception committee members by name and spends time with family before the parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abilene
Kas
Ike
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Bill
Bue
Kansas
Two
Liberty Memorial
Eisenhower
Midwest
Missouri River
Army Making Cargo Pictures at Fairchild Air Base
First Lt. Wallace J. Wojnarowski leads a training film crew at Fairchild Army Air Forces to produce cargo aircraft film strips. The team of writers artists photographers and a clerk create scripts set up scenes and model operations then ship completed films to Keesler Field for retouching before distribution to Training Aids Division and Air Technical Service Command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Air Forces
Air Force
Fairchild
Wallace J. Wojnarowski
Chicago
Li. Wojnarowski
Fairchild Service Division
Keesler Field
Mississippi
Keesler
Wojnarowski
Training Aids Division
Air Technical Service Command
Startzman New Society Head elected president of SES
JH Starteman, industrial power sales manager of Potomac Edison Co in Hagerstown, was elected president of the Southern Engineering Society at the annual election held last night at the Woodmen of the World building. Other officers named include first vice president W. Hopkins Waynesboro, second vice president Richard C Willson Hagerstown, secretary L M Johns Hagerstown, treasurer William E King Hagerstown, and directors in charge of meetings membership employment social publicity and other posts for Hagerstown Waynesboro and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JH. H. Starteman
Potomac Edison Company
Hagerstown
Southern Engineering Society
Woodmen of the World
W. Hopkins
Waynesboro
Richard C. Willson
L. M. Johns
William E. King
John Coblentz
A. S. Rodgers
lFred Nell
al Gruber
Sam Brown
T. Neady
1. R. Zimmerman
Hagersttown
P| Frick
Wayneshora
Expert Jewelry Repairing At Moderate Cost
An advertisement notes expert jewelry repair services at SAUA'S 21 Jonathan St and offers cash for converting old gold at SATM'S 21 Jonathan St. The two listings share the same address and promote professional repair and gold buyback.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saua's
Jonathan St. Adv
Satm's
First Hearing Aid Clinic Held in Washington County
A one day clinic in the Health Department building, led by Mrs. Marian Malakis of the Baltimore League for the Hard of Hearing, fitted hard of hearing children with eight hearing aid types. Dr. Donald Proctor referred patients, many unable to pay for private care, to reduce trips to Baltimore and test aid efficiency locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health Department
Marian Malakis
Baltimore League For the
Washington County Health Department
Prisoner Liberated From Germans Is Preston Bishop
Washington county lists of prisoners of war shrink to nine after a War Department notice confirms Pfc. Preston V. Bishop has been freed from German captivity. He is the son of Mrs. Nora W. Mason of Hancock Route 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
War Department
Pfc
Preston V. Bishop
Nora W. Mason
Hancock, Route 2
BETTER VALUES IN DIAMONDS AT SAUMS 21 Jonathan St
Advertisement for Saums at 21 Jonathan Street offering better values in diamonds with convenient terms. Also promotes Every Saturday Night Round and Square Dance at Mt Lena Hall featuring Fiddlin Pete and His Happy Valley Ramblers Radio Gang dancing until midnight. Fried chicken served both noon and evening Sundays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saum’s
Jonathan St
MT. Lena Hall
Pete
Happy Valley Ramblers
Survivor returns on leave after Hazelwood attack
MM2/c H Nevin Harbaugh arrived from the west coast to spend leave with his parents after surviving the April 29 KamiKaze attack on the U S S Hazelwood. The destroyer was wrecked by a plane attack, with 77 sailors and 10 officers killed. The remaining crew brought the ship to Mare Island California under its own power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S.S
Hazelwood
Nevin Harbaugh
West Coast
Howard W Harbaugh
Paramount
Harbangh
Mare Island
Calif
Trucker Group Boosts Maryland Chapter Membership
The Western Maryland chapter of the Maryland Motor Truck Association doubled its roster after a dinner at Hotel Hamilton honoring John Ingram, now transferring to another territory. Walter Kneip praised the drive as one of the organization's most successful, noting a seven percent membership rise in the Hagerstown area. Subgroup captains reported gains totaling 34 new members, with prizes awarded to Clauser’s team and Ralph McCauley as top individual signer. John Baer led the meeting as president and Ingram received a going away gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western
Maryland
Maryland Motor Truck Association
Hotel Hamilton
John Ingram
Walter Kneip
M.M.T.A
James Henderson
Hagerstown Drive
Clauser
Webster
McCauley
Elliott
Glass
Dominicia
Brey
Charlton
Ralph McCauley
John Baer
Motor Carriers
Association
Roger Charlton
Escaped Convicts Are Apprehended Near Roxbury
Two 18 year old prisoners Joseph Hargett and George Stone escaped from the State Reformatory at Roxbury on Wednesday evening and were recaptured the next day in Baltimore. They were returned to the reformatory by Baltimore police. An unrelated community notice promotes a Saturday dance at Conococheague Park by Silvertone Melody Boys and a June 22 festival on Downsville School grounds hosted by the Downsville Girls 4 H Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Reformatory
Roxbury
Joseph Hargett
George Stone
Baltimore
Reformatory
Downsville
Downsville Girls
Secret Airline Operated Under Nazis Nose
In 1940s wartime Sweden a covert U S Army air line carried over 3,000 important passengers including interned airmen and government officials. Flight operations hid among bad weather and civilian disguise while Gestapo shadowed every move, crew wore civil clothes, and rooms were ransacked for route details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Sweden
U. S. Army
Scotland
Hart S. Hoag
Air Transport Command
Stockholm
Two Countians Aboard The Antietam At Navy Yard
Two Washington county men, Seaman Second Class Robert Craig Kerns and Sir George R. Harr Jr., have served aboard the aircraft carrier Antietam since its shakedown. The pair, graduates of Hagerstown High School class of 1944 and sons of local residents, have waited aboard since commissioning as other county youths reportedly join the ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Antietam
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Robert Craig Kerns
Ruth Kearns
South Potomac Street
George R. Harr
George Harr
Sharpsburg Pike
South County
Morning Herald
Hagerstown High School
Daniel Lemen to Receive Medical Degree and Navy Commission
Daniel Bair Lemen of Williamsport is among forty three Maryland students earning Doctor of Medicine at the University of Maryland Schools of Medicine commencement. He will receive his degree and a U S Navy Reserve commission. Birthstone rings advertised by Saum's, 21 Jonathan St. advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Bair Lemen
Williamsport
Maryland
University of Maryland Schools of Medicine
U. S. Navy Reserve
Veterans News Briefs Highlight Local Soldiers Assignments
T/Sgt. Franklin L. Carnahan reports for further orders in Miami Beach after 38 months in the Southwest Pacific. Sgt. Carnahan, a former Sharrett Motors employee, wears the Asiatic-Pacific theater ribbon with two stars. Pic. Henry Funk, 90th Infantry Division, Germany, awarded Combat Infantryman Badge. Bruce C. Woodring promoted to sergeant in the ETO with the 29th Infantry Regiment awaiting redeployment in Sens, France. S/Sgt. Milo Delauter, wife Mary, 826th Glider Infantry, paraded at Suresnes American cemetery on Memorial Day. Pfc. John H. Munday wounded in Belgium, at Camp Butner, wears Purple Heart and Combat Infantryman Badges. Herbert L. Greiner Jr. promoted from private to private first class at Hamilton Field. Privates Sylvester J. Palmer Jr. and Fred J. Kershner awarded Combat Infantryman badges in Germany. Margaret Frances Thompson completes clerk’s school at Fort Des Moines, Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Pacific
Franklin L. Carnahan
Margaret
Sharpsburg
Army Ground Forces
Miami Beach
Fla
Carnahan
Sharrett Motors
Army
Sens
France
Milo Delauter
Mary
Antietam Street
826Th Glider Infantry
13Th Airborne Division
Suresnes
Paris
Pic. Munday
11Th Armored Division
Belgium
First Raid 5 S/Sgt Hatt completes 30 day furlough
S/Sgt Harper G Hott an engineer and waist gunner on a B24 Liberator with the 1ate Air Force based in Italy finished a 30 day furlough visiting Guilford avenue and his parents in War densville West Virginia He completed 50 missions over enemy territory and earned the European American and African theater ribbons Good Conduct Medal Presidential Citation Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters two battle stars and the Distinguished Flying Cross He reported back to duty in Greensboro North Carolina for further training before May 1942 induction he worked as a sheet metal worker at Fairchild Aircraft before enlistment
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper G
Red) Hatt
1Ate
Italy
Meril Stevens
Guilford Avenue
C. E. Hott
Wardensville
W. Va
Hott
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Greensboro
N. C
Fairchild Aircraft
Health Service Moves Office to New Building Today
The U S Public Health Service, five years in the south wing of Washington County Hospital, moves to the Second National Bank building. Main offices on the fourth floor with additional rooms on the fifth floor for various uses. Also notes events at Span ish Danceland and Penn Maryland String Band appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
U. S. Public Health Service
Washington County Hospital
Second National Bank
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Connally and Vandenburg
Lette Smp EE
President Hageratorn Mo
Apply
Hagerstown Ice Co
West Lee Street
Memoriam
Saum's
Potomac St
Kraiss Funeral Home
East
Baltimore Street
Washington Street
Bud
A.af
Startzman New Society Head
Potomac Edison
Southern Engineers
People's Jewelry & Watch Repairing
Washington St
Baltimore League
Studebaker
Commander
Fleigh Motor Co
Oak Hill Ave
Truckers
Conococheague Park
Silvertone Melody Boys
People's Jewelry and Watch
East Washington Street
Shipp’s Seafood
Neutral
Daniel Lemen
Henry Funk
90Th
Germany
John K. Funk
East Franklin Street
Bruce C. Woodring
Alberta Woodring
Route 5
ETO
29Th Infantry Regiment
Pfe
John H. Munday
John R. Munday
Route 1
Army’s General Hospital
Camp Butner
N. Co
Hamilton Field
Califf
Herbert L. Greiner, Jr
Bellevue Avenue
Uait
Greiner
Sylvester J. Palmer, Jr
Route 2
Fred J. Kershner
Alexander Street
Margaret Frances Thompson
Catherine C. Thompson
Fort Des Moines
Iowa
Sgt
Harper Hott
Health Service
Spanish Danceland
Old Mill
Avern
Penn-Maryland
Ross
Yingling Auto Sales & Service
Pontiac
Frederick St
Oil Company
Jease
Care Herald-Mail
Consumers Credit Service, Inc
Public Square
General Acceptance Corp
Hagerstown Industrial Loan
Jonathan ST. D. Sarl Nei
Kirk
West Lea Street
Church & Prospect
Crouse Produce
7-Up Bottling Company
Buick
Cadilac
Chevrolet
Chrysler
de Gote
Packard
Value Center
Summit Avenue
WMC
Pangborn Corporation
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