Jap Officers Men In Mass Surrender
US forces report mass Japanese surrenders at Okinawa as 82 days of brutal combat end. Adm Nimitz cites about 90,401 Japanese killed and 4,060 captured with additional sea suicides. American losses approach 35,000 killed or wounded across Army Marines and Navy.
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Guam
Okinawa
U. S
Japan
China
Central
Western Pacific
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Nimitz
Army
Patton defends talk to Sunday school class
Gen George S Patton Jr says it was stupid to risk unpreparedness for another war and that being ready for war helps maintain peace. He warns against war monger labels while noting many were wounded or killed due to lack of training. Stars and Stripes published an imaginary letter from one of Patton’s dead soldiers criticizing the message.
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Hamilton
Mass
George S. Patton, Jr
Third Army
Stars and Stripes
U.S. Army
Patton
Paris
Massachusetts
Episcopal Church of Our Savior
Lan
Hanover Water Board Inspects Our Water Booster Station
Hanover Pennsylvania officials head to Willson's municipal plant to review the local system as it compares with Hagerstown's booster station. The Hanover Water Board members and Roy Staley toured the site noting two-source supply and future growth needs.
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Hanover Water Board
Board of Water Commissioners
Hanover
Hanover Water Department
Richard C. Willson
Municipal Water Department
Hagerstown
Messrs. Sheppard and Myers
Hanover Shoe Company
Stewart Hoffein
Water Board
Roy W. Staley
Seven Enlist Here In Navy This Week
Seven young men enlisted in the Navy this week through the Navy Recruiting Station at City Hall Chief John Millard announced Urgent appeal for more volunteers WAVES and radio technicians still needed The enlistees were Russell Wiebel 705 Sunset Avenue Robert E Carey 1048 Corbett Street Richard F Snavely 4071 South Potomac Street Richard R Renner Williamsport William R Bear Greencastle and Richard C G Kine Jr Brunswick John R Wantz Emmitsburg
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
City Hall
John Millard
Russell Wiebel
Sunset. Avenue
Robert E. Carey
Corbett Street
Richard F. Snavely
South Potomac Street
Richard R. Renner
Williamsport
William R. Bear
Greencastle
Richard CG. Kine, Jr
Brunswick
John R. Wantz
Emmitsburg
East End Bus Service Extension Awaiting ODT Approval
The extension of Potomac Edison city bus service in the East End toward Municipal Light Plant and Pangburn Boulevard awaits approval from the Office of Defense Transportation. A company official said delays depend on ODT clearance while studies and traffic surveys have been submitted for government review. A petition for added service to Maugansville is active and new schedules will take effect next Monday with notable line changes to improve connections.
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Potomac Edison City
Municipal Light
Pangbern Boulevard
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
Maugansville
Pope Receives The Voice Heard Of Him
Vatican City, June 22. Pope Pius XII meets Frank Sinatra who recalls being asked if he is a tenor or baritone. Sinatra expresses awe at the Pope and the Vatican. Singer Fay Mackenzie and writer Phil Silvers accompanied him as he begins a Italy tour after performing for troops in Rome.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Frank Sinatra
Sinatra
Vatican
Phil Silvers
Fay Mackenzie
Italy
Rome
POWS Starvation Protests From Maryland Farms
Snow Hill editors protest to Maryland Senators and Representatives alleging German prisoners of war at the Berlin camp are starved. They report 500 POWs on Eastern Shore farms receiving scant meals, citing a noon bread and coffee meal and red tape blocking meal menus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snow Hill
Democratic Messenger
Maryland
Tydings
Radcliffe
D-Md
Rep
Roe
Jack Culver
Bettine Goodall
Berlin
City Is Rated A Richer Market In Hagerstown
Sales Management's 1945 buying power survey shows Hagerstown with 1944 retail sales of 40.9 million, capturing 0.059 of US business from 0.30 of the population, and an effective buying income per person of 1390. Washington County's buying income reached 4147, above regional and national averages. War savings reduced consumption, but more goods next year could boost local business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Maryland
South Atlantic
Washington County
Auto Of Drowning Victim Is Stolen In Waynesboro
Hagerstown police were asked to be on the lookout for a 1940 Buick sedan stolen yesterday from the Byers residence in Waynesboro. The car belonged to Wilbur O. Byers age 49, one of the drowning victims in Downsville last Sunday. Byers funeral is set for this afternoon in Waynesboro.
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Hagerstown
Waynesboro
Wilbur O. Byers
Downsville
Byers
Egg-laden Barrel Crashes, Chicks Scattered in Springfield Street
A barrel rolled from a passing truck and broke open, spilling spoiled eggs onto the street. The driver drove away toward the city dump, leaving about 64 chicks amid the mess. bystanders quickly gathered the birds.
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Springfield
Dread Pigeon Disease May Have Found Victim In Local Janitor
Local janitor Frank Crew, a courthouse employee, may have ornithosis rather than pneumonia. Philadelphia reports indicate pigeons spread the disease, with symptoms including high fever and coughing. Dr. Reeves urged physicians to watch for illness. locally about 10 pigeons have been captured and discarded on courthouse grounds.
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Frank Crew
Philadelphia
Crew
Bill Thurston
Rufus 8. Reeves
Department of Public Health
Philadelpha
Reeves
Wave Of Strikes Plague Nation's War Production
The United States faces a rising wave of labor stoppages that thread across many regions. About 70,000 workers are idle due to disputes, with CIO glass workers totaling 15,000 on strike in ten cities, plus 6,000 at Ford City and Creighton, Pa. The War Labor Board seeks to end several walkouts, some lasting over a week, as Detroit sees numerous labor actions at Packard Motor and other plants.
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Associated Press
War Labor Board
CIO Glass
Ford City
Creighton
Detroit
Packard Motor
Close Shave at Viaduct Train Fractures Miner Leg
Chicago reports a rail accident as Gar land Miner, 32, was painting inside a viaduct when a Milwaukee Road Hiawatha train clipped him at 80 mph. He crawled to the end and was hospitalized. Police note his injury and he recounted the near miss from his bed. A separate report covers an attempted burglary on Jonathan Street where Paul Davis found a vacant house broken into and missing tools.
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Chicago
Garland Miner
Milwaukee Road
Paul Davis
Jonathan Street
Davis
Barefoot Daddy Publicity Grows For War Bond Effort
A Williamsport grocer nicknamed Barefoot Daddy by strolling shoe-less in Hagerstown is now enjoying national and international attention. He returned to the Daily Mail with shoes on and displayed a $100 War Bond he recently bought to speed the return of his two sons from the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsport
Hagerstown
Daily Mail
Furnaces Banked As 15 000 Glass Plant Workers Go On Strike
In a sweeping move, Libby Owens Ford and Pittsburgh Plate Glass plants across eight states banked furnaces after 15 000 CIO glass workers walked out following failed contract talks. The walkout halted operations at locations including Ottawa Illinois Shreveport Louisiana Charleston West Virginia and Toledo Ohio with about 7 000 Libby workers and 8 000 PPG workers affected. Reheating furnaces will take one month to six weeks, prompting continued idle status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Libby- Owens-Ford Glass Co
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co
Federation of Glass, Ceramic and Silica Sand Workers
CIO
National Labor Relations Board
International Union
Creighton
Ford City
Crystal City
Mount Vernon
Henrietta
Oklo
Clarksburg
W. Va
Libby
Ottawa
Shreveport
Charleston
Toledo
Wilbur Gauder
AFL
Democratic Book Majority Substantial in County After Purge
The Board of Election Supervisors removed 8,944 names for not voting in four years, trimming registered voters from 26,401 to 27,457 and narrowing the Democratic edge from 4,875 to 3,301. Current totals show 15,243 qualified Democrats and 11,942 Republicans, with a small mix of Declined, Socialists, Prohibitionists and Progressives.
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Board of Election Supervisors
Board of Supervisors
Marine loses hand to save 14 comrades on Okinawa
Private First Class Denny F. Buck Darnall of Louisville Kentucky, 18, a former grocery truck driver, held his line amid a ten minute banzai charge near Naha. He fired his Browning rifle until nine enemy soldiers fell, then sacrificed his right hand to allow 14 Marines to survive. the action occurred during the Okinawa advance.
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Pacific
Okinawa
Denny F
Buck” Darnall
Route 5
Louisville
Naha
Darnail
Darnall
Must Destroy Reich Industry Baruch Warns
Bernard M Baruch urged the United Nations to break Germanys dominance of Europe by industry by industry destruction of its war potential He urged using the German settlement as a base for a broad peace with Russia He warned a new cave age of bomb shelters would follow if the plan and the UN charter are not ratified and enforced
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Washington
Bernard M. Baruch
United Nations
Germany
Europe
Senate
San Francisco
Baruch
Canning Center Opens July 16
The Board of Education announced the Community Canning Center at the Vocational Training Center near Frederick Street will open July 16. It will be open Tuesday through Friday from 1 to 6 p.m. and 7 to 10 p.m., with ten-person limits by 9:30 p.m. daily otherwise, and a nominal charge per quart. Open to the public for Victory gardeners and others if patronage allows.
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Board of Education
Frederick Street
Victory
President Truman pays Washington governor bet on mansion stay
In Olympia on June 22 President Truman settled a $10 bet with Governor Walgren of Washington over the governor's mansion quarters. Sen. Magnuson said the wager was $16 and the president paid after inspecting the White House guest rooms.
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Olympia
Wash
Truman
Mon Co. Walgren
Washinegton
Sen. Magnuson
D-Wash
White House
Jackson Plans Collective Trial For German War Crimes
Justice Robert H. Jackson announced a U S plan to prosecute Germany's arch war criminals in a collective trial possibly starting before summer's end He noted four major powers would lead the tribunal with one or two judges each and warned that immunity would not be granted for proven war crimes Britain France and Russia planned to discuss the list of criminals in London early next week backing the plan
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London
Robert H. Jackson
United States
Germany
Jackson
Supreme Court
Guerrillas Cut Japs In Half In Luzon Strike
Philippine guerrillas blocked the Japanese retreat from the 37th Ohio Infantry in the Cagayan valley seizing Tuguegarao and fording the Cagayan River. A 65 mile push to Aparri would be needed to reopen Highway 5 as Japanese tanks risk a last stand. The communique also notes an Australian 9th Division landing near Borneo and the seizure of an airport in Cagayan province with multiple airstrips.
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Manila
Luzon
Cagayan Valley
37Th Ohio Infantry Division
Tuguegarao
37Th
Aparri
Tuguesarg
Tuguergarag
West Borneo
Seraei
Cagayan River
Cagayan Province
Churchey Family Robbed Twice In Sharpsburg And Hagerstown
The Churchey family of Sharpsburg was twice robbed yesterday with George W. Churchey reporting a stolen 1985 Chevrolet from his rear home area and Harold Churchey reporting a stolen 340 wrist watch from a locker at his workplace in Hagerstown.
Hancock Businessmen To Visit Fairchilds
Six Hancock businessmen will tour Fairchild Aircraft Division production facilities next Tuesday, joined by officials including Mayor C N Tabler, Harold Ards, and Stan Casper, for a sanctioned visit to observe operations.
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Hancock
Fairchilds
County Nears Top In War Loan Drive
The Seventh War Loan drive neared its county goal with 2,747,100 in sales reported by Chairman John D. Hollyday as of Tuesday close. The county aims for 2,950,000 while the lone H bond series totals 899,546.50 toward a 1,380,000 goal. Hollyday preferred meeting the E bond target over beating the overall county total.
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John D. Hollyday
Hollyday
Wheat Harvest Aid Seeks Kansas Work, Pay Details
Clinton Turner of Shelbyville Ma. offers a pickup truck and two Black workers to assist Kansas wheat harvest. He asks Mayor Frank Warren for harvest start date and daily pay, and suggests farmers contact him if interested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kas
Frank Warren
Clinton Turner
Shelbyville
Kansas
Long Missing Navy Man's Wife Returns
Kathleen Forbes Beazley 20 wife of a Navy lieutenant and mother of a four month old child, returns home after being missing since June 4. Police had issued an eight state alert for her disappearance while visiting in Baltimore. Her child is with a grandmother. A separate report notes a fairly strong earthquake near the Sea of Japan recorded by Weston College seismograph.
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Yonkers
Kathleen Forbes Beazley
Beazley
Baltimore
Weston, Masc
Boston
Sea of Japan
Weston College
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U.K
Potomac Edison Company
Pope
Reich
Canning Center
Hitler
Eva Braun
Adolf Hitler
Frau Gretel Fegelein
Eva
Churchey
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