Big Jap Carrier Probably Sunk By U. S. Sub
U S Pacific Fleet headquarters reports a 28 000 ton Japanese aircraft carrier probably sunk after a submarine rammed three torpedoes into its vitals near the Philippines. The Navy noted carrier losses as U S planes pursued the Saipan invasion fleet and warned of further enemy shipping damage by MacArthur’s bombers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. & Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Philippines Sea
Nippon
Saipan
U. S
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Round and Square Dance at Span ish Danceland Kemp's Mill
Every Fri and Sat night the Penn Maryland String Band led by Your old Friend Ross performs at Span ish Danceland Kemp's Mill Tavern with lively square and round dancing in a classic local social event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spanish Danceland
Kemp’s Mill Tavern
Penn-Maryland
Ross
Ady
Berries Plentiful But High In Price Around Town
Market notes show raspberries selling from 35 to 40 cents a box amid plentiful fruit. Eggs remain 30 cents per dozen and teas go for 25 cents per quarter peck. Cherries are available and string beans are abundant locally.
Deaths and memorial notices in Williamsport area
Obituaries list Samuel C Barnes aged 73 died at 2103 Virginia Ave after months of illness. He taught in Williamsport schools and worked as draftsman for Frick Co and Panghorn Corp. Survived by wife Mamie, son Rev John Luther Barnes, granddaughter, brother Edward L, sisters Ida Mummert and Mary Needy. services at home 2:30 pm Monday, Riverview Cemetery. Also Edith Ingram Rohrer of Waynesboro died at 132 West Main St after heart attack aged 83. survived by nephews and a grandnephew. service 2:30 pm Monday at late home, Green Hill Cemetery. Memorial verse for Viola M Burns, died 1942, by sisters and parents. Card of thanks from C E Weigand and Gertrude Shupp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel C. Barnes
Virginia Avenue
Williamsport
James A
Annie Halbacki Barnes
Frick Co
Waynesboro
Panghorn Corporation
Zion Lutheran Church
Mamie E. (Byers) Barnes
John Luther Barnes
Altoona
Edward L
York
Ida Mummert
Chambershore
Mary Needy
Huyetts
W. C. Huddle
Riverview Cemetery
Edith Ingram Rohrer
West Main Street
Cavetown
Edward and
Martha
Hayette) Ingram
St. Paul's Reformed Church
Aaron F. Rohrer
D. Paul Ingram
Chewsville
Victor H. Jones
Green Hill Cemetery
Uncertain GOP Vice Presidential Prospect Draws Focus
Chicago reports indicate the Republican VP race centers on Gov. John Bricker and Gov. Earl Warren with Dewey rumored to lead the presidential bid. Warren delays arrival to weigh accepting the second slot while Bricker denies any discussion. Other names, including Stassen Dirksen Willis, are floated amid platform committee moves on foreign policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Earl Warren
California
Thomas &. Dewey
New York
Harold BE. Stassen
Everett Dirksen
Simeon Willis
Kentucky
Dewey
Platform Committee
Roosevelt
Austin
Vermont
Highest cash price paid for old gold sale at Jonathan Street
A brief note states that the highest cash price was paid for old gold at 21 Jonathan Street Avenue. It mentions Adv and implies a local seller location, with no further details on quantities or dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sauals
JonAthan St. Adv
War Department urges legible overseas package addresses
War Department and Post Office Department warn senders of overseas packages that addresses must be legible and wrapped securely. Labels should not use retail store slips. Postmasters told to inform the public that contents must match the soldier request and avoid packing extra items like razor blades or chewing gum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Post Office Department
Grandson Receives Air Medal In England Hospital
Mrs Annie Zimmerman of Cear foss reports a letter from her grandson Staff Sergeant Harold J Brewer stating he has earned the Air Medal. The letter from a hospital in England notes Harold is recovering from slight wounds while his brother Private First Class Fred S Brewer is also slightly wounded and hospitalized in Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Zimmerman
Cearfoss
Harold J. Brewer
England
Harold
Phc
Fred S. Brewer
Italy
Suburban Day Postponed To July 11 By Merchants
Local merchants announced that Suburban Day is moved to Tuesday July 11 because July falls on Independence Day and stores will be closed. They also said stores will be open all day Wednesday July 5 since July 4 is closed.
Tire trouble ends in ration board certificate
Belgrade Nebraska June 24 report: Lee Dufoe, two tires already changed, started a three mile trip to the ration board for a show down about tires. One of the two remaining tires blew out on the way. The ration board granted certificates for new tires but Dufoe found rims badly damaged so new tires could not be installed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Neb
Lee Dufoe
Ration Board
Dufoe
Weekend Venues Promote Music and Contests at Local Taverns
Every Saturday night at Mt Lena Tavern features music by Four Aces and fried chicken. Row's Park hosts Friday Saturday and Sunday nights with an amateur contest Sunday afternoon. Also see Bill and his Melodiers at 2 p.m. Ady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Lena Tavern
Four Aces
Row's Park
Bill
Laundry Labor Problems Down in Hagerstown
War Labor Board wage raises eased the labor shortage in Hagerstown laundries. Business rose up to 30 percent while paper products and bags remained scarce. Women in war work increased family laundry demand by about 20 percent, delaying some dry cleaning. Locals note improved labor supply and fewer layoffs, with essential workers deferred when conditions improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
War Labor Board
Laundry Association
WLS
Association
Laundries
War Manpower Commission
U S Bombers Hit Romanian Oil Centers
Berlin radio said U S heavy bombers attacked Romanian oil centers today, as reported from London datelined June 24. The dispatch notes raids targeted critical oil hubs, signaling intensified Allied pressure on Axis fuel supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Berlin
U. S
Round and Square Dance at Valley Inn Saturdays
A weekly social roundup invites dancers to Valley Inn for a round and square dance night every Saturday with Jack Shipley serving as figure caller. Admission details are not specified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley Inn
Jack Shipley
Wrecked B-29 Exhibit Shocks Tokyo Public
A Tokyo Domei broadcast says a B 29 wreckage from the Kyushu raid is on display at Anmatsuya department store with parts shown such as bullet proof glass and a cannon. Japan originally claimed seven shot down but later said only one. Salvage efforts were reported for three or four more. War Department notes one bomber lost over target, another missing and two failing to return due to accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prega
Domei
Tokyo Today
Kyushu
Anmatsuya
War Department
Ration Liquor Orders for Navy Officers
Washington June 24 Navy shore establishments with wine messes implement strict liquor rationing based on total officer count not individual sales. Each officer is limited to three bottles of spirits monthly for home use and at stations with bars, case purchases are banned. Ordered May 1 under acting Navy Secretary Forrestal, the policy has no Army equivalent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Forrestal
Army
Ninth Air Force Troop Carrier Private to Private First Class
Charles L. Domer of Hagerstown Maryland has advanced from private to private first class with a Ninth Troop Carrier command group in the European theater of operations. Brigadier General Paul L Williams heads the Ninth Troop Command, part of the force driving Allied troops into Northern France, delivering supplies and evacuating wounded. Domer, a Hagerstown High School graduate and former Fairchild Aircraft sheet metal worker, enlisted in April 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ninth Air Force
Charles L. Domer
George Domer
Garlinger Avenue
Hagerstown
Paul L. Williams
Mand
France
Pfc. Domer
Hagerstown High School
Fairchild Aircraft Corp
Missing in Action: Staff Sergeant Roy C. Koons
Word from the War Department says Staff Sergeant Roy C. Koons 21 son of Charles J. Koons Chambersburg has been missing in action over Belgium since June 5 He arrived in England in 1943 as a Liberator bomber crew member after enlisting in 1942 and training at Keesler Field Mississippi and a Texas gunnery school He has relatives in Washington county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy C. Koons
Charles J. Koons
Chambersburg
Belgium
War Department
Koons
England
Air Corps
Keesier Field
Miss
Texas
Sergeant Koons
Washington County
Salem U B church to resume use of basement Sunday school room
The Salem United Brethren congregation, damaged by fire and water months ago, expects to use the basement Sunday school room next Sunday as painters finish that area. The main church room repairs will take several more months, and services have been held at the W C T U hall in the interim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem U. B. Church
Also Mentioned on This Page
Philippine Sea
Hagerstown Ice Co
West Lee Street
Memoriam
Viola M Burns
Marie
Pauline
Adv
C. E. Weigand, Gertrude Shupp
Kraiss Funeral Home
N. Potomac St
Phone No
Fleigh Motor Co
Oak Hill Avenue
G.O.P. Convention
Warren
Carroll Reece
R-Tenn
Lew Wentz
Oklahoma
Bricker
Exide Batteries Wholesale & Retail
Reichard’s
W. Antietam St
Professional Arta
ARTHUR F_ DETROW
Mer
Washington Co
Yingling Auto Sales & Service
Pontiac
GMC
Frederick Street
Chevrolet
Williamsport Volunteer Fire Company
Commercial Small Loan & Finance Co
Summit Avenue
Hagerstown, Md
Cough House
Goodyear
Baste, & Focust
Wilhelm
Thumma Motor Co
Shipp
Home Builders Saving & Loan Ass
Washington Street
Maryland Welding Co., Inc
East Baltimore Street
Hagerstown Gas Co
Sycamore Street
Community Finance Service Incorporated
West Washington St
Schindler’s Auto Exchange
Frederick St
Sarah Schlosser
Guardette
National Red Cross Aquatic School
War Public Works Project
the Mayor and Council of
Maryland
Xerstown
of Ha
Stump
Hancock
Pacific
New Guinea
Sam Greenspoon
Herbert Diehl
Dihl
Australia
Cpl
Morris Wheeler
Hawaiian Islands
Haneotk
Sgt
Roy Koons
Columbia College
Potomac Street
Hagerstown Industrial Loan
Jonathan St
D. Earl Netkirk
North Potomac Street
Central Garage
Summit Ave
Consumers Credit Service
Consumers Credit Service, Inc
407
Public Square
Coal—Builders
D. A. Stickell & Sons, Inc
O.P.A
THE
Hoffman Chevrolet CO
Firestone
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