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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1944
Page
7
A quiet Fourth is anticipated in Hagerstown as fireworks remain banned under law. The 4 July no-display rule covers firecrackers rockets sparklers Roman candles torpedoes bombs signal lights and any explosive compositions under penalty of law. State Insurance Commissioner Lawrence E Ensor notes enforcement details.
Yesterday stated that permits for special displays will be authorized only when the application is filed at least ten days in advance. If you planned such an event and have not applied, you are now out of luck.
Reuben Caplan of Baltimore was elected chief deputy grand master at the 42nd annual Brith Sholem convention in Atlantic City. Other Baltimore officers named were Harry B. Wolf Sr Oscar W. Zenit and Sol A. Bogart. The order favors UN relief plans to establish refugee camps in the United States for Europeans fleeing war.
Major Richard Alvey Jamison has landed safely in Normandy France per a report to his father J. Vincent Jamison Jr. from a Baltimore Ensign’s family. The Ensign, aboard an LST, identified Jamison as part of a polo team that played in Baltimore and witnessed his ashore arrival.
London reports from Berlin say Viscount Lascelles 21 nephew of King George VI captured on the Italian front. Harewood House confirms he is wounded missing believed prisoner of war. He is heir to the Earl of Harewood and joined the Grenadier Guards two years ago as a private.
Montgomery Ward and Company filed suit in Washington to enjoin enforcement of the War Labor Board June 6 order at its Chicago plant. The suit claims the Board acted arbitrarily without a hearing and that maintenance of membership and check-off of union dues violate the National Labor Relations Act. The WLB order would require Ward's to discharge employers who have resigned from the union since December 8, 1943.
The fire alarm sounded yesterday afternoon from Box 1 46, a test installed by Signal Superintendent Ralph J Coombs. The Mayor and Council authorized the installation some time ago.
At Grand Canyon National Park a second rescue party rides in by mule to reach three downed airmen on a Tonto plateau above the Colorado River. Four rangers and 12 mules preceded a base setup as planes drop supplies and guide signals. rescue may occur Friday. The three airmen are Second Lt. Charles Goldblum, Flight Officer Maurice J. Cruickshank Jr., and Cpl. Roy W. Embanks.
Before World War II, five percent of abaca fiber used in manila rope came from the Philippines and Java.
John W. Brown, 23, of Baltimore, confessed to an escape from the Maryland State Penal Farm Roxbury after a Sunday night dispute with his wife at a street intersection. He was sentenced in May 1941 to three years for burglary and escaped October 11, 1942. Patrolman Edward Budacz arrested him at Central Police Station. Brown’s wife declined to press charges.
Police report Brown assaulted his wife and faced disorderly conduct charges. He will be turned over to State prison authorities. The note references the Rising Sun as the first steamship to cross the Atlantic from Britain to South America in 1818.
In wartime effort, women man control towers and operations rooms, crafting invasion plans and routing bomber orders. They work round the clock on vital tasks that speed liberation and aim to restore peace, earning lasting remembrance for their crucial contributions.
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