Make Peace Charter Living Thing and Truman Tells Departing Authors
President Truman urged World Security Conference authors to act now to make the UN Charter a living thing. He warned that faltering will cost millions of lives and said he will push immediate Senate ratification. Delegates and AP poll data show broad support for quick ratification this year.
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Truman
John F. Chester
San Francisco
Mr. Truman
United States Senate
Senate
Washington
Independence
Associated Press
Industries protest draft draws 4-F workers
Local industries plan to protest a new Selective Service order that will reexamine up to half of workers classified 4-F. Employers say many were trained for specific jobs with guidance from the draft agency, and pushing them into physical exams will force replacements already scarce in critical roles.
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Selective Service
Army discharge score may drop from 85 to 80 or 78
Capitol Hill expects the Army to cut the discharge point threshold from 85 to 80 or 78. The final call will rely on War Department reports from field commanders. Members say the change does not alter the point weighting, with monthly service and foreign service points, battles, and dependents capped at three.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
War Department
House Military Committee
Three Years Needed For Full Car Demand Met
Defense Transportation Director J Monroe Johnson said on June 27 that it will be at least three years before all who want new cars can obtain them. He urged car owners to conserve vehicles and said only essential drivers including doctors police taxi workers and war workers would be able to purchase new automobiles for a long time.
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Washington
Defense Transportation
J. Monroe Johnson
Johnson
Socks Wash Sparks World Distance Record Claim
Pfc Mason McCoy of Portland Ore in Germany with the 70th Division believes he set a world long distance laundry record. He sent a worn pair of socks home as filler and two months later received them clean with a note asking for more washing, the wife saying it makes life feel normal.
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U. S
Germany
Mason McCoy
Portland
Ore
Gales and seas lash New England coast in tropical storm
In Boston on June 27, a tropical storm battered New England with gales and mountainous seas. One death is reported as crops, trees, and power lines suffer damage and thousands lose telephones. Nantucket experiences 66 mph winds and 4.59 inches of rainfall while Coast Guard ships assist stranded fishing boats.
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Boston
New England
New England Telephone Company
Cape Cod
Coast Guard
Nantucket
Cool Weather Fades as Warmth Expected Tomorrow
The Weather Man says the cool spell will be brief with a return to warm conditions and showers tomorrow. Last night’s low reached 55, comfortable for light covers. Yesterday’s high was 4 dollars? The coastal region saw heavy rains after a tropical storm, while inland showers failed to reach here.
Bids Sought for Camp Ritchie Pen Mar Road Contract Progress
The State Roads Commission invites bids for a Federal aid road project in Washington county. Work includes grading drainage and resurfacing a .20 mile section of the Camp Ritchie Pen Mar road extending toward Pen Mar. Bids will be opened on July 10.
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The
State Roads Commission
Washington County
Camp Ritchie-Pen Mar
Pen Mar
Snake finds two live turkeys in farmer’s yard
Evidence HOLDENVILLE Okla June 27 Farmer Dan Leewright reports killing a four foot snake in the poultry yard and cutting it open to discover two bulges containing two live one pound turkeys from his flock.
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Holdenville
Oklo
Dan Leewright
Collects $200 for 2 hams no rules broken
Roy Green of Plum Point Maryland received $200 for two home cured hams after discovering two missing from his smoke house. A thief left behind a wallet containing $200, indicating the motive. No OPA rules were violated.
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Prince Frederick
Roy Green
Plum Point
Truman to unveil important news at Independence press conf
President Truman, en route from Salt Lake City after a pre dawn rest stop, heads to Independence Missouri for a 4 p.m. Memorial Hall press conference. White House aide Charles G. Ross refused to reveal the subject, calling it one of his most important announcements yet.
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Salt Lake City
Truman
Utah
Independence
Army Air Field
Here
Hig
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Memorial Hall
Draft Board Announces New Inductees for June 20
Draft Board 1 announced today the induction of multiple men into Navy and Army. Navy inductees include Kenneth P. Mayes and James D. McElwain. Army inductees include Stanley E. Smith Eugene B. Kline Robert C. Fox Harry L. Watkins Ralph M. Healey John Stonebraker Lester FP. Smith Robert A. Spickler Amos E. Henson Charles A. Eichelberger Fred E. Hasenbuh Ter Robert E. Ernst Charles W. Moats Robert St.C. Gilbert Charles Washington.
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Draft Board 1
Navy
Kenneth P. Mayes
Bellevue
James D. McElwain
East Irving
Stanley E. Smith
Sumter
Eugene B. Kline
Sharpsburg
Robert C. Fox
Salem
Harry L. Watkins
Pine
Ralph M. Healey
Oak Hill
John €. Stonebraker
Hamilton
Lesster FP. Smith
North Prospect
Robert A. Spickler
East Antietam
Amos E. Henson
West Franklin
Charles A. Eichelberger
West Side
Fred E. Hasenbuh Ter
Robert E. Ernst
South Potomac
Charles W. Moats
North Mulberry
Robert St.c. Gilbert
Charles Washington
London Court
Visits By Relatives Slow Up Discharges
Fort Meade Md June 27 The Army at Fort Meade urged relatives to avoid visiting returning furloughed and discharged soldiers to keep the discharge flow moving. Officials said large visitor influx disrupts schedules as the personnel center aims to clear furloughs in 24 hours and discharges in two to three days.
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Fort George G. Meade
Army
Fort Meade
Silent Bandit Strikes Theater Cashier in Chicago
In Chicago on June 27 a silent bandit robbed the Highway Theater cashier on South Western avenue. He handed a note to Mrs. Alfleene Bishop reading do not talk and took $125 before fleeing. she screamed after the gunman died.
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Chicago
Highway Theater
South Western Avenue
Alfleene Bishop
Japanese Generals Die in Okinawa Harakiri Graves Found
On Okinawa the bodies of Lt. Gen. Mitsuru Ushijima and Lt. Gen. Isamu Cho were recovered in cliffside graves after their harakiri. Cho’s epitaph cites samurai ritual and age fifty one. The scene followed Usijima's rejection of Buckner surrender offer.
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AL Bdopking
Robert “Eiger Loth
Okinawa
Americanwon Island
Cecil W. Nist
Salem
Ore
Army Corps
Mitsuru Ushijima
32Nd Japanese Army
Isamu Cho
Ushijima
Cho
10Th Army
Mabuni
Ocean
Army
Cho Isamu
Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr
U. 8 Ith Army
Buckner
Pris
Denies purge of storage lockers in state
The Maryland Office of Price Administration says there is no independent search and seize purge of food storage lockers. Enforcement attorney Alan H. Murrell calls the statewide probe an orderly program aimed at moving meat held in storage to private homes or retail markets. He stressed due process and noted the effort has largely met its aims in early stages.
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Baltimore
Maryland
OPA
Rationed Food Cuts Hit Local Restaurants
Beginning next Monday the supply of rationed foods for restaurants and public eating houses will shrink sharply as the OPA cuts allotments for July and August to balance supplies for housewives. Many Hagerstown restaurants have over drawn their ration accounts, per the OPA office.
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OPA
Hagerstown
Ten Year Old and Goat Run Belton Ice Delivery
In Belton Maryland a 10 year old boy and his two dollar goat named William pull a wagon to deliver ice. After the regular iceman quit Dickie learned to handle about 450 pounds daily with a top day of 675 pounds at five cents per 25 pounds. Milkshakes and goat feed cut into profits.
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Belton
Une
William
Dickie
Bill
Troy Laundry Truck Damaged By Fire
A Troy laundry truck driven by John Clark on West Washington street was badly damaged by a morning fire at Parkhead Level on Route 40 between Clearspring and Hancock. The Hancock Fire Company arrived too late to help. the driver was not injured and the extent of damage is unknown.
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Troy
John Clark
West
Washington Street
Parkhead Level
Route 40
Clearspring
Hancock
Hancock Fire Company
Blind veteran arranges garden to spell Buy Bonds
CHICAGO June 27 A blind veteran Jmiet Soldan has planted vegetables that spell Buy Bonds to convey a wartime message. In a separate item Helen Maxine Sweeney was granted a divorce from Joseph Luther Sweeney with Calvert K. Hartle as her attorney.
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Chicago
Jmiet Soldan
Victory Garden
Soldan
Helen Maxine Sweeney
Joseph Luther Sweeney
Calvert K. Hartle
Saccharine Sales Surge As Sugar Shortage Bites City
A survey of Hagerstown drug stores shows saccharine sales booming as sugar rationing tightens. One store reports demand outpacing supply since the sugar crisis began, with purchases rising for iced tea and other drinks. Wholesalers note shortages in saccharine tablets and ongoing sugar problems with no refinery updates.
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Hagerstown
The
Sac
Local Boy Dies in Pacific War Action Bowser Killed
Roger William Bowster, 2/c USN, was killed in action in the Pacific theater. The telegram to his parents Mr and Mrs George Bowser of Fairfield Pennsylvania, formerly Hagerstown, says Bowster enlisted October 20, 1944 and was only eighteen. He served aboard a seaplane tender when he sacrificed his life.
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Roger William Bowster
George Bowser
Fairfield
Hagerstown
Navy
County Roads Department
Bowser
Hagerstown Sets a Pattern in Forest Reforestation
An editorial in Water Works and Sewerage urges nationwide postwar reforestation using Hagerstown’s memorial forest above Smithsburg as a model. It argues reforestation benefits watersheds and acts as unemployment relief, with low initial cost and large long term gains.
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Hagerstown
Memorial Forest
Smithsburg
Water Works and Sewerage
Black raspberries near end of harvest season
Growers report the last of the black raspberry crop will be gathered in a few days with an average price of 40 cents. Red raspberries will continue for about a week. Blackberries are plentiful this year, mostly wild, with few commercial operations in the county. Meanwhile Mr and Mrs R H White announce their son, Captain S H White, has been promoted to Major at Camp Fannin Texas.
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R. H. White
North Mulberry Street
S. H. White
Camp Fannin
Texas
Central Headquarters
Marianas raid bombs Atsube oil refinery near Nagoya
The Marianas Superfortress fleet struck the Atsube river oil refinery near Yokkaichi, 18 miles southwest of Nagoya, joining the earlier May 10 Tokugawa and Otake blows. Fifty Fortresses hit the plant before midnight, part of a large round of attacks that damaged aviation gasoline production in Japan. Returning crews described bombs striking three of ten plants despite poor weather.
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Guam
Marianas
Japan
Atsube River
Yokkaichi
Nagoya
Atsube
All Japan Talking Of Yank Invasion
A Tokyo radio commentary quoted in London says most Japanese expect invasion, with concern over US strategy to destroy industrial power first before a final attack. The broadcaster claims Japanese forces maintain control of the China coast amid possible landings in China prior to any homeland strike.
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London
Tokyo
Japan
China
Straft
Men Impressed By Work At Fairchild
Hancock businessmen including Mayor QO N Carryer Stanley Fulton Maxwell Richards Dr W E Tabler Jack Casper and Harold Douglas toured the Fairchild Aircraft Division plant near Hagerstown. They marveled at the plant's vast size and the volume of aircraft production in progress and discussed inviting officials from other towns to visit.
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Hancock
Fairchild Aircraft Division
Fairchild
Hagerstown
QO. N. Carryer
Stanley Fulton
Maxwell Richards
W. E. Tabler
Jack Casper
Harold Douglas
AFL Officials To Meet Here For Two Day Session
A two day meeting of the executive board of the Maryland and District of Columbia Federation of Labor AFL will be held here starting tomorrow at the Water Hamilton. President Robert J. Buxbaum will address the audience on unemployment compensation. Attending officials include Robert J. Buxham Baltimore president Robert C. Lester Washington DC treasurer Frank J. Coleman Washington DC secretary Vincent J. Metlenry Ra state organized vice president John Torker Charles D. MacCins key Carl G. Sholta W Kingston Howard Bat Paul England Cumberland and E W Baijer Hagerstown.
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Maryland and District of Columbia Federation of Labor
AFL
Water Hamilton
Robert J. Buxbaum
Magerstown Federal Laborahson
AFI
Yeland and District of Columbia Federation
Robert J. Buxhanm
Baltimore
Robert C. Lester
Washington
Invasion Report On Kume Island Near Ryukyus
Radio Tokyo said Allied forces fought toward Kume island fifty miles west of Okinawa as the United States widened bases in the Ryukyu chain. A fresh landing was described amid heavy fighting with no immediate invasion of Japan foreseen, while Tokyo warned of possible landings on the China coast.
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Guam
Radio Tokyo
Kume Island
Okinawa
China
Japan
Kome
Ryukyu Islands
Tokyo
Masari Ito
Yomiuri Hachi
Kume
Ryukyu
Two Robberies Probed In City Apartments
Police investigate two bold apartment robberies. Mrs. Ann Hess on East Washington Street reported a forced entry while at work and a valuable ladies wrist watch missing. Bruce Boppe on Sum mt avenue said his apartment was entered and a Sharemaster razor a 22 calibre revolver and a ten year Fairchild pin were taken. Boppe named a suspect.
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Ptay
Ann Hess
East Washington Street
Bruce Boppe
Summt Avenue
Sharemaster
Boppe
Another Group To Take Physicals
A busload of prospective inductees will leave tomorrow morning for Baltimore for pre induction physicals. Among the groups from both local draft boards will be a number to have been classified LF and who will be re examined.
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Baltimore
employes strike for 10 percent boost in war bond quota
Right Spirit NAMPA Idaho June 27 A group of state war bond employees walked off their jobs and marched behind a batch to demand that Nampa s war bond quota be hiked 10 per cent to end the war 10 per cent sooner The state war finance committee agreed to the increase The original quota was 488 990 of which 314 370 has been raised.
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Nampa
Idaho
Nance Committee
Major Dagenais Due For Discharge
Major Joseph A. Dagenais, in Germany, writes that he is due for discharge after the war ends and becomes eligible for inactive service. He has been an investment broker prior to his commission and plans to resume brokerage work after discharge.
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Joseph A. Dagenais
Germany
Fue
Dagenaix
Japan Demet agency apologizes to Astaire editors
In San Francisco on June 27 the Demet agency apologized again for hours of flag in news transmissions. The message from Demet, reviewed by the FCC, said editors were to understand. Two weeks earlier Demet admitted significant parts of its Tokyo plant were destroyed in the incident.
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San Francisco
Japan
Demet Agency
Astaire
Federal Communications Commission
Ag Domet
Tokyo
Vey
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Cook
Irs
Imogene Stevens
New Canaan
Conn
Albert Kovacs
Roger Bowser
Pacific Area
National Magazine
Isle
All Japan
MD. D. C
Federation of Afl
Dagenais
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