Rescue Efforts Continue To Free Stranded Airmen In Canyon
Army personnel and rangers lead multiple rescue parties attempting to reach three airmen marooned deep in a Colorado River gorge. Signals from the plateau report the men are in good health as planes drop supplies and radios, with requests for shoes. A makeshift flag marks the camp while efforts focus on reaching them from both canyon sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irks Canyon
Mountaineer Star Army
Ea Laws
A. A. MacRae
Wilmington
Del
Army
H.C. Bryant
Park
Jol
Donald B. Phillips
Kingman
Army Air Field
Andi
Shadow Gorge
Aban
Diiver
Franklin Dry Cleaners
Don't Change Horses Song Banned Across Radio Networks
New York June 29 four major networks ban the Tin Pan Alley novelty song Don't Change Horses for the duration of political conventions citing possible election implications. Written by Alloffman Drake Livingston the tune has been aired repeatedly and faced action from NBC CBS ABC and Mutual as Chicago hosts the Republican convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Muirzy Coats
Alloffman
Milton Drake
Jerry Livingston
National Broadcasting Company
Chicago
Columbia Broadcasting System
Blue Network
Mutual
John W. Munson Dies at 65 in Hagerstown
City plumbing inspector John W. Munson died at Washington County Hospital from complications, aged 65. Born in Hagerstown, he leaves wife Nellie, daughters Helen Luman and Catherine Middiehauts, son Gerald, eight grandchildren, and siblings. Services at Suter funeral home Friday at 4 pm with Rev. Wilson P. Ard officiating. interment in Rose Hill cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Munson
Washington County Hospital
Hagerstown
Frederick
Amelia (Shafer) Munson
Trinity Lutheran Church
Martin Luther Bible Class
Junior Fire Company
Fourth Ward
Democratic Club
Nellie R. Munson
Helen Luman
Catherine Middiehauts
Gerald H. Munson
Emma Peglow
Street
Thomas Munson
Baltimore
Herman
Cavetown
Charles
Ernest F
Beauford Munson
Suter Funeral
Wilson P. Ard
Rose Hill Cemetery
Deaths and obituaries from Cumberland and area
Obituary notices report the death of Jacob Benjamin McCleary 65 a former Cumberland resident and B and O telegrapher for 40 years with survivors including daughter Mrs Glenn Seidenberg and siblings in Maryland Pennsylvania and Connecticut. Funeral services Thursday at 4 pm at A K Coffman with Dr Scott R Wagner officiating. Interment Rose Hill cemetery. Charles Easterday 71 of near Myersville dies at Frederick City Hospital after two days illness. survivors include wife Effie daughter Ellen Shifler son Charles and siblings. Funeral Saturday 2 pm Gladhill Funeral Home Middletown with burial at United Brethren cemetery Myersville. Also notes on local social events listing Span ish Danceland dances and Kemp's Mill Tavern band appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Benjamin McCleary
Cumberland
This City
Jacob and
Florence (Thornaurg) McCleary
B & OQ
Zion Reformed Church
Glenn R. Seidenberg
Washington, D. C
Rachel Messener
Baltimore
Eleanor Fiery
Welch
W. Va
Norman
Oil City
Jana Roderick
New Haven
Conn
A. K. Coffman
Scott R. Wagner
Rose Hill Cemetery
Charles
Easterday
Myersville
Frederick City
Lawrence
Ellen (Herr) Easterday
Effie
Trugell) Easterday
Ellen Shifler
Boonsboro
Clarence
Walkersville
Jonas Moser
Mapleville
Gladhill
Middletown
United Brethren Cemetery
Walsh Would Revamp Court in Maryland
Baltimore June 25 Att orney General William C Walsh urged a proposed reconstitution of the Maryland Court of Appeals reducing its size from eight to five and removing trial court duties. The Bond plan backed by L Wethered Barroll faced attack for disrupting a system that has worked since 1867. The constitutional amendment awaits voter approval in November after hot debate in the 1943 General Assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Maryland Court of Appeals
William C. Walsh
National Lawyers’ Guild
Walsh
Maryland
L. Wethered Barroll
Bond
Carroll T. Bond
General Assembly
City invests war bonds from Annie Carlisle estate funds
The city of Hagerstown has invested a $23,000 trust bequest for the poor in war bonds at 2 1/4 percent. With this purchase, total war bond holdings reach $423,000. The remaining $400,000 is in 7/8 percent certificates maturing in about a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Annie Carlisle
Illegal Gas Sales Could Be Ended
Arthur Perlman of the OPA says there is a lower counterfeit coupon rate here and that stopping black market gas relies on filling station operators. He notes a B book holder could rise from 325 to 700 gallons yearly if illicit flow is halted and urges operators to restrict sales to bona fide ration holders. A dealer meeting at South Potomac Junior High is planned tonight over CPA rules. RUMMAGE SALE SATURDAY 7 to noon, 50 bundles, clothing and accessories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Perlman
OPA
Perlman
Washington County
CPA
South Potomac Junior High School
Salvation Army Plans Service at Home July 2
A Salvation Army service on Sunday July 2 marks the 79th anniversary of the founding and the centennial of William Booth’s conversion in London. A 2 p.m. radio program features Rev Roy Sloop. evening talks include Mrs Roy Philippy and Rev F A Fesperman with Capt John G Churchill in charge. Booth’s conversion, its impact on a global charity, and Salvation Army service with the armed forces are noted, including a convertible ambulance vehicle used by troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
William Booth
London
England
Roy Sloop
Mitchell Fockler
Salvation Army Board
Roy Philippy
F. A. Fesperman
John G. Churchill
Wesleyan Methodists
Salvationists
France
Finland on brink as Nazis seize control of government
Stockholm datelined report says Finland's democratic government faces collapse as Nazi troops move in. Five Social Democratic ministers may resign, yielding control to Ryti and Linkomies after accepting full military collaboration with Germany. Some fear paralysis of Finnish troops at the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Finland
Germany
Social Democratic Party
Risto Ryti
Edwin Linkomies
Associated Press
Robert Sturdevant
Helsinki
Hitle
Ryti
Linkomies
Henrik Ramsay
Joachim von Ribbentrop
von Ribbentrop
Robot Planes Continue Bombings Over Southern England
London June 29 German flying bomb attacks in southern England persisted into a third week. A British official statement assured civilians that progress is being made toward destroying the threat. Fighter planes shoot down some aircraft while anti-aircraft batteries bag others as Allied air forces steadily bomb launch bases along the Pas de Calais coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Germany
England
Pas-de-Calais
CIO Workers Donate Fund for Troop Recreation Aid
Local 842 UAW CIO workers in Fairchild Aircraft Division contributed 1000 dollars toward a 1600 dollar goal to buy recreation facilities for soldiers at Martinsburg's Newton D. Baker Army hospital. The National CIO War Relief Council will match each local dollar with fifty cents, funding pool tables a three way recording machine and lobby decorations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairchild Aircraft Division
Uaw-Cio
Newton D. Baker Army Hospital
Martinsburg
Sherman S. Snodderly
CIO
Snodderly
Hagerstown
National Cio War Relief Council
CIO Plans July 4th Picnic Here
Amalgamated UAW CIO local sponsors a full day picnic at Rowe's Park along Conococheague Creek on Rt 0 July 4. James B Carey will be chief speaker on Labor and the Serviceman Post War Planning. Sherman Snodderly of Local 842 invites 14 CIO locals, families, friends, and visiting servicemen to attend. The program runs from dawn to midnight with about 22 contests and cash prizes, including a change tipping contest and a Sadie Hawkins race, plus dancing music and recently dredged swimming conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uaw-Cio
Rowe's Park
Conococheague Creek
James B. Carey
National Congress of Industrial Organization
Sherman Snodderly
Snodderly
CIO
Hagerstown
Scout Troop Pictured In Paper
A photo in the July 1 issue of The War Cry shows 15 Salvation Army Scout youths led by Capt. John G. Churchill preparing to leave for a summer camp. Highest cash price paid for old gold offered by Sauwm's at 21 Jonathan Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
War Cry
John G. Churchill
Sauwm’s
Jonathan St
Adv
Letters From War Reach Washington County Families In Uniform
Letters from service members in France reach families in Washington County as soldiers and sailors report fronts and mail delivery after Normandy. The piece notes Pvt. F Lucille Cox at Camp Lejeune and Cpl William W L Baker of Hagerstown receiving mail, along with the nationwide adoption of a uniform Honorable Discharge button for all services since 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Lejeune
N. C
Nesbitt Cox
Hagerstown
F. Lucille Cox
34Th Trag. Bu
Co. C
N. Co
Norfolk
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
War Department
Army
Trap Being Closed On Japs At Wewak
Advanced Allied HQ in New Guinea reports a trap near Wewak narrows to 150 miles as Australians close in from the east within 70 miles and US forces approach from the west since the April 22 Aitape invasion. Japanese troops are described as imperiled behind leapfrog advances toward Biak Island, about 400 miles away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Guinea
Wewak
British New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Aitape
MacArthur
Biak Island
Schoutens
North Dutch New Guinea
Biak
Funk Receives Commission as County Commissioner
J Kieffer Funk, well known farmer and new member of the Board of County Commissioners appointed by Governor O'Conor, received his commission and qualified before the Clerk of the Court. He succeeds the late Ernest W. Miller and is expected to take office on Tuesday, after resigning from the Board of Education. Marriage license issued to Robert K. Arthur, 24, and Lottie Fesperman, 22, of Hagerstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Kieffer Funk
Board of County Commissioners
O’conor
Funk
Ernest W. Miller
Board of Education
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Bur Rangers
Columbia Way
Columbia College
Potomac Street
Washington Co
Yingling Auto Sales & Service
Pontiac
GMC
Frederick Street
City Plumbing
Kemp's Mill Tavern
Penn-Maryland
Georgia
Crouse
Martin’s
Gulf Service
Park Circle
Virginia Ave
Preston
Court
Jonathan
Ady
Green Lantern
North Potomac Street
Exide Batteries Wholesale & Retail
Reighard’s Garage
W. Antietam St
Wilhelm
Thumma Motor Co
Hagerstown Industrial Loan
Eari Neikiri
Willan Booth
Salvation Army Plans Service
Community Finance Service Incorporated
West Washington St
J. C. Card
SS Sammit Avenue
Army Hospital
Shipp’s Sea Food
A. Scout
Goodyear
Balto
tLocuat Sts
Mr. Cargel
Caskey Baking CQ
Ess
Joseph Staley
Williamsport
Joseph Lee Staley
Normandy
Joey
Set
Staley
Lucille Cox
Marine Corps Women’s Reserve
United States Army Postal Regulating Service
Cpl
William W. L. Baker
South
Lincoln Avenue
Robert K. Arthur
Lottie
Fesperman
Chevrolet
Fleigh Motor Co
Oak Hill Avenue
North Prospect ST
RED
BAY Trout
Haddock
Severege
Hamilton Hotel
General Ins
Agey
Dealers In Sound Insurance Professional Arts
Arthur F. Detrow
Gen
Mer
Keystone 1
Central Garage
Summit Ave
Western
Consumers Credit Service
Consumers Credit Service, Inc
407
Public Square
Maryland Welding Co., Inc
East
Baltimore Street
S. D. Reed
Potomac Avenue
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