From Our Reporters Notebook St Mary's drive draws out varied charity
Community sentiment shines as St Mary's church drive yields generous donations from interfaith members. Park rules bar bingo and card games in public parks despite earlier leniency, prompting neighborhood debate. Local tidbits note summer hints, palmistry chatter, skunk issues on Antietam street, and a scorching hot Baltimore night at 92 degrees.
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Queen Esther
Trinity Lutheran Church
City Park
President Truman Shirt Shortage Ended in Kansas City
President Truman’s shirt shortage ended during a visit to Kansas City Missouri when he asked Eddie Jacobson for three white shirts. Jacobson had none available, but soon three dozen shirts in size 1334 with 33 inch sleeves arrived from store owners and individuals in St Joseph Wichita and Oklahoma City.
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Kansas City
Truman
Haberdashery
Eddie Jacobson
Jacobson
St. Joseph
Wichita
Kans
Oklahoma City
Real Estate Market Quietly Buzzes With $120000 Week
The local realty scene posted a moderately busy week with total sales near $120,000. Transactions include Julia Isabel Bloomfield to Joseph Neikirk in Sharpsburg for 3000 and Henry A Bester Jr to Robert Harrell Jr for a bottling plant on Frederick street at 7300, among others.
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Julia Isabel Bloomfield
Joseph Neikirk
Sharpsburg
Henry A. Bester, Jr
Robert A. Harrell, Jr
Frederick Street
Clarence C. Burgess
Cora Earhart Locks
Carrollton Avenue
B. Frank Leister
Fred R. Saum
North Prospect
Edna P. Myers
David Goetz
Kuhn Ave
Norfolk and Western Ry
Western Maryland
Pennsylvania Railroad
Howard W. Couchman
Claude Resh
Cavetown Pike
Rollo
Mack
Nettie M. Spessard
Margaret A. McCreery
W. Franklin
Wim. H. Wilson, Jr
Perry E. Everetts
West Side Ave
Aaron S. Ruben
William H. Wilson, Jr
West Side Avenue
Jane E. Rudisill
Cora M. Weaver
Salem
Clarendon Avenues
Napoleon B. Pryor
Lawson J. Schroyer
Ringgold Road
Smithsburg
Antonio Britti
G. Dewey Talott
Cannon Ave
Jack B. Penn
Wm. R. Long
North Main St
Boons Horo
Rush To Buy Auto Tax Stamps at Post Office
Shoppers crowded the post office this morning as federal auto tax stamps sold quickly. The deadline is today for displaying stamps on windshields tomorrow. The post office stamp window closes at 1 p.m. and the Internal Revenue office on the sea floor level remains open until 6 p.m.
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Internal Revenue Office
Train Reservations Limited To 5 Days
Beginning today civilians may reserve passenger trains only five days in advance, a shift from a 30 day limit used for most of the war. Ordered by the Office of Defense Transportation to maximize scarce space and aid furloughed soldiers, the rule aims to curb unessential travel and may jeopardize planned vacations.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
Tremors Spotted Far From New York on Seismograph
Earth tremors described as fairly sharp were recorded today 2,960 miles southwest of New York by the Fordham University seismograph. The report notes the unusual distant location and intensity without detailing casualties or damage.
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New York
Here
Fordsham University
Work Or Fight Rubber Plant Strikers Told
Ohio Governor Frank J. Lausche orders immediate induction for striking Goodyear workers in Akron. He says defying the Army and government is a grave wrong as 16,780 rubber workers face work or fight action. War departments warn continued stoppage will endanger countless American soldiers and flyers.
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Columbus
Frank J. Wausche
Ohio Selective Service
Goodyear
Akron
Col. C. W. Goble
Washington
WLE
George W. Taylor
Ohio
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Goverment
Japan
Military Department
War and Navy Departments
Strike That Would Halt Distribution Of Newspapers Looms
New York June 30 Leaders of the Newspaper and Mail Delivery Union move to halt distribution at midnight of 11 metropolitan dailies with a combined weekday circulation over 5 million. Union voted 1,648 to 41 to strike demanding wages vacations with pay severance sick leave welfare fund and holidays with pay. War Labor Board urged no strike citing contract terms extended June 14 and pledge.
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New York
Ennion
War Labor Board
WLB
Glassworkers Ordered To Return To Work
The Federation of Glass, Ceramic and Silica Sand Workers of America CIO ordered about 15,000 members in 11 cities to return to work on Monday. The strike against Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company and Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company began June 21. The dispute will remain in status quo pending a hearing before the National War Labor Board. July 40.
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Columbus
Federation of Glass, Ceramic and Silica Sand Workers of America
CIO
Wnionists
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company
Lewis McCracken
National War Labor Board
Christmas Wreath Plant Destroyed by Fire in Pittsville
Salisbury Md June 36 A Christmas wreath processing plant at Pittsville Md was in ruins after a fire. Owner Allie Hamblin estimated damages at 20000 dollars. The blaze likely started by an overhead electric cable and was marked by three explosions that hurled 655 gallon paint drums 75 feet into the air, hindering firefighting by seven companies.
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Salisbury
Pittsville
Allie Hamblin
Rescue of five more marooned airmen in lost valley
Hollandia New Guinea June 28 glider Army team reaches Shangri La for a second rescue pulling five more people from the high valley. Earlier mission saved a WAC corporal and two airmen from a crash 46 days ago. Filipina troopers and cameraman also evacuated. four parachute troopers and an Army captain remain to be rescued. Cpl Margaret Hastings named queen of the valley but seeks a shower and normal life.
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Hollandia
New Guinea
Shangri-La
Alexander Cann
Netherlands
Information Service
WAC
Margaret Hastings
Qwego
N. Y
Cpl. Hastings
John B. McCollom
Trenton
Church Drive Surpasses Goal at St Marys Catholic Church
St Marys Catholic Church drive in Hagerstown raised 158,182 dollars toward a 150,000 quota for a new church and rectory. Msgr J Francis Leary praised campaign workers, noting it as the largest advancement project in the 126 year history of the present building. He said the effort marks a new era in service to the community and to the Lord.
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St. Mary's Catholic
Catholic Church of
Hagerstown
Msgr. J. Francis Leary
St. Mary's
Ewe
Thomas W
Bridge Club Ladies Hold Session at Decatur Butcher
In Decatur Georgia on June 30 bridge club ladies arrived at a neighborhood butcher shop with scorecards and faced a crowd of shoppers while the butcher prepared his weekly meat shipment.
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Decatur
Bridge Club
First Wheat Yield 35 Bushels To Acre
The first threshed wheat delivered to H. S. Poffenberzer Company at St. James averaged about 35 bushels per acre. It came from the J Edge Remsburg farm on Sharpsburg pike where 484 bushels of dry wheat were produced on 14 acres. The grain weighed 61 pounds per bushel and was weed seed free. DEVERS SUCCEEDS STILWELL. General Devers will replace Stilwell as commander of the Army Ground Force es. Stilwell had recently replaced Buckner, killed in action, as commander of the 10th Army on Okinawa.
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H. S. Poffenberzer Company
Selr
St. James
J. Edge Remsburg
Sharpsburg Pike
Stilwell
Simon Bolivar Buckner
10Th Army
Okinawa
Local restauranteurs plan week of shorter hours
Local eating places announce week-long closings and reduced hours as OPA food allotment cuts hit July and August. Managers cite scarce meat butter and sugar, with shortages forcing closures and rationing affecting service and supply chains across the city.
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OPA
Allied Battle Fleet Presses Balance From Balikpapan Coast
Manila reports Allied fleet of 50 ships pounded Balikpapan's oil refinery as bombardments widen shore defenses for an imminent landing. Japanese account cites fierce fire from coastal batteries and reconnaissance by small Allied craft. Australians hold 125 miles of North Borneo coast as Tarakan wells resume pumping for Allied storage tanks.
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Manila
Borneo
Balikpapan
Tokyo Radio
Domei Agency
Domei
Federal Communications Commission
Sevia
Miri
North Borneo
Austraian
Sarawak
Melbourne Radio
Tarakan
Allied
Much Maligned Bugler Finally Bites Dust
In Okinawa Marine Cpl. Joseph Stelmach of Allen town Pennsylvania fired on a Japanese bugler during a height assault with Major General Lemuel C Shephard's Sixth Marine Division. The bugler was killed after Stelmach shot. The incident occurred while the unit was taking a position near Naha.
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Orinawa
Joseph Stelmach
Allentown
Stelmach
Lemuel C. Shepherd
Naba
Leatherneck
Admitted Robber Held For Court
Lewis T. Thinbers twenty year old Camden New Jersey man was arrested yesterday on six charges of house robbery and arraigned in city court held under six thousand dollar bond for November Grand Jury action. He asked a preliminary hearing in one case but did not testify police say he confessed to entering homes on North Mulberry and Charles streets and that he had wandered from Hagerstown weeks ago to pass the time. Magistrate M V H Bastetter noted the hot weather when Timbers would not sleep in a locked house and ordered bond. The arrest came after fingerprints matched on glass containers in a garage behind the 400 block of North Potomac and at the scenes of the robberies.
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Lewis T. Thinbers
Timbers
North Mulberry
Charles Streets
Camden
N. J
Hagerstown
M. V. HK. Bastetter
North Potomac
Two Die in Train Collision Near Grand Rapids
Two killed and several injured when a New York Central passenger train collided headon with a freight train near Maran Rapids northwest of Jackson. State police identified deceased crew members David Greer and W. Q. Rhoades of Grand Rapids. Passenger engineer Phil Lemeier of Jackson among the injured. others’ names not yet available. Rescue teams from the state police and railroad conducted the response.
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Jackson
Mid
New York Central
Maran Rapids
Mommies
Here
David Greer
Grand Rapids
W. QO. Rhoades
Irgin
Phil Lemeier
B-29s In Eighth Strike To Hit Jap Oil Plants
GUAM June 30 The B-29 campaign against Japanese oil plants extended to a second raid in one day with nearly 50 Superforts bombing the Kuda matsu oil refining plant on the Inland Sea coast of Southwest Honshu. Tokyo radio reported raids in Hokkaido and mines sowed in North Honshu harbors Niigata and Sakata. Continued on Page 2.
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Guam
Japan
Kudamatsu
Nippon
Honshu
Tokyo Radio
American Broadcasting Company
Hokkaido Island
Federal Commmunications Commission
Tokyo
Niigata
Sakata
21St Bomber Command
House Races To Save OPA
Washington action rush as Congress and President Truman scramble to extend the OPA and price controls. A noon vote on a compromise bill would grant Anderson authority to curb the meat black market and raise War Department funds, with plans to fly the bill to Kansas City for signature.
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Washington
House
OPA
Congress
Truman
Kansas City
Loase O
Clinton P. Anderson
War Department
Capitol Hill
Anderson
Senate
I Hose
Chinese Recapture Liuchow In Heavy Fighting
Chinese high command announced Liuchow, former U S 14th Air Base, was recaptured at midnight after fierce street fighting. The city center lay in flames for a week as Chinese forces pushed from the north and northwest toward nearby Kiweilin, with Liuchow airfield also retaken in heavy combat.
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Chungking
Liuchow
U. S. 14Th Air Force Base
Kwangsi Province
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Kiweilin
14Th Air Force
Mercury May Hit 100 Degrees This Afternoon
Keedysville weather observer J A Miller reports the morning temperature climbing toward 100 with clear skies. At 11 a m it reached 50, up from a 67 overnight. if the trend continues, 1909 degrees would not be a June heat record and wheat harvest is largely done while corn grows vigorously.
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Keedysville
J. A. Miller
Miller
Filling Stations Robbed Last Night
Mac's Esso station on Virginia Avenue near Sunset was robbed last night with nonfuel items stolen. Richfeld station owner Howard Holsinger reported no cash missing. City Detective Wayne Seliman is assigned to investigate the incident.
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Mac
Esso
Western Maryland Railroad
Holsinger
Richsenger
Virginia Avenue
Sunset Avenue
Richfeld Station
Howard Hotsinger
Wayne Seliman
Russians Seized Fighting Nazis United in Camp Protest
Three Russians captured fighting with the German army killed themselves, seven others wounded as American troops broke up a protest at a prison camp under Maj. George Paul. About 154 Soviet prisoners took part in the disturbance tied to the Yalta exchange plan. An American guard unit was attacked. three Americans were injured and one prisoner was hurt while scaling a wall.
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Fort Din
X. J
Dume
George BR. Paul
Yalta
U. S
Hospial
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Key Junction City
John W. Emmons
Sheffield
Ala
Sth Marines Division
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Hidden Valley
Queen of Valley
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Red Point
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