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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1942
Page
3
In Baltimore on March 6 an almost new 1941 automobile was auctioned in a court approved sale to liquidate an estate. The auctioneer touched the tires while spectators watched as the car brought $1,660, over $100 above its original price.
Washington county leads Western Maryland with 4,830 workers in training or on duty and 700 air raid wardens. Frederick and Baltimore counties follow with 1,701 and 4,530 in training or on duty and 672 and 2,000 wardens respectively. statewide enrollment reaches 124,374 civilians, Baltimore City aims for 150,000 with 61,255 registered.
Frederick Md March 6 Samuel H Killman was sentenced to four years after pleading guilty to four indictments charging theft of 75 to 80 womens garments from Hood College dormitories during Christmas holidays State's Attorney Patrick M Schanuffer said he was arrested while ransacking a girls room and three bundles of clothing were recovered from the boarding house where Killman lived He was employed as an engineer at the school.
J. Fred Roulette sues Norfolk and Western Railway Company for 500 damages after a Holstein cow was killed by a train near Antietam station last August. Ellsworth R. Roulette is listed as attorney.
Renkins Kentucky March 6 Heavy snows isolate Letcher County near Virginia and West Virginia. Cumberland mountain records 44 inch depth while Jenkins reports 36 inches. Travel halted for two days as vehicles marooned. a Went Kentucky Virginia Stage bus and eight passengers, including a soldier overdue at a Texas Army post, endure the drift for 22 hours with engine heat but no food.
Baltimore March 6 The Jug Bridge collapse on U S Route 40 near Frederick lengthens the Baltimore to Frederick drive by at least four and a half miles. Two detours will route motorists until midsummer. One detour adds four and a half miles via New Market to Frederick. The longer detour uses Routes 70 80 and 240 to Frederick, extending the trip by 15 miles.
No lives were lost. Schools and mines nearby shut down as power lines snapped across multiple locations. Service to Jenkins resumed today after disruption. Telephone networks remained down. The bronze Statue of Freedom atop the Capitol dome weighs about 15,000 pounds.
Hugh Coleman, a 48 year old colored refuse collector of Shippensburg Pa died yesterday morning at Chambersburg Hospital from head injuries after his garbage truck was struck by a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train at a Shippenburg grade crossing. Hospital attaches listed a skull fracture and lacerations of the head and face. Preliminary investigation found Coleman driving his truck on Fort street during his daily collection when the collision occurred.
A vehicle crossing a Pennsylvania Railroad crossing was struck broadside by a passenger train bound for Hagerstown. The report notes unusual torpor scales measuring over 4 inches across.
Washington dispatch reports a wartime order banning sales and deliveries of new and used typewriters effective immediately. Rentals are prohibited. owners may return rented machines by April 1. Used machines may be sold, and some machines may be delivered only under specific transit conditions. The industry is to cut production by up to 40 percent in standard models and 80 percent in portables, with freed facilities redirected to small arms and aviation instrument components.
Mayor Howard W. Jackson addressed the Maryland League of Municipalities in Baltimore noting a plan to recruit older children for lighter farm work this summer. The aim is to ease farm labor shortages and provide a blueprint for evacuation in air raid scenarios.
German planes raided Moscow Thursday night with bombs dropped at random and causing insignificant damage though some damage was reported. The world news desk notes Allied observers describe the raid as part of ongoing air campaigns over the capital.
In Baltimore on March 6 Mrs. Rose Lipsitz Rubenstein reunited with her son Meyer Lipsitz who had been believed dead for over two decades. He had served in Siberia during the last war, later moved to California, and returned home citing a desire to join the army again and prove himself.
The Russian radio announced that only two or three raiders reached Moscow to drop bombs while others were dispersed by anti aircraft fire and night fighters. The last alert in Moscow was December but no bombings had occurred for weeks.
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