Japs Mass Ace Fliers On Route To Philippines
Allied reports detail Japanese naval aviation reinforcing New Guinea sectors guarding routes toward the Philippines. American forces expanded landings near Hollandia and Demia, cutting coastal retreat paths while destroying several airbases and fending off sporadic Japanese raids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HDQS
New Guinea
Grinter
Japan
Hollandia
Philippines
Aneta
Netherlands
Geelvink Bay
Halmahera Islands
Mindanao
Hollandia-Aitape
U.S. 6Th Army
Demia
Tanahmerah Bay
Torare Bay
Wewak
Hanse Bay
Solomons
Rabaul
New Britain
Friday and Saturday Dance at Mt Lena Tavern
Round and square dance events run every Friday and Saturday at Mt Lena Tavern with music by Four Aces. A larger dance floor accompanies fried chicken service.
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MT. Lena Tavern
Four Aces
Father and son reunite after eight months on road
West Simsbury Connecticut resident Frank Rake gave a ride to a hitchhiking serviceman on furlough from Camp McCoy Wisconsin and found he had picked up his own son, Private David F. Rake. They had not seen each other in eight months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Simsbury, Conn
May
Frank Rake
David F. Rake
Camp McCoy
Wis
Deaths in the Hancock area two families mourn losses
Multiple obituary notices from Hancock and vicinity report the deaths of Mrs. Susan L. Cramer at 56, and others including Charles Harrison aged 79, Mrs. Sarah Belle Mowen aged 74, Mrs. Laura Elnera Beall aged 65, and Mary Catherine Baker with services planned. Surviving spouses, children, siblings and grandchildren are listed, with funeral arrangements at Liberty Street Trinity Chapel Beaver Creek Dunkard Church Broadfording Church of God Rose Hill and Stone Bridge Church of the Brethren cemeteries. Burial plans and viewings noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan L. Cramer
David Cramer
Washington County Hospital
Liberty Street Trinity Chapel
Pfc
Wallace Cramer
LU. S. Army
David R Cramer
U. S. Navy
Bernard L. Crammer
This City
Eldawella Boger
Virgie Fratanni
Cleo Baughman
Tene Cramer
Charles Harrison
Mapleville
Christian Church
Margaret E. Harrison
Beaver Creek Dunkard
Braiss
Sarah Belle Mowen
John G. Mowen
Cearfoss
Greencastle
Samuel and
Elizabeth (Wyent) Needy
Pentecostal Church of God
Forrest Ricketts
Catonsville
George Lushbaugh
Charles Rodeffer
Hagerstown
Richard Suifecool
Clearspring
Wesley Bingaman
Ralph
Magpier
Micha
Russell H
Tacoma
Washington
Earl C
Paul L
Kenneth J
Lloyd G
John Knabe
Baltimore
Bernard Divilbiss
Laura Elnera Beall
John E. Beall
Lincoln Avenue
Funkstown
Archand
Martha Ann (Furry) McCoy
First Brethren Church
Mary E. Webb
Paul C
Guy N
Seaford
Del
Bertha McCoy
Nettie Essler
Hattie Fisher
A. K. Coffman
Paul Minnich Robinson
Rose Hill Cemetery
Mary Catherine Baker
East Main Street
Hancock
Media Estelle Dick
Martinsburg
Cecil Glen Baker
Percy Benjamin Baker
Jenkins Funeral Iome
Stone Bridge
Kemp's Mill Tavern Penn Maryland Band Dance Ad
Every Fri and Sat night at Span ish Danceland Kemp's Mill Tavern features the Penn Maryland String Band and "Your old Friend Ross" in a dance ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spanish Danceland
Kemp's Mill Tavern
Penn-Maryland
Ross
Ernest W Miller Rites Highlight Local Leader’s Death
Ernest W Miller longtime Republican politician and community figure died recently leaving a varied career from Ward 4 City Councilman to State Senator and County Commissioner. He owned a seed and grocery store on South Potomac street and was active in plants and community groups. Surviving relatives include a daughter Mrs. Hiram S Hall and several sons and siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller
Ward 4
House of Delegates
Board of County Commissioners
Paul Robertson
Baltimore
J. W. Myers
E. 5. Miller
South Potomac Street
State Senate
First Regiment
Maryland National Guard
Frostburg
Miler
First Christian Church
Lions Club
Order of Eagles
Loyal Order of Moose
Hiram §S. Hall
Denville
N. J
Elston V. Miller
Winter Park
Florida
Marvin V
C. Voyn
This City
John A. Miller
Keedysville
Victor Hays Miller
Elwood
Milnais
Everett Miller
Oklahoma
No Worker Reduction At Burlington Plant
Burlington North Carolina plant manager says no reduction in employes is planned despite Army cutbacks on the AT-21 gunner trainer. He adds that aircraft production will continue after the new year with other Army aircraft adaptable to the shop facilities. A separate notice lists a Masonic Temple event at 52 South Potomac Street with Potomac Orchestra cakewalk and a 40 cent admission.
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Burlington, N. C
Fairchild Aircraft Division
Army
Burlington
Simplified Income Tax Bill Heads to House Approval
Washington May 5 The House Ways and Means committee backed a plan to simplify income taxes for about 50 million people. The measure would remove filing for 30 million and adjust withholding to reflect actual tax for those earning up to 5,000 dollars. Beginning next year the government would compute 1944 taxes for wages under 5,000, with no payment required at filing for many.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Ways and Means
Clover Seed Crop Harvest Advised By County Agent
County Agent Mark Miller advised harvesting seed from ladino clover second growth this year due to rising seed demand. He notes 10 to 40 pounds per acre are possible, with one pound enough to establish a stand. grazing first growth and hay or silage before bloom supports best seed yield. Cross-pollination and nearby honey bees can boost production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Miller
Miller
British Subs Mass For Blow At Jap Communications
London reports the Evening Standard stating British submarines are mustering in far eastern waters for a smashing blow at Japanese sea communications. Admiralty notes confirm steady undersea operations in Asiatic waters with a Japanese destroyer and four other vessels sunk in the latest Tuesday briefing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Far
Evening Standard
Asiatic
Admiralty
Knoxville Man Helps Kill Six Foot Three Inch Snake
George S. Fouch of Knoxville shot a six foot three inch black snake near his home. His sister Ellen Hammond assisted in dispatching the reptile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George S. Fouch
Knoxville
Ellen Hammond
Senate group urges shift to industrial alcohol imports
Senate liquor shortage committee members urged importing less gin and rum and more industrial alcohol from Cuba, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. Senator Murdock said too much focus on beverage alcohol quality and too little on industrial alcohol. Senator Ferguson backed diverting shipments to relieve domestic distillers after WPB head Nelson said no whisky holiday for months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cuba
Virgin Islands
Puerto Rico
Senate
Murdock
Utah
Ferguson
R-Mich
War Production Board
WPB
Donald M. Nelson
Soldier At Bedside As Daughter Dies
Theresa Truax, 11 month old leukemia victim, died late yesterday at Rahway New Jersey with her mother and soldier father present. Father Staff Sgt Elmer Truex, flown from the South Pacific on a Roosevelt ordered furlough, arrived Saturday to see the child. death attributed to inflammation of the heart by Dr Edward Blakely. The father is attached to a coastal artillery unit.
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Rahway
N. J
May &R
Theresa Truax
South Pacific
Roosevelt
Edward Blakely
Statf
Elmer Truex
Sgt. Truex
Coast Artillery
Allied bombers strike Mandalay in Burma raid
Allied bombers scored a heavy blow on Mandalay the Japanese supply center in central Burma as part of a stepped up offensive targeting India and northern Burma. Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten's headquarters announced today.
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Mandalay
Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Burma
India
Admral
Louis Montbatten
Rummage Sale At Market House Basement
Halfway Homemakers Club sponsors a rummage sale on Saturday May 6 in the Market House basement. Proceeds support the E G Miller's Class at Christ Reformed with advance notices and details advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Market House
Halfway Homemakers Club
Adv
Miller
Christ Reformed
Nazis Chortle At Montgomery Ward Seizure News
Berlin radio reports a U S seizure of Montgomery Ward spurring protests and calls for staff elections at the store. The piece notes Roosevelt allies may face examination of wartime authority as Congress weighs prolonging occupation powers beyond June 30.
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Montgomery Ward
Associated Press
Berlin
U. S
DNB
Geneva
United States
Roosevelt
London Daily Express
Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
Chief Of Jap Fleet Koga Reported Killed In War
New York May 5 Tokyo radio announced Admiral Mineichi Koga commander of the Japanese combined fleet was killed on active duty less than a year after Admiral Yamamoto died in similar fashion An imperial communique said Koga died at his post in March directing general operations from an airplane at the front He was 59 noted for steadiness over brilliance and lacked Yamamoto's aggressive reputation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tokyo Radio
Mineichi Koga
Isoroto Yamamoto
U. S.1
Imperial Headquarters
Koga
London
Pearl Harbor
White House
Work or Be Drafted Legislation Faces Senate Snag
In Washington on May 5 a bill to compel at least a million 4-Fs into war work met strong Senate military committee opposition despite House support. Senator Skilgore of Virginia warned the panel would view the Bailey-Brewster work or be drafted plan with the same lukewarm fate as the Austin-Wadsworth national service bill. Senator Johnson of Kentucky also said he could not back the proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Military Committee
House
Skilgore
D-Va
Senate
Hotel Governor Clinton Cleans House With Guests Present
New York May 5. Despite manpower issues the Hotel Governor Clinton conducted its annual spring cleaning. General Manager Robert Glenn staff members and numerous hotel guests participated behind mops dust cloths and brooms during the operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Clinton
Robert Glenn
Sale of Tate Clarine M. personal property advertised
At Weigel's 917 Spruce St a light lunch will be servedSat May 6 with sale of personal property of Tate Clarine M located a half mile east of Hagerstown on paper mill road Adv.
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Weigel’s
Spruce St
Tate Clarine M
War News From Home: Soldiers and Addresses Shared
One of the first to greet M/Sgt Milton Garonzik in England was his brother Sgt Hamilton Garonzik. Two brothers, sons of Harry Garonzik, Oak Hill avenue, shared five hours together before orders pulled them apart. Various local servicemen send word of arrivals, overseas postings, and addresses for correspondence, including Richard Wiliam Vaughn 2/c at Newport Rhode Island, Sgt Joseph Middlekauff overseas in New Guinea, Pfc John H Wagner with 14 months overseas in Italy, and Kenneth F Wagner seeking news at Bainbridge Maryland. Cadet Francis J Dallago enrolled at Maxwell Field Alabama after Hagerstown High School class of 1943. First Lieut William C Conley Jr of the U S Army Ordnance Dept is ordered to St Louis for duty with the Office of Field Director of Ammunition Plants, with prior ties to Potomac Edison. Mrs Conley, Tempe r Glenn Young, is the daughter of Mr and Mrs J Forney Young.
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Milton Garonzik
England
Hamilton Garonzik
Harry Garonzik
Oak Hill Avenue
Pfc
John H
Red) Wagner
Italy
Nell L . Wagner
Mitchell Avenue
Kenneth F. Wagner
Bainbridge
Maxwell Field
Ala
Francis J. Dallago
Leo J. Dallago
West Side Avenue
Hagerstown
Alabama
Army Air Forces Training Command
Dallage
Hagerstown High School
William C. Conley, Jr
U. S. Army Ordnance Dept
Pennsylvania Ordinance Works
Whiteley
War Department
St. Louis
Ordnance Dept
Faient
Conley
Potomac Edison Company
Igs
J. Forney Young
Long Meadows
Williamsport
Editor's Mail Box Defends unions and wartime labor rights
Roy Saum of Ohio County argues for strong labor unions to defend workers and minorities against big business. He accuses Dig-wigs of greed, defends Ward plant actions, and condemns Avery as a propagandist while urging soldiers to return ready to defend America’s wage rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward
Sewell Avery
Avery
Land of Plenty
Roy Saum
OIO
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J. S. Snowberger & Sons
Washington St
Raito
Hest
Baer Brothers
W. Franklin
Kraiss Funeral Home
N. Potomac St
Frederick Street
Wilhelm
Thumma Motor Co
Ernest W. Miller
Masonic Temple
S. Potomac St
Potomac Orch
Adm
Inc
Ady
Mecca Steak House
Franklin ST
Hagerstown Ice Co
T& West
Lee Street
Reichard’s
W. Antietam St
Studebaker
Fleigh Motor Co
Oak Hill Avenna
Senate Group
West Lee Street
Signature Auto Furniture
Hagerstown Industrial Loan
Jonathan St
Earl Neikirk
Tokyo
Saum’s
Jonathan Street
Washington Co
Yingling Auto Sales & Service
Pontiac
GMC
News OF Our
John Vaughn
Richard Wiliam Vaughn
U. S&s. S. Wilkes- Barre
U.S. Naval Training Station
Newport
Rhode Island
Earl Middlekauff
Sgt
Joseph
Bill) Middlekauff
Og.u. Bks
Dho
U.S.F.S. Bainbridge, Md
Hagerstown, Md
America
Consumers Credit Service First
Sarevica
Consumers Credit Service, Inc
Hamilton Hotel
MD. General Ins
Agey, Dealers In Sound Insurance
Arte Bidz
Phogte
Arthur F. Detrow
Gen
Mer
Green Lantern
N. Potomac Street
Winkler Stokers
DIX Supply, Inc
Franklin Street
Community Finance Service, Inc
Grey Gables
North Potomac Street
Amanda
Central Garage
Summit Ave
Western
Maryland
Value Center
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