Hancock Flier Wins Air Medal
Staff Sgt Homer E. Weller of Hancock has been awarded the Air Medal by Lt. Gen. George C. Kenney commander of the Allied Air Forces in the Southwest Pacific. The citation cites meritorious achievement on sustained operational flights in the Southwest Pacific involving hostile contact and bombing missions against enemy airfields installations naval vessels and shipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer E. Weller
Hancock
George C. Kenney
Southwest Pacific
Associated Press
Allied Headquarters
Thunderstorms End Warm Spell Hit by Farmers Busy
Storms expected this afternoon will end the warm spell in which temperatures rose to 87 yesterday after reaching 8 dollars? Farmers and potato growers worked the fields today while apple orchards benefit from clear weather during the blossom fertilization period. Orchardists say two sunny days allowed bees to fertilize blooms and nothing now should hinder fine crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Miller
Kerdynville
Appia
Georgia Peach Crop Seen Shrinking This Season
ATLANTA May 5 A Georgia peach crop forecast predicts movement of less than 4 000 carloads this season far below the normal 10 000. Prospects vary by district with central showing the worst damage from recent cold and moisture, while southern and northern belts show some recovery and movement expected around May 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Georgia
William C. Bewley
The
Fruit Exchange
Rowley
No Gas To Be Issued For Vacation Trips
Chief Clerk Thomas Bittle of the Ration Board said today there would be absolutely no gas issued for vacation trips under the present regulations. All trips must use gasoline from the basic A book. The inquiries arose with the start of the summer vacation schedule at a large local industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Bittle
Ration Board
Bittle
Ice Cream Saved by Guadalcanal Seabees
Delayed report notes a damaged ice cream plant on Guadalcanal repaired by a naval construction battalion and Marine unit crews. The Seabees and Marines are now serving generous portions of frozen delicacy twice weekly, keeping the unit operational and morale high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guadalcanal
Miller Rites Here Sunday for Ernest W Miller
Funeral services for Ernest W Miller longtime public official and former State Senator will be held Sunday at 2 30 PM at Kraiss Mortuary Rev Dr W M Norment officiating burial will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery Miller died suddenly at his home 801 Oak Hill Avenue aged 72 He had been active until the time of his death after leaving his seed and grocery store on South Potomac Street yesterday afternoon for a rest leading to his passing likely between 5 and 6 PM Thursday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest W. Miller
Board of County Commissioners
Oak Hill Avenue
Kraiss
W. M. Norment
Rose Hill Cemetery
Miller
South Potomac Street
Tloon
Eight Playgrounds Plan Sets Summer Staff
The Playground Executive Committee outlined plans for eight city playgrounds to operate in July and August. A director and assistant are needed, with applicants to apply at the Y.M.C.A. A slate of officers includes Harold E. Peters as chairman, Vernon Stone treasurer, Miss Gladys Poole secretary, and members Rev Paul M. Robinson Judge Harvey M. Miller Mrs Franklin H. Thomas Roy Danzer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y. M. Cc
Paul M. Robinson
Harvey M. Miller
Gladys Poole
War Recreation
Benjamin C. Willis
Harold E. Peters
Vernon Stone
Miss Poole
Franklin H. Thomas
Rev Robinson
Judge Miller
Roy Danzer
V Mail Will Go All Way By Air
Rep Sundstrom says after May 15 V mail from servicemen overseas will go all the way by air. Previously V mail moved part by air and part by standard mail. The change follows a suggestion from Will B Johnstone Jr USMC, Sundstrom's brother in law.
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Washington
Sundstrom
R-Nj
War Department
Will B. Johnstone, Jr
USMC
New Rocket Gun in High Demand for Armed Forces
Washington reports a new rocket gun is in great demand prompting a 65 million dollar appropriation for ordnance manufacture. Navy notes 15 million of the total is to cover new propellant techniques. Officials confirm use of rocket guns though details remain undisclosed.
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Washington
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Navy
Navy Department
Honor Ration Board Members Receive Meritorious Service Certificates
Washington County War Price and Ration Board members were awarded certificates at the Hotel Hamilton by Leo H. McCormick state director for meritorious service in the war effort. The honors recognized devotion to country needs through patriotic contribution to the price and rationing program. 18 members listed included Franklin M. Thomas as chairman and James Degnan as national OPA representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Franklin M. Thomas
Stanley P. Kline
D. Paul Shilling
James A. Gift
J. Kletler Funk
David Brewer
Roger Whipple
E. E. Bradley
Nellie M. Hoffmeier
R. B. Wyand
W .A. Smedley
Roy H
Judy Garland to sue for divorce in Los Angeles
Hollywood May 5 Judy Garland singing actress and Dave Rose married in Las Vegas two years ago head for divorce court today. Attorney Harry Rabwin will file in Los Angeles Superior Court with Rose not contesting the action. Sources say the grounds will reflect a clash of careers and personal differences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Judy Garland
Dave Rose
Beverly Hills
Las Vegas
Nev
Harry Rabwin
Los Angeles Superior Court
Rose
Rabwin
Rosa
Wag
Martha Raye
Welfare Workers Attend Maryland Welfare Conference
Ten members of the Washington County Welfare Board attend the Maryland State Conference of Social Welfare in Baltimore. The two day session opens withYouth and the Changing World as the topic. Harry Greenstein, former Maryland welfare head, is a principal speaker addressing post wartime relief and rehabilitation problems at the Lord Baltimore hotel. The conference is open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County Welfare Board
Maryland State Conference of Social Welfare
Baltimore
Harry Greenstein
Maryland State Department of Welfare
Lord Baltimore
Big forest fire in county under control today
A large forest fire on Hearthstone mountain west of Blairs Valley burned about 100 acres and drew a 25 man crew from CPS Camp No. 24 Unit 4. District Fire Warden Suffecool said the blaze, discovered around 7:30 p m yesterday, is a bad one but under control with careful monitoring. The cause remains undetermined and wildlife such as grouse and pheasants likely suffered. Continued on Page 2
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Washington County
Hagerstown
Hearthstone Mountain
Blairs Valley
Paul Suffercool
CPS
Cross Mountain
Suffecool
Negro Admits To Robbing Store
Charles Daniel Jackson, 18, colored, Bloom's Alley, is being returned from Baltimore to answer charges of robbing Burger's store at Jonathan and Church streets of $25 on April 3. Detectives say he confessed and will be brought to Hagerstown. Burger reports $43 was stolen and Jackson will be questioned about other robberies.
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Charles Daniel Jackson
Bloom's Alley
Baltimore
Burger
Jonathan
Church Streets
Jackson
Hagerstown
Tn Police
C. H. Burger
High street grocer reports wife injured after sidewalk fall
Melvin C. Jennings told police his wife tripped on North Prospect street, injuring her, and requested officers inspect the pavement at the scene. A second item notes an OPA ceiling price violation hearing for a Hagerstown restaurant operator set for today by the Price Panel of the Ration Board, the only hearing this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin C. Jennings
High Street
North Prospect Street
OPA
Hagerstown
Ration Boar
Snow and Frost Grip Midwest With Record Chicago Cold
Snow fell across northwest Illinois, central and eastern Iowa, Minnesota, and central and northern Wisconsin with biting frost. The nation’s coldest May day reached 34 in Chicago, the coldest May 5 on record, while subfreezing temps extended across Iowa, Nebraska, the Dakotas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and upper Michigan.
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Middle West
Chicago
Illinois
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
H. L. Jacobson
Mobridge
S. C
Springfield
Nebraska
Dakotas
Upper Michigan
Mercury
Key Army Men To Come Home
Washington May 6 The War department announced a plan allowing indispensable army personnel to take furloughs and return to overseas posts later. Key officers and enlisted men will count toward rotation quotas, excluding European and Central Pacific theaters. Furloughs are a privilege for outstanding work, decorations, or wounds, with travel limits and replacement requirements to avoid impacting ongoing operations.
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Washington
War Department
European
Central Pacific
United States
Department
Constellation Pilot Lt Col Hatcher Visits Hagerstown Often
Lt Col George A Hatcher who piloted the Constellation airship from Burbank to Washington in six hours and 50 minutes is a frequent visitor to Hagerstown. He worked as a project engineer with the Army Air Forces Material Command and helped accept the ship for the service, Fairchild officials said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Hatcher
Constellation
Burbank
Cal
Washington, D. C
Hagerstown
Hatcher
AAP Material Command
Army Air Forces
Fairchild Aircraft Division
Fairchild
Agreed to Bring Up Baby They Contend Hospital Switched
James Hardwig and wife Lorra in Los Angeles settled a $500000 damage suit with a hospital over a baby mix up. Mrs Hardwig says hospital and physician told her she had given birth to a son but she learned six days later the child was a girl. Birth certificate shows Richard Allen Hardwig born June 27 1943. Settlement amount undisclosed but said satisfactory to all. Continued on Page 2.
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Los Angeles
James Hardwig
Lorraine
Allies claim superior battle gear ahead of invasion
London May 5 An American announcement declares battle equipment superior or equal to the enemy’s as a nerve war rises. Brig Gen Henry Sayler says Allied arms will feature finer artillery small arms and ammunition with higher charges. Col Josh Holmes adds enemy weapons lack matches for the M 1 rifle carbine light and medium tanks 105 mm howitzer 155 mm Long Tom aerial artillery bazooka and 50 caliber Browning.
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London
Hitler
West Wall
Henry Sayler
U. S. Army
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Das Reich
Berlin
Sayer
Europe
Army
Stars and Stripes
Proving Grounds
America
Josh Holmes
Bus Goes Into Canal After Crash Near Miami
A bus and truck collision on the Tamiami Trail about 25 miles northwest of Miami sent the bus into a roadside canal. One canal-side fisherman died. Twenty eight bus passengers were docked at Jackson Memorial Hospital. Driver Davis Lewis and three passengers from Tampa and Port Everglades were treated. Calvin Corn of Miami was in critical condition. No other passengers needed hospital care.
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Miami
Fla
Tamiami Trail
Davis Lewis
Everett Eyre
Tampa
G. Whitney
Coast Guard
Port Everglades
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Calvin Corn
Governor To Fill Vacancy On County Board
The death of Ernest W. Miller creates a vacancy on the Board of County Commissioners that will be filled by gubernatorial appointment. Democrats expect a party member, with J. Kieffer Funk among the leading names due to his prominence as a farm leader and his 1942 high finish for the post.
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Ernest W. Miller
Court House
Democratic Central Committee
J. Kieffer Funk
Funk
Not All Nip Prisoners Deserve Abuse Says YMCA Official
BUFFALO May 5 Americans cannot damn the whole Japanese people says YMCA official Br Wilson Hume 21 months as a prisoner in the Philippines He told Rotary Club members that some Japanese show fine feelings and he recalled a Japan Christian guard who aided a wounded US soldier and shared rations while noting atrocities occurred but should not taint all Nipponese officials and witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
YMCA
Philippines
Br. Wilson H. Hume
North India
Rotary Club
Los Bannos
Dap
Indian Springs group acquires 634acre farm for game preserve
The Indian Springs Fish and Game Association Inc. took title to the 634 acre Bower and Miller farm in Indian Springs District for 8200 dollars. The group plans a game paradise with cover crops, hatchery facilities, and cooperation with the state department of game and fish. Officers include William A. Danzer president Roger Q. Cook vice president and Martin L. Ingram secretary treasurer. Member Pfc Clarence Baker serves among the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian Springs
State Department of Game and Fish
William A. Danzer
New Association
Roger Q. Cook
Martin L. Ingram
Pfc
Clarence
Baker
Army
Fairchild Plant Sets Record for Worker Ideas
The Fairchild Aircraft Division reported the highest share of production improvement suggestions among aircraft firms. Over the past year 207 employees submitted 2400 ideas, 468 of which were implemented. Cash and war bonds were awarded for top ideas. A water main break on the Middleburg pike cut service to the plants and nearby homes until repairs by a private company restored water last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairchild Aircraft Division
Lynn Walck
Fairchild Personnel Department
Middleburg Pike
Fairchild
Ex-Miller Head Dies in Portland Indiana
Edward Hayes aged 77 former president of the American Millers Association died last night in Portland Indiana. He was a brother of the late Elwood Haynes, credited as one of the inventors of the automobile.
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Miller Head
Portland
Ind
Edward Hayes
American Millers’ Association
Elwood Haynes
Allied Air Power Hits Budapest and Pas-de-Calais Rail Yards
Berlin radio reports U S heavy bombers raid Romania in the afternoon as British and American aircraft bombard rail yards across Hungary and northern France. Liberators Mosquitos and Thunderbolts strike Pas-de-Calais Valenciennes Somain and Rakos yards while pushing toward the Italian front. no Nazi fighters seen and minimal flak. RAF Mosquitos mine Nazi waters and four Allied planes are lost in the Mediterranean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Budapest
Hungary
Pas-de-Calais
France
Valenciennes
Somain
Britain
Plan Antietam Memorial Day Program May 30
Antietam Memorial Committee Chairman Dr. W. H. Shealy announced a Memorial Day program for May 30 at the Antietam battlefield Sharpsburg. Invitations have been sent to Senator Millard E. Tydings Representative J Glenn Beall and Representative Gearhart of California. A parade at Sharpsburg before the exercise is planned with Morris Rack Post of the American Legion possibly taking part. further details will follow as developed. The event has been annual, with last year’s program impeded by restrictions on automobile driving for occupational purposes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antietam Battlefield
Sharpsburg
W. H. Shealy
Antietam
Millard E. Tydings
J. Glenn Beall
Gearhart
California
Pr. Shealy
Morris Rack
American Legion
Tor Shealy
Trio Captured After Wild Gotham Chase Following Holdups
New York May 4 Three suspected holdup men in a stolen car led police on a 70 mile chase through Greenwich Villages winding streets ending when the sedan crashed into a parked car. Two of the suspects were critically wounded in a gun battle as 22 shots were fired. Police say the trio, all New Yorkers, held up ten taverns and fled with about 250 dollars. Mort of the loot was recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Greenwich Village
Trin
Tiroom
Mort
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Court
Mary Ann Mulligan
Joseph P. Mulligan, Jr
Cambridge
Mass
Hancock Flier
Y.M.C.A
Honor Ration Board Members
Hearthstone
Tatricia Hardwig
RAF
R. R
Holland
Canal
New Sportsman’s Group
U. S
Romania
Battlefield
Solons
Gotham
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