Allies Smash Nearer Tunis
British First Army under Lieut. Gen. K. A. N. Anderson pushed up Djebel Bay Aoukaz at 5 p m after an air and artillery bombardment. The maneuver formed a pincer toward Tebourba while US troops held Eddekhill, six miles west of the road junction 18 miles west of Tunis, as a local advance was reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. A. N. Anderson
Djebel Bay Aoukaz
Medjerda
Tebourba
United States
Eddekhill
Tunis
Allied Push Seizes Ferryville Bizerte Area In Tunisia
British Eighth Army advances on the southern Tunisian front near Enfidaville as patrols penetrate behind Axis lines. Bombing has crippled Ferryville and Bizerte, with vast damage to quays, docks, dry docks, and fuel facilities. Axis mines and retreat tactics loom as French and American forces push toward the coastal ports. The Portuguese republic was established in 1911.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Gulf of Hammamet
Enfidaville
Tunisia
Sicily
Ferryville
Bizerte
Lake Bizerte
Elks To Mark Mother's Day in City Park
Ha gerstown Elks plan Sunday Mother's Day exercises at City Park at 2 20 PM. Lancaster County District Attorney Kenelm L Shirk will be the orator critic. Music includes organ by Edelman a vocal solo Mother O Mine by Donald Reed and brass group Love's Old Sweet Song. If rain occurs program moves to Elks Home on South Potomac street.
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Hagerstown
Lancaster County
Shirk
79Th
Lancaster Company of State Guard
Pennsylvania Elks
Southeast District Association
Asher. S. Edelman
Simon E. Kenny
Lodge
John
France
Richard . H. Sweeney
Donald Reed
M. Robinson
J. T. Mowen
KR. C. Munson
Scott R. Wagner
Elks
South Potomac Street
Hugh
George
Clifford Harbaugh
Charles Keyser
Thurman Mowen
E. Leister Mobley
Society To Sponsor Mother's Day Program at Church
A Mothers Day program will be held Sunday at 7 20 pm at Washington Square Methodist Church. The Women Society of Christian Service leads the event with Mrs Norman Snively as speaker and Miss Audrey Angle singing Mother Machree. Gifts will be given to oldest and youngest mothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Square Methodist Church
Womens’ Society of Christian Service
Norman Snively
Audrey Angle
Mother Machree
Ralph Myers
Comedy at Smithsburg in the Doghouse play event
Edith Loring's In the Doghouse will be staged in Smithsburg on Thursday May 13 at 8 15 p m at Smithsburg High School. The Luther League of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church sponsors the performance described as native humor with relatable family characters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Loring
Smithsburg
Luther League of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church
America
Officers Installed By Class Recently At St Pauls Church
Newly elected officers for Flora B. Ziegler Bible Class at St. Pauls Methodist Church were installed for two years. Mrs Ruthie Schmidt became president with P H Nicely as second vice president and Mrs C W Bonebraker as recording secretary. Others include Mrs J Scott Lantz and Mrs N G Spurrier as assistant recording secretaries, Mrs Robert P Hussey as corresponding secretary, Emma Dougan as treasurer, Minnie Showe as assistant treasurer, Librarian Mrs E E Bradley, pianists Mrs John Zentmyer Mrs Gerella Ridley and Mrs F E Reath, chorister Mrs W A Deavers. The service featured talks on stewardship and Korea, with guest speaker Donald Kaytor teaching the morning lesson. Regular teachers are Miss Catherine Beachley and Franklin M Thomas, with Prof Zentmyer as supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora B. Ziegler
St. Paul's Methodist Church
J. Scott Lantz
Harry M. Marsh
William M. Dutton
Ruthe. Schmidt
P. H
W. A. Deavers
Douglas
Mary Kern
Korea
Donald Kaytor
Catherine Beachley
Franklin M. Thomas
Zentmyer
Woman Elected To National Needlework Board
Mrs George S Funkhouser of Hagerstown was named to the Needlework Guild of America national board by president Miss Marion Bettle of Hast Orange New Jersey. She travels to Philadelphia for a meeting with the National Board and will dine with Miss Bettle. A note adds that pneumonia is more common among men than women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George S. Funkhouser
Hagerstown
Needlework Guild of America, Inc
Marion Bettle
Hast Orange
N. J
Funkhouser
Philadelphia
National
Miss Bettle
New Jap Base Bombed By U S
U S air forces hit Japanese installations at Vanga Vanga and Ringi Cove on Kolombangara Island in the Solomons. The strike targeted a new base near the Russell Islands, starting fires and leaving smoke in the area. The action follows repeated Allied blasts at Kolombangara positions, underscoring Japan’s effort to bolster outer defenses ahead of tougher fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Solomons
Navy
Vanga Vanguard
Ringi Cove
Kolombangara Island
Guadalcanal
Russell Islands
Vanga Vanga
United States
Hilica Islands
South Central Pacific
Ob Kiska
Aleutians
Kiska
Kolombangara
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Moskins Clothing Company
South Potomac ST
K. L. Shire
Society
Milly
Coats & Suits
Kellocc
SEARS
North Potomac St
U.S
Pelpeli
Gatere
Vila
Kolombanara
Maqevitowr
Hagerstown Bookbinding & Printing Co
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W. Washington Street
Mother Baye
Henry Weil
Iodine
Poand
PEGAN
Lore Fohwek
UrEp
Tay, A
Baby
Meether
Age
Fleisher’s
Hoffman’s
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