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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1942
Page
3
The 10,000 ton cruiser Edinburg was sunk after torpedo damage in a multi day German raid on two Arctic supply convoys to Russia. One escort vessel fell, three German bombers were destroyed, and British losses were small while 90 percent of the cargo reached its destination.
Ali Mohammed Jinnah head of the Moslem minority in India rejects Cripps proposals. He argues Muslims are a smaller share of the population than Hindus and fears an independent India could stigmatize them as a persecuted minority.
Six Army airmen from Esler Field were killed when a bomber crashed and burned twelve miles east of Alexandria Louisiana. The officers identified include Second Lieutenants Merton W Ortman Edward N Walters George S Edwards Thomas S Gillam and Charles T Willock Jr and Staff Sergeant Thomas R Numbers.
Provest is filed in Baltimore as the Auto Mobile Club of Maryland and the American Automobile Association protest proposed legislation allowing the President to requisition vehicles for drivers exceeding 40 miles per hour. A telegram was sent to Senator Robert R. Reynolds of North Carolina, chairing the Senate Committee on Military Affairs.
Hagerstown Lodge 378 and the Washington County Defense Council finalize plans for a Mother's Day observance at Hagerstown City Park Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Principal speaker is Joseph A. Cantrel, Chevy Chase attorney and former American Legion regional commander. Vernon M. Miller will pay tribute to mothers. Mayor Richard H. Sweeney will speak. Mothers of service members are special guests. roses will be presented at 2:15 p.m. In rain, exercises move to the Elks home on South Potomac street.
Chief of Police William H. Peters said Bertha Wirts shot and killed a former Brunswick resident, Charles Henry Beaner, who entered her home at about 2 a.m. He had previously been convicted in 1937 in Hagerstown. State's Attorney Patrick M. Schnauffer said Wirts was justified in defending herself and her children and would likely not be prosecuted. Sheriff Horace M. Alexander noted Wirts was at home with her four children and two guests when awakened by a downstairs noise.
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