Ridgway Sets Course to Lead NATO Forces
Gen. Matthew Ridgway departs Tokyo en route to Europe to assume command of NATO forces replacing Gen. Eisenhower. He resigns Japan duties to Gen. Mark Clark as crowds applaud and officials bid farewell at Haneda Airport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Matthew B. Ridgway
Korea
Japan
Europe
Dwight Eisenhower
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Ridgway
Pentagon
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
Mark Clark
Clark
Honohul
Haneda
Shigeru Yoshida
Matthew, Jr
William Bridgeford
British Commonwealth Force
Robert P. Briscoe
U. S. Seventh Fleet
O. M. Weyland
Far East Air Forces
Tsuneo Matsudaira
Hirohito
George McArthur
MacArthur
Truman
Ridgways
Honolulu
San Francisco
Washington
NATO
Archbishop Confirms Large Class At St Marys Church
Approximately 200 persons were confirmed at St. Marys Catholic Church in a service by Most Rev Francis P Keough Archbishop of Baltimore. The group included 112 children and 80 adult converts with assistance from Father Caulfield Hancock and Father Alwine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Francis P. Keough
Diocese of Baltimore
Archbishop Keough
Caulfield
Hancock
Father Alwine
Waynesboro
Berry Lces
Northern Avenue
St. Joseph's Chapel
Wall collapse at Argentina prize fight kills thirtyone
In Bell Ville Argentina on May 12 a crowd of 1006 was crushed and trampled when a 15 foot masonry wall toppled onto spectators at an outdoor prize fight. Thirty-one were killed and at least 190 injured as rainwater weighed on a canopy roof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell Villa
Argentina
Obituary notices from Martinsburg area
Obituaries list multiple local figures with ages, origins, and church or organizational affiliations. Notables include Dionato DiDonato of Martinsburg aged 62, Susan Newkirk Snyder aged 81, Ellen Pearl Gibney aged 65, Richard A. Rice aged about 60, Zenas H. Bussard aged 73, Annie Elizabeth Smith aged 68, Getella Schatter aged 76, with funeral details and interment plans at local churches and cemeteries.
Public Meeting On Civil Defense Thursday Evening
A public meeting on Civil Defense will be held at the American Legion Home on Northern Avenue Thursday evening May 15 at 8 o clock. Invitations have been sent to more than 100 local civic organizations and service clubs. Prominent state and local Civil Defense officials will speak. The meeting aims to outline the defense setup at state county and city levels and urge every citizen to know what to do in case of an emergency including an Atom bomb attack. The program stresses preparedness must start now and cannot be delayed. The public is urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Northern Avenue
Wnt
Williamsport Woman Killed In Auto Crash
A Williamsport woman, Lela Grace Taylor Dodd, 45, was killed when a car struck a tree near Keedysville on Saturday evening. Melvin Lee Corder, 42, was charged with manslaughter by auto and drunken driving, claiming he was not driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsport
Needysville
Washington County
Lela Grace Taylor Dodd
West Frederick Street
Melvin Lee Corder
Sharpsburg
Clyde Tucker
Corder
Tucker
Dodd
Russell
Harvey Corder
Keedys‘villa
Keedysville
Attio
41 Gamblers And Every One A Mother
New York on May 12 reports Joseph A. Martinis dismissed disorderly conduct charges against 41 gambling suspects who claimed to be mothers on Mother's Day. The women were arrested Saturday night in three Bronx gambling raids and were sent home to their families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Madio
Joseph A. Martinis
Hin
Martinis
Rummage Sale Announcement
Local notice lists a rummage sale set for Tuesday May 44 at 24's KB Franklin By E Ulb Ch Boons. Readable fragments indicate community sale details with unspecified start time and venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KB. Franklin
E.ulb
Boons. Ady
Promotion of Robert F Zeigler to Second Lieutenant
Commissioned shown above is Robert F Zeigler 24 year old son of Mr and Mrs Zeigler 200 Virginia Avenue who recently received his second lieutenant commission in the U S Army upon graduating from the Army Engineer Officer Candidate School at Fort Belvoir Virginia Boh has a bachelor of science degree from the University of Maryland before enlisting 19 months ago He is married to Marianne Hirshman daughter of Dr and Mrs Hirshman 1118 Oak Till Avenue
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert F. Zeigler
H.W. Zeigler
Virginia Avanue
Army
Army Engineer Officer Candidate School
Fort Belvoir
Haserstown High
Boh
University of Maryland
Marianne Hirshman
P. JA. W Hirshman
Oak Till Avenue
Air Force Teletype Operator Seeks Friends in Lake Charles
A 3/e Charles A Burger son of Mrs Vera Burger of 501 South Potomac Street reported to Lake Charles Air Force Base Louisiana as a teletype operator. He took basic training at Sampson Air Force Base New York and later served at Cheyenne Wyoming. He would like to hear from friends at A F 18411820 4199th Operation Squadron Lake Charles AFB Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Burger
Vera Burger
South Potoma& Street
Lake Charles Air Forts Base
Sampson Air Force Base
N. Y
Cheyenne
Wyo
Tie
Lake Charles Afb
Louisiana
Taft Poised To Gain West Virginia Delegates In Primary
Charleston May 12 Taft expected to win the bulk of West Virginia's 16 GOP convention delegates in tomorrow's primary. Eisenhower supporters seek to split the delegation and urge voters to write Ike on the ballot, though Ike cannot be counted. Democratic side has no candidates in the preferential primary and delegates are chosen with no party name. Missionary rummage sale announced for May 9 in Market House basement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
West Virginia
Dwight D.hisenhower
Eisenhower
Taft
Ike
Harold KE. Stassen
Stassen
Taft-Starsons
Gates
I Ps
Instructors For Water Safety To Be Trained Here
Edina V. Rodgers announces 1962 Red Cross Water Safety Instructor classes in Washington County. The 47 hour program includes a 17 hour senior life saving segment and two preliminary parts. Registrants must be high school graduates or 16+, with no prior Red Cross certificates required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tao
Red Cross
Indyan Myre
Edina V. Rodgers
Washington County
American Red Crags
Encouan
Potlea Set
Lewis Blenard, Jr
Red Grass Hero
Carl Pirkle
Safety Services
American Red Cross
South Potomac Street
Fiery Meteor Likely Behind Seattle Sky Explosion
Air Force investigators and astronomers after reviewing hundreds of eyewitness reports concluded a fiery object exploded over Seattle and Puget Sound on Sunday and is probably a meteor They questioned witnesses from Olympia to Bellingham and searched for strange materials that might have come from the meteor Airline pilots and observers described a blinding flash and flaming streamers in the sky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Air Force
Puget Sound
Olympia
Here
Bellingham
New Seeing Eye Radar Helps Navy Planes Warn Of Storms
The Navy unveiled a lightweight seeing eye radar set that warns pilots of other aircraft mountains and storms. The 250 pound device maps terrain to 200 miles in all directions and aids navigation for transport and commercial pilots. One unit is installed in the presidential plane Independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Missing Coed Found Unconscious Near Laramie
Virginia Anderson a 24 year old woman from Manitowoc Wisconsin was found unconscious north of Laramie with injuries and exposure after going missing Friday. A Wyoming officer Ted Burnstad said the attack may have been an attempted rape and that the suspect is not yet identified and in danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laramie
Wyo
University of Wyoming
Here
Virginia Anderson
Manston
Wis
Ted Burnstad
Smmith Receives Star Sergeant Rank In U S Air Force
N Ross O Smmith of Hagerstown is promoted to Star Sergeant in the U S Air Force while stationed at Tempelhof Berlin Germany on temporary duty as a mechanic with the Aircraft Maintenance Section He began service in 1943 and served at Sheppard Field Texas and Keeseley Field Mississippi later overseas in 1945 and discharged 1946 He reentered in 1949 and served in Europe including Berlin Blockade honors He is authorized the German Occupation Ribbon Airlift Clasp and Medal for Humane Action Brothers in law met in Japan and Korea during reports of meetings and assignments at Fairchild Flying Box in the Far East theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross O. Smmith
Mra
Hazel Biuich
Hageratown
Missinnipoi
Smith
Letterkenny Ordnance Depot
Air Force
European Command
Berlin
Japan
Fifth Air Force
Byron
Mia
Joseph W. Byron
Praston Road
Sth Air Force
Korea
F. Kent Bradford
Fairchild Engine and Aircraft Corp
Suzanne Byron
Daily Mail
Aiea
Stars and Stripes
New York Times
PIO
Alfalfa Weevil Spreads to Four More Maryland Counties
University of Maryland entomologists report alfalfa weevils spreading beyond Baltimore and Anne Arundel to Harford, Howard, Montgomery and Carroll counties. Infestation centers near Long Green and Bel Air, with detections along areas from the Maryland Pennsylvania line to Westminster and Union Mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Park
Maryland
University of
Long Green
Bel Air
Maryland - Pennsylvania Line
Jessins
Sykesville
Westminster
Union Mills
Know-Where to Buy Akrbequed Spareriha Ad at Piquant Pig
Inquiry asks where to purchase Akrbequed Spareriha from Piquant Pig Restaurant on Middleburg Pike. ADR.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleburg Pike
Pastor Leary Leads St Marys Parish Growth Push
Father J Francis Leary, pastor of St Marys parish, has overseen a decade of growth in Washington County. Since his arrival, the parish has doubled in size, expanded its school, and broadened mission work including chaplaincy at the Maryland State Reformatory and a new missing altar at St Joseph Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iey
J. Francis Leary
Hagerstown
Thomas 2. Reinhart
St. Mars
Father Leary
Leary
Msgr
St. Mary's Parish
Maser
Maryland
Mases
tHaltway
St. Josepha Church
St. Mars’s
Washington County
Hancock
Sinta
Boonsboro
Williamsport
Ric Asser
Fera
Washington
RT. Rey
Msgr. J. Francis Leary
New York
Barcelona
Rome
Kefauver Seeks Wyoming Delegates At Preconvention Caucus
Senator Kefauver made a brief appearance at a pre convention caucus seeking Wyoming delegates. He planned to travel from Denver to Oregon after the event. State Senator Bob George said he wouldn’t back an instructed delegation for Kefauver or any other candidate, amid Democratic talk favoring Harriman.
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Sper
Wyn
May Loup
Hackers
Estes Kee Tangver
Wennessea
Kefauver
Denver
Oregon
Bob George
Leha
Kan
Robert Kerr
Oklahoma
Georgel
W. Averell Harriman
Mid-City Parking Terminal Opens Near Public Square
A new parking facility labeled as the first black East of Public Square opposite Potomac Edlison Offices offers all day parking for 25 cents. Advertisements promise no extra tax and a relaxed, worry-free experience with Sunday parking available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Square
Potomac Edlison
Derailment Disaster Halts Rail Service Near College Park
A Baltimore and Ohio freight train derailed and caught fire late Saturday night two miles south of College Park. Eight cars burned with $100 damage estimate, but no serious injuries were reported. Flames came from two tank cars carrying highly flammable naphtha after a metal ribbing tore loose under a car. The wreck derailed the lead car and 20 behind it, with seventy six more cars in the train bound for Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Park
Baltimore and Ohio
Here
Bo & OL
Washington
Learn to Dance Adults Private Lessons and Events
Private lessons for adults by Sovind Dancing offering 1 to 8 sessions via apps. Includes Rhumba and Tango with Mary Strasser. Contact 280 Pred. Ph. 2445-7 for advance booking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sovind
Mary Strasser
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St. Mary’s Church
Vosmo Bidonate
A. K. Coffman
St . Mary's Catholic Church
John Ballard
Rose Hill Cemetery
Susan Newkirk Snyder
Fairney Memorial Home
Berkeley County
Fabrney Memorial Home
McMillin
Marlowe
This City
John
North Mountain
Ellen Pearl Gibney
Roy A. Gibney
West
Washington Street
Washington County Hospital
Mangansville
Amos C
Sarah Elaine Davis
Assembly of God Church
Ilanard
Saince Streets
Roy
Allen Gibney
Cora A. Garling
E. Ruth Carski
Baltimore
Kraiss Funeral Home
Ralph M. Jeffrey
Rest Haven Cemetery
Richard A. Rice
Chewsville
Salisbury Hospital
J. Russell Rice
Hilton Funeral Home
Barnesville
Terment
Bellsville
Zenas H. Bussard
Zenas Homer
Bussard
Roxbury
George and
Catherine (Beamer) Bussard
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Funkstown
William
Ode Bussar
Annie E. Smith
Annie Elizabeth Smith
Martin Tl. Smith
West Washington Street
Cearfoss
George W
Annie (Casey) Cunningham
Christ's Evangelical and Reformed Church
Yace
Antares
AE 3
North Locust Street
Iording Cemetery
Adv
Carroll F. Spitzer
Newman’s Packing
Nat'l] Bank
Getella Schatter
Matella Schaffer
South Potomac
Bedford
Jevelyn
Owings Mills
Cal
End Boys Club
Cleveland Ave
Liberty St
Gomes
Melvin Corder
Comnty
Bessie (Reader) Hixon, Jr
Jesse
Patricia
Charles
Buddy
Lula Young
Roy Bowers
Pentecostal Church
Downsville
The
Leaf
Greenlawn
Middeburg Pike
Ady
Lion
Studebakers
Fleigh Motor Corp
Gawna
Spickler Motor Lines
Cearfoss Phona
Camp Cooke
Charles Donald Hoovermale
Witham P. Movermale
Bix Spring
Iduth
Franklin Street
Adr
Franklin St
Eric
MD., Inc
Wilson Blvd
Hagerstown Loan & Thrift Corp
J. A
Jake” Hoffman
Mar
Mainel
David T. Gott
HAM
SG Mary
Warcelons
Spat
Wyoming
Yingling Auto Sales Service, Inc
Frederick Street
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