Democrats Push Toward Fourth Term Nomination Of President
Associated Press summary notes President Roosevelt avoiding talks on future plans while Democrats push for fourth term delegates. Oklahoma’s 22 pledged votes, South Carolina and Arkansas contests, and party dynamics at the Chicago convention are outlined along with Republican moves in Montana, New Jersey, California, and Delaware Democratic renominations.
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Jack Bell
Associated Press
Democratic Party
Roosevelt
Chicago
Reps
Johnson
Stigler
Oklahoma
White House
Oklshoma
South Carolina
Arkansas
Democratic State Committee
Vermont
Thomas H. Dewey
New York
Dewey
Montana
New Jersey
Califor
Nia
Earl Warren
California
Delaware
Sheridan Downey
G.O.P
Frederick F. Houser
U. S. Senate
H. Alexander Smith
Princeton University
Andrew QO. Wittreich
Elmer H. Wene
Italian Quartermaster battalion formed at Letterkenny depot
Italian volunteers from POW units join the newly activated Italian Quartermaster battalion at Letterkenny Ordnance depot near Chambersburg Pennsylvania. Capt E L Lovelace states these cobelligerent troops include scientists educators artists mechanics and farmers under Italian officers who oversee battalion admin and operations including factory work track maintenance and grounds duties.
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Letterkenny Ordnance Depot
Chambersburg
E. L. Lovelace
Letterkenny
Mosquitos Hit Berlin As Big Bombers Rest
RAF Mosquito bombers blasted Berlin last night as heavy bomber fleets rested for renewed offensive against fortress Europe. The raid was carried out without loss and followed a May 9 attack that hit Berlin and Paris despite bad weather.
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London
Berlin
Air Ministry
Europe
Paris
Deaths and funeral notices for Mildred Miles and George Ridenour
Deaths announce Mildred E. Miles 67, widow of Edward Miles, died at her daughter’s Edgemont home. Survived by son Wyeath E. Good of Omaha. buried Kraiss mortuary. Funeral notices also for George B. Ridenour 61, rural mail carrier, died at home 15 Cleveland Ave. Survived by wife Bertha M. and children Jane Hammond Terry, Fay L. Betz, Denna M, George B. Jr., and mother Lillie M. Ridenour. Suter funeral home. Announcements later.
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Mildred E. Miles
Edward Miles
J. Henry Ayers
Edgemont
Episcopal Church
Santa Rosa
California
Wyeath E. Good
Omaha
Nebraska
Kraiss
George B. Ridenour
Cleveland Avenue
Harman B
Lillie (Pompeil) Ridenour
St. Paul's U
Luray
Denna M
New York City
George B
U. S. Army
Lillie M Ridenour
Hagerstown
Clarence Elfdridge
Herman L
Glenburnie
Suter
Card of Thanks for Clarence Valentine
A note from the wife and children thanks friends and neighbors for kindness after the death of Clarence Valentine, including floral tributes and car use.
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Clarence Valentine
Wounded Local Boy Is Back In States
Mrs. Mary E. Kline receives a telegram from son Pvt. Charles Edward Kline stating he arrived in the country aboard a hospital ship and is undergoing treatment at Stark General Hospital in South Carolina. He was wounded in Italy on December 7, 1943 and has been abroad about a year. He is hopeful to see home folks soon.
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Mary E. Kline
Frederick Street
Pvt
Charles Edward Kline
Stark General Hospital
S.C
Charles
Italy
States
Buddy Poppy Day Saturday May 20 by VFW for disabled veterans
The Veterans of Foreign Wars sponsor Buddy Poppy Day on Saturday May 20 to raise funds aiding disabled veterans and their families. Poppies are made by veterans of 1917 48 and present wars, providing income for necessities not supplied by government. Headquarters at 6 South Potomac Street, distribution led by Mrs. E B Williams and Harry Hurd.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
V. Flw
Post
Auxiliary
South Potomac Street
E. B. Williams
Harry Hurd
Texas Town A Dither as Hero Returns Home
HOUSTON May 17 Texas townsfolk in Tomball await the homecoming of Marine Sgt. H W Hooker famed for 26 and one half Japanese kills. He returns from wounds suffered at Tarawa minus his whiteed handlebar mustache. Hooker, two silver stars holder, is credited with 17 official kills though comrades say he accounted for nine and a half more in combat. Tomball plans reception as the sergeant recuperates in California.
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Houston
Tex
Hank Hooker
Tomball
Texas
H. W. Hooker
Guadalcanal
Tarawa
California
Hooker
Hank
Welfare officials to attend conference in Baltimore
Miss Alice Edmonds executive secretary and E B Bradley chairman of the Washington County Welfare Board will attend the annual conference of State Welfare Boards tomorrow in Baltimore to discuss policies for the coming year. On Friday and Saturday Supervisors Abner Kaplan and Mrs. Richard Farrow will also attend. Rummage sale set for Saturday May 20 at Market House basement Broadway P T A Adv.
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Alice Edmonds
E. B. Bradley
Washington County Welfare Board
Baltimore
Abner Kaplan
Richard Farrow
Market House
Broadway
P. T. A. Adv
Farm Advisory Committee Aids Returning Vets In Maryland
University of Maryland Extension Service and Farm Labor Committee plan advisory help for returning veterans seeking farm work in Washington County. County Agent Mark Miller says the panel will offer farming guidance, coordinate with loan and credit programs, and may add members including a woman to address home life factors. Decisions to form county committees follow requests from the War Food Administration and discussions with Selective Service and other federal veteran offices.
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Farm Labor Committee
University of Maryland Extension Service
Mark Miller
Washington County
Miller
Extension Service
War Food Administration
Selective Service
Humorist Ade Dies at 78 in Brook seven miles from Kentland
Ade was a prominent humorist famed for Fables in Slang and his stage comedies The Sultan of Sulu and The College Widow. A Purdue alumnus with Bass-Ade Stadium named for him, he wrote for newspapers in Lafayette Chicago and for silent films, never married, and died in a rented house near Hazeldon Farm.
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Ade
Purdue University
Bass- Ade
Lafayette
Chicago
The
Morning News
John T. McCutcheon
Purdue
Q Lake
Chicago Record
Artie
Pink Marsh
Doc Horne
Sulu
Brook
Kentland
Hazeldon
Plans for Flag Day display in Hagerstown
The Song of the Legion outlined an intensive Flag Day plan in Hagerstown for June 14. A youth squad will canvas downtown and residential areas urging display of the American flag. Sam Cohen spoke on flag traditions and proper display at a Monday meeting at the American Legion Home with a luncheon following at the Forty and Eight Dugout.
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Hagerstown
Song of the Legion
American Legion
Samue Cohen
Forty and Eight
Election Of Democrats To Congress Is Urged
Speaker Sam Rayburn and Maryland's two U S Senators urged about 200 attendees at the spring rally of the Women's Democratic Clubs of Frederick County to back Democrats in both houses. Governor O'Conor introduced Rayburn, who linked postwar planning to Democratic majorities, with remarks from Tydings Radcliffe Walsh McMullen and Stouffer.
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Cumberland
Congress
Brewer L. Stouffer
Hagerstown
United Democratic Clubs of
Maryland
Suspension Of Priest Lifted
Springfield, May 17 Fr Stanislaus Orlemanski had suspension lifted after promising to cease non church activities. American Slav Congress of Connecticut praised him for his Moscow trip with Stalin, while he remained in bed under physician care amid reports of near breakdown. Bishop O Leary ended the four day suspension upon receiving an apology.
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Springfield
Mass
Catholic Church
Stanislaus Orlemanski
American Slav Congress of
Connecticut
Ben Tutens
Fr. Orlemanski
Kremlin
Tutens
Orlemanski
Moscow
Marshal Stalin
New World
William C. Kotarski
Thomas H. O'Leary
O'Leary
Ban on Quickie Divorces Tied to Wealthy Hollywood
Washington May 17 Representative Poulson California proposes a constitutional amendment to ban quick divorces for rich people, focusing on overnight Mexican divorces and all divorce mills. He argues money buys divorces and undermines state laws and Reno, urging action at citizen request.
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Washington
Poulson
R-Calif
Mexico
Injured Woman Only Slightly Improved
Mrs Pauline Eckstine badly hurt in an automobile crash near Chewsville remains in a serious condition at Washington County Hospital. Attaches today reported she has recovered from some shock but remains only slightly improved. Rummage sale announced for Thursday May 18 at 59 N Jonathan Hagerstown Chapter EL S Adv.
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Pauline Eckstine
Chewsville
Washington County Hospital
Jonathan
Hagerstown
EL S
Fewer Post War Farm Laborers
Washington county farm leaders predict a shrinking farm labor pool after the war due to mechanization and increased crop demand. Shortages, the draft, and rising efficiency push farmers toward machinery, reducing job opportunities for wartime workers and possibly prompting retirement among older farmers as supplies rebound.
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Washington County
Jonkher Dies Finder Of Great Diamond
Johannesburg reports Jacobus Jonkher, discoverer of the 726 carat Jonkher diamond in Transvaal in 1934, died recently on a farm there. The gem was bought for 280000 dollars by Harry Winston, then cut and sold as imports.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Jacobus Jonkher
Jonkher
Transvaal
Harry Winston
New York
Fire at stadium damages bleachers at municipal park
A fire last midnight damaged the right field bleachers of the municipal stadium. Mrs. Herman, in charge of concessions, discovered the blaze and reported it. Firemen extinguished the fire with a water stream. Public party announced for Thursday May 18 at W. C. W. Hall featuring chickens, pies, and cakes by Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Barnhart.
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Stadium
Municipal Stadium
Herman
W. C. W. Hall
H. A. Barnhart
War era notices from Hagerstown area airfields and camps
Promotions and assignments for local servicemen include Cpl. Robert L. Castle of Williamsport promoted to Technician Fifth Grade at Camp Van Dorn Mississippi after enlisting, and Pfc James Preston Thomas from Hagerstown arriving at Peterson Field Colorado for Combat Training School as radio operator. other items note Good Conduct Ribbon for Irvin L. Wolfe in England, Aviation Cadet Linwood E. Orange reporting to Frederick Army Air Field, Sgt. Walter Hollingsworth training at Casper Army Air Field, and Navy serviceman Stanley L. Grubbs Jr. completing Naval Air Technical Training in Chicago before coastal service. various notes on addresses, building numbers, and a Doolittle commendation for the 524 Liberator Group.
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Cpl
Robert L. Castle
Camp van Dorn
Mississippi
East Salisbury Street
Williamsport
Maryland
Castle
War Department
Pentagon
Washington
DD. C
Roth A. Castie
Peterson Field
Colorado Springs
Colo
AAP
James Preston Thomas
Samuel P. Thomas
Antietam Street
Hagerstown
Irvin L. Wolfe
Virginia Avenue
England
Daily Mail
Irvin
Rey W. Grover
Walter Richard Hollingsworth
Ww. Hollingsworth
Army Air Field
Casper
Wyo
Stanley L. Grubbs, Jr
Naval Air Technical Training Center
Navy Pier
Chicago
Harold E. Harper
W. Franklin Street
James L. Doolittle
Oficer
Eighth Air Force
Berlin
Doolittle
Arthur J. Pierce
Montague
Mass
Worms Spill From Mail Sack At Glendora Post Office
Glendora post office workers waded through a flood of 1200 wriggling worms mistaken for parcel post mail. The worms spilled when a sack toppled. 24 paper cartons burst, and 50 worms were counted for each carton.
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Glendora
Calif
Glentora
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