Two Guilty Of Stealing Milk From Dairy Truck
Charles Johnson and Leroy McDaniels were found guilty in city court of stealing milk from an Eldridge Dairy Co truck. Each received a $10 fine and a suspended 9 day jail term, with a two year plea to obey laws. Johnson was nabbed by Officer Stains as he reached into the truck. Officials say milk and cream were repeatedly taken from the parked truck while drivers delivered nearby. Both defendants denied guilt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Johnson
M. ¥. B. Bostetter
Eldridge Dairy Co
Johnson
Leroy McDaniels
Dairy Company
Orchieves
Stains
Tn Impo
Maristrate Bostetter
Rabies Scare Increases Dog Removals Citywide
SPCA official B C Hurd reports a countywide rabies scare driving more dogs to be destroyed at Maugansville shelter than ever before. In two weeks of May 46 county residents and 10 city residents asked for their dogs to be killed, while April saw 108 dogs destroyed. Cats also rose with 78 county and 10 city cats collected in four weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SP. C. A
B.C. Hurd
SPCA
Maugansville
Hurd
Kind hitchhiker helps Lt Waterfield on Bel Air road
In Aberdeen Maryland on May 19 Lt J K Waterfield of the Ordnance School Aberdeen Proving Ground picked up a 12 year old hitchhiker on the Bel Air road. When the boy got out he nonchalantly tossed a cent piece to the lieutenant saying there you are soldier you need it worse than I do.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
J. K. Waterfield
The
Ordnance School
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Bel Air
Greatest U S Armada Strikes Berlin and Brunswick
Allied air forces resume a large offensive striking Berlin and Brunswick after a five day pause. Up to 1,500 planes reportedly took part in the heavy assault, with a major radar and radio disruption observed in German broadcasts as the battles over Germany intensified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Berlin
Brunswick
Henry H. Arnold
U.S. Army Air Forces
Germany
U. S. Strategic Air Force
Waste fats collections rise in Hagerstown area
Local renderers report households in Hagerstown are increasing waste fat and grease collections despite ration changes. Agencies note several tons per week are gathered, even as points on many meat types were lifted. Households previously saving fats for two red points and four cents per pound may still contribute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
OPA
47 RAF Officers Shot After Mass Escape From German Prison
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden disclosed in the House of Commons that 47 RAF officers were shot by Germans after a mass escape from a war prison near Dresden on March 25. Seventy-six participated. 15 reported alive and 14 at large. He said some were killed resisting arrest and others during a new escape attempt. The government seeks a full report from Germany via Switzerland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Anthony Eden
RAF
Dresden
Eden
House of Commons
Switzerland
Air Ministry
OPA Checks Gas Distributors Accounts In Area
The Office of Price Administration is examining gasoline ration coupon bank accounts of all area dealers to gauge distribution of counterfeit coupons already accepted by eight local firms. The ration office will notify the State OPA once the scope is determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Former Resident Fined for Drunken Driving in City Court
Raymond Roward, 51, Allentown, Pennsylvania, formerly of this city, was fined a total of 210 dollars and costs for driving drunk and having no license. He was arrested last night by City Officer Stains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Roward
Allentown
Stains
Theft Reported in East Baltimore Street Pocketbook
Ruby Preen of East Baltimore Street reported in police this morning the theft of 59 dollars in cash from her pocketbook. Details of the theft were not disclosed.
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Ruby Preen
East
Baltimore Street
Wallace Gets 12 Senators Votes For VP Nomination
In a Senate survey on the Democratic vice presidential pick, 41 senators named Henry A. Wallace 12 votes while the rest dispersed among 10 candidates. Roosevelt was favored to head the ticket by most respondents though several were undecided or backed others like Rayburn Barkley Truman Byrnes Minton Kaiser Broughton Farley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Associated Press
Henry A. Wallace
Senate
Roosevelt
Sam Rayburn
Texas
House
Barkley
Kentucky
Truman
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Gillette
D-Iown
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Wallace
Sharpsburg Plans Homecoming Week and Fire Department Fundraiser
Sharpsburg will hold a homecoming week starting Saturday, July to Saturday, July 15, sponsored by the Sharpsburg Fire Department. The department seeks equipment donations and proceeds from week activities will fund purchases. Committees are named and further announcements will follow as the program is arranged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharpsburg
Rare Bisected Stamp Sets Record Britain Price
A historic two penny blue stamp bisected and used at Hull on March 27, 1841 sold for a record 1360 dollars at a London stamp auction. One half mailed to Beverly, the other to Hull, both on portions of the original envelopes now discovered. It is the first known bisected stamp and the barest in Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hull
Beverly
Britain
Army Develops New 120 mm Stratosphere Piercing Gun
CAMP DAVIS N C May 19 UP Development by the Army of a 120 millimeter stratosphere piercing anti aircraft gun has been disclosed here. The weapon has a vertical range four miles greater than any other anti aircraft gun now in use. Brig Gen C V R Schuyler and Col Perry W Lewis say the 120 mm fires a 50 pound shell at a remarkable rate of fire and can blanket large stratosphere areas with Hak. The gun augments the 30 mm gun already in use on all fronts with higher muzzle velocity than the Army's best rifles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Davis
N. C
Army
War Department
C. V. R. Schuyler
Camp Davis Training Center
Perry W. Lewis
Anti-Aircraft Artillery Board
Shorter Cherry Crop Forecast
Washington county reports a smaller sweet cherry harvest after a post bloom check. Vet eran observer J A Miller blames poor fertilization as rainless bees had little pollination time while cherries bloomed between peach and apple blossoms during an unusually wet spell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
J. A. Miller
Tokyo Reports Key Base Hit Twice By Allied Bombers
Tokyo radio quoted that Soerabaja, a major base in the Netherlands East Indies, was raided twice on May 17 and 18 by Allied bombers and fighters. The broadcasts, monitored by the U.S., suggested joint forces from India and the Pacific carried out the operations, with aircraft carriers implied.
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Tokyo
New York
Soerabaja
Japan
Netherlands East Indies
India
U. S. Pacific
U. S
Indian Ocean
Soerahaja
Pacific
Buick stolen from front of J Granville Bear home
Police were notified this morning about the theft of a Buick owned by J Granville Bear of Virginia. The car was taken from in front of Bear’s home near the grocer. No suspects or motive announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Granville Bear
Virginia
Local Youth Fatally Injured In Early Morning Crash
Samuel Shatzer an 18 year old son of Mr and Mrs Philip Shatzer of 400 block Fremont street died at the local hospital after a car crash near Greencastle at 1 am William Fizer 15 Madison avenue was badly hurt and is in Washington County hospital a night of joy riding with four companions was said by deputies Leister Tsanogle and Oscar Ambrose to have led to the crash driver Charles Keller 18 Madison avenue and Richard Henson 18 Elizabeth street face charges Keller was jailed in Chambersburg and Henson fled then was captured in Greencastle other youths Richard Barger 15 Madison avenue and Ralph Nokes 18 Elizabeth street were in the car Continued on Page 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Shatzer
Philip Shatzer
Fremont Street
William Fizer
Madison Avenue
Washington County Hospital
Greencastle
Shatzer
Fizer
Leister Tsanogle
Oscar Ambrose
Charles Keller
Richard Henson
Elizabeth Street
Keller
Cearfoss
Chambersburg
Henson
Richard Barger
Ralph Nokes
Chilly May Cold Snap Impacts Peach Harvests
Keedysville grower Roy Reeder lit fires to save peach buds as a late cold snap hit Indiana orchards. Buds in his trees survived and yielded a bumper crop, while Washington County recalled the 1915 May freeze that devastated apples and raspberries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Reeder
Keedgeville
Reeder
Washington County
J. A. Miller
Keedysville
Women forest crew halts blaze in Avon record one acre
In Avon Connecticut on May 19 a trained forest fighting crew of women formed a tight hack et brigade and confined a woods blaze to about one acre. The effort marked a notable achievement for a female brigade firefighting unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avon
Conn
Pye
Bilnze
Ouija Board Comeback Hits Hagerstown Stores
Wartime anxieties boost Ouija board sales in Hagerstown shops. Local retailers report rising demand for the mystery game with its planchette and alphabet, sold at modest prices as anxious customers seek a psychological tonic amid uncertain times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ouija Board
Hagerstown
Lily Pons and Andre Kostelanetz head overseas for USO tour
USO singer Lily Pons and her husband conductor Andre Kostelanetz prepare to entertain American troops in the Near East. The tour will keep them abroad for several months with Pons performing and Kostelanetz conducting the orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lily Pons
Andre Kostelanetz
Near East
U. S
Lily
Max Marshall Court Trial In Circuit Court
Max Marshall aged 32 faces trial in circuit court this afternoon on charges of breaking and entering and larceny for an April 1 theft at the American restaurant on South Potomac Street. The trial began this morning and recessed for noon. Other court actions included dispositions in non-support and bastardy cases and guilty pleas in larceny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Marshall
Marshall
South Potomac Street
Walter C. Capper
Willam A. Huster
Orville Taylor
Gerald Edward Jones
Hoonsboro
Local Boy Wounded in Action in Italy
Pri. Osmond I. Poole of 316 South Potomac street has been wounded in action in Italy, received by his parents Mr. and Mrs. Millard G. Poole. Poole joined the Army August 24, 1943 and left the states in February this year. He is 22 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pri. Osmond I. Poole
South Potomac Street
Italy
Ward
Millard G. Poole
Pri. Poole
States
Japs Reinforcing To Meet Chinese Drive On Salween Front
The Japanese were said to be reinforcing to counter a first full scale Chinese offensive on the Salween front west of the Saiween river. Fighting flared in four sectors with heavy casualties on both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salweet
Japan
Saiween River
Norfolk crash kills 18 Marines and crew near Cherry Point
A naval patrol plane crashed about six miles southeast of the U S Marine Corps air station at Cherry Point North Carolina in the early hours killing 18 people including thirteen Marines and crew aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
UPS
Navy
U.S. Marine Corps Air Station
Cherry Point
N.C
Hose divorce granted by Chief Judge Capper
Simon Peter Hose was granted a divorce from Bessie Lee Hose by Chief Judge Walter Capper. Atromes Calvert Hartle appeared in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon Peter Hose
Bessie Lee Hose
Walter €. Capper
Atromes Calvert K. Hartle
Yanks Press Toward Key Appian Way Junction
Allied forces press the advance toward the Appian Way junction as American troops and French units push along the Hitler line in Italy. Shelled positions, mines, and dugouts slow progress but captured Formia and other towns signal a widening breach into German defenses.
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5TH
Sant Oliva
Italy
Hitler Line
Naples
U. S
Appian Way
Itri
Pontecorvo
Santa Oliva
Monte Faggero
Stri-Pico
Montecelli
Esperi
Santa Olivia
Liri
Pro-Nazi Turk Leaders Seized in Ankara Broadcast
London reports a Turkish pro Nazi group Pan Turanman leaders arrested as martial law is declared in Istanbul. Raids uncovered documents showing plans to overthrow the regime and create a nationwide organization. Officials cite possible pro German racialist Fascist links with Nazi financing noted in Ankara dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Pan-Turanman
Turkey
Ankara
Istanbul
Ministry of Information
Cray Wolf
Fairchild Aircraft lists 2200 service-employees in city plants
Fairchild Aircraft Division announced that 2200 of its employees serving in the Army Forces have had their names and service addresses posted in 27 city plants. The company urged current workers to write letters to the service members to boost morale, noting servicemen crave news from home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairchild Aircraft Division
William Ryan
Ant 1
Jte
Ankane
Fairchild
War correspondent killed in Italian minefield
Corresponent Curil Bewley aged 40 working for the Kemsley papers in England was killed in Italy when he left his jeep to seek cover and walked into a minefield as reported by Reuters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mar
Curil Bewley
Kemsley
England
Italy
Reuters
Germans Jittery As Russians Mass New Strength For Smash
London reports indicate German nerves frayed by Russian redeployments and a looming counteroffensive on the central front toward Berlin. Berlin radio cites concentrated rail yard strikes near Sarny Rawne and Zdobunow as Moscow and Berlin reiterate a broad battle renewal. Russians claim a key height south of Stanislawow and German counterattacks in the lower Tester region northwest of Tiraspон.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Poland
Red
Berlin
Sarny
Rawne
Zdobunow
Moscow
Stanislawow
Old Poland
Teste Rgion
Tiraspon
British Minister to Spain Dies in Plane Crash
British minister to Spain Squadron Leader AL Caldwell and a Spanish mechanic were killed when their plane crashed near Prats de Campr, about 20 miles northwest of Tortosa. Wreckage found on a mountainside in the Sierra de Artheas. witnesses report the aircraft exploded and burned.
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Barcelon
A. P. Yonekor
Spain
AL Co Caldwell
Prats de Campe
Tortosa
Sierra de Artheas
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Carter de Haven
Frank Sinatra
P.C.A
Allied Expeditionary Air Force
Raf Mosanites
France
DNB
High Command
Bernix
Gerlin
Transocean
Miller
Ouija
USO
James R. Hose
Cedar Lawn
Charles Leonard Eaton
Welfare Board
Samuel E. Younker
Hancock
Key Appian Junction
Formia
Sid Feder
Adolf Hitler
Scauri
Gaeta
Monticelli
Liri Valley
By Sid Feder
Instanbul
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