Cpl Miller Wounded Third Time Reported Missing
Mr and Mrs Luther Miller of Sharpsburg say their son Cpl William Miller reported missing May 1 has been wounded in the left foot and is improving. With the Ninth Army he has been wounded three times since December 18 and has seen action in the European Theater during nineteen months overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Miller
Sharpsburg
Rt. 1
Cpl
William
Ninth Army
Cpl. Miller
ETO
Two Back From Prison Camp
Two Hagerstown youths returned home after being captured in Italy in January 1943 and held as prisoners of war in Germany. Pfc Cecil H. Marks and Pfc Vernon Jenkins were reported missing in action before learning they were POWs at Stalag 2-B, moved as Russians advanced, and liberated by Allied forces on April 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Italy
Cecil H. Marks
Gladys Marks
Bay Street
Vernon Jenkins
South Street
Marks
Summit Avenue
Stalag 2-B
Corporal Offers Two-Child Claim To Housing
Denver housing center aide reports a corporal with overseas ribbons asked for a home for his wife and three year old son. A landlord offered a vacancy but preferred two children. The corporal replied they would take it and joked about having another child if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Housing Desk
Servicemen’s Center
Tips On Fires Cop Top Tip Prizes
A Mercersburg resident employed there wins first prize of 3.50 in last week's Daily Mail fire tip contest for describing the destruction of a Mercer s burg grain elevator and warehouse. A Funkstown girl wins second prize of 2.50 for a tip about a home fire near Death Curve. Third prize is shared for tips about a biting groundhog killed by a horse and a trout caught without a hook plus minor mishaps. Tips are accepted weekdays 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. by the Daily Mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercersburg
Funkstown
Wron
The
Daily Mail
Treasure Trove Hidden On Alpine Crag Found In Hungary
Paris May 21 The U S 80th Infantry Division uncovered Hungary s state treasure on a rocky alpine crag near Spital Am Pyhrn including 4 6 billion pengos 126 million dollars in cash 29 000 kilograms of gold bullion 50 million plus royal banknote plates and art treasures 20 cases of jewels and royal regalia The haul was guarded by 500 staff 200 gendarmes and a pro Nazi bank president arrested after Gestapo attempted hijack and sabotage by a Hungarian patriot helped American troops reach the site The president and a personnel manager linked to the Nazi regime were placed under arrest by American authorities
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Hungary
U. S. 80Th Infantry
Spital Am Pyhrn
M/Set
Wiliam J. Dehuszar
Chicago
Budapest
Mountain Top
Royal Bank of Hungary
Gestapo
Ferenc Szalasi
Royal Bank
Szalasi
Early Meeting Of Big Three Demanded Over War Crises
Europe faces frontier and war crime challenges prompting calls for an early Big Three summit. British papers warn Adriatic Trieste tensions could ignite international crises while Moscow voices insist on swift trials for captured Nazi leaders. Disagreements over Doenitz policy and hunger in Trieste hint at broader strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ED L. Campbell
Associated Press
Europe
Trieste
Moscow
Doenitz
Lynn Heinzerling
Brother freed from German prison reaches home
Marshall Twigg of 1720 Virginia Avenue was notified by the Red Cross that his brother, S/Sgt. Glenn Twigg, has been liberated from Stalag Lmtt4 after being a prisoner since September 20. The B 24 tall gunner was shot down over Germany and listed missing until January. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Twigg of Cumberland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Twigg
Virginia Avenue
Red Cross
Glenn Twigg
Germany
George Twigg
Cumberland
Invest Attack And Save Until Victory
A May 21 war bond statement by Admiral Harold R. Stark, commander of U. S. Navy Forces in Europe, argues that invest means siege and attack as well as laying out capital for productive use. He urges continued investment to support families, the nation, and victory until the enemy is ours.
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Washington
Harold R. Stark
U. S. Navy
Europe
Navy
Bond Drive Progress Reported In Seventh War Loan
Bond sales reached 750000 in the Seventh War Loan as Chairman John DPD Hollyday stated. Booths opened at McCrory Grant stores and Hagerstown Gas Company with a Montgomery Ward outlet soon. Women volunteers run the booths and sales rose to 608183.50 by Friday close, with the total approaching three quarters of a million and Washington County aiming at 2 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dpd
Hollyday
McCrory
Grant
Hagerstown Gas Company
Montgomery- Ward
Fidiay
Washington County
Soldier Finds Daughter Alive In Lone House Unwrecked By Bombs
Major Arnold Wilson Samuels, a 44 year old Ohio native and former Ohio House staffer, recounts a wartime quest to find his daughter Elaine Marilyn, missing since 1928, amid Trier and Leipzig bombardments. He sought permission to join the first wave as his division fought toward Germany, hoping to locate his child with help from wary townspeople and the evolving chaos of the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soldier
Daniel de Luce
Duesseldorf
Germany
Leipzig
Arnold Wilson Samuel
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio House of Representatives
94Th
Trier
Harry J. Maloney
Dundee
Samuels
Maloney
Elaine Marilyn
Heinrich Schroeder
Hell
G I Who Killed 20 Nazis Honored Ceremony at Capitol
Tech Sgt Jake W Lindsey of Lucedale Mississippi, who killed twenty Germans with rifle and bayonet, will receive the Congressional Medal of Honor from President Truman in a joint session of Congress. He is the 100th infantryman to be awarded this honor, with a presentation at 1 pm Eastern War Time in the House chamber carried by major networks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake W. Lindsey
Lucedale
Miss
Harry S. Truman
Congress
Lindsey
War Department
Lfe
Namick
Germany
Washington
G. L
Truman
Senate
House
City Clerk Stouffer Named Acting City Treasurer, Collector
Mayor Richard H. Sweeney announced the appointment of Clyde R. Stouffer as acting tax collector and city treasurer until a successor to the late Harold F. Bester is named. The tax office closed and collections were suspended, the first such treasurer death in Hagerstown’s history, with checks needing signatories restored for tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard H. Sweeney
Clyde R. Stouffer
Harold F. Bester
Hagerstown
29th Will Occupy Big German Port
The Ninth Army's 29th Division, formed from National Guard units from Maryland Virginia and Western Pennsylvania, has taken over the occupation of Bremerhaven. It replaces a British regiment in ceremonies. the unit previously fought in Normandy at D-Day and helped the advance to the Rhine. Dock facilities suffered minor bombing damage while the city endured heavy bombardment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremerhaven
Ninth Army
National Guard
Maryland
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Normandy
D-Day
St. Lo
Rhine
Ike Had A Double As Decoy For Eisenhower In Paris
A Chicago lieutenant colonel served as a decoy for General Eisenhower in December near Paris after German threats on the Supreme Commander. The ruse, described as a hoax by Supreme Headquarters, involved Lt. Col Baldwin B. Smith who rode in Eisenhower’s four star car to mislead potential attackers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Tucker
Paris
Chicago
Eisenhower
Supreme Headquarters
Baldwin B. Smith
St. Germains
Versailles
Smith
Otto Skorzeny
Gestapo
Henrich Himmler
U.S. Seventh Army
Bester Rites This Afternoon
Funeral services for Harold Fen drick Bester, 40, who died Saturday afternoon from a heart attack, will be held at home at 137 South Prospect Street this afternoon. Rev. Dr. J Edward Harms will officiate. Burial is in Rose Hill cemetery. He was a Democratic leader, public official, and businessman. Died after collapsing while driving at about 3:30 p m. Pronounced dead at Washington County Hospital. Continued on Page 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Fendrick Bester
South Prospect Street
J. Edward Harms
Rose Hill Cemetery
Bester
Clue Found in Old Bottle Aids Missing Brother Search
Charleston dispatch reports Mrs. Elbert Cox of Logan West Virginia may get a lead in locating her half brother Temple Brown Snow. A highway worker recovered an oval bottle on an Oregon beach containing a 1907 plea for rescue signed T B Snow of Louisa Kentucky. Mrs Cox wrote to editors seeking more information.
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Charleston
W. Va
Reedsport
Ore
Elbert 8
Cox
Logan
Oregon
T. B. Snow
Louisa
Spokane
Washington
R.R.T
Howard Street
Temple Brown Snow
Chinese Seize Hochin And Strike Near Foochow
Chinese forces report recapturing Hochin in Kwangsi Province, a key Japanese bastion on the Kwangsi Kweichow railroad. East coast forces seized Namoi near Foochow and neared Lienkong as Diongloh fell, with about 200 Japanese wiped out at Diongloh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Kwangsi Province
Hochin
Kwangsi-Kweichow
Linchow
East China
Foochow
Namoi
Lienkong
Indo-China
China Coast
Diongloh
Min River
Diongioh
Daughter Bitten by Dogs Reported in Foundry Street Attack
Milton Garling of 800 Chestnut Street said his daughter was attacked by two dogs on Foundry Street Saturday while riding a bicycle, one dog biting her leg. Police promised to investigate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Garling
Chestnut Street
Foundry Street
One Son Killed, Other Wounded in War Dispatch
Mr and Mrs M A Dorsey of Sharpsburg received a War Department notice that their son T5 Roger M Dorsey was killed in a Luzon vehicle accident on May 10. The couple also learned that their other son Pfc Paul Dorsey was wounded on Okinawa April 20. Roger, 27, served four years with three overseas, spent nine months in the Fiji Islands and fought in the Philippine campaign. A Hagerstown High School graduate class of 1937, he worked for Brewer Co and belonged to St Marks Episcopal church Lappans. Paul, an infantryman, is a former Fairchild employee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. A. Dorsey
Sharpsburg
War Department
Roger M. Dorsey
Luzon
Philippines
Pfc
Paul
Okinawa
Roger
Fiji Islands
Hagerstown High
The
Brewer Co
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Lappans
Fairchild
Awaiting A Reply From Stray Chickens In Victory Garden
Clay Gott of the attorney general's office described tying a string to corn kernels with a card read I have been a bad bird Please keep me home before I get killed The coin and string vanished leaving Gott waiting DECREE GRANTEE Ethel Von Wagner has been granted a divorce from Charles Le Roy Wagner Attorney Calvert K Hartle represented the complaint fant
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay Gott
Attorney General’s Office
Gott
Ethel von Wagner
Charles Leroy Wagner
Calvert K. Hartle
Navy plane sinks Japanese convoy off Formosa
Manila report says a Philippines based Navy patrol plane destroyed a five ship convoy totaling 17,000 tons. Japanese casualties reach 369,818 killed or captured in seven months of the Philippines campaign, with 14,408 in the last two weeks. Mindanao defenses weaken as U S forces press along Mindanao coast near Ipil and Susa airfield.
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Manila
Formosa
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
MacArthur
Davao
Mindanao
Susa
Ipil
Miners Return to Jobs After Pay Raise Agreement
Most of Pennsylvania 72 000 coal miners resumed work after a district wide union contract raise. District One employing 35 000 and District Seven 15 000 miners reported mines in operation around Wilkes Barre and Hazelton. John L Lewis ordered a return as operators and UMWA officials agreed to a daily pay rise of 13 71. Federal agencies will review under wage stabilization policy and price increases will be decided by the Office of Price Administration. Thomas Kennedy, secretary-treas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkes-Barre
Pennsylvania
District Seven
United Mine Workers
Hazelton
District One
John L. Lewis
UMWA
Office of Price Administration
Thomas Kennedy
Treas
Young Gen Dalton Killed On Luzon By A Jap Sniper
Brig. Gen. James L. Dalton, 35, one of the Army’s youngest generals, was killed by a Japanese sniper near Balete Pass on northern Luzon May 16, as announced by General Douglas MacArthur. Dalton, whose widow and two daughters live in Kennebunkport, Me, led the 25th Division and was buried yesterday at Santa Barbara Army Cemetery near Manila.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
James L. Dalton
aAray
Balete Pass
Luzon
Douglas MacArthur
Dalton
MacArthur
Mace
Arthur
Yalton
Bennebunk Port
Santa Barbara Army
Rinalenan
Three more divorce suits docketed this month
Three additional cases bring the total to 27 for the month as suits against Laura Catherine Loveless, ae Zercher Tsenberger, and Carleta Masser were filed in court. Attorneys listed include C.K. Vartie. Details reference marriages in 1922 and 1933.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Harry Loveless
Laura Catherine Loveless
Jacob Norman Tsenberger
Ae Zercher Tsenberger
Alwert Silas Masser
Carletajange Masser
C.K. Vartie
Marines reach crest before Shuri in Okinawa fight
First Marine Division tanks spearhead a rush to the last ridge before Shuri, Okinawa, as Japanese defenses crumble in cave-to-cave fighting. Lt James Paulos reports heavy mortar and tank fire, with Marines advancing up steep ravines and trench-like draws toward the ruined capital Ryukyuans. The 77th Infantry closes to within 900 yards of Shuri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guam
First Marine Division
Okinawa
Shuri
James Paulos
Ryukuuan
Monarchs
Vern Haughland
77Th Infantry
Shurl
Men Of 40 May Seek Discharge From Army Status
The Army eases discharge eligibility to 40 years for enlisted men, following a prior move to 42. About 30,000 in the 40–41 age range may qualify. Wacs age 40 plus with required service become eligible for discharge. Commanders may retain a 40 or 41 year old for up to 90 days if replacement isn’t available. Further reductions depend on military needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
War Department
Damage Suit On Trial In Court
The suit of Gerald B. Smith against Milton Moats for damages to an automobile from an accident on the Williamsport pike last December 11 is being tried in circuit court today. Smith seeks 1500 dollars and is represented by D. A. Wolfinger. Moats is represented by Leo H. Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald B. Smith
Milton Moats
Williamsport Pike
Smith
D. A. Wolfinger
Moats
Leo H. Miller
City Feels Out In Meat Supplies
Three large meat retailers in Plagerstown report shoppers settling for less meat as a 25 percent cut in slaugher quotas and tighter packer shipments bite. Consumers note higher demand in Hagers Town and war plant cafeterias, not just reduced quotas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plagerstown
Hagers Town
Opginya
Ehrera O& Ite
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Ulrich Kessler
Atlantic Air Forces
U. S
Portsmouth
N. H
Naty
G.I
T-Sgt
Capitol
Stouffer
Ike
Skorzeny
von Rundstedt
Roger Dorsey
Young Gen. Dalton
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