Stettinius to Return for Truman Talks at White House
Secretary of State James F. Stettinius sails back from the United Nations conference in San Francisco to confer with President Truman in Washington on end-of-war plans in Europe. The move follows new dispatches about Berlin occupation talks and the Dumbarton Oaks charter debate with a United Nations security council voting formula under discussion.
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San Francisco
Stettinius
Washington
Truman
Europe
Connally
D-Tex
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Hijssen
Holland
Berlin
Russia
Britain
United States
Dumbarton Oaks
Roosevelt
Stalin
Churchill
Yalta
World Security Council
France
China
Round and Square Dance at The Old Mill Tavern
Every Friday and Saturday night Span ish Dareeland hosts a square dance with the Penn Maryland String Band and Your Old Friend Ross. Crum's Barber Shop moved to rear 711 Salem Ave. Winter St end, open all day except Wednesday, close at noon. H. M. Staley, proprietor.
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Spanish Dareeland
Old Mill Tavern
Penn-Maryland
Ross
Crum
Salem Ave
Winter St
H. M. Staley
Million Tons Less Sugar In Sight For Americans This Year
Washington report says Americans will face about a million tons less sugar this year than last. The House Food Committee urges a single administrator to coordinate controls across agencies and warns reserve stocks may vanish in 1946. Possible coordinators named include Harl Wilson and Joshua Bernhart. The panel says housewives will grasp the shortage only when told five pounds per person for four months is all that will be available and calls a re-examination of allocations to liberated countries or neutrals.
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House Food Committee
Harl Wilson
Commodity Credit Corporation
Joshua Bernhart
War Food Administration
Funeral for City Treasurer Harold Bester Draws Large Crowd
Citizens from all walks of life attended the funeral for Harold F. Bester city treasurer who died Saturday. Rev J Edward Harms officiated from his South Prospect home with interment at Rose Hill cemetery. Active pallbearers included Merle Beard Irvin Bloom and others. honorary pallbearers listed many local officials and professionals. Hagerstown policemen formed an honor guard as floral tributes surrounded the service.
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Harold F. Bester
South Prospect Street
J. Edward Harms
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Rose Hill Cemetery
Merle Beard
Irvin Bloom
Earl Ford
Gilbert House
James Wagaman
Charles W. Hoffman
J. Garvin Ha
Charles Huyett
Robert Snavely
Charles W. Wolf
Joseph D. Baker
David Ankeney
Simon L. Downey
Willian H. Cunningham
Hubert L. Porterfield
Elmer A. Corderman
James T. Wolfe
D. Eldred Rinehart
John B. Ferguson
Edward J. Brennan
Thomas W. Pangborn
C. Palmer Sowers
Henry Carroll
Aaron E
Death notices from Middletown area list two obituaries
Mrs Laura E McBride widow of Albert McBride aged 78 of Middletown died at Fairney Memorial Home Monday. Survived by sons Alistit Hunterdon PA and Koy Lurkitteville. Body at Middletown Funeral Home then Fahrnes Memorial Home for services. Also funeral for Seaman First Class Paul Wilson Blickenstaff 19 who died at sea April 28 in Emmanuel United Brethren Church with Rev Paul Holdcraft officiating. Shipped to Hagerstown. viewing at A K Coffman Funeral Home. Burial planned at Reformed cemetery.
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Laura E. McBride
Albert McBride
Middletown
Fairney Memorial Home
United Brethren Church of
Alistit
Uiuntingdon
Koy
Lurkitteville
Fahrnes Memorial
Edwin Stoneseller
Reformed Cemetery
Paul Wilson Blickenstaff
Emmanuel United Brethren Ehnurch
Paul Holdcraft
T le Blickenstaff
Hagerstown
A. K. Coffman
Tuel
German Civilian Police Not A Happy One Under Occupation
German civilian police under American military government appear aged and weary. The force lacks arms and relies on veterans on the retired list, with many in civilian clothes and a white arm band. Military authorities must lean on this force to handle civilian order, including displaced persons, creating tensions and headaches.
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Wade Werner
Hal Boyte
Germany
Hitler
Local Firms Settle Claims in Hagerstown
Thomas B. Barrett Jr of the Maryland OPA announced settlements in Hagerstown. Carroll E. Lohr t/a Lohr's Produce settled administrator's treble damage claim for 963.72 on 5,589 oranges 29 boxes of bananas and 2 boxes of cranberries. W O'Toole OPA grocery unit negotiated. W Leo Sterling t/a McEwen's Market settled administrator consumer treble damage claim for 28 statutory minimum on overcharged hook matches.
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Thomas B. Barrett, Jr
Maryland
OPA
Hagerstown
Carroll E. Lohr
DBA Lohr
West Antietam Street
John S. O'Toole
Leo Sterling
McEwen’s
South Potomac Street
Washing Machines and Auto Parts Output Boost Planned
Washington reports the War Production Board plans allow auto parts manufacture and a surge in washing machines this year. 700,000 household washing machines may be produced in Q3 and Q4 while home ironers and dryers are freed from restrictions. Output will depend on materials and manpower, with auto parts set to rise when steel and copper are available July 1.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPBE
WPB
May Prisoners Are Arraigned
May prisoners are arraigned on larceny and forgery counts with multiple defendants pleading guilty or not guilty. Notable entries include young white girls in court for the first time and several defendants declining appointed counsel while others accept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Grice
Leroy Files
Charles Kindall
William P. Jacobs
Charles Arenz
Morris Frock
William, Stiner Green
Richard Preston Showe
Franklin Beard
Jack Green
Max Lurner
Herbert Clark
Clark
Truman and De Gaulle to Meet Soon in Step Toward Friendship
President Truman and General Charles de Gaulle will meet to discuss a closer Franco American friendship. French foreign minister George Bidault announced de Gaulle’s willingness to accept a personal conference. France will cooperate in the war against Japan with land and naval forces under Allied command.
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Washington
Truman
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
George Bidault
Bidault
France
Japan
Allied Supreme Command
Kinsolving To Be Consecrated Bishop
Dr Arthur B Kingolving II will be consecrated Episcopal bishop of the Arizona missionary district in Pittsburgh on May 29. The Calvary Church rector for four and a half years, he will be consecrated by Rt Rev H W St George Tucker with assistance from Bishop Beverly Tucker of Ohio, the retiring Arizona bishop.
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Pittsburgh
Arthur B. Kingolving
Missionary District of
Arizona
Calvary Church
St. George Tucker
the &Onal Church
United States
Beverly Tucker
Ohio
Inishop
Living Costs Rise Slightly in April War-Era Index
New York May 22. Living costs for the average wage earner rose 0.4 percent from March to April, led by 0.7 percent food and 0.3 percent clothing increases. Costs were 15 percent higher than a year earlier, with the index at 108.8, the war period peak and the highest since December 1925.
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New York
United States
National Industrial Conference Board
Degree Granted in Von Wagner Divorce Case
Ethel Von Wagner was granted a divorce from Preston Joseph Wagner. Attorney Calvert K. Hartle represented the complainant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel ‘von Wagner
Preston Joseph Wagner
Calvert KK. Hartle
Beer Wines-Liquors On Sale and to Take Out
A local notice outlines regulations for on premise beer and wine sales and take out alcohol options. It specifies license requirements, hours, and compliance steps for retailers seeking to offer both on site drinking and packaged sales.
Lilienthal Begins New 9-Year Term As TVA Director
Chairman David O Lilienthal started a nine year term as director of the Tennessee Valley Authority after a Senate voice vote confirmed the appointment. Senators McKellar and Stewart of Tennessee opposed the nomination though they later pledged support to President Truman.
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Lilienthal
TVA
Washington
David O. Lilienthal
Tennessee Valley Authority
Truman
Senate
McKellar
Stewart
Tennessee Democrats
TVA Whife
Salvage Drive Starts Today War paper shortage prompts drive
Wartime paper shortages escalate as WPB officials plan a local salvage campaign led by Henry Triesler to collect every scrap of paper. Officials emphasize waste paper replaces wood pulp and military demand remains high, urging citizens to save magazines newsprint wrapping and bags for a nationwide effort.
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WPB
8. A. Kern
W.S. Roberts
Henry €. Triesler
Europe
Pacific
Continental
United States
WPE
Bodies Sought In Chesapeake Bay After Skiff Capsizes
Coast Guard vessels comb the Chesapeake Bay for the bodies of Randolph Dashiell 21 of Richmond Virginia and Jane Hoffman 19 an Army Third Service Command employee believed drowned when their small sailing skiff capsized during a windstorm near Back River. The overturned craft was found six miles from Love Point.
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Baltimore
Coast Guard
Chesapeake Bay
Randolph Dashiell
Richmond
Army
Jane Hoffman
Third Service Command
Chesapeake
Back River
Love Point
Yanks Break Up German Meeting in Cologne
American troops dispersed a 5000 person unauthorized gathering in Cologne on Sunday. The crowd gathered to welcome Germans home from Buchenwald, amid signs criticizing US treatment of Nazis. Troops fired over the crowd’s heads to break up the meeting, which ended without disorder.
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Twelfth Army Group
Cologne
Buchenwald
First Army To Move To Pacific
The First Army under Gen Courtney Hodges, about 150000 troops a month ago, will redeploy via the United States to the Pacific with 30 day furloughs. It will not necessarily move the same divisions, but veteran units will field under Hodges to continue the vigorous assault against Japan. The Army’s record ranks with the Allied Expeditionary Force’s proudest. Units fought from Normandy arrivals to North Africa Sicily and Italy.
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Washington
Siegfried Line
Courtney H. Hodges
United States
War Department
Pacific
Hodges
1St
Japan
Germany
Normandy
North Africa
Sicily
Italy
Britain Likely to Seek General Election in July
London reports say Prime Minister Churchill will ask King George VI to dissolve Parliament after Labour withdraws from the coalition. An early July election is expected, with July 5 as a possible date and July 11 if Churchill delays. Coalition collapse follows Labour delegates voting against further participation.
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London
Churchill
Labor
George VI
Britain
Dunkerque
Labor Party
Star softball team shines on tiny Pacific island
Earl Spong of Hagerstown is a Sea Bee softball standout on a West Pacific island, where the team has racked up 19 straight victories in league and casual matches against marines soldiers sailors and other groups. Mothers in Hagerstown celebrate on Mother's Day as service members receive cards bouquets and cables. The piece notes APO 45 post office actions and highlights stories of Pfc John Edward Pound and S/Sgt Ernest R. Carter, among others, with awards and service details.
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West Pacific
Earl Spong
Summit Avenue
Hagerstown
Pacific
Pfe Clopper Freed In Germany From Prison Camp
Mrs. Thomas F. Clopper Jr of Raven Heights rejoiced at a letter from Pfe Clopper telling of his liberation in Germany by his Seventh Army infantry division. He was captured January 24 in France. He says he is well and will see his wife soon. A Red Cross telegram on V E Day had announced his release. His parents Mr and Mrs Thomas Cropper Sr and his wife and their two year old son Edward are noted.
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Thomas F. Clopper, Jr
Raven Heights
Pfe. Clopper
Germany
Seventh Army
France
Pfe Clopper
Thomas §. Cropper, Sr
Edward
Prisoner Liberated from German Camp in Allied Hands
Gilbert S. Plotner of Hagerstown Route 2. husband of Mrs Una Lee Plotner, has been liberated from a German prisoner of war camp and is now in Allied hands, the War Department announced yesterday.
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Pic
Gilbert S. Plotner
Una Lee Plotner
Hagerstown
Route 2
War Department
Can She Forget
Salt Lake City May 22 A neatly dressed man forced entry after Mrs Phebe Browning returned home and left in a car stating Youve got the heat on me this time The burglary involved 2000 in jewelry and 8 in cash A public notice asks for information and thanks accompany the personal column entry by Mary Edna Marks announcing recovery of flowers and gifts received during a hospital stay.
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Salt Lake City
Phebe Browning
Wash. Co. Hospital
Mary Edna Marks
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Federal Savings and Loan System
Nortté Jonathan St — Tel
Yingling Auto Sales & Service
Pontiac
Frederick St
Bester
Kinsolving
Terrace
Saum
Jonathan St
Bia N. Peter
Kraiss Funeral Home
Bakers Helpers
Apply Caskey Baking Co. Inc
Antietam Street
Hagerstown Lumber Co
Jis Frederick Street
r-Up Bottling Company
General Acceptance Corp
Fingerstown Industrial Loan
Jonathan ST. D
Earl Neikirk
Henry C. Triesler
Hotel Patterson Audubon
U .S
Church & Prospect Sta
Crouse
Reichard
Antietam St
Leon Stahl
Fleigh Motor Co
Oak Hill Ave
Building and Loan Association In
Washington County
Home Builders Savings & Loan Assn
West Washington Street
James Cuddy
St. Clair Street
Tarsons
John
James
Parris Island
Deryle
AAF
Texas
Haly
Hilda Palmer
Paul
Kenneth Anderson
Highland Way
Fifteenth Army
John Edward Pound
John Pound
Smithsburg
45Th
APO 45
Anzio
Althe
Pic. Pound
Newman Auto Co
Ernest R. Carter
Ernest Carter
Knoxville
Carter
Goodyear Service
Balto. & Locust Sts
Apply
Beck's Restaurant
North
Community Finance Service, Inc
Washington St
Martin Feed & Implements
Pennsylvania Avenue
Bell Cab, Inc
CadiLlac
Chevrolet
Chysie
de Soto
Denke
Ford
la Salle
Mercury
Plymouth
Studebaker
Wool Growers
Ny ~ x Farm Bureau Cooperative, Inc
Main Avenue and
Ross Street
Hagerstown, Md
Consumers Credit Service
Consumers Credit Service, Inc
Public
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