No Time For FDR To Be Timid
Attorney General Biddle told a special House committee that if Congress doubts Roosevelt authority over Montgomery Ward property it should clarify the laws so the president can be guided. He argued seizure was within the Labor Disputes Act and wartime authority even without a statute, saying restraint would show irresponsibility during a critical military phase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Biddle
Congress
Roosevelt
Montgomery Ward and Company
Chicago
House
Pur Bstion
Europe
Pacific
Seaman 2/c H Paul Ross Assigned at Baltimore Office
H Paul Ross of North Potomac street has been accepted for enlistment in the Merchant Marine. He received a Seaman 2/c rating and is stationed at the Baltimore enlistment office of the U S Maritime Service. Ross previously worked for Western Maryland Railway and Peoples Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Paul Ross
North Potomac Street
Merchant Marine
Baltimore
U. S. Maritime Service
Western Maryland Railway and Peoples Drug Store
Marriage Between 2 Women Annulled in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles on May 24 Superior Judge Henry M Willis annulled a 24 day marriage between Shirley Mae Boston and Jerry Boston who was revealed by Jerry s sisters to be Tremia Boston The plaintiff said she wed in Las Veras in 1942 and learned the other spouse was a woman 24 days after the ceremony
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Los Angeles
Ife
Henry M. Willis
Shirley Mae Boston
Las Veras
Jerry Boston
Tremia Boston
Jerry
Deaths in Washington County area listed for Wilkes Newcomer Everhart and Thompson
Obituaries note Robert L. Wilkes of Summit Avenue died at Washington County Hospital aged 69 after a hip fracture from a fall. Alice Katherine Newcomer of near Smithsburg died at Charles Town West Virginia at 49 after a long illness. Cyrus Clem Everhart of South Potomac Street died after a yearlong illness aged 44. Harry H. Thompson funeral arrangements rescheduled to Thursday at 4 PM with services at Rose Hill cemetery.
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Robert L. Wilkes
Summit Avenue
Washington County Hospital
Wilkes
State Roads Commission
Henry Ackerman
Joppa
Kraiss
Alice Katherine Newcomer
Smithsburg
C. L. Hilleary
Charles Town
W. Va
Mary Newcomer
Newcomer
Smithspurg
Samuel
Sarah S. (Heard) Newhomer
Leitersburg
Kelier
Elkton
Robert Bruce
Wilmington
Herbert
Washington, D. C
May
Charles
Cyrus Clem Everhart
South Potomac Street
Berryville
Harry Q
Lelia (Jackson) Everhart
Eagles Lodge
Pangborn Lodge
Harry H. Thompson
W. M. Norment
F. Berry Plummer
Rose Hill Cemetery
In Memoriam for Our Mother H C Stenger
In memory of our mother Mrs H C Stenger who died May 24 1942 two years ago. Daughters Clara Annie and Esther recall her love of wind twilight snow verses seeds and growth. She valued silence and laughter and taught us to love living as she rests in memory.
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H. C. Stenger
Clara
Annie
Esther
Adv
Buxbaum Re-elected AFL Maryland District of Columbia Leader
Robert J. Buxbaum of Baltimore was unopposed for re-election as president of the Maryland and District of Columbia Federation of Labor at a three day convention in Cumberland. Frank J. Coleman and Robert Lester were nominated for secretary and treasurer, with seven nominees for six vice presidents. The convention defeated a proposal to add a eighth vice president and did not endorse Roosevelt for a fourth term, while approving a movement to raise wages via a mark-up in the Little Steel formula and rejecting women on the executive board and higher per capita levies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Robert J. Buxbaum
Baltimore
Maryland
District
Washington
G. Kingston Howard
Charles B. McCloskey
E. W Butler
Hagerstown
Paul England
Carl G. Schultz
Charles §. Hill
Hill
Howard Rollins
Roosevelt
Resolutions Committee
Franklin D. Roosevelt
American Federation of Labor
Little Steel
New Tires Soon For A Drivers
Phillips says no indication of an increase to the A gasoline ration this quarter ending July 1 and any third quarter boost depends on war agency allocations. Not all A card motorists will get new tires this year as applications are screened by local boards. B and C drivers have been eligible since May 1 but a backlog is expected until August.
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Phillips
Petroleum Administration
County Boys Attend 4-H Camp in Gar rett County
Washington county boys will attend a 4 H tri county camp in Garrett County in early July. The camp resumes after a year off with supervision by University of Maryland Extension Service offering craft work recreation fishing swimming boating and sports. Trained staff including a lifeguard and nature expert will run the program. Interested youths may contact Assistant County Agent Vernon Holter for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Garrett County
Vernon Holter
Holter
University of Maryland Extension Service
Allegany
Garrett
Potomac Edison Employees Honored in Hagerstown Banquet
Potomac Edison workers in Hagerstown were honored at a Quarter Century Club meeting and banquet last week. Seven local employees became new members after twenty five years with the company. Additional local honorees included Mundey for thirty five years and Martz Wolford and Flora for thirty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Potomac Edison Company
Advise On Local Egg Problems
County AAA officials inform War Food Administration that local egg prices fell from 7 cents to about 21 cents per dozen. They doubt the need for a WFA agent in Hagerstown due to expected price rise and limited county egg production. Reduced meat rationing is seen as cutting egg demand and several farmers and merchants complain they cannot buy eggs at the support price without government loss reimbursement contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
War Food Administration
Washington County
WFA
AAA
Hagerstown
Peonies All Week At Weigel's
Weigel's at 917 Spruce Street offers a week long display of peonies. For more details call 343 M. Local garden display runs daily this week.
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Weigel’s
Spruce St
M. Adv
Used Car Ceilings Discussed By Maryland Dealers
The Automobile Trade Association of Maryland met at Fountain Head Country Club with B B Coston presiding. Delegates noted wartime auto shortages and high prices with a 70 30 chance ceilings on used cars by the OPA. Ray Chamberlain of Washington spoke as vice president of the national group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Automobile Trade Association of Maryland
Fountain Head Country Club
B. B. Coston
OPA
Ray Chamberlain
Washington
National Association
Henry Wiel
Baltimore
Maryland Association
D. Paul Shilling
U. S. Employment Office
Thomas C. Bittle
Ration Board
Farmer Girl Milk Milking the Bossies in New York Farm
Learning East Randolph N Y May 24 18 year old Gloria Meaton mistook blossoms for buttercups and now milks cows to ease labor on farmer John Martins farm. In Washington five railroads will move Midwestern soft coal eastward for locomotive use as disclosed by Interior Secretary Ickes.
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East Randolph
N. Y
John Martin
Gloria Meaton
New York City
Washington
Interior
Ickes
Jap Defenses Proving Weak Under Allied Pressure
Washington reports Japanese Pacific defenses are weak under American and Allied pressure. Analysts doubt Japan has a coherent strategy to hold key territories as new blows strike unexpectedly. MacArthur air power tops Wakde, Nimitz uses Eniwetok as a central jump-off. next moves toward the Philippines possible. Mountbatten may push toward Sumatra soon.
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Washington
Japan
Pacific
High Command
Douglas MacArthur
Wakde
Chester W. Nimitz
Eniwetok
Central Pacific
Philippines
Tokyo
Bonin Islands
Saipan
Guam
Carolines
Truk
Palau Group
Halmahera
Dutch Indies
Louis Mountbatten
Sumatra
Accused’s Wife Testifies In Fatal Shooting Trial
In downtown Washington the accused’s wife testifies about payments to Lind the psychiatrist. Witnesses describe Miller approaching Lind’s car, a struggle, two shots fired, and a claim of self defense. The trial notes Miller’s alleged jealousy and the psychiatrist’s habit of carrying a gun. A comment about the Amazon basin’s river network appears in transition.
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Washington
Miller
Lind
Marguerite
Dr. Lind
Overseas service stories of Pennsylvanians in WWII
News of our men and women in uniform details Pvt James L Slusher and S/Sgt Richard H Smart overseas in England undergoing GI preparation from air service depots. Pvt Lloyd J Breth of Hagerstown assigned as machinist at a depot in England with prior Pangborn work. Lt Helen Regina McKnight, nurse, promoted in Europe after serving at Langley and overseas. Preston C Miller from Hagerstown promoted to corporal in Ninth AAF Service Command in England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AIR Force Command
England
James L. Slusher
Harry E. Slusher
West Wilson Boulevard
Richard H. Smart
L. L. Smart
Mulberry
Air Service Command
Special Service
G. I
Army
AIR Service
Lloyd J. Breth
Hagerstown
Breth
Pangborn Corporation
Helen Regina McKnight
Army Nurse Corps
Susan McKnight
Hancock
McKnight
Langley Field
St. Mary’s High School
Cumberland
St. Vincent Hospite
Norfolk
Ninth Air Force Service Command Service Group
Preston C. Miller
Hagertown
AAF Service Command Service Group
Fairchild Corporation
Tom Miller
Guilford Avenue
Boonsboro High School
Lumber Strike Paralyzes Pacific Northwest Industry
Thousands of lumber and logging workers join an 18,000 idle in Oregon and Washington as wildcat walkouts shut mills, log booms, and camps. Portland, Seattle, Tacoma and Olympia face full shutdowns. unions protest War Labor Board wage decisions, with A F L and CIO demanding higher standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Pacific Northwest
Oregon
Washington
Puget Sound
Tacoma
Olympia
Hilding Lindberg
AFL and
CIO Lumber Union
Williamette River
Chester F. Sorenson
Pacific Northwest Loggers' Association
Portland
Spokane
AFL
CIO
War Labor Board
Vandalism Hits Reservoir Park in West End
Councilman Jack Hellane said the guilty parties have been identified after damage to a water fountain tap, broken lavatory windows, and pulled down baseball backstops at Reservoir Park. Officials struggle to set repair priorities while vowing to stop the vandalism affecting local children’s recreation.
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Reservoir Park
West End
Jack Hellane
Hellane
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GMC
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Clarence
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Potomac Edison
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Clarence Home
Clyde G. Wright
George E. Hanton
Multiple Listing Bureau
Signature Furniture
Jonathan St
Earl Neikirk
J. S. Snowberger & Sons
Washington St
Allied High Command
Amazon Basin
Peonies
S. Potomac &T
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Thumma Motor Co
Hagerstown Ice Co
West Lee Street
Reed’s Better Service
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Menad
Penn State University
Allen C. Ruth
Mrs
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Virginia Avenue
U. B
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Nob
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Bainbridge
Selman
Northwest General
Consumers. Credit Service First
Consumers Credit Service, Inc
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Jamison Cold Storage Door Co
Maple Avenue
Us Ae
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Green Lantern
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