Hit and run truck sought after Summit avenue taxi strike
State Police and Sheriff's officers searched last night for a hit and run truck that struck the parked taxi of Ernest Riffee in Summit avenue. Carson Mason sustained back injuries yesterday afternoon in a fall at Central Chemical Company where he works and was taken to the hospital. Falls were the leading cause of accidental deaths in 1943.
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Ernest Riffee
Summit Avenue
Carson Mason
Central Chemical Company
Philippine Guerrilla Leader Interview Revealed by WAC
Local WAC nurse interview with Sgt Nieves Fernandez, who formed a guerrilla band in 1942 after Japan invasion. She details early resistance, spy work, and brutal acts witnessed in the hills around Luzon during the occupation.
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Luzon
WAC
Oneita
Skeets
Crosswhite
Nieves Fernandez
Shealls
Liberty
Martha
Wacs
Sgt
Sgt. Crosswhite
Sgt. Fernandez
Home Guard
Fernandez
Filipina Sergeant’s Warconfession and brutal memories
A wartime interview recounts a Philippine guerrilla scout describing atrocity scenes, personal losses, and fierce resolve to aid American forces. She speaks of executions, torture, and hatred toward Japanese soldiers, while detailing her transfer from Leyte to Manila and current radio work.
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Fernandez
Tokio
Sgt. Crosswhite
J. M. Crosswhite
South Mulberry Street
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Zenith
Philippine Guerrilla Army
Oneita Crosswhite
Hagerstown
Nunn-Bush
Bentz & Dunn
House of Shoes
Athey
Fhe
M. Athey Paint
O. Baltimore
PN Ae
the McPhail Paint Co
W. Franklin
McPhail
Roney
Potomac St
Mirro
Emmert Hardware Co
W. Wash. St
Agerstown
Municipal Electric
W. Washington St
Mary
Jim
Conference of Alcoholic Breerage Industries
Cotton Ratte
Prtre
Laye
Felt Mattress
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