Traffic Deaths Since Pearl Harbor Drop Shifts in 1945 Toll
The National Safety Council reports 1945 wartime traffic deaths at 33,300, with 22,500 workers affected. Four months total fell 35 percent from 1944 and 39 percent below 1942. April's toll dropped 27 percent from 1942 and 39 percent from 1943, indicating a steady level about 40 percent below 1941. Minnesota led states with a 56 percent drop. Minneapolis and St Paul saw major city declines. Milwaukee posted a four month rate of 2.7 deaths per 10 000 vehicles, with Washington and Detroit following at 3.2 and 3.6 respectively.
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Chicago
Pearl Harbor
America
National Safety Council
Minnesota
South Carolina
Alabama
Vermont
Twin Cities
Minneapolis
St Paul
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Washington
Detroit
Full Shifts Resume Work Today At Four Rubber Factories
Akron Ohio May 28 full shifts were on duty at the city four major rubber companies after a five day strike by more than 51000 U S unionists. Production returned to normal pace at General Tire and Rubber Co while Goodyear B F Goodrich and Firestone warned it would take days to resume war goods. Industrial sources estimated the stoppage cost war production 18000000 before strikers heeded a Presidential ultimatum and returned to the 6 am shift yesterday. the President warned government intervention if the stoppage continued past noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
General Tire and Rubber Co
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
B. F. Goodrich Co
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Peonies At Weigel's 917 Spruce St Ady Ad
Weigel's at 917 Spruce Street advertises peonies with phone contact 343 M under Ady. Also promoting Watkins Remedies and Household Necessities with stock and poultry mineral tonics by Wm H Smith at Funkstown Square phone 3585 W. Ady.
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Weigel
Spruce St
M. Ady
Operators Offer Portal to Portal Pay in Mine Wage Talks
Operators proposed settling the mine wage dispute with UMW by paying for 48 minutes of underground travel per day. Miners reject the plan as based on an old federal study, arguing travel time now averages 1 hour 25 minutes due to farther working places. At $7 daily basic rate or $1 per hour, the 48 minute plan implies an 80 cent daily gain for workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United Mine Workers
Air and Land Battles Rage in Kuban
In the Khan delta region near Novorossisk heavy air and land fighting continues. German and Soviet reports conflict over a possible Soviet 150000 men assault toward Kerch Strait as Soviet and German air forces clash and Russian gains are claimed and then denied.
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Kuban
Moscow
Khan Delta
Kerchstrait
Novorossisk
Red Army
Red Air Force
Deaths: Hill Koogle Herbert in dated notices
Obituaries list David E. Hill of 226 Hager Street dies at 79 at Washington County Hospital. Also David Newton Koogle of Frederick dies at Johns Hopkins Hospital aged 60. Joseph A. Herbert, former Hagerstown resident, dies in Pittsburgh. Surviving kin and service details noted for each obituary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David E. Hill
Hager Street
Wash ‘Ington County Hospital
First Christian Church
Woodmen of the World
Irene Hill Kaiser
Harl E
Waldo E
Jesse
Kraiss
Earl EB. Hill
Jefferson Street
Joseph A. Herbert
Hagerstown
Pittsburgh
4. A. Weaver
Clara
Mary Jane
Card of Thanks and Local Advertisements
Card of thanks from Mrs Charles Finfrock and children for kindness after illness and death of husband and father. Also local notices for a rummage sale at 18 Summit Ave by Willing Workers Club Christ Reformed and a big dance Saturday at Lena Tavern with Roy Long and his Gang. Food and 35 cent tax.
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Charles Finfrock
Adv
Summit Ave
Christ Reformed
Mt, Lena Tavern
Roy Long and His
Allied Bombers Blast Sardinia and Pantelleria
Allied air units attacked Villacidro and Decimomanna in Sardinia and Pantelleria, destroying thirteen enemy fighters on the ground and in air. B26 Marauders dropped over 4,000 fragmentation bombs. seven fighters were shot down by Marauder gunners and six by P 40 Warhawk escorts. One American Warhawk was lost but the pilot was rescued. Long range fighters over the Aegean also claimed a Junkers 88 destruction.
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Allied
North Africa
PAL
Villacidro
Decimomanna
Sardinia
Pantelleria
Hornet
Italy
Decimomannu
North African
Middle East
Cairo
Aegean Sea
Mediterranean
June Clinic Dates Are Announced By Health Department
The Washington County Health Department released the June clinic schedule including venereal disease for adults on Tuesdays and Fridays at 3 p.m. For children clinics on Thursdays at 9 a.m. Prenatal sessions on Tuesday June 10 and June 16 at 9 a.m. Tuberculosis by appointment on June 2 and June 16 at 9 a.m. ENT by appointment on June 5 and June 17. Orthopedic clinic planned for fall. mental hygiene clinics discontinued.
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Washington County Health Department
W. R. Willard
Transit Strike In Baltimore Continues
Baltimore strike of AFL labeled a failure by Bancroft Hill, president of the Baltimore Transit Company, as drivers remain off work into a fourth day. Army and Navy officials report only slight service declines and minimal wartime plant disruption, with labor leaders saying men work 18 to 20 hours and runs shortened to maintain service.
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Baltimore
AFL
Army
Navy
Bancroft Hill
Baltimore Transit Company
American Federation of Labor
Quake Shakes Southwestern Germany Injuring Dozens
German news agency DNB reports an earthquake near Stuttgart causing slight injuries and widespread damage. Chimneys collapsed and roofs were torn as the tremor was felt across Wuerttemberg and Alsace.
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Germany
London
DNB
Stuttgart
Wuerttemberg
Alsace
Rev Norment Set for Doctor of Divinity at Lynchburg College
Rev William M Norment pastor of First Christian Church to receive Doctor of Divinity at Lynchburg College graduation on May 21. He has 25 years in ministry and held leadership roles in the Hagerstown area including ministerial associations councils and missionary boards. Born in Bowling Green Va he studied at Lynchburg Richmond Bethany and served churches in Piqua Ohio and Louisville Kentucky. He has been a Lynchburg College trustee since 1925.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William M. Norbert
the Fist Christian Church
Lynchburg College
William M. Norment
First Christian Church
R. B. Montgomery
Norment
Hagerstown Ministerial Association
Hagerstown Council of Religious Education
Maryland
Delaware
Richmond
Richmond College
Bethany College
Third Christian Church
Hagerstown
Piqua
Ohio
Louisville
Kentucky
Lynchburg College Board of Trustees
RAF flier Gibson wins Victoria Cross for Ruhr raid leadership
London May 28 Acting Wing Commander Guy P. Gibson 25 led the raid on the Moehne and Eder dams in Germany's Ruhr valley May 16 and received the Victoria Cross. He had earlier earned a double Distinguished Service Order and a double Distinguished Flying Cross for 74 bombing missions totaling 376000 pounds, including five Berlin passes.
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London
Guy P. Gibson
Moehne
Eder
Germany
Ruhr Valley
RAF
Gibson
Berlin
Brief African ruler breaks Capitol Hill speech records
A modest ruler of a tiny African republic paid a courtesy visit to the United States Congress and set new Capitol Hill records for brevity in speechmaking.
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Washington
African Republic
United States Congress
Capitol Hill
End Of FDR Churchill Talks Seen As War’s Final Phase
Washington May 28 The Roosevelt Churchill meeting ends with complete agreement on future plans and signals a final phase of the war involving full Allied offensives in Europe and the Pacific. Britain and the United States retain the strategy of defeating Germany first while planning renewed Allied operations this summer in Europe and continued fighting in the Pacific into 1945 or 1946.
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F.d.r.churchill
Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
United Nations
Europe
Pacific
Japan
Congress
Germany
Secori
Winning Fight To Stop Amendments To Trade Pacts
The administration gains support to block amendments to House approved two year renewal of reciprocal trade agreements. A finance committee approved amendment would allow Congress to end any or all treaties with a joint resolution six months after war’s end. The vote appears party line with 89 senators for, 37 against, and 20 undecided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Garment Workers To Get Old Age Pensions
A New York agreement in the cloakmakers industry has employers fund an old age pension. Manufacturers will contribute 3 percent of payroll weekly starting Jan 1, 1944. Within three years retirement at 65 with $600 yearly is expected. About 35,000 workers covered.
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New York
Cloakmakers Union
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Columbia Gas to Redeem Debentures This Summer
Columbia Gas & Electric Corp. said it will redeem by July 14 a total of $14,467,900 of outstanding debentures at 102 percent. It disclosed open market purchases of $13,188,800 since January 1, 1942 and reduced funded debt to $76,914,000 aided by Western subsidiaries sales and proceeds from validation of Columbia Oil & Gasoline Corp. ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Columbia Gas & Electric Corp
Sald
Western
Michigan Gas Transmission Corp
Columbia Oil & Gasoline Corp
Whitetailed deer can sprint briefly at five miles per hour
The whitetailed deer is capable of short bursts of speed up to five miles per hour.
Jeweler Flato Arrested Over Grand Larceny Suspicions
Paul Flato, a jeweler to nobility and stage celebrities, awaits arraignment in felony court on suspicion of grand larceny for pawning jewelry consigned on memorandum. He allegedly accepted 100000 in pieces, mostly from dealers, while short on funds.
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New York
Paul
Flato
Emanuel Robbins
Doris Duke Cromwell
Infanta Beatriz
Alphonso XIII
Spain
Victoria Eugenie
Junker
Emmons to relinquish Hawaiian command this June
Lieut. General Delos C. Emmons, commander of the U S Army Hawaiian Department, will relinquish his post June 1 and be succeeded by Major General Robert C. Richardson. Emmons announced the change after receiving the Distinguished Service Medal and hinted at a possible assignment to the Western Defense Command and the Fourth Army, with San Francisco as a likely posting.
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Honolulu
Delos C. Emmons
Hawaiian Department
U. S. Army
Tra
Pearl Harbor
Robert C. Richardson
Emmons
Western Defense Command
Fourth Army
John L. DeWitt
San Francisco
Service News From Home and Military Posts
In Service Editor reports letters from Pvt. Robert M. Eyler asking for news from Camp Claiborne Louisiana. Master Sgt. Clifton H. Eyler has a new APO 958 address in San Francisco. Major Joseph H. Dagenais Jr. promoted to major at Camp Haan California. Albert L. Leaf graduates Navy Air Training Center Corpus Christi and becomes a second lieutenant in Marine Corps Reserve. Corporal Technician Donald Walker, son of Harry J. Walker Y M C A, on furlough with the 692nd Tank Battalion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Wasson
Robert M. Eyler
Louisiana
Co. A
G. S
Camp Claiborne
Clifton H. Eyler
Hawaiian Islands
San Francisco
Cal
Joseph H. Dagenais, Jr
Dagenais
Camp Haan
California
Edgewood Arsenal
Albert L. Leaf
Edith V. Leaf
Williamsport
Naval Air Training Center
Corpus Christi
Texas
Donald Walker
Harry J. Walker
Y.M.C.A
Army
Corporal Walker
692Nd
DeGaulle To Meet Giraud In Algiers Tonight
Informed quarters report Gen Charles DeGaulle is expected to meet Gen Henri Giraud tonight in Algiers to begin talks toward uniting French forces fighting the Axis. This marks the first indication DeGaulle has left London for North Africa.
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London
Charles DeGaulle
Henri Giraud
Algiers
Auto Auction Listing From 1940s Inventory
A catalog of classic cars including 1941 Ford Deluxe models in green with radio and heater and maroon coupe with radio, plus 1938 and 1939 Plymouth sedans in black, gray, or blue shade with radios. Also notes 1940 Ford Mercury and Dodge entries with training colors and drivetrain details.
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Olds
Firmouth
Plymouth
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First Federal Savings & Loar Association
Jonathan St
Frederick St
Texaco
Reguire
Kraiss Funeral Home
N. Potomac St
Columbia College Summer School
Potomac St
Stonth CF
Russia
David Newton Koogle
Frederick
Johns Hopkins Hospital
George and
Mary Kaiser Koogle
Mr. Koogle
Frederick County
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Columbus
Indianapolis
Ind
Cora Koogle
Koogle
Roy ©. Wade
Africa
Carty Funeral Home
Mt. Olivet Cemetery
Reichard’s
W. Antietam St
Community Finance Service
Washington St
Hagerstown Industrial Loan
D. Earl Neikirk
Fleigh Motor CO
Oak Hill Avenue
North End
South End
D. Reed
Sherwood
Potomac Avenue
Carpenters
Jamison Cold Storage Door Co
Hagerstown, Md
Maple Avenue
Hawaiian Command
MD. General Ins. Agency
Dealers In Sound Insurance
Arthur F. Detrow
Masonic Temple
South Potomac St
Dixie Ramblers
George Wiles
Daily Mall
U. S. Marine Corps Reserve
The
University of Maine
Lieut
A. le Leaf
DeGaulle
Giraud
SAUM
Jonathan
Ala Loans
Consumers Credit Service, Inc
Public Square
Antietam Street
Central Garage’s Value Center
Buick
Pontiac
de Soto
Chrysler
Dodge
Value Center
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