War Crimes Trials To Begin Soon In Europe
Paris May 28 Trials of Germans charged with offenses against American troops likely to begin within weeks Justice H Jackson United States counsel for war crimes said at a press conference He noted principal Nazi leaders may be delayed as United States Britain Soviet Russia and France work out tribunal details Jackson an associate justice of the Supreme Court said he was appointed by President Truman on May 2 to lead U S efforts Mos t atrocities against American forces such as the Malmedy killings and the execution of captured airmen would be pursued while differences over the tribunal would be ironed out He expressed confidence a war crimes court would be established despite delays and said censorship on interviews and photographs of detained Nazis would continue.
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Paris
H. Jackson
United States
Britain
Soviet Russia
France
International Military Tribunal
Jackson
Supreme Court
Truman
Tmne
Jackom
San Francisco
Supreme Headquarters
All Your Waste Paper for the Boy Scouts Saturday
A community sale event titled All Your Waste Paper for the Boy Scouts aims to collect paper waste this Saturday June 2 to raise funds for the troop. Organizers urge residents to bundle materials for curbside pickup and donation partners will assist in sorting.
Deaths and funeral notices in Thurmont area
Death notices list Mary Rebecca Ellen Stoner age 75 of 1029 Spruce street and Nora Mae Stouffer age 69 of 114 East Franklin street with service details and survivors. Also details for Richard Derr former local sinotype operator and Alfred Thompson 46 Blooms Avenue plus a card of thanks from the Blickenstatt family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Rebecca Ellen Stoner
Samuel J. Stoner
Spruce Street
Thurmont
Charlton Fogle
Mary C. (Matthews) Fogle
Grace United Brethren Church
Byrd G
Baltimore
Lester EK
Charles
Hagerstown
Millie Carbaugh
Calvin Fogle
Warnesboro
A. K. Coffman
G. I. Rider
Thurmont United Brethren Church
Richard Derr
Sinotype
Washington
Suter
Walter Byron Stell
Rest Haven Cemetery
Sir Paul Wilson Blickenstatt
David A. Blickenstatt
Ady
St Marys Plans For New Church Campaign Initiated
Msgr Leary announced a campaign to raise 150000 for a new St Marys Church and rectory on Washington and Prospect streets once wartime restrictions lift. Thomas Pangborn named general chairman with June set for the effort. Organizers Geary Porter and Arley Sica to staff the campaign. headquarters at 210 West Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Washington and
Prospect Streets
Msgr. Leary
Thomas W. Pangborn
Mr. Panghorn
Pangborn
Geary Porter
Arley
West
Washington Street
Nineteen Nabbed In Sunday Night Raid
Nineteen negroes were arrested and four cases of whiskey wine and beer playing cards dice and money were seized as evidence in a raid on a second floor clubroom in the 200 block of Jonathan street late last night by city police. Frank Long and Captain Whitaker were charged in warrants with maintaining a disorderly house and possession of liquor for sale without a license. The inmates were released on collateral of 10 dollars each. Before Magistrate M W B Botetorter this morning the inmates forfeited their collateral while Whitaker and Long posted 1000 dollars each for the action of the November term of court.
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Jonathan Street
Frank Long
Captain Whitaker
M. W. B. Bostetter
Whitaker
Surplus Sales Reports From RFC Noted By Chamber
Periodic RFC surplus disposal reports are being received by the Chamber of Commerce. They offer guidance to members seeking advice on buying surplus equipment and materials. The program covers Frederick Martinsburg and Hanover areas with items repurchased locally. Nine Fairchild PT 19 planes were sold through the RFC for 873 to 1740 dollars each.
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Chamber of Commerce
Frederick
Martinsburg
Hanover
RFC
Tariff Fight Heads Into Senate After Victory In House
The House voted 229 to 153 to extend the reciprocal trade agreements act three years and give the Chief Executive broad power to cut tariffs. President Truman supported the move saying the authority is necessary for his administration. Senator George of Georgia, head of the Finance Committee, warned of a tough fight as many senators are away on trips. He aims to finish hearings within a week to move the bill to the floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Truman
House
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
San Francisco
County Soldiers Back From Europe Arrive at Meade
T/Sgt Bar M. Weaver and Chr. George W. Fries, both of Smithsburg, arrived at Fort Meade yesterday with 81 Marylanders from European combat areas to be processed before furloughs. Officials said the group would likely begin leaving the post this afternoon for furlough destinations. The majority are air corpsmen.
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Bar
Medley Trial For Murder Opens Today
Joseph D. Medley, an escaped convict, goes on trial in Washington for the murder of Nancy Boyer last March. The red headed divorcee was shot in her apartment after an all night poker game. Medley also faces robbery charges and a luggage jacket missing from the victim's home. He fled from the Jackson state pen in November and is indicted in New Orleans for a bathtub slaying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joseph D. Medley
Fife
Nancy Boyer
Avice
Medley
St. Louis
New Orleans
Southern Michigan
Jackson
Identification Bracelets From Sallim's Engraved Items
Advertisement notes stylish identification bracelets priced at 3.75 dollars each from Sallim's located at 21 Jonathan Street. The copy emphasizes engraved options and a marketed novelty item.
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Sallim
Jonathan St. Adv
Truman and Hoover Meet Over European Relief Mission
Former President Herbert Hoover visited the White House to discuss the European relief program with President Truman. The 70-year-old Republican saw Truman for 30 minutes, with other leaders like Thomas Dewey and Alf Landon invited for discussions on national and international issues. The meeting was seen as a move to unify support for relief efforts and potentially involve Hoover again in European relief duties.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
White House
Truman
Pennsylvania Avenue
Hoover
United States
Thomas
D-Okla
Senate Agriculture Committee
Wiley
R-Wis
Mr. Hoover
Obievers
Trusman
Convicts in Solitary Overdrafts at Utah Penitentiary
In Salt Lake City on May 28, two Utah State Penitentiary inmates are kept in solitary confinement after issuing insufficent fund drafts against accounts they had deposited with prison officials.
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Salt Lake City
Utah State Penitentiary
Charles F. Main Dies Meat Dealer and Ice Cream Maker
Charles F. Main a meat dealer and ice cream manufacturer of Middletown died Saturday at Frederick Hospital. Also an advertisement for Heart Shield Bibles priced at 1.95 and a Saums ad at 21 Jonathan Street appeared in this issue.
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C. F. Main
Charles F. Main
Middletown
Frederick Hospital
Heart Shield Bibles
Saum's
Jonathan St
Hitler Dreams of Great Plant Now Shattered
The article reports on Fallersleben near Pallersleben where Hitler’s planned “strength through joy automobile city” stalled. It describes the 80,000 workers, the expected air cooled 24 horsepower car, the 990 mark price, and a Volkswagon savings plan. The project failed as war halted car delivery and Nazi pagan indoctrination replaced churches with a communal center and baptism substitutes.
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Louis P. Lochner
Fallersleben
Germany
Hitler
Joy Automobile
Pallersleben
Volkswagon Savings Bank
Robert Ley
Otf
Adolf Hitler
Salvation Army Runs 800 Service Units in South Pacific
Cant. John G. Churchill reports rapid expansion of Salvation Army aid to Pacific combat troops. Coffee posts and huts provide refreshments in jungle clearings and on coral reefs, with service units nationwide totaling more than 800.
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Salvation Army
Pacific
Cant
John G. Churchill
Hagerstown
South Pacific
Churchill
Graduation Gift Idea Fine Leather Billfolds
Advertisement notes fine leather billfolds with initials in gold priced at $2 each as graduation gifts offered by Saum's at 21 Jonathan Street with a weekly payment option of $1.25. Also mentions a bedspread awarded by the Ladies Auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen to Mrs. Grace Long, No. 3870.
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Saum's
Jonathan St
Saum
Ladies Auxiliary
Brotherhood of Railroad
Grace Long
Army air crew and base personnel news from Miami Beach
Second Lieutenant Russel C. Urich of Hagerstown arrives at Army Air Forces Redistribution Station No 4 Miami Beach for reassignment after a 35 mission tour as a B 17 bombardier in the European theater and Air Medal award. Sergeant Harry W. Canfield of the Third Division earns the Presidential Unit Citation for actions near Montelimar during the Rhine valley drive. Private First Class John L Uppertiar, wife at 11 East Lee Street, enrolled in Keesler Field aviation mechanics plus a technical course. Air depot sergeant James O Guessford of Hagerstown promoted from corporal to sergeant, part of the Eighth Air Force service command staff. sister Mrs Minenna Myer resides on Williams Avenue.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Russel C. Urich
Hagerstown
Army Air Forces
John L. Uppertiar
East Lee Street
AAP
Keesler Field
Biloxi
Miss
Eighth Air Force Service Command
England
James O. Guessford
Strategic Air Depot
Eighth Air Force
Set
Guessford
AAF
Syracuse Air Base
N. Y
Minenna Myer
Williams Avenue
Pvt Walter Drury Dies Of Pneumonia At Camp Ellis
Pvt Walter V. Drury son of Mrs Jula H Drury of 424 George street and the late Albert V Drury died of pneumonia at Camp Ellis Millinois May 27 after entering service May 9 1945 Surviving are his mother his wife Mrs Gladys Drury sisters Mrs Catherine Rife Mrs Geraldine Worthington Mrs Violet Pryor Mrs Thelma Boward Miss Pauline and Mrs Helen Fornell Funeral arrangements to be announced later.
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Walter V. Drury
Jula H. Drury
George Street
Albert V. Drury
Camp Ellis
Milinois
Gladys Drury
Catherine Rife
Geraldine Worthington
Violet. Pryor
Thelma Boward
Pauline
Helen Fornell
Gulver City
Calif
Pvt. Joseph Hoover Freed From Nazis
The American Red Cross notified Mrs. Rosanna Hoover that her son Pvt. Joseph H. Hoover has been liberated from a German prison. He was captured after the Cassino battle on January 22, 1944 and is reported in good health and likely returning home. He is a brother of Patrolman Raymond Hoover of the city police department.
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American Red Cross
Rosanna Hoover
Pangborn Boulevard
Pvt
Joseph H. Hoover
Pvt. Hoover
Cassino
Raymond Hoover
Local Airman Wins Distinguished Flying Cross in Burma
S/Sgt. Robert C. Triesler Jr. of 1185 Potomac Avenue Hagerstown Maryland received the Distinguished Flying Cross from Maj. Gen. Howard Davidson commander of the 10th Air Force in Burma. A gunner on a B 24 with the 7th Bomb Group he logged 300 hours of combat flight over enemy lines and also holds the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster. A Hagerstown High School graduate and former American University student he entered service to defend the nation.
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10Th Air Force
Burma
Robert C. Triesler
Potomac Avenue
Hagerstown
Howard ©. Davidson
Triesler
American University
Washington, D. C
Cecil County Officials Visit Washington County Schools
H E McBride Cecil county superintendent and board member Harvey R Buck are spending several days in Washington County inspecting school property and the county education system in general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. McBride
Cecil County
Harvey R. Buck
Board of Education
Washington County
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Conococheague Park
Silvertone Melody Bars
Svery
Spanish Daveeland
Old Mill Tavern
Penn-Maryland
Ross
Hamilton Hotel
People's Jewelry and Watch
East Washington Street
CPA
Sharrett Motors
E. Baltimore
The
BOY Scouts
Nora Mae (Lantz) Stouffer
East
Franklin Street
Charles M
Sarah Zentrger Lantz
Trinity Lutheran Church
Phylethia
William B. Stouffer
Katherine A
F. Berry Flimmer
Rose Hill Cemetery
Alfred Thompson
Blooms Avenue
Washington County Hospital
South Carolina
Maggie Hodges
Ann Taylor
Altoona
Mannie Raine
Anetta Craig
Bennis Thompson
Ater Pee
N. Patamac
Shenone
Kraiss Funeral Home
Bakers Helpers
Atugy
WMC
Apply Caskey Baking Co. Inc
Deg West Antietam Street
Community Finance Service, Inc
West Washington Street
St. Mary’s
Yingling Auto Sales & Service
Pontiac
Frederick St
Europe
Terrace Restaurant
Stude
Fleigh Motor Co
Oak Hill Avenue
General Acceptance Corp
Hagerstown Industrial Loan
Jonathan ST. D
Earl Neikirk
Review European Relief
Hagerstown Lumber Co
Frederick Street
S. Pacific
Harry W. Canfield
Lucile Canfield
Dale Street
Third Division
15Th Regiment
Montelimar
Seventh Army
Rhine Valley
Walter Drury
Jos. Hoover
D. F.C
Saum’s
Attcntion
AJL
Care Herald-Mail
Consumers Credit Service
Consumers Credit Service, Inc
Public
Churen & Prospect Sts
Crouse Produce
Hagerstown Ice Co
West Lee Street
Reichard’s
W. Antietam St
Martin Feed & Implements
Hotel Patterson Audubon
Bell Cab, Inc
Buick
Cadillac
Chevrolet
de Soto
Dodge
Bae
Mercury Nash
Olds
Packard
Plymouth
Studebaker
Value Center
Summit Avenue
Jie Gal
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