Syria Fears General Clash After French Fire In Hama
Acting Syrian Premier Jamil Mardam Bey said French troops fired on the people of Hama, sparking street fighting as garrisons were reinforced from Homs. He warned of a possible wider clash with Syrians, with communications cut and nights of unrest in Damascus and alerts in Aleppo.
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Hama
Damascus
Jamil Mardam Bey
Syria
Aleppo
Homs
U. S
George Wadsworth
Gerald Young
Paris
Ninth Army
Beyrouth
Youth Admits To Buying Of Beer
Elden Eugene Lightner, 29, pleaded guilty to buying intoxicants in circuit court before Judge Joseph D. Mish and fined 25 dollars plus costs. He testified last week in another trial that he bought the beer. Bartenders and tavern operators were urged to watch sales to minors as a dual transaction. Also, Roy Walker, Norman Adams and Charles Watts were found guilty of robbery in a separate case, and Charles Kindall was found guilty of unauthorized use of a car with Leroy Files pleading guilty.
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Elden Eugene Lightner
Joseph D. Mish
Lightner
Mish
Roy ©. Walker
Norman Adams
Charles Watts
Charles Kindall
Leroy Files
Two Arrests May Clear Up Series of Chicken Thefts
Two middle aged Baltimore men Walter A. Thornton and George A. Pitt are held as suspects in a Frederick county chicken theft wave. Police believe a black market ring may be behind the thefts as chickens were taken from rural areas and moved to cities. State Police chicken patrol traced a car to Thorn ton and found chickens feathers and blood as evidence.
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Baltimore
Frederick County
Walter A. Thornton
George A. Pitt
Wertheimer Farm
Thornton
Toothpick Cheating Noted At Milwaukee Cafeteria
Milwaukee May 28 internal revenue man Owen Murphy observed the Y M O G A cafeteria mark its day old pie cuts with a toothpick and sell them for half price. He saw another diner who carried his own toothpicks to obtain fresh pie at half price.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Owen Murphy
Internal Revenue
Memorial Day School Closures Announced by Willis
Public schools in the city and county will be closed Wednesday for Memorial Day, announced Superintendent B C Willis. The measure affects all district buildings and activities as staff observe the holiday.
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B. C. Willis
Lightning Strikes Man, Card Game Heads Ahead
In Kansas City a man knocked unconscious by a lightning strike while rolling up a car window was aided by a house guest who gave artificial respiration. An ambulance found him conscious and 30 cents ahead in a card game.
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Kansas City
Pilot Lt Holmes Awarded Third Oak Leaf Cluster Air Medal
First Lt Paul Holmes husband of Mrs Linda Holmes of 905 Potomac Avenue receives the Third Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal for meritorious achievement in European Theater operations. As a C 47 pilot with the 435th Troop Carrier Group in France he aided Allied advance and air evacuation, aiding Bastogne during the Ardennes counteroffensive. Overseas 20 months.
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Paul Holmes
Linda Holmes
Potomac Avenue
Mat
435Th
France
Holmes
Ardennes Salient
101St Airborne Division
Bastogne
Truman Urges Expanded Unemployment Benefit Coverage
President Truman asked Congress to act to widen unemployment compensation during the wartime-to-peace transition. He proposed emergency coverage for federal wartime workers and others not insured, financed by the federal government and administered by states, with minimum weekly benefit standards and duration.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Sgt Purdham Freed After Prisoner Release
Thurman E. Purdham a ball turret gunner on a B 17 Flying Fortress shot down over Germany September 28 1944 has been liberated from a POW camp according to word to his mother Mrs Nena E H Purdham 410 Mitchell Ave News came last October that he was alive and a POW All crew members were saved He went overseas July 1944 County nurse promoted Nancy J Harp of Chewsville daughter of Mr and Mrs James H Harp promoted from second lieutenant to first lieutenant at 117th General Hospital England
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Thurman E. Purdham
Germany
Nena EH
Purdham
Mitchell Avenue
Red Cross
Fairchild
Nancy J. Harp
James H. Harp
Chewsville
117Th General Hospital
England
Hagerstown Urged to Open Homes for New York Tenement Children
Hagerstown readers are asked to sponsor New York Herald Tribune Fresh Air Fund children for a two week stay in the community. About 11,000 children were placed last year. arrivals July 18 through August 11. Local volunteers listed and a placing committee invites interested residents to learn more and complete a sponsoring coupon.
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Hagerstown
New York
Herald-Mail
New York City
New York Herald- Tribune Fresh Air Fund
Fresh Air Fund
Elmer Funkhouser
Wilson P. Ard
H. L. Porterfield
J. Garvin Hager
P. M. Holmes
Laval Guarded After Rumor of Abduction Plot
New York May 28 reports say rumors that French Partisans planned to abduct Pierre Laval led Spanish authorities to tighten guards at Monjuich Fortress where he is detained. Spain has not acted on demands to surrender Laval for trial on high treason. Madrid says it would hand Laval to an Allied war crimes commission rather than France, viewing him as a political prisoner.
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New York
Pierre Laval
Monjuich
Laval
Madrid
Spain
France
Thief Escapes Amid Bullets At North Locust Street
A sneak thief was surprised at 2 am breaking into a garage on North Locust street. Walter S. Miller fired twice. the thief fled. Neighbors reported canned goods missing from H. K. Remsburg’s pantry and multiple garages ransacked in the area. Police searched the neighborhood with no trace.
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North Locust Street
Walter S. Miller
North Locust
H. K. Remsburg
Defer Action On Industrial Inquiries In Hagerstown
The Industrial Committee of the Hagerstown Chamber of Commerce reports that few positive steps can be taken on out of town queries to locate in Hagerstown and Washington county until after peace. Full employment currently limits new development. A special meeting will discuss future activities. A large Ohio company has shown interest in opening a plant here.
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Hagerstown
Washington County
Ohio Corporation
Red Willow County ration board withholds gas panel chair name
Secret chairman at McCook Nebraska May 28 as the Red Willow County ration board decides not to reveal the New Gasoline panel chair for now. G. L. Burney explains they will spare him from a flood of troubles.
All Must Pitch In To Finish War
Washington May 28 Major General Graves B Erskine commander Third Marine Division of Iwo Jima fame says the Pacific war cannot be finished with partial national support. He urges every American to buy more war bonds as the Seventh War Loan depends on extra purchases by all citizens.
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Washington
Graves B. Erskine
Third Marine Division
Jima
Pacific
Japs Leave Shuri After Fierce Okinawa Defense
Allied dispatches report Japan appears to withdraw from Shuri following a 28 day resistance as Seventh Division patrols advance despite heavy rains toward Chan village. US forces break through on the east coast flank Shuri and destroy clusters of Japanese troops and cave defenses while heavy shelling reduces enemy artillery from 15 000 to about 500 rounds daily.
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Guam
Okinawa
Shuri
Seventh Infantry Division
Seventh Division
Chan
Chester W. Nimitz
Gisushi
Shiri
Hank
Yonabaru
Seventh Infantry
Ozato Mura
Associated Press
al Copking
Rose Hill Peonies Bloom at Cemetery Drive Entrance
Visitors urged to see massed peonies at Rose Hill Cemetery along the driveway near the entrance. Planted about 15 years ago under Clerk of Court Edward Oswald, they remain exceptionally pretty despite recent rains.
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Rose Hill Cemetery
Edward Oswald
Bond Drive Progress in Washington County War Loan Effort
Washington county has reached 40 percent of its IE bond deal in the current war loan drive. Bond sales reported by the Federal Reserve Bank of the district totaled 502678.50 at the close of May 25. The county’s goal is 1350000 and Seventh Loan Drive sales total 928515.50 to date, with personal sales at 778352.50. Chairman Hollyday expressed satisfaction and urged public support, calling war savings bonds the best investment today.
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Washington County
John Dpd
Hollyday
Federal Reserve Bank of the District
30000 Liberated G I s Enroute Home
Paris May 28. A majority of American prisoners of war evacuated from Germany are now in France or England with more than 34000 already en route to the United States. Some are still held by the Russians or unaccounted for while over half a million Allied POWs and displaced French civilians have been removed from Germany since April 1 by U S Army Transportation Corps and air transport command.
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Paris
France
England
United States
Germany
Army Transportation Ccorps
Air Transport Command
Humelsine earns Bronze Star at Yalta Crimean conference
Lt. Col. Carlisle H. Humelsine son of Mr and Mrs C B Humelsine 611 Washington Ave has been awarded the Bronze Star Medal for outstanding services at the Crimean conference last January at Yalta announced by the War Department He is stationed at the Office of the Chief of Staff Washington D C and is presently on duty with General MacArthur's Headquarters in Manila P I
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Carlisle H. Humelsine
C. BE. Humelsine
Washington Ave
Yalta
War Department
Humessine
Washington, D. C
MacArthur
Manila
P. 1
Reecher Named Commander of 27th Air Transport Group
Lt Col Kenneth E Reecher son of Mr and Mrs Aaron E Reecher of 7 Magnolia Avenue has been announced as Commanding Officer of the 27th Air Transport Command Group by Col Martin A Bateman 202nd Transport Wing Commander Army Air Forces The group oversees seasoned veterans and directs activities of one of Europe s largest American passenger and cargo airlines via the Skytrains im Continued on Page 2
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Kenneth E. Reecher
Aaron E. Reecher
Magnolia Avenue
27Th Air Transport Command Group
Martin A. Bateman
Army Air Forces
27Th Air Transport Group
Col. Beecher
Air Forces
Europe
Repair Shop To Close On June 30
The Board of Education will end its farm shop classes on June 30 as federal funds are withdrawn. Equipment will be relocated to nearby high schools for agricultural departments. Superintendent B C Willis expects classes to resume in the fall as part of the adult education program. Centers across the county enabled farmers to repair and rebuild equipment, saving thousands of dollars and preserving valuable machinery.
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the Board of Education
B. C. Willis
Board of Education
Threats Overland Indo China Corridor
American air forces launched raids on the Japanese home islands with B 25s and P 51s. Tokyo reports claim a dozen B 25s hit the Shikoku area and four were shot down. Mustangs joined the attack, strafing airfields in Chiba and Ibaraki after noon Tokyo time, with Marianas based B 39s leading a 40 minute strike.
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San Francisco
Tokyo
Radio Tokyo
Shikoku
Japan
Kyushu
Domei
Federal Communications Commission
Chiba
Ibaraki
Business and Farm Aims Outlined at Postwar Conference
At the Farm and Industry Conference in the Hotel Alexander, about 120 farm and industrial leaders outlined postwar goals to remove government controls and taxes, seek government cooperation in market development, income security for farmers, and less regimentation. Hector Lazo of Loose Wiles argued for preserving free enterprise, warning government overreach would undermine competition while endorsing selective cooperation and market development.
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Hotel Alexander
Hector Lazo
Loose Wiles Biscuit Company of
New York
America
Lazo
Canning Center Is Planned Again At School Annex
The Board of Education announced one canning center will operate this coming summer in the high school annex rear of the Municipal Swimming Pool. It will run day and night if the public desires. Last year about 15 000 vans of foodstuffs were preserved at the county centers.
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Board of Education
Restored to Duty: GI Joe Meyer Recalls Prisoner Fist Fight
Pvt. Joe Meyer, 23, a wounded combat veteran with a two year court martial for striking nine German prisoners near a French stockade, was relieved by Undersecretary Patterson at Fort Devens. He says the nine prisoners deserved discipline, recalls punching four, and earned the Silver Star for action at Tionga Nelghim.
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Worcester
Mass
Joe Meyer
Robert P. Patterson
Fort Devens
McGee
H. M. Estes
le Mans
France
Joe
Tionga
Nelghim
Pitt
Chinese push toward Indo-China nears Nanning area
Chinese forces report advancing deep into the Indo-China corridor and nearing Pingyang located 60 miles northeast of recaptured Nanning. Nanning, a key hub on the Changsha to Hengyang overland route, was recaptured over the weekend under General Chang Fa-kuai, leader of the old Fourth Nationalist Army. The move comes without American training or equipment.
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Chungking
Indo-China
Pingylang
Nanning
Japan
Iine
Thailand
Malaya
Kweilin
Kwangsi
U. S
Tronsides
China
St Mary’s Plans for New Church and Facilities
St Mary’s Catholic Church outlines plans to build a new church and rectory while converting the present church into an auditorium and gymnasium and adding the rectory to St Mary’s School. A church funds drive will be organized after masses, announced by Rt Rev Msgr J Francis Leary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary's Catholic Church
St. Mary's School
J. Francis Leary
May Rainfall Nears Normal Amid Heavy Town Rain
May rainfall totals near the 40 year average with 3.15 inches by Saturday. observer J A Miller notes steady showers while Frederick County reports nearly 22 hours of rain and rainfall totals between 2 and 3 inches. Weather forecasts expect continued rain across the region with showers today.
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Mont
Keeslysville
J. A. Miller
Weather Man
Frederick County
Here
Whittington Receives Purple Heart For Luzon Injuries
Charles Whittington son of Ira W. W teton 126 North Mulberry Street was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds in action at Luzon. A dispatch from the First Cavalry Division Southern Luzon notes he has fully recovered and returned to duty with safe conduct.
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Pic
Charles Whittington
Ira W. W Teton
North Mulberry Street
Order of the Purple Heart
Luzon
First Cavalry
Ision
Southern Luzon
Whittington
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Paul M. Holmes
Oak Leaf
Sgt. Purdham
Rose Hill
Peonies
Bond Drive
Col. Humelsine
Bronze
Col. Reecher
Col
Kenneth E. RE Reecher
Vital Link
St. Mary’s
Purple Heart
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