Fall mice invade Hagertown homes and other oddities
From Our Reporters Notebooks notes a bumper 1945 field mice crop pushing into houses as frosts arrive. A North End yard reports over forty mice trapped this Fall, while many small mice elude traps. Grasshoppers reappear despite frosts. A Tennessee hillbilly divorce tale ties to wartime duty and a local marriage. Youths leaving school for wartime jobs now seek work again as economies shift postwar.
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Hagerstown
North End
Realty Market Sports To New High Turnover
The realty market for the week ending today shows active sales near 200000 total. Demand for homes outpaces supply with rising interest in investment properties. agricultural purchases ease due to scarce farm offerings. Notable deeds include Pyles to Pittman for six lots near Hancock bridge ramp 3000 dollars. Cook to Lynch dwelling on Marshall street 4200. Meyers and Berkson to Edison Groh apartment at Mulberry and Franklin 17590. Minnich to Dockstader 3734 acres Pleasant Meadow 19500. Huber and Perrett to Strole dwelling east side East Irvin avenue 16800. Martin to Grossnickle quarter mile east of Funkstown 8300.
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Charles T. Pyles
Roy E. Pittman
New Hancock Bridge
Alvey R. Cook
Roy Lynch
Marshall Street
Meyers and Berkson, Inc
Edison Y. Groh
Mulberry and
Franklin
William H. Minnich
Earle L. Dockstader
Hagerstown-Conococheague Turnpike
Linda B. Huber
Lillian A. Perrett
Charles F. Strole
East Irvin Avenue
Helen Elizabeth Martin
Howard S. Grossnickle
Funkstown
Preston James Armstrong
New Yorker Detained in Delaware on Parole Violation
Bruce Young, 32, was arrested at a Clarkson Avenue house and jailed awaiting extradition to New York after violating parole. Magistrate Bostetter set December 1 for the extradition hearing. Police report Young served part of a ten year term for larceny of autos and was found at a local woman’s home through a matrimonial agency with the arrest by Detectives Sellman Brown and Officer Knode.
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New York State
Bruce Young
Clarkson Avenue
New York
Young
Martin V. B. Bostetter
Police
Wayne Sellman
Brown
Knode
Bus strike noted. Blue Ridge Lines report normal traffic
Despite a Greyhound drivers strike across the eastern states, Blue Ridge Lines reports normal traffic in Washington and Baltimore. Dispatch office states operations remain steady with no significant delays or disruptions observed today.
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Greyhound
Blue Ridge Lines
Washington
Baltimore
Yanks World’s Best But Eat Too Much
In Himeji Japan on November 3 American GI’s of the 130th infantry regiment held a language class Q and A session. The Nipponese students teased the soldiers about manners with a Japanese man saying the American soldier is the best in the world. An impatient GI asks what’s wrong, not what’s good about him. A Japanese woman finally says the American soldier is always eating and that is impolite.
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Himeji
Japan
130Th Infantry Regiment
Communists Denounce U S Meddling in China Civil Strife
Chungking dispatches report Communist spokesman denouncing United States meddling in China as “policeman” role amid North China hostilities. United States forces under Lt Gen Wedemeyer are said to be assisting Chiang Kai-shek government against Reds, while New China Daily News labels it active interference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chiang Kaishek
Chungking
China
K. C. Wu
United States
New China Daily News
Albert Wedemeyer
Wedemeyer
U. S
County Council Of Christian Laymen To Be Formed At Meeting
Washington County plans a mass meeting at the Y M C A on November 11 at 3 PM to form a County Council of Christian Laymen. The initiative aims to strengthen the church, unite lay leadership, and advance the cause of Christ across the county.
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County Council of Christian Laymen
Washington County
Washington County Council of Churches
AFL Threatens 24 Hour Strike Over Higgins Closures
The AFL in New Orleans threatens a 24 hour cease work in protest of Higgins Industries plant closures. Union officials demand a federal investigation and warn of a nationwide spread tied to Greyhound bus line walkouts affecting 19 states east of the Mississippi.
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AFL
Higgins
New Orleans
Higgins Industries
Andrew J. Higgins
William L. Donnell
AFL Metal and Building Trades Councils
Greyhound
Mississippi
Tulsa
Okla
Southwestern Greyhound
Oklahoma
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Arkansas
New
Gambling legalized in Cumberland proposal by Helfrich
Cumberland City Commissioner Hunter B Helfrich announced plans to introduce an order at the Mayor and Council meeting to legalize gambling in the city. He estimated $50000 in additional revenue and said licensing all gambling types would allow the city to better control the situation.
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Hunter B. Helfrich
Cumberland
Helfrich
English Girl Seeks Pen Pal in Hagerstown
An English girl, 17, asks Mayor Richard H. Sweeney to help locate a male pen-pal aged 18 to 20 in Hagerstown. Miss Joane Rodman, 92 La La Pre Street Far Cotton Northampton England, provides a personal description and invites the newspaper to aid in matching letters across the Atlantic.
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Hagerstown
Richard H. Sweeney
Webster
Joane Rodman
la la Pre Street
Far Cotton
Northampton
England
Joane
Prother and Sister Leaving Service Mumma Family Honored
Charles E Mumma of the U S Coast Guard and his sister Master Sergeant Margaret Mumma of the WAC were honorably discharged. Charles served 38 months and returns as office manager of the Municipal Water Dept at 1040 Hamilton Boulevard with wife Helen and son. Margaret served 34 months, overseas 19 months, daughter of Mr and Mrs Allen H Mumma of 1140 The Terrace.
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Charles E. Mumma
U. S. Coast Guard
Margaret Mumma
Charles
Municipal Water Dept
Helen Mumma
Hamilton Boulevard
Miss Mumma
WAC
Allen H. Mumma
Malnourished 4 year old found with 10 year old in San Francisco
Police found Edward Perrier, age four, at a theater after a nine day disappearance. He had been "adopted" by 10-year-old Donald Rutger, who claimed to have cared for him. Edward received treatment for malnutrition while authorities questioned Donald.
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San Francisco
Edward Perrier
Donald Rutger
Donald
First Sgt Norman S Early Jr to Arrive From Overseas
First Sgt Norman S Early Jr of Hagerstown is scheduled to arrive today aboard the Monticello docking at Newport News Virginia from overseas service.
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Norman S. Early, Jr
Hagerstown
Monticello
Newport News
Second British Division In Java Lands Amid Crisis
Batavia reports reveal the Fifth Indian Division has landed in Java as curfews tighten British troops to carry arms at all times. Dutch- Indonesians trade blows as negotiations stall after the Netherlands bars talks with Soekarno, while Indonesian forces in central Java brace with Japanese planes and a potential 30,000 fighters.
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Batavia
Java
Netherlands
Soekarno
Hubertus J. van Mook
Turner to be hanged for Nesburg girl slaying
William Turner a 27 year old Preston County man was sentenced by Circuit Judge C P Wilhelm to death by hanging on December 28 at Moundsville State Penitentiary for the fatal gun slaying of 15 year old Darla Dean Pratt of Newburg. The shooting occurred July 31 when she and her parents approached their roadside tavern near Nesburg to investigate gun shots.
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Kingwood
W. Va
William Turner
Preston County
C. P. Wilhelm
Moundsville State Penitentiary
Newburg
Turner
Darla Dean Pratt
Lanthan Pratt
Nesburg
Assault Charges At Hancock Dropped
warrants charging seven Hancock women with assault arising from a strike at Jacobs Bros Garment factory were withdrawn after prosecuting witnesses failed to appear. The women, arrested on warrants by State Police, had engaged in hair pulling and dress tearing during a picket by the International Ladies Garment Workers Union AFL as non union and union workers tried to enter or leave the plant.
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Hancock
Jacobs Bros. Garment Factory
Martin L. Ingram
International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union
AFL
Will Divorce Dead Hubby Headlines Oklahoma Wife Seeks Split
Oklahoma City November 3 A 28 year old waitress Mrs Marjorie Devare O Keef learns she has two husbands. She plans immediate divorce from Robert Devare a machinist mate first class reported killed in action in May 1942. She will remain married to Patrick O Keef who is in Milwaukee and in school. She says he does not know Devare is alive and she loves Pat and will file divorce against Bob. She has a nine year old son by another marriage.
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Ray Hamilton
Ray
Uncle Sam
Hagerstown
Tennessee
Oklahoma City
Marjorie Devare-O’keef
Robert Devare
Hawaiian Islands
Patrick O’keef
Milwaukee
Devare
O’keef
Bob
Pat
Fearful search for missing 3 year old Dickie Suden
Downieville California November 3 The Jum Suden family appeals for help as three year old Dickie blue eyed blonde vanished Thursday morning from near Good year Bar four miles south of Downieville. Grandfather A L Merritt Sr Berkeley fears kidnapping and harm. FBI San Francisco reports no comment. Dickie played near his parents Brush Creek gold mine owned by Merritt.
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Downieville
Cal
Dickie Jum Suden
Sierra Nevada
Mother Lode
A. L. Merritt, Sr
Berkeley
Federal Bureau of Investigation
San Francisco
Goodyear Bar
Here
Joseph Jum Suden
Brush Creek
Merritt
Eight Enlist For Army Service Here
Eight men from Hagerstown and Washington county were enlisted in the regular army this week at the District Army Recruiting Headquarters in the Earle Building. The list includes Robert E. Semler, Richard B. Barger, Stanley K. Keller, Robert F. Palmer, William D. Haupt, Lester K. Stoner, Gordon E. Dodden, and Vernon R. Brown, with addresses and security assignments noted.
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Hagerstown
Washington County
District Army
Earle
Robert E. Semler
Stanley K. Keller
Richard B. Barger
Main Avenue
Robert FE. Palmer
Madison Avenue
William D. Haupt
Rose Hill
Lester K. Stoner
Elizabeth Street
Gordon E. Dodden
North Mulberry
Vernon R. Brown
Two Divorce Suits Filed In Court Docket
Janice Arlene Agnoli filed suit against Silvia Albert Agnoli and Betty Jane Carpenter filed suit against Orville LeRoy Carpenter. Both suits were brought through Attorney C. K. Hartle.
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Janice Arlene Agnoli
Silvia Albert Agnoli
Betty Jane Carpenter
Orville LeRoy Carpenter
C. K. Hartle
First Figures Of Victory Loan Drive Reported
For the first two days of the Victory Loan Drive, Washington County bonds sales reached $104,162.50 per Federal Reserve figures relayed by County Chairman John D. Hollyday. The drive aims to $2,400,000 by December 8 with a $300,000 boost expected next week.
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Federal Reserve Bank
John D. Hollyday
Hollyday
Washington County
John E. Murray Is Released By Navy
Seaman first class John E. Murray of 183 Randolph Avenue attached to the Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek Va is honorably discharged after 19 months of service. He is married to Evelyn Eisner and formerly worked for the New York Central Iron Works. He wears the American and European African Middle Eastern theater ribbons.
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John E. Murray
Randolph Avenue
Naval Amphibious Base
Little Creek
Murray
Evelyn Eisner
New York Central Iron Works
Navy
Pheasant Casualty Delays Norfolk Department Store
A stranger asking about local pheasant hunting prompted prompt service at a Norfolk department store. Moments later a cock pheasant crashed through the front door and, after a bare-handed catch by a bookkeeper, manager C M Bygel searched the area for the hunter responsible.
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Norfolk
Neb
Aod
C. M. Bygel
German POW Laborers Return to U S Control
From France the first German prisoners of war returned to U S Army control under operation skinny are described by American medical authorities as unfit for work. They appeared pale, emaciated, and in tatters after being used as laborers under French care amid international protest. A group of 1151 arrived, with Eisenhower halting transfers until those unfit could be brought back.
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U. S
Red Cross
Mel Most Croatoy
France
U. S. Army
Army
International Red
Eisenhower
Washington narco roundup nets 125 arrests in raid
A force of 220 police and federal agents raided 34 establishments in Washington collecting over 125 suspects. More than 40 booked on narcotics charges. several thousand dollars in narcotics seized including 80 ounces of heroin valued at 34000. Col Edward J. Kelly called it the largest narcotics raid of his 39 years with the force. Arraignments planned before United States Commissioner Turnage. In New York, 12 others were arrested on narcotics peddling charges. ringleader Dominick D Ercole, 38, of the Bronx, named by officials.
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Washington
Edward J. Kelly
Washington Police
Kelly
Washington Police Force
New York
Baltimore
United States
Needham C. Turnage
Garland H. Williams
Federal Narcotics Bureau
Williams
Dominick D'Ercole
Bronx
Boys Restore Library Damage in Williamsport
Two Williamsport boys who damaged the library last week completed restoring the volumes to shelves under supervision of local librarians and county library staff. The dollar value of destroyed books was not estimated. They complied with Juvenile Court Judge Harvey M. Miller’s punishment terms. Parents paid for damage and replacements. The library will reopen next week with same hours: Tuesday 6 to 9 pm and Thursday 2 to 5 pm.
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Williamsport
Joseph Collier
Williamsport Lbrarian
Henry Holazpfel
Washington County Library
Paul Startzman
Harvey M. Miller
National Geographic
October 304 strikes settled nationwide and in Detroit
The Federal Conciliation Service said 304 strikes were settled in October affecting 318000 workers. Conciliation Director Edgar L. Warren announced Detroit will report directly to Washington due to the growing importance of conciliation work there, after previously reporting to Cleveland.
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Washington
Federal Conciliation Service
Edgar L. Warren
Detroit
Cleveland
Banks to Close Monday After Armistice Holiday
Because Armistice Day on November 11 falls on a Sunday, local banks will observe a holiday on Monday November 12. The change affects all banks and related financial offices, with normal operations resuming Tuesday.
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Mordar
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