Navy Seizes Strike Bound Oil Refineries Nationwide
The Navy took control of one third of U S oil refinery capacity after President Truman seized 26 companies in 15 states to end a two week strike by 43 000 workers. He warned of serious fuel shortages and disruption to essential production and transportation. Elsewhere the labor scene saw a four hour telephone outage protest and government mediation in the coal mine dispute with John L Lewis. Schwellenbach to review reconversion labor issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Navy
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Schwellenbach
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Crops On High Ground Escape Frost Damage
Keedysville officials report farmers on higher ground escaped serious frost harm while lower areas suffered damage. J A Miller notes higher ground stayed warmer, with 600 to 700 feet elevations faring better. Gardeners in Hagerstown report tomato, bean, and late corn losses as temperatures hovered around freezing and rose to only about 50 degrees Yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victory
J. A. Miller
Keedysville
Mr. Miller
Gashouse Alley Concreting Underway in town
The concrete alley from the B& O railroad on Sycamore Street to Summit Avenue is being laid after years of residents urging improvement. The 10 foot strip replaces patched sections and residents express happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gashouse
B. & O. Railroad
Sycamore Street
Summit Avenue
Seabee’s misrouted trip delays birth in Oklahoma City
Seabee William P. Barringer, who traveled from Dutch Harbor to witness his first child’s birth, arrived in time for the event only after a Memphis side trip. The baby arrived before he could return, leaving him to joke about unreliable stork schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Okla
William P. Barringer
Dutch Harbor
Alaska
Stork
Memphis
Tenn
Fairchild Worker Involved In Highway Collision
Glenn M. Ogle of Greencastle headed home from the Fairchild plant was flagged down by a disabled car on the highway and stopped. Marlin Snyder, nearby resident, crashed into Ogle’s rear. No injuries were reported and damages to both cars were estimated at 300 dollars by state police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn M. Ogle
Greencastle
Fairchild Plant
Marlin Snyder
Ogie
Miner Strike Cuts Steel Production
The bituminous coal strike idle to 147,000 miners in two weeks and has now reached Indiana surfacing in steel cuts. U S Steel will close 10 percent of blast furnaces by next Wednesday midnight in Pittsburgh area. two and a half furnaces banked, five out tomorrow, two more Sunday. Inland Steel in Chicago to close seven furnaces by Sunday midnight, cutting output by 50 percent. Earlier, steel output also reduced in Youngstown Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Indiana
U. S. Steel Corporation
Chicago
Inland Steel Co
Youngstown
Ohio
Navy Honors Admiral Nimitz With Washington Welcome
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz arrives in Washington for a day of events headlined by a joint session speech, a monument talk, and a presidential meeting. The salute includes 1,000 airplanes over the capital and a 1,000-plate dinner, as the city awaits a parade and multiple addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester W. Nimitz
Washington
Nimitz
Pilus
Navy
Anacostia
D. C
Dwight Eisenhower
Jonathan Wainwright
Capitol
Congress
Washington Monument
Truman
Chinese Engineers Study W M Roads
Two Chinese engineers Ching Hua Chow and Yi Po Kung arrived in Western Maryland to study the road system. They favor bituminous tar treated low cost roads for future Chinese programs, noting Chinese roads must endure less heavy traffic. They were brought by Robert E Putnam, district maintenance officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ching Hua Chow
Yi Po Kung
Maryland
China
Robert E. L. Putnam
Soldier's Car Crashes at Grade Crossing Between Towns
Maurice H. Girardin a soldier at Camp Ritchie collided with Parker A. W. Barnes of Williamson at the W. M. A. R. crossing between Waynesboro and Chambersburg. The sedan left the road toppled 10 feet down an embankment. J. B. Davis another Camp Ritchie soldier suffered a forehead laceration and was treated at the camp infirmary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice H. Girardin
Camp Ritchie
Parker A. W. Barnes
Williamson
Waynesboro
Chambersburg
Barnes
Girardin
J. B. Davis
Camp
Portland starts juvenile traffic offense education plan
Portland announces a new program to reduce juvenile traffic offenses. On Saturdays young drivers who break the rules must attend a class, pass a written traffic rules exam, and if they fail must return the next Saturday for a harder test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Refuse To Sell Trucks To City In Ft Meade Sales Shuffle
Veterans with authorization letters arrived at Ft Meade seeking Army surplus trucks but were told none were available. Dealers rapidly bought remaining usable trucks at the Meade motor pool after W S Thomas of the Smaller War Plants Corporation directed sales and refused to explain to veterans or reporters. About 60 trucks were parked, with usable units tagged as sold to dealers. City Engineer Charles W Stump said officials were told there were no further trucks for the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Ft Meade
Meade Motor Pool
W. S. Thomas
War Plants Corporation
Charles W. Stump
City Ready For Snow Removal
City Engineer Charles W. Stump announced plans for an automatic power loader to speed snow removal in Hagerstown. The device, an automatic shovel bucket, will load snow into trucks faster than hand shovels and ease labor shortages that delayed plowing in recent years. The loader arrived in June after delays from competing priorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Charles W. Stump
Stump
Four More Local GIs Arrive In U S
Four more local GIs returned from overseas service yesterday. Pfc. Charles A. Crowl of 134 Winter Street and Pfc. William B. West of Hagerstown were aboard the General Richardson. Sgt. Davis S. Emmert and Pfc. Andrew M. White, both of Hagerstown, were aboard the La Crosse Victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Crowl
Winterstreet
William B. West
Hagerstown
General Richardson
Davis S. Emmert
Fountain Head Heights
Andrew M. White
la Crosse
Blossoms Peak Twice This Year On Freed Home Trees
An apple and a cherry tree at the home of Charles Freed on Smithsburg Pike are in full bloom, marking the second blossoming observed this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Freed
Smithsburg Pike
Hagerstown Grocers to Face Price Panel Hearings
Charged with violation of OPA price regulations two Hagerstown grocery proprietors will appear before the Price Panel of the Ration Board this afternoon for hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Hagerstown
Ration Board
Secret German Youth Resistance Clubs Surging Across Germany
Allied intelligence reports a nationwide rise in underground resistance clubs among idle youths and ex HJ and released POWs from the North Sea to Bavaria. Nazi loyalists recruit via exploiting illicit relations with Allied troops and violence by displaced Poles, with Gestapo veterans likely among organizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel DE Luce
Berlin
Germany
North Sea
Bavarian
Bremen
Weseh
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Probale
Hitler
Adoption papers served on three month old infant
Deputy Sheriff Cameron Jones, in Jacksonville Illinois, followed Morgan County court orders by reading the adoption papers to the three month old infant and placing the papers under the child's arm as required. He called it one of the toughest jobs of his law enforcement career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackonsville
Ill
Cameron Jones
Morgan County
Jones
State Prepared To Qualify For New Dual Highway
Gov Herbert R O Conor announced Maryland is ready to qualify for federal road funds under the Federal Aid Highway Act. The Hagerstown Frederick dual highway is among $500000 in projects submitted after talks with State Roads Commission chair Eora Whitman and Washington officials. Maryland expects about $1 8 million in aid, including 41 17 million for state roads and remaining for county highways, plus funds for engineering and one third of right of way costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown-Frederick
Maryland
Public Roads Administration
Congress
Herbert R. O'Conor
Eora B. Whitman
State Roads Commission
Washington
Handy Meat Price List Available
A miniature meat price list, designed to fit in a ladies pocketbook, listing all meat types and grades with OPA ceiling prices, was made available today by the Ration Board. The spokesman said housewives will find the lists handy for shopping, as the legal prices can be noted at a glance. Lists are available at the ration office or can be mailed on request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ration Board
Clearspring To Hold Primary Vote for Town Officers
Clearspring residents will meet Monday evening October 8 between 8 and 9 to nominate town officers for two year terms starting November 5. Current officials elected last May are likely to seek full two year terms. opposition decision and chlorinator installation for the water system may be discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clearspring
I. Donald Ankeney
Barges
Robert E. Roach
Daniel L. Boyd
Bruce C. Gossard
Clyde G. Ankeney
Police sought for missing 16 year old waitress
Mrs. Bertha DeWitt of Middletown requests police help locating her daughter Eileen, 16, a local restaurant waitress, who has been missing for several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha DeWitt
Middletown
Rt. 1
Eileen
Dog Gone Confusion Delays Reunion At School Bus
Connersville Indiana and the dog of Larry Cooksey confuses wartime to standard time. The pup, used to meeting Larry at the school bus at 2 10 pm daily, still goes to the old place and waits an hour for his master.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connersville
Ind
Larry Cooksey
Larry
Boy Hero Plans Return To School After Medal Honor
Washington dispatch details 17 year old Jacklyn Lucas and his girlfriend Carolyn Brown from Belhaven North Carolina. Lucas earned the Medal of Honor for smothering two Japanese grenades on Iwo Jima February 20. President Truman announced the award along with 13 others. The couple, both 17, seem more focused on each other than the honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Carolyn Brown
Jacklyn Lucas
Iwo Jima
Luke
President Truman
Pfe
Woman Dies Saving Photo Of Soldier Husband
In Cleveland on October 5, Mrs. Helen Moraghan, 31, died after attempting to rescue a photograph of her soldier husband from a burning home. Firemen found her unconscious and nearly suffocated by smoke in the hallway, hours after she was discovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Helen Moraghan
Freight truck backs over pedestrian in fatal mishap
Francis Peter Hull 48 of Clear Spring was fatally injured when a Hagerstown Ice Co truck backed over his chest on North Foundry Street. Driver Alton Carter, 29, stated Hull fainted while helping load a shipment and fell behind the truck. Hull died after being taken to the hospital as officers investigate with a possible charge of manslaughter by auto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Peter Hull
Clearspring
Hagerstown Ice Company
North Foundry Street
Hull
Alton Byron Carter
Brenner Avenue
Charles E. Humelsine
Herald-Mail Company
Humelsine
Carter
Grayson Doornberger
Auto
30 Nations Ratify World Security Charter Opens Future
Edward R. Stettinius Jr announced at the United Nations Preparatory Commission meeting that 39 countries have ratified the charter, one more than the required threshold. He said 11 had deposited ratifications in Washington and others reported ratifications are on the way, confirming the charter’s imminent creation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
United Nations Preparatory Commission
Organization
Stettinius
League
Washington
Fairchild Reveals Work On Navy Trainer Plane
Fairchild Aircraft Division showed a mock-up of a Navy trainer at its Hagerstown plant. Navy engineers studied the plane, a low wing all metal monoplane with a radial engine and cockpit, touted for stability speed and climb. Army Airborne Division representatives also visited to discuss future C-82 airborne use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairchild Aircraft Division
Navy
Hagerstown
Fairchild
Army
Airborne Division
H. F. Vincent
J. J. Ewell
Bryan Evans
West Franklin Street resurfacing completed in Hagerstown
City Engineer G W Stump reported that the first block resurfacing of West Franklin Street has been finished, ending the winter program of black topping. Several streets will be oiled despite the completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Street
Hagerstown
G W .Stump
A P Man Gets An Apology
Tokyo October 5 The outgoing premier Prince Higashi Kuni apologized to Associated Press correspondent Russell Brines for internment in the Philippines early in the war. Higashi Kuni met Brines at his office before the cabinet resignation was announced. He said the apology on behalf of the Japanese people. Brines returned to Pacific duty after liberation and accompanied General MacArthur and his staff into Tokyo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Prince Higashi-Kuni
Associated Press
Russell Brines
Brines
Philippines
Higashi-Kuni
Pacific
General MacArthur
Delay on Airport Work in Hagerstown Pending Lee Bill Action
Mayor Richard H. Sweeney said enlarging hangar space at Hagerstown Municipal Airport will be delayed until final action on the Lee Airport Bill in Congress. The bill would grant 50 percent federal aid for city airport projects, with TCivil Aeronautics Authority designation, to cut state political favoritism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
House
Congress
Richard H. Sweeney
Lee
Tcivil Aeronautics Authority
Sweeney
U. S. Conference of Mayors
New Business Ventures Reported In City
Reports indicate a concrete block plant will be built near Frederick Street. A lime marl reclaiming operation is planned along the Western Maryland railroad in the western city area. A marble yard is moving to a site on the Dual Highway between Cannon and Cleveland avenues, near Station Furniture’s plant. Out of town interests seek to develop the lime marl deposits along the Western Maryland. The marble yard, now acquired a Dual Highway site, plans a building and relocation. A large motor freight firm is negotiating for a West End site to build a terminal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Street
Western
Marble Yard
Dickering
Pfc Jimmy Ridenour Receives Honorable Discharge
Pfc. Jimmy W. Ridenour of Williamsport nephew of Edward Baker has been honorably discharged from the Army at Oliver General Hospital in Augusta Georgia after basic training at Port McClellan Alabama and service with the 104th Division in Germany He attended Williamsport High School and worked as a commercial student before enlisting July 12 1944 He was transferred to Augusta from overseas on July 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy W. Ridenour
Edward Baker
Williamsport
Army
Oliver General Hospital
Augusta
Port McClellan
Ala
104Th
Germany
Pfc
Ridenour
Army Hospital
Ion
Emperor Hirohito Accepts Cabinet Resignations Amid Tours
Tokyo Oct 5 The emperor accepted the resignations of Prince Higashi-Kuni and the entire cabinet with the remark that that is good He will seek General MacArthurs approval for the next premier Yoshida a diplomat is touted as a possible new leader He held palace visits and calls at MacArthurs HQ amid reports of selection and approval The new premier will face demobilization food fuel and housing shortages and potential political agitation as Japan moves toward a reformed government structure
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Japan
MacArthur
Shigeru Yoshida
Hirohito
Higashi- Kuni
Yoshida
Imperial Palace
Kido
Argentine Siege Of Students Ends
Buenos Aires police chief Col Filomeno Velazco announced the siege of seven Buenos Aires National University buildings would end today as students barricaded inside were expected to surrender. Police had occupied campuses and arrested many students while withdrawing main forces, leaving guards. The week long student strike, intensified by clashes with nationalist groups, left a 20 year old student dead from revolver fire the night before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Filomeno Velazco
Federal Police
Valazco
Buenos Aires National University
University of Buenos Aires Engineering School
Two More Divorce Suits Docketed
Two suits for divorce were docketed, bringing eight filed this month. Mary Marcella McManus through C. K. Hartle sues Loyal John McManus, and Lillian A. Hamel through John J. Allen sues John E. Hamel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Marcella McManus
C. K. Hartle
Loyal John McManus
Lillian A. Hamel
John J. Allen
John E. Hamel
Sailor-robbery tale ends with recovered clothes
Hollywood report states Edward Lerman handed over his shirt and other belongings after being pressed at gunpoint by two sailor hitchhikers. He surrendered his necktie trousers and $52 but later recovered the clothing from a vacant lot where the robbers discarded it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Calif
Edward Lerman
Lerman
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Heiman
Ft. Meade Motor Pool
U. S
Himmler
Francis P. Hull
South Foundry Street
U. K
A. P. Man
Jimmy Ridenour
Emperor Hirohito
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