End To Power Plant Strike As Emergency Crews Keep Service
Federal and Michigan officials moved to end a 2600 worker CIO strike while emergency crews maintained service to about 2,000,600 customers. Gov. Harry F. Kelly called a Lansing meeting with unions and Consumers Power leaders as John W. Gibson headed to the scene. Detroit reported no impact, and Kelly warned he would mobilize state facilities if needed to sustain operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Michigan
CIO
John W. Gibson
Schwellenbach
Lansing
Harry F. Kelly
Consumers Power Company
Struck Consumers Power Company
Lower
Detroit
Kelly
Local GIs Honorably Discharged At Fort Meade Center
Twenty one Hagerstown area service members were honorably discharged from the army between October 17 and 19 at Fort Meade Maryland. Names and residences include Kurt D. Eile West Washington Rich ard B. Linebaugh East Baltimore Calvin T. Horne Rohrersville John H. Keefer Clearspring Robert E. Wess Guilford Leroy Keefer Hancock John E. Pound Smithsburg Jacob H. Holtry Mitchell John H. Kayser Clearspring John E. Bishop Hancock Henry C. Foltz Potomac Edward F. Grove Frederick Luther L. Vulgamott West Church Jack Steiner Pennsylvania avenue William D. Barnhard West Howard Charles A. Adams Spruce William L. Harbaugh George Ora F. De Jauter Cavetown Ronald Manning Clearspring Fred A. McSherry Broadway Nevin A. Charles South Prospect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Army
Fort George G. Meade
Kurt D. Eile
West Washington
Tech
Richard B. Linebaugh
East Baltimore
Calvin T. Horne
Rohrersville
John H. Keefer
Clearspring
Rt. 2
Robert E.wess
Guilford
Leroy E. Keefer
Hancock
John E. Pound
Smithsburg
Jacob H. Holtry
Mitchell
John H. Kayser
Rt. 1
John E. Bishop
Henry C. Foltz
Potomac
Edward F. Grove
Frederick
Luther L. Vulgamott
West Church
Jack Steiner
Pennsylvania Avenue
William D. Barnhard
West Howard
Charles A. Adams
Spruce
William L. Harbaugh
George
Ora F. de Jauter
Cavetown
Ronald C. Manning
Fred A. McSherry
Broadway
Nevin
A. Charles
South Prospect
Discharge for T/Sgt Robert L. Martin at Baer Field
T Sgt Robert L. Martin of Hagerstown and his wife Rebecca Cramer of Hagerstown are announced as honorably discharged from the Air Forces at Baer Field Indiana. Entered service December 22 1942 he served 18 months overseas in England Italy and France with the 486th Troop Carrier Group earning a Presidential Unit Citation and seven battle stars on his ETO ribbon prior to Baer Field he was stationed at Malden Army Air Field Missouri with Troop Carrier Command.
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Set
Robert L. Martin
P. E. Martin
Hagerstown
Baer Field
Ind
Rebecca Cramer
Martin
England
Italy
France
486Th
Malden Army Air Field
Three More Local GIs Return From Overseas
Three local and county GIs returned yesterday or are due to arrive from overseas service. On the Blue Ridge Victory docking at Newport News Virginia is 71T/5 Raymond J. Tracy of Hager. On the Stevens Victory arriving at New York is S/Sgt. John H. Phenicle of Hancock. On the SS Milford Victory docking at Boston tomorrow is Pvt. Max L. Voloneck of Hager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport News
Raymond J. Tracy
Hagerstown
New York
John H. Phenicle
Hancock
Boston
Max L. Voloneck
Miners Trek Back To Pits After Strike Pause
Miners return to more than 50 of about 1000 bituminous mines idle during a 27 day strike by mine bosses seeking union recognition. Thousands resume work as unions expect most of 216000 strikers back by Monday. Steel industry remains crippled until more fuel arrives. full production hoped in 10 days to two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
UMW
John L. Lewis
County GI Gets The Silver Star
S/Sgt. Kirby J. Krouse of Chewsville, honorably discharged from Fort Meade on October 16, received the Silver Star for gallantry in the European Theater. In Luxembourg on January 27, 1945, he assumed command after a tank was disabled, deployed his platoon to safety, then bravely moved to assist the burning tank amid heavy enemy fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirby J. Krouse
Chewsville
Fort George G. Meade
Luxembourg
United States
Krause
Army opens Western Maryland district recruiting in Hagerstown
The Army inaugurates a major peacetime recruiting drive with a district office in the Earle Building Hagerstown covering Frederick Washington Allegany and Garrett counties. Lt. Col. Steinhardt named district commander as 250 enlistments per month are targeted with officers enlisted men and civilian clerks assigned to offices in Hagerstown Frederick and Cumberland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Army
Earle
West
Washington Street
Tth
Albert J. Steinhardt
Frederick
Washington
Allegany
Garrett
Hagerstown
Cumberland
Steinhardt
Christmas Seals Ready For Overseas Mail
Christmas seals are released for overseas mail and available at Dr Crown O Diehl's office in the Professional Arts building for those wishing to obtain them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crown O. Diehl
Professional Arts
Martz Receives Army Honorable Discharge in Galveston
Master Sgt. Hubert L. Martz of 22 North Potomac Street is honorably discharged by the Army Air Forces in Galveston Texas. He served 13 months overseas as a supply noncommissioned officer with the 20th Anti Submarine Squadron in Newfoundland and Labrador. He holds the American Defense ribbon American Theater ribbon and Good Conduct Medal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert L. Martz
Roy.c. Martz
North Potomac Street
Army Air Forces
Galveston
Tex
Army Air Field
Halfway Youths Given Warning
Sheriff John B. Huyett reports Halloween trouble in Halfway with youths, mostly boys, using porch furniture and movable items. They dispersed before officers arrived. Residents may seek warrants before county magistrates as deputies maintain a sharp watch. Gangs have included both boys and girls and stack porch furniture high in trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallowe'en
John B. Huyett
Huyett
Cowboy Killed By Wild Rodeo Horse at Madison Square Garden
Homer Cook a 27 year old cowboy from Livingston Montana was killed by a wild horse during a Madison Square Garden rodeo. He was on furlough from the Army and standing near a chute when the horse struck him in the chest. He died of an internal hemorrhage in the first aid room. His wife and three year old daughter survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Homer Cook
Livingston
Mont
Madison Square Garden
Cook
World War II war crimes trial set for November in Nuernberg
The International Military Tribunal announced that the major war criminals trial will begin November 20 in Nuernberg. Indictments naming 24 defendants were served on 23 in the Nuernberg jail. Martin Bormann remains at large and may be tried in absentia. Major Anthony Neave delivered the 24,000 word accusation to the defendants in guarded cells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nuernberg
International Military Tribunal
Berlin
Martin Bormann
Anthony Neare
Richard Owen
New Haven
Conn
United States
Neave
Police search for man after alleged kidnapping attempt
Police at noon were still seeking a roughly dressed man who last evening enticed an 11 year old girl from near her Mulberry avenue home to the Pangborn underpass. The girl told officers the man had a revolver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mulberry Avenue
Pangborn
Heavyweight cops move 500 pound safe to wagon
Two large officers wrestled a 500 pound safe found by co workers in a south side alley and loaded it into a patrol wagon. The bottomless safe was inspected at the Wabash avenue station and found to be empty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Thomas Maher
William Rossow
Wabash Avenue
Philippine GIs Charge Army Delays Homeward Ships
Philippine GIs in Manila charge the Army stalls homeward shipments, cites empty cargo vessels sailing to the United States and broken promises. They demand priority for higher-point veterans, criticize the red apple re enlistment plan, and urge use of liberty ships to speed departures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
U. S
Manila
Philippines
Daly Pacifican
United States
Pacific
Cifican
C. H. Davidson
Port of
Man Fined for Unauthorized Car Use
Clyde Barnhart 23 of Kuhn avenue was fined 50 and costs by Magistrate Harry E Snyder in city court this morning for unauthorized use of a 1937 Buick sedan. Deputy Bruce Spickler arrested him on a warrant sworn by owner William C Shope who said Barnhart admitted taking the car and driving around. Barnhart previously faced a similar charge but was dismissed for lack of stronger evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Barnhart
Kuhn Avenue
Harry E.snyder
Barnhart
Bruce Spickler
William C. Shope
I Became an SS Man by Wearing a Uniform
Oscar Schmitz testified at the Belsen Gang trial in LUENEBURG describing how a captured German prisoner escaped by donning a stray SS uniform. He recalled being placed with four SS men and, unable to speak English, swore he became an SS after wearing the outfit to keep warm. He claimed five years in concentration camps for dodging conscription.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lueneburg
Germany
Oscar Schmitz
A. S
Belsen
Schmitz
Fresh Defiance From Montgomery Ward As Army Returns
Montgomery Ward and Company regained control of seized properties in seven cities as the Army relinquished authority. Sewell L. Avery, Ward chairman, announced the abolition of compulsory union membership maintenance and union dues check-off. Ward had defied War Labor Board directives, saying they were advisory, and questioned the legality of seizures now ending after nine months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
War Labor Board
Montgomery Ward and Company
CIO
Sewell L. Avery
Ward
WLS
Roosevelt
U. S. Supreme Court
Avery
WLB
Wards
Revolt Reported in Venezuela Centering Caracas
Washington reports a revolution has broken out in Venezuela with rebel forces from San Carlos barracks seizing the president Isiah Medina y Angarita residence at Mira Flores near Caracas. Heavy firing was heard, an ultimatum reportedly given to the San Carlos garrison, and loyal troops were said ready to move against the barracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Venezuela
Caracas
State Department
San Carlos Barracks
Isiah Medina Y Angarita
Miraflores
San Carlos
Indian Summer Warmth Brings October Glimpses of 85
October weather stays pleasant as sunlit days push the thermometer toward 85 this afternoon, though the previous high of 82 won t set a record. Keedysville observer J A Miller notes past Octembers have seen 90s, while farmers use the window to plant winter wheat and husk corn.
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Keedysville
J. A. Miller
Major Shiver Assigned to Fairchild Aircraft Division
Major Charles O. Shiver has been assigned to the Fairchild Aircraft Division as AAF plant representative, taking over from Lt. Col. J. S. Hand. He will supervise production, inspection, plant safety, and Air Corps contracts, and he entered active duty in January 1942 after serving with Bethlehem Steel Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles O. Shiver
Fairchild Aircraft Division
AAF
J. S. Hand
Shiver
Air Corps
Bethlehem Steel Company
Falls From Bicycle While Passing Car
Ernest Sprecher, 45, 434 West Franklin Street, suffered cuts this morning when he fell from his bicycle while passing a car on Pennsylvania Avenue. He was admitted to Washington County Hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Sprecher
West
Franklin Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington County Hospital
Peiping Scene as Outbreak and POW Kill Orders Surface
Tokyo dispatch details Japanese army and navy orders calling for killing Allied prisoners on provocation. MacArthur files include diary notes urging prisoners be killed when possible and used for labor. June 1948 orders from No 2 Sasebo Detachment threaten vigorous disposal of hostile prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
MacArthur
58Rd Infantry
No. 2 Sasebo
No. 50 Sasebo
Jap Reds Bid For Socialists
Japanese Communist leaders urged the Socialist party to form a united front against the Shidehara government, while the Socialist reply was not immediate. Talks were set for tomorrow as the National Federation of Toilers denounced the move at its mass meeting. Foreign Minister Yoshida said the cabinet’s task was to implement Potsdam terms swiftly to show good faith. The toilers, attended by a large audience, backed the Imperial institution after dissidents spoke against the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Socialist Party
Shidehara
National Federal of Toilers
Shigeru Yoshida
Kijuro Shidehara
Imperial Institution
Domei Agency
Fairchild Stock Puzzles Local Investors
Local investors tracking markets are puzzled by the rise in Fairchild Engine and Aircraft common stock on the New York Curb Exchange. The stock jumped several points this week and yesterday reached a 5 percent increase, with 70,700 shares traded as a sizable block. It traded under $2 a share earlier this year, and the reasons for the week’s surge remain unclear amid overall market improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairchild Engine
New York Curb Exchange
Fairchild
Divorce Suits Grow to Twenty Six for Month
Two additional suits bring the month total to 26. Erma C Nowell, via Dp. A. Wolfinger, sues William F Nowell. Richel Leah Rockenour, through J. Allen, sues Robert D Kochenour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erma C. Nowell
Dp. A. Wolfinger
William F. Nowell
Richel Leah Rockenour
Throughttorney J
Japs Warned To Stay In Quarters After Peiping Riots
In Peiping Chinese attacked Japanese civilians in the little Tokyo district. three Japanese killed and others beaten as order was restored by Marine MPs. Earlier unrest in Tientsin saw homes raided and hundreds assaulted. A troopship crash near Nanyuan airfield killed over 50 Chinese troops and the American crew aboard.
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Peiping
Tokyo
Tientsin
Nippon
North China Occupation
Nanyuan Airfield
Pekin Hotel
Hankow
Jamaican corn cutters now available in Washington county
Benjamin H. Solliday announces 70 Jamaican laborers at Smithsburg Farm Labor Camp are ready for corn cutting at 25 cents per shock plus 25 cents daily camp charge. Workers are available to any farmer in Washington county as beans and fruit work wind down and most are due to be repatriated by early November. The first group of 80 had already left two weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Benjamin H. Solliday
Solliday
Smithsburg
Exhibit Cargo At Air Show At Wrighfield
The Fairchild C-82 cargo is on display this week at the Air Show and Exhibition at Wrighfield with models of every bomber fighter trainer and cargo ship built in the United States during the war. The planes are viewed by the public and members of Congress. Officers stress the exhibits show the cream of technical genius from the war years. The fourth production packet is in flight status at Fairchilds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wrighfield
United States
Congress
Fairchilds
Crime Wave Hits Salt Lake City Bureau Gimmick
The Salt Lake City crime prevention bureau, newly formed, used toy pistols for children awaiting calls from parents. The guns have disappeared, leaving the bureau with a mystery and a lost-theft incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
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Robt. Martin
Kirby Krouse
Army District
Adolf Merkle
Irmgard Huber
Alfons Klein
Martz
Montgomery Ward
Fairchild Post
Reds
United Front
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