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Newspaper

The Daily Mail

Location

Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America

Date

Sep 05, 1944

Page

5

Finns Prepare To Negotiate Peace Terms

London report says a Finnish mission led by Premier Hantti Hackzell and Foreign Minister C. J. A. Aarre is to depart for morrow to negotiate armistice terms. About 10 members will join, with German divisions reportedly withdrawing from southern Finland while northern areas remain unclear. Finland sets Sept. 15 as a deadline to evacuate German forces or face disarmament and internment.

London Bera Radig Hantli Hackzell Berlin Finand Stockholm Finland Sweden Norway Germany Helsinki

Fourth Ward Will Nominate Officers

The Fourth Ward Democratic club will nominate officers for the ensuing year at its monthly meeting tomorrow night. President Perry Osborne retires after five years, having moved to a farm outside the ward. A report on last month’s annual picnic and plans for a September political rally sponsored by the club will also be discussed.

Fourth Ward Democratic Club Perry Osborne Setber

In Memoriam for Ruby F. Barnhart

In loving memory of wife and mother Mrs. Ruby F. Barnhart who died three years ago on September 6 1941 Today recalls her memory and those who think of her best oped her best God saw the road was getting rough He gently closed her eyes and whispered Peace be thine Her weary hours days of pain nights are past Missed by husband and children Adv

Ruby F. Barnhart Adv

Deaths and obituaries in Martinsburg area

Several obituaries from Martinsburg and surrounding towns notice Anne Glenn Ridenour of Leitersburg age 74 dies after illness. funeral at home with Rev. B D Worman. burial Lutheran cemetery. Gertrude Helen Kramer of Hotel Alexander dies in Baltimore at 38 with service in Jerseyville upcoming. Walter Otzelberger of Antietam with two services then Lutheran church in Sharpsburg. Jacob W Young formerly of Hagerstown dies in Maryville Utah. Mary Truitt Russell dies in University Hospital Baltimore. multiple survivors listed. Funeral plans and locations vary across cases.

Earthquake Felt Across U S and Canada Causes Minor Damage

The quake struck early in the morning, with reports from Wisconsin to eastern Ontario. One injury noted in Cornwall, Ontario as ceilings fell and walls collapsed. up to a thousand residents fled into streets in night clothes. Father Clarence Blais, Weston College seismologist, recorded the quake at 1 39 a m Eastern War Time and described it as severe enough to disable a seismograph for about 45 minutes.

Wisconsin Cornwall Joseph Lynch Fordham Revere Sur Clarence Blais Weston College Weston Mass Ontario

Injuries Fatal To An Aged Resident In Williamsport

Charles Potts Corby 73 of Williamsport died Monday at Washington County Hospital after being struck by a car Saturday evening. He lived with his niece Miss Magssarina Corby at 16 Vermont Street. Corby sustained rib and head injuries and may have had pneumonia. Deputy Winters said Renoe Biddington 100 Summit Avenue was driving. no charges were filed. Funeral services Thursday at 2 at his niece’s home with Rev. Cyril Hoover. Interment Riverview Cemetery Williamsport. Vernon Knode of Keedysville injured in a collision on the Mit Briar road. Ernest McCoy charged with inadequate brakes.

Charles (Potts) Corby Ernest McCoy Sharpsburg Mit. Briar Road Charles Mades Knode McCoy GE. @. Miller Boonshore

Unusual tire mishap claims life of local worker

George W. Carroll, 61, was killed Saturday when a truck tire blew out in the coal yard of Victor Cushwa and Sons on Salem avenue. The iron rim struck his chest, causing a ruptured heart. He died at Washington County Hospital. Carroll, an employee of the company for two years, stood about 25 feet from the blast around 10:00 a.m. He lived at 428 Cook Street, survive by his wife and eight grandchildren and several children and siblings. Funeral services were set for this afternoon at Mortuary with burial at Rest Liven Cemetery.

George W. Carroll Victor Cushwa and Sons Salem Avenue Washington County Victor Cushway and Sons Carroll Cook, Street S. Carroll Iola Collier Baltimore Ed Carter Hagerstown Leon Kennedy Margaret Carroll Betty Carroll George, Jr United States Navy Sat. Wilson United States Army Raymond Lester Charles Carroll Tagerstown Ster Raymond Strawshr Paul B. Watlington

Birth stone ring advertised as ideal gift

Ady at SATAM'S 21 Jonathan St promotes a birth stone ring as the ideal gift with emphasis on select now for shoppers seeking a keepsake.

Satam's Jonathan St. Ady

Miss Laura King Retired Teacher Dies at 77 in Hagerstown

Miss Laura Cornelia King a long time Hagerstown teacher and high school educator died at Washington County Hospital Saturday at 4 p m following a long illness. Born 1881 in Hagerstown she taught 43 years in local schools including 16 years at Hagerstown High School. She endowed the Laura C King Memorial Prize for mathematics graduates. Surviving is brother Samuel L King Jr Funeral services were held Monday at A J Coffman Funeral Home with Rev Harry C Marsh officiating and burial in Rose Hill cemetery.

Laura Cornelia King Washington County Hospital Hagerstown Hagerstown High School Miss King Samuel King Ann Rebecca (Herbert) King Towson Colege Antietam Street Hagerstown High Laura C. King St. Paul's Methodist Church Order of the Eastern Star Samuel L. King A. J. Coffman Harry C. Marsh Rose Hill Cemetery

Wounded in Action Men Named by War Dept

The War Department announced Pvt Woodrow W Howe of Hagerstown and Pvt Pfe Floyd T Shoemaker of Hancock have been wounded in the European area. Mrs Alice L Rowe and Mrs Leithie Shoemaker are their mothers. Mrs Mary Linebaugh of Hagerstown reports another wounding in the Southwest Pacific.

Woodrow W. Howe Alice L. Rowe Hagerstown Pfe Floyd T. Shoemaker Leithie Shoemaker Hancock Robert C. Linebaugh Mary Linebaugh Southwest Pacific War Department

Labor Day Weekend Fatalities Rise Across Nation

An Associated Press survey shows 245 people died during the Labor Day holiday period across the United States. More than half fell to traffic accidents. prior years logged 203 deaths in 1943, with 350 in 1942 and over 600 in 1941, including drownings and other causes.

Associated Press

Japs Dealt New Heavy Blows

Allied forces reported heavy raids across Japanese positions in Bonin and Volcano Islands and the Celebes. Bombs rockets and shellfire knocked out 12 Nipponese ships and 85 planes as land based Liberators pressed four day bombardments. A Catalina sank three of eight ships in a Davao gulf convoy and a Wake Island strike followed by two task forces demonstrated fleet power in the Pacific. Six U S planes were missing.

Bonin Volcano Islands Philippines Davao Gulf Celebes Wake Island Volcano Group Pacific Paramushiro Japa Palau Halmahera Talaud Marshalls Marianas Dutch East Indies United States

Truman Campaign Promises Welfare First For People

A campaign stop in Detroit features Senator Truman touting re election of Roosevelt as essential for the common man. He vows to place human welfare ahead of profits, use plants for peacetime production, provide unemployment insurance, and extend the 40 hour work week with rising real wages.

Tom Page White House Fruman Roosevelt Truman Pontiac Detroit

Greater Diamond Values at SAUAS Special Games Party

A promotional notice announces a Special Games Party at C. F. Auditorium located at 21 Jonathan St. The event offers prizes stamps and free refreshments with a focus on advertising higher diamond values at SAUAS.

Sauas Jonathan St

Boonsboro Resident John Alexander Dies at 74

John J Alexander a longtime Boonsboro banker and prominent church and fraternal member died Monday at Washington County Hospital after a week of illness aged 74. He served Antietam Lodge 197 A F and A M and was a trustee of the Washington County frame. Surviving are his wife and children in Boonsboro and Middletown with several brothers and five grandchildren. Funeral at his home Thursday at 2 pm with Rev Paul V Helm and Rev Stewart Snodgrass officiating. Interment in Boonsboro Cemetery.

Kingsaughters Hospital Martinsburg Adams County Paker Andrew Jane Sanders Mer Margaret da Washington County Robert L Dam No. 5 Howard E Cumberland Melvin G James L Clarence W Hattie Cage Martinsbur Brown Funeral Home Falling Waters John J Alexander Boonshboro Boonsboro Washington County Hospital Frank Hn Lydia (Smith) Alexander Middletown Reformed Church Antietam Keeds Ie Ithiel St. Bernard Commandery Hagerstown Olive Branch Order of Eastern Star Independent Order of Red Men John Flook Keedysville Albertus Mullendere Catherine Kline Margaret Sterner

Facing Water Emergency Here in Hagerstown

The city faces a water emergency with possible further main breaks between the pumping station and Hagerstown. A large local industry was asked to cut air conditioning use to conserve water. Hagerstown holds about 50 million gallons in two mountain reservoirs, with 35 million reserved for firefighting. Preparations begin for a booster station at Halfway, but it won’t be ready for six months.

Hagerstown

Third Ward Democrats To Meet Wednesday

The Third Ward Democratic Club will hold a social evening on Wednesday beginning at 8 p.m. at Hager Park. Several prominent speakers have been invited to attend and are expected to discuss the approaching national election.

Third Ward Democratic Club Hager Park

Dead This Time

Marten Forstrom, 74, collapsed on a downtown Portland street. Police pronounced him dead and he was taken to the county morgue. An attendant began examination, Forstrom stirred, objected, and walked away, then collapsed again a block away. He died at a hospital later, with a staff physician pronouncing death.

Portland Ore Marten Forstrom Forstrom Price

Watermelons and meats ad on Sharpsburg Pike

An advertisement by W. G. Turner in Ady offers watermelons and cold cantaloupes plus home cured meats of all kinds. Located three miles south on Sharpsburg Pike.

Sharpsburg Pike W. G. Turner

News of Our Men Women in Uniform Sgt Price Letter from France

News about servicemen and their families in uniform. Sgt Owen Price writes from France describing a chicken meal from a Frenchman, home letters, and wishes to return home. He notes seeing few friends, asks for candy and Tyco powder, and sends greetings to relatives. Corporal William J. Harper earns a promotion at Army Air Field in Tennessee and prepares for combat duty aboard a Flying Fortress. Robert Diehl of Hagerstown, Md., is commissioned.

George Price North Mulstreet Sgt Owen Price France Wes Charles Wiliam J. Harper W. L. Harper West Church Street Army Air Field Oyersburgs Tenn Armed Services Cpl. Harper

Sergeant Shinham Missing In Action

Pech Sst George Shinham a 20 year old former Route 1 resident is missing over Romania his father Ralph Shinham has been notified He has flown missions over Germany northern Italy and Romania as an aerial engineer and gunner with the Fifteenth AAF in Italy He recently earned the air medal and was promoted at his B 24 station in Italy He graduated Clearspring High School class of 1942 and was a student at Drexel Institute of Technology Philadelphia at induction into service

Pech George Shinham Romania Ralph Shinham Germany Italy Fifteenth Aaf Set Shinham Clearspring High School Drexel Institute of Technology Philadelphia

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Moscow Memoriam Columbia College S. NM Funk, Pa. D South Potomac Street Elberta Garderhour Bros Phene Smithsburg Fleigh Motor Co Anne Glenn Ridenour Charles B. Ridenour Leitersburg Margaret A. Colliflower Grand T Lakers Luths Ec Real R ‘Wre Sit B.D. Worman Lutheran Cemetery Gertrude Helen Kramer Maurice J. Kramer Union Memorial Hospital Cain, Ill Joseph Edith Iamilton) Stephenson Presbyterian Church Roadhouse Ill Red Cross A. K. Colman G. Aubrey Young Jerseyville Jacoby Oak Grove Cemetery Walter Otzelberger Antietambre Elsie Milathe Peter Otzelberger Leo Cecil Donald U. S. Army England FP. T. Gray Ella R. Campbell J. W. Myers Brian Crampton Antietamfi Jacob W. Young Maryville Utah Haxerstown Jacob A Mary Young Harry Khrotzer Sadie Bowers Rosie Anders Tragerstown Daisy Young Philadelpia Clarence Young Benjamin FE. Young Harrisburg Mary Truitt Russell Dirs James Russell Univesity Hospital William H Kraiss Funeral Home THE U. S Canada Williamsport George Carroll Auto Tire Ebherta Roberta Fox Diffenda Emithsburg Laura King Hagerstown Business College Hagerstown Multiple Listing Bureau Jeremiah W. Barnford Ghon Hagerstown Realty CO Hutson-Hetzer Agence Charles E. Fryr. L. Cook Strole Realty Co John L. Swain F.D.R Up. Saum's Hamilton Hotel Reichard’s W. Antietam St John Alexander Boonsboro Bank Peaches Elberta — Hale Church Street L. A. Zitzman Frederick Street Wilhelm Thumma Motor Co Elbertas Ned Readle Washington Co Yingling Auto Sales & Service GMC Earles Dept Roy G. Reeder Goodyear Hale Elberta Shippers Late Red Newman's Packing House Smithsburg General Acceptance Corporation Jonathan Street Hagerstown Industrial Loan D. Earl Neikirk Robert Saum's General Ins Agey Dealers In Sound Insurance Big Phans Arthur F. Deteow Gen Mer Sauns Jonathan Si Central Garage Summit Ave Western Maryland J.R. Markley Columbia Way Unk PH Keystone Public Consumers Credit Service Consumers Credit Service, Inc Pubic Square Public Square East Washington Street Potomac Street Potomac Avenue South
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