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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Victor Cushwa and Sons
Salem Avenue
Washington County
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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.
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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.
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Washington County Hospital
Hagerstown
Hagerstown High School
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Talaud
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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.
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Tom Page
White House
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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.
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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.
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Cumberland
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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George Shinham
Romania
Ralph Shinham
Germany
Italy
Fifteenth Aaf
Set
Shinham
Clearspring High School
Drexel Institute of Technology
Philadelphia
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