City Turns To Emergency Water Supply As Pumps Fail
Hagerstown taps emergency water after leaks in the main from Potomac pumping station at Williamsport. Williamsport and high points may lose supply today as repairs reroute WM railroad trains and mountain reserves replenish West End reservoir. About 4.73 million gallons daily will be lost. pressure drops until level restored.
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Hagerstown
Municipal Water Department
Potomac River
Williamsport
Western Maryland Railroad
West End
Smithsburg
Edgemont
City Court Sums Fines In Banner Session
City court processed about 30 cases since Saturday night with fines totaling near $500. R E Athey received the heaviest penalty of 125 dollars and costs for drunken driving and leaving the scene. Several defendants gained jail or fines, including Richard Henson Walter Baker Thelma Lambert Chester Stottlemyer and Gertie Bowman.
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R.E. Athey
Needysville
Athey
M. B B. Bastetter
Rohrer
Blenard
Middlebury Pike
Mulberry Street
Chester Stottlemyer
Richard Henson
Walter Baker
Thelma Lambert
Bostelter
George Moats
Arthur Bowman
Gertie Bowman
How's Park
H. Snyder
Moats
Bowman
Heiress Sues To Stop Trust Fund
Wilmington Delaware September 3 Barbara Hutton Grant five and ten heiress sued to halt further payments from a 1 500 000 trust fund created in 1938 for her former husband Count Curt Reventlow. She claims he violated custody terms by not returning their son Tuance last June 30 and took the key to Canada per their divided custody agreement.
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Wilmington
Del
Barbara Hutton Grant
Count Court Wangwitz Reventlow
Cary Grant
Reventlow
Tuance
Canada
News Tip Prizes for Week Divided
Tips on infantile paralysis case from Maugansville and a fatal burn death split first prize of 93.50 in the Daily Mail news tip contest. Second prize of 2.50 is shared by tips on theft whiskey cash and gas coupons and a death by own action of two county residents. Third prize split on dual highway completion rejection and excess charges at local auction Sais. Tips accepted weekdays 7:00 am to 1:30 pm.
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Maugansville
The
Daily Mail
Slain Man Found With Note On Chest
In Spokane Washington on September 5 police found the beaten body of elderly John Coffeen on the floor of his home. A note pinned to his chest read This will teach you to sell bun whisker. Coffeen had been dead about 18 hours when the body was discovered by a neighbor. He is described as between 70 and 80 years old.
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Spokane
Wash
John Coffeen
Lee Markwood
Coffeen
Colleen
One Prisoner Recaptured as Another Escapes
State police report Raymond Wilson J1, who fled Roxbury Penal Farm with four others Sunday, has been recaptured and returned. Louis Grimsl ey of Baltimore escaped this morning. No trace remains of the four other escapees: Donald Avis 23 Baltimore Richard Churchey 20 Hagerstown William Myers 19 Sparrows Point and Thomas Phaebus 17 Plum Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Wilson
Roxbury
Louis Grimsley
Baltimore
Frederick Barracks
Wilson
Donald Avis
Baltimiore
Richard Churchey
Hagerstown
William Myers
Sparrows, Point
Thomas Phaebus
Plum Point
Japs Dealt New Heavy Blows
Japanese losses surged as 30 ships and 107 aircraft were sunk or damaged in a five day Allied bombardment spanning 4500 miles of the empire. From last Wednesday to Sunday, air forces claimed 158 planes down and 55 ships sunk or crippled, with barges and small craft also crippled. Carrier and naval strikes hit within 650 miles of Japan in a three day push.
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Associated Pres
Japan
Stoneburner Fatally Injured At Frederick Plant
W. W. Stoneburner of Frederick Rt No 5 died in Frederick City Hospital from internal injuries after being caught in a conveyor at the Frederick City Packing Company last Thursday. The Virginia native, 57, left four children and a brother Freeman E. Stoneburner. He reportedly said he got caught in the drag before helpers freed him.
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William Walter Stonehurner
Freeman E. Stonehurner
Hagerstown
Frederick City Hospital
Frederick City Packing Company
Stonehurner
Frederick
Rt. No. 5
Virginia
Nazi Surrender Rumor Is Denied
London and Brussels reports debunk a rumor of German capitulation. Brussels radio denied the claim and said Germany has not capitulated. Federal Communications Commission monitors reported no hearing of the purported broadcast as the war continued.
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London
Brussels
Germany
Federal Communications Commission
All Schools To Open Tomorrow In City and County
Approximately 15 000 children are expected to answer the school bell in the city and county tomorrow morning for the start of the 1944 45 scholastic year. All public and parochial schools open at 9 a m with public schools in session all day while St Marys parochial pupils attend mornings only this week. Benjamin C Willis superintendent of public schools announced all vacancies are filled and buildings are ready for prompt start. Elementary children from Woodland Way last year will continue there. Enrollment is expected to rise with some congestion in certain buildings, but relief and adjustments are promised as needed.
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St. Mary's Parochial School
Benjamin C. Willis
Woodland Way
Willis
Son Of Former Local Woman Killed In France
Charles Leroy Cox son of Mrs Kathryne Warren of Elizabeth town New York formerly of Hagerstown was killed in action in France according to a letter to this newspaper from his mother She had not seen him in 18 years and located him after appealing to President Roosevelt He enlisted in 1942 at Fort Meade aged 72 nine served with a medical detachment of the 29th Division at his death His brother James Allen Cox a Coast Guard gunner and artist is hospitalized by amnesia after 29 days lost in a desert and is being given an honorary discharge A third son Clarence serves with the Marine Corps in the Pacific All three nephews of Mrs Sue M Slick and Mrs Ida F Lefever Virginia Avenue Chestnut Street.
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Charles Leroy Cox
Kathryne Warren
Elizabethtown
N. Y
Hagerstown
France
Warren
Roosevelt
Fort George G. Meade
James Allen Cox
Coast Guard
Clarence
Marine Corps
Pacific
Sue M. Slick
Chestnut Street
Ida F. Lefever
Virginia Avenue
England's Respite From Robots Ends
London reports the four day lull in bombings ended as German robots hit London and southern England just before dawn. Brief casualty and damage figures were released by officials in the terse notice.
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England
London
Britain
Reds Storming Through Hungarian Invasion Route
Russian and Romanian troops push along the eastern Hungarian plains racing toward the Mures river valley. They advance from Transylvania and toward Brasov and Sibiu as they close on Hungary with Soviet and Romanian units described as cooperating for the first time.
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Moscow
Poland
Warsaw-East Prussia
Transylvania
Hungary
Lomza
Warsaw
East Prussia
Mures
Sibiu
Turiu
Transylvanian Alps
Brasov
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Truman Campaign Rally Pushes Roosevelt Policy in Michigan
Vice presidential candidate Harry S. Truman spoke at Labor Day events in Detroit and Pontiac urging re election of President Roosevelt. He argued Roosevelt is best for the common man and dismissed Dewey as inexperienced. The Detroit Cadillac Square crowd numbered 25 000 to 30 000. Continued on Page 10.
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Detroit
Michigan
Harry Ss. Truman
Missouri
Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
Cadillac Square
Pontiac
Truman
Mr. Roosevelt
Six Divorce Suits Filed This Month in Court
The month now totals six divorce suits after two new filings. Paul Was ner sues Lina Jane Wagner and Mary V. Spalding sues Lynn F. Spalding, both represented by named attorneys. Judge Mish granted an absolute divorce to Vera Dave Londen, with C. K. Hartle appearing.
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Paul Wasner
Lina Jane Wagner
C.K. Hartle
Mary V. Spalding
Lynn F. Spalding
George D. Hicks
Ruhl Londen
Joseph JD. Mish
Vera Dave Londen
C. K. Hartle
Teachers Instructed On Pod Collecting At Hagerstown High
Mary Miler, county agent, explained plans to 500 Washington County teachers at Hagerstown High School for collecting milkweed pods to use in making life jackets. Teachers will distribute collection bags tomorrow as the first day of school opens and the work proceeds immediately.
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Washington County
Washington Cominty
Hagerstown High School
Agen
Mary Miler
Pvt Mumma Reported Missing in France
Pvt Hubert G Mumma nicknamed Jazzbo has been missing in action in France since August 1, per a War Department telegram to his parents Mr and Mrs Daniel G Mumma of 415 Church Street. A former Fairchild Plant 2 employee, he is 25 and served overseas with an infantry detachment for a year. his brother George McClelland Mumma also serves with the AAT at an undisclosed station.
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Hubert G. Mumma
Jazzbo
France
War Department
Daniel G. Mumma
Church Street
Fairchild Plant 2
Mumma
George McClelland Mumma
AAT
Missing Local Boy, Pfc Kenneth Thorne Safe in Service
Reported missing in action earlier, Pfc Kenneth Thorne formerly of Hagerstown and son of Mrs Betty Phieffer Waterloo Iowa, rejoined his regiment and returned to duty on August 17. The 22 year old infantryman from Company B had left for active service when the unit was federalized. He lived with his grandmother in this city for many years.
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Kenneth Thorne
Hagerstown
Betty Phieffer
Waterloo
Iowa
Paul Paladino
West Howard Street
Pfc
Thorne
Querry Appointed Local CAP Officer
Lester Querry, longtime Civil Air Patrol member, was named training and operations officer of the local CAP unit and promoted to warrant officer. He announced two new courses starting September 14, general service of aircraft and civil air regulations, with no meeting on September 7 due to a Maryland wing staff gathering in Frederick. The next meeting is scheduled for September 14.
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Lester Querry
Civil Air Patrol
Querry
Maryland
CAP
Frederick
Postwar Hiring Rules Push Youth Back to School
D Paul Shilling manager of the employment office warns after the war hiring will be stricter with employers demanding higher education. He urges high school youths to return to school to meet tougher standards and compete for jobs on a stricter basis. Wartime on the job training is seen as insufficient for postwar employment.
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D. Paul Shilling
Shilling
French Village Wiped Out But Woman's Pleas Stops Execution
In Martincourt Germany troops killed villagers after ambushing a German staff car. A 77-year-old grandfather and a young man in bed with a broken leg were among the dead. A lone old woman pleaded, possibly sparing others as the town burned and civilians perished. Eyewitnesses Earl Maze and Lt. Philip Wagner describe the massacre and the surviving civilians.
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Wes Gallagher Martincourt
France
Martincourt
Earl Maze
Greenville
S. C
Stars and Stripes
Ger Mans
Philip Wagner
Cincinnati
Ohio
Panzer Grenadier
French sweep Saone valley to Macon gains
French troops pushing through the Saone valley reached Macon, a wine center north of Lyon, as they chase retreating German forces. Allied reports note 2,400 more prisoners taken at Villefranche, boosting total since the Mediterranean landings to over 65,000. American units moved through Montrevel and Saint Bonnet de Bruyères to the west and east respectively.
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Rome
Saone
Macon
Lyon
France
Villefranche
Mediterranean
Saint- Bonnet de Bruyeres
Montrevel
Russia Demands Bulgaria Declare War On Germany
Moscow declares Bulgaria must join fight against Germany after premier Muraviev reiterates neutrality. Tass accuses the new government of being too weak to pull Bulgaria from a pro German past. Bulgaria seeks armistice terms, but U S and Britain hold them until Cairo envoys confirm the new government speaks for Bulgaria.
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Moscow
Russia
Germany
Tass
Konstantin Muraviev
Bulgaria
United States
Britain
Washington
Eavyers
Cairo
Cathedral Guarded After Threat At St Patrick Church
New York authorities guarded St Patrick's Cathedral on Fifth Avenue after FBI agent E E Conroy reported a written note threatening bombing. The message warned that explosives would be planted on the Gith street side and named Nazi targets.
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New York
St Patrick’s Cathedral
Fifth Avenue
E. E. Conroy
FBI
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Gith Street
Baby born in car rush to hospital in Lancaster
Mrs John Cutler delivered a six pound son during a speeding trip to the hospital. The stork’s timing delayed the delivery until arrival. Doctors say both mother and child are doing well.
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Lancaster
John Cutler
Stork
More Mines Seized as Strikes Hit Pennsylvania
Pittsburg September 5 The American flag flew over 18 Pennsylvania soft coal mines today amid signals the government will seize pits as fast as they are shut down by supervisory employee strikes. President Roosevelt ordered seizure of eight coal mines yesterday. Ten pits had already been placed under government control.
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Pittsrivagh
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Rhineland Bombers Hit Stuttgart Karlsruhe Ludwigshafen
Allied air raids struck the Rhineland targeting transport hubs at Karlsruhe Stuttgart and Ludwigshafen as about 700 heavy bombers and escorts hit rail yards and repair shops. Berlin reported additional strikes from Italian-based fleets on Hungary as Russian advances continued through the Transylvanian Alps.
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London
Rhineland
Stuttgart
Karlsruhe
Ludwigshafen
Berlin
Italy
Hungary
Transylvanian Alps
Britain
Hitler
Germany
1. S. Third Army
Daimler-Benz
Liberty
Two Fishermen Fined For Trespassing On Benedict Property
In city court this morning, Fre Griffith and Jess Berger were fined 15 dollars and costs each by Magistrate Harry E Snyder for trespassing on Benedict property along Antietam creek near Dual Highway. The veterans said they fished the Antietam most of their lives and argued it was allowed to fish along the banks. Benedict had repeatedly complained of swimmers and others using his land, telling the men it was private property, which they refused to leave.
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Benedict
Antietam
Fre Griffith
Jess Berger
Harry E Snyder
Soldiers Cross Border and Surrender in Switzerland
German troops attempting to flee the Allied advance in France crossed into Switzerland in the last several days and surrendered to Swiss authorities for internment. Berlin radio cited a meeting between Adolf Hitler and Japanese Ambassador Hiroshi Oshima discussing war conduct and a tone of inquiry.
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Rern
France
Switzerland
Eer Renter
Berlin
Saat
Adolf Hitter
Hiroshi Oshima
Americans Break Into Siegfried Line Across Rhine Valley
Allied forces press a secrecy cloaked advance into the Siegfried line and into the Rhine valley near Strasbourg and Saarbrucken as U S tanks reach near the Rhine frontier. Reports claim crossings at Aachen Perl and Luxembourg border with Germans retreating toward Luxembourg. British columns push toward Rotterdam after capturing Brussels and Antwerp. 9,000 German prisoners and 40 tanks reported in a Belgian pocket near Mons.
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London
Rhine
Siegfried Line
Supreme Headquarters
Fof
Strasbourg
Nanay
Saarbrucken
Brussels
Antwerp
Belgium
Breda
Holland
Rotterdam
Netherlands
Mons
U. S. 1St Amy
Pierre Du‘pong
Luxembourg
Duchy
Luxemboure
Reich
Aachen
Char
Balloon found in Potomac river near Dam No 8
Two Williamsport brothers reported a red parachute deflated balloon and an atmospheric recording device in the Potomac near Dam No 8. They initially feared a submerged body or bomb and reported the find, which bore the inscription Property of the U. S. Gavin, before waiting for authorities.
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Sthubassphere
Jacob
William Williamsport
Thougins
Siot
Potomac River
Dam Na
Cantiouly
Urey
Gavin
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W. W. Stoneburner
Narew River
F.D.R
H. G. Mumma
Papa
U.S
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