Diverting Rails Draws Protest in wartime shipping
Protest grows over diverted rails and ice making machines tied to UNRRA and War Assets Administration orders. Bridges testified that 10 789 tons of rails were allocated to Yugoslavia and 2 538 tons to China before being diverted, with rail shipments stalled by strikes and legal scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Assets Administration
China
Bridges
Yugoslavia
Europe
UNRRA
F. H. LaGuardia
New Hampshire
Hoboken
State Department
WAA
Deaths and funerals span local communities in notices
Obituaries from Mt. Lena Mapleville Roxbury and Shippensburg list Nancy Faulders Susan Werst Renner and John I Angle among the deceased. Funeral arrangements are shown with times and locations, including East Boonsboro Rest Haven and Barbour funeral home. Also mentioned: King’s Apostle Church services and Rose Hill Cemetery interment. An estimated 50 million Americans drink and about six percent become heavy drinkers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Faulders
Mt. Lena
Russell Arnold
Ira Li
Mapleville
Jesse L
Lena
Hubert D
Hagerstown
Annie Baker
Roxbury
Boonsboro
Paul M. Robinson
Church of the Brethren
Beaver Creek
Susan Werst Renner
Charles BE. Renner
B. R. Smith
East Baltimore Street
Newville
Eli and
Rachel Hefflefinger Werst
John H. Jones
St. John’s Lutheran Church
E. R. Smith
Barbour Funeral Home
John I. Angle
Shippensburg
Harrisburg
Samuel and
Margaret (Hykes) Angle
Schecker
Letterkenny
Rosie A. Yates
N. Jonathan Street
Kings Apostle Holiness Church of God
This City
James Butler
Edna Mae Yates
Irving Taylor
Rippon
W. Va
Theodore
Texas
Margaret Yates
Cleveland
Ohio
Raymond
William
Johnstown
Clarence
Jesse
Cumberland
Henry
John
Winchester
King's Apostle Church
Welter Campher
Rose Hill Cemetery
In Memoriam Miller and Freeze Lovers Remembered
In loving memory of Edgar C. Miller Sr who died Sept 1935 and of Charles H Freeze who died Sept 1943. Mary Ellen Miller Ady and family remember a husband and father with lines about walking death and a missing loved voice. Silent memories remain dear though absent and far.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar C. Miller, Sr
Mary Ellen Miller
Ady
Freeze
Charles H. Freeze
Palestine Talks Rise Amid Railway Attacks and Oil Hubris
Officials reported widespread sabotage as railway lines were cut in three zones from Jerusalem to Jaffa, Haifa oil lines were breached, a Haifa signal tower blown, and a British corporal fatally shot. An Arab boy died in the Haifa tower blast as armed clashes occurred near Jerusalem and a freight train was halted by a bomb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewish Agency
Jerusalem
Jaffa
Haifa
Spotlight on Maine and multiple state nominating contests
Maine races center on party candidates led by Democrats Fitzger land Beau champ and Cogghill with an open Maine slate. Connecticut Republican convention aims to nominate Gov Baldwin for the Senate as Hart retires. Five seek the Maine gubernatorial nomination including McConaughty Talbot Hadden Alcorn Treland. Louisiana sees George S Long seeking the Democratic congressional nomination in the eighth district, challenging A Leonard Allen. Colorado primaries expect Layington as Republican nominee for governor and Knous to fill Democratic ticket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Fitzgerland
Portland
Edward J. Beauchamp
Lewiston
John M. Cogghill
Old Town
Connecticut
Raymond Baldwin
Thomas C. Hart
James L. McConaughty
Joseph E. Talbot
William L. Hadden
Mead Alcorn
Hartford County
Thomas Treland
Louisiana
George S. Long
Pineville
Huey Long
Long
Henry E. Harland
Winnfield
A. Leonard Allen
0. K. Allen
New Orleans
de Lesseps
Morrison
Colorado
Leon E. Layington
Republcan
William Lee Knous
State Supreme Court
Camp Lee prayers for life of ill child at post
Camp Lee Virginia reports seven year old Nancy Henderson of Burlington Vermont is incurably ill with a brain tumor. Ralph E. Henderson Master Sergeant stationed at Camp Lee, is her father. Soldiers held fourteen religious services in sixteen chapels praying for the girl’s recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Lee
Nancy Henderson
Burlington
Vermont
Ralph E. Henderson
Post
Alaska
Army
Truckers Return To Job In Wage Talks Across Firms
Truckers across Chariton Brothers Masser Motor Express and others resumed work after wage talks yielded a eighteen cent per hour rise since V J Day. Baltimore sees continued bargaining with 146 operators while Cumberland Truckers strike lingers. Police protection needed at Montgomery Ward depot as Deliveries Inc drivers face off. Local walkout ended last Monday amid demand for a new contract replacing August 31 expiration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teamsters
Chariton Brothers
Masser Motor Express
Hagerstown Truckers
Cumberland Motor Express
Maryland Transportation Co
Hern Motor Lines
Coyle Freight Lines
Novick
Cumberland Truckers
Baltimore
G. Stewart Henderson
The
Association of Commerce
Gweat 557
Hagerstown
Kidnaped Child Abductor Found in Terre Haute Home
A missing Kansas City girl named Madeline was found in Terre Haute where the woman, posing as a housekeeper, had arrived last Friday hitchhiking with the child. Police held both for federal authorities as the Tobias case matched the child description. The father, an ex-service man, had posted $200 reward for the safe return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Vance
Madeline
Forest Braden
Kansas City
Collinsville
Braden
Harvey Foster
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Indianapolis
Foster
Tobias
Byrnes Speech Draws Fire in Stuttgart Debate
Washington sparks fly over Secretary Byrnes Stuttgart address as officials split on whether it advances a one world or two Germany. Critics fault the move away from Potsdam terms while supporters led by Truman defend bold diplomacy to counter Russia and preserve unity of Allied aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Byrnes
Stuttgart
Germany
Russia
Moscow
Potsdam
United States
Truman
State Department
Man Arrested in City Court Faces Disorderly Conduct Charge
William Henson 47 of 81 North Foundry Street was arrested in City Court after an earlier drunken incident. He argued with Magistrate Harry E. Snyder and demanded bond, prompting the magistrate to order his removal from the courtroom. He had posted 6.45 dollars collateral for yesterday’s appearance and remains in custody awaiting further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Henson
North Foundry Street
Harry E. Snyder
Henson
Circuit Court
Kuhlman
Smith
Snyder
Set
Jesse Brown
Motorcycle Crash Kills Two Near Thurmont Maryland
Two men died in a Route 15 collision near Thurmont Maryland when a motorcycle and a car collided. The deceased are Robert Gross Wright 40 of Rainier and T 5 Edward Gustave Kleinhouff 26, who shared an apartment with Wright. Wright’s body was sent to his sister in Monmouth Maine. The car driver was uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurmont
Fort George G. Meade
Route 15
Here
William Hooke
Robert Gross Wright
Mr. Rainier
Edward Gustave Kleinhouff
Wright
Houke
Monmouth
Maine
Trieste Quiet After Outbreak Marks Anniversary of Surrender
The Sept 8 1943 protest in Trieste led to a grenade attack in San Giacomo injuring seven Americans including AP photographer Daniel Jacino and a British officer. Three U.S. soldiers from the 88th Division were hospitalized. at least 12 civilians were wounded as police dispersed a 6000-strong crowd bearing wreaths with Yugoslav and Italian Communist ribbons. General Harding protested Yugoslav traffic interference in the Venezia Giulia occupation zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Daniel Jacino
New York
San Giacomo
Jacino
Edward Kastremski
Grand Rapids
Mich
Clark B. McMahon
Hickory
Pfc
Frank Mortimer
Brookville
U.S
Garibaldi Square
Sir John Harding
Venezia Giulia
Pola
Household Finance Opens New Office in Hagerstown
Household Finance announces a new office at 10 Public Square on the 2nd floor offering small loans from 50 to 500 dollars or more with monthly payment plans and up to 15 months to repay. Loans over 160 dollars have charges below the lawful maximum under government regulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Square
Household Finance
Hagerstown
U N Urges Postponement of UN Assembly Meet in Paris
Foreign Ministers Council backed by Soviet Russia urged the United Nations General Assembly to delay its September 23 session in New York by one month to avoid clashing with the Paris Peace Conference. The ministers planned to present peace treaties under negotiation for Italy Romania Hungary Bulgaria and Finland and to begin drafts for Germany and Austria. The United States did not object but did not join the postponement. Britain aligned provisionally, with final decision to follow a telephone talk between A V Alexander and Ernest Bevin. France and China and Belgium supported the move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Foreign Ministers Council
Russia
United Nations General Assembly
New York
Italy
Romania
Hungary
Bulgary
Finland
Germany
Austria
United States
General Assembly
Britain
A. V. Alexander
Ernest Bevin
London
Palestine
France
China
Belgium
Held for Court in Assault Case at City Court
Har] Hollis, 40, 338 Liberty Street, charged in a warrant with assault on William R. Niswander, waived a preliminary hearing before Magistrate Harry E. Snyder in City Court and was ordered held in 500 dollar bond for the November term of Circuit Court.
Deafened People May Now Hear Clearly
Science makes a hand sized hearing device allowing the deaf to hear faint sounds including sermons music and companionship. Approved by the Council on Physical Medicine of the American Medical Association. Beltone offers free descriptive booklet and home demonstration from Chicago Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council On Physical Medicine
American Medical Association
Beltone
Dept
18Th St
Chicago
Ill
Negro Murder Suspect Tries To Hang Self
New York, Sept 9. Enix Bussey, 31, Negro, charged with homicide and robbery in the slayings of two Chinese laundrymen and the robbery of two others, attempted to hang himself in his Tombs Prison cell this morning. Bussey was arrested in Buffalo with a girl accomplice, Shirley Hart, 23, of Sufford, Va., and was found by a guard after tying bedsheeting into a noose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Enix Bussey
Tombs Prison
Bussey
Buffalo
Shirley Hart
Sufford
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bon Ton
Roney
Qonsult Raney
Potomac
Arthur Dorsey
Sele Service Market Cor. & Locust and
Randolph
Danzer Metal Works Company
Cushwa
Susan W. Renner
Memoriam
Adv
Lorraine Griffin
Ross Cunningham
Berkeley Springs
UY Nees
H.L. Mills
Wer
Rudy
Pharmacy Hotel
Hamilton
Poone Us
Bohman-Warne, Inc. Phone
Franko St
Camp Lee Gl
Hancock
Summit Avenue
Maryland
Trieste
Sonotone OF
Milly
Potomac Street
U.N
Andy
Leiter Brothers
SEARS
Sears Roebuck & Co
North Potomac St
Schindel, Rohrer & Co
Potomac St
Meyers & Berkson
W. Franklin St
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