Army Demobilization Talks Highlight Army Size Cuts
General Marshall warned further cuts could erase gains as demobilization factors were listed by Patterson. MacArthur’s reduced force needs for Japan and Korea were discussed, with up to two Army divisions and one Marine division deemed sufficient for occupation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Barkley
Kentucky
Yshail
Robert P. Patterson
Congress
Paterson
Patterson
MacArthur
War Department
Japan
Korea
Pacific
Webb Addresses Southern Engineers on War Radio Uses
W L Webb, director of engineering research for Bendix Aviation, spoke at the Southern Engineering Society of Hagerstown meeting in the Woodmen of the World ball. He outlined postwar radio applications including end to end freight train communication with the B and O Railroad, yard operations, and a Baltimore Cumberland radio relay to supersede land lines. Webb will open an forum on radio war uses and radar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Webb
Radio Divis
Bendix Aviation Corporation
Southern Engineering Society of
Baltimore
Cumberland
Webb
Dual Highway To Start City East
City observers note plans to subdivide farm frontage along the new dual highway east of Hagerstown with a build boom foreseen. Growth has surged north and south, while the eastern expansion remains slow despite the highway’s advantages and new real estate activity. The article also mentions a shift from sailcloth made from flax to nylon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Williamsport
Veterans Group Forms to Advise on Home Loans
A city meeting completed an organizing committee for a Veterans Administration advisory group to aid veterans in securing homes or starting private business. Members include John D. Hollyday as chairman and representatives from U S Employment Service and Maryland Veterans' Commission. The panel plans to expand to include local banks and meets the first and third Wednesdays in City Court Room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans’ Administration
City Court Room
John D. Hollyday
Elieffer Bower
John 8. Valentine
Stuart Bushong
Charles L. Mobley
Samuel Collen
Edgar Smith
John Miller
Max Fiery
Robert Backiell
Hubert J. Stotelmyer
William S. Hartshorpe
C. L. Stine
E. Leister Mobley
Thurman Co
Lindsey
Frank E. Brown
U. S. Employment Service
Ralphs. Tagg
Maryland Veterans’ Commission
George C. Taylor
U.S. Veterans’ Administration
Operations Resume At Luke Paper Mills After Strike
Luke Md Sept 20 Operations restarted at Luke Mills of West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co after a CIO Paper Makers Union members vote ending a 13 day strike. The union accepted a four cent per hour wage increase. dispute involved non CIO workers on payroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luke, Md
Luke Mills
West Virginia
International Pwcc
Auto Industry Faces Multiple Strikes Across North America
Percy Llewellyn leads a strike in Detroit over rehire of four minor union officials after a foreman was ejected. The walkout halts brake and wheel part supply to Ford, forcing 40,000 workers home. UAW seeks wage gains amid broader labor curbs as Ford cites 16 feeder-plant disputes. Union leaders plan vote actions for Ford 109,000 workers, GM 325,000, and Chrysler 30,000. Hudson Motor Car Co and Windsor Windsor Ontario plant strikes persist with intimidation charges filed against two pickets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy Llewellyn
Richard T. Frankensteen
International Uaw
Detroit
Ford Company
Kelsey- Hayes
UAW
Ford National Council
Ford
General Motors
Chrysler
Hudson Motor Car Company
Windsor
Ont
Women Reject Domestic Work Offers In Hagerstown
The Hagerstown U S Employment Service reports a surge in unemployed women but virtually no demand for domestic or housework jobs. Pay of ten to twelve dollars a week is seen as unacceptable compared with prior earnings and unemployment benefits averaging around twenty dollars weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
U. S. Employment Service
Dr Edward Berry Found Dead At Son’s Home
STONINGTON Conn Sept 20 Dr Edward Wither Berry 70 of Baltimore Md a paleontologist and former Johns Hopkins dean 1929 1942 was found dead in bed at the home of his son Charles He had spent summers here for the last 3 years and authored over 500 articles on paleontology botany and geology for American and European publications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stonington
Conn
Edward Wither Berry
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University
Charles
Berry
North America
American Aid
Tax-Cut Plan Taking Shape
The plan would exempt about 5 million low income families from federal income taxes and offer an across the board ten percent reduction for individuals. It targets married couples with two children eliminating their $45 tax on a $2,000 net income and suggests corporate excess profits tax relief after a two to three year transition.
Japanese War Crimes Suspects Captured as Demobilization Advances
Tokyo reports arrests of Col. Akita Nahagama, Shigeru Osanai, and Sgt Seichi Miura on brutalities charges. Lily Abegg aka Sybille Abe linked to Tokyo propaganda. Demobilization speeds reach 50,000 daily. 253,000 armed in Japan, 1,645,000 demobilized by Sept 17. Typhoon August 17–18 kills 48, destroys 2,000 homes. no major American injuries. Halsey convoy heads home with ships and officers.
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U. S. Eighth Army
Lily Abegg
Tokyo
Kobe
Sybille Abe
Seichi
Gunzo) Miura
Home Islands
Homeland Islands
Japanese Home Ministry
Kanoya
Kyushu
Shikoku
Honshu
Sea of Japan
Halsey
United States
Okinawa
Admiral Halsey
Pearl Harbor
Nimitz
Local Man Heads For Duty In Japan
Mr and Mrs Clarence Ernde of East Franklin Street report their son Seaman Thomas W Ernde is en route to Japan to join occupation forces. He has served 18 months in the Pacific, taking part in invasions of Neauport? Marth Leyte and the Philippines. He helped invasion of Samar and Guam and recently was stationed on Okinawa. He worked for Southern Shoe Co before joining the Navy and has earned several battle stars and ribbons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Ernde
Franklin Street
Thomas W. Ernde
Japan
Pacific
Seaman Ernde
Neauport
Marth
Leyte
Philippines
Samar
Guam
Okinawa
Navy
Southern Shoe Co
Countess Jailed For Looting Of Palace
In Salzburg on September 20 Polish Countess Ther ese Platerayberk aged 23 received a 52 day jail term for looting the former Reichsmarshal Goering’s summer palace of cash and valuables. A military government court suspended the rest of the two year sentence. Maj. Robert M. Woodward read the verdict noting Polish museum articles among the loot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salzburg
Austria
Bionde
Therese Platerayberk
Reichsmarshalermann Goering
Robert M. Woodward
Chicago
Ilinois
Jang
Hagerstown Fair Showcases War’s Shadow and Joyful Splendor
Crowds flock to the fairground as war work booths give way to merriment at the Hagerstown Fair. Farm equipment and 4H entries draw farmers and youths, while acts by Prof. Keller and The Jungle Killers thrill attendees. Jersey and Guernsey cattle awards highlight a day of competing livestock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCormick-Deering
New Hampshire
Robert Kratsinger
Smithsburg
John Rinehart
Robert Harris
Cavetown
Franklin Forrest
Thurmas Frey
Rhode Island
Donald Frey
Hagerstown Fair
Frank Melville
New York
Prof
George Keller
Prof. Keller
Erlc the Great
Radio City Music Hall
New York City
Mary Read
Dr. Pickard
George Stone
Glen Billings
Lucille Wray
Reckless Recklans
Draft Horses Shine At Hagerstown Fair With Record Belgians
Grand Champion bull Fry Brothers Laytonsville Md. and Grand Champion mare Charles Eaves Taneytown Md. highlighted a strong draft horse show at the Hagerstown Fair. Judging by Glenn Sonner Delaware Ohio, with Dr R C Snavely as superintendent, featured 655 Belgians and Percherons. 4 H Colt Club awards went to Thelma Hockenberry and others from Smithsburg, Hagerstown, and Boonsboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey-Guernsey
Hegerstown
Jersey
Guernsey
Nancy Beckley
Hagerstown
Fry Brothers
Laytonsville
Charles Shaw
Fairplay
Bagerstown Fair
Glenn Sonner
Delaware
Ohio
R. C. Snavely
W. W. Cunningham
Dr. Snavely
H. C. Thompson & Son
Hillsboro
Fishing Creek Farm
Amnapolis
H. C Thompson & Son
H.C. Thompson & Son
Mt. View Farms
Smithsburg
Dr. R. C. Snavely
William Paige
Buckeystown
Dr. R. C
Dr. R. CG
Charles Eaves
Taneytown
Colt Club
Thelma
Hockenberry
Sharysburg
Billy Cline
Guy Murray
Lloyd Cline
Thelma Hockenberry
Granville Myers
Downey Harshman
Hagertown
James Wood
Henry Horn
Boonsboro
George Myers
John Grove
Robert Kretsinger
Harry Brewer
Loleta Cunningham
Reid Brewer
Civilian Lawyer Awarded Medal for Wartime Service
William L. Marbury, civilian legal assistant to Howard Bruce, received the Medal for Merit in a ceremony at the War Department. The Baltimorean resumed law practice in Baltimore after the award. The citation credits his foresight in procurement problems and guidance on pricing renegotiation property accountability and contract termination within the wartime program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William L. Marbury
Tormier
Howard Bruce
Army Service
Baltimore
Patterson
Marbury le
War Department
New Cashier Melvin Bolan Takes Post in Blue Ridge Summit
Melvin Bolan of Chambersburg will become cashier at the First National Bank of Blue Ridge Summit on October 1, resigning from Valley National Bank after 18 years to accept the appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin
Bolan
Chambersburg
First National Bank of
Blue Ridge
Valley National Bank
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Virginia Baples Faragis Ford
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Selznick International
Ginger Rogers
Joseph Cotten
Shirley Temple
William Cueterle
Ee Dore Schary Saree
Genel Pheg
Erious Warners
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Dane Clask
Veterans’ Group
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Dane Clark
Lee Diamond
Warriors
Pride of the Marines
the Maryland
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Eleanor Parker
Capudine Auiely
Columbia Pictures Presents
Falkenburg
Ranson
Steve Cochran
Towne Mura
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Trhmas
Jinx Falkenburg
Jim Bannon
Columbia Pictures
Henry’s Theatre
Luke Paper Mills
Dr. Berry
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Radio’s
Curley Clements
King of
Featuring
Slim Bland
Cowboy
Buddy Miller
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Parris
Radio
Queen
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East Franklin Street
Rudy’s Hotel
Hamilton Corner
Home Builders Savings & Loan Assn
W. Washington St
CBS
Nelson Eddy
The
Electric Monu
TRE Roromao Edison CO
William Marbury
Icodemus
Stu ES
Jewelers Rams
San Fray
Isetan
Cloverdale Soft Drinks
Herder
Schindel-Rohrer & Co., Inc
S. Potomac St
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