Williamsport today shared worldwide reaction to the jolting news of President Truman’s removal of General Douglas MacArthur from command in the Far East. The fact that every family has a member or close relative in uniform served to bring the news closer to home. Comment for the most part was without resolution, although supporters and
The Loyalsock Fire Company purchased a new 500-gallon pumper and fire apparatus at the regular meeting Monday night. The new pumper is being purchased from the Mack Company, and it is hoped that it will be delivered by July 14 in time for the Loyalsock Firemen’s Carnival. It will replace the 1922 model REO, which
An agreement to lease the Hippodrome Theater in the Linck Block on West Fourth Street near Campbell Street immediately upon decision of the state supreme court determining the validity of the lease of the property, purchased by Frank Plankenhorn some time ago, has been signed by Plankenhorn and Milton Forman, vice president and general manager
No more important event occurred in Williamsport than the laying of the cornerstone of the James V. Brown Library on Saturday afternoon, and certainly no more imposing spectacle was ever witnessed in this beautiful city that has been the scene of many functions of a public nature. The elements combined to make the day unpleasant,
Williamsport will be under “military law” the night of April 8. Members of Company E, Eighth Infantry, Pennsylvania National Guard will constitute the police force that night. On April 8 members of the Williamsport Police Pension Fund Association will hold their annual benefit ball at the armory and most of the officers will be off
“Everybody’s War” is the theme of the Cherry and White magazine of the Williamsport High School published by juniors today. The staff of about 50 juniors, headed by Richard Eschenbach, Robert Hotzapple, Max Gingrich, David Brown, Elmer Koons, business heads and Betty Jane Fritz, art editor. The cover was designed by Betty Jane Fritz, the
