Frederick County Education Board Sets May June High School Finals
The Frederick County Board of Education met at the old Church Street school. commencements are scheduled May 29 Middletown May 30 Walkersville May 31 Brunswick May 31 Frederick High May 31 Liberty Thurmont and Lincoln June 2 Emmitsburg. Schools close June 2. Resignations announced for Thurmont elementary Miss Lillian Fulmer Frederick High Melvin Derr and Lincoln High Howard King. New appointments include Thurmont Mrs Margaret Green and junior Pierce Gaver to Frederick High duties with Wallace Darius at Lincoln. Emmitsburg substitutes Mrs Bruce Flowers for Mrs Theodore Buhrman. County high school posts filled for September by Erma L Stull and Anna Constance Remsberg, Hood College graduates. Rocky Ridge fund of about 1100 turned to Rocky Ridge Community Association to buy the school for 1250. Committee to study school bus replacements. three new buses allocated. Albert Biffie awarded contract to transport pupils from Catpetin Furnace Thurmont Franklinville to Thurmont schools and St. Anthony's. E Paul Magaha to military service soon. board hopes he remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County Board of Education
Church Street
Frederick High School
Middletown
Walkersville
Brunswick
Liberty
Thurmont
Lincoln
Colored High School
Emmitsburg
Lillian Fulmer
Melvin H. Derr
Howard King
Lincoln High School
Margaret Green
Pierce Gaver, Jr
Derr
Wallace Darius
King
Lincoln School
Bruce Flowers
Emmitsburg High School
Theodore Buhrman
Erma L. Stull
Lewistown
Anna Constance Remsberg
Hood College
Rocky Ridge
Rocky Ridge Community Association
Rocky Ridge School
Robert Biggs
Baltimore
Board of Education
Richard D Biggs
Robert L. Warfield
John C. Derr
Eugene W. Pruitt
Albert Biffie
Catpetin Furnace
Franklinville
St. Anthony's
Rudolph Eyler
E. Paul Magaha
Willkie Declines To Amplify His Statement In Chicago
Willkie, smiling, said he felt wonderful and declined to amplify his statement that he had stepped out of the Republican presidential race. He spoke in Chicago for three hours on his way from Nebraska to New York and conceded he could not win. When asked about Dewey succeeding him, he replied, You know as much about that as I do.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
Nebraska
New York
Omaha
Thomas E. Dewey
Surprise Homecoming for Pfc Burkett After Two Years
Pfc. Charles E. Burkett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Burkett, arrived unannounced at their 110 West Fourth Street home after two years in the Southwest Pacific. He carries the Silver Star and Purple Heart for actions saving officers and for wounds, and will receive further treatment. He was wounded February 23 after serving since February 1942 and has a 22 day furlough. He proclaimed this is God's country and planned a home bath before the big Yankees vs. Athletics game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest
Pacific
Charles E. Burkett
Guy Burkett
West Fourth Street
Pfc
Burkett
Frederick
Pic
Southwest Pacific
God
Pic. Burkett
Dolsn Died In Action In France On December 18
A note from Corp. Herbert Adkins to Sgt Wesley Dolan s fi ance details Dolan s instant death from a piece of flak over France while serving as a bomber turret gunner. Dolan 21 of Brunswick a 1939 Brunswick High School graduate was buried in Corsica and was on his 16th mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley D. Dolan
Brunswick
France
Corp
Herbert Adkins
Dewey M Dolan
War Department
Sergt. Dolan
Corsica
Brunswick High School
Miss Webber
Sergi
Dolan
Corp. Adkins
States
Sardinia
Wesley
Argentine Quints Are Real Thing He Says
Buenos Aires reports Dr Jose Alejandro Beruti of the University of Buenos Aires obstetrics department states that Señora Franco Diligenti of Buenos Aires bore quintuplets last July 13, two boys and three girls, after careful investigation. He says skepticism was unwarranted by the data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Jose Alejandro Beruti
Argentine Medical Association
Senora Franco
Three Hours of Devotion on Good Friday at Calvary Church
The annual Three Hours of Devotion will run from noon to 3 p m on Good Friday at Calvary Methodist Church with Rev. Benjamin W Meeks preaching and a program of seven word meditations by pastors including Rev A N Warner Rev Lloyd E Altis and Rev Harold C Baer The Pastoral Prayer will be led by Rev W Merv al Weaver and the service closes with a benediction by Rev William C Royal The Calvary choir under Mrs Beverly Molesworth Smith will perform music including Sir John Stainer s For God So Loved the World and solo numbers by Exel Yingling Mrs Paul B Beckhelm and Mrs Sperry Storm The Presbyterian choir will provide second half music with Mrs Sperry Storm at the organ and Mrs Elmer Dixon will sing There is a Green Hill Far Away The public is invited to attend portions if they cannot stay for the full duration and all denominations are welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvary Methodist Church
Benjamin W. Meeks
A. N. Warner
Walkersville
Lloyd E.altis
Doubs
Harold C. Baer
Evangelical Reformed Church
J. H. Schmi
First Baptist Church
Calvary Church
Beverly Molesworth Smith
Sir John Stainer
Exel Yingling
Paul B. Beckhelm
Presbyterian Choir
Liberators Strike Invasion Coast in Pas de Calais
Liberators bombed the invasion coast of France in Pas de Calais for the second straight day under Thunderbolt escort. Air headquarters reported no aircraft losses and only light anti aircraft fire with no enemy air opposition. Hours earlier RAF bombers returned from Toulouse after a week, targeting German aircraft repair plants near the Spanish border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
France
Pas de-Calais
Thunderbolt
Air Headquarters
RAF
Toulouse
Spain
Hull To Address Foreign Policy Sunday
The State Department announced that Secretary Hull will deliver a 45 minute speech on foreign policy this Sunday. It will elaborate the recently summarized 17 points with concrete examples of policy implementation. The address airs on CBS from 6:30 to 7:13 p.m. EWT on April 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Hull
Columbia Broadcasting System
E.W.T
Unseasonable April Snow Flurries Hit Frederick
Frederick saw a third consecutive April morning of snow flurries with a low of 27 degrees. Flurries persisted through the morning as temperatures stayed unusually cold. A slight warmup was expected this afternoon after yesterday’s near steady high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Blast at Hastings Naval Depot Kills Three. Five Missing
Explosion at Hastings naval ammunition depot damaged a concrete cooling shed filled with mines and depth charges. Three workers died and five civilians missing presumed dead. 35 others injured, damage about 50000 dollars. Court of inquiry ordered. blast radius about 30 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings
Neb
Hastings Naval Ammunition Depot
D. F. Patterson
Patterson
Glenvil
Wert Bruns
J. G
Charles F. Foster
Ninth Naval District
Japs Press On Assam Front Amid Allied Ambushes
Japanese forces push pressure along the Assam front north of Imphal as Allied troops inflict casualties in ambushes on roads near the Indian base. In Burma, Chinese forces drive south in the Mogaung valley toward Wakawng as 24 Japanese planes are destroyed at Aungkan airfield in central Burma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
Assam
Imphal
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Burma
Mogaung
Wakawng
Aungkan
Invasion Timetable Worked Out Minutely
In Britain on April 6 D day has been set with the Allied western invasion timetable perfected to the minutest detail. Only a few high ranking officers know the date while others in talks with their men are surprisingly frank about the tasks ahead. American troops in the initial assault are tense, discussions occur in barracks, and security is tight outside camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Adolf Hitler
Norman Resigns as Bank of England Governor
London reports Montagu C. Norman has resigned as governor of the Bank of England on medical advice. Lord Catto has been chosen as successor, with the bank announcing the change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman
London
Montagu C. Norman
Bank of England
Lord Catto
Treasury
Stock market pins hopes on rails and specialties
In New York on April 6 buyers focused on selected rails and specialty shares as pivotals struggled to gain a real recovery foothold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Allied Army Men Killed By Dropping Own Bombs
Allied Mediterranean Air Forces chief Lieutenant General Ira C. Eaker disclosed that bombs fell short or were misidentified during the March Cassino air assault. Several Allied soldiers were killed when bombs dropped behind front lines or failed to strike the target, though air leaders said the mission met its strategic aims under difficult conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied
Naples
Ira C. Eaker
Xxx
Eaker
Cassino
Venafro
Baker
Forced Car Off Road Driver Pleads Guilty
A Hancock truck operator named George R. Weaver pleaded guilty to operating an automobile while under the influence. Magistrate Alton Y. Bennett fined him 10145 dollars and ordered jailed until the fine is paid. Sheriff Horace M. Alexander and deputies were returning from FBI duties when the incident occurred west of Middletown. Corp. W. W. Corbin of the State Police assisted after a second motorist reported being forced off the highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hancock
Horace M. Alexander
Middletown
Alton Y. Bennett
George R. Weaver
Alexander
FBI
Hagerstown
South Mountain
Corp
W. W. Corbin
State Police
Weaver
Minute Men Reserve For Guard Vacancies
Annapolis April 6 Governor O Conor announced that Maryland Minute Men units in several sections will be placed on reserve and transferred to fill vacancies in the State Guard. He said this is not a general discharge but to raise personnel in areas with authorized strength. Affected companies come from the Eastern Shore and Anne Arundel county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Maryland
Minute Men
State Guard
O'Conor
Anne Arundel County
Martin Contract For Planes Is Cancelled
Baltimore April 6 the Glenn L Martin Company announced cancellation of a British contract for A 30 Baltimore attack bombers. The firm said the plane has wished the campaign for which it was built.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Glenn L Martin Company
Gas For Bicycle? Stockton Man Holds 10488 Gallons
Stockton California April 6 George a carpenter holds a certificate from the Lodi Office of Pace Administrator crediting him with 10488 gallons of gasoline. He says he does not know why since his only vehicle is a bicycle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockton
Calif
George
Lodi
Office of Pace
Bombers Hit At Toulouse In First Raid Of Week
RAF heavy bombers raided German repair plants at Toulouse France in a moonlit attack. The raid covered at least 1000 miles round trip and most bombers returned safely. American forces sent fighters against Berlin and Mu Wich areas and heavy bombers to Ploesti in a two way strike from Britain and the Mediterranean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
RAF
Toulouse
France
Air Ministry
Berlin
Mu“Wich
Riumania
Ploesti
Britain
Mediterranean
Army Day Marked Amid World War II Mobilization
Washington marks Army Day with no parades as public awareness remains high. The Army plans five million troops overseas this year, nearing a goal of seven and a half million, while battle casualties exceed 130,000 and discharges since Pearl Harbor surpass 4,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
America
Pearl Harbor
Local Flyer Is Nazi Prisoner
Staff Sergt. Bruce M. Stone of near Frederick has been reported as a prisoner of war after a bombing mission on February 24 over Germany. His parents were notified by telegram via the War Department and the Red Cross provided the information. Stone, 21, worked at Price Bros. before enlisting and has been in the Air Corps about a year and a half. The mission targeted Gotha and Scheinfurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce M. Stone
John M. Stone
Frederick
War Department
International Red Cross
Stone
Young Stone
Sergt. Stone
Germany
Gotha
Scheinfurt
Price Bros
Air Corps
Larger Coal Shortage Foreseen By SFA Chief
Washington April News chief Ickes warned of a larger coal shortage for next winter. He cited 28 million tons potential loss from reduced coal output and an overall 54 million tons deficit when combined with current manpower gaps. More than 2,000 coal workers under 26 could be drafted if no deferments are granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SFA
Washington
Gulg Tary Ickes
Deep Drifts In W. Va. Hills
Anxious orchardists and gardeners awaited a weather break to assess crop damage from heavy snows and freezing temps. Snow drifted up to five feet in mountains while roads remained passable. Preston county saw two extra inches of snow and Kingwood logged a low temperature. Elkins area highways were the worst of the year. Eastern panhandle apple growers reported no damage as buds remained underdeveloped. Martinsburg recorded 27 degrees at the storm’s peak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Apj
Coad
Road Commission
Preston
Kingwood
Harrison
Elkins
Panhandle
Martinsburg
May Use Big Stick For British Strikes
London April 6 Prime Minister Gwilyn Lloyd George told the House of Commons that strike action in war time cannot be justified and Britain is shaping a big stick to end stoppages in mining and shipbuilding. The government moves include U S Army aid to speed Northumberland coal operations and the coal crisis is described as the worst since 1926. American air authorities sent two large mechanical excavators to a Northumberland pit with Fuel Ministry approval for strip mining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Gwilym Lloyd George
House of Commons
Britain
U.S
Northumberland
Llosd George
Coal Crisi
Fuel Ministry
Farmers Agents Win Right To Gas Cards
Washington April 6 Representatives of farmers organizations won the right to hold gasoline cards as preferred drivers. The OPA said the listing of farm group representatives with war plant employees and other essential workers is effective April 1 and applies only to full time paid employees of organizations operating to increase food output. Gas mileage is to cover purposes such as increasing food production organizing farm cooperatives selling produce buying necessary supplies and aiding in cooperative use of livestock machinery or equipment. Farmers' organizations must be US or state chartered and have at least 109 members, a majority farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
United States
Russ Troops In Odessa Suburbs Surge Ahead
Russian storm troops push into the Odessa suburbs and drive toward the city center. Malinovsky's cavalry and light tanks advance from three directions, cutting off escape routes toward Romania while linked units pressure Tarnopol and Skala as heavy fighting continues around the Black Sea port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Moscow
Geo. Beda Y. Myalinovwsky
Black Sea
Melhopulits
Malinove
Ovidepel
Rumania
Akkerman
Malinovsky
Razdel- Waya
Odeau
Strassburg
Tiraspol
Dniester
Asis
Red Army
Lake Kuialnitzki
Kubanks
Tarnopol
Aussia
Skala
Junkers
Nass
Kamenets Podolsk
Mikhaslow
Plenty Of Ham And Eggs For Eastertime
Chicago reports ample ham for the Easter meal and plentiful eggs as the poultry trade hopes a wartime Easter boom. Farmers face lower hog and pork prices despite a record early-year hog run, with unprecedented hogs supply pushing up ham inventories and threatening future shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Creator Of Kewpie Doll I. Dead At 69
Springfield dispatch reports Rose O Neill artist creator of the Kewpie doll died at relatives home. She was about 69 years old. A separate brief notes an Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co truck overturning near Mt St Marys College blocking the Emmitsburg Thurmont road for nearly an hour. The driver escaped with minor injuries. contents of the truck largely undamaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Pi— Rose O'Neill
Emmuntsburg-Thurmont
Mt. St. Mary's College
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Brandon Duvall
Also Mentioned on This Page
S. W. Pacific
Pfc. Burkett
Yankees
Athletics
Charles Burkett
Francee
Sgt. Dolan
Buddy
Naval Depot
Martin
MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur
Wisconsin
Wendell Willkie
Norway
Hitler
Ickes
Chaim
Kovel
Lwow
Old Poland
Warsaw-Kiev
Newspapre Hrchive
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!