Fatal fall on Sugar Loaf rock claims Edward Dowd
Edward Dowd 19 of Somerset Md died at Frederick City Hospital after a two hour rescue from Sugar Loaf Mountain. He slipped while on an Easter Monday outing with about 40 Bethesda Chevy Chase High School students and alumni. Dowd formerly studied at Bethesda Chevy Chase High School and Carlisle Military Academy Bamberg SC. He was employed by Western Electric in Washington. His death was ruled accidental with fracture at the base of the brain.
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Sugar Loaf Mountain
Frederick City Hospital
Edward Dowd
Cumberland Avenue
Somerset
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School
Dowd
Hyattstown Ambulance
Norman Burdette
Sterling Price
Dorsey Nicholson
Young Dowd
Frederick County
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High
Carlisle Military Academy
Bamberg
Western Electric Company
Washington
Postal Telegraph Company
Maryland Regional Women's Guild Holds Inaugural Meeting
The Maryland Regional Women's Guild of the Evangelical and Reformed Church convenes Thursday at Christ Evangelical and Reformed Church Middletown with morning and afternoon sessions. Members from Frederick Washington and Carroll counties form the guild, replacing the Maryland Classical Missionary Society dissolved last year.
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Maryland
Women’s Guild of the Evangelical and Reformed Church
Christ Evangelical and Reformed Church
Middletown
Philip E. Saylor
Guid
Frederick
Washington
Carroll Countes
Grace Evangelical and Reformed Church
Maryland Classical Missionary Society
Guild
Walter L. Remsberg
Miles Reifsnyder
Westminster
J Edmund Lippy
Henry H. Abbott
Constitution
Reifsnyder
Ralph E. Hartman
Henry Foster
Clearspring
Leslie Coblentz
Mary Moiter
Annabelle Grantham
Walkersville
Katharine Dutrow
Frank Darner
Answers From War Quiz and News of an Injury
Answers describe the Order of the Purple Heart and Dutch Nazi figure Mussert while noting New Zealand's two main islands. A report says Mike Charok of Duquesne Pennsylvania, injured in a Route 40 collision near Middletown, underwent a brain operation at Washington County Hospital and remains in critical condition.
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Mussert
New Zealand
North Island
South Island
Mike Charok
Duquesne
Middletown
Washington County Hospital
Hagerstown
Old Offenders Day Observed at Polee Court
Magistrate Alton Y Bennett opened Old Offenders Day with a long procession of familiar faces and recalled past misdeeds as Easter weekend ended. Several defendants faced fines or suspensions for drunkenness and vagrancy, with escorts to jail and continuances as court proceedings stretched into the week.
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Polee Court
Alton Y. Bennett
Drunken Disorder Incidents Arising in City Streets
A series of public disturbances includes Jinks Fogle and Thomas Harwood each cited for drunkenness and disturbing the peace with fines around $2.50. Benny Wetzel also faces disturbing the peace with a $250 fine, while Dorothy Wetzel is fined $2.50 for disturbing the peace.
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Hidgiy King
Charles
Tobe" Fagan
Victor Brookey
Richard Schilling
Montevue
Samuel Thompson
Thompson
Chillon
Boyds
Earl Plummer
William M. Houck
Claude Gardner
House of Correction
Clement Eyler
East Seventh Street
Charles Riggs Bussard
Monrovia
M. M Punecke
Gilbert Melvin Miles
Jefferson
Puncke
Charles Upton Brandenburg
Charles Keeney
Ralph Hugh Smith
Baltimore
Charles Raymond Vicars
Wheelersburg
Ohio
Willam B. Claggett
Berryville
Robert L. Rodgers
Morgantown
Corporal Puncke
Edwin O Mackley
Walkersville
Noah W Burtner
Middletown
Dietz
Maurice Cleveland Fisher
Graceham
Brachey
Frank Dorsey
Nelson R Jackson
Russell Lyles
Austin Morgan
Archie Snowden
Roland Snowden
George Carter
Wilson Keeney
Charles Ilvory
Charles Davis
Jinks Fogle
Benny Wetzel
Dorothy Wetzel
Thomas Harwood
Fuel Oil Supplies Cut 25 Percent On Atlantic Coast
Washington April 6 A 25 percent curtailment in normal deliveries of fuel oil for space heating and hot water was urged for the Atlantic seaboard and Oregon Washington by Harold L Lickes petroleum coordinator. The recommendation applies to district 1 covering seventeen East Coast states and the District of Columbia and is considered an order in effect for suppliers not hospitals or private homes in emergencies. Preferential supply goes to the Army Navy defense plants public transportation and food processing facilities.
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Washington
Atlantic Seaboard
Oregon
Harold L . Lickes
Petroleum Industry
District 1
District of Columbia
Army Navy
State Traffic Fines Reported for Week Ending April 1
The Motor Vehicle Commissioner reports total fines of 10255 for the week ending April 1. Numerous drivers across Emmitsburg Mt Airy Sykesville Taneytown and Thurmont faced penalties for speeding reckless driving and driving with out licenses among others. Names include George D Abb ee Robert Campbell and James E Goodrich with fines from 1 to 100 dollars and a few fatalities noted as four fatal accidents.
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Emmitsburg
Clarence Aungst
Theodore R. Focht
George F. Harrison
John Kransher
Walter T. McGlaughan
Frederick Emmett Abbott
George D. Abbee
George Lewis Beasley
Russell Paul Bidle
Norman Birnback
William Thomas Blank
Wise Bolt
Robert Campbell
George M. Covelly
Douglas Curry
Henrietta 5. Eckhardt
Robert P. Gilbert
James E. Goodrich
Andrew A. Haas
Robert 5. Hall
Wilson Hoffman
Muriel E. Hutton
H. Blair Ickes
Hershel L. Kemp
Frederick M. Lehman
James Lewis
James A Long
Thomas R. McMahon
Roy A. McMichael, Jr
Edward Green Mechem
Homer B. Orme
Allen Quinnett
Andrew J. Peamroy
Eugene J. Raney
Francis E Ruiddiemoser
Ernest L. Rogers
Robert M. Schaffer
Frank A. Schneider
Carl Seiler
Carl D. Shores
George W. Summel
Raymond J. Strawsburg
Franklin M. Sweeney
James Francis Sweeney
Julian P. Turner
Floyd G. Warrenfeltz
James B. Webb
James Weedon
Hill
Willis Alfred Wolfe
Mae A. Yewell
Mt. Airy
John Duval
Albert FE Frantum
Stewart Topper
Sykesville
John W. Minnich
Taneytown
George R Pittinger
Thurmont
Kendall C Whalen
Price and wage freeze proposed amid war measures
Senator Pepper proposes to freeze all prices and wages for the war duration and outlaw union initiation fees in war industries as amendments to a military appropriation bill. Senator O Mahoney seeks federal chartering rules for interstate bodies and unions with annual elections and ongoing audits, amid Administration pushback.
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Washington
Pepper
D-Fla
Senate
O’mahoney
D-Wye
O'Mahoney
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
German Chemical Trust
Justice Department
House
Senate Appropriations
War Production Board and Maritime Commission
CIO
AFL
Navy Flyers Reach Safety After Harrowing Escape
Seven United States Navy airmen survived a fiery shootdown off Northern Australia after their flying boat was downed by nine Japanese fighters. They drifted in a rubber dinghy, were rescued by an American merchantman that was later sunk, and endured hours in lifeboats and a bombed rescue ship before reaching an Australian port.
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Melbourne
Australia
Malives
Woman reports loss of 440 in S820 bills in Frederick
Mrs. Charlies Recker of Thurmont told police she lost or had stolen 440 in S820 bills at a Frederick store on Saturday. Special Investigator Allen Bartgis said no trace of the money had been found and a serial number list she provided was taken from the bills before she shopped in Frederick.
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Charlies Recker
Thurmont
Frederick
Allen S. Bartgis
Record April Heat Hits 87 Degrees In Frederick
Monday brought a record high of 87 degrees in Frederick, a first for April 6 and a sign of early summer warmth. Citizens enjoyed shirt sleeves as the city transitions from recent snowfalls, with 1941 and 1940 readings much cooler and temperatures this week far above freezing compared to the prior three years.
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Frederick
Court House
Teachers and pupils visit Washington from Dryden Freeville
A group of fifty teachers and pupils from Dryden Freeville Central School Dryden N Y stays three nights at the Francis Scott Key Hotel in Washington They commute daily to view points of interest in the Capital City.
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Washington
Dryden-Freeville Central School
Dryden, N
Francis Scott Key
Children must join unions to do farm work
Representative Anderson released correspondence with Secretary Perkins showing his demand that school children helping in harvesting and processing California crops not be required to join labor unions. Perkins noted AFL initiation fees reduced to two dollars with one month dues, and no worker pay more than three dollars for the season. Dexter denied statements that children would have to join unions. Anderson insisted he will not be satisfied until students can assist in harvesting and processing food crops without joining unions or paying fees.
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Washington
Anderson
Calif
Labor
Perkins
California
Californian
AFL
Walter F. Dexter
Middletown Holds Biennial Election With Low Voter Turnout
Only 20 of 283 registered voters participated in Middletown's biennial election. At Memorial Hall polling from 1 to 7 PM, Burgess E Walter Beachley won a two year term with 19 votes, while Commissioners Floyd C Main Earl T Kepler and R S Keeny also secured re election. Ray Gladhill had 20 votes and George C Rhoderick Jr 18.
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Middletown
Memorial Hall
Burgess E. Walter Beachley
Floyd C. Main
Earl T. Kepler
R. S. Keeny
Ray Gladhill
George C. Rhoderick, Jr
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Uncle Sam
Wake Island
United States
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U. S. Navy
NEA
Schenectady
Red Cross Motor Corps
Office of Civilian Defense
Girl Scout Council
Navy
William Dudley Petey
Silver’ Shirts of
America
Darien
Conn
Indianapolis
Ind
Delphey
West Patrick ST
Congress
ALLEN
MARKET ST. —_ Sa
Market St
C.E. Cline & Son
East Patrick St
Howard Dustress
Armstrong
C. C. Carty, Inc
E. Patrick St
Frederick, Md
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