Vichy’s Role in War Causes Widespread Alarm in London
London observers focus on Pierre Laval’s return to prominence at Vichy and the possible German drive to seize the French fleet. reports say Laval seeks partial or total surrender of ships to Berlin while German army factions push for direct control of France. Britain fears Axis fleet dominance could enable a Mediterranean offensive toward the Middle East and Caucasus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Vichy
Pierre Laval
Dunkerque
Algiers
Toulon
Madagascar
Indian Ocean
Laval
Petain
France
Otto von Stuelpnagal
Germany
Bern
Switzerland
Britain
Mediterranean
Middle Eastern
Caucasus
Russia
Court News and Marriages in Area Record
Equity case filed for absolute divorce between Edwin Waters and Eileen M Waters. Multiple marriage licenses issued for individuals from Virginia Maryland Pennsylvania with ages and residences listed, plus property deeds transferring parcels between local residents, all recorded in the court notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court News Equity
Edwin Waters
Eileen M. Waters
Battle Aboard US Cruiser After Japanese Air Attack
NEA Service reporter Jonathan Rice describes a South Pacific battle aboard a heavy cruiser where sailors, including a rookie crew and an ace pilot, repelled 18 enemy bombers. Two planes lost, one pilot rescued, Lieut Edward O Hara becomes Navy’s first ace with six kills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonathan Rice
Acme News
U. S
South Pacific
New York
Rice
Navy
Jim
Otbermer
Edward Henry O Hara
Carrier
Property Transfers Recorded in County Deed Notices
Ben C Adams and wife to Kenneth William Harman and wife for ten dollars. Oliver Z Coblentz and wife to W Kieffer Coblentz and wife for ten dollars. Amos A Holter as trustee to John Ja Long for ten dollars. Edith E Long to John A Long for eighty five dollars. Charles W Weddle and wife to Henry G Hadley and wife for county property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth William
Harman
Oliver Z. Coblentz
W. Kieffer Coblentz
Amos A. Holter
John Ja. Long
Edith E. Long
John A. Long
Charles W. Weddle
Henry G. Hadley
Local Social Notes from Hyattstown and Nearby
Hyattstown and surrounding families are noted in social items. Eugene Murphy visits relatives in Baltimore. Nancy Burdette and Irene Lusby visit Washington and Towson students spend Easter with family. Church society meetings feature lists of attendees, plans for a May fried chicken supper, and a fourth anniversary of the Parents and Patrons Club with program committees and prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Rippeon
C. H. Linthicum
Edgar Burdette
Horace Thompson
Carrie Price
Trevilla Carlisle
Roy Watkins
Sterling Price
J. C. Rippeon
Bernard Burdette
John M Anderson
Clifton Anderson
Edward Miles
Ben Price
Edwin Burdette
Phil Linthicum
Betty Brown
Church Hall
J. Rippeon
Mary C Poole
Violet Angevine
Bernard O. Angevine
Nan
York
Trevilla W. Carlisle
Poole
Carlisle
Hyattstown School
W OL Burdette
John Anderson
O. Barnes
C. Comegis
Maynard King
E. D Burdette
Lillie M. Stone
Melvin Burdette
Carve Price
Local Happenings From Taylorsville Church and Hospital
Mrs Charles Wagner entered the Church Home Hospital on Friday. Mrs Horace Hipsley remains a patient at Union Memorial Hospital and is recovering. Mrs Douglas Condon of Mt Olive visited her daughter Mrs Truman Franklin. Miss Mary Byers of Westminster spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Frank Byers. Mrs Chester Nusbaum and Mrs F Barnes visited Mrs Horace Hipsley. Mr Cummings of Washington DC was visiting his brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylorsville
Charles Wagner
Church Home Hospital
Horace Hipsley
Union Memorial Hospital
Douglas Condon
Mt. Olive
Truman Franklin
Mary Byers
Westminster
Frank Byers
Chester Nusbaum
F. Barnes
Mr. Cummings
Washington,d. C
Local Notices Mention Births and Visitations
Mrs Lora Michael of Western Port visits Rev and Mrs Dewitt Dickey. Mr and Mrs Clifford Wright welcome a baby born March 31. Mrs E A Barnes recovering at home from illness. Mr and Mrs Philip Cummings connected by marriage are cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Cummings
Lora Michael
Westernport
Dewitt Dickey
Clifford Wright
Divorce Granted to Goldie Cook in Absolute Decree
Chief Judge Eduard S Delaplaine signed an absolute divorce decree for Goldie lp Cook from Roger A Cook. The defendant was ordered to pay the costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eduard S Delaplaine
Jon Monday
Goldie Lp
Cook
Roger A. Cook
Suit to Recover Funds Filed Over County Shortage
Salisbury April 6. County Commissioners and the American Surety Company filed suit in Circuit Court against the County Trust Company of Maryland to recover sums from a county funds shortage totaling 7 59227. The claim seeks further sums with a proposed division of recoveries: 85 percent to the county and 41 5 percent to the bonding company. The bank denies liability and will defend, noting it cashed checks endorsed by the bonded representative. The trial targets recovery of missing funds following Rachel Day’s misappropriation and nine year prison sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salisbury
Wicomico County
American Surety Company
County Trust Company of
Maryland
OW C Webb
Bonding Company
Rachel W Day
Rercy
Amberst
Webb
William F. Allen
Trust Company
Allen
County Trust Company
Baltimore
Woman Is Sentenced for Perjury in Murder Trials
Pearl Dove, witness in two Rockville murder trials, pleaded guilty to perjury in Montgomery County Circuit Court and received six months in the Maryland House of Correction. She testified she feared Lee Wiles, and later admitted witnessing the fatal beating of Ed Larman, including details of a trip to Frederick and a bootleg liquor dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Dove
Rockville
Montgomery County
Maryland House of Correction
Wiles
Frederick
Larman
All-School Play to Be Enacted at Frederick High
Frederick High School to stage American Passport a patriotic comedy by Dana Thomas on April 17 at 8 pm in the high school auditorium. The three act play follows the Hamilton family rediscovering America amid postwar ideologies with a cast led by Julius Jacobson and a production team headed by Frances Buckingham and Ada Beall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dana Thomas
Frederick High School
America
United States
Hamiltons
Dramatic Club Advisors
Ed Hamilton
Julius Jacobson
Louella Hamilton
Eleanor Young
Dick Hamilton
Leroy Davis
Judy Hamilton
Patsy Bennett
Sybil Jennings
Betty Stuart
Bertha Hamilton
Betty Hahl
Bill Wilson
William Lambdin
Aunt Jen
Molly Lee Smith
Mrs Schwartz
Colleen Moore
Mr. Craig
Wm. Horine
David Putman
Junior Donovan
Stanley Sundergl
Betty Shook
Frances Buckingham
Ada Beall
F. H. Burket
Flestie Cain
Rebecca Holland
Salvation Army Promotes Captain Morris to Major
Promotion to major announced for Captain Bernard C. Morris who heads Salvation Army work in Huntington West Virginia one of the largest eastern area commands. He joins the Social Workers of West Virginia board. Morris previously served in Frederick Maryland 1935 to 1939 where he led the City Mission and Lions Club and oversaw clearing the local Salvation Army debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard C. Morris
Salvation Army
Huntington
W. Va
The
Social Workers of West Virginia
Major Morris
Frederick
Lions Club
Tractor Tire Certificates Limited If Steel Wheels Available
The Office of Price Administration ruled that farm tractors originally equipped with steel wheels but later fitted with rubber tires are not eligible for tire purchase certificates if steel wheels are locally available and can be restored to service. The regulation was issued in a letter to state rationing administrators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
Also Mentioned on This Page
Joseph T. Jackson
Vienna
Geraldine Abbott
Nokesville
Charles B. Stanley
Anna Lee Wood
Wade A. Lum
Woodpoint
Mary Ruth Baldoff
Hagerstown
Oscar Liddick
Mechanisburg
Miriam Danner
Dillsburg
Earle K. Stonesifer
Keymar
Katherine I. Stitely
Woodsboro
Letchford M. Ketrow
Louise V. Dowden
Herndon
Frederick H. Barkdale
Myersville
Lessie P. Mowbray
Frederick E. Shay
Mae Elizabeth Kerstetter
Harrisburg
James E. Moser
Leona B. Haller
Brunswick
William 8. Cooper
Helen L. Moton
William L. Mellatt
Wilkinsburg
Ethel F. Stevens
Needmore
William K. Shuff
Carrie Eleanor Fitez
Emmitsburg
Alfred W. Bray
Mary Ellen Huff
Berryville
L.frank James, Jr
West Fifth Street
Hilda Jane Staley
Dill Avenue
Leslie D. Phelps
Upper Marlboro
Margaret E. Clark
Noah D. Jenkins
Carroll Parkway
Audrey Hope Osborn
Dumont
N. J
Cleveland
Ohio
Edward C Kuhn
Mildred L. Ward
Wilbur C. Harshman
Upton J. P. Quinn
William Guy Molesworth
J. Frederick Imirie
Willam Guy Molesworth
Millard F. Shuff
Mary J. Shuff
Norris W. Brown
NEA
Mit
Pearl Harbor
Mom
Arrow
Ben C. Adams
Hyattstown
Eugene 5S Murphy
Will Dutrow
E . Harris
Nancy Jane Burdette
State Teachers College
Towson
Irene Lusby
John E. Mack
Woman's Society of Christian Service of the Methodist Church
Ira Shindle
E. L. Norwood
E. F Harris
S P. Miles
Lillie Stone
E . Burdette
QO. C. Barnes
W. L Burdette
Red Cross
C. Comegys
Ednar Burdette
Ollie Legg
Betty Baltimore
J. J Rippeon
Ritchie Benson
Bethes
E. F. Harris
S&s. P Miles
Luther Thompson
Gaithersburg
Frederick County National Bank
North Market Street
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
E. A. H Barnes
Psoriasi
P. O
Chicago
Williamson
Rexall
Frederick, MD
Wicomico Board and
Bonding Company Act
Tess
William R. Slemmer
Liberty Finance Corporation
N. Market St
Ry “Kub-My-Tisa Linin
U. S. Machine’ Corporation
Winkler Stokers
Francis R. Summers
E. Patrick ST
Winkler
Quaker City
Stieff
Silve
Stieff Rose
Doll’s Jewelry Store
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