Walkersville Boy Named Md 4-H Champ
Harold Roderick of Walkersville Maryland has been named Maryland State 4-H Holstein Calf Club boy for 12. He owns two registered Holstein cows a registered Holstein bull and a registered heifer calf He shows a total train record including 17427 pounds milk 629 pounds fat from a top cow He previously placed first in the 1942 State Efficient Production contest and earned trips to the National 4-H Club Congress He plans a purebred Holstein herd and may contend for the National Holstein Calf Club championship once announced by the Holstein Friesian Association of America.
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Brattleboro
Harold E. Roderuck
Walkersville
Maryland
Hals -Firestat Association of America
Harold
G. Edgar Roderick
Stein
Holsten Friesian Association of Americs
Orphans Court Accounts Filed in Multiple Estates
The Orphans Court approved accounts for executors and executrices in several estates. Thelma W. Shriner presented a first account totaling 197,662.46 with post allowances leaving 197,713.33 distributed per the will. Charles Edgar Clingan and Louise McClingan qualified as executors for the Clingan estate with real estate valued at 2500 and personal property, noting specific bequests. Additional admin appointments were made for Gertrude Horton Grimes and Nellie Whipp Boone. Other final accounts show distributions to heirs and institutions, including the Home for the Aged, with sums detailed for each estate. The note closes with a stated fact about human body length relative to the head.
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Minnie W. Littlefield
Orphans’ Court
Thelma W. Shriner
Charles E Clingan
Louise M. Clingan
Reno Thomas Clingan
Charlies Edgar
Touice Mo Tampet P. Raymond
Reno Clingan
Margaret Esworthy
James H. Grove, Jr
Lewis H. Boyer Ethel Grimes Bauguman
Baltimore
Gertrude Horton Grimes
Concord
N C
Lester Leroy Boone
East South Street
Nellie Whipp Boone
Brunner
Edward L Willard
Arthur D. Willard
Paul C Willard
Robert S Tyson
Allen L. Brunner
Verna M. Clark
Amos A Holter
Philip Clark
Mt. Airy
Emma Y Willard
Paul’ de Willged
Named Assistant At Frederick YMCA Boys Work
Richard F Simmons Jr a Frederick High School senior has been named assistant at the Frederick YMCA with duties in boys work directing swimming instruction and information desk shifts effective immediately Alvin G Quinn general secretary announced Monday evening The article notes changes in YMCA staff due to war industries and a desk secretary leaving for a war industry position The Myersville United Brethren Sunday School Easter service drew 30 percent above enrollment and raised 270 for the church building fund Actual attendance was 164 of 140 enrollment The Walters family led by Lorenzo S Walters with 26 members attended as the largest family group, while others were away serving in the armed forces
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Richard F Simmons, Jr
Frederick
Alvin G Quinn
Moday
Defense Industres
Quinn
Misa Vivienne Neetur
YMCA
Myersville
United Brethren Sunday School
Albert’ D Flock
Lorenzo S Walters
Five Draftees Depart for Army and Navy to Fort Meade
Five registered for the draft departed to reception stations under the Frederick County Draft Board Number 2. Acting Corporal William Kenneth Snowden, from New Market, led the group to Fort George G. Mead for active duty. Also mobilized were Garfield Roosevelt Hoy of Monrovia and Irving Snowden of Frederick County. The two sailors named are Theodore Sylvester Cook of Liberty Town and John Milford Bowens of Walkersville. the exact naval station was not disclosed.
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Drafiees
Army
Navy
Frederick County
John Milford Bowens
RFD 1
Walkersville
Fruit Outlook Improves for Martinsburg Region
Continued warm clear weather in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia boosts fruit prospects. Apple and peach yields are forecast at 60 to 70 percent of 1942 levels after a mild cold spell. Peak apple bloom was delayed but internal bud conditions helped protect peach trees.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Panhandle
Nazis Ready For Gas Attacks In Europe April Crisis
German propaganda notes a six week defense effort with factories producing gas masks and protective gear. ARP training expands to schoolchildren and pregnant women while German wardens urge readiness, citing expected gas use and wartime caution.
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Europe
Germany
Reidi
Britain
Important Troop Movements In France
Dispatches from Zurich report Italy closed the Swiss French frontier at 4 a.m. yesterday and indicate important troop movements are underway on the French front.
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France
London
Zurich
Switzerland
Emmitsburg Election Set for May 3 at Firemen's Hall
Final plans completed for Emmitsburg’s annual election. Voters will register today and balloting for Burgess and one Town Commissioner will occur on May 3 at Firemen's Hall. Burgess Hoke seeks re election. Candidates Kugler Eyster compete for the commissioner seat. Polls open noon to 7 p.m. May 2. Richard Zacharias withdraws from commissioner race. No referenda planned.
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Emmitsburg
Firemen's Hall
Burgess
Richard M.zacharias
Burgess Joseph R. Hoke
Luther Kugler
George
Eyster
C C Combs
Firemen’s Hall
Bombers Hit Japanese Runway in Aleutians Campaign
North Head defenses report heavy airstrike on Kiska island April 13. Seventy Allied planes drop 63 percent of tonnage on Japanese fighter base while strafing hiding Zero aircraft. Lt. Herman G. Humphreys from Parker Idaho engages three Zeros in sight with cannon and machine guns.
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Atdreanes Islands
Kiska
North Head
Lita Bomber Command
Aleutians
Herman G. Humphreys
Parker
Idaho
Humphreys
Plane Lost in Cold Bering Sea Disaster
Lightning slowed and crashed into the icy Bering Sea. Other flyers circled for 15 minutes as the Telsta oil slick spread. It was the only American plane lost. the pilot’s name was not released.
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Bering Sea
Telsta
Japanese anti-aircraft fire reported heavy pilot clash
A damaged brief notes heavy anti-aircraft fire and a day-long bombing. The clash began around 730 p.m. and continued until 649 p.m. with casualties reported among settlers amid snowy patches.
Bride-Ales and the Origin of Bridal Customs
The old English Bride-Ales were wedding festivals where the bride served ale to guests and received gifts in return, shaping the modern word bridal.
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Association
Gen. Doolittle
China
James A. Doolittle
Shangri- la
Rad
Japan
Illiamson
Price
Williamson's Drug Store
Frederick, MD
U.S
KeLtoce
United States War Savings Bonds
Treasury Bonds
Frederick County National Bank
North Market Street
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
R. 8. White
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Globe Brewing Co
Arrow Beer
Praught E Victory
Uncle Sam
Kemp
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