City to Name Victory Ship Frederick in Honor
City officials will honor Frederick by naming a new Victory ship the Frederick built at Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard in Baltimore. Admiral Land notified Mayor Gittinger of the plan as Maritime Day May 22 approaches, with launch details to be set at the next board meeting. The vessel joins over 300 Victory ships planned for wartime service, offering greater cargo capacity and speed than Liberty ships.
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Frederick
Hugh V. Gittinger
Emory S. Land
U. S. Maritime Commission
Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard, Inc
Baltimore
Admiral Land
Gittinger
U. S. Maritime Service
Injunction Halts Sale in Middle Town Real Estate Case
Circuit Court issued a temporary injunction to stop a sale of 115 acres in Jefferson district. Mr. and Mrs. Castle allege a 1917 mortgage of 4800 to Commercial State Bank and a 1942 verbal settlement with E. Walter Beachley, later assigned to Leslie M. Coblentz for foreclosure. The deed remains unrecorded and the mortgage not released. Judge Delaplaine granted defendants leave to seek dissolution on five days notice to plaintiffs' attorney.
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Washington S. Castle
E. Walter Beachley
Leslie M. Coblentz
Middletown
Castle
Holden S. Felton
Commercial State Bank
Jefferson District
Beachley
Montgomery Ward Faces NLRB Hearing Over CIO Representation
The Chicago plant of Montgomery Ward and Company withdrew from a clash with the government as a hearing before an NLRB examiner began to settle who represents workers. The dispute centers on CIO unionization at the plant amid ongoing management government tensions.
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Chicago
Montgomery Ward and Company
National Labor Relations Board
CIO
Biggest Navy Is Monument To Knox Says F D R
President Roosevelt described Navy Secretary Frank Knox as a war casualty and praised his work in building the world’s greatest Navy. Admiral King called Knox’s death a fitting epitaph and vowed to carry on his last order. Knox died after six days of illness at age 70, a former publisher who rose to lead the Navy.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Navy
Frank Knox
Knox
Jean
Ernest J. King
Secretary of the Navy
Naval
King
James V. Forrestal
Forrestal
Arlington National Cemetery
Europe
Michigan
Rough Riders
Theodore Roosevelt
San Juan Hill
Pacific Oceans
Stimson
Are
Bon Homme Richard Launches at Brooklyn Navy Yard
New York April 29 The new 60 million aircraft carrier Bon Homme Richard 850 feet long designed to carry half a million pounds of warplanes hits the water at Brooklyn Navy Yard today in a major naval milestone.
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New York
Bon Homme Richard
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Georgia Milk Producers Confederation shifts deliveries
Atlanta reports the Georgia Milk Producers Confederation has as a result reduced weekly deliveries to six days by pouring out 1000 gallons of milk each Monday for the last three weeks. Manager James G Gay confirmed the action in response to government regulation.
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Atlanta
Georgia Milk Producers Confederation, Inc
James G. Gay
Washed Out Wheaton Laundromat Owner Dies
Charles Hong, Wheaton's longtime Chinese laundryman of 30 years, has died. His estate is private and tied up, delaying pickup of customers’ bundles. The estate includes a shop full of clothes needing deciphering by a Chinese chirographer to read the tickets.
Court Upheld City In Sewer Case Decision In Frederick
Circuit Court affirmed a magistrate’s $510 fine and costs against J. Marshall Staub for failing to connect to Frederick’s sanitary sewer system after due notice. The judge noted WPB cooperation issues, while local plumbers testified material and soil pipes were obtainable, and the city argued WPB orders did not bar nonmetal components.
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Frederick City
Edward S. Delaplaine
J. Marshall Staub
Frederick
Edward J. Smith
Staub
Delaplaine
Rohrbach
WPB
Post War World Court Proposed by Senator Wu
Senator Austin R. Wu proposes a postwar world court backed by strong military power to enforce international law against aggressors. He spoke before the American Bar Association international law section, arguing peace requires more than negotiations.
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Washington
Austin R.wu
International Law Section
American Bar Association
Austin
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Germans Claim Defensive Victory on Dnestr Front
London reports a German communique claiming a defensive victory along the lower Dnestr river with Russian forces repulsed in the Jasi area and German units mopping up areas southeast of Kowel.
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London
Dnestr
Jasi
Kowel
Fire in Army automobile on North Market street extinguished
A small fire in an Army automobile in the first block of North Market Street was extinguished about 1130 o'clock today before Independent firemen arrived. The blaze was reported put out with a fire extinguisher.
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North Market Street
Executor Files Suit Over Maught Estate Here
Albert M. Boult Rockville attorney and executor of Conrad F. Maughts estate sues Conrad J. Maught of Middletown seeking accounting and recovery for a $14000 gift alleged to be coerced and part of a confidential relationship. The suit cites alleged undue influence and asks to void gifts and recover due amounts.
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Albert M. Boult
Rockville
Conrad F. Maught
Montgomery County
Conrad J. Maught
Middletown
C. F. Maught
C. J. Maught
Bouiec
Orphans Court of
Orphans Court
Boulc
F. Maught
Bowie
Boult
Montgomery County National Bank
Bouie
Lfe
John S. Wood
National Boys and Girls Week Opens in Frederick Parade Monday
Frederick observes National Boys and Girls Week with a Sunday church event led by Elizabeth Eckhardt May and a Monday parade of over 3,000 children. Alton Y. Bennett is parade marshal. bands, scouts, and school groups will march along Fourth Street to Baker Park with decorations, first aid, and broadcast loudspeakers arranged.
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Frederick
Evangelical Reformed Church
Elizabeth Eckhardt May
Hood College
Fourth Street
Patrick
Bentz
Baker Park
Bennett
Albert Hoult
Salvation Army
Frederick High School
F. H. S. Victory Corps
Elm Street
Western Hemisphere
Washington Street
Parkwar Schol
North Market Street Schoolery Patrol
Lincoln School
Lincoln High School Victory Corps
Harold Keller Wins State Speaking Contest at Maryland
Harold Keller representing Middletown High School Frederick wins the annual state wide Future Farmers of America public speaking contest at the University of Maryland. He will represent the state at Rutgers University on September 8 in a regional event. Light frost reported in city and county with temperatures around 27 degrees. New York stock market shows indecisive month with modest support for selected issues.
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College Park
Harold Keller
Middrewe High
Frederick
New York
Allied Strategy Not Dislocated By Jap Drive Mountbatten Says
Mountbatten states Allied strategic schedule not dislocated by Japanese Manipur advance and Ledo road progress not delayed. He notes British Fourth Corps on Imphal front but says Chinese advance toward Myitkyina could not have progressed as far. Air superiority and secure airfields ensure supply behind Japanese lines remain uninterrupted.
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Associated Press
SRAC
Ceylon
Bram
America
Manipur
Japan
China Road
Imphal
Ledo Road
Ledo
Fourth Corps
Myitkyina
Burma
Assam
Invasion Start Seen By Nazis In Air Attacks
Berlin dispatches say the invasion of western Europe began a week ago as Allied air forces pressed the continental assault. Stockholm reports captured Allied flyers claim they fought as invasion troops, while German circles note their air force is now in the fight. Danes in Sweden claim 40,000 Danes armed to aid the Allies.
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London
Tnd
Berlin
Stockholm
Europe
Denmark
Copenhagen
Karl Rumstedt
Bitlers
West Wall
Dwight D. Eisenhower
England
Sweden
Wnasis
Dagens Nyhet
Arriba Generalisimo Francis
Madrid
Gulf Co Storage Plant Wrecked by Fire
A Gulf Co storage plant suffered a spectacular blaze from midnight to dawn, destroying the main storage facility. Authorities estimate hundreds of thousands of gallons of gasoline, kerosene, and fuel oils were consumed or damaged in the fire.
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Gulf Co
Gulf Refaang Compani
Eggs to Advance to College Park News
Housewives are warned egg prices will rise steadily from now to next winter says Dr. Mariev of the University of Mary poultry department. The report places the forecast in College Park with emphasis on continuing price pressure.
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College Park
Mariev AL Jul
University of Mary Liner Spoultry
Nazi Broadcasts Upset By American Bombers
London reports strange airwaves as German DNB broadcasts were interrupted by American bombers. The Berlin outlet briefly went off air then resumed, reading yesterday’s reports and a German communique, prompting speculation of damage or upset to operators.
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London
DNB
Berlin
Chinese repulse Japanese at Hulao Pass with heavy losses
Chinese forces near Hulao Pass west of Chenghsien repelled a Japanese advance toward Loyang. A high command communique reported heavy Japanese casualties and that the pass again fell under Chinese control. Further Chinese successes southeast of Lobang eased threat to northern Henan city.
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Chungking
Hulao Pass
Loyang
Tadin Hulao Pass
Chenghsien
Lobang
Henan Province
Italian West Coast Ports Hit by Night Bombers
Aldred Headquarters reports heavy bombers struck Piombino Orbetello and Santo Stefano on the Italian west coast. Genoa and other harbors were raided by night with additional attacks announced today.
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Aldred
Naples
Piombino
Orbetello
Santo Stefano
Genoa
Altea
Nazi Air Campaigns Hit Berlin in Large Daylight Raid
London reports nearly 2,000 American planes struck Berlin in the day’s raid with 70 000 tons of explosives dropped on military and industrial targets. German defenses reported heavy opposition but Berlin’s radio acknowledged serious damage amid allied offensives across Germany and Norway.
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Berlin
London
U.S
Haly
Toulon
France
Hitler
Europe
U. S
Britain
Italy
North Sea
Kjeller
Oslo
Germany
Bomber Strikes House in Memphis Killing Several
In Memphis Tennessee a Army bomber crashed into a northeast Memphis house killing four or more aviators and injuring two occupants. Police report the plane at about 700 feet drifted, wings dropped, hitting a two story frame house and tearing off the roof as flames spread. A mother and child inside were hurt.
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Memphis
Tenn
J. A. Parrish
Parrish
Silly Washington Questionnaires Mocked by Elliott in House
California Democrat Representative Elliott derided a Department of Agriculture form as wasteful. He objected to questions on church attendance, family activity participation, and social visiting patterns in 1940 and 1943, calling the inquiries intrusive and unnecessary.
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Washington
Elliott
California
House
Department of Agriculture
Tham
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Headquarters
Kandy
Ademira
Lawn Mountbatten
India
Lede
Chua
Banina
Une Cromt
Barna
AXIS
Geu Chun
Asi Chen Chine
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