Hoffman Fined in Drunken Driving Case at Police Court
Jerome Hoffman of 10 Winchester Street faced conviction on drunken driving and assault charges after testimony he urged a diner companion to fetch his wife. He received 100 fine and 60 days in jail for drunken driving with sentence withheld on assault and battery pending Friday.
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Jerome Hoffman
Winchester Street
Manuel M. Weinberg
Hoffman
Linden Hills
Margaret Morgan
Geraldine Lenhart
Weinberg
John Brown
State
Linden Halls
Alton Bennett
Kenneth Sharon
Court
Patrick Streets
Edwin F. Nikirk
Austin James
Sergt
W. K May
Horace M. Alexander
Carl Dillinger
Morgan
Katherine Newton
Gerald Cline
George Hoffman
Charles Cook
G. Donald Renn
Thurston E. Metz
Robert Lee Smith
Route 5
Charles E Bell Metz
Water Street
Atley Willard
William K Willard
Charles A. McKenzie
Cumberland
Eugene W. Powers
Washington, D. C
Elmer L. Dickinson
Harrisburg
Gilbert L. Hall
A. Norman Dietz
Answers To War Quiz Season Page Five
Medal awarded by the Mexican Border Patrol for 1916 17 border patrols. American troops were sent there in the last war. Murmansk is noted as a port where American supplies are shipped for Russia. Eritrea, former Italian colony on the Red Sea, hosts a base under construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murmansk
Russia
Eritrea
Red Sea
Americzen
Price Freezing Order Praised by Many Leaders in New York
The general price freeze order drew praise from business and financial leaders nationwide as a step in the right direction. Retailers warned wholesale and retail price freezes may hurt margins, risking store closures if adjustments are not made. Labor leaders urged cautious action, while farm voices called for parity in farm and industrial prices and wages to ensure justice in the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
America
Daniel J. Tobin
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
AFL
Indianapolis
Lucy Randolph Mason
CIO
South
Louis G Tabor
National Grange
O E S Grand Chapter Officers Installed in Maryland
Baltimore hosts the 44th annual Grand Chapter of Maryland ceremony with about 1700 representatives and 850 delegates attending. Dora Buchsbaum is named worthy grand matron and Dr Harold E Webb becomes worthy grand patron. Other officers include Nellie Boyd Amanda Hickman Virginia Thompson Joseph Parker Elsie Wolfe Hazel Dillehunt and Harriet Kerchoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Grand Chapter of
Maryland
Order of the Eastern Star
Eastern Star
Dora Buchsbaum
Harold E . Webb
Anna A. Janney
Elkton
Edgar S. Hubbert
Cambridge
Nellie Boyd
Amanda Hickman
Virginia Thompson
Hucksville
Joseph Parker
Annapolis
Elsie Wolfe
Frederick
Hazel Dillehunt
Harriet Kerchoff
Gas Rationing to Use Needs Basis on Eastern Seaboard
Washington reports that gasoline rationing will begin May 15 along the eastern seaboard with gas allotted by need. Motorists must state work nature, home to work mileage, and whether they use a car for work and if they cut mileage by avoiding public transport or carpooling. A separate Hagerstown note says a third lane on Sideling Hill will finish in about a week to aid slow trucks, with surface work starting in Frederick County around May 30 and June 1.
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Washington
Seaboard
Hagerstown
Hull Mountain
Washington County
State Roads Commission
South Mountain
Frederick County
Scale Of Allowances For Dependents Wins Approval
A Senate committee informally approved a two class scale of dependent allowances for armed forces families. Class A covers wives and children with varying amounts added to base pay, while Class B covers parents and other relatives with optional payments. Flexible authority for additional FSA supplements faced opposition as lawmakers favored raising the overall schedule.
Five Candidates File for Burgess Race in Emmitsburg
Five names appear on the Emmitsburg Burgess ballot as Tuesday deadline passes. Lawrence L. Mondorff and Joseph Kreitz join Norman Flax Claude E B Smith and Joseph R Hoke in the contested race alongside incumbent Lloyd G Ohler. Election day Monday at Firemen's Hall from noon to 7 pm.
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Emmitsburg
Lawrence L. Mondorff
Joseph Kreitz
Lloyd G. Ohler
Alessrs Mondorff
Kreitz
Norman Flax
Claude EB. Smith
Joseph R Hoke
Firemen’s Hall
Edgar Stansbury
Willam Rosensteel
Burgess
Richard M. Zacharias
Zacharias
Home accidents kill nearly twice as many as workplace incidents
Report shows last year’s home accidents causing about double the fatalities of occupational incidents. Authorities note safety gaps at homes as a major risk factor and urge preventive measures for residents and workers alike.
Military Railway Service Formed Under Col Gray in Training
Chicago April 28 The new commander Col Carl R Gray Jr declared the Military Railway Service will do a crackerjack job for the American Army in worldwide theaters of war In training stages the service draws from rail system executives maintenance experts and workers Eventually 30000 to 35000 officers and men will form the service with a headquarters battalion ten grand division HQs forty two operating battalions and six shop battalions None Abroad Yet Our job is to provide the rail transportation the Army needs in theaters of war He said there will be no involvement with commercial railways in the U S unless invasion occurs Col Gray noted no personnel have gone abroad yet and did not say when or if any would He is 53 and the son of former Union Pacific president Carl R Gray Sr His World War I service included staff transportation work rising to Lt Col and he has been a Col in the Engineers Reserve since 1923 RATE UNCHANGED Leesburg Va April 29 Loudoun County's tax rate remains the same as last year 105 per 100 assessed value of tangible personal property and real estate the board of supervisors decided yesterday.
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Chicago
Military Railway Service
Carl R. Gray, Jr
Military
Col. Gray
United States
Col Gray
W. W Atterbury
Pennsylvania
France
A. E
Gray Jis
Carl R. Gray
Union Pacific Railroad
Corps of Engineers
Frederick to End Potomac Bus Service After Thirteen Months
The Potomac Motor Lines will end bus service in Frederick tonight after thirteen months of operation begun April 1 1941. Officials cited ongoing losses and insufficient patronage, noting two protests at a Public Service Commission hearing and a prior failed effort by Potomac Edison to run buses. Service will formally halt May 1 with no explanation for the shutdown beyond financial losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potomac Motor Lines
Frederick
Public Service Commission
Gquiig Ggures
Potomac Edison Company
Seven Flyers Killed In Planes Collision Near Orlando
Seven Army airmen died when a bomber and a pursuit ship collided nine miles west of Orlando Florida. The crash involved crews from MacDill Field Tampa and the Orlando Air Base. Names include Second Lieut Ernest W Robertson Second Lieut Joseph S Smith and Second Lieut Richard R Carnevace with Private MCC Brown Private L A Gerhart Private W E Wims and Second Lieut Robert S Boyce. Both planes burned wreckage scattered into an orange grove.
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Orlando
Fla
Here
Thomass. Voss
Orlando Air Base
Ernest W. Robertson
Eugene
Oregon
Joseph S. Smith
Yoakum
Texas
Richard R. Carnevace
Columbus
Ohio
McC. Brown
Detroit
Mich
L. A
Arginine in Diet Linked to Human Fertility Study
Johns Hopkins Hospital researchers report a diet based deficiency in arginine affects the human reproductive system. The team shows arginine must be supplied in food to maintain fertility and that two other amino acids, tryptophane and lysine, are also essential for humans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Hopkins
Anthony A. Albanese
Harriet Lane
Stefko
Albanese
Maryland Governor urges state labor board to join federal manpower effort
Governor O Conor asked Paul V McNutt to appoint the State Labor Victory Board as Maryland s manpower representative. He outlined aims including women in industry and rural labor plans while seeking a national high school training program for wartime and postwar workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
O’conor
Paul V. McNutt
Federal Manpower Board
Labor Victory Board
Maryland
McNutt
O'Conor
U S Planes Now At Malta
Berlin claimed American fighter planes reached the island of Malta aiding the battered British base. Reports cited Berlin and Stockholm sources noting U S warships may have entered the Mediterranean and that Roosevelt spoke of American warships and planes in combat across multiple theaters.
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London
United States
Malta
Berlin
South Pacific
North Africa
Roney leaves for Army technical adviser post
Clyde M. Roney of 25 Rosemont will depart May 1 for Camp A. P. Hill Virginia to serve as technical advisor in the Motor Transport Division of the Quartermaster Corps with the 29th Division. His Seventh and North Market streets garage business will continue during his absence.
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Clyde M. Roney
Rosemont
Camp A. P. Hill
Virginia
Quartermaster Corps
U. S. Army
Mr. Roney
Seventh
North Market Streets
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Ridgely W. Baer
Corporal Baer
115Th Infantry
Fort George G. Meade
O. E. S. Grand Chapter
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Federal Security Agency
Federal Security
Geoffrey May
Johnson
Dcolo
Congress
Lee
D-Okla
Army
Navy
Selective Service
Armed Services
Emmitsburg Field
Leesburg
Loudoug County
Board of Supervisors
Delphey’s
Carty
C. C. Carty, Inc
E. Patrick St
Frederick, Md
Frederick 5
South Market ST
Duncan
Berger’s
Market Street
State Board
U.S
Axis
C.E. Cline & Son
East Patrick ST
Mother
Paris
Yardley
Coty
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