Mayor Dies in Glider Crash With Nine Others
At Lambert Field in St. Louis a military glider crash killed Mayor William Dee Becker and Major William Robertson among ten including officials and aviators. Witness Joseph Payne described wings crumpling after tow cable snap. casualties included Robertson Aircraft Corp. leaders and city officials. The FBI said investigation rests with Army Air Forces Intelligence.
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St. Louis
William Dee Becker
William B. Robertson
Lambert-St. Louis
Robertson
Robertson Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation
Army
Max H. Doyne
Henry L. Mueller
Milton C. Klugh
First Troop Carrier Command
Stout Field
Indianapolis
Paul H. Hazelton
Army Air Forces
Harold A. Kreuger
Robertson Aircraft Corporation
Major Robertson
Joseph C. Payne
Payne
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Army Air Forces Intelligence Division
FBI
Robertson Company
Becker
Bernard F. Dickmann
Democratic
Robert Hannigan
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lambert Field
Maj
Albert Bond Lambert
Do All Possible To Save Small Peach Crop
With less than one half of a crop of peaches in Maryland this year growers are urged to save the small harvest. Dr Walker of the University of Maryland Extension warns brown rot is spreading and advises thorough spraying with wet saddle sulfur every ten days. If warm moist weather continues weekly sulfur sprays are recommended. Consumers should refrigerate peaches to prevent rotting and keep them fresh for weeks.
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College Park
Jnly
Maryland
E. A. Walker
University of Maryland Extension Service
Walker
Wartime Wardrobes Advised For Women In Frederick County
About 40 women attended a style revue by the Frederick County Rural Women's Clubs, where Mrs. Freda McFarland urged minimal wartime wardrobes built around personal style. She advised planning, selecting a basic color, and durable fashion that expresses personality, with healthier grooming and posture to look attractive amid shortages. The event featured demonstrations of simple dresses and a display of remodeled clothing by Miss Helen Shelby, to be used in county sewing programs this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Freda McFarland
Department of
Home Economics
University of Maryland
Shelby
AMC Alg Wes
Many Farm Crops Damaged By Summer Drouth
County Agent Henry R Shoemaker reports severe crop losses from continued dry weather. Early sweet corn and clover face destruction without rain. pasture dried up and farmers feeding livestock. Alfalfa stands require lime soil testing inoculation. best results limited to four to five years in the area. Dairying remains a major Frederick County income source with 1943 milk production nearing 25 million gallons worth about eight million dollars.
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Henry R. Shoemaker
Timothy
Frederick County
Guernsey
Ers
Sigler's Grove
Maryland State Fair Board
OPA
Dairy Industry Committee
United States
U. S
Promotion Recalls Weedon To Sergeant Rank At Camp Pickett
Corporal Howard T. Weedon son of Mr and Mrs Howard M Weedon of R 2 Frederick has been promoted to sergeant at Camp Pickett Virginia The prior to induction date was July 3 1942 Sergeant Weedon worked at the U S Navy Hospital in Annapolis prior to transfer to Camp Pickett July 28 1942 where he joined the Military Police Section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard T. Weedon
Howard M. Weedon
R. 2
Frederick
Camp Pickett
Army
Weedon
U. S. Navy
Annapolis
Weather data fragment for August 1942 summary
The report lists precipitation for August 1942 at 6.26 inches, notes a 3.135 inch deficiency, and shows high and low temperatures with year-ago values. It also provides sun set and moon rise times, and river conditions for Monocacy and Potomac at Ceresville Brunswick, plus a note on Moskva spelling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceresville
Potomar
Brunswick
Near Panic in Berlin as Allied Bombing Stokes Fear
Berliners gathered in parks and yards to dig trenches and air raid shelters as panic spread over possible next Allied saturation raids. Officials urged spiritual resilience while mothers sought guidance for children amid harrowing bombed ruins and mass evacuations.
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Stockholm
Berlin
Aftfonbladet
Ruhr
Mamburg
Germany
Hamburg
Gestapo
Charle Magne
Norway
Japs Can't Move Large Rubber Stocks
Report from Australia and the United States notes Japan struggles to transport and use vast rubber stocks amid wartime disruption. Dutch and Singapore broadcasts mention price cuts and生产 plans affecting Malaya and Sumatra rubber plantations under military supervision.
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Washington
Japan
Australia
United States
Netherlands Information Bureau
Batavia
Pelee Ibs
Singapore
Netherlands
Tokyo Radio
Malaya
Sumatra
Rubber and timber needs factor in wartime policy
The passage notes the Netherlands and Japan weigh wood supply for ships and paper against rubber needs. It suggests Japan would struggle to cut 60 percent of the vast rubberwood stock in the Netherlands Indies and Malaya, indicating supply constraints amid wartime pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Netherlands Agency
Netherlands Indies
Malaya
Archbishop Spellman Arrives in New York After World Tour
Archbishop Francis J. Spellman of New York returned to his home tonight by air after an extended tour of England the Mediterranean and Africa. He said he was feeling well and happy to be home and would not issue a public statement until tomorrow. He had left the United States last winter after conferring with President Roosevelt and visited Prime Minister Chamberlain and Pope Pius XII. The State Department said he left Pretoria en route home and had not gone to Rome on a peace mission as some dispatches abroad suggested.
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New York
Francis J. Spellman
England
Mediterranean
Africa
United States
Prnei_dent Roosevelt
Churchill
Pope Pius XII
State Department
Andeft
Pretoria
South Africa
ROC
Rome
Vabroad
Police End Crowd After Attempted Arrest in Savannah
Police dispersed a crowd in Savannah on August 2 after city officers tried to arrest a Black woman on Weet Broad street near the Union Station. Armed military and civil police assisted in the disturbance.
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Savannah
Weet Broad Street
Union Station
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J. M. Davis
Thomas N. Dysart
U.S
Sicily
Licata
Patton
7Th Army
I Signal Corps
North Africa
U. S. Women’s Army Corps
WAC
Gertrude Lund
Helen Marsh
Vincennes
Imd
Doris Callahan
Philadelphia
Wacs
Lucille James
Sioux City
Frederick Fair Grounds
Middletown
Moscow
Moskva
Nearerst Designs
U. A. Lough
South Market St
Frederick, Mi
Oakland
A. B. Leamer
St. Mark's Lutheran Church
West Virginia
Asco
West
Archbishop Spellman
Gulfer
Lydia
E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
M. Dally
Farmers and Mechanics National Bank
Frederick, Maryland
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Cory Glass Coffee Brewer
Cory Royal
H Romsberg
Jeweley
Sie
KEY Hotel Bldg
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