Corn Yields Fall Sharply in Local Canning Season
Frederick canners report corn yields only 10 to 25 percent of normal due to scorching heat dry winds and delayed rain. Early Golden Bantam fares better at Thomas and Company with plants running late into the night while late corn shows little worth in hard-hit areas like Glade Valley. Demand and weather will shape remaining weeks of processing and the season’s length.
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Frederick Canners
Thomas and Company
Monocaty
Dickerson
Drouth
Frederick
Frederick City Packing Company
Adamstown
Gaithersburg
Twelve Escape From Springfield State Hospital
Baltimore August 3 twelve patients escaped from the Springfield State Hospital for mental cases near Sykesville last night binding two attendants to chairs. Dr George H Preston Maryland Commissioner of Mental Hygiene said three had been found and returned. He said none were dangerous and the escape stemmed from a severe staffing shortage. The two attendants were seized during a night checkup.
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Baltimore
Springfield State Hospital
Sykesville
George H. Preston
Maryland
Orphans Court Grants Administration for John B. Hickman Estate
The Orphans Court issued letters of administration on the estate of John B. Hickman to Dr. Laurence Hickman of Baltimore. He lists his father Laurence Hickman Sr as sole heir and reports assets so far of about $10 in real property and $4,000 in personal property.
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Orphans Court
John B. Hickman
Laurence Hickman
Baltimore
Ickes backs coal to oil plants for synthetic fuel
Secretary Ickes told a Senate subcommittee that oil reserves total 19 or 20 billion barrels, a 14 to 15 year supply at current use, while coal holds about three trillion tons. He endorsed advancing demonstration plants to extract motor fuel from coal and shale, claiming coal could yield 1.5 billion gallons yearly for 1,000 years and still leave coal for other needs.
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Washington
America
Ickes
Petroleum
War
Senate Public Lands
Draft Board to Call Some Fathers Under New Order
Local draft officials expect to call some pre Pearl Harbor fathers in October to meet monthly quotas after a Selective Service order loosens the rules. October calls depend on quotas, with occupation deferments expiring in September and 18 year olds still registering. If October demand is high, many fathers may be summoned. if low, few. Initial classifications and physical exams will follow after official orders arrive.
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Draft Board
Pearl Harbor
Board One
Four-Alarm Fire Blocks Traffic In Baltimore
A four alarm fire on West Franklin Street in Baltimore blocked traffic and forced merchants on Paca and Eutaw streets to close. One fireman was injured as flames from Stanley Furniture spread to the Pep Boys warehouse. The Stanley building was unoccupied at outbreak. nearby structures were evacuated. In other news, Dutch submarine Dolfijn reportedly torpedoed an Axis supply ship and sank two schooners in the Mediterranean.
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Baltimore
Franklin Street
Paca
Eutaw
Stanley Furniture Company
Pep Boys Automobile Accessories
Stanley
London
Netherlands
Dolfjin
Mediterranean
County bids on Montevue sewer repair by Waesche Co
Twe County Commissioners discussed a bid from the L. R. Waesche Company of Thurmont for Montevue sewer repair. A contract has not yet been awarded.
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Twe County
L. R. Waesche Company
Thurmont
Montevue
Stocks Rally and Waver as Leaders Hold Recovery Course
New York on August 3 Stocks moved unevenly with bulls clinging to a tentative recovery in the industrial index leaders resisting frequent trend reversals amid a choppy market overall.
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New York
ISL
Great Force of British Planes Hits Hamburg
London reports a vast RAF bombing of Hamburg marking a record ninth raid in 10 days. The night attack followed earlier 2,300 ton strikes, with Beaufighters and Mosquitoes and raids on Ruhr targets. Hamburg left in ruins as evacuation orders spread.
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London
RAF
Hamburg
Thirly
Germany
Air Ministry
Ruhr
Holland
Artrfields
Sylt
Cuxhaven
Fighter Command
Royal Australian Air Force
Hapdens
Norway
Trondheim
Oan Conchmant
U.S
Stockholm
Six Killed In Plane's Crash In Charlevoix
Six people died when a two engine Army trainer plane crashed during an attempted takeoff at Charlevoix airport. Among the dead were high ranking officers from the air forces experimental laboratory including Lieut Col John Evans Davis and Capt Wendell P Lester.
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Charlevoix
Mich
Wright Field
Dayton
Onis
A. H. Pearson
Air Forces’ Experimental Laboratory
John Evans Davis
Columbus
Ohio
Wendel P. Lester
Baytown
Tex
W. W. Cummins
Solon
Isihan
Lewis O'Neil
Col. Davis
John
Second Daughter Born to Iron Lung Victim in Chicago
In Chicago on August 3, Mrs Teressa Larkin Snite gave birth to a second daughter for Pred Snite senior, a 33 year old infantile paralysis victim confined in an iron lung for over seven years.
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Chicago
Teressa Larkin Snite
Pred Snite
Hamburg’s War Toll Seen in Danish Eyewitness Accounts
Danish consul in Copenhagen quoted a Danish worker describing Hamburg after Allied air strikes. He spoke of halted work obligations, widespread ruins, fires in streets, naked or underdressed residents, many bodies with eyes open, and deaths from air pressure. German press acknowledged questioning German invincibility amid fronts.
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Stockholm
Hamburg
Copenhagen
Germany
Svenska Dagbladet
Rumanian Oil Fields Still Afire After Great U.S. Raid
Eyewitness accounts from Istanbul describe a vast blaze in the Ploesti petroleum complex after Sunday’s U.S. Liberator raid. Seven bombers were forced down in Turkey, one in the sea, with crews interned. Izmir reports three Liberators forced to land, one pilot killed, several wounded, and ships damaged by anti-aircraft fire.
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U.S
Istanbul
Turkey
Ploesti
United States
Thej
Lamir
Ramat‘jan
Bulgaria
Satin
Izmir
Rumania
Seek Cemetery as Park Site for East Fifth and Sixth Streets
Residents along East Fifth and East Sixth streets urge the Mayor and Board of Aldermen to take over the old colored burying grounds between Fifth and Sixth streets at Chapel alley and convert it into a public park or playground. The project faces title disputes and difficulty locating lot owners, with the site often overgrown and used informally for baseball.
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East Fifth
East Sixth Street
Board of Aldermen
Chapel Alley
Fifth
Sixth Streets
East Third Street
Angulus Dudelstued Taut Bodes
Two Brothers Reunite in Utah Base Meeting
Frederick brothers Lt. Robert P. Neisser and Corp. H L Neisser of the Army Air Forces met at Kearns Field Salt Lake City Utah after years apart both serving in the Pacific and inland to temporary duty. Corp Neisser wired home and learned his orders placed him in Florida, while Lt Neisser awaits overseas assignment in Frederick.
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Frederick
Robert P. Neisser
Corp
H. L. Neisser
Army Air Forces
Kearns Field
Salt Lake City
Utah
Neisser
Pacific
Corp. Neisser
Florida
Corp Wet
8. A. P. S.A. T. Air Base
Orianco
Fla
Ragworm Infestation Reported At Height in Washington County
Washington county reports a peak ragworm infestation as larvae of a small moth teeth on trees. County Agent Mark Miller says deforestation is nearly complete and efforts focus on preventing further damage to already encircled trees.
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Magerstown
Washington County
Mark Miller
Miller
Seven Point Armistice Plan Reported For Italy
A DNB AP broadcast from Geneva lists a seven point proposal for Italy including ceasefire of Italian armed forces, withdrawal from territories, handover of war materiel, an Anglo American Soviet military government, and release of Allied POWs. Rumors speak of negotiations versus unconditional surrender with Badoglio resisting Allied pressure as antis fascist forces mobilize.
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London
DNB
Geneva
Popolo di Roma
Associated Press
Roosevelt
Lake
Washington
Navy
Premice
Pietro Badogno
Taly
Italy
Caboose
Radio Algiore
Benita Muesolini
Badoglio
Motorists Summoned for Mileage Ration Hearings
Twenty one motorists from the city and county were summoned to appear before the county OPA legal panel in the Police Court to answer charges of violating mileage ration regulations. Hearings focus on either pleasure driving or exceeding the Victory speed limit of 9 miles an hour with gasoline rations the sole issue.
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Tha
OPA
Toom
Russell Back
West Patrick Street
Albert Henry Smith
Freder Fate
Pone de Po Ueaweeeed
Balharne
East Second Street
Ernest M. Orme
East Third Street
Oscar M. Anglesbee
Baltimore
Ridgeville
Joseph L. Himes
Knoxville
Henry H. Delauder
Richard T. Delaughter
Frederick
George William Wiles
Middletown
W. Russell Roonts
South Street
Mehra G. Cramer
Omer $S. Hendrickson
Thurmont
Lewis E. Krietz
Harry F. Miller
Seton Avenue
Emmitsburg
George Thomas Yeager
Mi. Airy
Rosa Mag Ftermahlen
Uniat
Luther L. Utermahlen
Joseph T. Kerrigan
Point of Rocks
Heffer J. Anhalt
Burkittsville
Gina K. Baker
E. Seventh Street
Walter E. Ridge
Britain to Get Ships Built in United States
London reports Prime Minister Churchill told the House that President Roosevelt will transfer 100 to 200 American constructed ships to Britain, with work already begun. The handover will unfold over 19 months, and Canada is pursuing similar arrangements for ships built in Canada.
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Britain
United States
London
Chargill
House of Commons
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Ter
House
Churchill
Canada
Regalbuto Fall Signals Breakthrough Near Catania Plain
Allied forces in Sicily report Regalbuto captured by Canadian and British troops, opening a path toward the Catania plain as American units push toward Capizzi and Cerami. Montgomery's north Africa bridgehead solidifies as heavy air and artillery support pound German defenses along Ditto river and surrounding towns. Troina and Centuripe see ongoing fighting as Patton’s Seventh Army presses inland toward strategic road junctions.
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North Africa
Regalbuto
Mount Eton
Doushboys
Capitei
Cerami
Sicily
Cap Bon
Seventh Army
Sir Bernard IL. Montgomery
Ditto
George & Patton
Capizzi
Ceramic
Troina
Mount Etna
Sanania
Tati
Chitreliil
House of Commons
Flerce
Dittaina
15Th
Tunisia
Calentinuova
Catania
Eighth Army
Mount Bina
Catunia
Centuripe
Regatbuto
Churchill
Lewis Placid Before WLB in Portal-to-Portal Pay Case
Washington August 3 With John L Lewis placid before the War Labor Board his counsel opened arguments on portal-to-portal pay and a falter pay envelope for coal workers The Illinois Coal Operators Association contract offers 124 portal-to-portal pay and an extra hour at time and a half totaling about 275 per day plus tools and equipment concessions The UMW seeks a model contract for Appalachia and other coal regions The deal would take effect only after WLB approval and Office of Price Administration price boosts to offset production costs
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Washington
John L. Lewis
War Labor Board
United Mine Workers
Lewis
William H. Davis
Uncase
Crampton Birmingham
CIO
Southern Circuit Court of Appeals
UMW
Ilinois Coal Operators Association
Appalachian
Ilinois
WLB
George F. Campbell
Illnois Coal Operators Association
Perth
Office of Price Administration
Injured About Face As Canning Jar Explodes
Mrs. J William Howard of near Frederick was hospitalized Monday with first and third degree burns to face and neck after a jar used in canning exploded in her face. Her left eye was badly burned but doctors believe her vision will be preserved. She will likely return home in four or five days. The injury occurred while she used a new type of jar with a glass ton and may reflect a misuse.
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J. William Howard
Frederick
Attacks Resumed by German U-boats in World War II
A Berlin broadcast reported by DNB via AP says German U-boats have resumed large scale attacks after being fitted with machinery to evade enemy observation. The Aug 30 report notes the upgraded subs are now active across the Atlantic theater.
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London
DNB
Berlin
Associated Press
Axis Planes Bomb Palermo
Palermo Sicily August 1 Allied air raids again struck the city shattering windows and buildings as Axis bombers dropped demolition charges. Four raiders were shot down by Allied fighters after the attack ended. Smoke and fire illuminated the waterfront while residents returned to bed, saying war is fate.
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Palermo
Sicily
Large Force Of U Boats Beaten Off Of Convoy
British war ships and planes sank two U boats from a force of between 25 and 30 submarines attempting an eastbound convoy. Another was probably destroyed and the great force failed to launch any attack. The three day battle between ships, planes, and submarines occurred some weeks ago.
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London
Wlescogs
Admiralty
Detachment of Vice Admiral Hoover from Caribbean Frontier
Vice-Admiral John H. Hoover, U S representative in Martinique talks, is being detached from his command of the Caribbean Sea frontier to assume a new post at sea. Admiral Georges Robert transfers Martinique authority to the Allies as Hoover departs.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
John H. Hoover
United States
Georges Robert
Martinique
Julies
Caribbean Sea Frontier
Sem
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Capizst
Montgomery
Cantania Plain
Swithern
Lewis Placid
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