Postwar Committee Named to Plan Civic Improvements
City officials named a five member Postwar Survey and Planning Committee led by Mayor Hugh V Gittinger to study Carroll Creek drainage water mains to Fishing Creek reservoir and Toinganore Creek watershed development. The panel includes Jacob R Rameburg T Edgie Russell Herbert S Schroeder Charles F Bowers and City Engineer W Raymond Walter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aldernem
Hugh V. Gittinger
Jacob R.rameburg
T. Edgie Russell
Herbert S. Schroeder
Charles F. Bowers
W. Raymond Walter
Carroll Creek
Fishing Creek
Toinganore Creek
E. Austin James
Paul L. Romsburg
Benjamin B. Rosenstock
Water Street
Ramsburg
Baker Park
James
Russell H. McCain
Horton Motor Lines
Market
Patrick Streets
Walter
Frederick Welding Company
Cattle Sale At Ramsburg Draws Big Crowd Near Frederick
A large crowd attended the dairy cattle sale of Carl L. S. Ramsburg near Frederick on Tuesday. Thirty six head were sold with the high cow and calf bringing $325. The herd had been owned by James H. Cramer of this city. Glenn Trout acted as auctioneer and R L Kelly served as clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl L. S. Ramsburg
Frederick
James H. Cramer
Glenn Trout
R. L. Kelly
Punishment Of War Criminals Discussed By Brig. Gen. Perrott
Brigadier General Francis Perrott spoke at the Rotary Club luncheon on punishment for war criminals, arguing that public justice should not spare leaders of German and Japanese atrocities. He urged criminal accountability for atrocities and compared leaders to Jack the Ripper when tried, stressing the need to lower their dignity before the law. Attendees included Daniel McMullen and Robert Schleunes with other local Rotarians.
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Perrott
Rotary Club
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Francis Perrott
Maryland
Kiwanis Club
Third Service
Frederick
L Perrott
Ta Orescral
William B. Bennett
General Perrott
Rotary
W. J. B. Anders
Daniel McMullen
Cumberland
Robert L. Schleunes
Hagerstown
T. Kemp Maples
Watermelon dealer faces multiple charges in Frederick Court
In Frederick traffic court Judge Edward J. Smith hears charges against Zipperer and chauffeur for operating without plates and lack of licenses. Forfeitures total $33.35 plus four impounded cars. Police describe impaired crop sales and New York market plan to recoup losses with used car purchases. Other local drunkenness and traffic forfeitures listed for several individuals.
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Georgia
Carlin
Dhipperer
Gwinnett Street
Savannah
Frederick
Edward J. Smith
Zipperer
Philip H. Culler
New York
Siapiece
Norman T. Trump
Michael Nevius
Riverside
Nevius
Zipverer
Charles Palmer
East St
Grace King
William Stevens
Water Street
Edward A. Tyergar
East South Street
Daniel M. Plummer
McKeesport
Emerson Snyder
Myersdale
Weapons stockpile arrives for study at Aberdeen proving grounds
More than 4,000 tons of captured enemy arms arrived at the Aberdeen proving grounds in Maryland for study and analysis. The shipment includes over 1,500 shells and other ordnance items destined for examination by U.S. Army ordnance specialists.
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Army Ordnance Proving Grounds
Aberdeen
Mad
State Police Open Drive On Speeders
State Police announce an emergency campaign to curb excessive speed. Plain clothes troopers in black or other color cars will police only the 50 mph limit, while standard khaki patrols enforce 35 mph. The program includes electric stop police signs and cooperation with Army and Navy authorities.
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Baltimore
Beverly Ober
Ober
Army
Navy
Maryland
Automobile Club of Maryland
Maryland Motor Truck Association
British Troops Use Insecticide Shirts Against Typhus Lice
British invasion troops wear shirts treated with insecticide to deter typhus carrying lice, signaling wartime hygiene measures amid frontline operations.
Seven Japs Killed For Every American In Guam Push
U S Pacific Fleet officials say Marines and Army troops overran Tiyan airfield in Guam within 13 days of invasion. In that period 7,419 Japanese were killed at a cost of 1,022 American lives. Adm Chester Nimitz commended Gen A D Bruce’s 77th Division for performance. July marriage licenses in Rockville totaled 221, the highest for any month this year aside from June.
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United States
Guadalcanal
Tulagi
Gavutu Islands
Solomons
America
Guam
Tinian
Solomon Islands
Saipan
Eecote
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Marianas
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Tiyan
Nimitz
Holland M. Smith
Fleet Marine Forces
Pacific
A. D. Bruce
Rockville
Lucille Fennington
Washington Flood City Deepens As Rain Reaches Five Inches
Washington area drenched by heavy rainfall ending a long drought. Five inch total by late day flooded streets and a deep subway on Fourteenth Street NW. Government triangle and surrounding offices faced water over sidewalks as workers were stranded. Two families were reported marooned.
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Washington
Potomac River
Fourteenth Street 5.W
Bureau of Engraving
Agriculture Department
Constitution Avenue
Government Triangle
Commerce, Labor, Internal Revenue, Justice
Archives
Federal Trade Commission
Maryland
Virginia
Frederick Market Ad Promises Wide Range of Goods
An evening opening at 1 South Market offers items from elastic to ric rac, pins, scissors, knives, forks, spoons, gloves, curtain rods, padlocks, steel wool, Tron cards, steel rings, note books, and children's clothing from A to 2.
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Frederick
South Market
Thurmont Soldier Killed in France During WWII
Sergt Hassan Sauble of Thurmont with Company A 115th Infantry was killed in action in France on July 11. His mother Mrs Ada C Sauble received a War Department telegram confirming his death. He was the second Thurmont man from the original Company A to die in France, following Pfc Dale M Ford who was reported killed on June 13 with announcement dated July 11.
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France
Ada C. Sauble
Thurmont
War Department
Sergt
Hassan
Pfc
Dale M. Ford
Sergi Sauble
Goering Names Kreipe Air Force Chief After Korten Death
Reichsmarshal Hermann Goering appoints Lt. Gen. Werner Kreipe as chief of the General Staff of the German Air Force to replace Col. Gen. Guenther Korten, killed in a bomb blast aimed at Hitler. British radio cites Stockholm reports of the July 20 attack near Insterburg East Prussia.
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Associated Press
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Werner Kreipe
Guenther Korten
Hitler
DNB
Kreipe
Stockholm
Insterburg
East Prussia
Konigsberg
Red Cross honors Brooklyn man for 24 pints of blood
The Red Cross commends Ben B. Hofstadter of Brooklyn as the first in the United States to donate 24 pints of blood to the armed forces, a total of three gallons, as of August 2 in New York.
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Champ
New York
The
Red Cross Today
Ben B. Hofstadter
Brooklyn
United States
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