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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1942
Page
11
Ward Allen reveals a complex plot involving stolen bonds, an envelope, and a staged confession to Delia Stewart. Joyce uncovers a crucial lie about Hardacker’s death, realizing the murder sequence was manipulated and vengeance entwined with love and fear. The confrontation hints at further revelations as Fenner, Murdock, and Thorndike pursue truth and justice.
Union Bridge and nearby areas report numerous family and youth activities. Rev and Mrs Berkley Bowman lead a month at Camp Panama Harpers Ferry with about ninety children attending. Boy Scouts return from a week at Crouse's Mill. Visitors include James Reese and daughter from Manheim and Mr and Mrs Charles Boutson with relatives. Various residents travel or host, including Viola Miner from Hagerstown visiting Union Bridge. Prigate Blanchard Bowman from Fort Meade visiting Middleburg. neighborho od meeting features a softball game with cubs losing 7 to 6. a picnic and bathing at Taneytown. Also notes Engel's annual vacation trip to Battle Creek, Michigan. The article ends with a statistic about U.S. rail infrastructure: 1539 tunnels, 191,779 bridges.
An insurance study claims girls have a 90 in 100 chance of marriage at age 15, with chances rising and falling across ages. The piece argues against such youth marriages, favoring women aged 19 to 21 as ideal spouses due to maturity, appearance, and stability. It notes midlife trends and concludes with a probate notice for Mrs. Mary W. Lawson of Damascus and executorship details.
Mrs Alice Macken and Miss Alice Macken and Miss Alice McFadden of Bryn Mawr Pa spent last week with Mr and Mrs Samuel Breth. Breth family guests John and Ann returned home with Mrs Breth and stayed with her mother Mrs Mecken. Others include Mrs ELA Seabrook, Luther Kepner and Maksim Arnold party from Fairfield Pa visiting Warry Clingan and Mary net Baha. Jub Leister Baumgardner and George Baumgardner visited Lewis Nichols Harpers Ferry WV. Baumgardner remained to spend a week. Mary Baker also visited George Harris Westminster. Peter Graham Woildasin and son Graham joined Albert Bang Baltimore for Sunday. Fire Company ambulance, in operation under a year, has traveled 4800 miles and conveyed 57 patients to hospitals.
Mr and Mrs Lea Gossert and family from Quincy Illinois spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Lawrence Foutz near Westminster Rev Paul Warner and Master were present for the gathering
Paul Warner Jr of Uniontown visited near Westminster with Mrs Laurence Fouts and Mrs Raymond Barnes. Friends from New Jersey joined Bolain Crawmer’s family near Westminster for a weekend gathering. Senator Earl Shipley spent an evening with his son in Westminster. Camp OConor at Cascade hosts All Companies of the Binty Dallotun of Un Macadud State Guard in camp with Francis N. B. Thomas and Robert Ewell, about 80 locals in training and due back next Sunday. Mrs Stuad Widener and three Alaska resettlers returned to Westminster to stay with her parents Milton and Mrs Sullivan. Morrison Smith and wife of Uniontown called on the Foutz home near Westminster. Major Blunt Roosevelt, son of the President, enlisted as a lieutenant colonel in the US Army while recovering from a knee injury in Dayton. He planned to leave for an air base in Colorado Springs but stayed for further treatment. The News notes the item and asks readers to say they saw it.
The earliest iron made in the Americas was produced by settlers in Massachusetts, marking a seminal craft achievement in colonial metalwork and early industrial activity in New England.
Hollywood reports a peek behind the scenes of films starring Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth. Director William Seiter guides the dance sequences as Astaire and Hayworth rehearse with patience and grit. Hayworth reveals knees and feet ache from heavy dancing while heat surges on sound stages. The Desert Song and Africa set chatter spotlight hot temperatures and a floor show with striking chorus girls, shaping new film figure trends.
The 49th liberty ship built at Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard was launched this afternoon in Baltimore. Named the Andrew Hamilton after a prominent former Philadelphia attorney, the vessel’s christening was performed by Mrs. J. E. Grant, wife of the US Maritime Commission engineering section production division head, who broke the champagne bottle.
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