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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1942
Page
3
A Tokyo dated German radio broadcast claims Japanese reconnaissance planes spotted a British American convoy in the Coral Sea and attacked. It says Japanese bombers and torpedo planes, despite heavy anti-aircraft fire, sank ships and shot down 41 enemy planes in night battles with continued action the next day.
Mary land Tract Adamstown Walkersville and Asbury Methodist church will open in the next week or ten days as soon as materials arrive from Fred erick headquarters. Mrs Holmes D Baker chair man of the Red Cross Frederick County surgical dressings committee announced. Dressings work will extend to the county as monthly quotas rise with armed forces needs. Women are at work on the July quota of 46 000 dressings including three kinds of sponges.
New York area suburban readers face a price increase from three to four cents per copy for the New York Times and the New York Herald-Tribune beginning today. The higher rate applies to a 50 mile radius around New York City Hall as defined by the Audit Bureau of Circulations, says William Schreinh, circulation manager of the Times.
New York August 10 Whitlow Wyatt of the Brooklyn Dodgers was fined 875 and Manny Salvo 50 by president Ford Frick of the National League today for their actions in the beanball throwing game at Boston Saturday.
U S bombers attacked the Bengasi supply port at dawn scoring direct hits on at least one ship and causing harbor damage while returning safely. RAF and South African planes bombarded shipping off North Africa and strafed Axis planes near El Daba west of El Alamein. New York stocks held even with scant bullish news as steels led slight gains. A second son was born to Mrs Max Baer last night, giving boxer Max Baer a new child alongside his Hollywood acting career.
Washington reports a trimmed list of bicycle buyers under rationing effective August 15 by the Office of Price Administration. The revision narrows eligibility to specific occupations and requires proof of need, reflecting the War Production Board’s order to end bicycle production at month’s end.
Democrat Thomas E. Cook, a Maryland gubernatorial hopeful, stated his campaign is progressing satisfactorily and that his supporters across the state are his campaign managers. He said he began to rid Maryland of politicians and remains focused. He has toured various sections of the state to boost his bid. Barnard T. Welsh of Rockville was named a full time law instructor at Columbus University Law School in Washington, after two years in practice with his father in Rockville.
Sergeant Aaron D. Shank of Cumberland Maryland listed as missing in action at Midway Island in the War Department notice covering men missing in Alaska Midway and Hawaii He enlisted in 1940 saw Pearl Harbor action and returned to the United States in 1942 before being ordered back to Hawaii His wife Theresa Shank of Cumberland informed and a letter noted his plane was last seen plunging into the sea
Jessup Volun teer Fire Company members filed damage suits in the Court of Common Pleas in Baltimore against Richard F. Kline over a March Washington boulevard collision between his truck and the fire engine. Damages sought include 15000 by William L. Shipley and 5000 each by Warien Myers Floyd Carroll and Bernard L. Gardner, plus 10000 from the engine. Nusbaum’s truck suffered damage but he escaped with minor injuries. Meanwhile George F. Stockes of Point of Rocks was among 65 U. S. Marines advanced to temporary colonel rank, noting his long service and family ties in the area.
Keystone paints and varnishes for casein paint rubber glass wax and cleaner floor sanding and refinishing offered by Nicodemus Paint Store at 30 NS Court St with phone 425.
A Frederick youth aged 15, Alvie Stake, admitted stealing about $30 from Snyder Confectionery on Not Market Street. He was brought back from Pennsylvania by Special Investigator Allen Bartgis and Lieutenant Merbeort Stragsburg. Police recovered $10, and Stake may be turned over to juvenile authorities. He was taken into custody in Pittsburgh after authorities learned he had been freed during transit.
Private Travis P Hammond of Texas, 25, in the British court martial on charges he assaulted a 16 year old English girl and had carnal knowledge of her on July 17. If convicted he faces death or long imprisonment for a violation of the 92d article of war. The hearing opened publicly despite earlier plans for privacy at the girl's parents' request. The court sat four days after Parliament extended martial law rules to U S soldiers in Britain under a wartime act.
Melbourne reporting that Prime Minister John Curlin said he consented to divert some fighter planes destined for Australia to other war areas. He called this the most serious sacrifice Austral has faced due to recent Allied reverses, noting unclear whether planes originated from the United States or Great Britain.
Scientist Durham warns annual pollination of ragweed pollen will intensify through October, potentially hobbling workers in war plants and training camps. He estimates about 4 percent of people suffer hay fever, with dry windy days driving airborne pollen toward the Midwest and beyond as Burn Bush pollen spreads eastward from Colorado to Michigan.
Brederik County Welfare Board reports July assistance totals across programs. Aid to dependent children served 639 cases costing about 6 million, average grant $35.89 per family. General public assistance reached 457 persons with average grant 1467, total 149,592. Old age assistance aided 205 inmates with 17 total cost, and four applications for aid to dependent children approved with two pending. Two GPA applications approved, two rejected, four pending. Mental hospital patient ability investigations yielded one more case decision plus one pending. Atlantic City reports two more grand hotels planned for Army use.
Blenheim and the Cheltendant Revere, along with a smaller side-vaventec hostelry, were incorporated into the Army Air Forces Replacement Training Center as part of its expanding network.
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