Independent ticket may enter field in Montgomery County
In Rockville Aug 10 withdrawal of Republican candidates signals possible independent ticket formation amid party splits. Plans include a coalition option with some Republicans and anti-organization Democrats, possibly tied to a referendum charter push. Democratic contests arise for Orphans Court and Sixth Judicial Circuit judge, with multiple filings and incumbents facing indorsement splits.
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Rockville
Montgomery County
Charter Committee
Republican State Central Committee
Johnson
John R. Reeves
Bethesda
Robert E. Wise
Silver Spring
House of Delegates
Frank R. Long
Kensington
James M. Mount
Gaithersburg
Walter J Johnson
Associat
Sixth Judical Circuit
Robert E. Clapp
Manuel M. Weinberg
Sherman
Name Is Schmidt But He Was The Wrong One
Frederick Police on Monday picked up a man matching the FBI description of one of three alleged German saboteurs. After fingerprinting and contacting FBI New York, officials learned the man was Carl W. Schmid of the Sanborn Map Company, not Joseph Schmidt. Schmidt had shown credentials and a photo as the surveyor for updates to fire maps. A note in the local paper warned residents to avoid misidentifying him as a spy. In other news, a divorce was granted in Equity Court to Josephine E Beck who will resume her maiden name Josephine E Mont. costs to be paid by the respondent. Patrick M Schnauffer appeared for the complainant.
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Frederick
FBI
New York
Joseph Schmidt
United States
Carl W. Schmid
Sanborn Map Company
Schmidt
Walter
Edward S. Delaplaine
Equity
Josephine E Beck
Frostburg
Harry B. Reth
Ohio
Josephine E Mont
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Answers To War Quiz Havens Om Page Five
The item notes a flag over Spain and Francisco Franco as aligned with the Axis and mentions a training camp where soldiers prepare before overseas deployment. It also references a pair of binoculars, a Naval Observer, and a nominal payment for the duration, reflecting wartime home front content.
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Havens
Spain
Francisco Franco
Condemnation Petitions For Monocacy Bridge Approaches Filed
State Roads Commission filed two petitions in Circuit Court seeking condemnation of strips of the Staley and Rosenstock properties for the new Monocacy bridge approaches. Notices order defendants to show cause in ten days why the land should not be condemned, with August 13 return date. Staleys agreed to accept the state offer and transfer land.
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States Roads Commission
Samuel Rosenstock
John H. Staley
William C. Walsh
Edward H. Johnson
W. Jerome Offutt
Alton Bennett
Edward 5. Delaplaine
Staleys
Staley
State Roads Commission
Rosenstock
M J. Grove Lime Co
Lower Price Ceilings To Be Felt By Packers
Baltimore dispatch notes that OPA price ceiling cuts on canned peas and tomatoes will hurt Eastern Shore packers and Maryland farmers. Executive says many firms may survive only by diverting output to lend lease agencies. Critics warn it will shrink public supplies and raise business pressure. A Unionville Minute Men meeting is set for Thursday at 8 PM with a Libertytown group previously organized.
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Baltimore
Eastern Shore
OPA
Maryland
CFA
Trio Jailed After Hearing Disturbing County Case
Callie Belle Bryant of Buckeystown was found guilty of disturbing the peace and vagrancy and fined 20 dollars or 30 days, with a six month suspended sentence tied to leaving the county. Fannie Maude Deck and Oscar Lee Pearl, arrested with Bryant, were also found guilty and fined 20 dollars or 30 days. The trio was remanded to jail in lieu of fines. Six youths charged with disturbing the peace were reprimanded pending further investigation into alleged property destruction near Washington Street School.
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Callie Belle Bryant
Buckeystown
Alton Y. Bennett
Fannie Maude Deck
Adamstown
Oscar Lee Pearl
John Md
Bryant
E. L. Compton
Lewistown
Rowe 15
Compton
Hhee
W. H. Watts
Virginia
Watts
Bennett
Washington Street
L Welty
Center
Madison Streets
George F. Hoffman
Youths Arrested Over Noise Complaint in Local Park
Officer Harry D. Stup investigated a noise disturbance leading to six youths being arrested. All six pleaded not guilty claiming they were just laughing. Magistrate Bennett admonished them to find quieter spots in the future. Names include Brachey Myers Crummitt Kemp Schell Stockman. Several collateral forfeitures listed for drunkenness and related offenses. One man, Vernon Rhoderick, remained jailed overnight for shift readiness.
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Harry D. Stup
Bennett
John William Brachey
West South Street
David V. Myers
Madison Street
Grayson Crummitt
Wallace Kemp
Eugene Schell
Jefferson Pike
Charles V. Stockman
Walter Jackson
Claude Brightwell
H. M Grimes
Buckeystown
Dilmen DeHaven
Corn Shane
George Leon Masser
Walter Wallman
Harry Thomas Diggs
Vernon Rhoderick
Baker Park
Lack Of Materials May Curtail War Production
Washington August 10 Fears that as many as 1000 war plants might be forced to cut production this month due to material shortages were voiced by the Labor Policy Committee of the War Production Board in a July 30 resolution. A WPB source said several thousand men were laid off in July by stoppages or production curtailments in more than 30 plants holding war contracts. The resolution presented to WPB Chairman Donald M Nelson urged greater unity and better information exchange among WPB the armed services and other agencies to head off shutdowns. The Labor Policy Committee, created to advise WPB's labor production division, is composed of union representatives three from the AFL and CIO each.
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Washington
Labor Policy Committee
War Production Board
WPB
Donald M Nelson
Armed Services
AFL
CIO
Tax Hearings To End Soon
Washington, Aug. 10 The Senate Finance Committee moved to end its public hearings by Thursday after rejecting a Treasury proposal to tax all earned income in eight community property states Texas Louisiana Arizona New Mexico Idaho Nevada Washington and California The move would have raised about 87 million annually witnesses urged retention of the existing 2745 percent depletion allowance for oil and gas wells Oklahoma Senators spoke in favor of keeping the current system.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
George
D-Ga
Treasury Department
Texas
Louisiana
Arizona
New Mexico
Idaho
Nevada
Calfornia
Treasury
Oklahoma
Lee
Thomas
T. P. Gore
House
Ways and Means Committee
93 Executed By Nazis In Paris In A Night Terror Campaign
German authorities in Paris announced the execution of 93 “terrorists” following a wave of anti German attacks. Brig. Gen Oberg of the SS signed the dispatch and warned the population to be vigilant or face measures that will affect all. He blamed the attacks on those in Britain’s pay.
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Vichy
Paris
Oberg
Britain
FROVE THEMSELVES In Bena Bena Warriors Swallow Canes
In the Bena Bena tribes of New Guinea warriors prove their worthiness by swallowing long flexible canes, a display of self mastery required for acceptance into the tribe.
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New Guinea
Japs Have Large Supply Of Fuel Oil
American experts repatriated from Japanese territories say Japan can sustain fuel needs for ships, tanks, and planes for 18 months from stockpiles and conquests though lubricating oil remains scarce due to lack of suitable crude and refinery capacity. They warn Dutch- and British-held refineries were destroyed and transport to Japan remains a bottleneck. Bangkok hosts the only Southern Orient refinery.
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Belman Morin
Rio de Janeiro
Gripsholm
British Borneo
Netherlands Indies
Yenang Young
Burma
United States
Pacific
Japan
Honkong
Philippines
Pandekan
Singapore
Hongkong
Netherlands East Indies
Borneo
Java
Sumatra
Sarawak
Orient
Bangkok
Nazis Comment On Executions First From German Radio
New York August 10 The German radio in its first comment on the execution of six Nazi saboteurs in Washington stated the executions were a serious event whose consequences enemy countries could not ignore The radio attributed the remark to a German Foreign Office spokesman It said the United States by its action forfeited the right to protest against the condemnation of saboteurs in occupied territory
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New York
Washington
Foreign Office
United States
McKeldin Urges GOP Rally to Preserve Maryland Two Party System
In Hagerstown on August 10 Theodore McKeldin told Washington County Women's Republican Club that dissatisfied voters are rallying to GOP leadership to prevent Maryland from becoming a one party state. He criticized the current governor for breaking his pledge of a single term and implied the legislature should be purged.
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Hagerstown
Theodore K. McKeldin
GOP
Maryland
Women's Republican Club
Washington County
McKeldin
Whebee
Wicrett
Malta Holds Out Against Axis Bombing Says RAF Leader
Air Vice Marshal Sir Hugh Pughe Lloyd, head of RAF in the Mediterranean, expressed confidence Malta would resist Axis bombing. He called Malta the greatest factor in defending the Mediterranean, more vital than Gibraltar, and noted scarce convoys and limited sea transport. Spitfires reportedly shot down 200 Axis planes in the first half of July.
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New York
Hugh Pughe Lloyd
Royal Air Force
Mediterranean
Malta
Gibraltar
Hugh
Steel Workers And Companies Fail In Talks
In Pittsburgh CIO President Philip Murray announced that negotiations between the United Steelworkers of America and five United States Steel Corporations had failed and been referred to the War Labor Board. The talks centered on Little Steel directives including a 52 cent per hour wage boost, minimum daily guarantee, union security and check off, with both sides extending work while contracts near expiry. The War Labor Board scheduled a Pittsburgh meeting with U S Steel and the CIO union to determine procedure for handling the dispute.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
Philip Murray
United Steelworkers of America
United States Steel
War Labor Board
Murray
USW
Bethlehem Steel
Republic Steel
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Inland Steel
National War Labor Board
Little
U .S. Steel
Carnegie- Illinois
Columbia Steel
American Steel and Wire
National Tube
Tennessee Coal, and Iron and Railroad
Freidin
Daws
WLB
John R. Steelman
U. S. Conciliation Service
Maryland Legion Convention to Draw 3000 Visitors
The Maryland Department American Legion plans the Cumberland convention August 26 to 29 expecting 3000 out of town attendees including 1300 officials. Ribbon badges are prepared for 800 Legion delegates 450 auxiliary delegates 300 forty and eight delegates and 150 Negro legionnaires. Banquet seating is arranged for 400 to 500 on August 27. Officials anticipate attendance to match the 1940 peak despite wartime travel issues.
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Cumberland
Maryland Department
American Legion
Legion
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Frederick County
W. Glenn Beall
Henry C. Triester
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E. Brooke Lee
Jug Bridge
Unionville Meeting
Unionville
Libertytoun
Alaska
United Nations
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Hilippine
Guam
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Manchukuo
Aluhan Islands
mid-Pacific
Midway
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U. S. Navy
France
C. E. Cline & Son Funeral Directors
Bradley In
Russia
Pollett Bradley
First Air Force
Moscow
Roosevelt
Stalin
U. S
Nebraska
Areewest Stend
C. C. Carty, Inc
Patrick Street
WLBE
Victory Bicycles For Sale
Total Rationing Board
Melay Delphey
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