W P Morsell Dies Prominent Frederick County Resident
William Preston Morsell of near New Market died at Frederick City Hospital after several weeks illness. Born August 4 1857 in Macedon Center New Jersey he helped introduce Holstein cattle and led local dairy farming efforts. He served in Maryland legislature and on the Frederick County Board of Education. Survived by widow Annie V Howard sixteen daughters and several grandchildren, funeral Saturday at 2:30 from East Patrick Street funeral home with Rev Ralph Sharpe officiating. Burial Mt Oliver cemetery.
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William Preston Morsell
New Market
Frederick County
Frederick City Hospital
Morsell
Ann Rebecca Preston
William Buchan Morsell
Macedon Center
N.j E
Macedon Academy
WP Morsell
Jefferson Road
Frederick County Pomona Grange
Frederick County Agricultural Society
Maryland
Pleasant Hill
Preston
Lester G. Mainhart
Annie V. Howard
William Howard
Ballenger
Lester G. Matcart
John D Leatherman
Howard Morsell Mainhart
Washington
Lester G. Mainhart, Jr
England
Mary Edith Mainhart
Robert Mainhart
Eleanor
Virginia Mainhart
Mary Virginia Leather
Wanted More Gas and Coupons for 100 Gallons
San Francisco August 12 Mo ron T Jacobsen pleaded with OPA officials for extra mileage ration stamps fumbling for a paper in his pocket coupons good for 100 gallons of gasoline. Assistant U S Attorney Valen G Manundek charged Jacobsen with illegal possession of the stamps. More than 25 000 public health nurses are employed in the United States and territories by state local and national agencies.
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San Francisco
T. Jacobsen
OPA
U. S
Valen G. Manundek
Jacobsen
United States and Territories
Nazi Targets Hit By U.S. Bombers In Day Raids
Flying Fortresses of the U S Eighth Army Air Force attacked industrial targets in Germany today in daylight raids following night strikes on the Ruhr and Rhineland by RAF Mosquitos. The German radio reported heavy air battles above the clouds and said Bonn, a major railway center and Beethoven’s birthplace, was targeted along with other Rhine valley sites. Four engined bombers faced cloud cover and returns claimed the inner city of Bonn as the focal point of the assault, while losses and subsequent retaliatory raids affected Britain.
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Eighth Army Air Force
Germany
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Rhineland
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RAF
France
Low Countries
Bonn
Cologne
Rhine
French
Beethoven
U. S
Britain
Kassel
Focomotive
Letrait
Brittain
Terni
Rome
Northwest Africa
Sicilian
iThe Halian
Associated Press
Terni and Itspemulason
Reggio Calabria
Messina
Pleasure Driving Ban Is Still In Effect
Secretary Ickes declined to clarify whether the administration would lift the pleasure driving ban in the East. He noted Eastern gasoline stocks fell last week but remains near prewar levels in overall petroleum deliveries at about 1.5 million barrels daily. He called crude oil, kerosene and industrial fuel oil stocks substantially improved.
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Washington
Ickes
East
Coal Dealers To Get 10 Per Cent Reduction
Secretary Ickes announced that coal dealers will be limited to 90 percent of last year’s anthracite requirements due to production losses from work stoppages. The Solid Fuels Administrator reported a shortfall of 3,500,008 tons of hard coal so far this year, signaling potential trouble meeting demand.
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Washington
Ickes
Outbreak of Infantile Paralysis Causes Death in Tulsa
Death of three year old Donald Kirk marks the first fatality in Tulsa's infantile paralysis outbreak. Twenty six cases are being treated as hospitals report crowded facilities and ongoing patient care.
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Tulsa
Okla
Donald Kirk
Emmitsburg Machinegunner Is Commended For Guts
Corporal Ralph Kelly of Emmitsburg is praised for bravery while serving with Allied forces in Sicily. The 1942 Army recruit, a 1935 Emmitsburg High School graduate, fought from North Africa through the Sicily campaign with minimal hospital time. His sister Mamie Kelly notes his letters never complained of hardship, and she expresses pride at his continued courage behind a machine gun in Troina. Don Whitehead reports from Troina, Aug. 6, with our Naples correspondent.
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Emmitsburg
Ralph Kelly
Don Whitehead
Troina
Sicily
Mediterranea
North African
Martin Kelly
Taneytown
Mamie Kelly
England
Sieily
Miss Kelly
Adamstown Man Hurt Gets Purple Heart
Pvt. Hyatt of Adamstown was wounded March 29 in North Africa and awarded the Purple Heart in May. He is a patient at Lowell General Hospital Fort Devens Massachusetts. He left the United States in July 1942 and returned almost exactly a year later. He suffered a nerve-damaging arm wound from an enemy machine gun in Africa and is expected to regain movement after an August surgery at Lovell General Hospital.
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North Africa
Pvt. Hyatt
Lowell General Hospital
Fort Devens
Mazz
Linwood Hyatt, Sr
Adamstown
Inegi
Pvi. Hyatt
Africa
América
Clais
Letiers
United States
Lovell
Buying Slump in Stock Market Continues Amid Mixed Signs
Market watchers note slack purchasing remains the principal excuse for today’s session while a Peace linge iterable keeps a few stocks in positive territory. Declines outnumber gains as fractional advances thin near mid trading, leaving many sectors in the red.
Nelson to aid Washington food program effort
Washington Aug. 12 Special assistant to Food Administrator Marvin Jones is William L. Nelson former Missouri congressman and long time member of agriculture committees. Nelson will serve as a link between the Food Administration and state and local agricultural war boards and push decentralization to give local people more say in future farm programs. The board gains farm leaders including state agriculture secretaries and commissioners.
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Washington
Marvin Jones
Congress
William L. Nelson
D-Mo
Nelson
Missourian
East Fall
Jones
Columbia
The
Food Administration
State Agricultura War Board
State Secretaries
Judge Schnauffer Buys City Residence
Associate Judge Patrick MM Schnauffer has purchased the brick residence of Mrs Helen Ross Walker at 105 West Second Street and will move in after September 1, with his family relocating from a farm near Mt Pleasant. Mrs Walker buys Lilian K Schley’s Cape Cod at 102 West College Terrace and takes possession October 1. Sales terms through Noah E. Cramer & Son Real Estate not disclosed.
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Patrick MM. Schnauffer
Helen Ross Walker
West Second Street
Poon
WN Schnauffer
Mt Pleasant
Noah E. Cramer & Son
Nemo
Heat wave intensifies as temperatures near 100 degrees
A prolonged heat spell continues with no relief expected this afternoon. The observer logged 94 degrees in the shade at 12:45 PM. The mercury rose to near 100 yesterday but fell to the fifties overnight, signaling a brief break before hotter conditions return.
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Maxim Oetween Yi
LDR
Pearson Is Sentenced To 20 Years At Retrial
Pearson, resident, pleaded guilty today at Howard County Circuit Court to attempted rape and was sentenced to 20 years in the Maryland Penitentiary by Judge James Cle. The trial was moved from Montgomery County at his request after a Court of Appeals ordered a retrial. State’s Attorney Joseph Simpson Jr. testified on Pearson’s police record of 11 prior offenses. A mercy plea was made by Harold C. Smith citing wartime service and a lengthy penitentiary stay.
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Aug Me Ellivett
Howard County
Clark
Fifth Judicial Circuit
Montgomery County
Joseph Simpson, Jr
Pearson
Harold C. Smith
Rockville
Peson
James E. Boylan
Westminster
Clack
Delivery Of Defective Materials Treasonable
Rep Hobbs declares delivering defective materials to the armed forces treason and predicts death penalty. He cites approval by War and Justice departments for a sabtage act enhancement. The bill could hold stockholders liable when a company commits such offenses, tying private gain to military risk.
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Rep
Hobbs
D-Ada
Congress
Mpr
Judiciary Committee
War and Justice Departments
Iham
Former Executives Given Prison Terms In War Contract Fraud
Baltimore August 12 Federal Judge W Chernut sentenced two Triumph Explosives Inc executives from Elkton to three years in prison and fined them after convictions on war contract fraud charges totaling 1 400 900. Gustav Kann faced fines and potential further penalties for restitution while Joseph Gen Decker received three years and 1 000 fine on mail fraud charges with concurrent terms and other related sentences supervised under renego negotiations act
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Baltimore
W. Calvin Chernut
Triumph Explosives, Inc
Elkton
Chesnut
Gustav H. Kann
Pittsburgh
Bngi We Gy
Kann Wr
Ferm
Joseph Gen Decker
Nazis Halt Sweden Trade With Italy Headline
A Swedish report notes Sweden cuts off trade with Italy under Reich control, halting rail transport and commercial shipments. A German director in Sweden confirms the move, while Perseids meteor showers may peak tonight and be visible after midnight. Citizens report many armed men in Frederick last night.
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Stockholm
Sweden
de- Sweo
Norway
Perseus
Freditrick
Japs Report U S Fliers In Kurile Island Raid
New York August 12 14 Japanese radio reports that American fighters attacked the northern Kurile island approach off Paramushiru. Five bombers Flying Fortresses took part and were warned of further enemy air activity from the north. The raid, lasting about 40 minutes over the target, prompted Tokyo to claim light anti aircraft fire and Japanese authorities said the attack was a response to U S raids on the mainland.
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Federal Communications Commission Today
Kuvile Island
Japan
Tokyo
Domei
North America
Earl Te
Patmushira
Kuri
United States
Paramushiro
Rescue Mission Delays as Burma Parachute Party Stays Hidden
A group of 21 Americans and Chinese parachuted into northern Burma on Aug 2 after engine trouble. Officials say it will take two to three months to rescue. Members include William L. Stanton, John Davies, and Eric Sevareid. One person remains missing. Low-level reconnaissance found no safe landing zones within 50 miles.
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New Delhi
Burma
China
India
Assam
Prioon
William L. Stanton
U. S. Board of Economic Warfare
John Davies
Caungking
Eric Sevareid
Columbia Broadcasting System
Diaus
Peace
All German Shipments Stopped to Italy Report
A German frontier report said today that all shipments to Italy are halted. No reasons given. Meanwhile Italy’s government under Badoglio, still at war, seeks terms that might remove Italy from the conflict. A Rome dispatch notes recognition by Malians of the upcoming Churchill-Ren Verbineesinit talks.
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Germany
Italy
Ialy
Putiin Badoglio
Pie Nsory
Teuthes
Ial
Haly
Rome
Die Tat
Zurich
Japs Execute 3 Canadian Missionaries Reported
A Chinese press dispatch said the Japanese executed three Canadian missionaries at Hsauchow Kiangsu after months in captivity and torture. No names or identities were provided in the report.
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Courgking
Hsauchow
Kiangsu
Germans Evacuating Sicily As Allied Landings Continue
Reports from Sicily state German evacuation of troops and equipment to the Italian mainland is underway at a brisk pace with thousands ferried daily under heavy anti aircraft fire. Simultaneously American infantry has established a bridgehead east of Cape Orlando after a dawn landing on the north coast, with naval and air support repelling German counter attacks.
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Sicily
Messina Strait
North Africa
Cape Orlando
San Agata-Cegaro
Nazo River
Messina
Coas
Second Landing Back Of Nazi Lines in Sicily
American forces launched a second behind enemy lines landing in Northern Sicily near Cape Orlando. Infantry with tanks pressed through the night to contact the main force after rapid embarkation days after a prior landing. They seized German prisoners and beat back three heavy counterattacks as they closed a seven mile gap, highlighting continued Allied cooperation in the Sicily campaign.
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Harold V. Boyle
U. S. Seventh Army
Sicily
Cape Orlando
North Africa
Tucks
Nas
Reauc Tans
Air Attacks and Ground Advances in Sicily Front
Allied forces pressed advances across Sicily and southern Italy as air power targeted key centers. American bombers hit Terni north of Rome, while forces near Randazzo and Taormina pushed eastward and ground lines closed to within miles. British units secured areas near Etna as ships and rail facilities faced strikes.
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