Camp Detrick Revue Draws Packed Frederick Crowd
The Sad Sack Theater Guild at Camp Detrick staged Barracks Revue before a sold out City Opera House audience. Enlisted performers from Wacs Waves soldiers and sailors presented skits and songs under producer director Martin Finkelstein with notable numbers including Bar Nothing Ranch and Ruth Feist singings. Col. Joseph D. Sears and staff attended the opening night.
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Camp Detrick
Frederick
City Opera House
Service
Wacs
Waves
Martin Finkelstein
Francis E. Dunigan
Clayton E. O'Brien
Thomas Bailey
Lieut. G. R. Hartmann
Robert B. Carl
Glee Club
Helen Balasz
David Shepro
Sid Couchey
A. Rresue
H. E. Newcomb
J. W. Zawadsky
Leonard J. Orsenti
Ruth Tapes
Ruth Feist
Alvin J. Moses
al Lispi
Barbara Knight
Joseph Dumblis
Joseph D. Sears
Fish Prices To Rise At Retail On Many Products
Washington reports a revised ceiling price schedule by the Office of Price Administration will raise prices on several cured and smoked fish by about 10 cents per pound at retail. The increases, effective August 21, cover smoked mild cured salmon, smoked sablefish and whitefish, and smoked kippered salmon, with passthrough to consumers shortly after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
Guest minister to speak at Evangelical Reformed Church
Rev Gottlieb Siegenthaler of Baltimore will preach Sunday at 11 AM at Evangelical Reformed Church in the regular worship service. Pastor Rev Dr Henri L G Kieffer is on a two week vacation and will be away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gottlieb Siegenthaler
Baltimore
Evangelical Reformed Church
Henri L. G. Kieffer
Thurmont Is Winner In State F.F.A. Contest
Thurmont Frederick county chapter wins the state FFA chapter activities contest and a $100 prize at the first annual officer leadership training conference at the University of Maryland. Poolesville wins $75, Sherwood High School throws in $60, Emmitsburg $45. Robert K. Remsburg, Thurmont and Emmitsburg teachers, advised two winning chapters.
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College Park
Future Farmers of America
Thurmont
Frederick County
University of Maryland
Poolesville
Montgomery County
Sherwood High
Sehant
Chanter
Sandy Spring
Emmitsburg
Robert K. Remsburg
Thurmont Land Emmitsburg High Schools
Maj. Lew B. Brown Dies at 83 in St Petersburg
Major Lew B Brown publisher of the St Petersburg Evening Independent died after a long illness in St Petersburg Florida He came to the city in 1908 and took ownership of the paper He once offered free editions on days the sun did not shine on the building distributing 153 free issues in nearly 34 years
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Fla
Lew B Brown
St Petersburg
Evening Independent
Independent
Man Receives Double Summons in Sedalia Case
In Sedalia Missouri on August 16 Emmett Sullivan found a summons on his car to report to the Internal Revenue office over missing use stamp. He explained it washed off the windshield. A second summons appeared when he returned. A third order directed him to Police Headquarters to pay an overtime parking fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedalia
Emmett Sullivan
Internal Revenue Office
Sullivan
Over 400 Arrested In Anti Speeding Drive
Baltimore August 16 More than 400 Maryland motorists have been arrested in the State Police anti speed ing drive started August 5 Police Major Edward McK Johnson said 302 were captured by Saturday of last week 116 were booked from Sunday through yesterday Another 354 motorists received warnings and released
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Baltimore
Maryland
Edward McK. Johnson
Jap Interpretation of Newest Invasion
London reports Tokyo radio claiming Allied invasion of southern France driven by slow northern operations and eastern front German pressure. AP notes Maryland Disabled American Veterans receiving 100 requests for admission, with chapters not yet organized in multiple towns. 18,000 to 20,000 Maryland service personnel discharged to date. Bering Sea named after explorer Vitus Bering.
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London
Tokyo Radio Today
France
Associated Press Today
Adolph C. Winkler, Sr
Disabled American Veterans
Maryland
Winkler
Crisfield
Pocomoke City
Cumberland
Frederick
Silver Spring
Annapolis
Former County Man Drowns in Baltimore Launch Incident
Brooke F. Ross 20, son of Mr and Mrs H F Ross once of Emmitsburg, drowned Monday at Bethlehem Steel Key Highway shipyard in Baltimore after falling from a company launch carrying employees from Pier 5 Pratt Street to the yard. He resided at 25 North Pulaski Street. The launch was tossed by naval craft wake when he fell. his body was recovered last night. Funeral services set for Thursday at 11 with Rev Phillip Bower of Emmitsburg Lutheran Church.
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Brooke F. Ross
H. F. Ross
Emmitsburg
Bethlehem Steel
Phillip Bower
Emmitsburg Lutheran Church
Federal tax status for coin operated gaming devices
Washington reports that coin operated machines paid 7,781,600 into the Treasury in the last fiscal year and are now legal under federal tax laws. A tax of 100 was paid on 77,816 devices, per the Internal Revenue Bureau summary of occupations subject to special taxes.
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Washington
Siot
Treasury
Internal Revenue Bureau
Eighth Army Clears Empoli in Italian Front Action
Eighth Army troops mopped up German resistance in Empoli on the Arno's south bank, 25 airline miles west of Florence, per headquarters. Allied governance feeds three quarters of Florence residents, though many still lack food in outlying suburbs. In Jefferson, 4-H girls met Aug 15, voting to drop softball and plan fair booths, Cloth ing Day, and a campfire act. Frances Remsberg won the cup cake contest. Evelyn Howard demonstrated buttonholes.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Empoli
Arno
Florence
Jefferson
Joyce Dade
Joan Crampton
Evelyn Howard
Dade
Miriam Koontz
Heat in New York Stings Australian Vets
Australian veterans of desert and jungle fighting say only complaint about New York is the heat. They arrived in the city on August 16 and are adjusting to the climate after service.
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New York
Tryon sisters donate memorial books to C Burr Artz Library
Miss Marian Elizabeth Clingan and Miss Sydney Louise Clingan of Tryon North Carolina presented two new books to the C Burr Artz Library in memory of Mrs. Margaret Peck of the city. They chose Treasury of American Folklore and Fifty Years in a Maryland Kitchen for reference and Maryland collections. The idea, praised by librarian Josephine Etchison, follows a Reader's Digest note about memorial books replacing flowers, a growing custom in Tryon and beyond.
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Marian Elizabeth
Sidney Louise Clingan
Tryon
N. C
Frederick
C. Burr Artz Library
Margaret Peck
B. A. Botskin
Maryland
B. C. How
Reader's Digest
R. B. Louden
Fairfield
Clingan
Josephine P. Etchison
Artz Library
C. Burr
Dewey to Outline Labor Views in New York Labor Day Proclamation
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey will present his general views on workers’ issues in a regular Labor Day proclamation for New York, despite AFL pressure for a special message. James Hagerty said the GOP nominee declined to issue a statement to AFL publicist Philip Pearl who distributes a weekly column to 300 labor newspapers.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
American Federation of Labor
New York
James G. Hagerty
Philip Pearl
AFL
Good eee Meeting Opening At Mt Airy Md
The 68th annual convocation of the Maryland Virginia District of Columbia Grand Lodge, International Order of Good Templars opened with delegates from nine lodges. Talks by Miss Bertha Tyzon and William Walker were on the program. Dr. J. Raymond Schmidt and Dr. George W. Crabbe were scheduled for addresses. Public sale details followed with two properties and personal property totaling about $7,087. Checks for 1943 tax refunds were being mailed to about 6,500 Marylanders weekly.
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Mt. Airy
Maryland-Virginia-District of Columbia
Grand Lodge
International Order of Good Templars
Bertha M. Tyzon
Maryland Woman's Christian Temperance Union
William Paul Walker
University of Maryland
J. Raymond Schmidt
Washington
Harold L. Shipley
Baltimore
Howard
Montgomery
Carroll
Baltimore City
KR. E. Hardy
Grand Chief Templar
National Grand Lodge
Worcester
Mass
George W. Crabbe
William G. Lutman
Route 17
Brunswick
L. L. Smith
Smith
Pleasantville
Washington County
William B. Wenner
Longbroke
Stewart
Kifer
Birthday Dinner Marks 68th Anniversary Celebration
A birthday dinner was held at Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Payne's Middletown home for her mother's 68th anniversary. Attendees included Raymond Payne, Mrs. Samuel Hodges of Gapland, Grace Hagan and daughter Prince of Brunswick, Bessie Hagan of Gapland, and several Payne relatives. Maurice Payne visited Gapland with grandmother and aunt. Clifton Payne stayed with his aunt in Brunswick. Grace Hagan and Sam Jones party, from New Castle, PA, join Rose Jones in Burkittsville and Mrs. Samuel Holmes in Gapland for the weekend.
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Raymond Payne
Middletown
Samuel Hodges
Gapland
Grace Hagan
Prince
Brunswick
Bessie Hagan
Austin Hagan
Maurice Clifton
Marshall Payne
Melvin
Betty
Milton Payne
Maurice Payne
Clifton Payne
Sam Jones
New Castle
Rose Jones
Burkittsville
Samuel Holmes
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Detrick
F.F.A
Maj. Brown
Bering Sea
Explorer
Vitus Bering
Doll Jewelry Store
J South Market St
Frederick, Md
Frederick County National Bank
Market Street
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Dewey
Frejus
Nice
Robert Kimball
Cincinnati
Ohio
Mediterranean
Allied Air Force
William L. Lee
Weatherford
Tex
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lincoln Loan Service
W. Patrick St
General Acceptance Corporation
Corner
Frederick, Maryland
Joe Marsh
Ella Sproule
Miss Ella
Bermuda
Brewing Industry Foundation
The
Celanese
Soreme Kern
Chew
America
Montgomery Ward
Blue Ridge
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