Abandon All Efforts To Recover Body
County and city police Tuesday abandoned the search for 17 year old William Robert Diggs Jr. who drowned in the Shank and Bizier quarry near Frederick. Officials said grappling and dynamite failed to locate the body and the corpse may surface naturally. Relatives disputed Diggs being involved in a prior jewelry store robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Robert Diggs, Jr
Shank
Bizier
Frederick
Carne Brown
Poepus
Margaret Harper
Ice
Street
William Otis Diggs
Diggs
Tommy Dunn
Dunn
Billy Sherrick
Potomac River
Red Rock Va
Tole
Sherrick
Potomac
Arkansas
E. Lee LeCompte
Yesterdy
Answers To War Quiz Page Five Summary
The page lists quiz answers including the Navy Distinguished Service Medal for meritorious naval service in wartime. It identifies the Battle of Egypt as a problem of supply. It notes nine war bonds cover an Army horse cost of 165 dollars and cites total U S wheat production for 1942 43 at 1 024 008 000 bushels.
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Navy
Egypt
United States
Emmitsburg Man Killed In Fall From Roof
Emmitsburg man J Raymond Topper 48 died after falling from a roof onto concrete while placing a radio aerial at Dr H Stinson’s home in Emmitsburg Tuesday evening. He died at Annie Warner Memorial Hospital Gettysburg at 6 40 from a fractured skull. Topper a father of seven and longtime resident was active in St Josephs Church Holy Name Society and Destes Lodge. He is survived by his wife five sons two daughters parents and many siblings. Funeral arrangements await announcement.
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Emmitsburg
J. Raymond Topper
Annie Warner Memorial Hospital
Gettysburg
Topper
H. Stinson
Ann Stinson
WR. Cagle
James K. Gray
Thurmont
Emmntsburg
St. Joseph's Catholic Church of
Holy Name Society
Destes Lodge
Mec Sherrystown
Chee Tees Raatheeee Chaice Poppt
Bavianteuurg
Stella Wolfe Topper
MecSherrystown
Donald
Walter
Carroll
John Hemler
McSherrystown
Walter Benschoff
Charmain
Robert Wormley
Quinn
Altoona
Charles, Russell
Albert
George
Edgar Topper
Baltimore
O Conor Finds Site For Merchant Seamen Rest Camp
Governor O Conor said a prospective rest camp for merchant seamen exists in Western Maryland with immediate occupancy upon acquisition. He cited housing and facilities already in place and noted possible state funding via the State Council of Defense. Meetings with maritime leaders set the plan, with a decision promised soon.
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Annapolis
O'Conor
Maryland
O Conor
James Drury
Baltimore
National Maritime Union of America
Paul Burke
Baltimore District Council of Defense
State Council of Defense
Cable Co. Predicts No Further Strikes in War Work
Bayonne General Cable Company plant chairman Petrakian told Secretary Knox that there would be no interruption in war production until victory is won. The Navy seized the Bayonne plant to end a wage dispute, and Petrakian asserted the firm would comply with government wishes and avoid interruptions. Knox accepted the pledge but noted the plant must operate under private management. In a separate item, Mrs. Robert G Witter of Harmony Grove broke her left hip after a cow kicked her Tuesday evening and was taken to Frederick City Hospital.
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Washington
Michael Petrakian
Bayonne
General Cable Company
Knox
Navy
Geldom
War Labor Board
Petrakian
Lhnti
Tcicklam
Peiragian
Robert G Witter
Harmony Grove
Frederick City Hospital
C. E. Clineland
Last Man Out Of Dunkerque Head Middle East Army
A major British command reorganization in the Middle East with fresh American troops signals a real second front in 1942. Churchill's strategy and new Allied leadership focus on holding the Middle East Caucasus land bridge amid heavy fighting at Stalingrad Tobruk and Matruh while U S air power expands.
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Fred Vanderschmidt
Associated Press
Middle East
Stalingrad
Astrakhan
Volga Oi
Europe
Pacific
Solomon Islands
Tokyo
U.S
Bataan
Caroline Islands
Whitehall
Dunkerque
Battte
Egyptian
Rustan
Caucasus
Churchill
Hussia
Carig
Stalin
IL. S
British Gener
Moscow
U. S
Airc Corps
United States
U.S. Army Air Corps
Egypt
Matruh
Tobruk
Alexander
Aiagins
Auck
Eighth Army
Auchinleck
United States Bomber Command
Rouen
RAF
Osna+ brueck
Brazil
Aelaens Wy Ria
Vargas
Sergeant Is Awarded Medal For His Heroism
Sergeant Robert G. Lee 23 of Columbus Ohio received a Soldier's Medal for heroism in rescuing two comrades from the flaming wreckage of an Army plane in Peru Massachusetts where 17 men were killed. Brigadier General Elbridge G Chapman presented the citation.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Robert G. Lee
Columpus
Tonay
Peru
Elbridge G. Chapman
Lesley Jd. McNartha
Washington
Lee
Wrecked U. S. Blimp Crew Missing After Daly City Crash
Navy reports two commissioned officers Lieut Ernest Dewitt Cody and Ensign Charles E Adams aboard the blimp that drifted over the Pacific and fell Sunday into a Daly City street. Search by sea and land continued as life belts and raft equipment were missing.
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San Francisco
Navy
Pacific Ocean
California
Daly City
Donald M. Mackey
Moffett Field Naval Air Station
Ernest Dewitt Cody
Charles E. Adams
Charge Woman With Kidnap Of Niece
Mary Sue Morris a 21 year old from Elkton Md is charged with kidnapping her 12 year old niece Beulah Lamb of Harrisonburg Va. They were held here after hitching from Baltimore with a dog and later turned over to the Children's Aid Society and sent to Montevue pending Virginia authorities arrival.
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Mary Sue Morris
Kikton
Beulah Lamb
Harrisonburg
Virginia
Morris
James Marks
Marks
Baltimore
Herbert L. Strawsburg
Allen F. Bartgis
Children’s Aid Society
Montevue
Lieut
Strawsburg
Bartgis
Norris
Elkton
Christmas Packages Sent to Frederick County Servicemen Abroad
Santa visited the post office as households mailed Christmas bundles to soldiers overseas. Packages limited to 11 pounds and 42 inches combined length and girth, addressed plainly on one side, with guidance on wrapping for safe arrival. Postage for overseas mail varied by origin office, with examples from Frederick to a serviceman at San Francisco priced at 1.25 and New York at 29 cents.
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Santa Claus
Frederick County
Postofice
Post Office
Continental
United States
Frederick
San Francisco
New York
Army Post
New Orleans
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CUBS
Cub Fack No 1
Monocacy Valley Canning Company
Jack Dail
Jack Griffin
Ned Heifenstein
Brooke Parkinson
Jack Fleischman
Charles W. Roses
Jnn
Robert Cramer
Presbyterian Sunday School
O’conor
Cable Co
Gandhi
Congress
Azad
Candhi
WEMRU
All-India National Congress
India
James So Spuneh
Ordhestives Bungne Sheet
Pune
Fiat Abel
Ovat Win
Madara
Mohomdia
Gendt
Jawaherlal Nehru
Moulane Abul Kalam Azad
Congress Party
Lorgan
Mosler
Pakistan
di Majon
Ambedkar
None
Jarrett
Mindy Arate
Said
Gein
Ame Te Bhimrao Ramji Ambelkar Tocar
Columbia University
Untouchables
Nizam of Hyderabad
Sriti
Satoy
Cosndia
Reece
Tepeey
Wwa
Hinduitem
Moslem League
Fongs
Vinayak
Damodar Savarkar
Organization of
Smal
All-India Congress
Mohandas K. Gandhi
British India
Victory Bicycles
Focal Rationing Board
Delphey
Tithe Rike
State Department
Gripsholm
Western Pacific
C. E. Cline & Son Funeral Directors
Mr. Nelson
the Tot
Carty
C. C. Carty, Inc
Frederick, Md
Patrick St
Comfort
Hendrickson
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