Probated Wills Admitted In Orphans Court Actions
The Orphans Court admitted probate for the wills of Joseph D. Flock of Burkittsville Miss Mary M. Hamilton of this city and Creighton Corner of Point of Rocks. Letters of administration were granted for Harry A. Peddicord near Mt Airy and Charles W. Hawes of Brunswick. Accounts for Louise A. Knott and William J. Shorb were approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph D. Flock
Burkittsville
Mary M. Hamilton
Creighton Corner
Point of Rocks
Orphans Court
Harry A. Peddicord
Mt Airy
Charles W. Hawes
Brunswick
Louise A. Knott
William J. Shorb
Hamilton
Florence V. Hamilton
Holden &. Felton
Harry I
Clinton
West Thirteenth Street
Dill Avenue
Baltimore
Barbara Ann Hamilton
Harry Hamilton
Flook
Mollie Norris
Church of the Brethren
John 5. Bowlus
Mary G
James C. Wetnight
Mr. Conner
Charles W. Wright
William F. Harrison
C. M. Elliott
Lydia May Conner
Tiney Bell Conner
D.b.nc.ta
Charles W. Peddicord
Airy
Charles Edward Shorb
Cremation practices described in Indian funeral customs
The passage details cremation of a body after three hours, followed by ash disposal in a nearby river, and notes on religious aspects and costs. It reflects on India’s vast poor population and the practical rationale for cremation as a sanitary and economical funerary method, while contrasting with American perspectives. It also recounts a social event where Mrs. Ronald E. Kling hosted Jug Bridge Club with attendees and upcoming plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
All India
Ronald E. Kling
Hyattstown
Jug Bridge Club
Elmer E. Dixon
Frederick City Hospital
Roy Crum
Federated Women's Clubs
Jesse M. Hammerly
H. C. Swomley
Annie DB. Sutton
Sjamsville
G. O. Hendrickson
J. W. Briscoe
Murray Pot
Urbana
Russell] Dudrow
Claude Hargett
Ballenger
C. V. Biser
A. G. Davis
Pleasant Grove
Jacqueline Helen Wright
Salisbury
W. D. Wagner
Tatbone
N. C
Marguerite Burgee
Sarah Catharine Thomas
Barbara Thomas
Jug Bridge
Eugene Dixon Young
Janice Clingan
Sally Tinney
Frederick
Daniel Thomas
Hughes
Ford Road
Many Strange Sights In India Soldier Writes From India
Second Lieutenant Guther Martin attached to the U S Army finance section in India sends a letter to his mother describing strangeness witnessing vast wealth and poverty, a temple cremation of a male goat, languages, gods for success and rain, and a crude cremation facility with multiple bodies. He notes food scarcity among Indians and his longing to return home. He is son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Martin of Fountaindale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmitsburg
Qguther Martin
United States Army
India
Charles | Martin
Fountaindale
Man Arrested for Driving Without License at Gettysburg
Charles Luther Wentz of Emmitsburg R D 2 was arrested in Gettysburg on a charge of driving without an operator license. He was jailed in default of paying a $10 fine and the costs. The report notes zinc as a metal largely unknown to ancient Greeks and Romans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
Charles Luther Wentz
Emmitsburg R. D
Wentz
Prisoners Of War Allocated On Basis Of Need
Baltimore August 28 1944 Prisoner of war farm labor in Howard Montgomery Anne Arundel and Prince George s County has been allocated on the most urgent need basis with no discrimination involved says Paul Nystrom supervisor of the farm labor program for the Agricultural Extension Service He cites War Department and state farm leaders agreeing that county contracts with the Army should handle allocation and pay for services Contracts in the four counties were drawn with Farm Bureau or Farmers Cooperative Exchange as contracting agencies in April and May 1944 to prevent spoilage of food crops and allocations were not limited to members of the contracting bodies
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Baltimore
Howard
Montgomery
Anne Arundel
Prince George's County
Paul Nystrom
Nystrom
Agricultural Extension Service
Leslie Carlin
Montgomery County
Farm Bureau
War Department
State Farm
Army
Prince George's
Con
Farmers Cooperative Exchange
Fort George G. Meade
Nazis Beat Crew of American Fortress in Elbeuf
French underground chief at Elbeuf recounts German crowd parading captured American Flying Fortress crew with chains as shells whistled overhead. He says the flyers faced mockery, but the men laughed at their captors before parading. The unit reportedly opened parachutes too soon, allowing Germans to block the landing zone. RAISINS RELEASED Washington, Aug. 28. War Food Administration says 2 500 000 pounds of raisins are being reoffered for civilian trade after requisitions for military needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elbeuf
France
Thistown
Seine
Rouen
Washington
War Food Administration
Bond posted in break in case at Lime Kiln
Clifton Monroe Brown, colored, of Lime Kiln, posted a $500 bond in Circuit Court here on Monday on a charge of breaking and entering the residence of Randolph Crampton, colored, of Lime Kiln, the previous Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton Monroe Brown
Randolph Crampton
Parrot Rescued by Firemen From Electric Wires
Frantic calls brought firefighters to 606 North Market Street to save Robert H. Thomas’s parrot Polly after a cat chased it onto live wires. Firemen from nearby Junior Hall raised a ladder and extended a pole to reach the bird, which was lowered safely amid Polly’s tirade against cats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parrot
Robert H. Thomas
North Market Street
Thomas Parrot
Market Street
Polly
Two Games Sunday doubleheader at Woodsboro diamond
Manager Lester Long of the Woodsboro Yanks announced a twin bill at home Sunday after a win over the Frederick Hustler club at McCurdy Field. Gettysburg All-Stars meet the Yanks with first pitch at 1 30 p. m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Hustler
McCurdy Field
Mgr
Lester Long
Woodsboro
German forces in Greece plan withdrawal, dispatch says
A Chiasso dispatch reported German troops in Greece are preparing to abandon the country as developments in Romania and Bulgaria cut the Reich off. The note came to light in the Gazette De Lausanne from Bern Switzerland dated August 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greece
Bern
Switzerland
Chiasso
Gazette de Lausanne
Reich
Romania
Bulgaria
Germans Falling Back From Italy to Alps Front
Allied and German movements in Italy as of Aug 28 show German troops withdrawing from Piedmont Liguria and Emilia and retreating toward the Alps and Brenner Pass. Mussolini's fascists face renewed partisan attacks and advancing Allied forces as Emilia's abandonment signals a potential Gothic Line retreat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piedmont
Liguria
Emilia
Alps
Brenner Pass
Mussolini
Invasion Threat Looms Over Italy and Liguria Regions
The Apennine Mountains anchor the landscape while Liguria cites Genoa as a coastal hub and Turin as a major Piedmont manufacturing center. The eastern advance from Southern France endangers the western Italian border. Albany is noted as among early colonial settlements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apennine
Liguria
Genoa
Turin
Piedmont
France
Italy
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Goering
New York
Stockholm
Time Magazine
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Germany
Blue Network
John Scott
Hitler
Lfe
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Angers
Atlantic
NEA Telephoto
Nasi
Paris
Pfe
Victor A Helenbrand
Cross Plains
Wis
Signal Corps
Markell & Ford
South Carroll ST
Cumberland War Industry
Kelly-Springfield Tire Co
United States Employment Service
Winchester Hall East Church
St. Frederick, Md
Nature
Dean
Millana
Doan
Storm & Shipley
Frederick, Md
Shipley
W. E. Eiker
Onvy
Modess
Glade Valley
Albany
Canada Dry
Doll Jewelry Store
South Market St
Mary Murray
Joe
Mary
America
Murray
Baltimore & Ohio
B&o
Vital
Medesselse
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