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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1944
Page
2
Four German POWs testified to a Russian Polish atrocity commission about Majdanek near Lublin. They described gassings, hangings, shootings, burnings, and starvations of 22 nationalities over three years. The camp housed cyanide and carbon monoxide executions, an open air crematorium, and vast mounds of ashes.
War crimes proceedings reveal harrowing accounts from Majdanek camp personnel and survivors. German officers describe gas chamber operations and mass killings while admitting complicity. witnesses recount 400 corpses moved daily, 18400 prisoners counted under “special treatment,” and 300 children killed in a single day.
A listing shows Soviet prisoners along with Poles and Jews and participants from every European country and China represented in a broader wartime roster.
The board requires U S Gypsum Company to appear this Friday for a hearing on a United Mine Workers complaint alleging failure to comply with a WLB order. Sewell L. Avery, chairman of the board, is noted for previous charges against Montgomery Ward and Company.
Pvt Richard Red Skelton formerly of the movies is recovering at Camp Roberts base hospital after an operation yesterday to remove a cyst from his eye.
Mr Schmidt a former Manor Junior High social studies teacher and Lions Club leader is named principal of the consolidated elementary schools and high school at Oxon Hill near Washington. He is married to Lois Sloan Schmidt and has one son William Jr. He holds a MA from Columbia Teachers College and worked with Boy Scouts and Westmoreland Charities.
Dr. Ernest N. Cory of the University of Maryland announced that Japanese beetles did comparatively little damage to Maryland plant life this summer. He attributed the decrease to factors affecting beetle activity.
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