V Mail Santa Letter From Overseas Soldier Appeals for Peace
Pvt. Guy L. Masser of Frederick writes a V mail to Santa from overseas asking for peace and a discharge for all, plus practical items like gun oil patches ram rod sights and letters. He mentions friends Pvt Bowes and Cpl Clare and says they want candy nuts and oranges while avoiding K P and guard duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Guy L. Masser
Frederick
News- Post
Pvt
Masser
K. P
Santa
Bowes
Cpl
Clare
Farmers Must File Tax Declaration Before 5th Of This Month
Frederick County farmers are reminded to file their estimated 1943 income declaration by December 15. Individuals with receipts over $500 single or $624 head of family must file a Federal Victory Tax and Income Tax return, with collectors at Frederick Post Office December 1 to 15. The article adds discussion on farm income trends and production costs, stressing real profits after expenses. It notes a forthcoming Percheron horse sale in Frederick County on March 20 and that the county remains a Percheron center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry R. Shoemaker
Frederick County
Collector of Internal Revenue
Frederick
S. H. Devault
Department of Agricultural Economics
University of Maryland
Joe Vial
B E. Carmichael
Wet Litter In Laying House Objectionable
College Park December 3 Wet litter in the laying house is objectionable as it spreads disease and is uncomfortable for birds. Dr Morley A Jull of the University of Maryland Poultry Department says a dry litter system reduces disease spread saves labor and lowers dirty eggs. Moisture comes from droppings water spills and weather blowing in. About 780 pounds of water are voided monthly in 100 hens. Laying hens also emit moisture in breathing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Park
Morley A. Jull
University of Maryland Poultry Department
Jull
Society News and Community Notices from Frederick
Mrs. Daniel Willard Jr and Mr and Mrs David Baker host a December 22 event at 500 Somerset Road for daughters Mary Beale Willard and Catharine Ross Baker. Barbara Rohrback returns home to Martinsburg after visiting relatives. Various notices cover baptisms, travels, academic honors, and births, including Raymond Town Green’s christening and the Town family connections to Bethesda Base Hospital. Naval cadet Harrison R Biddinger completes conditioning before flight training in Memphis. Birth announcements include a daughter for William J Long and a son for Cpl Charles William Alderton and wife. Engagement announced for Ensign Laurin Bryan Askew and Miss Helen Briggs Tschudi, with a reception in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Willard, Jr
David Baker
Baltimore
Baker
Somerset Road
Mary Beale Willard
Catharine Ross Baker
Kitty Ross
Frederick
Naval Aviation
Harrison R. Biddinger
Mount Airy
U. S. Navy
Athens
Naval Air Station
Memphis
Tenn
Biddinger
Emory Biddinger
Liberty High School
Charles William Alderton
John Dennis
Frederick City Hospital
Cpl Alderton
Tennessee
Cpl
C. W. Alderton
A.sn
L. E. Co
APO
C/O
Nashville, Tenn
West South Street
Cathedral of
St. John the Divine
Thomas Gatch
U. S
Laurin Bryan Askew
Laurin B. Askew, Jr
White Hall
Rocky Ridge
U .S. Naval Midshipmen's School
New York
Naval Reserve
Askew, Jr
Robert de Veyrac Paulhan
Park Avenue
New York City
Ensign Askew
Helen Briggs Tschudi
Frank P. Tschudi
Denver
Col
Miss Tschud
Fairmont School
Washington, D. C
Deep litter system for poultry houses recommended
Dr Jull advocates a deep litter method to control damp litter and moisture ingress. Begin with two inches of litter, add an inch as it dampens, and repeat to about six inches. Stir occasionally and top up by removing the upper layer. Shavings and straw suit well with peanut shells peat moss dried cornstalks or coarse sawdust as alternatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jull
Cash Awards Made To More Than 150 4-H Club Members
More than 150 Frederick County 4-H members received cash awards and 36 earned Feed A Fighter certificates at a Hotel Frederick banquet attended by over 200 members and guests. Doty Remsburg and Constance Remsburg of Middletown spoke on the National 4-H Club Congress experience in Chicago. E. C. Hartman presented garden awards, with J. Hammerly noting club activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Frederick
Doty Remsburg
Constance Remsburg
Middletown
Chicago
E. C. Hartman
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Jesse Hammerly
Candlelight Service
J. H. Davidson
Chestnut Farms
Washington
Jack
Connie Remsburg
National Dairy Products Corp
Kraft Cheese
Francis
Soldiers and families attend varied wartime gatherings revealed
The report notes Ensign Askew once studied at Georgetown Foreign Service School and attended a reception with Mrs Mary Gloninger Rial and Mrs Tschudi. It lists Pvt Roy R. Soper wandering from Fort Eustis to Camp Stewart and provides an address. A party honors Pfc Carl Davis furloughed home, with guests and festive red white and blue decor. Additional notes mention Capt Arlington D. Flory becoming commanding officer of a Medical Detachment unit in Charleston, and various service members earning marksman badges or taking Navy assignments in Washington, with relatives named in Frederick and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ensign Askew
Foreign Service School
Georgetown University
Mary Gloninger Rial
Clairvaux
Emmitsburg
Tschudi
Denver
Tschud
White Hall
Soldier
Elaine Rice
Wilson Avenue
Pfc
Carl Davis
Evelyn Ott
Kathleen Harrison
Katherine Young
Pauline Davis
Local Nurture and Service News from the Area
Moss Maples has completed nurses training at Union Memorial Hospital Baltimore and is now a registered nurse. Pvt Richard H Best stationed at Camp Claiborne LA spends an eleven day furlough with family at Rock Hill near Frederick. Associate Judge Patrick M Schnauffer and family moved Thursday to 105 West Second Street Ensign Park. Lt. Loy Jr Coast Guard, son of Park W Loy Hagerstown formerly of Thurmont, advanced to the rank of lieutenant after training at the Coast Guard Academy New London Conn and commission in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd H Stull
Frederick
Memphis
Tens
892Nd Guard
Stull
Mamie 1. Stull
East Church Street
Moss Maples
Union Memorial Hospital
Baltimore
Richard H Best
Camp Claiborne
Rock Hill
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Park W. T. Loy
Coast Guard
Park W. T Loy
Hagerstown
Thurmont
Loy
Coast Guard Academy
New London
Conn
Moulinie Convicted On Manslaughter Charge
Georgetown Delaware December 3 United Press International warrant officer Carl Moulinie 38 Army convicted tonight of involuntary manslaughter in a so called love triangle killing of fellow warrant officer John H Worthington 33. Jury deliberated nearly four hours and Moulinie waited for a new trial motion before sentence. Chief Justice Layton noted ample proof he pointed the service pistol but said justifiable homicide possible under some circumstances.
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Georgetown
Del
UPI
Carl Moulinie
US Army
John H Worthington
Delaware
Moulinie
James M. Tunnell, Jr
Sussex County
Daniel J Layton, Sr
Fort Miles
Layton
Chimney Fire at Residence North of Jefferson Extinguished
Firemen from Independent Hose Company extinguished a chimney fire at Mrs Annie Bussard's home about one mile north of Jefferson using a booster stream around 7 o clock Friday. No damage was reported. The report notes danger from under inflation of tires as heat in tire cords can shorten tire life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Bussard
Jefferson
Independent Hose Company
Local war casualties in first two years reflect aviation losses
Unofficial records from The News report about 77 local casualties in Frederick City and County during the first two years of World War II. The figure, roughly 2 percent of 4,000 local service members, includes death, wounds, missing, and prisoners of war, with aviation personnel accounting for forty percent of deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick City
War Department
Reconts
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Soil Conservation Praised By Governor At Maryland Meet
Governor O Conor lauded Maryland farmers for soil conservation progress at Jarrettsville in a conference with H H Bennett of the U S Soil Conservation Service. Bennett said ten percent of U S farm land uses modern methods, producing 20 percent more per acre, with Maryland reporting 2 219 farms and 266 268 acres planned for conservation plus thousands of acres terraced, strip cropped, planted with trees and drained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jarrettsville
O’conor
Maryland
H H Bennett
U. S Soil Conservation Service
Gunpowder Falls Deer Creek Conservation District
Bennett
Conservation Service
Gov. O'Conor
Soil Conservation Service
Closing In On Jap Stronghold In New Guinea Huon Peninsula
Allied Australian jungle troops supported by artillery close in on Wareo a Japanese stronghold on the Huon peninsula in northeast New Guinea Wareo lies inland about 1 1/2 miles northwest of the base captured October 2 Gen Douglas MacArthur's headquarters says the diggers are mopping up enemy strong points along the track from Bonga to the peninsula's left flank Bombers hit New Britain targets dropping 63 tons of bombs and raids on Bougainville and Ballale airfields with 57 tons as Allied forces bypass Bougainville's Empress Augusta Bay beachhead on a 200-sortie raid alliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wareo
Huon
New Guinea
Finachhaten
Doulas MacArthur
Bonga
Finschhafen
Waco
MacArthurs
New Britain
Barren Bay
Mitchell
Badgen Bay
New Brittain
Westernip
Solomons
Adm Wn
F. Halsey
Kara Androme
Bougainville
Ballale
Empress Augusta Bay
Admiral Halsey
Navy
Maine
Army
Repairing Church Auditorium at St. John's Thurmont
Work has begun on renovating the St. John's Evangelical Lutheran church auditorium in Thurmont under Rev. Charles H. Corbett. The project covers painting frosted walls frescoes a new lighting system and Wilton carpet eight Gothic lantern lights. Project duration about six weeks estimated cost 5000. Services during renovation move to the adult Sunday school room at the usual time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Thurmont
Charles H. Corbett
William Barnhart to Preach Sunday at Walkersville Methodist
Dr William Barnhart of Mood College will preach Sunday morning at 1045 oclock at Walkersville Methodist church. Rev Dr Ariel Warner and Mrs Warner are in Durham NC for the wedding of their son Robert Warner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Barnhart
Mood College
Walkersville Methodist Church
Ariel Warner
Warner
Durham
N.C
Robert Warner
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Alice Rohrpack
Jacob Rohrback
Upper College Terrace
George W. McComas
Jane McComas
New Market
Leesville
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Captain Long
Deridder Air Base
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Theron Green
Samuel 8. Johnston
All Saints Church
R. E. Town
Arno E. Town
Bethesda Base Hospital
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Hotel
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William J. Long
Red Cross’ Rug Cutters
Fifth Army
Red Cross
G. I
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Talcoa
Lois Berney
Fallon
N. C
Mary Ross Mohen
Onawa
William Maderra
Federated Homemakers Club
Justina Crossley
Carroll County
F. Ross Myers
Maryland Bankers’ Association
Albert N. McCardell
State Fair Board
Tobias E Zimmerman
Pomona Grange
F. L Metcalfe
Willard Holter
R . Remsburg
D. V. Holter
Washington County
C. J. Jenkins
Roy R. Soper
Fort Eustis
Camp Stewart
A. W
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Flory
Arlington D. Flory
Charleston
Harriet Doub
Donald Doub
Richmond Va
Lucille Wills Yeoman
USNR
Harvey C Wills
Navy Department
Washington, DC
Bureau of Personnel
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Sam W Maples
Isernia
Italy
8Th Army
North Court St
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OUR Christmas Club
Frederick County National Bank
North Market Street
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M. Dally
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