State Dept protests to Tokyo over American prisoners in Philippines
Washington reports the State Department protested to the Japanese Government on January 27 against brutalities and mistreatment of American prisoners of war and internees. The notes cited repeated failures to honor the Geneva conventions and warned that officers responsible for executions would be held accountable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Philippines
Tokyo
Japan
Gripsheim
Department
United States
London
Sado Iguchi
DNB
Iguchi
McKeldin Speaker To Middletown Firemen
Baltimore Mayor McKeldin spoke to about 175 Middletown Volunteer Fire Department members and guests at their annual banquet in the Lutheran church social rooms. Ladies Auxiliary served. other speakers included Storm Haro Clopper J W Just Tait Brake Saylor Mrs Donegan Howe and Boileau served as toastmaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theddore Ro McKeldin
Baltimore
Middletown
Will Filed and Estate Accounts in Thurmont District
The Orphans Court admitted the will of Clarence C. Bowers made January 24, leaving $10,500 to family. Mrs Laura M. Bowers executrix receives $2,500 in bank and personal property, real estate worth $8,006 converted to cash for equal division among Pauline F. Bowers Marguerite A. Bowers Helen Madelene Walter Roger J. Bowers Nellie E. Naylor Ethel Ann Little Adeline Rita Plumer Jean Flayia Bowers. Witnesses Claude A. O Toole and Albert N Frushour. Letters granted for May H. Fogle estate to Hanson T. Fogle. Probate denied for another alleged will. Administrators named for Ira C. Rice and John W. Suman estates with asset details. Various accounts approved including Isabell Kunkel Daniell estate with assets $546,502.40 and taxes paid. Other estates include Margaret D Kerigan, PF Lester Smith, C Thomas Summers, Carrie R. Smith with distributions and inheritance tax handled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans Court
Clarence C. Bowers
Thurmont
Laura M Bowers
Pauline F. Bowers
Marguerite A. Bowers
Helen Madelene Walter
Roger J. Bowers
Nellie E Naylor
Ethel Ann Little
Adeline Rita Plumer
Jean Flayia Bowers
Claude A. O'Toole
Albert N Frushour
May H. Fogle
Libertytown
Hanson T Fogle
Fogle
Evelyn R Brown
Dorothy R. Long
Ira C. Rice
Rev
John
Bowls
John W. Suman
Theresa K. Ross
Isabell Kunkel Daniell
Smith Estate
J Ward Kerrigan
Margaret D Kerigan
George I. Smith
Lester Smith
Helen R. Summers
C. Thomas Summers
Mary S. Burger
Carrie R. Smith
Parry Higats Fringe Elevation Notes
The lower fringes of parry higats are about 30 miles above the earth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parry Higats
Farmers Have Most to Lose by Inflation in U S
Dr Frank Bomberger, marketing coordinator at the University of Maryland, told the Frederick League of Women Voters and Rural Women's Club that farmers face the greatest risk from saving prices and inflation. He urged cooperation among agriculture, labor, and industry to win both war and peace, discussed postwar food programs, and noted an International Food Conference plan to fund the war effort through each nation contributing one percent of national income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Blomberger
University of Maryland
Frederick League of Women Voters
County Rural Women's Club
M.C.A. Labor and Agriculture
Bomberger
Hot Springs
U. S
Coblentz Named Frederick Bar Association President
Leslie N. Coblentz was elected president of the Frederick County Bar Association at the annual meeting Monday afternoon. Charles McC. Mathias chosen vice president and incumbents Amos A. Holter, W Jerome Of futt, and Richard E. Zimmerman retained posts. Mathias Zimmerman and Walter E Sinn named to form the annual dinner committee for February 21. A new fee schedule was discussed and action deferred to a February meeting. A proposal to require out-of-county attorneys to hire local associate counsel was discussed and deferred pending a conference with Montgomery County members of the Sixth Judicial Circuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie N. Coblentz
Frederick County
Cmiii
Charles McC. Mathias
Amos A. Holter
W Jerome Offutt
Sretary
Richard E. Zimmerman
Mesis Mathias
Zimmerman
Walter E Sinn
Montgomery County
Sixth Judicial Circuit
Sench
Marriages Decline In Maryland In 1943 Report
Maryland’s 1943 marriages fell about one fourth from 1942. Counties saw a 34.2 percent drop while Baltimore City declined 6.2 percent. Garrett and Howard counties posted the largest declines, with Dorchester and Montgomery counties showing small increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Cupid
Sam
State Health Department
Maryland
Robert H. Riley
Health Department
A. W. Hedrich
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Baltimore City
Howard
Allegany
Cecil
Harford
Frederick
Dorchester
Montgomery
Increase In Number Of Registered Nurses
Annapolis, Jan. 31 – Maryland State Board of Examiners of Nurses reports 1943 growth in registered nurses and nursing students. There are 732 graduate nurses registered, 220 out-of-state nurses registered without examination, with five from Canada. Total students in the School of Nursing reach 1,867, including 1,054 new admissions and 242 under 18. Fifty-five practical licenses issued and 376 renewed. High practical nursing courses approved, including programs at several hospitals and state facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Maryland
State School of Nursing
Maryland State Board of Examiners of Nurses
Canada
School of Nursing
Maryland Tuberculosis Sanatorium
Home For Incurables
Jenkins Memorial Hospital
Spring Grove
Crownsville State Hospitals
Baltimore City Hospital
Springfield State Hospital
Levindale Hebrew Home
Spain to sever ties with Axis this week says source
Buenos Aires reports an informed source predicts Spain will break relations with the Axis within days. Pressure from Britain and the United States, including threats of a bloc to Spain, is cited as the decisive factor. An important South American diplomat says Spain will yield to Allied demands amid talk of a blockade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Spain
Britain
United States
Scenic area proposed for Harpers Ferry shrine plan
Harpers Ferry in West Virginia would gain a 1500 acre scenic area at the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac rivers under a bill reported by the House Public Lands Committee. The Harpers Ferry National Monument would include adjoining lands in Loudoun Virginia and Washington Maryland counties, with the National Park Service to maintain the site after creation. The measure authorizes land and building donations and other assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Washington
House Public Lands Committee
Jennings Randolph
Harpers Ferry National Monument
Bolivar Heights
Loudoun County
Maryland Heights
Washington County
National Park Service
Sonifrank Fined and Watts Suspended in City Court
Boyd W. Sonifrank of 125 West Fourth street was fined $10 on adultery charges while John Henry Watts of Monrovia received suspended fines and jail on disturbing the peace and carrying a concealed weapon. The session, led by Magistrate Edward J. Smith, also saw twelve collateral forfeitures for city ordinance violations and three for state police arrests. Witnesses described assaults and Watts’s knife incident at a West Patrick street tavern, with Watts later claiming intoxication. The court suspended sentences to allow Army entry for Watts, while Sonifrank faced further costs of $430 after acquittal on assault counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd W. Sonifrank
West Fourth Street
John Henry Watts
Monrovia
Edward J. Smith
James Stalling
Sonifrank
Smith
Stalling
Watts
Patrick Street
Charles Burras
House of Correction
Lester Hicks
Frederick
James Newman
Dill Avenue
Madeline Spriggs
Ella L. Weeden
Paul F. Shefeld
Walter Wilt
Clarence Leroy Mader
Warren
Charles Fisher
W. C. McElfish
W. E. Woodward
James K. Gilmer
Kenneth Wiles
Maurice Burch
Wilbur Carty
Plenty of Puppies in Mt Airy Territory Causes Concern
A prize dog Plane Number Four in Mt Airy Route 1 gave birth to twelve puppies, the largest litter in memory. Owner Carl Clay cites food shortages and rationing as the reason for euthanizing four of the pups to balance supply and demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Clay
Mt. Airy
Route 1
Clay
Licenses Issued for Marriages in Westminster
Marriage licenses were issued at Westminster to Alva R. Hyser and Margaret E. Miller of Taneytown, and Paul W. Curfman and Ruth V. Coe of New Windsor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster
Alva R. Hyser
Margaret E. Miller
Taneytown
Paul W. Curfman
Ruth V. Coe
New Windsor
Navy to honor civilian staff with new lapel pin
A Navy Department program will award a plastic lapel pin to all civilian employees serving one month or more in the continental United States or Hawaii, recognizing their war service. The pins will be issued to civilian personnel of the Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Navy Department
Continental
U. S
Hawaii
Kept Ship Bound For Home Despite Wreck
Washington reports a Navy Seabee crew kept the Army transport Uruguay afloat during a heavy storm en route from Bermuda to an East Coast port. They patched buckled plates and fought a boiler room fire, with nine Seabees overcome, after a collision last spring caused severe damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Uruguay
Bermuda
John H. Mailander
Seabees
Mailander
Arlington
No. 2
Seabee
CANNOT MOVE SUPPLIES TO POWS IN JAPAN HANDS
Washington reports 1000s of tons of food medicine and clothing sit in Vladivostok for weeks awaiting Japanese assurances for delivery to American prisoners of war. Secretary Hull says no reply has been received to diplomatic overtures. Red Cross confirms 1500 tons of food and large quantities of medicines and clothing held until delivery is assured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Vladivostok
Japan
Hull
Red Cross
Wake Bombed By Navy Planes
Pearl Harbor dispatch reports a major Wake Island raid by Coronado seaplanes carrying bombs, coordinated with land based strikes on the Marshalls. Nimitz said bombs hit the target area with no losses, as carriers and battleships renewed pressure on Japanese positions in the central Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Harbor
Tokyo
Marshalls
Central Pacific
Wake Island
Coronado
Wake
Chester W. Nimitz
Taret
Fleet Airwing Two
United States
William J. Halsey
Students Aid Drive Rally Spurs Bond Sales in County
In Montgomery County, three school rallies at Hyattstown and Clarksburg boosted war bond sales toward a $200000 goal. Hyattstown led with about 8000 in purchases under Richard F. Green, while Clarksburg raised around 4000 with Judge Stedman Prescott presiding. About 35 more rallies are planned in ten days per Dr. E. W. Broome.
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Rockville
Montgomery County
Hyattstown
Clarksburg
E. W. Broome
Richard F. Green
Stedman Prescott
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McKeldin
C. C. Bowers
Burma
China
Ledo Road
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India
U.S
L. N. Coblentz
Bar Assn. President
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Beacon
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Axis
Montana
Minnesota
Rhode Island
Colorado
Arkansas
California
Martin
William
Knudsen
Glenn L. Martin Aircraft Company
Glenn L. Martin
Army Air Forces
Frederick 5
South Market
C. E. Cline & Son Funeral Directors
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Sears, Roebuck & CO
West Patrick ST
C. C. Carty, Inc
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Carty
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