Secret mission tests Sharon in spy drama
Sharon, a secretary in the Sierra Steel plant, is recruited by boss Mr. Goodwin to spy on a suspected saboteur,Tom Stafford. She balances danger and romance as she tests trust and learns the stakes rise with a missing shipment and a mysterious city visit.
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Sharon
Tom Stafford
Sierra
Mr. Goodwin
WZOU
Goodwin
Gharon
Tom
Jesul
Stafford
Tym
Boy
Los Angeles
Mr Goodwin
San Francisco
Hollywood Gossip and War Design From The Film Fronts
Hollywood notes report Carole Lombard's final film slated for release with a dedication and new dialogue cut. Disney artists design war insignia for military branches with hundreds of requests pending. Alfred Hitchcock’s Suspicion earns praise but a director unhappy with the studio ending. Actor Charles Boyer signs a producer actor contract at Universal as Bill Holden enters the Army. Orson Welles and Dolores Del Rio marriage rumors fade amid studio rules. Hays Office tightening censorship follows a misfire in Whispering Ghosts with Berle and Joyce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Harrison
NEA
Star
Hollywood
Carole Lombard
Wl Rogers
Steamboat Bill
Jean Harlow
Saratoga
Lombard
Disney Diga
Disney Lot
Tiger
Burma Road
Disney
Joan Fontaine
Alfred Hitchcock
Columbia
Bill Holden
Clark Gable
Orson Welles
Dolores del Rio
California
Hays Office
Brenda Joyce
Milton Berle
John Carradine
Berle
Hidden Nazi impostors roam Philadelphia crowds
Two men dressed as Nazi U boat commanders stroll downtown Philadelphia unchallenged amid crowds and a crowded restaurant. Reporters Willam B Mel ford t and Frank Toughill wore uniforms with insignia and spoke broken English as they mingled with locals asking questions. Say you saw it in the News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Willam B Melfordt
Frank Toughill
Birthday Party Honors Katherine King Seventeen
Cedar Grove report recalls a birthday party for Katherine King, daughter of Claude and Mrs King of Kings Valley, with many local guests listed. Other items note visits by the Nicholson family from Baltimore and Derwood, Dorothy Mulls visiting Cedar Grove, Amos Burdette's Takoma Park visit, and the Red Cross Sewing Club’s January 14 gathering at Mrs John King’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Grove
Claude King
Kings Valley
Katherine
Betty Jane King
Catherine Purdue
Peggy Burdette
Ruth Morgan
Jane Bryant
Doris Bunceon
Patsy King
Grace Watkins
Evelyn Brandenburg
Betty Bracon
Roberta Jones
Betty Best
Louise Purdum
Deets Beall
Lonsdale Williams
Billy Mullinix
Ralph Miles
Scrawford Williams
Harold Young
Jeonard Mullinix
Calvin Burdette
Frank Pope
Allen Bryant
J. P. King, Jr
George Bryant
Julian King
Richard Schaffer
William A. Beall
Alba Mullinix
Jessie Nicholson
Carson N. Nicholson
Baltimore
Clifton Nicholson
Derwood
C C Warren
Dorothy Mulls
Amos Burdette
Takoma Park
Red Cross Sewing Club
John King
Social Visit Recap From Comus and Nearby Areas
Greenfield and Davis families hosted and visited relatives across Comus Glen Echo Rockville and Bethesda. John Davis household welcomed Barley Briggs Chester Davis Shirley Geary Catherine Moray Gordon Davis Nice Perrell Nick Perrell Cora Smith Fannie Donaldson and others. Howard Tracey and family, and Florence Nichols noted as living with relatives after a husband’s death.
Thailand’s Vast Frontier Vast Frontier Exceeds 4000 Miles
Thailand spans a frontier of more than 4,000 miles, highlighting a geographic extent larger than the combined areas of Colorado and New Mexico. The note contrasts Thailand’s size with those U.S. states to emphasize its extensive borders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thailand
Colorado
New Mexico
Civilian defense plans in New Windsor outline alarms and safety
New Windsor residents will hear air raid alarms via four bells including church bells and the Blue Ridge College bell to signal lights out and shelter. Auxiliary police under George Hoover will guard during blackout. Clarence Bowers leads air raid wardens with assistants. First aid, ambulance, and fire squad efforts are organized, plus rural defense and evacuation surveys. Local social notices follow with residents visiting kin in Baltimore and Washington over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Windsor
New Winsor Civilian Defense Committee
Blue Ridge College
Iremans
George Hoover
Clarence Bowers
John Hesson
Elsie Benedict
John Strine
Howard Rovp
Sterling Geitly
Byron Ularizier
Willard L Hawkins
Edgar Barnes
Warren Ledford
John D. Englar
Edward Brundige
Westminster
Joseph L
Lime Kiln Visitors And Family Gatherings
Mrs Ray Page, previously indisposed, is out again. Mrs George Castle and son Bobby and Miss Rose Jewel from Log Cabin Inn near Jefferson visited Sunday with Mr and Mrs Clarence Jewel. Mrs Clayton Burgee and daughter Doris and sons James Alvin and Carroll spent Sunday with relatives.
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Ray Page
George Castle
Bobby
Rose
Jewel
Log Cabin Inn
Jefferson
Margaret Jewel
Sam Fox
Frederick
Clarence Jewel
Clayton Burgee
Doris
James
Alvin and
Carroll
Harmony Grove Homemakers Meet For Red Cross Sewing
The Harmony Grove Home maker's club met to sew for the Red Cross with Mrs William Thomas as hostess. Twelve garments were completed and new member Mrs Wade Young welcomed. Next meeting set for February 13 at Mrs Elmer Thomas home. Nutrition demonstrators will prepare meat dishes.
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Harmony Grove
Harmony Grove Homemaker's Club
Red Cross
William Thomas
Wade Young
Elmer Thomas
Edward Mantz
Mehrl Boyer
Mt. Pleasant
Mothers Pity And Sympathy Ruin Sons Says Dorothy Dix
Dorothy Dix argues that maternal pity and sympathy corrupt boys into weak, anxious men. She cites cases where mothers’ tears hindered ambition, worsened divorces, and delayed work ethic, urging mothers to foster resilience and self-reliance instead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewit
Johnny
Tom
Gul
Ned
Dorothy DIX
Club program ends with Red Cross sewing session
The meeting opened with a reading of the Constitution preamble as members urged study of the Star Spangled Banner the flag salute and the Preamble. Miss Lorene Barrick presented the directors report. A later knitting and sewing session benefited the Red Cross. On February 9 at 7.90 the club will meet at Mrs Henry Engelbrecht 826 North Market Street. A stove explosion at 601 North Bentz Street caused a brief fire but firemen from the Junior Company arrived and extinguished the flames with rags, damage being slight.
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Lorene Barrick
Red Cross
Henry Engelbrecht
North Market Street
Zola Hartsock
North
Bentz Street
Local families visit and new birth announced in Frederick area
Several Frederick area households spent Sunday visiting relatives including Mr and Mrs Ver non Castle and son of Frederick Mr and Mrs John Martin and son of Ringgold and Mr and Mrs Daniel Ott of Blue Mountain. The Buhrman family of Sabiliasville announce the birth of a son on January 19 with Mrs Buhrman formerly Donna Eccard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolfsville
Vernon Castle and Son
Frederick
John Martin and Son
Ringgold
Daniel Ott
Blue Mountain
Aor Ol
G Sterling Eldridge
Janice
Mass
Virginia A. Kline
Frank Rodgers
Baltimore
Victor Buhrman
Sabiliasville
Buhrman
Donna Eccard
Nora Sensenbaugh
Grover Green
Archie
Thurmont
Spert
Jessey Green
Catherine Kline
Cavetown
Ary Kline
Tonella Blickenstal
Funkstown
Rob Pryor
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Burgee
J. O. Burns
Woodfield
George Wilson
Hagerstown
L. E Feaga
Joseph Moxley
Rockville
Virgie Burgee
Trederick
Witliam Runkles
Knoxville
William King
Russell Summers
Mr. Summers
Walkersville
Mr. Pleasant Club
Hamilton
Kkemsbecg
Ji Deweley Store
Wits
Ike Elge
Warner
Jimmy Surante
Richard Travis
Billie Burke
Reginald Gardiner
Sheridan Woolley
William
Mia
Azy Opera House
Warner Bros
Alexis Smith
Lloyd Nolan
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