Deputy Shoots Tourist Camp Proprietor
Sheriff Joseph W. Baker said Deputy W. H. Horn shot and critically wounded David B. Harris, owner of a Sunset Tourist Camp four miles west of Hagerstown after Harris shot his wife. Mrs. Bessie Harris, 49, was in serious but not critical condition. Harris, 57, was reported in grave condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Joseph W. Baker
W. H. Horn
David B. Harris
Harris
Baker
Horn
Bessie Harris
Washington County Hospital
Route 40
Harry Doub
Defense Training Expands in Frederick County Plants
More than 150 residents are in training at the Defense Training Center in the Elm Street School building, with about 97 percent of graduates placed in defense jobs. An auxiliary Brunswick school offers welding and sheet metal, and classes will extend to ten hours on February 14 as defense workload rises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Brunswick
Lartz
Hagerstown
Vocational Defense Bureau
Robert K. Remsberg
Middletown
Thurmont
Walkersville
Johnsville
New Market
Liberty
Emmitsburg
Mr. Airy Man To Build Homes At Hagerstown
The Mayor and Council approved Asa H. Watkins, Mr Airy contractor, to construct at least 50 moderate priced homes in Hamilton Park in the northwest section of Hagerstown. The Federal Housing Authority approved the project. Homes priced from 3900 to 4500 dollars each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Asa H. Watkins
Airy
Hamilton Park
Watkins
Federal Housing Authority
Another Attack on Brest Is Reported
London reports British air raiders struck the oft-bombed German-occupied port of Brest on the French coast where ships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau were said to shelter. One plane was lost and another on patrol over the North Sea yesterday. A bankruptcy petition was filed in Baltimore seeking liquidation of William B. Lippy with assets of 470.69 and liabilities of 10,220.08. William Griffin II, son of Mr and Mrs William Griffin Jr, has reported for Navy duty after earlier service at the First National Bank in Westminster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Brest
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Air Ministry
North Sea
U. S. District Court
Baltimore
William B. Lippy
Taneytown
Holden S. Felton
Navy Westminster
William Griffin, II
Wiliam Griffin, Jr
U. S. Navy
J. Homer Remsberg
Middletown High School
Toronto
Canadian Holstein Association
National Holstein-Friesan Association of
Amer
Hood College Card Party and Fashion Show Aide
Hood College Athletic Association sponsors a card party and fashion show in Meyrar Hall. Senior Natalie Meyer chairs the event with a large committee including Nancy Watts Emma Vanderheide Susan Griswold Janet Lewis and Mary McMurray. Prizes awarded to Nancy King Jean Hyatt and Mary Pennypacker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Lewis
Camden
N. J
Mary McMurray
Brunswick
Elizabeth Trice
Cambridge
Avis Powell
Rosemont
Dorothy Lynam
Johnstown
Gertrude Garman
Baltimore
Nan Newman
New York
Nancy King
Swarthmore
Jean Hyatt
Rew
Mary Pennypacker
Haddonfield
International Farm Plan To Supply Wood
The Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations urged a postwar international farm program to regulate production, marketing, and prices of major commodities. International producer and consumer committees would oversee world markets to prevent surpluses and social unrest from mismatched postwar demand and supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations
Department of Agriculture
Europe
Postwar plan aims at shared productive capacity
The text argues governments can use wartime production controls to build a postwar program that boosts consumption. It says a super-state is unnecessary to regulate world agriculture and that existing machinery can be used. Governments should align controls to a common goal of meeting nutritional needs for all people.
Survivors Reach East Coast Canadian Port
A Canadian port on the East Coast received three lifeboats carrying up to 43 survivors from a torpedoed ship off the coast. The arrival confirms a rescue event and ongoing relief efforts for those saved at sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Port
Public sale withdraws bids on Trundle estate Frederick
Bids judged insufficient at a Court House sale for the late C Newton Trundle. executrix Mary M Trundle withdrew a 109 acre farm on the Feagaville Ballenger Creek road at 4900 dollars and a 1033 North Market street two story residence at 4500 dollars. Auctioneer Emmett R Bowlus and attorney William M Storm listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Newton Trundle
Frederick
Court House
Mary M. Trundle
Feagaville
Ballenger Creek Pike
North Market Street
Victory Book campaign ends with 17700 books collected
The Victory Book drive reports 17700 books collected countywide, with 5400 in good condition and 587 from Brunswick’s Rotary Club. Frederick quota was 4100, three truckloads sent to Baltimore, final shipments due next week. Donations total 25 dollars, mainly from schoolchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Burr Artz Library
Josephine P. Etchison
Frederick County
Baltimore
Frederick
Daughters of the American Revolution
Brunswick
Rotary Club
Norman L. Trott
First Methodist Church
Miss Etchison
Adelene J. Pratt
Maryland
Miss Etchis
Minimum fair price for canning tomatoes set at 21 a ton
College Park Feb 6 A minimum fair price of 21.00 per ton for canning tomatoes in Maryland was announced by the Secretary of Agriculture. The price is a floor for growers before selling to the government under the wartime purchase program. The department notes this is a minimum and not a ceiling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Park
Maryland
Secretary of Agriculture
Herman A. Hunter
University of Maryland Extension Service
Department
Department of Agriculture
Hunter
British destroyer sunk by submarine reported by Berlin
Britain says a British destroyer was sunk by a German submarine west of the British Isles. German broadcasts also claim two British merchant ships totaling 10,000 tons were sunk with five more damaged in English waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
DNB
British Isles
Russia Uses Reindeer as Pack Animals on Northern Front
A Finnish war report states Russian ski patrols on the frozen far northern front used reindeer to haul food and ammunition. One patrol was driven back and eight supply laden reindeer were captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helsinki
Far
Fire at George Dean farm damages woodshed minor
Middletown Volunteer Fire Company battled a woodshed fire on the George Dean farm near town Friday night. A booster stream doused the flames believed to have started after butchering the day prior. Minor damage reported to the outbuilding storing wood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Volunteer Fire Company
George Dean
Mitchells Celebrate Golden Wedding Anniversary in Frederick
Mr and Mrs Archie J Mitchell of near Frederick celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on February 1 at home. Married in Washington County in 1892 the couple has six children six grandchildren and have lived at their present home forty five years. Family members listed include German, Harvey Roy Lloyd and Helen at home plus Clarence in Fort JacksonD C. Pvt Joseph Hugowski provided accordion music from Fort Meade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie J. Mitchell
Frederick
Washington County
A. W. Philhauer
Mr. Mitchell
Mrs. Mitchell
German
Harvey
Baltimore
Roy
Lloyd
Helen
Clarence
Rogers
Fort Jackson
D. C
Gorman Mitchell
Paul Jones
Molly Barker
Helen Mitchell
Dorothy Mitchell
Ruth Boyer
Wilfred Blank
Rey
Lloyd Mitchell
Pvt
Joseph Hugowski
Fort Meade
Looked Out Breakfast Window To See Japs Bombing Honolulu
Mrs. D C Owings recalls the Honolulu raid described in her own words from College Park. She recounts watching two Japanese planes down a U S aircraft, fires, and heroism as civilians and soldiers faced the attack with narrow escapes and a brave Hawaiian defender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. C. Owings
Ralph Sellman
Airy
T. F. Caldwell
Arizona
Honolulu
California
Terrible blackout experience in Honolulu and long return
The narrator recalls December 7 and following days with a citywide blackout in Honolulu. Blankets and tar paper covered windows, phones limited to emergencies, day only car use, and short shop hours. The trip home to Washington DC was long but full of relief to reunite with son Watson and his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Washington, D.C
Island Of Malta Is Attacked Once More
Axis bombers hit Malta in a heavy raid targeting docks workshops airfields naval bases and military objectives. Italian high command claims severe fires and four British planes shot down with one Italian plane missing. British civilians reported deaths and property damage in a later—one of the war’s most severe raids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Malta
High Command
Disbarment of Baker Proposed in Hagerstown Case
The Bar Association of Washington County filed a disbarment petition against attorney C Walter Baker in Circuit Court. Judge MishSet a February 26 response deadline with service by February 10. the complaint lists seven alleged misconduct cases and embezzlement warrants. Baker, reportedly ill, posted a $5,000 bond after the warrants were issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Walter Baker
Circuit Court
Bar Association of Washington County
William P. Lane
Angie Wolfinger
John Wargaman
Joseph D. Mish
Baker
The
Bar Association
Due Sexcu
Lewis Town 4-H Club Holds First Meeting of Year
The Lewis town 4-H Club gathered at the new president Hazel Harper’s home to begin the year with song and plan four months of projects. Nine members attended and the group adjourned to meet February 20 at Erma Stull’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewistown
Hazel Harper
God Bless America
Erma Stull
Frederick County Orphans Court hopeful seeks re election
A four year veteran member of the Frederick County Orphans Court announces his candidacy for the Republican primary in September. He thanks supporters and pledges to continue fair and diligent decisions if re elected, hoping the past term proves worth another administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Orphans Court
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Mr. Airy
Mead
Henry I. Stahr
Hood College
Coblentz Hall
Gilbert W. Mead
Washington College
Chestertown
Dr. Mead
Hood
Stahr
William Chalmers Covert
Hood College Board of Trustees
Philadelphia
Earl Hoffman
Mr. Hoffman
Nellie Hoffman
Florida
Henry S. Stahl
Florence Jackson
Miss Jackson
Cobleniz Hall
Paul F. Douglass
American University
John Usher Markell
West Patrick Street
A. L. Pearson
Record Street
B. O. Thomas, Jr
Johns Hopkins Hospital
B. Q. Thomas
Rockwell Terrace
Clifford Shelton
Utica
William Lawrence
Fitzhugh Lee
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Weeek
Hammond Urner
Anna
Floyd
East Second Street
Urner
Charles W. Michael
Garden Club
Helfenstein
Ernest Helfenstein
Clarke Place
Harry S. Bartholow
Lester E Bartholow
Octavia Gosnell
East Church Street
Cresap’s
State Armory
John Culler
Lester Bartholow
James Brashear
Woodrow Rille
Mirs
Walter Bussard
Washington, D. C
Evelyn Thomas
College
Metropolitan Opera
Bidu Sayao
Richard Crooks
Richard Bonelli
Verdi
Clarence A. Bussard
College Place
C. Lease Bussard
Bussard
George Summers
Jefferson
Mary Jane Lundgren
Linganore Hills Farm
Jacksonville, Fla
Richard Baumgardner
Grace Baumgardner
Daytona Beach
Fla
Mr. Baumgardner
United States
Mexico
International Farm
Mt. Airy
Sycamore Service Center
Frederick, Ri
Island
Keystone Paints
Nicodemus
N. Court St
Dept. P
Liberty Motors & Engineering Corp
FP. C
Baltimore, Md
Uncle Sam
Quaker City
Farmers & Mechanics National Bank
Tildt
Sor
McCleery’s Jewelry Store
Storm & Shipley
Finkney
A. Richardson
Pinkney
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