Standley Named Envoy To Moscow For the U S
President Roosevelt selects Admiral William H Standley retired as Ambassador to Moscow marking a second naval officer chosen for the post. Standley, former Chief of Naval Operations, will oversee Russian aid and convoy operations amid munitions shortages and rising urgency in wartime support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
William Harrison Standley
Moscow
William D Leahy
Vichy
France
Standley
Senate
Laurence A. Steinhardt
Turkey
Russia
Harriman
U.S
Schools Open At 9 O Clock In Frederick Area
Frederick, Brunswick, and Middletown public schools reopened at 9 o'clock this morning, with some districts shifting back from 9:30 openings. Emmitsburg and Thurmont may follow. protests cited by parents influenced the earlier change. The county’s rural schools stayed at 9:30 to 4, while Rocky Ridge reduced from two rooms to one. Staff transfers were announced to balance enrollment, including Frank H Lewis moving to Elm Street and Irma M Brittingham filling a Thurmont vacancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Brunswick
Middletown
Eugene W. Fruitt
Emmitsburg
Thurmont
Pruitt
Rocky Ridge
Irma M. Brittingham
Urbana
Glen M. Pryor
Sabillasville
Frank H Lewis
North Market Street
Elm Street
Lewis
Court News Marriage Licenses and Divorces Listed
Court notices reveal marriages and divorces for numerous individuals across states. Entries include Leon C Morris and Esther M Land of Richmond Virginia and Mary Ann Peterson of Washington, with many others from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court News
Leon C Morris
Esther M. Land
Richmond
Harold Brown Leffler
Mary Ann Peterson
Washington
Charles Walter Palmer
New River
N.C
Anne Benson
Beaver Falls
Walter Wolf
Dillsburg
Grace I. Leathery
East Berlin
Robert Clayton Wagner
Lucy Margaret Potts
Arlington
Gordon
Thomas
Waynesboro
June L. Erickson
Hagerstown
William M. Clements
Cincinnati
Ohio
Esther F. Goodwin
Oakland
James N. Harwood
Hazel P. Himes
Knoxville
Kirk M. Crider
Midvale
Theresa F. Overcash
Bernard C. Hallett
Woodhull
Leona B. Hulburt
Troupsburg
N. Y
Gerald E. Wade
Trego
Gwendolyn M. Griffith
Keedysville
Theodore R. Shriner
Nescopeck
Rose M. Savage
Great Neck
N.Y
James J. Palmer
Elizabeth L. Harwood
Newport News
Peter P. Gerchman
Mary E. Onery
Berwick
Clarence M. Updike
Mary E. Robinson
Robert R. Dissinger
Dorothy F. Hain
Pine Grove
Francis James Fox
Margaret Louise Jewel
Harold R. Knotts
Betty L. Messenger
York
William J. Gouker
East Church Street
Jean A. Lewis
West South Street
Lester Vernon Cole
West Fifth Street
Marie Elizabeth DeGrange
East Sixth Street
Fred W. Beman
Enid L. Conrad
Wayland
Neil. Glassbrook
M. Lucille Frank
Nine Killed As Army Bomber Crashes At Natal Brazil
A United States Army bomber crashed during takeoff at Natal Brazil killing nine aboard. The Air Corps listed officers and crew including pilot Second Lieut Rush and co-pilot Lieut Boggs with Navigator Hubert R. Mark and other crewmen among the dead. one passenger identified as Fvt. Robert M. Baker, with a ninth victim unnamed. Addresses not immediately available.
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Rio de Janeiro
Natal
Washington
Army Air Corps
Brazil
Rush
Bogs
Hubert R. Mark
H. Churchill
Corp
Kenneth Albert
Brock
J. I Pato
Robert M. Baker
Air Corps
Price Ceiling Set For Scrap Steel Rails
A price ceiling is placed on scrap steel rails as Frederick eyes removal of abandoned streetcar tracks on Main Streets. Washington says rails at Sparrows Point fetch about 22 dollars a ton, usable rails around 30 dollars. 225 tons buried on Market Patrick and Jefferson streets could yield 4 to 5 thousand dollars, though paving costs may exceed this. A WPA project could cover most labor costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Raymond Walter
Frederick
Washington
Sparrows Point
Market Patrick
Jefferson
Allen vs Allen divorce bill filed in county court
Christine Sommerfield represents the county in a bill of complaint for absolute divorce against Roger R. Allen. Louise C. Allen is listed as a party. Attorney Patrick M. Schnauffer appears for the complainant.
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Equity
Louise C. Allen
Roger R. Allen
Patrick M. .Schnauffer
Moylan Reports On Commission Awards
Maryland awards by the State Industrial Accident Commission totaled 1 905 427 in 1941, nearly twice 1940, with 25 percent more accident claims and higher wages under the two thirds of weekly wage rule with an 18 dollar cap. Most payments were weekly. few lump sums were approved after scrutiny for insured workers' welfare. ZONING REPORT CRITICIZED. Rockville analysis quotes Alfred Bettman criticizing the Brookings survey section on planning. HOLY LAND HAS ALARM. Haifa reports the first air raid siren in months, planes turning back as batteries engage.
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Baltimore
State Industrial Accident Commission
Maryland
Charles E. Moylan
Commission
Moylan
Army of Maryland
Rockville
Brookings Institution
Montgomery County
Alfred Bettman
Montgomery County Commissioners’ Committee
Brookings
Bettman
J. Bond Smith
Commissioners’ Committee
Smith
Wmettman
Holy Land
Jerusalem
Haifa
Admiral Land Named Head of War Shipping Administration
Washington February 9 Admiral Emory S Land is named by President Roosevelt to head a new War Shipping Administration to oversee all ocean going merchant shipping. The 63 year old retired naval officer already chairs the Maritime Commission and will oversee cargo ship production and use while coordinating import needs with priority from the War Production Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Emory S. Land
War Shipping Administration
Roosevelt
Maritime Commission
Land
Shipping Administration
Navy
Congress
Army
Austin R.vt
United States
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Nelson
Roosevelt seeks vast wartime funding for Maritime and Army needs
President Roosevelt asked Congress for 1.502 billion dollars for the Maritime Commission and authorization to contract 4.35 billion more. Navy and Army plans call for about 850 ships this year, 8 million tons, rising to 10 million tons next year. Army items total multiple billions for ordnance, production, subsistence, and communications. Naval appropriations total 26.495 billion for aircraft and fleet additions.
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Ping Boss
Roosevelt
Congress
Maritime Commission
Ordnance Service
Office
Secretary of War
Quartermaster Corps
Army
Signal Corps
Mrs Flook Granted Absolute Divorce in Equity Court
A decree by Chief Judge Edward S. Delaplaine grants Mrs. Mabel M. Flook of Garfield an absolute divorce from Clarence O. Flook near Middletown. Custody of an infant son goes to Mrs. Flook, with the defendant ordered to pay court costs. Walter E. Sinn represented Mrs. Flook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward S. Delaplaine
Equity
Mabel M. Flook
Garfield
Clarence O. Flook
Middletown
Walter E. Sinn
Flook
Water Level Rises At Fishing Creek Reservoir
Water at the Fishing Creek reservoir rose toward the spillway crest within three feet as officials, led by City Engineer W. Raymond Walter, cautioned overflow is unlikely today. The surface climbed about two feet since Sunday, with no overflow since July 15. Buckeystown saw the Monocacy river fall while Brunswick reported a flush, cloudy Potomac. Some lowlands flooded over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fishing Creek
Frederick City
W. Raymond Walter
Buckeystown
Monocacy
Brunswick
Potomac
Plane handling relies on rhythmic pilot movements
Proper plane control requires smooth rhythmic actions from the pilot rather than jerky motions to maintain stability and safety during flight.
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U. S
Ukiah
Calif
Naval Academy
Academy
Yorktown
Navy Department
California
Claude A. Swanson
W. H. Standley
Keystone Paints
Fioor
Nicodemus
Court St
Stee.e
Albert C. Palmer
13Th Bt
Frederick, Md
Wepapriff
Eveard R. Iferd
Martin L.toms
Farmers and Mechanics National Bank
John H. Renn
Walter Lantz
Ralph W. Miller
Frank W. Blickenstaff
Harvey C. Boone
Charles W. Hoffman
Dennis C. Lenhart
John W. Wills
Henson W. Harbaugh
Charles W. Lantz
Anna Catherine Pfarr
Elsie
John Brachey
East Fifth Street
John Bruchey
Russell Bayles
Albert Robertson
Ralph Beacht
Helen Fogle
Pauline Fraley
Catherine Blank
Cora Lee Stine
Bobbie Fogué
Jackie Fogle
Doris Blank
Charles Bruchey
Charles Stine
Mary Titlow
Robert
James Barnes
Bailimore
Christine Sommerfield
Riai
McCleery’s Jewelry Store
Frederick, Ma
Admiral Land Shipping Czar
Lily
Tate
Rinso
Aunty
Darling
This
Frederick County National Bank of
Frederick No
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Kemp
Carmack
Florida
Kraft’s
Girl’s Hotel
Jwi
Sauer Kraut
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