Nazis Claim Russ Back In Donets Front
The Associated Press reports German Romanian and Croatian troops claim to have driven Russians back along the Donets front amid Soviet gains around Kharkov. Axis forces say they continued attacks and regained initiative despite stiff Soviet resistance. Separate dispatches note British reports of tank-supported Axis forces scattered near El Mechili and ongoing Allied efforts near Tobruk as the Russia campaign shows mixed progress. In Frederick County, the Hood Club executive committee met January 27 to plan year activities and set an open February 27 meeting at the Y hut on the college campus to discuss defense work. Members named include Flossie Cain and Katherine Dutrow replacing Theron Green as councillor.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Donets
Kharkov
Russia
Pittsburgh
Ukraine
el Mechili
Tobruk
Leningrad
Frederick County Hood Club
Flossie Cain
Ralph Stauffer, Jr
James Zimmerman
Edwin Mikirk
Wm. Moore
Mary Grace Heélfenstein
Elias Ramsburg, Jr
Ned Zeller
Bark Zeigler
Theron Green
Katherine Dutrow
Self adjusting deck chair and Hannah warship noted
A 1942 market item describes a self adjusting deck chair with reclining back sliding seat foldable frame and sailcloth canopy. The note adds that the first American warship regularly commissioned by George Washington was the schooner Hannah built and fitted at Marblehead Massachusetts on September 2 1775.
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George Washington
Hannah
Marblehead
Mass
West Point Superintendent MacArthur 1920s Portrait
A captioned image recalls General Douglas MacArthur as the top fighting soldier of the era while serving as superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point during 1920 to 1922.
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America
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Military Academy
West Point
G O P Plans State Ticket For Maryland Elections
Maryland Republicans announce a full state ticket for next fall. Chairman W Davis Tilghman Jr says the G O P will have a ticket war or no war defense or no defense. Lincoln Day events and dinners are planned across Maryland with speakers and local gatherings in Frostburg Westminster and other areas.
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Baltimore
Maryland
W. Davis Tighman
Republican State Central Committee
Tilghman
Alexander Hamilton Club
Edgar Chenoweth
R.-Cole
Allegany County
Frostburg
D. Lindley Sloan
Court of Appeals
Frederak
Heavier Docket For Court Term Opens February Circuit Court
The February term of Circuit Court is expected to have a heavier criminal docket with more grand jury cases and witnesses summoned through February 21. No murder cases are listed, but charges include rape, breaking and entering, forgery, false pretense and bastardy. Holdover criminal cases total seven with two awaiting decisions. manslaughter in the Betts case likely postponed due to wartime. The criminal appeals docket has twelve cases, while the civil docket is lighter. the trials docket stood at 58 cases and will stay around sixty.
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Circuit Court
Patrick M. Schnaufler
Leroy Betts
Phony Shooting Probe Sifts Baltimore Ambush Claim
Maryland State Guard officials investigate last week's ambush of a Montebello water plant guard amid a string of Baltimore water system shootings. Brig Gen Dwight Mohr states a guardsman is detained and may face court martial if warranted by results. A Lilypons postmaster vacancy, salary $1,700, closes February 27. Thomas currently holds the post for life under Civil Service. 1941 mint output hits a high with 1,827,486,276 coins totaling $102,209,510.
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Baltimore
Maryland State Guard
Montebello
Baltimores
Dwight H Mohr
Lilypons
Buckeystown
Civil Service Commission
C. C .C. Thomas
Civil Service
Bolz Named Manager Of C and P Co Frederick Office
Alfred R. Bolz is appointed manager of the Frederick office of The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. of Baltimore City. He succeeds G. Maxwell Armor Jr, who moves to Annapolis as commercial supervisor for the Central District. Armor active in Frederick civic affairs. Begli named district commercial manager for Western District with Hagerstown HQ, succeeding Silas Creech who transfers to Washington as receipts auditor.
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Alfred R. Bolz
Frederick
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Baltimore City
Edward T. Beall
G. Maxwell Armor, Jr
Annapolis
Central District
Armor
Mr. Bolz
Chicago
University of Maryland
Washington
Baltimore
Directory Advertising
Bolz
Chamber of Commerce
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
Community Chest of
Frederick County
The
American Red Cross
Maryland Council of Defense
Begli
Hagerstown
Harry&. Boyle, Jr
Silas M. Creech
Washington Telephone Company
Three Reasons For Saturday's Collection Old Clothes Rags
The Boy Scouts will collect old clothes and rags Saturday in a drive sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Salvation Army. Scouts will hand residents paper sacks to fill with shoes clothing and rags for later pickup. A JCC spokesman says the effort serves three goals preventing fire hazards aiding national defense by supplying rags and rehabilitating usable clothing for about 100 Frederick County families.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
Salvation Army
Junior Chamber
Frederick County
No Difficulties Due To War 3 Yet Encountered By County
County officials report no unusual wartime difficulties yet but prepare to discuss shortages in materials at a March 9-10 Washington conference with War Production Board and OPA officials. A Maryland plan asks counties to detail shortages and workers, though county guidance is not provided.
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Maury Maverick
War Production Board
OPA
Washington
Coun
Frederick Co op Concert Ends Fifth Season With Marcel Hubert
The Frederick Cooperative Concert Association closed its fifth season with cellist Marcel Hubert and accompanist Harold Dart delivering a classic program at Frederick High School. Audiences including many youths praised the artistry, with Hubert’s background noted from Lille to Paris and the United States. The program featured Beethoven, Frescobaldi, Chopin, Mozart, Saint-Saens, Faure, Granados, De Falla, and Popper, with Dart’s Twilight encore dedicated to Hubert.
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Frederick
Harold Dart
Lille
France
Hubert
Andre Hekking
Paris
Conservatoire
United States
Canada
America
Frederick High School
Beethoven
Frescobaldi
Chopin
Mozart
Saint-Saens
Faure
Granados
de Faila
Popper
Mr Dart
Divorce Granted to William C. Shuff in Emmitsburg
A local court signed an absolute divorce for William Clay Shuff from Mary G. Shuff of Emmitsburg. He is ordered to pay costs. Alton Bennett represented the plaintiff and M. M. Weinberg the defendant.
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William Clay Shuff
Mary G. Shuff
Emmitsburg
Alton ¥. Bennett
M. M. Weinberg
Denies Hotel Sold at Harpers Ferry
Washington news reports claimed the Hill Top hotel in Harpers Ferry West Virginia was sold to the Prisoners Relief Society of Washington. owner B L Williams denied any sale negotiations beyond quoting a price and said he plans to reopen April 1. Also noted is Lt Col Francis T Evans of the U S Marines as the first aviator to loop the loop in a seaplane in 1917.
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Washington, D. C
B L Williams
Hill Top
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
The
Prisoners Relief Society of Washington
Williams
East Woodbine Street
Chevy Chase
Francis T. Evans
U. S. Merines
A P Adapts Itself To Fourth War Program
America's largest food distributor the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company begins the 82nd Founders celebration while adapting to wartime operations for the fourth time. W B Scrimger notes the firm founded before the Civil War and its founder George Hareford, who organized the company in 1839 and created a straight line distribution system key to war efforts. Economies from this streamlined system play a vital role in national mobilization.
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America
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
A. and P
W. B. Scrimger
Alec
Scrimger
George Hareford
Hartford
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Alfred BR. Bolz
C. Maxwell Armor, Jr
Committee On
Maryland State Planning Commission
Portland Cement Association
Walnut St
Philadelphia
Sampson
Storm & Shipley
U. S
John E. Duffy
Lafayette
Ind
69Th
Francis P. Duffy
First Philippine Corps
Eer Nes
Jer
NoMend
Kemp
Martha Washington
Parcel Post
ClieSheet
Wardens
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Patrick Street
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