Wheat yields in Frederick County fall below average
Threshing reports across Frederick County indicate a below average wheat harvest with estimates ranging from 8 to 28 bushels per acre. County residents including George W. Arnold and Eric C. Biser report yields near 15 to 20 bushels, while some fields show strong results. Open markets will assess midweek totals.
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Frederick County
James V. Shaff
Feazaville
Dan Wight
Ballenger Creek
Worman
Shaff
Ronald E. Kling
Hyatts Town
Tatter
Roy M. Fisher
Loys
Graceham
Farmers Co- Operative Association, Inc
Frederick District
Social calls and family visits in Frederick area
Mr. Pleasant and Mrs. Jesse Ramsburg of Frederick called on Mr. and Mrs. C Edward Hoffman and family Saturday evening. John B Main of Frederick spent Sunday with their daughter Mrs. C Edward Hoffman and enjoyed a supper for Mrs Main’s birthday. Callers on Sunday included Miss Mary Crutchley and Miss Bernice Fogle student nurses at Frederick Hospital, and Private Glenn Rippean stationed at Camp Ritchie. Ernest Jackson and Joe Engle of Ceresville were also present. Master John Edward Hoffman, previously seriously ill, is improving. Ellis Fiiler and Harwood of Walkersville visited Mr and Mrs David Johnson on Sunday. Carrie Holland and daughter Rebecca Holland spent the weekend with Mrs Raymond Lindsay and family. Mrs Raymond Lindsay, Mrs Robert Crum and Miss Betty Reynolds called on Mrs William J Delawter Wednesday evening. Mrs Howard Burker and two daughters of Walkersville visited Mr and Mrs Theodore Brown on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Alvin Reeser and two daughters of Catonsville Md were in Frederick Saturday for Mrs Reeser’s mother’s funeral and visited Mrs Ella Reeser. Greenberry Ecker called on Mrs Aug Monath Tuesday morning. Aug Monath and his nieces Miss Jennie E Barker and Mary C Fogle visited Tuesday evening.
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Pleasant
Jesse Ramsburg
Frederick
C. Edward Hoffman
John B. Main
Raymond Lindsay
Robert Crum
Betty Reynolds
William 3. Delawter
Howard Burker
Walkersville
Theodore Brown
Alvin Reeser
Catonsville
Reeser
Mr. Reeser
Ella Reeser
Greenberry Ecker
Aug. Monath
Mrs
Jennie E. Barker
Mary C. Fogle
Chickens Reported Stolen From Urbana County Farm
County Commissioner Charles G Geisbert reported to the sheriff this morning that several chicks on his Urbana property appeared stolen during the night. An investigation was scheduled. It was unclear how many birds were missing, but a few young chickens were gone. The hen house door was found unlatched.
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Charles G. Geisbert
Sheriffs Office
Urbana
Two Sets Of Twins Among June Selective Service Registrants
June registrants list reveals four twins among 21 young men who registered with Draft Board One. Clyde Edgar Adams and Edgar Clyde Adams of Buckeystown join Austin Leslie Gaver and Howard Taylor Gaver of Western Maryland Trust apartments as multiple siblings called for possible immediate service. The mailing of questionnaires begins, with local exams and classifications to follow.
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Draft Board One
Clyde Edgar Adams
Edgar Clyde Adams
Buckeystown
Austin Leslie Gaver
Howard Tayior Gaver
Western Maryland Trust Company
John Edward Havermale
Race Avenue
Brunswick
Robert Lee Maybush
Frederick
Charles Kennoth Russard
Willetown
Samuel Thoms Barnes
Phobus
David Norton Shapiro
Tower Apartments
East Church Street
Bernard Lee Murphy
George Street
Walkersville
Clea Wardell Barber
Erwin Thomas Cline
Middletown
William Richardson Webber
Knoxville
Harold Richard Shankle
Adamstown
Lloyd Kidd Hoover
Arnold Warren Garrett
George Emory Jenkins
South Court Street
Elvin Jacob Sehroyer
George Walters, Jr
North Market Street
James Michiel Copoulus
West South Street
Clyde Edsar Adams
Buckeretnians
Fdoar
Clrda Wreng
Western Maryland Trust
Heavy Guns Pound Munda in South Pacific Action
On Rendova Island Allied artillery began within two hours of the first landings and kept shelling Japanese positions at Munda. Munda, near Rendova, hosts an airfield and bivouac areas, five nautical miles away. Japanese retaliation is mainly via air raids as they retreat from Viru harbor on New Georgia. Three more of 17 American pilots shot down Wednesday have been recovered, bringing safe totals to ten. Japanese forces around Viru have been overcome as a few fled into the hills.
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South Pacific
Rendova
Munda
Viru Harbor
New Georgia Island
Viru
Heavy Holiday Travel Bumper Fourth of July Weekend
Marylanders crowd trains and buses as they depart for resort getaways with mid week travel heavier than usual. Pullman space booked, extra train sections anticipated, and Ocean City hotels near capacity. OPA and police will enforce the gasoline ban during the holiday observance. Banks post offices and county offices close Monday for Independence Day.
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Associated Press
Leo H. McCormick
OPA
Keller to Miss All Star Game With Week-Long Outing
Charles Keller, New York Yankees outfielder, will be sidelined for a week to ten days after a spike wound in Cleveland. His roommate Bill Dickey told Mrs. Keller by phone that the injury is not serious but will keep him out of action and may prevent his participation in the July 13 All-Star game in Philadelphia.
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Charlie Keller
New York Yankee
Cleveland
New York City
Bill Dickey
Keller
New York
Charles Keller
New York Yankees
Advises Miners To Go To Work
The United Mine Workers leadership urged all members to return to work, arguing there is nothing to gain from continuing strikes and that the war cannot be won without coal. Thousands remained off the job in coal fields while the editorial defended collective bargaining and portal to portal pay as negotiations proceed.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
United Mine Workers Journal
Weather Summary and River Conditions Report
Daily weather and river report notes no precipitation in the 24 hours ending 8 am. July precipitation to date shows 5.14 inches for July 1942 with a deficiency in 1943 of 12.76 inches. High yesterday 81, low last night 49. Moon and sun timings listed. Potomac river at Knoxville and Monocacy at Ceresville are clear, Buckeystown Dam shows cloudiness.
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Dusan Yuly
Potomac
Knoxville
Monocacy
Ceresville
Buckeystown Dam
Recent Advance Checked In Chicago Wheat Pit
Hedge selling and profit taking entered the Wheat pit in fair volume today, checking the recent advance. July rye showed strength on cash grain tender reports, while wheat closed down with July at 82 Q2 and September 83 1/2. Cash wheat and soybeans quoted with various grades and prices, oats and deferred months weaker.
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Chicago
Left fielder injured by spike in collision with Indians
The left fielder suffered a deep spike cut above the left knee cap after colliding with Indians shortstop Lon Boudreau. He was taken to Dr. M. H. Caste’s office for an anti tetanus preparation injection.
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Indians
Lon Boudreau
M. H. Caste
Bolivar Inn Guests List Includes Many From Far Cities
The Bolivar community diary records numerous visitors at Castleman Inn during the week. Names include Beulah Gay and G W Scarlett of Baltimore, J W Franklin and family of Arlington, DiSalee family, and many Washington D C residents, plus travelers from Evansville Indiana and Winchester Virginia. Requests for Red Cross volunteers to fold bandages at Camp Hill and notes on local residents visiting relatives and recovering from illness fill the update. Lt James D Smith, USN, and Lt W L Castleman are mentioned with maneuvers and family visits.
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Cavalier
S. J O
James D. Smith
USN
Camp Peary
Williamsburg
Doris T. Smith
C. M .Trundte
W. L. Castleman
Baby
Castleman
Castleman Inn
Tennessee
New York
Eugene Noose
Chicago
Briscoe Noose
Mrz
Daniel C. Link
Small -Son
Mathey
Washington
C. H. Birmingham
Baltimore
Woodfield Red Cross canteen aids blood drive at Damascus
The Woodfield Red Cross canteen served the blood drive in Damascus as eighty six donors contributed for the Red Cross. Hastings announced the canteen members and the teachers, with Mrs Green achieving perfect class attendance for the county’s first class, and plans to issue uniforms soon.
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Mattie Pat Tes
Elmer Meines
Carlton Mubtinix
Dillion Groves
Raymond Kemp
Charles Gross
Eli Leishear
Clarence Lindteay
Ann King
Lareliel Priest
Gaithersburg
Rokod Green
Flare Hawkins
New Windsor Farm Bureau Meeting and Local Notices
New Windsor Farm Bureau's Manning Group met with eighteen members present to discuss A Call To Arms Against Accidents On The Farm Front. An upcoming neat meeting is planned at the home of Mr and Mrs Edwin Baglay on July 29. Communion services are set for Sunday July 4 at 11 a.m. at the Presbyterian church led by Rev J Russell Gane of Baltimore. Several brief notices follow: Joyce Ann, daughter of Yeoman Third Class and Mrs Kenneth Blackston, has been ill with German measles, Yeoman Blacksten is home on a seven day furlough. Sgt Walter Hesson of Ohio is home for a seven day furlough. Miss Grace Ann Coale, student nurse at Union Memorial Hospital, is home for a three week vacation. Miss Ethel Ensor, Baltimore, visited her mother Mrs Clarence Ensor. Music students of Mrs Me Die Dieuipeuie are mentioned.
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New Windsor
Union Memorial Hospital
Dennis Coale
Ethel Ensor
Baltimore
Clarence Ensor
Medie Dieuipeuie
Union Bridge House Notes With Local Visitors
Union Bridge residents report Miss Enleon Myers, a Goucher College student from Baltimore, visiting with her parents during a nurse's training stint. Mrs Annie Caylor, injured two weeks earlier from a fall at home, is improving and able to be out. Mr and Mrs on C Bankert of Annapolis visited with their son Lavan and others. Earling Alexander family also in town. Wheat harvest under way with fair yields. Grover Desilbiss, employed near Baltimore, spent Saturday in town.
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Enleon Myers
Goucher College
Baltimore
Union Bridge
Mire Truman
Annie Caylor
On C Bankert
Annapolis
Lavan Bankert
Earling Alexander
Grover Desilbiss
Police Court Session Moved By Holiday Notice
A police court session is canceled for Monday evening due to a legal holiday. Magistrate Edward J. Smith advised drivers to keep snock absorbers in cars and inspect them every 5000 miles to prevent rapid wear from low liquid levels.
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Edward J. Smith
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Mr. Pleasant
Selective Service
U. S
Journal
Chicago Wheat Pit
Melvin M. Engle
Frederick, M
Army
Col. W. L. Krigbaum
Pyt, Fogie
Krizbaum
Camp McCoy
Wis
Weere
Fogie
Pvt
Fogle
Guadalcanal
Bolivar
Ton
D.C
L. L. Lambert
Marcus Cutper
King’s Daughter's Hospital
Matinsburg
Camp Hill
Minnie Crimm
Summit Point
Mary Vorhees
Roy Rickard
Gardner
Janice
Cecil Teets
Stephens City
Neil Carper
Benton Kriemer F
Cecil E. Webb
Kinese Nf
Webb
Evelyn Duncan
Harry Duncan
Charles Town General Hospital
A. LL Sturm
Virginia
Lt Sturm
Paul E. Hubanks
Silver Spring
G. E. Webb
Robert Brickaman
Wmrs
Dyett Rockenbaugh, Jr
Belair
Woodfield
Celeste Hawkins
Ordnance Department
U. S Army
Pishet's Sand
N.Y
Ava King
E.G. Bowling More
Mrs. Younger
Tueday
Edwin Burdetty
Mes
Jana Burdetty
James Kemp
Vistraightrodeushter
Pennsylvana
College
Harvey Haines
Pamela
Mount “Airy
Oliver Haines
Ella Kelley
John Brplay
Jostps L. Englar
Paul Benedict
Sunda
Evere
Witherd
Rosa Bell
Elieabeth Bell
Storm & Shipley
Braddock Heights
Braddock
Travel
Blue Ridge
Iday
Union Briggs i
Bedford Dairy
Bedford
Monrovia Supply CO
Montoris
DOSH
Maryland
New York Laboratory
Francis Scott Key
Frederick, Ma
Lai
Farmers and Mechanics National Bank
Frederick, Maryland
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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