City Votes to Buy All Current From P E Company
At a regular meeting the Mayor and Aldermen approve a plan to purchase all electric current from Potomac Edison under a municipal rate. The one year term begins July 1 with option to extend, pooling consumption for lowest rate. The city aims to trim annual electric bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potomac Edison Company
Francis Scott Key Post
American Legion
Te Ereet
Charles E. Hudson
Wilbur W. Baker
George S. Rodock, Jr
Rotary, Lions and Kiwanis Clubs
Seventh and Market Streets
West
Patrick and
Jefferson Streets
East Patrick Street
Lafayette Bridge
South Market Street
Mt. Olivet Cemetery
Baquare Corner
Laurens Firebus
Phebus
Hugh V. Gittinger
Gittinger
Creek
Charles F Seeger
Emory K. Shipley
Frank W. Rothenhoefer
West Patrick Street
Carroll Creek
Russell H. McCain
West South
Tuscarora
Beli
CCC
Fishing Creek
Reviowly
E. Austin James
EC. Kefauver
E B Ramsburg Becomes Rotary Club President
E B Ramsburg was elected president of the Frederick Rotary Club and formally assumed duties at a weekly meeting held at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. Outgoing president Charles McC Mathias presided and handed the gavel to the new leader. New members Joseph Stych and Austin Renn were inducted by Dr Henry J Stahr, who also pinned R Rush Lewis as a senior member. Rev J F Leary of Hagerstown attended as a guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramsburg
Frederick
Ignatius Bjorlee
Mathias
J. F. Leary
Hagerstown
Vacation Trips To Summer Homes Lawful
Baltimore July 7 Officials said the only curb on vacation trips to summer homes was the limited gasoline available to "A" coupon holders. Travel by private car to summer homes is permitted though other transport is available. Boating remains banned. A coupons become valid July 22 to November 22 enabling about 360 miles at 15 miles per gallon. Nearby resort distances listed. Local boards will issue driving certificates after evaluating available transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
State Office of Price Administration
OPA
Ocean City
Rehobouh Beach
Atlantic City
Cape May
N. J
Virginia Beach
Blue Ridge
Hraddock Heights
Williamsburg
Liquor Law lax cited by State PTA in Maryland
The Maryland Congress of Parents and Teachers closed its two day conference with remarks by PLA officials on watching liquor laws. Mrs G R Clements of Annapolis and Mrs Conrad Shaw of Annapolis High School PTA linked lax laws to juvenile delinquency and venereal disease. A 40 to 73 percent figure tied venereal disease cases to liquor. Mrs H Ross Coppage urged that current teacher pay, while not a full fix, represents progress backed by IPTA. Other speakers included Donald J Minneegan on physical education.
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College Park
Maryland Congress of Parents and Teachers
PLA
G. R. Clements
Annapolis
Congress’ Bulletin
Conrad Shaw
PTA
Clements
H. Ross Coppage
Baltimore
Congress
Maryland
Three Frederick youths given suspended sentences for gasoline theft
Three Frederick youths between 16 and 18 pled guilty through their attorneys to larceny of gasoline from parked trucks. Each received six months in the House of Correction, suspended, with probation to report to Magistrate Smith every 30 days until age two. Names cited as Donald Clem, Lewis Free, and Paul Weller, arrested after stake-out at Birely's Tan Yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
House of Correction
Edward J. Smith
Donald Clem
Lewis Free
Paul Weller
O. Frederick
Denver J. Shook
Birely
Tan Yard
Ralph G
Richard F. Rhine
CBD
Princeton Buckey
W. Jerome Offutt
John Henry Gray
Bennie Hurd
Val Frederick
Phillips
Magistrate Smith
Douglas Stone
Robert Masser
Richard T. Delauler
M. J. Roe
Denver Wats
Earl Lamm
Joseph Brengle
Robert Carroll
Collisower
Phebus
Trump
Dietz
Haugh
Mills
Virginia Blackstone
Mase Morton
William Davis Shrader
Arthur R. Cross
York
Orville D. Stitely
Woodsboro
Mills, Phillips and
Shook
Fred Straley
Reno
Martinique
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Fort- De-France
Charles de Gaulle
United States
Vichy
Trinidad Guardian
Vive
Robert
Washington Girl Returned to Aunt in D C
Catherine Dickerson a 15 year old girl from Washington was found hitchhiking near Frederick after two weeks of absence. She dyed her hair black, stayed with friends, and hoped to reach California for work and romance before police returned her to her aunt in Washington.
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Catherine Dickerson
Washington
Frederick
Mass
California
Massachussetts Avenue
N. W
Arthur C. Poulsen
Poulsen
Capital Police
Mid
Este
Political Committee Formed By CIO Aims Across Labor Groups
The National Executive Board of the CIO created a political action committee and named Sid ney Hillman to head it. The panel backs the Connally Smith Act and Ro-strike pledge while seeking broader labor and group cooperation. no fixed program yet. Also notes a 1943 milestone: the first Latin American night airway between Los Angeles and Mexico City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Sidney Hillman
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
John L. Lewis
CIO
Philip Murray
Political Action Committee
Nho
Murray
Latin America
Los Angeles
Mexico City
Giraud Joins Washington Talks as Martinique Change Looms
General Giraud arrives in Washington for talks on Martinique and Guadeloupe under the French Committee of National Liberation. Hoppenot gains powers to negotiate, Henry Jacomy to replace Robert in the Antilles as the island’s one man rule likely ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giraud
Washington
Robert
Martinique
Ilami Honore Giraud
French Committee of National Liberation
Charles de Gaulle
Georges Robert
French West Indies
Algiers
Henri Etienne Hoppenot
Guadeloupe
Axis
Henri Jacomy
French Guiana
Antilles
Hoppenot
Bolling Field
Philippe Baudet
Roosevelt
William Leahy
George C. Marshall
Europe
France
United States
Oil Coupons Still In Transit To Baltimore
The State Office of Price Administration reports Baltimore City's fuel oil coupons mailed from New York a week ago remain in transit. Dealers say earlier delivery would help plan the summer delivery program to ease transportation burdens, with deliveries hoped to begin by July 15 for the remaining 80 days. The summer program applies only to two people at the same residence as last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
State Office of Price Administration
New York
OFA
OPA
Robertson Is Given Twelve Years Term
Robertson 20 of Plane No 4 pleaded guilty in Hagerstown Circuit Court to second degree murder in the fatal beating and robbery of John Henry Gillis storekeeper. He received 12 years in the Maryland Penitentiary. accomplice Kline cited as equally guilty. Gillis died from a fractured skull after the March attack at Plane No 4 store. Wyatt Brooklyn pitcher ordered to two weeks rest for a bursitis in right shoulder.
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Russell A. Robertson
Plane No. 4
Hagerstown
Maryland
John Henry Gillis
Robertson
D. Lindley Sloan
Lewis Kline
Sloan
Kline
Nikirk
Horace M. Alexander
Sergt
John J. Cassidy
Gillis
Sibe
Frederick City
Reader
Regin Vhant
Sheers
Wyatt
Brooklyn
Whitlow Wyatt
Colorful War Plant Interiors Brighten Women Workers
A new color technique to brighten war plant interiors is used to stimulate female workers. Floors are white with brown stippling, machinery in light gray and light buff, creating cheerful surroundings claimed to boost morale.
Grange Meeting at New Market Hall June 23
The New Market Grange gathered at Setngt Hall on June 23 with Worthy Master Bruce Crum presiding. Carl Ingling presented a motion picture on Modern Agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Crum
Carl Ingling
Vanulon Moeting F
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City
P.E. Company
E.B. Ramsburg
Rotary Club
Roger Photo Elues &. Kameburg, Jr
Hugh V. Gitlinger
New Guinea
US Army Air Forces
Manokwari
New Guing¢a
USAAF
NEAJ
Frederick County
Institute of Professional Relations
University of Maryland
Eugene W. Pruitt
Elmer K. Chandice
Liberty High School
Frederick County Teachers’ Association
Natwaal Educational Association
Arnold Joyal
Department of Education
The
State University
Pruitt
N. E
de Lac Army Air Field
Cordell Hull
Bennett
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Arizona
C. E. Cline & Son Funeral Directors
Callaway
Peach
Blue
C. C. Carty, Inc
E. Patrick St
Nymphorm
Batiste
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