Fifty Acres of Unthreshed Wheat Burns
A Sunday field fire on the William G. Baker Jr. farm near Buckeystown destroyed fifty acres of unthreshed wheat valued over 2000 dollars and about 1500 bushels. Fifty volunteer firefighters and Independent Hose Company battled the flames for nearly two hours, saving a portion of the crop and the threshing straw stack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William G. Baker, Jr
Daniel E. Cheeks
Buckeystown
Independent Hose Co
Manor Woods
Frederick
Independents
Cheeks
Grain Field Fire on Old D. Z. Padgett Farm Largest Yet
Firemen of the Independents described the grain field blaze on the old D. Z. Padgett Farm, part of the Baker holdings, as the largest of its kind within their recollection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Z. Padgett Farm
Baker
War Prisoner Aid Requests Denied by War Department
Montgomery County Maryland and Fairfax County Washington area farm agents reported that requests to use German prisoners of war for harvest work were denied by the War Department. The Montgomery official cited a ruling against using prisoners in certain tasks, while Washington officials said policy revisions are being considered and no reason exists to exclude prisoners from the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. W. Anderson
L. 5. Green
Montgomery County
Fairfax County
War Department
Anderson
University of Maryland Extension Service
War Manpower Commission
Fort Meade
Miliary District of
Washington
B. M. Bryan
Hitler's U Boats Were Failure In 1944 June Report
Washington reported Roosevelt and Churchill announced that Hitler's submarine fleet failed on all counts in June 1944. The anti submarine campaign said merchant losses were near the war's lowest figures while many U boats were sunk. It noted only one merchant ship in the Normandy action possibly faced U boat attack, with doubt about its destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Churchil
Hitler
United Nations
Normandy
Complications Over Land Sale Delay City Park Plan
Disputes over a half acre owned by James and Daisy Ambush halt the Mayer and Alder men park project in the northern city section. Officials plan to deduct Ambush land value from the 4500 settlement to Motter heirs and pursue clear title before completing the purchase. A separate Leesburg airport project on a 40 acre estate by Washington Flying Services promises training with 22 planes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayer and Aldermen
James
Daisy
Opossumtown Pike
North Market Street
Tenth
Twelfth Streets
Adam
Motter
E. St. C. Maxwell
Irving Kefauver
James Ambush
Ambush
Leesburg
Wallace George
James A. Jones
Washington Flying Services
Jones
Buddies Entered Service Together from Frederick
Pvt Corlios Markie and Cpl Russell Brightwell both from Frederick entered service on July 15, 1943 and have been stationed in Camp Hulen Texas. Markie, a former taxi driver, is with Btry C 527th A A A A W Bn. Brightwell, formerly with Excelsior Dairy, is with 328th Ord Co at Camp Hulen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corlios Markie
Cpt
Russell Brightwell
Frederick
Pvt
Markie
A. A
Camp Hulen
Tex
Brightwell
328Th Ord. Co
Markle
Cpl
Excelsior Dairy
Hearing Set Thursday On Pvt Spurlock Manslaughter Charge
Pvt James H Spurlock of Waterford Virginia faces manslaughter by auto and reckless driving charges. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Thursday at 2 PM after an accident Friday at Steiner Hill that killed his uncle Morgan G Spurlock. Funeral services for the victim were set for Leesburg. Ration free shoes announced regionwide from July 9 to 29 under OPA rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Spurlock
Waterford
Harold Basore
Spurlock
Steiner's Hill
Morgan G. Spurlock
Leesburg
M R Etchison and Son
Weekend Arrests Highlight Peace Disturbances and Drunkenness
Over the weekend magisterial court heard eight peace disturbance arrests and four loitering cases along with vagrancy, drunkenness, and reckless driving charges. Ten arrestees were Black. includes Paul Masburg Rt 4 Grayson Schroyer 18 East Street and W C Lake 40 East Sixth Street among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul’ Masburg
Rt. 4
Grayson Schroyer
East Street
Charles E. Smith
Buckeystown
W. C. Lake
East Sixth Street
Rachel Holmes
Claude Gardner
R. Burns
Jesse Creeger
East Third Street
Otis Fisher
Rt. 2
Frederick
John Blackston
Rinnehart's Alley
Blackston
Grace Carroll
LeRoy
Audrey Timpson
North Bentz Street
Naomi
Melvin Carroll
West All Saints
Clarence Duckett
West Sixth Street
Peaches Under Price Control Set for July 15
The Office of Price Administration announced fresh peaches for table use will come under price control starting July 15. Retail prices will be reduced about 25 percent from the 1943 crop, with maximums ranging from 14 to 16 cents per pound for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Taluga Tanker to be launched at Bethlehem-Sparrows Point
The 16,000 ton U S S Taluga, a high speed tanker for the Navy, will be launched tomorrow at the Bethlehem Sparrows Point yard with Mrs Harvey Klemmer of Ypsilanti Michigan as sponsor. It is the 12th of 14 in the Navy build program at the yard. Say you saw it in The News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Air Force radio director guides B 24 crew in Italy
In Healy Pfc Huff of Boyds directs traffic by radio for a B 24 Liberator plane of the 15th Air Force in southern Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc Huff
Boyds
15Th Air Force
Italy
Rayon shipments set half year record in 263 million pounds
New York July 9 rayon yarn shipments for the first half of the year reached a record 263,300,000 pounds, according to Textile Economics Bureau Inc in Rayon Organon. Last year first half total was 242,600,000 pounds with June shipments at 44,400,000 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Textile Economics Bureau, Inc
Rayon Organon
Rayon fiber shipments in first half year rise from 1943 levels
The report notes May shipments of 45.4 million and June at 39.6 million. Domestic rayon staple fiber shipments reach 82.7 million pounds in the first half of the year, up from 78.7 million in the same period of 1943.
203 More Japanese Fatally Hurt in Biak Island Battle
Advanced Allied Headquarters in New Guinea announced that 203 more Japanese troops were killed during mop up operations on Biak Island off Dutch New Guinea. Biak, the largest Schouten Island, housed three Japanese airfields, all of which have been captured by Allied forces. A Southwest Pacific bomber raid followed the update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Guinea
Biak
Dutch New Guinea
Schouten Islands
WWII notes on Pacific raids and extreme cold thermos use
The text records Japanese raids on an airdrome near Biak and mentions locations Palau Woleai Kavieng New Ireland and Suka Island in the Solomons. It also notes a shipyard using a thermos bottle at 297 degrees below zero to supply acetylene and oxygen for burners and welders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Palau
Woleai
Carolines
Kavieng
New Ireland
Rabeul
New Britain
Suka Island
Solomons
Schoutens
Biak
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Reserve District No
Citizens National Bank OF
Maryland
United States
Federal Reserve Bank
W. Bartgis Storm
Ernest Helfenstein, Jr
Archibald E. Fisher
Charles H. Conley
Holmes D. Baker
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Markle and
Cpl. Brightwell
Keystone
Nicodemus Paint
Court Bt
Frederick County National Bank OF
State of Maryland
County of Frederick
Wm. D. Zimmerman
WM. D Zimmerman
Glenn E. Biehl
Robert L. Warfield
L. Homer Miller
J. Walker Carty
Member
Prphive
Pfc
Clarence E. W. Huff
Norwich
Biak Island
Aeight Wana
Pepe Epi Beeu Cp
AVDS
Villa Bs Ali
Mat Pritty
Rees
KON Firsox
Williamson 'S Drug Store
North Market St
Farmers & Mechanics National Bank
Frederick, Maryland
L Jve
Esso
Pearl Harbor
Pay
Diggs
Standard Oil Company of
New Janey
J. Paul Place
Franklin Street
Standard Oie Company OF
New
Cope
Rowe Pam
Jersey
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