Army at Camp Detrick to use Monocacy water under permit
Permission granted by the Maryland State Geology Mines and Water Resources Commission allows the Army to withdraw up to 1 250 000 gallons daily from the Monocacy River for Camp Detrick use and to discharge treated effluent back into the river downstream. The plan includes 100 percent sewage treatment before discharge and safeguards to protect Frederick municipal water needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Monocacy River
Camp Detrick
Army
State Department of Geology, Mines and Water Resources
Gate Detrick
Monocacy
George L Hall
State Department of Health
Hall
Frederick
Montevue Springs
Detrick
Frank Bentz
State Game and Inland Fish Commission
James E. Lingewald, Jr
Commission
Arthur Stewart
John B. Funk
D.-Frederick County
H. K. Ferguson Company
George J. Hall
Army Engineers
Orders Given For More Shells For Big Guns
The War Department announced a large and immediate expansion of heavy artillery ammunition to satisfy unprecedented combat demand. Brig. Gen. R. E. Hardy cited a near 100 million dollar cost for tools and facilities, with contracts to six companies including the Kelly-Springfeld plant in Cumberland, Massachusetts. Expanded loading, chemical, and explosive plants will boost capacity, with top priority from the War Production Board and War Manpower Commission to secure labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
R. E. Hardy
Ordnance Department
Kelly- Springfeld
Cumberland
Lopez A Prisoner Report Sparks Colombian Crisis
The State Department said it had heard of disturbances in Colombia with reports from the Colombian embassy in Caracas that President Alfonso Lopez was taken prisoner by a military group. It added no further comment while awaiting more details.
Dutch New Guinea Base Of Japs Is Attacked
Liberator bombers attacked airdromes near Sorong in Dutch New Guinea and targeted Yap and Palau. They dropped 43 tons on Jerman airdrome at Sorong with no anti airfire. Americans captured three Noemfoor airdromes after six weeks of heavy fighting near Maffin Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Guinea
South Pacific
Sorong
Dutch New Guinea
Yap
Palau
Carolines
Jerman
Noemfoor
Geelvink Bay
Manokwari
Sarmimaffin Bay
Maffin Bay
Hitler Planned U S Invasion Claims Testimony Before Senate
J Carlton Ward Jr testifies before a Senate Military Subcommittee that Hitler in 1940 planned to invade the United States via Mexico after a feint through Newfoundland. Ward cites diplomatic sources and notes State Department awareness, while urging postwar military readiness and expanded air power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hitler
United States
England
J. Carlton Ward
Fairchild Engine and Aircraft Corporation
Senate
Ward
Paris
France
State Department
Mexico
Newfoundland
Murray
D.mont
Department
Germany
Draft Quotas In State Decline
Maryland's monthly draft quotas have declined to near replacement level for battle casualties and illnesses. The August call will be about 25 percent of the record peak, with total available positions narrowed by enlistment deferments and age group exemptions. Stanwood notes full service strengths in all armed services and ongoing occupational and industry exemptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Maryland
Henry C. Stanwood
Navy
Army
Selective Service
Stanwood
Gorman Charged With Will Forgery and Perjury
Warrants charging forgery and perjury in the filing of an alleged will were served on Jacob H. Gorman of 128 South Market Street after a probe by the Register of Wills and State's Attorney. The case centers on a letter allegedly admitting Gorman wrote the will and used signatures of others as witnesses. The estate reportedly includes real estate valued up to 20 000 dollars with a possible niece heir unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob H. Gorman
South Market Street
Horace M. Alexander
Paul B. Rhoads
William M. Storm
Gorman
Edward J Smith
Register of Wills
Roy L. Leatherman
Ida Elizabeth Gorman
D. E. Young
Detroit
Young
Orphans Court
Pittsburgh
Maryland
Garman
Winners Of War Bonds At Tivoli Announced
The Tivoli Theatre awarded 250 in war bonds to winners of its Victory Bowl contest part of the Fifth War Loan. Recipients were C. E. Cline Sgt. Mack Spitzer Earl T. Jones Mrs. A. Burdette Mrs. Joseph Hooper A. F. Angleberger and William N. Vaeciliou.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tivoli Theatre
C. E. Cline
Sgt
Mack Spitzer
Earl T. Jones
A. Burdette
Joseph Hooper
A. F. Angleberger
Wiliam N. Vaeciliou
Ten Called By Board Two Induction Notices Mailed
Frederick County Draft Board Two mailed ten induction notices over the weekend to nine men and one colored inductee. Inductees will be sent to Baltimore for active duty with service branch assignment decided after induction, not beforehand. Names include Glenn Garst Rhoderick and George Joseph Click among white inductees and Thurman Rudolf Tyler Brenton Albert Thompson and John Robert Foreman among colored inductees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armed Force
Frederick County Draft Board Two
Board Two
Focal Board
Baltimore
Action Center
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Air Force
Glenn Garst Rhoderick
Rt. 1
Frederick
George Joseph Click
Rt. A
Thurmont
John Richard Joy
Emmitsburg
Robert Hood Oland
George Thomas Yeager
Mt. Airy
Bernard Stephens
Libertytown
Charles Levin Snurr
Thurman Rudolf Tyler
Brenton Albert Thompson
Ijamsville
John Robert Foreman
German POW Helmu Boertzle Escapes Camp Pickett
A 20 year old German prisoner of war named Helmu Boertzle escaped today during a group project at Camp Pickett Virginia. Officials noted the escape at 4 50 p m as prisoners returned from work. Boertzle is described as 5 7 tall 160 pounds with blue eyes fair complexion and light hair wearing a dark blue denim fatigue suit with POW markings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp
Pickett
Helmu Boertzle
Camp Pickett
Third Service Command
Boertzle
Two People Sentenced for Vagrancy and Related Offenses
A colored man Harold Stine and a woman Ernest and Mildred Shoemaker were among those sentenced by Magistrate Alton Y Bennett. Stine received a suspended $50 fine with a future $100 penalty for a fourth offense. Gardner and Rachel Holmes, both colored, were sent to the House of Correction for four and three months respectively. Other cases included trespass and traffic violations with fines and collateral forfeitures listed for multiple residents from Frederick and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Correction
Alton Y. Bennett
Harold Stine
Frederick
Ernest
Mildred Shoemaker
Claude Gardner
Rachel Holmes
Shippensourg
Sergt
Frank Dorsey
Martin Kanade
Gardner
Hagerstown
Reno S. Harp
Herman J. Boblitz
New Market
Stine
Boblitz
Calvin M. Shank
Rt. 1
Middletown
Clarence W. Shankle
East South Street
Roger Mills
H. L. Basore
Mills
Shankle
Brunswick Soldier Killed in England at Age 21
Corp. Charles D. Kidwiler of Brunswick was killed in England at 21. He served in the Air Corps after enlisting in 1942 and had been overseas ten months, with relatives informed a skull fracture caused his death. He was raised by his grandmother and formerly worked as a machinist apprentice for B&O Railroad in Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Kidwiler
Brunswick
War Department
Corp
Charles D. Kidwiler
Andover
England
Kidwiler
Theresa Duble
Tommy Duble
Corp. Kidwiler
Air Corps
Thal
Charles R. Kidwiler
De Gaulle Receives Thunderous Welcome in New York
General Charles De Gaulle arrives from Washington and is greeted by 500000 cheering crowds at LaGuardia and Fifth Avenue. Mayor La Guardia praises Free France as De Gaulle thanks Roosevelt for frank talks and lauds Franco American friendship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles DeGaulle
Washington
Roosevelt
la Guardia Field
City Hall
F. H
Fifth Avenue
General Lafayette
Union Square
France
la Guardia
DeGaulle
Circumstances Of Shooting Probed In Clarksburg Area
Montgomery County Police investigated a fatal shooting near Clarksburg involving Wa bur A. Stanton who died as he rode in a car. Herbert Brown of Clarksburg is in custody awaiting charges after initially denying firing his .22 rifle. Police quote Brown claiming the weapon discharged while clearing a jam during an argument over a woman at a Clarksburg tavern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabur A. Stanton
Clarksburg
Montgomery County
Herbert Brown
Brown
Stanton
Brunswick Closes Pool At Scheer Stadium Amid Water Shortage
Brunswick officials ordered Scheer Stadium pool closed as reservoir levels fell five inches below overflow during a 15 day dry spell with no rain in sight. No water ban was imposed yet as officials cite excessive use and check mains with Yourtee and Virginia springs flows remaining near normal to good. Norman H. Davis left an estate of 562000 to eight children. he died July 2 in Hot Springs after chairing the American Red Cross since 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Scheer Stadium
Drouth
Virginia Springs
Yourtee Springs
Washington County
Alexandria
Phj
Norman H. Davis
American Red Cross
Davis
Hot Springs
Red Cross
Pacific War Update Guam Rota Assaults and Saipan Aftermath
Saipan is secured and U S forces focus on Guam and Rota with shelling by light cruisers destroyers and carrier planes and airstrip defenses damaged. Liberators hit Truk and Marshalls targets as Saipan tasks shift to locating hidden enemy units and extending air fields for strikes on Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Saipan Island
Navy
Guam
Rota Islands
Saipan
Marianas
Pearl Harper
Rota
Chester W. Nimitz
Marshalls
Carolines
Truk
Seventh Army Air Force
Jaluit
Malleolap
Wotje
Pacific
Japan
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Agriculture Department
U. S
Fairchild
New England
North Atlantic
North Central
South Atlantic
Charles W. Wolford
Rockdale
Washington County Hospital
Anna Y. Ferguson
J. H. Gorman
Benjamin
Jersey City
N. J
Stan Benjamin
Baltimore Orioles
International League
Frank J.shaughnessy
Frank Skaff
Ali Tiedemann
Jersey Giants
Skaff
Tiedemann
Oriole
Mercury
Stanley T. Wirts
Weverton
Tivoli
Edwin M. MacGill
Everedy and Price Bros. Co
Magnetic Devices, Inc
Akeep
Eas
Ray Calvin Seward
North Bentz Street
S. F. Scinta
Rosewell L. Myers
Hanover
Corp. W
Finksburg
Lewis P. Kriner
Waynesboro
Herman A. Weiss
Harrisburg
Robert DG. Eckroth
York
Sergt Dan Swomley
Allen's
North Market ST
Federa
C.E. Cline & Son Funeral Directors
Low
Nero
iGuam
South Market
Reserve District No
Frederick County National Bank OF
Federal Reserve Bank
State of Maryland
County of Frederick
Wm. D. Zimmerman
Glenn E. Biehl
Robert L. Warfield
L. Homer Miller
J. Walker Carty
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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