Firemen Of County To Hold Annual Meet Here
About 100 delegates from Frederick City and County will attend the eighth annual convention of the Frederick County Volunteer Firemen Association at Junior Hall in the city Thursday at 7 30 p m The session will be a single business meeting with no parade and will elect officers for the coming year and decide on a site for next year s gathering amid wartime conditions Capt Lester Smith of Frederick will be guest of honor and the supper will be served by the Ladies Auxiliary of the Junior Fire Company The convention will also discuss civilian defense and the role of firemen in defense activities The thirteen local companies may send five delegates each and representatives will come from independents juniors uniteds citizens truck company Brunswick Brad Aock Heights Middletown Myersville Walkersville New Midway Thurmont Emmitsburg and Graceham The officers listed include Guy V Brust president Charles F Troxell first vice president Frank L Spitzer second vice president Altone C Whitmore third vice president Robert L Smith secretary and W Nelson Stauffer treasurer
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Frederick County Volunteer Firemen's Association
Junior Hall
F. Lester Smith
Capt. Smith
Frederick
Uniteds
Citizens Truck Company
This City
Brunswick
Brad- Aock Heights
Middletown
Myersville
Walkersville
New Midway
Thurmont
Emmitsburg
Graceham
Guy V. Brust
Charles F. Troxell
Frank L. Spitzer
Altone C. Whitmore
Robert L. Smith
W. Nelson Stauffer
Wartime Maneuvers Begin in Carolinas
In Wadesboro North Carolina July 13 the U S Army launched its first wartime maneuvers with Maj Gen BE Dawley warning this could be the last dress rehearsal before shooting starts for many. The drills on ground and air will run on a 34 hour cycle and stress cooperative infantry action as prep for overseas operations.
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Wadesboro
N. C
U. S
Carolinas
BE. J. Dawley
Dawley
Officers Named For Mt Airy Minute Men Unit
Permanent officers for the Mt Airy unit of the Carroll County Minutemen were elected at Mt Airy High School. Dr Lawrence L Leggett was named captain J Wilson Straw first lieutenant Benjamin F Bryan second lieutenant and Ralph Seliman first sergeant. Sergeants for the four squads include Lester L Lowman Murray D Bean Herman Gillis and Fault Beall Corporate are C M VanPoole Kerman Davis Irving M Burdette and Carlton Grimm.
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Mt. Airy
Carroll County Minutemen
Mount Airy High School
Corp
Westinghouse to Move N ray Division Plant to Baltimore
Walter C. Evans, president, announced that the N ray division plant of Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company will be relocated from Long Island City New York to Baltimore. The move expands Baltimore operations and consolidates production capabilities.
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Baltimore
N-ray Division
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Long Island City
N.Y. Vicw
Walter C. Evans
fourteen associates of eight Nazis arrested in wartime probe
Washington reports the arrest of 14 alleged associates of eight Nazi saboteurs awaiting trial. The group includes six women and acts as immediate contacts who aided the agents landing on Long Island and Florida. FBI and Hoover say arrests occurred in Chicago and New York as the military trial proceeds.
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Washington
Biddle
Long Island
Florida
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Chicago
New York
FBI
Atlantic
Hoover
Germany
Maria Kerling
Edward John Kerling
Jacksonville
Haupt
Justice Department
Fail Again To Reach Agreement On Agricultural Bill
July 13 Washington House and Senate conferees on the agricultural appropriations bill adjourned a futile conference with Senator Russell of Georgia claiming the House refused to admit disagreement. Russell said he would report to the Senate that neither chamber could discharge its present conferees from consideration of the balance.
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Washington
House
Senate
Russell D-Ga
Russell
Small Panamanian Merchant Vessel Torpedoed in Caribbean
A Panamanian merchant vessel was torpedoed several weeks ago in the Caribbean. Survivors have been landed at a port, and authorities announced the incident amid wartime dangers.
Matruh Bombarded by Royal Navy in North Africa
Merxandria Egypt July 130b The Royal Navy intervened in the battle of Egypt bombarding Matruh on the North African coast with heavy bombardment aimed at disrupting Axis supply lines.
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Matruh
Royal Navy
Merxandria
Egypt
Haw
North African
Lawyers May Name Their Choice For Judgeship
A Frederick County Bar Association meeting is set for Friday afternoon at the county courthouse to discuss recommending a successor to Judge Arthur D. Willard who retires at 70. The bar may nominate one or more Frederick County attorneys, with Governor O Connor to name a replacement serving until the November general election. Seven candidates are listed for the coming primaries including W Clinton McSherry as chief judge and Patrick M Sehnaullar as an associate judge.
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Frederick Couns Bar Association
Welock
Court House
Arthur D. Willard
Executive Council Side Association
Par
O'Conor
Willard
Injured Motor Bike Rider Falls at Worth Market
Alvie E. Myers of 211 West Seventh Street was thrown from his motor bike when it skidded on loose gravel at Worth Market and Twelfth streets Sunday evening. He suffered head lacerations and a sprained wrist, was taken to Fred City Hospital, then home to recuperate.
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Worth Market
Twelfth Streets
Alvie E. Myers
West Seventh Street
Fred 4 City Hospital
Mr. Myers
Market Street
Twelfth Street
RAF strike sinks Rommel era reconnaissance plane
Reuters dispatch from the Egyptian front reports a British air attack destroyed a Storch type plane used by Rommel's staff. All occupants are believed killed. The report notes the craft was part of the desert theater operations and emphasizes the defeat of a senior staff aircraft.
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Erwin Rommel
Desert
Houdry Outlines His Synthetic Rubber Plan
Eugene J. Houdry, president of Houdry Process Corporation, told a Senate committee his firm developed a process to convert butane into butadiene, the base for synthetic rubber, using two stops on a single nit. One of several brief wire-service items from Washington and New York reports.
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Washington
Eugene J. Houdry
Houdry Process Corporation
Senate
Egyptians Lands To Be Scene Of New Major Battle
British forces hold new positions ten miles west of El Alamein in Egypt after repelling German counter attacks. Australian troops bolster the Eighth Army while Rommel concentrates with sit and sea reinforcements. 2,000 Axis prisoners and 18 tanks were reported captured in sharp fighting near Tel El Eisa.
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Egypt
Cairo
Tel el Ersa
el Alamein
Rommel
Eighth Army
Tel el Eisa
Fuel Dealers Urged to Start Advertising Campaigns
Eastern seaboard fuel dealers were urged by the Solid Fuels Office to launch advertising campaigns urging consumers to switch from oil to coal and to order coal now. Acting Director Howard A. Gray said consumers may not grasp the seriousness of the fuel shortage and warned that heating oil supplies may be insufficient next winter.
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Washington
Seaboard
Solid Fuels ‘Office
Retail Dealers’ Association
Howard A. Gray
Fuel Office
Consum
Tne
Accused Negro Is Lynched In Texas
Texarkana July 130 P Sheriff Monroe Watts said Wil lie Vrton a 26 year old Negro suspect in the attempted rape of a white woman was taken from a hospital by a group of men and hanged early today to a winch at a cotton gin outside the city. Watts said the body showed it had been dragged behind an automobile before being hanged and there were no bullet wounds other than one received when Vinson was captured early Sunday morning in a cafe where he was employed.
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Texarkana
Tex
Monroe Watts
Willie Vrton
Negev
Watts
Vinson
Captain William H. Stayton Dies at 81 Father of Repeal
Capt. William H. Stayton U S Navy retiree known as the father of repeal died at his home last month at age 81. He founded and chaired the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment and helped found the American Liberty League.
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Omyrna
William H. Stayton
U. S
Mont
Association Against the Prohibition
American Liberty League
Frederick City Banks See Large Deposits Gain in 1942
Combined deposits of Frederick's five banks rose by 1 897 303 94 in 1942 to 19 881 901 80. Time and demand deposits grew while time deposits fell after rate cuts. assets increased to 22 777 195 44 from 20 802 246 62 in 1941. Surplus and undivided profits rose to 2 075 082 89 with capital stock at 625 000 following retirement of preferred stock.
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Frederick City
Businuss
de Corson
Yes Cours
Bbederich
Frederick County National Bank
Ave City
Shooting Decree Threatens French Families in Occupied Paris
A Gestapo issued notice declares that in retaliation for terrorist acts and sabotage, near male relatives 18 and older and female kin will be shot, with under 18 children sent to reform schools. The speech urges locals to aid German authorities by reporting attackers and suspects.
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Vichy
Ily
Gers
Paris
Fanan
Hve Bor
Gestapo
Vane
Turdil
Lan
Eklund Guilty of Second Degree Murder in Escape Case
John Eugene Eklund, 25, convicted of second degree murder for the slaying of Hyland G. McClaine, 17, in a 1940 sniper- style ambush. Verdict sealed due to his Friday escape. maximum sentence 20 years to life. Reporting also notes a teen driver, Merril Wolfman, injured in a separate crash near Libe rtytown with hospitalization.
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Washington
John Eugene Eklund
Eklund
Hyland G. McClaine
James J. Morris
Two Maryland Postmaster Nominations Sent to Senate
The report notes nominations of Maryland postmasters including Howard Griffith of Westminster and Charles W Kies, sent to the Senate for confirmation. An unrelated item mentions Allied air action against Japanese troop concentrations in Burma.
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Washington
Senate
Testa Eg Mart Ly
Silver Spring
Howeard Chiffith
Westminster
Charles W. Kies
Loses To First Consolidated Bomber
Cairo reports the United States Air Corps loses its first Liberator in Middle East combat. A formation bound for Axis targets faced Messerschmitt interceptors. two enemy planes were claimed shot down, but one Liberator did not return.
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Cairo
United States Air Corps
Middle East
MGT
Positions Of Red Armies In Southern Sector Become Precarious
Moscow reports the Don Valley fighting tightens as German thrusts press toward Rostov and Stalingrad. German forces advance near Kantemirovka and Boguchar while Soviet defenses stretch 125 to 225 miles from Rostov and Stalingrad, with 30 000 Red soldiers reportedly taken captive southwest of Rzhev.
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Moscow
Don Valley
Aaerhaveden
Volga
Stalingrad
Boguchar
Dons
Voronech
Don
Donets
Koslov
Rostov
North Caucasus
Volea
Lishchansk
Yimoshetnko
Red Army
Kantemirovka
Voronezh
Pulhe
Berlin
Rzhev
Don Basin
Don Jain
High Command
Lodge Praises Tank Force From Africa Duty
Senator Lodge reported in the Senate that American soldiers fought like veterans in Africa and their tanks stood the test in Libya. He described a small U S bank detachment near Tobruk on June 11 and 12 engaging Axis forces, with American armor delivering direct hits and the German tanks failing to penetrate.
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Washington
Lodge
eMass
Africa
Senate
Loame
Stimson
Tobruk
Clayton Named Asst. Commerce Secy in Roosevelt Era
William T. Clayton of Houston Texas was nominated by President Roosevelt to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for civil aeronautics succeeding Robert H Hinckley. Clayton, a former deputy Federal loan administrator and head of Anderson Clayton & Company, was serving as special assistant to Secretary of Commerce Jones. He is noted as a leading cotton factors figure in the industry. D R Crissinger Dead in Marion Ohio after a three year illness was noted in connection with Harding administration.
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Washington
William Tt. Clayton
Moustan
Texas
Roosevelt
Robert H. Hinckley
Commeter
Civil Aeronautics
Clayton
Commerce Jones
Tie Fortimely
Anderson, Clayton & Company
D. R. Crissinger
Marion, O
Daniel Handa Creccenti
Tedecan
Warren G. Harding
Restrictions On Auto Speed Enforced During Blackout
Local Office of Civilian Defense announces a state wide blackout drill with strict speed limits of 95 miles per hour and headlight use. The raid lasts about thirty minutes starting at 4 o clock, with only accredited emergency vehicles moving. Police monitor safety amid planned civilian air patrol observations if weather permits.
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Office of
Civilian Defense
OCD
Lloyd C Culler
Board of Aldermen
Itia
Civic Air Patrol
Treisler Files As G. O. P. Candidate
Annapolis July 13 State Secretary Thomas E. Jones reported the candidacy certificate of Henry C. Treisler Hagerstown broker seeking the Republican congressional nomination for the Sixth district has been received here The certificate will be sent to Attorney General William C Walsh for approval Treisler is the first Republican to file for the primary in the race for the congressional chair now held by Democrat Katherine Byron
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Annapolis
Thomas E. Jones
Henry CC. Treisler
Hagerstown
Jones
William C. Walsh
Treisler
Nes
Katherine Byron
Three Die In Fire At Ordnance Plant
Three workers burned in a sheet cutting unit fire at the Hercules Powder Plant in Radford Virginia died today as an Army board of investigation convened to determine the cause of the blaze.
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Radford
Hercules
Army Board of
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