Local high schools aid registration for sugar canneries workers
Frederick and Walkersville principals lead volunteers including an Army officer and college professors to register help for canneries. Only 60 percent of needed workers have signed up as of Monday with registration open 10 am to 7 pm at 139 North Market Street. the six to eight week season begins late this month with about 1,100 workers required in city and county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Walkersville
Charles W. Willis
Harry O. Smith
Ait
North Market Street
G. Frank Thomas
Thomas and Co
Mech
Cannery
Frederick County
Armed Services
Sanatorium Theater Threatened By Fire
Fire raced through the projection booth at the Maryland State Sanatorium theater near Sabillasville. Patients evacuated orderly as flames from a projected machine sparked inflammable film. one projector damaged and no casualties reported. Local Blue Ridge volunteer unit and Engine 2 responded, with firefighters noting singed hair and interior damage.
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Maryland
Sabillasville
Blue Ridge Su 1
Hurryain
Assestant
Franci Enoug
Nagie
Forsdaindale
Dickerson Farmer Struck by Infuriated Bull Near Dickerson
A farmer named Dickerson was severely injured when an enraged bull charged him near Dickerson on Monday evening. He was transported to Frederick Hospital where his condition remained satisfactory today.
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Dickerson Farmer
Dickerson
Gorluck
Mal
Frederick
Halton
Estate of Evra C Barner Halted by Orphans' Court
The Orphans Court halted liquidation of Evra C Barner of Brunswick after five heirs filed a petition and caveat to probate the will. Executor Frank Hinkle was ordered to appear by August 10 to answer charges alleging the will was not properly executed, that Barner died intestate, and that undue influence and fraud affected the document. Real estate was recently sold, and assets are valued around 52,000, with the court attaching estate assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evra C Barner
Brunswick
Orphans’ Court
Frank Hinkle
Feed
Parsons Newman
Mary Barker Moran
Wsis
Concord
N. Hu
Iva Davis
William Barker
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Annabelle Hurt
Charles Barker
Indianapolis
Tac
Flora Chaney
Dayton
Ohio
May Eckart
al Law Lewis Barker
Jale Chas
Barker
Aas AE Sodas Pd Sieattinr
Yom Barker
Hinkle
Ezra C. Barker
Germantown Notes and County Farm Work Report
Local social notes from Germantown mention summer plans at Londonderry and visits among residents including Mrs. Carroll Brown and Mrs. Elizabeth Lenhart. Dr. William Benson and Mr. William Waters are listed among ill or recovering residents. A Rockville farm labor update details DC high school youths replacing workers due to effort and discipline, with camps at Gaithersburg and Sandy Spring serving about 120 youths aged 14 to 17 from Montgomery County.
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Ann
Karry Hoskingan
Londonderry
Carroll Brown
Geo.w. Mock
Edward “R. Brozius
Elizabeth Lenhart
C. A. Brown
Ronday
George W. Mack
William Benson
William Waters
Rockville
District of Columbia
We Anderson
Montgomery County
Dix
Anderson
Gaithersburg
Sandy Spring
Cutter Splits After Freighter Collision Off Sandy Point
Annapolis July 12 The owner of a 44 foot cutter Walkring says salvage is hopeless after the vessel was rammed by the 70 foot bay freighter John Blandford off Mundy Point Va. The Walkring sank in about four minutes in 55 feet of water. Owner Jack Stone of Washington and three passengers William Hoover Craig Bradberry and Howard Drake swam to the freighter and were taken aboard. The Valkyrie valued at 12000 participated in Bermuda races and was cruising toward Philadelphia when hit. Hoover teeth were knocked out and Bradberry sustained a minor injury while Drake was uninjured.
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Annapoli
Sandy Point
Jack Stone
Washington
Navy
John Blandford
Mundy Point
Valkyrie
Bermuda
Stone
Philadelphia
Silver Spring
William Hoover
Craig Bradberry
Howard Drake
Butter Rationing Forecast For 12 Months
Washington reports the War Food Administration forecasts civilian butter availability for the next year starting July will be 1.67 billion pounds, about 40 million less than last year, with 2.07 billion pounds consumed by civilians. Army and Allied allocations reduce civilian share. cheese and evaporated milk quotas are also set. Civilian consumption last year totaled 899 million pounds, with this year’s civilian allotment projected around 1.305 billion pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Food Administration
AFL After Friends Of Anti-Strike Measure
William Green of the AFL, claiming over 6 million members, vows to defeat every Senator or Representative who backed the Smith Connally anti strike bill. He urged delegates at the ILAs 33rd quadrennial convention to organize for a 1944 fight and penalize Congress for the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William Green
American Federation of Labor
ARE
Nnkiew
Green
International Longshoremen's Association
Two Drownings Claim Riverside Victims at Shenandoah and Potomac
Warpers Ferry W Va July 12 Officials recovered the body of Richard Kidwell 73 riverman who drowned in the Shenandoah River Sunday. The body of James Ainsworth 14? year? old drowned in the Potomac River Sunday near the same time was not yet found. Maryland State Police and Washington County authorities paused dragging as heavy rain began but plan to resume tomorrow. The river below the scene is very rocky making dragging difficult.
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Warpers Ferry
W. Va
Richard Kidwell
Shenandoah River
James Ainsworth
Potomac River
Maryland
Washington County
Potomac
Young Ainsworth
Nicodemus Paint Store Ad Highlights 123 Years of Quality
For 123 years a name of quality and service brushes waxes and cleaners NICODEMUS Paint Store located at 425 Jo n Court t offers a long history of dependable products and customer care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicodemus Paint Store
Hone
JO N. Court
Roosevelt Deplores End Of Federal Crop Insurance
President Roosevelt denounces Congress for abandoning federal crop insurance and urges revival this fall. He signed the 848,295,883 Agriculture Department supply bill and argues insurance could become essential to farming. Critics cited high costs after four years of wheat insurance and one year of cotton insurance. Roosevelt notes early costs and slow start but compares to successful rural mail, electricity, and other programs later deemed feasible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt Cites Fresh U S Farm Protection Need
Mr Roosevelt says the government will reconsider its policy as Congress reconvenes. He notes the protection is sorely needed by small farmers who typically lack financial reserves to bridge to the next crop.
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Roosevelt
Stimson and Devers Plan Unified Allied Command Talks
Secretary Stimson and General Devers met at American Army headquarters in London to map out invasion strategy drafts from Great Britain. They planned a broad series of discussions with British and American officials on unifying Allied command for future operations, with Stimson choosing to delay press comments while surveying the situation.
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London
Henry L. Stimson
Jacob L. Devers
U.S
Great Britain
Stimson
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Friends of
Congress
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Gen. Devers
U. A. Lough
South Market St Frederick, MD
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Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
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