Court rules mortgage paid in seven year litigation case
The Circuit Court held a $3,500 mortgage paid and satisfied, ordering the administrator of the late Frederick attorney to release it from land records. The case, Jesse N. Smith v Heagey, involved prior sales and alleged new evidence on a farm transaction. The judge noted a confidential attorney client relationship and required an accounting and further proceedings.
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Circuit Court
Frederick
Edwards. Delaplaine
Judes Arthur D. Willard
Jesse N. Smith
Henry F. C. Heagey
Jesse F. R. Heagey
Jeave
Calvin Anderson
Smith
Heagey
Theodore James Linton
Anderson
Court of Equity
Rev. T. S. Fike
Court of Appeals
Courts of Equity
Drafting Young Married Men For War Effort
Secretary of War Stimson said on July 16 that young married men and 18 to 20 year olds would likely be drafted before victory over the Axis. He noted the draft already includes some young married men and that lowering the draft age to 18 would probably be needed, though these men should not alter future plans.
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Washington
Stimson
War Department
Firemen Of County Elect Here Tonight
Frederick County Volunteer Firemen’s Association holds a single business meeting tonight at Junior Hall after supper at 7 30. Capt F Lester Smith, newly elected president of the State association, will preside. Delegates from thirteen companies expected. officers to be chosen and civilian defense plans discussed. Memorial service plans for Baker Park also to be addressed.
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Frederick County
Citizens Truck Company
Capt. Smith
William D. Zimmerman
Robert Rumpf
William Boost
Leroy Crum
Uniteds
David M. Kemp
Joseph
Hooper John T. Wisner
William Houck
Charles Marman
James Fletcher
Charles Bell
Thurbie Markoe
Robert Thomas
Lewis R. Dertzbaugh
Clarence A. Herwig
Guy V. Brust
G. Allen Kline
Lewis Abrecht
Emory Carmack
Guy W. Brust
Association
Baker Park
Senate approves 1.857 billion supplemental bill
Washington reports the Senate passed a 1.857 billion dollar supplemental appropriation bill returning to the House. It allocates 125 million for the Office of Price Administration though below the administrator’s needs and includes restrictions on subsidy payments. Compromises adjust employment and price ceiling procedures. Formosa typhoon toll rises with 205 dead in northern Japan. Stilwell headquarters in China reports nothing to announce for the fifth straight day.
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Washington
Senate
House
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Leon Henderson
IOPA
Chungking
Ger
United States Air Force
China
Assignment Of Military To De Gaulle Is Protested
Vichy protests to Washington over assigning military representatives to General Charles De Gaulle as a violation of French sovereignty. State Department notes Admiral Stark and General Bolte will consult with De Gaulle’s national committee on war conduct while emphasizing aid to the Fighting French.
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Vichy
Washington
Charles de Gaulle
France
United States Department of State
Jule
Harold R. Stark
Charles L. Bolte
London
National Committee of the Fighting
de Gaulle
United States
Two U S Merchant Ships Torpedoed Off Atlantic and Gulf
The Navy announced two medium sized United States merchant vessels were torpedoed, one in the Atlantic off the South American coast and the other in the Gulf of Mexico. Survivors have been landed on the east coast and Gulf coast.
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Washington
United States
Atlantic
South America
Gulf of Mexico
East Coast
Gulf Hoast Boris
Bombers Hit Bengasi Dock Fire in Libya daylight raid
U S Army Air Forces bombers attacked the Axis base at Bengasi Libya causing a large dock fire in a daylight strike. Allied air forces also attacked Bengali and Tobruk far west of the front in the western desert battle.
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U.S
Bengasi
Cairo
United States Army Air Forces
Libya
Western Desert
RAF
Bengali
Tobrik
Five Local youths charged in city blackout violations
Five youths William Wertenbaker James Crawford James Sultz Lewis Gouker and Edward Tyergar all of the city were cited to appear in Police Court Friday night for lighting cigarettes along North Jefferson street during the recent blackout. Police said they violated municipal blackout rules and were processed at Police Headquarters. Authorities noted wardens alerted residents and that the incident involved no reported accidents while state police reported no violations outside towns.
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William Wertenbaker
James Crawford
James Sultz
Lewis Gouker
Edward Tyergar
Lloyd C. Culler
Albert Mullican
William King
Fred Everhart
Marshall Murray
North Jefferson Street
Clayy
OCD
Frederick
War profits alleged by Washington family contractor group
A Washington family of four told the House Naval Committee they earned 613 789 dollars in 1941 by arranging war contracts for eleven manufacturers on commission. Rep Magnuson pressed on profiteering definitions as William Scrimgeour and his wife along with sons Maxwell and C Bailey Scrimgeour defended their business.
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Washington
House Naval _Committee
Magnuson
William Scrimgeour
Scrimgeour
Maxwell and
C. Bailey Scrimgeour
Two Bodies Found Near Edgewood Country Club
Two men identified as Harry Stevens, 55, of Kanauga Ohio, and John Leon Arthur, 32, of Marmet West Virginia, were found dead early today near the Edgewood Country Club entrance in Charleston West Virginia. The report notes the discovery context and confirms identities of the deceased.
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Charleston
W. Va
Harry Stevens
Kanauga, O
John Leon Arthur
Marmet
Edgewood Country Club
Axis Gains In Drive Along Coastal Area At Tel Elisa
Axis forces report gains along the Tel El Bisa coastal zone west of El Alamein as British and Australian units push to hold high ground. Rommel’s units bombard Tel El Eisa while RAF bombers strike Bengasi and Tobruk. Reinforcements from Crete reach the Egyptian front to aid Rommel in the coastal campaign.
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Tel Elisa
Tell 1 Kisa
Anht of Jesus
Jenet
Tel el Eisa
Tel el Sisa
el Alamein
Rommel
Claude Auchinneck
Nis Gasteard
Alexandria
Auchinbeck
Crete
London
North Africa
Erwin Remmel
Argentinians Rally Pro Democratic Fervor for Ortiz Funeral
In Buenos Aires crowds braved rain to honor former President Roberto M Ortiz as his funeral cortege passed Buenos Aires Cathedral. About 500 demonstrators pressed forward to join the procession, clashing with police who repelled them to maintain the line amid chants of Ortiz and Viva la Democracia.
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Buenos Aires
Roberto M. Ortiz
Infant mortality rate soars in German occupied Europe
A British Famine Relief report details rising death rates across Belgium France Poland Finland the Netherlands and Greece in 1943 44 amid food shortages and wartime deprivation. It notes sharp rises in child deaths malnutrition and widespread hunger among occupied populations.
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Towtondale
Europe
British Famine Relief Committee
Churchager
Come Milla
France
Paris
Poland
Compittee
Wales
Finland
Karelia
John P. Thelen
American Red Cross
Netherlands
Greece
Four Killed In Explosion At Auto Agency
Four men died and a sergeant was critically injured when gasoline from a pump exploded at the Hodge Drive-It-Yourself agency in downtown Cincinnati. Several others were injured by glass and debris as the three story building housing 40 trucks and cars was ripped by the blast. authorities suspect an attendant's electrical switch triggered the ignition amid spilled fuel after a backing incident near Central Fountain Square.
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Cincinnati
Cor
Police
Seret
Carl Hille
Hodge Drive-it-Itself
Sll
Sycamore Street
Fountain Square
Louis Schraffenberger
Sergeant Hille
Albert Bass
John Rehé
Norwood
Herman H. Hodge
Perry Fell
Barney J. Houston
Houston
Hodge
Roosevelt Ride Now In Chungking
Currie administrative assistant to President Roosevelt arrives in Chungking to consult on war problems with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek by direct order of the President.
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Washington
Clauchlin Currie
Roosevelt
Chungking
Chiang Kai-shek
White House
Subsidies Aimed at Lowering East Coast Gas Prices
Washington reports the Office of Price Administration will cut gasoline and oil prices on the east coast once subsidy provisions are issued. The move follows an earlier 2 1/2 cent rise to offset higher tank car shipping costs, with Defense Supplies Corporation to assist financing the cheaper tanker route. Senator Russell notes subsidies expected to reduce transport costs.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Commerce Jones
Defense Supplies Corporation
Russell
D-Ga
Senate
Nazi Raiders Fire on British Workers in East Midlands
German raiders attacked in the East Midlands this morning firing on workers and bombing a town causing fires and property damage. Bad flying weather over the continent kept the RAF from raiding Germany last night for the second night in succession. Berlin claimed two Soviet submarines were sunk in the Gulf of Finland.
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London
East Midlands
RAF
Germany
Acr
Berlin
Gulf of Finland
Warships Lost By Japs Since Dec 7
The Associated Press reports 89 Japanese fighting ships lost since Pearl Harbor. An AP compilation cites 48 U S naval craft and notes losses across sea fronts since the Reuben James sinking. The material reflects estimates from Walsh and headquarters summaries.
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Associated Press
Pearl Harbor
U. S. Army
Navy
General
Walsh
Reds Hold Firm At Voronezh In Soviet War News
Soviet dispatches report Red Army counterattacks near Voronezh repelling Axis advances and a German push toward Stalingrad. Bryansk sector fighting intensifies as German troops press on from Boguchar to Millerovo with prisoners taken and Nazi HQ destroyed.
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Moscow
Stalingrad
Volga
Voronezh
Red Army
Don River
Germian-non Boguchar
Ettvd
Atiauka
Kalitvia
Rostov
Lower Volga
Caucasus
Bryansk
Rzhev
Don
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Formosa
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Tokyo
Berlin Radio
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U. S
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Laval
Welles
M. Sumner Welles
Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Alexar
Jinstead
Axis
State Defense Committee
Tobruk
DNB
Beday
Belgium
Auto Agency
Ottawa
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Ste. Anne de Bellevue
Que
Canada
Herman Naiwald
Mazatlan
Mexico
Pacific Coast
Pope
Soviets
Rome
High Command
Mediterranean
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