German radio man faces three citizenship charges
German-born Brandon Roberts alias Schoenermarck denied misrepresenting German nationality at a Hagerstown hearing while admitting use of an assumed name and travel without authorization. FBI says he pledged US citizenship and worked for Monocracy Broadcasting, with ties to Civilian Defense. Officials plan to aid prosecution. neighbors recall little unusual conduct.
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FBI
OCD
Heinzdieter Beron von Schoenermarck
Brandon Roberts
Information Division
Civilian Defense Organization
Hagerstown
Schoenermarck
United States of America
Mares
Cisihan
Apenermarck
Monocracy Broadcasting Company
Wanhinate
NBC School of Radio Announcers
New York
WFMD
New York City
Germany
United States
Frederick
Frederick Offcia
United Nations
Hedelberg
Maryland
Wolfinger
Marge
Con
Wage Increase Is Accepted by Steel Workers Union
The United Steel Workers of America policy committee approved a 44 cent daily wage increase from the War Labor Board for about 157,000 workers at Bethlehem Steel Republic Steel Youngstown Sheet and Tube and Inland Steel. CIO President Philo Murray, visiting from Washington, said the union accepts the award but will monitor its impact on living costs and urges corporations to comply in the national wartime effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
United Steel Workers of America
War Labor Board
Little, Steel
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Republic Steel Corporation
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co
Inland Steel Co
Sant
National War Labor Board
Caesar Petrillo Bans Dance Bands From Airwaves
The American Federation of Musicians under James C. Petrillo ordered Local 802 to pull Richard Himber and Teddy Powell dance bands from NBC networks tonight. Powell broadcasts from Armonk New York and twice weekly at 1230 am on Sundays. Himber broadcasts from Essex House New York at 205 am three nights weekly. NBC said the order affects Himber only and a substitute program from San Francisco was used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Federation of Musicians
James C. Petrillo
Richard Himber
Teddy Powell
NBC
Powell
Armonk
N.Y
Himber
Essex House
New York City
Wnan
KSTP
St Paul-Minneapolis
San Francisco
The
Broadcasting Company
New Gasoline System Is Being Worked Out
The War Production Board issued orders restoring competition in the filling station business and Eastern motorists will receive rationed gasoline under new rules starting July 22. Stations will release as much gasoline as they can sell with detached coupons from Eastern motorists gas cards entitling replenishment gallon for gallon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Production Board
Ming
WPB
McCormack
D-Mass
Baltimore Milk Law Enforcement Tightens Standards
Baltimore Health Department insists on full compliance with the milk code by Frederick County dairy farms. About 650 shippers supply Baltimore with roughly 14,000 gallons. many have already remodeled barns and installed running water since 1940. A October 1, 1942 deadline looms, with possible extensions for unavoidable conditions if efforts were made, while some farmers have quit dairying or redirected output to other channels. Edmund C Slade, St John’s parish priest, suffered finger injuries in a workshop accident. Price administrator Leon Henderson said the Eastern price rise of 2 12 cents a gallon would be removed soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore City Health Department
Frederick County
Ivan M. Marty
Baltimore Health Department
Baltimore
Henry 8. Shoemaker
Health Department
Washington
Capital District
Monumental City
Marty
Baltimore City
War Interpreted: Rommel’s Desert Drive Near Alamein
The article analyzes Rommel’s bold tactics in the North African desert as Axis forces press toward Alamein and Alexandria. It contrasts German mobility, radio coordination, and staff work with British reinforcements and air bombardment, noting the strategic stakes of a potential British counterattack and Rommel’s fear of a southern flank sweep.
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Suil
Don
Russia
Egypt
Alexandria
Mediterranean
Qattara
Rommel
Alamein
Auchinleck
Brtish
Libya
Cairo
Rommels
Eneed
Answers To War Quiz Questions On Page Five
A fragmentary entry notes the 36th division’s World War I Champagne sector service symbol, mentions Drottningholm as the liner exchanging German and Italian diplomats for Americans in Lisbon, and briefly cites Navy pilots claiming they sunk a Japanese aircraft aboard a carrier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Champagne
Franea
Drottningholm
Lisbon
Portugal
Navy
Wingless plane tests spark claims of future craft
Baltimore reports the inventor Cheston L Eshelman completed his 62nd test flight of a wingless, elliptical pancake aircraft. The 24 foot long craft weighs 12 feet wide, reaches 190 mph on a 130 hp engine, and claims 30 percent less drag. Eshelman envisions a larger version, built in eight weeks with six builders using plastics. Army and Navy officials showed interest, while past stunts and a Mars flight claim linger in his history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Cheston L. Eshelman
Eshelman
Army
Navy
Clyde Parthee
Civil Air Patrol
Parthee
Boston
Mars
No Action On Judgeship By Bar Advise Postponement
Frederick County Bar Association met Friday to consider a successor for Associate Judge Arthur D. Willard and passed a resolution urging no appointment before the September 8 primaries. The bar urged the governor to appoint before the primaries if at all, with Willard retiring July 25 at age 70.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County Bar Association
Arthur D. Willard
Herbert R. O’conor
Willard
Bar
Amos A. Holter
Association
William M. Storm
D. Princeton Buckey
Parsons Newman
Jacob Rohrback
Montgomery County Bar Association
Sixth Circuit
Bar Association
O'Conor
Continue Case Until Warrants Are Issued
Five Frederick youths accused of violating municipal blackout rules appeared before Magistrate Alton Y Bennett in Police Court. The case was continued until warrants charging each boy with a specific offense are issued. Other cases included Guilty pleas for assault, fishing without license, and a speeding verdict of not guilty.
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Frederick
Alton Y. Bennett
William Werterbaker
West Third Street
James Crawford
West Fifth Street
James Sultz
West South Street
Lewis Gouncer
MT East Circh Street
Edward Tyergar
East South Street
Cordelia Pryor
Edith Butler
Lee Wilder
D. W. Kettells
Paul Renner
Fountain Mills
S. W Steele
Clifton M. Waltz
Westminster
Walter L. Wut
Adrian Makel
Herbert L. Strawsburg
Wimbledon Joan Empress Milk Totals Highlight Maryland Herd
A Holstein cow named Wimbledon Joan Empress in the University of Maryland herd yielded 17 092 pounds of milk and 614 pounds of butterfat in the past year, per Holstein Friesian Association of America records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wimbledon Joan Empress
University of Maryland
Holstein- Friesian Association of America
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M. R. Wolfkiel
San Pedro
Calif
Roosevelt
SOS
Wolfkiel
WLB
Caesar’ Petrillo
Arthur C Slade
St John's Catholic Church
Frederick City Hospital
Father Slade
Mie Tluuse Miajuiry
Leon Henderson
U.S
Larter
Eopok
Agricultural Marketing Administration
Iease-l
Yomendy
Department of Justice
Yamane
Kirke L. Simpson
MERIT
W W. Clinton Mesnerry
War Savings Committee
Ethel F. Nelson
Victory Committee
Chespeake and Potomac Telephone Company
C. E. Cline & Son Funeral Directors
Delphey
Allen
N. Marbet ST
Walter E. Sinn
Carty
C. C. Carty, Inc
E. Patrick St
Frederick, Md
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