Probe Into Monocacy River Fish Deaths Sparks City Action
Frederick will welcome a State Board of Health investigation into the cause of the recent death of thousands of Monocacy River fish. Mayor Hugh V. Gittinger said the mass death, likely three or four days prior, involved mainly eels and suckers and occurred about a half mile below the city disposal plant. The mayor urged examination of the disposal plant outflow and other potential danger sources.
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Frederick
State Board of Health
Hugh V. Gittinger
Gittinger
Benjamin F. Phobus
Maror
Blue Rock
Kolb
Arthur Culler
State Board of Health Office
Baltimore
Frank Bentz
State Inland Fish and Games Commission
Cannery Acquitted By Judge Coleman
Judge William C. Coleman acquitted The Lord Mott Inc canning concern in Federal Court of misbranding peas and invalidated the alcohol insoluble solids test as too rigid a standard. He ruled Maryland Delaware and New Jersey canners suffer hardship from climate-based peculiarities not accounted for, and noted the test had supported other prosecutions and was now challenged for the first time.
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Baltimore
William C. Coleman
Maryland
Coleman
Lord Mott, Inc. Canning
Delaware
New Jersey
Maryland to study wild turkeys in cut forest area
The Inland Fish and Game Commission will consider reserving forest land in Allegany County for turkey study at its Baltimore semi annual meeting. Also on the agenda is aligning Maryland dove season with Federal law and possible locations for a new fishing hatchery in Allegany Garrett Washington or Frederick Counties. St Louis reports Roosevelt ready to run with Truman as Vice President.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Allegany County
Inland Fish and Game Commission
Garner W. Denmead
Allegany
Garett
Washington
Frederick County
Denmead
Chinese Still Hold Important Junction
Chinese forces defend the Hengyang Hankow rail junction at Hengyang Jin amid heavy Japanese assaults. At Leiyang four miles south a Japanese sweep toward the railway suffered immense losses and shows signs of collapse. Reports of a Chinese counter offensive near Kioshan emerged while other Hunan sectors noted some success.
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Chungking
Canton Hankow
Hengyang
Jin
Leiyang
Hunan
Kioshan
Hankow
Second Oak Leaf Cluster For Lieut Hendrickson
The second Oak Leaf cluster to be worn with the Air Medal has been awarded to Lieutenant Edwin M. Hendrickson a Mustang fighter pilot from Frederick Maryland. A general orders release praised his courage coolness and skill reflecting credit upon himself and the Armed Forces of the United States. He entered the Air Corps in 1942 won his wings and commission in 1943. His wife Virginia E Hendrickson resides at Frederick.
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England
Edwin M. Hendrickson
Mustang
Frederick
Maryland
United States
Carrol KR. Hendrickson
Upper College Terrace
Air Corps
Virginia E. Hendrickson
Rockwell Terrace
Steps Taken To Prevent Spread Of Venereal Disease Locally
Dr A Talbott Brice outlined actions by State health authorities and physicians to curb venereal disease in Frederick County before the Kiwanis Club at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. He noted about 22 000 treatments given by two state clinics over eight years, the role of sulfa drugs against gonorrhea, and the need to locate cases early for effective cures. He cited draft boards as a recent patient source and highlighted the lack of public health nurses hindering clinic work. The talk stressed economic saved, cases kept from mental institutions, and the home transmission risk, with Francis B Sappington presiding and Park Loy among attendees.
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Frederick County
A Talbott Brice
Jefferson
Kiwanis Club
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Brice
Frederick
Brunswick
Tropics
Charles K. Taylor
Francis B. Sappington
Park W. T. Loy
Hagerstown
Accident Commission Decision Is Reversed in Maryland
Baltimore July 18 Judge Samuel K Dennis reversed a State Industrial Accident Commission ruling on disability payments. The decision, the first of its kind in Maryland, holds that a worker receiving a permanent disability sum cannot have temporary disability payments credited against it. The case involved Bethlehem Steel and Walter L Roberts injured December 1940 at Sparrow Point plant.
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Baltimore
Samuel K. Dennis
State
Industrial Accident Commission
Maryland
Dennis
Bethlehem Steel Company
Walter L. Roberts
Sparrow's Point
Governor Joins Fight Against Black Market Gasoline
Annapolis Md July 18 Governor OConnor declared with the Federal petroleum industry committee on rationing that the black market harms supplies for the armed forces and notes many citizens take advantage by buying more than their allotment. Southeast Asia Command reports battered Japanese troops retreating through Manipur hills toward surrender amid hunger and rain.
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Annapolis
Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Manipur
India
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Headquarters Daily Bulletin
Four Japanese Merchant Ships Sunk or Damaged
Advanced Allied Headquarters in New Guinea reports four Japanese merchant ships sunk or damaged in fresh Allied air assaults in the Southwest Pacific. The two day total reaches nine ships sunk or damaged, with two 1,000-ton vessels hit near Celebes and a 3,000-ton ship sunk off Halmahera, near the Philippines.
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Allied
New Guinea
Southwest Pacific
Nin
Netherlands Fast Indies
Celebes Island
Halmahera
Philippines
Bible Classes Meet at Walkersville Summer Gathering
The Glade and Evangelical Reformed church Bible classes held their annual summer meeting on the Keefer Catsail lawn near LeGore Tuesday evening. Over 100 attended with families and friends as refreshments were served. The program included welcomes, readings, recitations, solos, singing, and group performances.
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Glade and
Evangelical Reformed Church of
Walkersville
Keefer Catsail
LeGore
Marlene Cutsall
Peggy Powell
Anna Edwards
Dicky Smith
Norris backs Wallace in statement from McCook Neb
Former Senator George W. Norris said Wallace should be renominated, warning that the Roosevelt ticket will suffer in nearly every community if he is not. The remarks were delivered in McCook Nebraska on July 18.
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Norris
Wallace McCook
Nebr
George W. Norris
Wallace
Roosevelt
Not Minnie Barker in Brunswick Arrest Case
Mrs Minnie Barker of 301 East Potomac Street Brunswick states she is not the Brunswick Minnie Barker arrested by Frederick police over the weekend. The Post reports the clarification to prevent mistaken identification.
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Barker
Minnie Barker
East Potomac Street
Brunswick
Frederick
State health officials survey sites for Western Shore Hospital in Frederick
Frederick county committee led by Alderman Russell H. McCain will host state health officials Dr. R. H. Riley and C. Cyril Klein to inspect Montevue Braddock Heights Ceresville Harmony Grove and other properties for a proposed Western Shore Hospital for chronic and indigent care. The tour begins Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at the County Health Officer’s office.
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State Board of Health
Western Shore Hospital
Chamber of Commerce
Frederick County
C. Cyril Klein
R. H. Riley
Baltimore
E. C. Kefauver
Frederick
Ceresville
Harmony Grove
Old Country Club
Francis Scott Key Hotel
150 Tanks Turned Trick In Battle
Supreme Headquarters says an isolated American airborne unit on D Day was bolstered by a large armor force after a radio operator misreported enemy strength as 150 tanks instead of 150 men. High Command rushed armor to the area and the result impressed officials.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
High Command
Soldier wounded in Normandy hospitalized in England
Pfc. Charles Stimmel of the 29th Division writes his mother Mrs Mamie Stimmel 110 East Fifth street that he is hospitalized in England with slight wounds received in action in Normandy. He does not specify the date or nature of the wounds but reports he is progressing nicely.
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Charles Stimmel
Mamie Stimmel
East Fifth Street
England
Normandy
Nazis Predict War Decisive Within Three Months
Nazi broadcasts claim the war will end in under three months. Jean Paquis on Paris Radio says the conflict is in its decisive phase with life or death on the eastern front and the Allies committing all forces on the western front, expecting bitter fighting ahead.
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London
Bernard L. Montgomery
Orne
Jean Paquis
Paris
Racial Issue At Convention Faces Platform Friction
At the Democratic platform talks in Chicago the Southern Revolt over racial policy grows. Philip Murray urges a strong declaration against racial, religious, and minority discrimination and calls for abolition of poll taxes. A Nashville Tennessean editor’s statement pushing voting rights is read. The framers weigh a 1940 pledge to end discrimination in government service and defense, with due process and equal protection.
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Chicago
Democratic Party
CIO
Philip Murray
Labor Organization
Platform Committee
America
Murray
Richard Morford
New York
Jennings Perry
Nashville Tennessean
Congress
Arrest of A W O L Soldier H A Kintz Detained for Trial
On an undisclosed Army post, Officer Norman Dietz arrested Harry Kintz of Five and a Half Street on Tuesday. Kintz is jailed awaiting military guard to return him for trial on charges of being absent without leave.
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A.W.O.L
Norman Dietz
Harry Kintz
Kintz
Beef Steaks Roasts May Be Ration Free
Washington reports War Food Administrator Marvin Jones prepared an order to remove beef steaks and roasts from rationing with a goal of freeing points. The order targets AA and A grades while lower grades become released, and applies to OPA actions on hams and pork loins.
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Washington
War Food
Marvin Jones
Federal Register
Office of Price Administration
OPA
WPA
Jones
Baltimore Car Thefts Rise Reported by Police
Baltimore police report a steady rise in automobile thefts with higher demand for vehicle thefts and related services noted as contributing to ongoing losses. The July 18 bulletin cites increased incidents and warns of continuing risks to drivers and insurers.
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Baltimore
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New York City
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Burkittsville
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Richard T. Norris
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Coca-Cola Bottling Company
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