Jaycees Plan Waste Paper Drive and Community Projects
The Frederick Jaycees announce G-Day for a waste paper drive led by committee chair George Bonnell. The group reports 960 Absentee Ballot and armed forces questionnaires mailed as part of Governmental Affairs. Ed Hartmann says a Blood Plasma Bank unit is in use at Frederick City Hospital with a second unit paid for.
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Frederick Faycon
YM. C. A
Jaycees
George Bonnell
Upper Baker Park
Jaycee
Ed Hartmann
Jaycee Blood Plasma Bank
Frederick City Hospital
Called to the Mast in Navy and Coast Guard Action
The article explains that when rules are broken, a member is "called to the mast" and must face the captain. For serious offenses a court martial may follow later, while minor offenses yield light punishment and extra duties to deter future violations.
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Navy
Coastguard
Planets Now Disappearing From August Evening Sky
Four planets remain near the sun in August evenings making them hard to spot with maps showing 11:00 p m positions. Venus is brightest and visible in twilight western sky and near Moon on Aug 19. Mercury reaches greatest eastern elongation Aug 10 but stays close to sun. Jupiter near Venus on Aug 13 but fainter, Mars near Moon Aug 20 also dim. Saturn appears about four hours before sunrise and will be easy to locate with rings and will be visible all night by November. Stars like Antares Vega Altair Deneb and Arcturus provide sky landmarks as Saturn rises earlier.
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Science Service
Venus
Mercury
Jupiter
Mars
Saturn
Scorpius
Antares
Vega
Lyra
Altair
Aquila
Deneb
Cygnus
Arcturus
Bootes
Liberators Strike Bonin Islands Near Japan
Four engined Navy Liberators carried out the first land based attack on the Bonin Islands 630 miles south of Tokyo sinking one ship and setting four ablaze. Admiral Nimitz announced the raid which hit Chichi and Haha islands damaging eleven enemy seaplanes and confirming heavy Japanese casualties buried in Saipan.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Bonin Islands
Tokyo
Chester W. Nimitz
Chichi Island
Bonin Group
Haha Island
Fleet Airwing Two
Saipan
Nimitz
Japan
Pacific Island
Ohig Oil to Drill Test Well on Maryland Eastern Shore
The Ohig Oil Company announced plans to begin drilling a test well within two weeks along Maryland's eastern shore. It holds about 250,000 acres under lease in Wicomico and Worcester counties where exploration began nearly a year ago.
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Salisbury
Ohig Oil Company
Seaboard
Maryland
Wicomico
Worcester
Draft Board Two mails notices for pre induction exams in Baltimore
Thirteen men and one transfer received mailed notices for pre induction physicals in Baltimore. The list includes Erman Wardenfelt James Boone Raymond Dingle Norman Moxley Oliver Phelps Carroll Brown John Rhoderick Edward Eyler Paul Zentz Raymond Wolfe Wetzel Eugene Harley Daniel Shorb and John Tribbett, with Tribett transferred from Board I. Seven white and three colored inductees who passed exams were sent by bus to Baltimore for induction, including Glenn Rhoderick and George Glick.
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Draft Board
Baltimore
Erman Shelden Wardenfelt
James Marshall Boone
Libertytown
Raymond Frederick Dingle
State Sanatorium
Norman Francis Moxley
Mt. Airy
Oliver Joshua Phelps
Myersville
Carroll Wilbur Brown
Thurmont
John Paul Rhoderick
Frederick
Edward Evers Eyler
Paul Nevin Zentz
Raymond Thomas Wolfe
Herbert Ralph Wetzel
Upperco
Eugene William Harley
Daniel Francis Shorb
John Cornelius Tribett
Board I. Pulaski
Inductees and Shipping Facts Across Counties
The list names inductees from Thurmont Emmitsburg Frederick Mt Airy and Liberty town with locations on Rt 3 Rt 1 and Rt 2 noting non fathers and named individuals Rudell Tyler Brenton Thompson and John Foreman. A 16 inch coast artillery gun mount costs about 750000 dollars takes 47 days to manufacture and needs 13 freight cars to move.
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Thurmont
Charles Levin Snurr
John Richard Joy
Emmitsburg
Robert Hood Oland
Rt. 1
Frederick
George Thomas Yeager
Mt. Airy
Bernard Stephen Myers
Libertytown
Thur
Man Rudell Tyler
Mt Airy
Brenton Albert Thompson
Iamsville
John Robert Foreman
Hamsville
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Republic of Mexico
Keystone House & Barn
Nicodemus
N. Court St. J
Gretna
Remsberg
Astronomy
James Stokley
Wleus
Ormes
Saath
Rhuigs
WEST
Rogers Park Drug CO
Park Heights Avenue
English Channel
Bate
Tide
Normandy
Neca
Ments
Frederick County
Holmes D. Baker
John H. Baker
W. H. B. Anders
W. Bartgis Storm
D. Ralph Zimmerman
Lewis M. Sponseller
Chas. A. Conley, M. D
Jas. H. Gambrill, JR
Holmes BD
Baker Daniel Baker, JR
John H Baker
Archibald E Fisher Elis B. Ramsburg, JR
Parsons Newman
W. H. Bb, Anders
R.W. Harbaugh
U.S
Federal Reserve Bank
THE
Citizens National Bank
Federal Reserve System and
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Lincoln Loan Service, Inc
W. Patrick Stone
Markell & Ford
South Carroll ST
Za Hs
North Market ST
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