Cemetery of American War Dead in Normandy Honors Fallen
HAL BOYLE reports from St Laurent sur Mer on the first American war cemetery in France. Capt. Whitman Pearson notes an expected identification rate of about 99 percent, with dog tags fingerprints dental records and master files used to match remains. The site features crosses from multiple nationalities a flagpole wreaths and plans to landscape the approaches for future visitors.
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Normandy
Whitman Pearson
Lowell
Mass
Tewksbury
France
St. Laurent Sur Mer
Washington
Pearson
Robert E. Berry
Wilmington
Del
Ernest J. Terry
Oklahoma City
University of Oklahoma
William Davis
Elk Grove
Calif
Nicholas J. Sloane
New York City
Terry
Cherbourg Peninsura
St. Laurent
Weekend visitors fill area households in Camp Hill and beyond
Mr and Mrs Samuel Frock of Camp Hill Pa hosted weekend guests including Bennie Frock and family. Dean Sebrick of Houston Pa and Mrs Hillagas of Manns Choice Pa visited William N Longs home. Leslie Gross family welcomed Austin Gross and Elwood Galliday family among others.
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Austin Gross
Frederick
Elwood Galliday
Richard Allen
Ellicott City
Paul Saylor
Addie Saylor
E. A. Warner
Johnsville
Roy Lind
Glen Rock
Walter Lind
Mount Pleasant Community Notes and Visits
Private Donald E. Fogle on a ten day furlough from Camp Bowie Texas visits his mother Mrs. Edward Hoffman. Everett Cashour and family of New Market visit George A. Cashour and family. Gula Reese of New Windsor spends days with son Roger Reese and family. Norman Boone and family of Baltimore visit Mr. Ricketts Frederick and Master David McKenzie of Frederick call on Mrs. James G Herbst and family. Everett Johnson and children of Sykesville with David O Johnson visit the Poole family near Poolesville. Mrs. Raymond Lindsay spends last week Monday to Friday with Prentiss family.
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Mt. Pleasant
Donald E. Fogle
Camp Barkely
Camp Bowie
Tex
Edward Hoffman
Everett Cashour
New Market
George A. Cashour
Gula Reese
New Windsor
Roger Reese
Norman Boone
Frederick residents gather for Sunday visits and meals
Victory Quartet Vansandt and family in Mt. Airy Mr and Mrs John Crum Mrs Henry Englebrecht and son all of Frederick spent Sunday with Mrs Raymond Lindsay and family Mrs Bertha Delawter who spent last week with Mr and Mrs George C Stauffer in Walk ersville has returned home Mr and Mrs Paul Delawter Washington on Sunday called on his mother Mrs Bertha Delawter and Mr and Mrs William T Delawter and family Mrs William T Delawter visited her aunt Mrs August Monath on Tuesday Mrs Walter Wood and daughter Betty Jane spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Harry Green and family Mr and Mrs Ray Golden and family of Dawson Pa spent Sunday with her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Harry Green and family Mr William Barnes and his sister Miss Edith Barnes were supper guests of Mr and Mrs Hobart Coran on Sunday Those who were supper guests of Mr and Mrs Hobart Corun on Monday were Mr and Mrs Fulmer Corun of Fallston and Mrs Ruth Koogle and Mrs Louisa Campbell both of Hagerstown MISS MCCARDELL FEATURED Claire McCardell who left Frederick to become one of America s top ranking fashion designers and this year s winner of American Fashion Critics Award for top performance in the field of casual clothes is featured in a full page article Quick Change Costume illustrated with color photographs which will appear in the July 29 issue of Collier s national weekly
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C. S. Smith
William Smith
Anna Bell
Mary Catherine
York
Albert Smith
Baltimore
Ethel Willhide
Can del Cottage
Seneca
Paul Delphey
Margaret Gross
Ellicott City
C. P. Delphey
Aspers, Pa
Charles Delphey
Walter Lind
Vansandt
Mt. Airy
John Crum
Henry Englebrecht
Frederick
Raymond Lindsay
Bertha Delawter
George
C. Stauffer
Walkersville
Paul Delawter
Washington
William T. Delawter
August Monath
Walter Wood
Betty Jane
Harry Green
Ray Golden
Dawson
William Barnes
Edith Barnes
Hobart Coran
Hobart Corun
Fulmer Corun
Fallston
Ruth Koogle
Louisa Campbell
Hagerstown
Miss McCardell
Claire McCardell
America
Collier's
191 Selective Service Cases Are Probed
Ninety-one cases have been handed by local Selective Service Boards to the Frederick County Welfare Board since July 1 for investigation under the Medical Survey program. Of these, 52 came from Draft Board Two and 39 from Board One. The July board meeting reported the high caseload. Allocation of June funds shows 575 cases assisted, with detailed totals for G P A and other aid.
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Selective Service Boards
Frederick County Welfare Board
Draft Board Two
Board One
George Finck
Welfare Board
Welfare Office
Evelyn 5S. Aumen
Madelynne V. Wayble
Writing from London to readers about soldier homesickness
Lieut. Lansing E. Broadhurst of Germantown writes from London that civilians cannot grasp how much soldiers away from home miss the towns they wandered in. He asks for the News to treat the topic as regular mail.
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London
Lansing E. “Curley” Broadhurst
Germantown
Surrounded 51 and the pleasures they enjoyed there
Lieut. Broadhurst of the London chief of transportation office recalls the E T O wartime thrills and describes buzz bombs as “OK if you just keep ducking” while recalling life under air raids.
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Lieut. Broadhurst
Chief of Transportation
London
O. K
Trustees named in Union Bridge Banking case in Westminster
Two Westminster men, Brown and Ivan L Hoff, were approved as trustees in a decree related to the sale of Union Bridge Banking and Trust Company. The appointment was approved by Associate Judge James Clark. In a separate notice, Pfc. Robert L. Willard of Frederick received the Combat Infantryman Badge for exemplary conduct in combat on Bougainville.
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Westminster
Union Bridge Banking and Trust Company
Blue Ridge College
Maryland
Church of the Brethren
Theodore F. Brown
James Clark
Fifth Judicial Circuit
Brown
Ivan L. Hoff
Bougainville
Robert L. Willard
Frederick
Army
Willard
John L. Willard
Jefferson Street
Frederick, Md
Settlement Reached In OPA Ceiling Price Case
E Owen Dorsey of Woodsboro pays 350 to the Office of Price Administration to settle ceiling price violation charges. A federal injunction restrained further overcharges as part of a six month period of violations. Another case involved Cecil Engle who paid 400 to settle overcharges of 440.87.
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E. Owen Dorsey
Woodsboro
Office of Price Administration
Associated Press
Baltimore
W. Calvin Chesnut
Federal District Court
Dorsey
Cecil Engle
Frostburg
OPA
Daniel B. Leonard
Francis Key Murray
Wounded in France Report Reaches Virginia Family
Word reached Mr and Mrs Claude Spring of Lovettsville Virginia that their son Pfc Carlos D Spring of the U S Army has been wounded in France. The announcement confirms the clash in Europe and the family's concern.
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France
Claude Spring
Lovettsville
Pfc
Carlos D. Spring
U. S. Army
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Alfonso Lopez
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Clinton
Okla
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Winston
Chiang Kai-shek
Hamilton
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Jefferson Road
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William J. Campbell
William Phillips
Elmer Jarvis
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Elwood O'Hara
Edward J. Smith
Smith
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