Drouth and Borer Ruin Corn Crop Across County
Midsummer drought and stalk borers devastate the 1943 corn crop. Early plantings show severe losses, with some canneries predicting less than half of last year’s pack. Officials hope rain soon to salvage late plantings as labor and feed corn shortages rise.
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Drouth
Thomas and Company
Frederick City Packing Company
Monocracy Valley Canning Company
Gaithersburg
Henry FR. Shoemaker
Walkersville
Packer
Mid-West
New Plans For Price Control
President Roosevelt outlined that the administration is considering new plans for price controls and economic stabilization. He said no ideas are agreed yet and labor did not deliver an ultimatum, noting food prices have risen to September levels and any plan would require congressional approval and funding.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Four Fifty Six Pints Donated In Three Days In Frederick
Frederick city and county residents surpassed expectations with 456 pints donated during a three day mobile Blood Donor unit stand ending Thursday. 529 volunteers filled appointments, aided by Reserve List donors, six RNs, a Navy doctor, and Red Cross staff. Local committee praise flowed from Mrs. Holmes D Baker and others for meeting the goal and planning for future drives in November.
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Frederick
Holmes D. Baker
Navy
Camp Detrick
Wacs
Red Cross
Charles K. Taylor
W. H. B. Anders
Publiity
Edgar H. McBride
John Ed Schell
James H. Gamerill, Jr
F. Earle Lariner
James F. Messersmith
Rames Hendrickson
R. R. Lewis
Raymond R. Shank
Frank D. Worthington
A. V. Tidmore
William T. Delaplaine
Ralph Duane
Good
M. C
Dora Twentier
R. N
Baltimore
Alton ¥. Bennett
William H. Bartgis
Isabel Zimmerman
Osborne I. Price
James 3.Tchison
William S. Bacon
Herman Weener
Francis Perrott
Amos John Traver
R. R. Shank
R. Ames Hendrickson
Paul G. Johnson
Cyrus Gambrill
Glenat O. Garber
James S. Cri
Css
John Bellis
Roger Bizler
D. C. Farnham
Calvary Methodist
Calvary Church
Red Cross Motor Corps
F. Earle Shriner
Shriner
Edgar K. Moore
Sam W. Maples
William M Storm
Clifford C. Doll
Alfred Gaver
Helen Eade Johnson
A. W. Lee
Edward Thomas
Clarence’Cai
Charles S. Houck, Jr
Benjamin B. Rosenstock
Emmett KR. Bowlus
Thompson
Russell Berk
Evelyn Kefauver
Allied forces seize Italian admiral in Sicily action
Allied troops in Sicily captured Italian Admiral Pirato Leonard, commander of the Augusta naval base, as announced today. The move comes amid continued Allied pressure in North Africa and Sicily.
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North
Aflica
Sicily
Pirato Leonard
Augusta
Underground US Aid Reaches Subdued Europe Propaganda Supplies
The Office of War Information details covert US aid to occupied and neutral lands including sewing kits seeds soup tea bouillon and tea packets with messages and American symbols. It describes compact printing presses mimeographs and typesetting kits hidden in luggage or clothing to aid underground movements and spread Allied morale.
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Washington
Europe
United 3 Ms Generous
Aunsta
Office of War Information
United States
Gestapo
Air
Ana Qrgisans Sivtes
Tellophone
al Gauleiter
Owi
France
United States of America
Roosevelt Hopes Rome Be Declared Open City
President Roosevelt said Allies still hope Germany and Fascists will declare Rome an open city. He noted Rome’s military role with airports and marshalling yards and said bombing protected American and British lives. He warned Italian Fascists blocked the move and discussed Sicily invasion and retaliation questions.
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Roosevelt
Rome
Washington
Pius XI
Italy
Chil
Sicily
Sec
Britain
Stup Summers Nuptials Today At Centennial Memorial Church
Miss Beatrice Jeanette Summers daughter of Mr and Mrs C Thomas Summers and Lieut tr Charles Robert Stup of the U S Navy were married today at two o clock in the Centennial Memorial United Brethren church. Officiating was Rev J H Seamuil. No attendants. The bride wore embroidered chiffon with a blue veil. groom wore a navy suit. There was no reception and they planned a short wedding trip. Home from Cuba the couple will reside in Frederick, with Mrs Summers continuing to live there.
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Beatrice Jeanette Summers
C. Thomas Summers
West Second Street
Charles Robert Stup
Charles W. Stup
North Bentz Street
Centennial Memorial United Brethren Church
J. H. Seamuil
Summers
Joan Dorsey
Baltimore
Cuba
Stup
Frederick High School
Hood Colere
Nairucas McK
Naven
Ein G. Scoot
Paitaw
University of Maryland
Lot
Sam
Internal Revenue Division
Washiston
D. C
Navy
Wile Sic
Stup 4
Why Wilbur Landis Overalls Delayed by Bird Nest
Lancaster PA July 23 Wilbur Landis will have 19 wait a while longer for his overalls. Mrs Landis washed them and hung them out to dry. A bird built a nest in a pocket, so she removed them. Now there are three eggs in the nest.
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Lancaster
Wilbur Landis
Stop In City Heavy Guns Proposed On Of Pacific New Air Line
Union Airways plans to carry passenger mail and express from Frederick to Washington Annapolis via Hagerstown, with routes via Baltimore or Washington. J Henry Reisner leads the firm, listing Francis Urner and Harold Frushour as stockholders. An airport feasibility study is under way as needed for future operations and city stops.
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Pacific New Air Line
G.A.B. Kiska
Washington
Annapalis
Union Airways, Inc
Hagerstown
The
Airways Corporation
Civil Aeronautics Board
J. Henry Reisner
Francis J1. Urner
Harold A. Frushour
Frederick
Hugh V. Gittinger
Detrick Pield
Union Airways
Annapolis
Baltimore
Pageno
Palermo’s long siege and role in world wars
Palermo, Sicily’s capital and chief seaport, has a warfare history from ancient times through World War II. Captured by Romans, ruled by Byzantines and Arabs, then Normans and Hohenstaufens, it later became an Italian naval base. Its harbor saw Allied raids during 1941 to 1942 as North Africa operations unfolded.
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Associated Press
Palermo
Sicily
Garibaldi
North Africa
Italy
Two Cases Heard Before State Industrial Accident Commission
Two cases were heard before the State Industrial Accident Commission at the courthouse. Decisions were reserved. The cases involved James M. Murphy versus the Doughnut Corporation of America and its insurer and Margaret Hooper versus Wilrhoile Company and its insurer.
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State Industrial Accident Commission
Court House Trarning
James M. Murphy
the Doughnut Corporation of America
Margaret Hooper
Wilerhoile Company
WMC Director To Speak Here
Lawrence B. Fenneman director of the War Manpower Commission for Maryland will address a joint Frederick county meeting of the Chamber of Commerce service clubs and local employers at 8 p.m. Tuesday July 27 in the Francis Scott Key hotel Blue and Grey room. Roger B. Wolfe and Mayetta Hershberger organized the event. The Maryland Stabilization Plan to castral manpower employment in the state will be the topic, followed by an open forum where Fenneman will answer questions and explain the plan’s application to Frederick County industries and businesses.
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Lawrence B. Fenneman
War Man Power Commission
Maryland
Chamber of Commerce
Frederick County
Francis Scott Key
Roger B. Wolfe
Frederick C
Mayetta Hershberger
Frederick
United States Employment Office
Sion
Fenneman
Potatoes Bought By U S May Be Fed To Hogs
War Food Administration bought large potato stocks under the drawer price support plan. About 3 000 tar (tons) remain on hand and many could spoil if not disposed of. Proposals to sell potatoes for hog feed are under consideration. Purchases largely focused in North Carolina with small amounts in Oklahoma Arkansas and New York.
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Washington
War Food Administration
WEA
Ofc
WFA
North Carolina
Oxledorne
Arkansgag
New Yo
Palermo Falls as Patton's Seventh Army Seizes Sicily Port
Allied forces cap Palermo, severing the western Sicily end after a rapid 200 mile advance from Gela in 12 days. Patton's armored divisions overran Italian resistance, yielding two major harbors and shifting control of Tyrrhenian approaches. Catania battle continues as Montgomery's Eighth Army presses toward the Mount Etna area.
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North Africa
Palermo
Sicily
Seventh Army
George 8. Patton
Enna
Maly
Ialy
Cap Bon
Catania
Mount Etna
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth
Genwight D. Eisenhower
DNB
Berlin
Reuters
London
Eighth Army
Catanian
Algiers
Axia
Messina
Patton
Harold Alexander
Angiy
Gela
George S. Patton, Jr
Salisbury Garbage Collection Troubles
Salisbury residents faced uncollected garbage on Wednesday morning as one of six workers quit after the city council announced no pay raise for the rest of the year. The remaining crew did servicing at very low temperatures, transfers from other departments were made to help, and additional equipment would be deployed if needed.
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Salisbury
Avor
Cir
Ae Conncil
Clarke Gardner
Gardner
Rationing Rules Toughen for Tires in Commerce
The Office of Price Administration tightens rationing for tires tubes and recapping services for commercial vehicles. An OPA tire examiner will join one rationing board per area with many commercial vehicles to approve applications. Action aims to curb tire replacements due to tire shortages.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
PERFORM ON UPSIDE IN NEW YORK STOCK MARKET
Upward trading in New York on July 23 saw scattered utility preferreds, rails and industrial specialties rise, with several leaders pushing toward multi year highs while many stocks showed ongoing liquidity gains.
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New York
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Heil Hitler
Heil Hunger
Wilbur
Mavine
Kiska
Japa
North Maene Tie Danas
Kese
Funhfuth
Ellice Islands
South Central Pacific
WMC
L. B. Fenneman
U.S
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