State Guard Units En route to Fort Meade Camp
Two Frederick based State Guard companies A and B lead convoys through the city to ten day annual encampment at Fort Meade. Over 100 local Guards under Captains Bowers and Pettingall depart after 7 am. other contingents from Hagerstown and Cumberland join Route 40 toward Meade. The Seventh Battalion State Guard Band skips the maneuvers due to farming and defense duties. About 163 attend from the city with 58 from Co A and 45 from Co B. They will sleep in tents at Meade. past camps were at Camp Ritchie and Fort Meade. The Grady destroyer escort launch will push total U S fighting ships to 1149 or more, threefold the fleet in mid-1940.
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Frederick
Fort George G. Meade
G. Hunter Bowers
Harry E. Pettingall
Hagerstown
Cumberland
Meade
State Guard
R. Roger Rice
Rice
City
Co. A
Co. B
Ft. Meade
Army Post
Camp Ritchie
Fort Meade
Washington
Navy
Grady
U. S
Absence Over Leave Versus Without Leave Navy Guide
The text explains the difference between A O L and A W O L for Navy and Coast Guards. A W O L means away without official leave, while A O L means prior permission was granted but the person failed to return on time. Excuses like transport problems are not accepted. Only a family emergency, often a mother in law, might excuse the lateness.
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Army
Yankee Maid Set For Hambletonian Test At Goshen
New York AP preview notes Yankee Maid the 1937 two year old champion trotter aim to win harness racing’s Hambletonian on August 9 at Good Time Park Goshen N Y. Owned by A L Derby trained by Henry Thomas the bay filly led by Volemite faces nine rivals including Eva's Boy Belle Dean Emily Scott Joe's Judge Lydia mite Princess Juliana Rapid Hanover Rose Dean Betsy Babcock Elizabeth dam of Greyhound in a field built to challenge the odds against the favorite Yankee Maid.
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Frank Eck
New York
Shirley Hanover
Yankee Maid
Twilight Tear
Good Time Park
Goshen
N. Y
A. L. Derby
Wichita
Kas
Henry Thomas
Shirley
Thomas
McLin Hanover
McLin
Hanover Farms
Bill Cane
Cleveland
Eric—Cane
Bill Strang
Brooklyn
Ben White
Ambassador
Volo Song
Eric
Eva
Belle Dean
Emily Scott
Joe
Lydiamite
Princess Juliana
Rapid Hanover
Rose Dean
Betsy Babcock
Elizabeth
Greyhound
Parts Stolen From Japanese Airplane in Brunswick
Between 30 and 40 residents were picked up by Baltimore and Ohio railroad police and Brunswick officers in connection with the disappearance of many parts and equipment of a Japanese airplane. The pieces were reportedly taken while the plane was in a car in the Brunswick railroad yards weeks ago. Many parts have been returned to Lieut. M. E. Magaha who leads the Brunswick railroad police, while others still hold items. An FBI agent has been called to aid the continuing investigation.
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Brunswick
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
M. E. Magaha
Brunswick Railroad
Magaha
FBI
Hitler holds as prisoner Himmler say Turkish editor
Ankara reports indicate Adolf Hitler is the de facto prisoner of Heinrich Himmler according to a lead article in Ulus. Susan Hayward wed Jeffrey Thomas Barker in Hollywood in a double ring ceremony at St Thomas Episcopal Church.
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Ankara
Falih Rifki Atay
Ulus
Turkey
Adolf Hitler
Heinrich Himmler
Susan Hayward
Hollywood
Jeffrey Thomas Barker
St. Thomas Episcopal
First Marriage for Both at Local Church
A couple marked their first marriage in a ceremony at a local church. The event united the bride and groom in a simple service attended by close family and friends.
Forest Fire On Watershed Near Salamander Tower
A 30 acre forest fire burned pine and scrub oak on the Frederick City watershed Sunday evening between Salamander Tower and Five Forks. Fifteen firefighters fought two hours without water, back firing with hand tools after discovery late in the day. The blaze traced to a noon campfire on a woods trail, with huckleberry picker tracks found nearby. No injuries reported despite tough conditions and delayed notification.
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Frederick City
Salamander Tower
Five Forks
Herman Toms
Mountaindale
Toms
Marion Ry
Government to sell surplus land in small farm parcels
The Surplus War Property Administrator W. L. Clayton announced a policy to sell surplus real estate in family-size parcels to farm purchasers who will cultivate the land. The statement responds to criticism from James G. Patton, president of the National Farmers Union, about the disposal program.
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Washington
W. L. Clayton
James G. Patton
National Farmers Union
Fate on Battlefields Alya Ehrenburg Warns Russia
Moscow July 23 Alya Ehrenburg a renowned Russian author spoke today fate on battlefields as she commented on the war situation urging caution and reflections on the human cost while calling for peaceful resolution amid ongoing hostilities.
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Moscow
Alya Ehrenburg
Russia
Hitlerite Germany Driven to Its Knees by Allies
In a provocative column in the Moscow Press a writer declares that Hitlerite Germany will be driven to her knees not by insurgent officers but by the resolute actions of ourselves and the Allies. The piece contrasts battlefield campaigns with homefront resolve.
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Catens
Germany
Moscow
Gunther Brewing Company
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William M. Canby
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Joseph Gillen
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Quincy
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Frederick County National Bank
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