Quarter Crop Sugar Corn Prospect for Canners
With only a quarter crop in prospect two Frederick sugar corn canneries will begin operations late this week and may continue into next week depending on corn arrivals. The Frederick City Packing Company plans to receive corn tomorrow and start Friday with sporadic activity thereafter. Thomas and Company will also start Friday, with Saturday and irregular work possible depending on crops. Monocacy Valley and Walkersville plants may open around Thursday. some grain may shift to Walkersville. Crop conditions are poor, likely one quarter to one fourth of normal, with rain shortages and heat stressing leaves. Water levels at Fishing Creek reservoir drop further as farming demand continues.
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Frederick Sugar Corn
Frederick City Packing Company
Thomas and Company
Monocacy Valley Canning Company
Walkersville
CPA
Adamstown
Cat
Thurmont
Frederick
Fishing Creek
Singanore Creek
Air General Christiansen Court Martial Reported
Aneta the official Netherlands news agency reports that Air General Friedrich Christiansen, commander of German forces in the Netherlands, faced a court martial. The fragment suggests a formal military proceeding amid wartime administration in London on July 27.
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London
Aneta
Netherlands
Friedrich Christiansen
Court-Mar- Malind Faecay Arction
Baking Powder Muffins
Simple quick bread recipe detailing two cups flour salt sugar and two teaspoons baking powder. Mix sifted dry ingredients add milk beaten egg and melted shortening, then fill muffin cups two thirds full. Bake hot at 400 to 425 F for about twenty to twenty five minutes.
Ten More Raids On Kiska In Pacific Offensive
Washington reports army fighter bombers pounded Kiska with ten additional raids on Japanese installations. A night single plane assault followed, while Liberator bombers hit Wake Island, pulverizing the base. Catalina bombers struck Gertrude Cove and main camp, starting fires as air attacks raised to 41 for the month. Navy notes heavy damage and several enemy aircraft destroyed or damaged.
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Washington
Kiska Island
Navy
Knox
Wake Island
North Pacific
Catalina
Gertrude Cove
Kiska
Central Pacific
Third War Loan Drive Opens September 9
President Roosevelt announced September 3 as the start date for a new Third War Loan Campaign. He urged every American to back the effort with war bond purchases guided by conscience. Treasury Secretary Morgenthau set a goal of 15 trillion, and Roosevelt said the nation must raise unprecedented sums to fund the war effort.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury
Morgenthau
Youths Released After Watermelon Theft Custody
Two thirteen year old youths were taken into custody by Officer Norman Dietz on a charge of stealing watermelons from in front of a local market. The watermelons were recovered and the youths were released in the custody of their parents pending a hearing before the probation officer.
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Norman Dietz
Foster at Camp Swift Serves in Medical Battalion
Pvt. Dewey S. Foster of the Hq. Detachment, 322nd Medical Battalion stationed at Camp Swift in Texas has been with the unit since March. Foster is a member of the FVL foster family and is stationed in Dickerson, Texas.
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Fvl Foster
Lenny Riley
Dickerson
Camp Swift
Tex
Pvt
Dewey S. Foster
322Nd Medical Bn
APO
Drowns In Potomac Near Harpers Ferry
Albert Raymond Brooks an 18 year old from Charles Town West Virginia drowned in the Potomac near Island Park while wading on a Sunday. He could swim a little but lost control as rescue attempts failed. Brooks an electrician's mate third class was on leave from Tompkinsville New York Navy station. The body was recovered nearby later that afternoon. This marked the third drowning in the area within two weeks. Lingering teeth traces found in Arctic and Antarctic seabirds.
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Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Albert Raymond Brooks
Charles Town
Potomac
Island Park
Here
Navy
Tompkinsville
N.Y
James Albert Ainsworth, Jr
Richard Kidwell
Tiver
Shenandoah
Hitler seeks meeting with Badoglio after Mussolini exit
Berlin dispatches in Madrid's Informaciones suggest Adolf Hitler hopes to meet Marshal Badoglio after Mussolini's resignation. The Berlin view notes Mussolini's fall may not affect a prior Hitler talks, while Berlin weighs how a Badoglio government could shape German plans for the Balkans and potential Italian troop movements.
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Madrid
Berlin
Informaciones
Adolf Hitler
Mussolini
Pietro Badoglio
Foreign Office
Hitler
Fuehrer
Bemiert
Haly
Badoglio
Balkans
Italy
Marriage custom crowns bride with wormwood garland
Russian peasants crown the prospective bride with a garland of wormwood to symbolize the trials and bitterness of marriage, a tradition reflecting local customs and social beliefs of courtship.
Roosevelt On Air Wednesday
Washington July 27 President Roosevelt will go on the air tomorrow night for a half hour address described as of major importance It will begin at 930 p m Eastern War Time Presidential Secretary Stephen Early offered no hint on subject The speech will be Mr Roosevelts first to the nation since Mussolini s downfall and will likely touch on war and home front matters including recent domestic disputes such as the clash between Vice President Wallace and Secretary Jones over critical war purchases aboard The address will be carried on all networks
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Stephen Early
Mussolini
Italy
Early
Wallace
Jones
Leaves Hood to Teach at Maryland University
Harold J. Clem former instructor of History and Political Science at Hood College has resigned to join the History Department of the University of Maryland at College Park. He began his new duties last Wednesday and will teach European history including French and German. Clem had been at Harvard on leave for a doctor’s degree, has passed his exams and is completing his thesis. He is a 1926 Frederick High School graduate with A B from Franklin and Marshall and A M from Harvard. His wife and child remain in the city.
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Harold J. Clem
Hood College
theListory Department
University of Maryland At College Park
Clem
Harvard University
Head College
Harvard
Frederick High School
Franklin and Marshall
Mussolini's Paper At Milan Suppressed
The Swiss radio reported that Benito Mussolini's newspaper Popolo D'Italia in Milan had been suppressed by the new government and had not appeared since Friday. The paper's plant was said to be operating under Mussolini's ouster from office.
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London
Ratlio
Benito Mussolini
11 Popolo D'Italia
Milan
Local Service Members Honored in Window Display
In Mahonca at Wampata California Pvt Joseph E DeLauter son of Mr and Mrs Elmer DeLauter is inducted into the Army. Address Pvt Joseph E DeLauter Bty ASI A AL Ting Bu Camp Callan California shown among a local Penney window tribute to heroes with photos of service men and women. The display runs one week with new pictures added. the piece notes the Nazi parachutists capturing Rotterdam airport in 1940.
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DeLauter
Elmer DeLauter
Nei Wolfs- Salle
Mahonca
Wampata
Calif
Army
Joseph E DeLauter
Bty
ASI. A. AL Ting
Camp Callan
Catif
J. C. Penney
Thinks Italy Will Quit War
Secretary Knox said developments in Italy indicate attempts to pull Italy from the war in the reasonably near future. He noted no exclusive information, but suggested an Italian exit is likely discussed by leaders and could shape Allied bases and air coverage against Germany.
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Knox
Haly
Navy
Mary
Emanuel
Marshal Badoglio
Mussolini
Hull
Italy
Tull
Army
Man
Churchill
Roosevelt
Lam
Adriatic Sea
Germany
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Hood
Maryland University
Signature Auto Furniture
Frederick, Maryland
California
United States
Rotterdam
Josph E. DeLauter
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Bier Manpower Commission
Gosnell
Kaufman Garage Company
East Patrick St
Arrow Beer
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Ictory
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aeriGom
Ann Pal
Geo M Thomas Kaltimore
Whiamsburg
Williamsburg
Storm & Shipley
Doll Jewelry Store
South Market St
Frederick, Md
Markell & Ford
Condi
Farmers and Mechanics National Bank
Maryland
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Johns- Manville
E. South Street
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