Commencement Address at St Johns High by Rev Dr Thorning
Rev Dr Joseph F Thorning professor of Sociology Mt St Marys College will deliver the commencement address to St Johns High School graduates in the school auditorium Thursday at eight. He has traveled in the Orient and South America and serves on the Executive Council on Cultural Relations with Ibero America. Prizes and honors will be awarded. graduates include Robert Clarke Thomas Mary Louise Leichert Margaret Mary Elkins Julia Rossi Martha Sprankle and Thomas Baumgardner. Elementary exercises follow Friday with Arthur C Clade speaking. promoted Seventh graders include Leonora Blowe Donald Hahn Charles Gouis Hardman Marvin Kennedy Katherine Leichert Maceline Mackenzie Corinne Moore Mary Murphy Wilson Schley Anne Calvert Smith Frances Sprankle Dorothy Yanos.
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Joseph F. Thorning
Mt. St. Marys College
World Traveler
St. John’s High School
Dr. Thorning
Orient
South America
Executive Council On Cultural Relations
Ibero- America
Robert Clarke Thomas
Mary Louise Leichert
Margaret Mary Elkins
Julia Theresa Rossi
Martha Jane Sprankle
Thomas Jeremiah Baumgardner
St. John’s School
Jane Iil
Arthur Clade
St. John's Catholic Church
Kno
Leonora Carleton Blowe
Donald Anthony Hahn
Charles Gouis-Hardman
Marvin Edward Kennedy
Katherine Elizabeth Leichert
Maceline Cecilia Mackenzie
Corinne Elizabeth Moore
Mary
Alice Murphy
M. Wilson Schley, Jr
Anne Calvert Smith
Frances Sprankle
Dorothy Jean Yanos
Gas Rationing and War Work Lower Memorial Day Toll
The Associated Press reports a smaller Memorial Day toll with 304 violent deaths nationwide over the two day holiday, below the usual May weekend average of about 400. Gas rationing and continuous war production kept many motorists at home, reducing fatalities.
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Associated Press
United States
Funeral Services For Late Dr J M T Finney
Baltimore May 31 Funeral services for Dr John M T Finney famed surgeon who died last night will be held tomorrow at Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church where he had long been a member. Rev Dr Speers will conduct the services burial will be at Churchville Harford County Honorary pallbearers will include friends and members of the medical profession and educators from various institutions.
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Baltimore
John M. T. Finney
Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church
Thomas Guthrie Speers
Churchville
Harford County
Finney
Memorial Day Quiet Amid War Efforts and Weather
Memorial Day passed with residents observing the holiday as war mobilization tightened nationwide. Traffic eased nationwide yet local terminals faced overload as soldiers returned to posts and civilians sought leave. Thunderstorms hit scattered areas with hail in Liberty Town and Olney, while May ended hot with 90s temperatures and a improving crop outlook in Frederick County reported by County Agent Shoemaker.
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Sergt
Walter K. May
Libertytown
Montgomery County
Olney
Lime Kiln
Myersville
The
Mercury
Frederick County
Henry R. Shoemaker
Sweet Corn Is Fine Crop For Victory Gardens
The article urges home gardeners to plant sweet corn in Victory gardens noting its quick deterioration after harvest and the need for immediate consumption. It advises garden sizing, soil preparation, planting methods in hills or rows, hilling to support roots, pollen distribution, and hoeing as corn responds to cultivation in warm weather.
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Victory Gardens
Victory Garden
Explosion Aboard U S Ship At Tampico
Three explosions ripped a hole in the United States tanker Cacalino in Tampico harbor killing four U S seamen and wounding twenty. Firemen plugged the hole, pumping out water as the ship steadied afloat. An official inquiry into sabotage or negligence opened amid tense oil port conditions.
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Tampico
Mexico
United States
U.S
Cacaliao
Government Oil Administration
Submarine threat looms as Gulf oil ports face risk
Mexican officials warn Axis submarines may shell Tampico and its oil fields in the Gulf while Curacao is attacked off South America, sparking government concern over vital refinery outputs and regional security.
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Gulf
Tampico
Curacao
South America
Forty to Graduate at St Josephs Wednesday
Emmitsburg Maryland June 1941 a class of 40 seniors will graduate from St Josephs College Wednesday afternoon with Most Rev Michael J Curley Archbishop of Baltimore and Washington presiding at the 133rd commencement exercises. Sarah Christie an alumna of the school and a member of the New Jersey State Board of Education will address the graduating class. Rev Dr Francis P Cassidy associate professor of education at Catholic University Washington yesterday delivered the bac calaureate sermon in the college chapel. Tomorrow night the college Glee Club will present its annual operetta. Honors and awards will be presented by Archbishop Curley.
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Emmitsburg
St Joseph's College
Michael J. Curley
Baltimore
Washington
Sarah Christie
New Jersey State Board of Education
Francis P. Cassidy
Catholic University
College Glee Club
Archbishop Curley
New Amputation Method Aids Elderly Patient In Washington
In Washington a new eight month old procedure allows arm or leg amputation in the elderly without anesthetic shock. It freezes the limb and uses a tourniquet for anesthesia, enabling the patient to eat up to surgery. Dr. Emil J. C. Hildenbrand performed the operation, calling the freezing a perfect anesthesia.
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Washington
New York City
Emil J. C. Hildenbrand
Hildenbrand
New York
CCC Worker Jailed In Drunken Driving Incident
William Jenkins about 45, a CCC worker from near Lancaster, was arrested by State Police for operating a CCC truck while intoxicated near Braddock camp west of Frederick. The incident occurred around 11:30 p.m. Saturday when the truck ran off the road and stalled after blocking traffic. Jenkins was jailed pending a Police Court hearing. The group of dismantling workers are WWI veterans employed by the CCC.
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CCC
Lancaster
Braddock Camp
Frederick
William Jenkins
Charles Wertheimer
William M. Houck
Houck
Jenkins
Soldier Wounded At Pearl Harbor Is Here
First Sgt. Edwin G. Smith formerly of this city who sustained injuries at Pearl Harbor is visiting. The visiting status and details reflect a returned wounded veteran.
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Pearl Harbor
Edwin G. Smith
Frederick High School Graduate Survives Pearl Harbor Wounds
Smith, wounded in the Pearl Harbor attack, is visiting his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. William J. Mohan, on Wilson avenue, planning a family reunion. A Frederick High School class of 1938 graduate, he worked at Peoples Drug Store before enlisting in the Army Air Corps. He was wounded fifteen minutes after the attack began, remained unconscious until December 11, and has undergone five operations. He recently left Fitzsimmons Hospital in Denver and arrived in Baltimore.
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William J. Mohan
Wilson Avenue
Smith
Frederick High School
Peoples Drug Store
Market Street
Army Air Corp
Fitzsimmons Hospital
Denver
Del
Baltimore
Twenty More Czechs Shot By Germans in Prague
London reports Nazi firing squads executed twenty more persons in Prague in reprisal for the Heydrich attack. The tally rose to eighty two since Wednesday’s assault. The Prague radio named two Agricul ture Ministry officials among the dead and echoed Czech collaborator Moravec's claim that the intelligentsia backs exiled President Benes.
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London
Prague
Gestapo
Reinhard Heydrich
Hitler
Ministry of Agriculture
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Heydrich
Emanuel Moravec
Quisling
Eduard Benes
Emil Hacha
Bohemia and Moravia
Benes
Guard Winter Woolens Against Moth Damage
Miss Helen Shelby of the University of Maryland extension service advises thorough cleaning and careful packaging of winter woolens before storing to prevent moth damage. Sweep floors, remove lint and hair, clean or wash fabrics, air and brush, then seal in paper bags or trunks. Use napthalene or paradichlorobenzene as precautions, with quantities proportional to storage space.
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College Park
Helen Shelby
University of Maryland Extension Service
Miss Shelby
Golden wedding celebration in Baltimore at Rognel Heights
Mr Candol and Mrs Charles celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with a Sunday reception at their Rognel Heights home in Baltimore. Friends and relatives, many from the 30 year ago wedding, attended. The house held yellow roses snapdragons and daisies with moving pictures taken at the reception. Guests came from Virginia New Jersey Frederick and Baltimore. Mr Rine, former Frederick resident, was the son of the late John W and Catherine Rine.
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Golde
Cand
Charles
Rognel Heights
Baltimore
Virginia
New Jersey
Frederick
Rine
John W
Catherine Rine
Axis Leaders More Savage Than Indians at Memorial Day
Lieut Col E Brooke Lee, Democratic candidate for Congress, warned at Memorial Day services in Mount Olivet cemetery that Axis leaders are more savage than Indians and threaten democratic life. He linked colonial resilience to current wartime stakes, urging Americans to rededicate to freedoms won by soldiers and citizens alike.
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E. Brooke Lee
Congress
Francis Scott Key
Post No. 11
American Legion
Mount Olivet
America
Lee
Legionnaires
Maryland State Guard
Seventh Battalion
Frederick County
Erica
Ameti
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St. John’s High
Dor. J. F. Thorning
J. M. T. Finney
Buck
John J. Wondoleski
Jersey City
N. J
Second Corps
Ft. Hancock
James R. Boyd
Quaker City
North Market Street
Harry W. Ewing
Joseph D. Smith
Worman’s Mill
Mr. Smith
Mrs. Smith
U. S
St. Joseph’s
Keystone Paints
Nicodemus
N. Court St
Hawaii
William R. Slemmer
Liberty Finance Corporation
N. Market St
Frederick, MD
McCleery’s Jewelry Store
Col. Lee
Lydia E. Pinkham
Frederick County National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Acer
CIA
House OF Song
Lowell Thomas
Fred Waring
News OF the World
Thunder IN the Sky
NBC
RED
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