City Sets Dates for Rent Control Registration
Frederick city and county landlords must register under the federal act now in effect. Registrations run June 12–15 at North Market Street School in Frederick and similar windows in Brunswick Emmitsburg Walkersville Middletown and Thurmont high schools. Landlords receive copies of forms and tenants get a copy by mail. penalties apply for noncompliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick City
Lucien E. D. Gaudreau
North Market Street
Brunswick
West Brunswick
Emmitsburg
Walkersville
Middletown
Thurmont
Gaudreau
O’sullivan
Baltimore
Freight Train Derailment Impacts Washington Boston Express
A freight train cars and a sleeper derailed near Metuchen New Jersey three miles west of town on the Washington Boston main line. The crash caused brass spillover and damage to passenger cars but no injuries. Traffic on east and westbound tracks was halted for about ninety minutes while wreckage was cleared.
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Metuchen
N. J
Pennsylvania Railroad
Here
Boston
AFL Union Causes Citywide Street Car Strike in St Louis
In St Louis on June 1 about 3,500 operators from the AFL Amalgamated Street and Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes of America union walked out over overtime pay. Cars and buses remained idle while motorists assisted stranded riders. downtown sidewalks filled as workers walked to the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
AFL
Stimson Reveals 3 657 000 U S Troops Overseas
Secretary Stimson announced that 3 657 000 Army troops were already overseas with air and service forces close to completion. He said by end of 1944 overseas strength would exceed 5 000 000, comprising about two thirds of total Army strength.
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Washington
Stimson
United States
United States Army
Germany
Japan
Areny
United States Joint Chiefs of Staff
AAF
Caretaker and Special Policemen Appointed in City
Donald G. Fry of South Carroll Street was named caretaker at Harmon Field by Mayor Hugh V. Gittinger at a special meeting, replacing Charlies T. Butcher, Sr., who declined. Charles Burras was named as a special policeman, a former force member, to handle park duty.
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Donald G. Fry
South Carroll Street
Harmon Field
Hugh V. Gittinger
Charlies T. Butcher
Charles Burras
Burras
Five to Get Hearings On West Fourth Street Arrests
Five young women aged 16 to 20 were taken in custody by city police on a disturb the peace charge on West Fourth Street. Two were booked as Betty Miller at 125 West Fourth Street, one single and one married. Other detainees were Eloise Shorb Thurmont, Cliffadeal Miller of 128 West Fourth Street, and Frances Lescalleet of 125 West Fourth Street. Each posted 2.50 collateral awaiting hearings. Arrests were made by Sergt Frank Dorsey and Officers Ben Phebus, Denver Shook and Norman Trump.
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West Fourth Street
Betty Mller
Eloise Shorb
Thurmont
Cliffadeal Miller
Frances Lescalleet
Sergt Frank Dorsey
Ben Phebus
Denver Shook
Norman Trump
Motion for New Trial in Grove Case to Be Argued
Frederick Grocer, convicted of receiving stolen goods, will seek a new trial before Judge Tucker in Baltimore criminal court. The motion will be argued at the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City on Saturday at 10 o'clock. sentence remains pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sease
Robert L. Grove
Frederick Grocer
Tucker
Baltimore
Supreme Bench
Baltimore City
Air conditioned sleepers kept ready for invasion casualties
The Surgeon General's office ordered priority cooling gas for railroad cars and instructed that every sleeping car be kept in condition for instant use this summer to move invasion casualties, ensuring immediate readiness.
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Washington
Surgeon General
Feon
Malakawng Falls as Allied Forces Capture Japanese Strongpoint
Allied forces led by American and Chinese troops captured Malakawng, a key Japanese strongpoint in the Mogaung valley along the main road northwest of Myitkyina in north Burma. The operation linked lines south of Warong and Sharaw as Mountbatten reported progress against pill boxes and entrenchments guarding Myitkyina.
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Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Malakawng
Mogaung Valley
Burma
Warong
Sharaw
Myitkyina
Louis Mountbattens
Procedure For Union Is Approved Only In Part
Potomac Synod on Hood College campus approved only part of the proposed union procedure between Evangelical and Reformed and Congregational Christian churches. The plan for a 1947 consummation was not approved amid doubts over timing and centralized authority. The committee voiced optimism about policy, government, worship and work, and the push for an area president was rejected due to cost and centralization concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potomac Synod
Hood College
Evangelical
Reformed
Congregational Christian Church
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Committee On Christian Social Action
Synod
Charles Enders
Concordia Church
Washington, D. C
General Synod
Potomac
Committee of Christian Education
Arthur Newell
St. John’s Church
Richmond
Dismissal Sought in Suit Over West Patrick Street Sale
George S. Crawford and Lulu J. Crawford of McKeesport seek dismissal of an injunction that blocked the sale of a tourist camp and gasoline station on West Patrick street. They claim the co ntract and judgment are bona fide and allege $6,000 plus interest remains due with $7,500 liens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Patrick Street
Equity Court
George S. Crawford
Lulu J. Crawford
McKeesport
John M. Billy
Emma E. Billy Faust
Crawfords
William M. Storm
Germans Say Allies Will Hit From South
Berlin radio claimed 15 Allied divisions with five tanks are massed in French North Africa to strike southern France in coordination with Eisenhower’s westward invasion. Moroccan and Algerian units are said to be included. Corsica or the Italian Riviera could serve as invasion springboards.
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London
Berlin
French North Africa
France
DNB
Eisenhower
Europe
Corsica
Riviera
York Gazette & Daily editor dies at 67 in York
Bernard T. Elsesser, 67, managing editor of the York Gazette & Daily, died after a major operation. A Danville native, he joined the paper 34 years ago as a printer's devil. He is survived by his widow and a daughter.
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York, Pa
Bernard T. Elsesser
York Gazette & Daily
Danville
Bombers Hit Nazi Defense Areas Along French Coast
RAF bomber forces attacked Nazi defense installations along the French Channel coast extending a 200 mile front. Rail centers at Trappes Tergnier and Saumur were hit, with heavy losses to attackers and a lull in daylight raids due to murky Channel weather.
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London
French Channel
France
English Channel
Britain
Reich
Vichy
Lyon
Marseille
Limoges
Trappes Yards
Paris
Tergnier
Saumur
Air Ministry
Mediterranean
Danube
Iron Gate Canal
Romania-Yugoslavia
East Anglia
England
Hungary Sees Terror and Despair during Puppet Regime
Lisbon dispatch reports Hungarian public mood split between terror and apathy as Doeme Sztojar’s puppet regime presses a “serial revolution” to repair bomb damage and mobilize for German defense. Deadline orders expel Jews from Budapest to designated ghettos. raids target homes for hidden valuables and older workers face confinement due to defense roles.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Hungary
Doeme Sztojar
Carpathians
Budapest
Americans, By Bold Stroke, Get Behind Nazi Lines Near Rome
Reporter Kenneth L. Dixon recounts a dramatic Allied raid south of Rome as hundreds of American troops crawled to overrun German positions near Monte Artemision and Velletri. With minimal resistance and no shots fired, the force established footholds three miles behind enemy lines, triggering a closing trap on German units and prompting tense dawn positions overlooking Velletri and Rome.
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Kenneth L. Dixon
Rome
Monte Artemision
Velletri
Alban Hills
Velletris
No-Man's Land
Meats Ration-Free Through July Amid Price Administration Change
Washington reports all meats remain ration-free through July 1 as OPA keeps most items with unchanged values. Cheese drops two points to 10, evaporated milk halved to 0.5 point, pineapple juice up three points, grape juice up four, carrots and some juices added as point-free. Chuck steaks cut two points while D beef fully removed from rationing for June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Lee
Mit
Frederick county forms two new surgical dressings rooms
With a county quota of over a million dressings, two workrooms will open in Buckeystown and Braddock Heights under Mrs. Holmes D. Baker. Mrs. Basil Lewis will run Braddock Heights, while Mrs. Charles E. Nichols leads Buckeystown with help from Mrs. J. C. White. Local groups and churches join the effort as soldiers emphasize urgent need for sterile dressings in combat zones.
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Frederick County
Holmes D. Baker
Buckeystown
Braddock Heights
Ebert
Frederick Red Cross
Deep Wedge Drives Toward Rome In Allied Breakthrough
Allied forces push along the Via Casilina and Alban Hills near Velletri and Valmontone as American units seize high ground and advance toward Rome. Frosinone falls to British troops while Fifth Army closes to Saint John Lateran, with Kes selring reinforcing the Valmontone line amid stubborn German defenses.
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Alliet
Naples
Valmontone
Alban Hills
Velletri
Rome
Frosinone
Eighth Army
Highway 6
Casilina
Associated Press
Edward Kennedy
Mount Peschio
Lake of Nemo
Fifth Army
Saint John Lateran
Kennedy
St. Peter's Dome
Talk Of Turkey Going Into War Renewed In London
In London the idea of Turkey joining the Allies soon after their western Europe invasion gains ground. Observers cite improved Turkish strength and the postwar leverage such a move would confer. The ongoing Allied Turkish negotiations in Ankara add weight to the possibility, seen as significant beyond cutting Turkey's supply lines to Germany.
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London
Turkey
Europe
Anekara
Germany
Newepaired
RC Hiyet
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Dieppe
D. T. Dutrow
Amon Burgee
Park Hall
Frederick
Dutrow
Pace Eleht
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Order of Eagles
Evangelical Lutheran Church
League of Women Voters
Evangelical Reformed Church
Via Casilina
Saint Peter
Tyrrhenian
Lanuvio
Fossa di Campoleone
Lanuvia
Ardea
Albert Kesselring
Pontine Marsh
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