Hearings Near for Alleged Pleasure Driving and Attacks
County OPA legal panel to dispose of about eighty cases of alleged pleasure driving and Victory speed violations at the Courthouse in the near future. Hearings expected to span several days with first hearings already held. state authorities filed charges through the State Police. A separate comptroller office list shows State-owned car use by employees, including Charles Hersh Frederick driving No 31-016 with 4100 miles gas for June 10 to September 19, along with Edward Akers now in the armed forces.
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OPA
Josal Wer
Welvad
Court House
Office of
State Comptroller
Charles Hersh
Frederick
Edward Akers
Alcoholic Beverages Tax Division
Beckley estate worth at least $30000 to Woodstock College
Miss Anna L Beckley of Woodstock probate of her aunt Regina Beckley's will reveals a trust with four fifths of the residue to Woodstock College when the life tenants Davis and spouse end. The will names Thomas F Maher Jr of Catonsville as executor with payments to Bertha Davis for life and a cash bequest to Father Reisacker and to the Frederick Catholic Church. The plan allows sale of corpus if nursing costs exceed income and ends with cash conversion upon death of the life tenants.
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Woodstock College
Howard County
Anna L. Beckley
Orghans Court
Miss Beckley
Regina E. Beckley
Annie Beckley
Cora G. Beckley
Regina Beckley
Alice
Thomas F. Maher, Jr
Catonsville
Bertha Beckley Davis
David D. Davis
Father Reisacker
Durham
N. C
Frederick Catholic Church
Maher
James O'Donnell
Florence O. Maher
Allied Air Raiders Hit Sicily Airdromes in New Offensive Drive
Allied heavy bombers from the Middle East Air Command attacked Catonia and Gerbini in eastern Sicily with large Liberator formations dropping about 250000 pounds of explosives. Reports say several enemy aircraft were destroyed and hangars damaged as the drive toward Sicily intensified.
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North Africa
U. S
Middle East Air Command
Sicily
Catania
Gerbini
Mediterranean
Italy
Almied
Gerbina
Geroini
Pantelleria
Lampedusa
Linosa
Cairo
Messina
Santania
RAF
Communiqne
Northwest Africa
Fascist Regime Backs Tight Regs as Invasion Looms
London reports a fascist party directorate in Rome urges stricter regulation of Italian life due to looming invasion. It calls for ruthless suppression of undermining acts and says existing laws are insufficient. Recommendations include unified agriculture discipline and strict control of all commerce supplies.
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London
Fascist Party
Rome
Associated Press
Mussolini
Radia
Just Too Funny Richmond Hotel Caper
A Richmond hotel manager recalls a humorous theft attempt by a woman who perched a wicker bread basket on her head to hide it in her handbag and walked from the dining room. The manager quips that women’s hats are crazy and that she almost got away with the prank.
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Richmond. Va
Richmond
Nazi Espionage Agents Helped Ready Attack On Pearl Harbor
The OWI reported Nazi agents aided Japan in planning the Pearl Harbor strike. Bernard Kuehn was tried in Honolulu, convicted in 1942, and sentenced to death then commuted to 50 years hard labor. He allegedly prepared signal systems for the Japanese fleet and reported movements of the U S fleet. The case involved FBI findings and ties to Japanese consular officials in Honolulu.
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Pearl Harbor
Washington
Office of War Information
Hart Labor
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Kuehn
Honolulu
Aer
Dee. & I
Tokyo
Owi
Kalama
Friedel xxx
Germany
Japan
Office of Naval Intelligence
Military Intelligence Service of the War
Kuehns
Lanikai
Otojiro Okuda
United States
Okuda
Hawaiian
F. B I
Tamasi Morimura
Kuca
Goebbels
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Reinhard Heydrich
Heydrich
Captain Anders Made a Major
Captain Anders, a longtime Frederick resident and World War I veteran, has been promoted to major effective June 1. He led old Company A of the First Maryland National Guard before and after mobilization and now serves as executive officer to Col. Robert Gill at the 1327th Service Unit, Fort Story, Virginia. He is currently on a short leave at home.
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Wid
Frederick
Anders
Maryland National Guard
Robert Gill
1327Th
Fort Story
Company A
Body Of Boy Is Recovered In Dam Tragedy
Thirteen year old John Franklin Bostian drowned while swimming at Crouse's Mill dam near Taneytown. He disappeared around nine, divers failed to find him. local officers recovered the body at 1 a.m. using a grappling hook. Survivors include his parents William and Mary along with three brothers. Funeral announced for Wednesday at Beaver Dam church with burial in the nearby cemetery.
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Crouse
W. W. Corbin
William Houck
East
Ralph T
Sage
Sam Grimm
Union Bridge
George C. Boatian
Bark Hill
Tye O
Beaver Dam Church
Old Order
John Rover
EF. .J. Gernand
D. D. Hartzler and Sons
Negro unit bombs Pantelleria in Allied raid
The only American Negro aerial unit in foreign service joined Allied forces in bombing Pantelleria. Flying B 40 Warhawks under Lieut Col Benjamin O Davis Jr the unit trained at Tuskegee Institute before overseas service.
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Alllied
Netth America
Pantelleria
Benjamin O. Davis
Tuskegee Institute
Ala
Bus Car Crash in East Liberty Kills 1, Injures 70
A Philadelphia Pittsburgh bus and a streetcar collided in East Liberty today killing Harry J. Miller 34 of Delmont Pa. and injuring about 70 passengers, with several seriously hurt as residents rushed to aid the wounded.
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Pittsburgh
Development of airports at Martinsburg and Wiley Ford
Washington reports the Civil Aeronautics Administration will immediately begin airport development at Martinsburg and Wiley Ford in West Virginia. Representative Randolph of West Virginia announced the plan on June 14.
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Washington
Martinsburg
Wiley Ford
W. Va
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Randolph
D-W.va
High Court Reverses Itself In Flag Case
The Supreme Court reversed a 1940 ruling and held that school children with religious scruples cannot be forced to salute the flag or recite the pledge. The decision, joined by Justices Rutledge and Jackson, overruled the Minersville precedent in a case from West Virginia where students refused the salute. Justice Frankfurter dissented, with Roberts and Reed differing from the majority.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Jackson
West Virginia Board of Education
Roberts
Reed
Minersville
Pennsylvania
Jehovah's Witnesses
Stone
Black
Douglas
Murphy
Frankfurter
Aeu Lion
Rutledge
United States of America
Republic
Walter Har~nette
Paul Stwil
Lucy McClure
Kanawha County
Committee On the
Foghis
The
American Bar Association
American Civil Liberties Union
American Legion
New Disease’s High Mortality Stirs House Hearing
A newly identified illness linked to pneumonia strains shows high mortality with 8 of 17 deaths, first found near New India Louisiana. Public Health Service doctors testified to a House committee that the agent has been isolated in animals and may be deciphered with time. Authorities noted cases were concentrated among nurses and stressed there is no evidence of an intentional release.
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Washington
House
U. S. Public Health Service
RB. E. Dyer
Appropriations Committee
Deer
New India
Dyer
Hueman
Able Bodied Fathers In Uniform By End Of Year
Washington reports the House Appropriations Committee heard War Manpower Commission chair Pant Vo McNab and Selective Service director Maj. Gen. Lewis Hershey outline军 plans to induct about 300,000 men monthly from July through December 1943. They expect 9.2 million in service by year end, with August marking a shift to fathers, many of whom have multiple children, until the need eases. The testimony cautioned the overall pool is shrinking and most replacements would come from 18 year olds.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Pant Vo McNab
McNutt
Onte
Hershey
Armed Services
McNuit
Japanese Strongholds Raided By U S Planes
U S planes bombed and strafed Japanese targets in northern Kiangsi yesterday. Over a hundred bombs hit Nanchang airfield in the occupied province between Shanghai and Hankow. Mitchell bombers and P-40 fighters returned safely. the raid was the 82nd by the squadron led by Allen Forsyth of Minneapolis.
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Chungking
Kiangi Provin
U. S. Air Force
Nanchang
Shanghai
Hankow
Allen Forsyth
Minneapolis
Gittinger Names E Austin James City Attorney in New Administration
Mayor Hugh W. Gittinger and a Republican wave took office after Tuesday’s election. E Austin James was appointed city attorney to fill the vacancy left by Edward J. Smith. Russell H. McCain was elected board president as the new aldermen convened and discussed bond, tax, and land holdings along with city finances.
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Gittinger
E. Austin James
McCain
Hugh W. Gittinger
City Pall
Gitlinger
Austin James
City Athaney
Blausinnes
Mc James
Edward J. Smith
Russell H. McCain
Charles W. Stup
C. Marian Shipley
D. John Markey, Jr
Board of Aldermen
Lloyd C. Culler
Culler
Phe Mayne
John $. Newman
Smith
Frederick
Filmg
Parxs
Herbert §. Schroeder
Louis E. Eichelberger
Eichelberger
Mehr F. Wachter
Republican City Committee
Alfred G. Zimmerman
Mayo
Republican Committee
Ellis C. Wachter
Court House
Wachter
New City Register
Messrs. Wachter
McCain, Stup
Edward P. Oden
Charles P. Staley
Emmett R. Bowlus
Rhineland Objectives Are Bombed
The RAF bombed Rhine land targets and other German sites and laid mines in enemy waters, extending the offensive. One British plane was lost. RAF torpedoed two supply ships and damaged four escort vessels off the Dutch coast. German night raiders retaliated with incendiaries, causing early morning alerts and damage in a northeast coast town.
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London
RAF
Rhineland
Germany
Air Ministry
Channel
United States
Bremen
Kiel
Berlin
RAF BesuSighters
Oemanwhile
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Frederick City
County Court House
Woodstock
Orne
Capt
Frederick Man
Major Guy Anders
Crouse’s
High Court
Shipley
D. J. Markey, Jr
James
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