Saipan Saipan Saipan Air and Ground Offense Driven To Shore
United States Marines and Army troops seized Aslito airfield and pushed east across Saipan to Magicienne Bay as the largest Pacific air battle since Midway saw about 300 Japanese planes destroyed. One American surface unit sustained minor damage while Seabees prepared the airstrip for U S planes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
United States
Aslito
Saipan Island
Magicienne Bay
Pacific
Midway
Adm
C. W. Nimitz
Slitp
Nimitz
Santa Cruz
Guam
Rota
Hota
Saipan
Marianas
U. S
Charan-Kanoa
Ministers' head named at Frederick County meeting
Rev Samuel S Johnston, rector of All Saints Episcopal, was elected president of the Frederick County Ministerial Association at its annual Hood College gathering. Rev Paul S Haven of Wilson College spoke, with Rev M W Weaver presiding. Other officers named were Rev Charles H Corbett, vice president. Hon Morgan R Andreas, secretary. Rev Lloyd Allis, treasurer. Next meeting set for September 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel S. Johnston
All Saints’ Episcopal Church
Frederick County Ministerial Association
Hood College
Paul S. Haven
Wilson College
Brodbeck Hall
Coblentz Hall
W Merval Weaver
Charles H. Corbett
Thurmont Lutheran Church
Morgan R. W. Andreas
Adamstown
Two Horses Die in County Thunderstorm Fallout
A Monday storm across the county brought brief lightning and hail from Urbana to Monrovia. Two horses were killed and two farm workers were stunned by lightning on the Norman Warfield farm near Lis bon. Barn damage, a short circuit at Mount Olivet cemetery, and a halted harvest followed. County Wheat stands beaten but not seriously damaged. harvest may be difficult in some areas. Eng and Chung Bunker, Siamese twins famed by P T Barnum, are buried in Surry County North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urbana
Monrovia
Norman Warfield
Lisbon
Merril Haller
Markell and Ford
Mount Olivet Cemetery
United Firemen
Henry R Shoemaker
Warfield Farm
Russell Bennett
Gordon Davis
J. Stanley Grabill
Mt. Airy
Howard I. Williams
James Simmons
Mercury
Eng and
Chung Bunker
P. T. Barnum
Surry County
North Carolina
New War Food Production Records Made In Maryland
Maryland farmers report record dairy cow and laying hen numbers with higher milk per cow and egg production. Wheat oats rye and barley yields show large gains, plus a bigger peach crop. Officials credit soil programs and war food goals surpassed. Eyster promoted to Brigadier General. Taylor returns to Vatican post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Park
Maryland
Maryland Crop Reporting Service
Maryland Agricultural Adjustment Agency
Crop Reporting Service
Joseph H. Blandford
Maryland Agricultural War Board
Agricultural Adjustment Agency
Fever cases report in Frederick County with serum shortage
County health office reports the second spotted fever case in ten days and a third suspected case, both patients are five year old girls. Serum shortages from the State Health Department hinder free inoculations, private stock serum used by some families. Roy L. Wolfe Camp opens at Edward's Ferry with a day of flag raising, boat riding and a pirate dinner. French colonial troops conquer Elba Island, taking 1,800 prisoners, while Eighth Army advances near Perugia in Italy. A Baltimore tavern keeper's new trial is denied and sentencing pending.
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Frederick County
Helen Buscher
Near Monrovia
Frederick
E. C. Kefauver
Roy L. Wolfe
Edward's Ferry
Potomac River
Roy Lee Wolf
Grace Fosse
Roy F Fogle
Orville D. Stitely
Alvie H. Cecil
Amy Crum
Jane V Crum
Eva Mae Crum
Patsy Stitely
Louise Cecil
Charles Stitely
Kenneth Stitely
Donald Cecil
Rome
Elba
Eighth Army
Perugia
Florence
Algiers
Porto Longone
Portoferraio
Napoleon
Fifth
Italy
Pisa-Rimini
Assis
Deruta
Baltimore
Baltimore Supreme Bench
Robert L Grove
Antonia Imbraguiglio
Grove
Imbraguglio
New York Republicans Back Dewey for President Nomination
New York State Republicans publicly endorse Governor Thomas E. Dewey as the expected GOP nominee for president. Sprague and state leaders say Dewey will accept at the Chicago convention and win in November, with Bricker supporters also active and Stassen backers preparing to meet the press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York State
Thomas E. Dewey
J. Russel Sprague
New York
Edwin F. Jaeckle
Herbert Brownell
Dewey
Albany
Sprague
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Bricker
Roy D. Moore
Ohioan
Cam Harold E Stassen
Republican Organization of
Yver
Lee O’daniel
D-Tex
American Democratic National Committee
O'Daniel
Congress
Texas
Anbt
Gleason N. Archer
Cow Diet Tied to Milk Yield
A cow consuming 100 or more pounds of grass can produce between 20 and 25 pounds of milk. The statement links feed intake to milk output, reflecting agricultural guidance on dairy efficiency.
Texas airman completes gunnery training then stationed at Pyote
Pfc. Irvin F. Stride son of Mr and Mrs Irvin G Stride 257 Washington street completed aerial gunnery training in Kingman Arizona and is now stationed at Pyote Texas as a flight engineer on a bomber His present address is Combat Crew Detachment Section 1 Pyote Texas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvin F. Stride
Irvin G. Stride
Washington Street
Kingman
Arizona
Pyote
Texas
Lincoln
Neb
Section
Tex
Six Marylanders Charged With Selective Service Violations
Baltimore reports six Marylanders arrested and charged under the 1940 Selective Training and Service Act. Encoh Fleck Clarysville Cecil A Lawrence Cresaptown Earl Keefer Hagerstown James Roscoe Pleasant Baltimore Daniel Ta bor Baltimore Alfred Eugene Meyers Temple Hills face the charges. Fleck allegedly conspired with Karl Martin to obtain a 4 F classification for money. Martin already held on related charges from June 2 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
John W. Vincent
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Enoch Wright Fleck
Clarysville
Cecil A. Lawrence
Cresaptown
Earl Seth Keefer
Hagerstown
James Roscoe Pleasant
Daniel Tabor
Alfred Eugene Meyers
Temple Hills
Fleck
U. S
Wilbur V. Wilson
Cumberland
Karl Martin
Martin
FBI
James K. Cullen
Deny Fraud In Filing Answer To Myers Suit
In Equity Court the defendants deny fraud in their answer to the suit seeking to set aside deeds by the late Mrs Mary Myers widow of George Edward Myers. They argue complainants have no action and any claim is barred by the statute of limitations. Attorney H Kieffer Delauter represents Edward I Myers and Julia Myers and their children named as defendants in the action brought by G Ferdinand Myers Mary G Loy A Rebecca Hahn and Russell E Myers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Equity Court
Mary Myers
George Edward Myers
H Kieffer Delauter
Edward I. Myers
Julia Myers
G. Ferdinand Myers
Mary G. Loy
A. Rebecca Hahn
Russell E Myers
G. Edward Myers
Court Takes Jurisdiction of Six Thousand Four Hundred
The Orphans Court assumed jurisdiction over $6400 found in the estate of the late William R Morgan near Frederick Junction. Funds to be deposited in Roy L. Leatherman’s name until the court directs otherwise due to Glenn O. Morgan’s Army service. Money was hidden in a bottle at the Morgan home after information from the son led to discovery. Administratrices Ava R. Cole and Tina O Wunsch, their agent Clarence Carty, and attorney Sherman P. Bowers attended the hearing. Also probated was the will of William H. McKinney documenting a $500 cemetery trust and the remainder to Grace L. McKinney. Other estates named include John E. Stewart and Alice May Franklin with listed personal property and real estate values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans’ Court
William R. “Peg” Morgan
Frederick Junction
Roy L. Leatherman
Register of Wills
T. Clyde Boutson
Glenn O. Morgan
Morgan
Ava R. Cole
Laurel
Tina O. Wunsch
Dover
Clarence C. Carty
Sherman P. Bowers
McKinney
William H. McKinney
Lime Kiln
Joyce M. Horner
Mary F. Neighbours
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Trego-McKinney
Grace L. McKinney
John E. Stewart
Mamie S. Gaugh
Baltimore
Alice May Franklin
Ridge Captured on Biak Island by American Forces
Advanced Allied Headquarters reports the ridge north of Mokmer airstrip on Biak Island is captured after a tank supported attack. The move comes as American forces press for control of the island. Headquarters also announces 165 Japanese soldiers killed in the engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Guinea
Mokmer
Biak Island
Dutch New Guinea
High Point
Biak
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Patry
Charles Town
W. Va
Booker
Jockey Club
Buddy Root
Zacawista
E. B. Lee
Tumble Boy
Hill
Morrow
Eyster
Roosevelt
George 5
Jefferson County
Halltown
Dwight D. Eisenhower
England
Jefferson
Faylor
Myron Taylor
Vatican
Signal Corps
NEA
ALLEN
North Market ST
C. E. Cline & Son
Pfc
Myers
Peg’ Morgan
South Market
Sonny Boy
Wario
Studebaker Corporation
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