Ton Of Stolen Scrap Recovered By Frederick Police
Frederick police recovered 2100 pounds of stolen scrap weapons from five young suspects aged five to nine and other thieves. Officers Dietz and Straley led the operation, finding 50 caliber machine guns M 1 rifle parts and Bazooka fragments as armored scrap was traced to freight cars bound for the salvage center. Adults may face Federal charges for pilfering war materiel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Salvage
Norman Dietz
Fred Straley
South Frederick
Dietz
East Church Street
War Department
Straley
SP detail of Navy shore patrol role
Today’s SP in the Navy stands for shore patrol, acting as a motherly figure with jiu jitsu training assigned to watch liberty men. Despite authority, they are mocked as “Mom” and can resemble the Rock of Gibraltar, often interrupting sleep at the USO while awaiting trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Rock of Gibraltar
Frankenstein
USO
Looting probes widen from Thurmont to Frederick
Local official warns that thefts of arms from open railroad gondolas are widespread from Thurmont to the Frederick segregation center where cars sit on sidings unguarded briefly. Choir at Evangelical Reformed church held its annual dinner at Hotel Vindohona Braddock Heights with a business meeting and awards for attendance and longevity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurmont
Frederick
The
Evangelical Reformed Church
Vindohona
Braddock Heights
Arthur J. Forney
Leroy N. Blumenauer
John Insley
J. Welty Fahrney
Albert Culler
Henry
Helen Culler
Henry Wilson
Aphrodite Vaciliou
William C. Michael
Diltemar
Forney
William Brish
Thaddeus Biser
Raymond
Hitler fortifies Berchtesgaden with last stand fortress plan
London dispatch reports loads of supplies arriving at Berchtesgaden to be stored in underground galleries for years. Hitler has been at the retreat since the Normandy invasion and receives only a few intimate military leaders, as Nazi chiefs travel there in a guarded procession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
London Daily Mail
Berchtesgaden
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
July 4 Theater Party Promotes Scrap Paper Drive
Frederick children invited to the Tivoli theater for a patriotic July 4 program sponsored by the American Legion and Tivoli. Attendees bring newspapers books or magazines to aid wartime paper shortages. Meet by nine at Baker Park with escort by Legionnaires. A salvage truck collects materials. candy given after the show. About 1,300 children expected. no admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Youngsters
American Legion
Tivoli Theater
Tivoli
Baker Park
Legionnaires
Lawrence C. Willard
Legion Post
A. I. Ellin
Legion Committee
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Eanteen
Keystone
Nicodemus Paint
N. Court St
Napoleon
Nap Bonaparte
Waterloo
Caribinieri
Italy
Rome
West Coast
United States
M. Faraday
Pel
Gal
Uncle Sam
Germany
Farmers & Mechanics National Bank
Frederick, MD
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Sears Roebuck
Truckers
Sears
Allstate
Pennsylvania
Cross Country OH
Ighest
Ford
Chevrolet
Fed
Sears, Rochuch and GE
W. Patrick ST. Frederick, MD
Legion
Local
Lee Merriman
Bradley Phillips
Virginia
Rogers Park Drug CO
Park Heights Avenue
Baltimore
Marylane
Hamilton’s
East
Patrick Street
S. K
Specia
Widmer’s
Texas
California
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