Appeals Reported In Maryland Jail Time For Assault
David Roberts Jr an Army Salvage Center employee was sentenced to one year at the Maryland House of Correction after conviction for assault and battery on Ethel Stine Linden Hills. Bond on appeal set at 1000 dollars as no bondsman available. Witnesses testified including fellow employees and family members. Roberts admitted intent to strike and claimed Stine tried to roll him amid a dispute over a $20 bill. State trooper said charges for assaulting an officer would not be prosecuted. A second case saw Frank Blessing and Paul Deberry found guilty of trespass and fishing against posted property near Keymar with fines set and suspended upon payment of costs. Other items include vagrancy case adjourned to establish residence, multiple traffic forfeitings, and a Grange meeting report.
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David Roberts, Jr
Army Salvage Center
Maryland House of Correction
Edward J. Smith
Ethel Stine
Linden Hills
Manuel M. Weinberg
Roberts
Stine
Bedened
Walter Wilt
David Roberts, Sr
Dolly Morgan
Melvin Burdette
Frances Ecker
Harry Phebus
Wilbur Hargett
Dan Pearl
James Day Baker
Herman Davis
Sam Kefauver
Sugar Morgan
Frank Blessing
Paul Deberry
Keymar
Frank L. Blessing
Randolph Knight
Pueblo
Col
Smith
Knights
Memorial Service Honors Major Hendrickson and Lt Hoke
A memorial service was held at St. Paul’s Reformed Church for Major Milton Hendrickson and Lt. Walter Hoke. Both served in the Army Air Corps and were killed in action in the China and European theaters. Attendees included families, friends, and Western Maryland College faculty led by Dr. Fred G. Holloway. Three ministers officiated the four o’clock service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster
St. Paul's Reformed Church
Milton Hendrickson
D. W. Hendrickson
Frederick
Walter Hoke
W. Lee Hoke
New Windsor
Hendrickson
Hoke
United States Army Air Corps
China
Western Maryland College
Fred G. Holloway
Holloway
J. Edmund Lippy
Richard M Lundberg
Ascension Episcopal Church
Multifaith U S Crew Buried In China Theatre
Five American airmen killed in a Mitchell bomber crash near the 14th Air Force base are buried together under a Chinese sky in three religions. Chaplains from Jewish, Protestant and Catholic faiths lead services as flags drape the caskets and a firing squad pays tribute. The service marks the first Protestant Jewish Catholic funeral for American soldiers in the China theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde A. Farnsworth
Hal Boyle
14Th Air Force
Ching
Charles &. Waugh
St Lous
Waugh
John P Fitasimumons
Belmont
Mass
Dernard B. Harper
Dodge
Texas
Sanford Wearhart
Forest Hulls
Long Island
St. John
Litzsimmons
Jano
iPot
Samson
Breuger
Joseph Breuser
Khali Adath Jeshurun
New York City
Gant Albert E Danovitz
Philadelphia
S Kelly
Frank J Leimer
Route
Galveston
Itn
China Theater
Two Soldiers Say Loss Of Legs Was Nothing
Cpl. Frederick M. Dixon of Macon Georgia and Sgt. Norman Call of Willoughby Ohio, both wounded in the Tunisian campaign, told Rotary Club members that their losses were nothing. Dixon described his near-mine explosion in Kasserine Pass and recovery with blood plasma aid. Call recalled being strafed and earning the Soldiers Medal. Both praised Red Cross plasma and spoke of staying in the Army, while details of a March 16 dinner meeting honoring Connie Mack were announced. The event included remarks from Stamp A Day program leader Jack Lester and introductions of new Rotary members and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick M. Dixon
Macon
Norman Call
Willoughby
Ohio
Rotary Club
Elias B. Ramsburg, Jr
Connie Mack
Chamber of Commerce
Cpl
Dixon
Kasserine Pass
Cpl Dixon
Cpl. Dixon
Medical Corps
Red Cross
Sgt Call
Army
Walter Reed Hospital
Call
Kasserine
Rotary
Frederick
Jack Lester
W. H B. Anders
Warner Brittain
L. E. McReynolds
James Marsh
Westminster
2000 Attend Sale of L Keefer Grossnickle Herd
Nearly 2000 attended the sale in Bloomfield on Wednesday for L Keefer Grossnickle livestock and machinery. The 28 Holstein cows averaged 16850 with 18 milking cows at 21225. top cow fetched 321. Cattle sold individually. horses and hogs sold well. farm machinery reached ceiling prices as bidding was spirited on a tractor hay-loader and side-delivery rake, with up to 60 names pooled to select the successful bidder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Keefer Grossnickle
Bloomfield
Glenn Trout
Must Endorse Each Gas Coupon In Ink
Local Ration Board officials on Wednesday cautioned all gasoline coupon holders to endorse every coupon in ink as required. A check will be made to enforce compliance. failure to note license number state and registration on each coupon will risk revocation. A,B and C coupons must carry license number state name and registration. 1944 tags require the new number. E and R non highway use coupons must show name and address on each coupon. Noncompliance renders coupons invalid. Officials have received many calls this week about these rules.
Airfield II seized by Allies after surprise Los Negros landing
Allied forces under General MacArthur repulsed a Japanese counter attack at Momote airstrip on Los Negros Island as First Cavalry Division troops consolidated their hold within 24 hours. Nearly 100 enemy dead were counted, allied air support hammered retreating positions, and MacArthur praised the operation as a decisive foothold in the Admiralty Islands amid broader Manasean defense realignments. First Lieutenant Frank Henshaw received the Distinguished Service Cross for leading the first assault wave and holding the airfield against odds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Pacific
Momote
Los Negros Island
Admiralty
Douglas MacArthur
First Cavalry
MacArthur
Los Negros
Manus Island
Manus
Admiralty Islands
Philippines
Solomons
New Guinea
New Britain
United Nations
Mindanao
Rabaul
Japan
South Pacific
Kavieng
New Ireland
Truk
Caroline Islands
Seventh Fleet
Thomas C. Kinkald
Kinkaid
William C. Chase
Frank Henshaw
Mice
Tex
Chase
City Planning Group Named
Mayor Gattinger appointed a new City Planning Commission, with unanimous Board confirmation at the March meeting. Members include G Hunter Bowers Jacob Ramsburg William Storm William Bennett and Frank Rothenhoefer City Engineer. all but one retroactive dates. The group will meet soon to organize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh V. Gattinger
Board of Aldermen
G. Hunter Bowers
Jacob R. Ramsburg
William M. Storm
William B Bennett
Stoyg C. Culler
Storm
Frank W Rothenhoefer
Parks Committee
McCurdy Field
Philadelphia Athletics
A's
Frederick
Austin F Angleberger
Red Cross
Warner Bros
Francis Scott Key
American Legion
Opera House
Isaac L. Hankey
City Hall
Ammon E Cramer
Ebert
Bentz and
Seventh Streets
Charles P. Staley
Frederick City
Gittinger
Staley
Black to resign as governor of FCA
Washington March 1 Dr A Black is expected to resign soon as governor of the Farm Credit Administration in a personnel change tied to departing Wallace proteges from top federal farm posts. He may take another assignment with a State Department mission to the Near East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
A. Black
Farm Credit Administration
Wallace
Black
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Farm Credit
State Department
Near East
Wickard
Chester C. Davis
St. Louis
L O Duggan
AAA
Albert S. Goss
National Grange
Miss Clara Haller's Will Is Probated Here
Miss Clara Haller died February 11. Her will leaves most of the estate to sister Ann Elizabeth Haller. Executor named Cyrus Winston Haller. personal property valued at 3500 dollars. Will dated September 3 1940 witnessed by Jacob Rohrback and Ruth E Bus sard Ogle. Codicil dated October 8 1940 also admitted to probate. John Fessler Haller and Hugh Kenneth Haller initially named as executors but renounced. Trust for Mount Qohivet cemetery. four nephews named in trust for fund. Farmers and Mechanics National Bank trustee. 100 dollars bequeathed to Evangelical Lutheran Church for organ fund. Remainder to sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans’ Court
Clara Haller
Ann Elizabeth Haller
Cyrus Winston Haller
Marblehead
Mass
Jacob Rohrback
Ruth E. Bussard Ogle
John M. Haller
John Fessler Haller
Hugh Kenneth Haller
Mount Qohivet
John Fessler
Cyrus Winston
Hugh Kenneth
John Stoner Haller
Farmers and Mechanics National Bank
Thomas H
John M Haller
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Thirteenth Street dogs disrupt post during council session
After a morning round Alderman Staley reported stray dogs chewed seven of eight letters in a door slot before the postman could collect them. He noted the issue in the Thirteenth Street area as officials discussed matters in executive session after a regular meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thirteenth Street
Staley
Halifax Says German People Want Peace
Scranton, Pa March 1 British Ambassador Lord Halifax said a free vote by the German people would likely favor peace at any price. He noted such a vote is impossible and cited German suffering and surrender of body and soul before the war began, leaving them powerless to shape their fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Lord Halifax
United States
St. David's Society
Wake Island Bombed Again In World War II Note
U S Pacific Fleet reports Wake Island, 2300 miles west, suffered its fourteenth raid of the war on Monday with six grounded Japanese planes probably destroyed. Nauru and Marshall Islands were also hit, as Army and Navy planes struck enemy bases. Nimitz says all our planes returned with no losses reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Wake Island
Here
Chester W. Nimitz
Nauru
Marshall Islands
Marshalls
Wake
Nimitz
Navy Coronado
Eniwetok
Kwajalein Atolls
Dinner Meeting Of Red Cross Motor Corps Held
Sixteen original members welcomed eight new members at a dinner in the Francis Scott Key Hotel. Mrs. F. Earle Shriner presided as February reports showed 203 hours of service and 733 miles driven, mainly distributing Red Cross War Fund materials. A first aid refresher course starts April 20, with weekly Thursday sessions for three weeks, while uniforms may be delayed due to material shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Motor Corps
Francis Scott Key
F. Earle Shriner
Red Cross War Fund
Two Veterans Confront John Lewis Over Strikes Visit
Two Italian campaign veterans visited John L Lewis in his United Mine Workers office to lecture on strikes and servicemen hardships. They asked for union applications, and one spoke of hunger in the trenches while Lewis and aide officials listened and exchanged facts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John L Lewis
K. C. Adams
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Henry Kania
Schenectady
W. Y
Jacob Ricotta
Rochester
Adams
UMW
Union
Alexandria
Italy
Army Smothers Five From Maryland in 85 22 Victory
Army overwhelmed Maryland 85 to 22 as it extended its win streak to 14. West Point set three field house records with Dale Hail and Kane each scoring 32 points, surpassing prior marks. Maryland’s Charley Hiden led with eight points as four Cadets matched or surpassed that output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point
Army
Maryland
Avalanche
West Pointers
Dale Hail
Army Flash
Parsons
Kane
Harvard
Charley Hiden
French officers condemned in North Africa mistreatment case
New York reports that eight of eleven French officers and non commissioned officers tried at Algiers for mistreating prisoners in concentration camps have been convicted and sentenced to death. British radio, recorded by NBC, broadcast the verdict tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Algiers
NBC
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Hiram Jacobs
William Stoneburner
Wilbur Clapsaddie
Hanover
Harry ©. Link, Jr
Baltimore
Walter J. Hahn
Frederik
A W. Schwimmer
National Cit
Tenn
Charles Town
W Va
Roy
Thurmont
Snyder
Amy
John
Frederick KR
Kimble Cumberland
Eliott C
S. Hoag
Meridian
Conn
Victor J . Bruno
Kelayres
H. D. Bond
Wiliam H Ruppert
Corp
W E O'Hara
Harry Fouche
Grange
Mt. Pleasant
Keefer Main
John Beltis
J. C. McDevitt
Harold Roderick
Grange Will
Veterans of
U. S
Herbert Grossnickle
R. L. Kelly
South Market
Delphey
W. Patrick St
FCA
PITT
Los Angeles
Clark Shaughnessy
Unversity of Pittsburgh
Washington Redskins
Shaughnessy
Chicago Bears
Redskins
University of Pittsburgh
Fulton Lewis
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Frederick County
C. E. Cline & Son Funeral Directors
Halifax
U.S. Liberators
John Lewis
Army Smothers
ALLEN
Market ST
Timel
Joan Kenley
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