Former Head of Academy Turns Author
Prof Louis Knott Koontz former Frederick College president 1909 1912 now UCLA associate professor edits Pacific Historical Review. Koontz recalls Frederick ties plus Philippines service and MacArthur era memory. His new book Robert Dinwiddie outlines Dinwiddie Washington ties making Dinwiddie a grandfather of his country.
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Louis Knott Koontz
Old Frederick College
University of California At
Los Angeles
Cal
Pacific Historical Review
Robert Dinwiddie
Virginia
Koontz
Frederick
Washington and Lee University
Philippines
War Department
MacArthur
Wu. S.S
William Crawford Johnson
Frederick College Trustees
Dinwiddie
Koontzs
Arthur H
George Washington
Italian Submarines Off U S Coast Claim Sinks 27204 Tons
Rome reports that Italian submarines operating off the United States coast have sunk merchant ships totaling 27,204 tons. This marks Rome’s first official assertion of Italian submarine activity off the U S coast amid Allied skepticism and prior German U-boat attribution.
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Rome
Ialian Hign Command
United States
U. S
Atlantic
Housewarming notes in Laytonsville and Etchison
Mrs. Samuel Riges hosted 20 guests at a dessert bridge in Laytonsville. Mrs. Gertrude Webber, newly moved to a cottage in Etchison, received a housewarming from neighbors on Wednesday. Mrs. Virginia Plummer visits Washington with Mrs. Walter Collier. Mr. and Mrs. Kirby Smith and family relocate to a Gaithersburg road farmhouse owned by Mr. and Mrs. George Carson.
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Laytonsville
Samuel Riges
Gertrude Webber
No Instructions To Defer Newspapermen
Washington reports that Selective Service officers said no immediate deferments would be issued for news papermen or radio employees as they are essential to the civilian war effort. Draft Director Hershey indicated newspapers and radio are essential industries, while officials noted employers did not consider their workers eligible for deferments. Also noted, Den Chiefs Osborne Price Jr and James B Ranch Jr were installed in Cub Pack No 1 and 36 Cubs attended.
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Washington
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Osborne Price, Jr
James B. Ranch, Jr
Presbyterian Sunday School
C. Clifford Doll, Jr
Donald Davis
Melvin Nusz
Robert Strine
John Rhoads
Paul Thomas
Bob Cat
Robert Rhoderick
Robert Leather
Carson Kreh
Guilty Pleas Entered in February Circuit Court Docket
Guilty pleas were entered in seven cases involving seventeen indictments as the February term opened in Circuit Court. G Richard Noell of Frederick pleaded not guilty to two forgery charges. William Killman pleaded guilty to three larceny indictments. Edward Moore admitted four forgery indictments. Frank Fraley pleaded guilty to three burglary indictments. William Thomas Otis Diggs and Wilson J Ambush each pleaded guilty to two indictments including burglary and larceny. Seventeen witnesses were summoned for the State with Patrick Schnauffer prosecuting.
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G. Richard Noell
Frederick
Walter E. Sinn
William L. Killman
Hood College
Killman
Edwin F. Nikirk
Edward Moore
E. Austin James
Traverser
Frank Fraley
Mr. James
William Thomas
Otis Diggs
Wilson J. Ambush
James
Thomas
Diggs
Thomas J. Carr
Rudolph Anderson
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Court News Marriage Licenses and Property Deeds
Marriage licenses listed for Maurice Anglebower and Ruby Hagan and for George Nusbaum and Elsie Wiles. Property deeds show transfers from Maudie Brandenburg to Ernest Kuhn, from Charles Marshall to Howard Hartman, from Benjamin Dudderar to Helen Mack, from Langdon Day to Mildred Brown, from Frank Main to Janie Crummitt, and from Dudley Wright to Parsons Newman.
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Maurice A. Anglebower
Chapel Alley
Ruby Hagan
East Fifth Street
George H. Nusbaum
Motter Avenue
Elsie Mae Wiles
Frederick
Maudie M. Brandenburg
Ernest R. Kuhn
Charles T. Marshall
Howard H. Hartman, Jr
Benjamin E. Dudderar
Helen F. Mack
Langdon
Day
Mildred M. Brown
Frank A. Main
Janie Crummitt
Dudley C. Wright
Parsons Newman
All Hands Ready gen Frank M Andrews speaks at Puerto Rico conference
General Frank M. Andrews, commander in the Caribbean, addresses a defense conference in San Juan Puerto Rico while signaling with his hands. He emphasizes readiness and coordinated defense in the regional crisis.
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Frank M. Andrews
Carrbbean
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Frederick High School aviation clubs start model plane program
Frederick High School hosts two aviation clubs leading a county effort to supply 500000 model planes to the Navy per Secretary Knox. Plans issued by the U S Office of Education guide four week builds on a one to 72 scale. Students earn an industrial certificate. Frederick HS aims for 200 of 400 countywide models, with more quotas expected.
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Frederick High School
Navy
Knox
United State Office of Education
FL H. S
Amer
U. S. Navy Bureau of Aeronautics
Frankenfield
Taneytown Kiwanis hears on Carroll Children's Aid budget
The Taneytown Kiwanis Club met at Sauble's Inn with President Robert W. Smith presiding. Topics included the Carroll County Children’s Aid Society budget of 350 dollars yearly from county commissioners and 3 500 dollars additional in salaries and care for 468 children. The Home Nursing Course enrolled twenty two per class and a Mack Lena Rivers stage production was rehearsed for March 6. Attendees included Robert Gavin and Dr Kitchin from Annapolis Club and Mrs W A Bower, Mrs Carolyn Pearce Taylor.
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Taneytown
Taneytown Kiwanis Club
Sauble’s Inn
Robert W. Smith
Robert Gavin
Halethorpe Club
Milliken
Annapolis Club
Dr Kitchin
W. A. Bower
Carolyn Pearce Taylor
Bonne Custenborder
Raymond Wright
Wallace Yingling
Walter A Bower
Bower
Taylor
Westminster
Ren’s Aid Society
Carroll County
Commercial Club
Lena Rivers
Ned Albert
Eaton F. Sites. Fairfield
Dorothy J. Trout
Sites
Trout Home Visit Noted by Local Residents
Visitors at the Trout home on Sunday included Private Carl P. Long of Fort Bragg NC and Mr. and Mrs. George R. Wagner of Westminster, among others sighted near Taneytown.
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Trout
Taneytown
Carl P. Long
Fort Bragg
George R Wagner
Westminster
Visitors Gather Around Local Families in Frederick Area
Greenfield and Frederick area residents hosted and visited many local families including Mr and Mrs Edward Davis Mrs Bailey Briggs and son Bully Chester Davis Shirley Geary Harry Irons Arnold Irons and Edward Irons from Glen Echo Irving Young and daughter Shirley Wilson Davis from Rockville Freddy Biehl Grace Biehl Rippeon near Libertytown Roger Davis and sons Glenn Leonard and daughter Louise with Ronald Fiohn near Buckeystown. Mrs Fiohn recovers from an auto accident. Louella Gregg stays with her. Edward Davis visited Mrs Ernest Page Forest Grove. Employment in American aircraft industry is 390 000 weekly payrolls near 15 000 000.
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Rockville
Freddy Biehl
Grace Biehl
Rippeon
Libertytown
Roger Davis
Glenn
Leonard
Louise
Ronald Fiohn
Buckeystown
Fiohn
Louella Gregg
Edward Davis
Ernest Page
Forest Grove
Centers Of Resistance Are Wiped Out
Moscow reports a major Soviet offensive on the Leningrad front destroying about 50 centers of enemy resistance and killing 650 officers and men. Forty Germans died in one house as grenades were tossed, with thousands more killed in two days of action. The Kalinin front and Staraya Russa sector show heavy German losses as Soviet forces tighten their grip and artillery support is urged.
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Moscow
Leningrad
Ftth
Soviet Information Bureau
Kalinin
Staraya Russa
Red Star
Many Visit Scene Of Bridge Collapse
Residents inspect the Jug Bridge collapse near Fingerboard and Urbana as the road from Fingerboard to Urbana through Centerville deteriorates under heavy truck traffic. Mrs Thelma Straw narrowly escaped danger when the span failed while she was nearby, returning to Frederick without crossing.
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Nhen
Fingerboard
Urbana
Centerville
Roads Commission
Thelma M. Straw
Mt. Airy
Frederick
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Markets Slip From Opening Gains As Leaders Retreat
New York March 4 stocks opened higher but soon profits were taken and most indices moved into negative territory by mid session. A few issues held onto early gains while overall turnover remained light and losses stayed narrow.
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New York
Jefferson Women's Club Hosts Meeting and Program
Mrs Calvin Fry hosted nineteen members of the Jefferson Women's Club with music led by a chairman, songs including Battle Hymn of the Republic and The Star Spangled Banner, a reading by Nina Marriotte, and a health nursing talk by Janet Walker. Delegates to the Frederick County Federation were named for March 19.
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Jefferson Club
Calvin Fry
Jefferson Women's Club
Roy Remsberg
Elmer Guten
Nina Marriotte
Democracy
Janet Walker
Frederick County
William Long
Albert Bussard
Ray Remsberg
A Hemp
Edgar Thomas
Paul Stockman
M RO Etchison
Paul Ahalt
Ahalt
Ralph Cutler
Taxes for Victory Day Proposed in Maryland
Governor OConor was urged to proclaim March 15 as taxes for victory day in a letter from Harry S Middendorf, president of the Maryland Public Expenditure Council. The proposal argues taxpayers sacrifice for the war effort warrants eliminating non essential expenditures to conserve victory dollars.
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Baltimore
Goverhoc Oconor
Harry S Middendorf
Maryland Public Expenditure Council
Middendorf
Some Donts for Pimples and Itchy Skin Remedies
Do not scratch or squeeze pimples and avoid itching. Petersen’s Ointment offers quick relief from eczema angry red blotches and other irritations. It makes the skin look better and feel better at 35c in all druggists with money back if one application does not delight. Also helps irritated tired feet and cracks between toes.
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Petersen
Peterson
May Be Moved Interned Japanese Officials Reported
Washington reports that Japanese diplomatic and consular officials now interned at Hot Springs Virginia may be moved to another location. The finding comes from authoritative sources and reflects ongoing arrangements affecting the internees and their confinement.
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Washington
Hot Springs
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