Admiral Hart Credits Japanese Victory in First Pacific Campaign
Admiral Thomas C. Hart argued at a Knox press conference that Japanese air superiority and swift campaigns secured the first Pacific victory, though he warned that the enemy’s high losses and vast territory will require renewed air power and greater resources for future efforts. He cited Allied ship losses, the Repulse and Prince of Wales, and noted Allied forces remain to aid the war despite setbacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M.eightower
Washington
Thomas C. Hart
Asiatic Fleet
Western Pacific
Tommy Hart
Knox
Ernest J.king
United States
Hart
America
King
Asiatic
Britain
Prince of Wales
Emy
Singapore
Navy Department
Freighter Malama Presumed Lost in Pacific
Navy reports radio messages indicated Matson Navigation's 3275 ton freighter Malama was followed by an unidentified plane on January 1 and later lost by surface attack. The ship en route with a 33 man crew, captained by Malcolm R. Peters of San Mateo, was built in 1919 in Newark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Matson Navigation Company
Pacific
Navy
Twelfth Naval District
Papeete
Tahiti
Raratonga
Cook Island
Newark
N. J
Malcolm R. Peters
San Mateo
Rockville Church Granted Courtroom Use After Fire
Rockville March 11 Permission for the temporary use of the courthouse courtroom on Sundays was approved for Rockville Methodist Church after a fire damaged their church. Commissioners will provide a janitor to operate the elevator so parishioners can reach the third floor. The request came from committee members William F. Prettyman and Edgar Reed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockville
Ballenger 4-H Club Elects New Officers
At the Ballenger 4-H Club annual meeting in Feagaville Community Hall on Wednesday night officers were elected for 1942. Richard Cook was chosen president with William Whipp as vice president, William Howard as secretary, Charles Castle as treasurer, and Arthur Cook as club reporter. Pascal Renn named local leader. The gathering closed with singing America and reciting the 4-H pledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballenger Club
Ballenger
Feagaville
Richard Cook
William Whipp
William Howard
Charles Castle
Arthur Cook
Pascal Renn
Talk by C P Telephone executive on wartime restrictions
Vice-president and general manager Mr Haneke spoke to a large audience of Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company employees at Hotel Frederick on Wednesday night. He explained the war era restrictions affecting communications and their impact on the firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Baltimore City
Haneke
Hotel Frederick
Court News Notices of Marriages and Property Transfers
A list of marriage licenses including Carlisle Nelson and Sarah Goins and others in various states. also property deeds transferring homes and land among multiple couples. Also equity suits, public notices, and building permits listing names, ages, places, and dollar values for recent filings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlisle Nelson
Washington, D. CC
Sarah Goins
Southern Pines
N.C
Eugene J. Williams
Mary Washington Gross
Baltimore
George Hunt
Marie Hoy
East Fourth Street
Edgar J. Smith
Audrey M. Blondheim
Albert D. Whaley
Baxter Springs
Kas
Ella E.mcelvaney
Bel Air
Nicholas Salerno
Helen Rutkowski Grego
Old Forge
Nathan R. Walker, Jr
Mechanicsburg
Audrey Jane Laufer
Harrisburg
Doran M. Hedden
Dolores DeLauder
Hagerstown
Property transfers and a minor injury report
Dawn of new ownerships across Route 3 and Yellow Springs includes Leroy Crabbe and Howard N. Stup overseeing remodels totaling thousands. Notable deeds record Brittain to Ebert on South College Parkway for about 12 500 and Odone to Fogle in Lewistown for roughly 34 600. Miss Irma Waters sustains a nose contusion in an automobile crash near Frederick and is treated at Frederick City Hospital with no police details released.
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Yellow Springs
Leroy Crabbe
This City
Howard N. Stup
Frederick
Fourth Street Pike
Floyd Culler
Harry L. Brittain
Harry L. Ebert
South College Parkway
Harold D. Odone
Archie T. Fogle
Lewistown
Irma Waters
Middletown
Frederick City Hospital
Faithful Followers Hold March Meeting at Calvary Church
The Faithful Followers class of Calvary Methodist met at Mrs. Ritchie’s home on Tuesday evening March 10 for its regular monthly session. Mrs. Ritchie acted as hostess, Velma Gerrich won the guess box, and refreshments followed the business and social portion. It notes the “naughtiest age” in boys is said to be 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvary Methodist Church School
Robert Ritchie
Ritchie
Velma Gerrich
Tverse
Also Mentioned on This Page
Admiral Hart
Albert C. Palmer
MecCalls
Liberty
Colliers
U.S
A.W. Waneke
Court News
Charles A. Waynant
Lindley W. Holbrook
Louis Simmons
Oliver T. Wallace
Dorothy E. Keyes
John William Ebert
Emma Elizabeth Brittain
Glenn N. Gall
Sarah C. Warrenfeltz
Harold D. Qdone
Equity
Elizabeth C. Romsburg
Paul E. Romsburg
BHI
Alton Y. Bennett
Levie G. May
Jackson Street
D. C
Rocky Ridge
H. C Beison
Charles Sheets
Mt. Carmel
C. L. Kolb
Robert L. Warfield
Thurston
J. Herman Mock
Austin R. Keyser
Spry
Aspry
Crag
Kemsberg Moet
Kemp’s
Ieids
Frintzess
Kemp
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