Visits Here E Lee Murray Returns From Internment
E Lee Murray former American vice consul in Paris arrived in Frederick after more than three years interned in Germany and France. He plans a ten day visit with relatives and will join his wife and nine year old daughter in Seattle afterward. He spoke briefly about his captivity and noted his Ocean voyage aboard the Grips Holm had daily rough seas only on the last day. Murray, son of the late Rev. and Mrs L F Murray, has long associations with State Department and hardware firms in Frederick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Lee Murray
Paris
Frederick
Portugal
Gripsholm
France
Germany
State Department
Mr. Murray
Roscoe C
Carrollton M. Murray
Woodspere
Seattle
Washington
Murray
China
Japan
Russia
Baden-Baden
Lourdes
Spain
New York
Baltimore
L. F. Murray
Central Hardware Company
A. E. Levy
Community Hardware Company
County Holstein Herd Sells For $10,142.50
The largest Frederick County farm sale of the year drew buyers from Virginia and Pennsylvania to Samuel Ausherman farm near Burkittsville. Thirty seven purebred Holsteins sold for a total of 10 14250 as the auction closed the farmer's 30 year tenure. Top cow at 640 others 526 and 475. Seventeen cows averaged 363. Ten bred heifers 227 50. Calves and other stock fetched solid prices. horses, machinery, and household goods also sold. Emmett R Bowlus auctioneer with Shaw and Gross clerks. Remsberg oversaw pedigrees.
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Frederick County
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Samuel @. Ausherman
Burkittsville
Ausherman
Loudoun
Washington
Montgomery
Emmett R Bowlus
John L. Shaw
Howard A. Gross
J. Homer Remsberg
Tommy Harmon To Wed Hollywood Actress
Hollywood reports Lt. Tommy Harmon of Michigan football fame plans marriage to Elyse Knox after Easter in possibly the Michigan student chapel. Knox hopes the gown may be made from the parachute that saved Harmon. Divorce from Pauli Hesse becomes final March 28. Knox met Harmon in Hollywood in 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Elyse Knox
Tommy Harmon
University of Michigan
Photo-Graphers
Hartford
China
Harmon
Pauli Hesse
War Interpreted by KIREEL SIMPSON on Cassino and Rome
Analysis notes Cassino bombardment and Italian campaign limits, Rome’s political value, diversion via air power, and impact on the Balkan front. Stresses Allied air supremacy and Russian front relief, plus a Red Cross benefit event in New Market Grange Hall with Canada near Alaska border location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cassino
Liri
Rome
Fifth Army
Balkan
Stimson
Germany
Italy
Foggia
Balkans
Kiev
Russia
Romania
Black Sea
Ukraine
Bug- Dniester
Moscow
Liquor Stocks Are Dwindling
Washington officials opened talks with Secretary Morgenthau and Senator McCarran about replenishing liquor stocks to curb black market whiskey. Several proposals are under study, including a possible holiday in the bottling ban to divert industrial alcohol to beverage making.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Morgenthau
McCarran
D-New
War Production Board
St Patrick's Day Weather Brings Rain and Wind Across County
Rain totaling .36 inch pushed March’s rain close to normal as intermittent winds damaged homes and farm buildings. Warm spell raises fruit bud fears. farmers worry another cold snap could ruin the crop, with seeding hindered by wet ground while crocuses bloom and robins return. Temperatures stayed between 50 and 59 degrees, with a Friday evening drop. Also, permission granted for Harpers Ferry Paper to sell assets to Potomac Light and Power for 150000. Harpers to be dissolved after stock exchange moves by Virginia Public Service and Associated Gas and Electric divestment orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercury
Philadelphia
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Securities and Exchange Commission
Potomac Light and Power Company
Virginia Public Service Company
Harpers Common Stock
Harpers
SEC
Associated Gas and Electric Corporation
Virginia Public Service
Seventeen Frederick County inductees head to military service
Sixteen Army and six Navy selectees from Frederick County left Friday for active duty. Included was Alfred Lewis Roberts of Frederick, a colored selectee bound for naval training. Soldiers headed to George G. Meade Army Reception Center under Acting Corporal Marlin Luther LeGore were William Woodbury Foole, Andrew Thomas Shorb, Milton Delmar Sawyer, Kennard Mehrle Smith, Richard Orville Miller, George Allen Barrier, George Raymond Cool, Stanley Lee Harbaugh, Matthew William Morrissey, and Howard Hanford Murphy. Navy designees led by Glen Moody Pryor proceeded to the Baltimore Reception Center toward an unnamed training camp, with Claude Samuel Ham erick, James Hessong, Joseph Bart Stahley, Clarence Elmer Ford, and Roberts in the group.
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Army
Navy
Frederick County
Lantz
Baltimore
Claude Samuel Hamerick
Thurmont
James Hessong
Rt 1
Smithsburg
Joseph Bart Stahley
Emmitsburg
Clarence Elmer Ford
Myersville
Roberts
115 Properties Are Advertised For Taxes
Frederick counts and corporate taxes delinquent are advertised for sale under the 1943 tax sales law. The list covers 115 county tax delinquents, four Brunswick tax delinquents, and one Frederick City tax delinquent property. County taxes total 3 661.61 dollars. Sales set for April 10.
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Frederick
Brunswick
Frederick City
James H. Falk
Johnsville
Lewistown
Red Cross Food Saved Internees and Other News
Internee accounts from a German camp credit Red Cross aid with preventing starvation as prisoners, including 23 men in a 23 foot room, faced moldy bread and harsh conditions. A Baltimorean repatriated on the Gripsholm reported hardships but emphasized relief through international aid and eventual return home. Also covered are Frederick Chamber of Commerce directors meeting notes, Baltimore murder trial acquittal of Mrs. Louise J. Borman, a Holstein-Friesian bull purchase in Maryland, and a Maryland breeder registration update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Red Cross
Tittmoney
Germany
Kolacz
America
Drunken Driver Fined and Jail Terms Set in Frederick
In Frederick Magistrate Court, Floyd Jones and Howard S. Stewart, both colored, jailed eight days with $500 bond for grand jury action. Joseph H. Shane pled guilty to drunken driving and reckless operation, sentenced to 30 days in jail in default of $114.50. Multiple others faced fines or jail terms for gambling, license issues, and traffic violations with officers named and dates noted.
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Floyd Jones
Howard S. Stewart
Frederick
Sherman P. Bowers
Joseph H. Shane
Jones, Stewart
Adrien Maker
Baltimore
Ben Phebus
Sergt
Frank Dorsey
Shane
Lester Walker
Washington
Corp
W. W Corbin
Walker
Etta Freshour
Florence Gray
Denver Shook
Charles Butler
Richard W. Flock
James Marks
Elwood L. Biddinger
Walkersville
Sergi Dorsey
Gustav Salecke
Cleveland
Ellis Carty
Remigio Lepore
George D. Gossard
Anzio notes on German postwar plan and frontier life
From the Leaves From Notebook of a Correspondent by Edward Kennedy, the piece discusses Pvt. Robert B. Hickey's wartime plan for Germany: keep occupying troops for decades to prevent weaponry, while letting Germans live and learn. It also notes a local International Bridgehead Club, front prohibition, and frontline wine practices described by Edmund Brun, a French correspondent.
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Edward Kennedy
Hal Boyle
Anzio
Pvt
Robert B. Hickey
St. Petersburg
Fla
Hickey
X Marine
Pacific
Volturno
Germany
America
International Bridgehead Bridge Club
Sumner 5. Wilson
New Rochelle
Beachhead
Rome
Edmund Brun
Cassino
Too Many Of Last Year's Potatoes Now On Hand
Washington reports the USDA finds 15 to 20 million bushels more last year’s potatoes than can be eaten before the new crop. March 1 stocks at 77 million bushels exceed last year by 70 percent. War Food Administration moves excess into alcohol, livestock feed, starch and flour. about 60 million bushels may be consumed before new potatoes are plentiful, leaving around 17 million bushels for other uses. Lettuce noted as America’s most widely grown salad crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
War Food Administration
Waste Paper To Be Movie Admission Charge
The Tivoli Theatre with Girl and Boy Scout leaders hosts a free cartoon showing on Saturday morning April 1 at 9 30. Admission is 10 pounds of magazines or 15 pounds of newspapers tied securely. Scouts manage removal. proceeds go to the Girl and Boy Scouts camp fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner Bros
Allied forces seize Lorengau airfield on Manus Island
Allied Headquarters announced American troops captured Lorengau airdrome on Manus Island in the Admiralty Islands while another Japanese attack on Bougainville was repelled. In the Central Pacific, Raiders hit Truk and surrounding islands as Liberators and Navy planes mounted multiple strikes on Oroluk, Pingelap, and Marshall bases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Pacific
Lorengau
Manus Island
Admiralty Group
Empress Augusta Bay
Bougainville Island
Solomons
First Cavalry
Rabaul
New Britain
Wewak
New Guinea
Bali
Java
Netherlands East Indies
Soerabaja
Darwin
Australia
Central Pacific
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Army
Navy
Marine
Caroline and
Marshall Islands
Naval
Pingelap
Orolux Islands
Truk
Carolines
Oroluk
Little Pingelap
Kusaie
Seventh Army Air Force
Venutra
Fleet Air Wing
Fourth Marines Air Wing
Marshalls
Chester W. Nimitz
Marshall
Sleet Snow Hits Frederick Co as Spring Arrives
A sleet storm yesterday accompanied astronomical spring, dumping up to six inches in the county while most of the precipitation turned to sleet later. Temperatures ranged from 27 to a low of 18, making travel hazardous. State police warned of dangerous roads and chains were advised. Bus service continued on time though delays occurred. no injuries or pet incidents were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Co
Putman
Fredericks Board
Blue Ridge
Baltimore
Washington
Pucheu Executed in Algiers After Treason Trial
March 2 in Algiers the former French interior minister Pucheu was executed on treason charges after being convicted a week earlier. The trial saw defense testimony from Giraud and a defense witness as the court upheld the judgment despite a postponed appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
Pucheu
Callar
Giraud
Overseas Addresses Censored in The News Post Notice
Censorship prevents publication of service addresses for personnel. The issue notes that some addresses cannot be published while others in continental service may be disclosed. John Smith, son of Smith, is mentioned as arriving safely somewhere in the South Pacific context and will be identified only by unit name in line with safety regulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Smith
Smith
Addres
Continental
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