31 Now Dead In Explosion At Easton Quarry
Easton Pennsylvania March 26. A massive premature blast in a Lehigh Portland Cement quarry five miles north of Easton killed 31 workers and injured many others. The blast shattered windows as far as Bethlehem and Allentown, with 70 children in a nearby school affected. Investigators from the FBI and the state labor department led the inquiry as officials weighed possible causes including a dropped object or improper detonation. Three men among the dead include Ernest Ray Garnett and William Lanahan, with George B. Hadegty Jr. among the victims.
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Easton
Lehigh Portland Cement Company
Delaware River
Bethlehem
Alientown
James Amish
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Philadelphia
State Department of Labor and Industry
Gish
David F . Bachman
William Miller
Nazareth
Leonard Sabatino
Lehigh Consolidated
Hercules Power Company
George B. Hadegty, Jr
Allentown
Ernest Ray Garnett
Wilmington
Del
William Lanahan
Bronxville
N. Y
Walkersville High Performs Top Of The World Operetta Tonight
Walkersville High School students present the operetta Top Of The World in the auditorium. Scenery crafted by the art classes under Miss Victoria Di Domenico who also leads costumes and makeup. Charles C. T. Stull and Miss Octavia Gosnell direct the orchestra and players.
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Walkersville High School
Victoria di Domenico
Charles C. T. Stull
Octavia Gosnell
Druggist in Bankruptcy in Shepherdstown Town Run Drug Store
Merle J. Shultz, owner of the Town Run drug store in Shepherdstown, formerly Gibson drug store, was adjudicated bankrupt in U S District Court. Liabilities total 2 747 60, including 59 16 tax, 860 rent, 1 575 30 secured and 1 053 14 unsecured. Assets total 2 412 70, with stock 1 258 90, fixtures 601, open accounts 284 88, household goods 100 and cash 66.
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Charles Town
W. Va
Merle J. Shultz
Shepherdstown
Gibson Drug Store
U. S. District Court
Answers To War Quiz On Page Five
Answers to quiz items recount insignia signaling radio use on a war vessel. Gandhi leads Hindus demanding independence in exchange for full aid to Britain. Napoleon’s Grand Army fell to Russian attacks and winter. Hitler’s army remains powerful with potential for more efforts.
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Gandhi
Britain
India
Napoleon
Hitler
Emmitsburg Named First Aid Post in OCD Plan
Emmitsburg yesterday became the second outpost for disaster first aid equipment under Frederick OCD. Dr. W. R Cadle received the first kit as permanent post for Emmitsburg and districts were drawn for other communities. Base depots include Frederick, Brunswick and Urbana with 11 listed posts in the county.
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Emmitsburg
Frederick
Thurmont
New Market
Middletown
Buckeystown
Walkersville
Jefferson
Liberty
Urbana
Myersville
Brunswick
OCD
E C Kefauver
M. C. A. Price Bros. Lincoln
Health Department
Winchester Hall
Frederick City Hospital
Odd Fellows’ Home
Janet Walker
Freighter Rams And Sinks Submarine
New Orleans reports an American freighter on February 1 rammed and sank what was believed to be an enemy submarine in the Caribbean. Ten hours of search yielded no survivors. Commander Henry Johnson said the collision occurred in darkness as the freighter, running without lights, struck a partially submerged target and explosions followed.
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New Orleans
Navy
Caribbean
Noj
Henry Johnson
U. 8S. Naval Reserve
Johnson
Maryland Grants 3227 Divorces in 1940
Maryland reported 3,227 divorces in 1940, about 18 per 1000 population, higher than 1939 and 1937 figures. Nationwide total reached about 264,000 divorces with a 20 per 1000 rate, while rates varied widely by state from Nevada’s 47 per 1000 to South Carolina’s under 1.0.
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Washington
Maryland
Bureau of Census
Nevada
South Carolina
Florida
Delaware
New Jersey
New York
North Dakota
Field Fire at Noah Phelps Farm Near Long Corner
Firemen were dispatched Thursday afternoon to extinguish a field blaze on Noah Phelps’s farm at Long Corner. No buildings were threatened, and the fire was brought under control.
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Mt. Airy
Noah Phelps
Long Corner
Synthetic Rubber Secrets Given To Nazis Before War
Assistant Attorney General Thaurman Arnold testified before the Senate Defense Investigating Committee that Standard Oil of New Jersey blocked American synthetic rubber development by transferring processes to Germany and denying licenses to U S firms. He said a 1929 to 1939 patent exchange with I G Farben shaped wartime shortages, with orders to keep Buna rubber restricted to German interests and suppress American revival. The action led to fines and a decree, but Arnold warned future anti trust action would prevent repeats.
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Washington
Thaurman Arnold
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
United States
Arnold
Senate Defense Investigating
Standard Oil
1. G. Farben Trust
Germany
Standard Gas
Department of Justice
Anti-Trust
Standard Ovl
Standard Oil of
I. G. Farben
Hitler
Standard
Hugh A. Fulton
Fulton
Slowdowns Denounced and Labor Board Action Report
Washington dispatch reports CIO and AFL denouncing slowdowns and the War Labor Board moving to fire four CIO stewards at Aluminum Company of America in Cleveland. Senate and House debates push for anti strike measures and wartime labor legislation including hours, wages, and anti incubator rules. Deeds recorded in Frederick County note transfers including a five acre Myersville property for 2200 dollars and a 20 acre Linganore district farm for about 7000. East South Street property transfers to Helen Wachter for 1445 dollars.
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Washington
CIO
AFL
War Labor Board
William E Baldwin
Labor Board
Cleveland
Aluminum Company of America
Capitol Hill
Pepper
D.-Fla
Senate
Smith
Congress
House
Smith D.val
John
Court House
Frederick County
Reno Sharp
Myersville
East South Street
William M. Storm
Helen Rhoads Wachter
Live stock and equipment sale of R Thomas Dutrow
A fair crowd paid $2 008.63 at the sale on Gas House Pike yesterday. Medium grade cows sold 63 to 150 dollars while horses went 50 to 105 dollars. A two year old colt brought 71 dollars and a yearling 31. Household furnishings and farm equipment sold well. Auctioneers Ignatius E Lease and clerk John L Shaw led the sale.
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R. Thomas Dutrow
Ex Mayor Hoan Urges U S To Organize For Total War
Ex Mayor Daniel W. Hoan, now deputy director of civilian defense, told Frederick Lions the issue is whether 130 million Americans can unite quickly for total war. He warned against complacency, praised civilian defense, nutrition programs, and insisted the nation must organize and discipline itself, noting mistakes come with action.
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Daniel W. Hoan
Milwaukee
Frederick Lions
Francis Scott Key
Hoan
America
Pearl Harbor
Hitler
United States
Gettysburg
Mr. Hoan
H. G. Wells
England
Russia
Richard F. Simmons
Herbert S
Prominent Club Meeting Led by Dr Remsberg President
The list of attendees includes Schroeder Russell H McCain Atlan Bennett Earle F Shriner Lt Herbert L Strawsburg Melvin M Engle Rev Dr B W Meeks Elmer I Eshleman Dr Joseph A Apple A I Elin Cyr Klean Thomas Kline John A Shires Dr E P Thomas A B Collinus H D Baker Charles McC Mathias Dr Howard Ash and H M Smith Dr A R Remsberg, president, presided over the meeting. Pillow cases which fit loosely will outwear those fitting tightly.
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Howard Ash
H. M. Smith
A. R. Remsberg
Club
No Developments Of Plan To Remove Rails
City Engineer W Raymond Walter said Thursday no new developments on plans to remove steel railway rails from Frederick streets. He noted discontinuance of WPA road projects will not disturb defense projects and there have been no further salvage details.
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Frederick Streets
W. Raymond Walter
City plans rail removal and street resurfacing decision
Arrangements under WPA auspices will remove rails embedded in Market Patrick and Jefferson streets awaiting State Roads Commission direction on resurfacing. City authorized to sell the steel to Frederick Iron and Steel Company. Note mentions gasoline tax in several states exceeding fuel costs.
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State Roads Commission
Patrick
Jefferson
Frederick Iron and Steel Company
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Walkersville High Operetta
Delphey
West Patrick ST
Allen
N. Market ST
Lions Club
Market St
Burall
C. C. Carty
Pat
C. E. Cline
C. E. Cline, JR
E. T. Whitmore
A. L. Michael
C.E. Cline & Son
East Patrick St
Lawson
Simmons
By Simmons
C. C. Carty, Inc
E. Patrick St
Frederick, Md
States
The
Union
Coats
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