Intensified U-Boat Drive Seen As War Winds Turn
Washington reports German U-boats averaged one ship per day in American waters this month and could intensify raids as better weather favors both submarines and Allied anti submarine efforts. Authorities cite stronger patrol aviation, stricter ship lighting rules, and coastal blackout measures to curb raiders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eastern Sea Frontier Command
Adolphus Andrews
Army
Navy
Soil Conservation Conference Thursday in Libertytown
About 100 community leaders from the Catoctinana Monocacy districts of the Soil Conservation Service will attend a full day conference Thursday at the old Libertytown school house. The program starts at 10 a.m. and covers wartime conservation practices like contour plowing and fertilizing pastures with talks by Walter E. Burall and H. R. Grossnickle among others. A lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m. at the Libertytown Methodist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catoctinana
Soil Conservation Service
Libertytown
Walter E. Burall
New Market
H. R. Grossnickle
Myersville
Frederick
Carroll
Burall
Henry R. Shoemaker
Paul E Ngstrom
E. M Davis
John Cotton
Extension Service
L. C. Burns
Carroll County
Libertytown Methodist Church
Automobile Tax Stamps For April Are Received
The Frederick post office will sell April motor vehicle tax stamps at $1.25 for April through June. Many motorists already hold valid stamps until July 1, when $5 yearly stamps apply. Display date for Maryland corner plates to license renewals extended to April 7, leaving some motorists without plates. Also, a $5,000 fire at Chestertown damaged Eliason body and fender works and destroyed several vehicles and equipment.
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Frederick Post Office
Post
Maryland
Chestertown
Eliason
Fender
Sun Bath Memor to Soee aatescant New Yorker suns
A Sun Bath memorandum notes a New Yorker at Bryant Park using a silver reflector to protect the nose from sunburn. The readable fragment mentions sun exposure and improvised shading in an urban park setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Yorker
Bryant Park
Red Cross Outlines Policy On Benefit Performances
Red Cross officials announce rules for benefit shows using the Red Cross name or emblem. No event may use the Red Cross name without chapter or national approval, and gross receipts must go to the Red Cross. Emblem use is prohibited if expenses are deducted from proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Hammond Urner
Congress
Urner
Sunday School Hike Ends With Wiener Roast In New Windsor
New Windsor Max Nordeck led his Sunday school class on a Tuesday hike returning to roast wieners. Classmates include James and Jackie Marsh Orville Smith Lewis Roop Donald Eyler Raymond Anders and Emory Billings. A minor fire at the Acme Printing building near Market and Fourth Streets caused extensive damage before services extinguished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Windsor
Max Nordeck
James
Jackie Marsh
Orville Smith
Lewis Roop
Donald Eyler
Raymond Anders
Emory Billings
Nore Dame University
Ind
U.S. Navy
Howard C Roop
Ann
Hannah Shunk
Kaylor
Baltimore
Scott Wolf
Juniior
Acme Printing Company
Market and
Fourth Streets
Norman Dietz
Petersville Farm Sold to Jefferson Man for 10000
The Petersville farm of the late A D B Thomas was sold by his heirs to Harry Warren Summers of Jefferson for 10000. Summers will take possession April 1 and make it his future home. Myron Tracy Taneytown admitted to Gettysburg hospital for a fractured ankle after slipping from a car. Salisbury tax rate up by 19 cents per 100 dollars. Wicomico County Commissioners set it at 138. The US tung tree acreage stands around 75000 acres planted nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersville
A Db Thomas
Harry Warren Summers
Jefferson
Summers
Myron Tracy Taneytown
Gettysburg, Pa
Salisbury
Wicomico County
Preparatory Holy Week Services At Grace Reformed Church
Holy Week services outline at Grace Reformed and Calvary Methodist churches. Wednesday evening 730 features preparatory service with confirmation in white robes and soloists Miss Helen Roderick and Mrs. Arthur R. Remsberg. Maundy Thursday 730 observes the Lord's Supper with Misses Lillian and Margaret Thomas singing. Good Friday noon service at Calvary Methodist. Easter Sunday Sacrament of the Lord's Supper at morning and Baptism at 4 PM. Evening church school service at 7. Musical program rescheduled for Sunday April 12.
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Grace Reformed Church
Helen Roderick
Arthur R. Remsberg
Lillian
Margaret Thomas
Grace Church
Calvary Methodist Church
Two Are Convicted Of Flogging School Teacher
In Lafayette Tippecanoe Circuit Court a jury found Mr and Mrs Arthur H Leslie guilty of assault and battery in the flogging of their 33 year old son Dannys schoolteacher. The panel recommended a 200 dollar fine and 30 days in jail for each defendant. Leslie 47 a disabled railroad worker would serve time at Putnamville State Penal Farm and his wife 45 at Indianapolis State Women's Prison. Sentencing is set for Saturday at 10 am.
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Lafayette
Ind
Tippecanoe
Arthur H. Leslie
Danny
Leslie
Putnamville
Indianapolis State Women’s Prison
W Lynn Parkinson
David H. Parker
Purdue University
Preparatory Service Set by Brethren Pastor in Deland
The Church of the Brethren led by Rev Ralph E Shober will hold a preparatory service Wednesday at 7 30 pm with guest Rev Roy K Miller from Brownsville. The Lord's Supper will be observed Thursday at 7 pm and all members are urged to attend both services. In Deland Florida on March 31 F C Slapricka joins the St Louis Browns as chief scout and farm system supervisor.
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Church of the Brethren
Ralph E Shober
Roy K. Miller
Brownsville
Browns
Deland Fla
C Slapricka
Cleveland Indians
St Louis Browns
Stout
Numbers Crime Leads to Multiple Maryland Sentences
Nine persons were sentenced in Montgomery Circuit Court at Rockville. Bernard Frampton of Silver Spring paid a $500 fine and six months in the House of Correction for taking numbers. Wilbur Morrow, also of Silver Spring, received $500 fine and three months for bookmaking. Other defendants include Dehima Williams of Takoma Park jailed 143 days for assault, Ed Lester 45 days for grand larceny of a bull, Boyd Sonnifrank and James Harding given lengthy terms for theft of 58 chickens, Thomas Martin called Tomcat jailed four years for assault, and Arthur Ward of Poolesville ordered to pay $10 weekly for non support.
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Rockville
Montgomery
Bernard Frampton
Silver Spring
House of Correction
Wilbur Morrow
Harry Campbell
Maryland
Dehima Williams
Takoma Park
Nona Treadwell
Ed Lester
Boyd Sonnifrank
James Harding
Clarksburg
Thomas Martin
Tomcat
Jacob Martin
Arthur Ward
Poolesville
Zonta Talk Covers Tobacco Classifications and Auctions
At the Zonta meeting Mrs Mary Wilson Condon Hodgson presents a tobacco classification talk describing planting trans planting harvesting and curing by three methods. She notes tobacco auctions warehousing five year aging and uses for cigars cigarettes and snuff with 13 591 factories and a lasting tax revenue. The next meeting is canceled for Easter. A Frederick Rotary Information Please program features Dr Henry I Stahr with a panel broadcast on WFMD.
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Frederick
Bertha Culler
Mary Wilson Condon Hodgson
Jap Burman front in Burma fights near Prome
British and Indian frontier forces struggle with limited air support as Japanese Burmese forces push toward Shwe daung about 10 miles from Prome. Casualties mount, 70 prisoners taken, while British efforts to clear river crossings and blockades continue. Chinese troops under Stilwell link with northern and eastern forces near Toungoo, signaling possible Foungoo withdrawal.
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New Delhi
India
Shwedaung
Prome
Burma
Irrawaddy River
Tonga
Shewdaung
Toungoo
Foungoo
Joseph W. Stilwell
U.S AD
Harmony Grove Club Meets on Maternal Care Session
The Harmony Grove Homemakers club heard Miss Janet Walker Frederick county nurse supervisor discuss maternal care and how to guide women to health board aid and monthly Frederick clinics. Miss Walker urged aiding families and informing them of available services. The meeting included a flag salute led by Mrs. Robert Witter and music by Mrs. Edward Mantz. A $50 defense bond was approved and new member Mrs. Paul Clemson welcomed. The next meeting is April 24 at the chapel with a covered dish supper. A deed recorded shows 152 West Patrick Street sold from FDIC to Miss Dorothy C Webb for about $4700.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmony Grove Club
Janet Walker
Frederick County
Harmony Grove Homemaker's Club
Millard Crum
Edward Mantz
Our Republic
Maryland
Reader's Digest
Paul Clemson
Snow removal praised after heavy Frederick County snow
City crews used a grader and five trucks to clear streets and open gutters after a record snowfall. City officials and Mayor Lloyd Culler praised the job as farmers face delayed plowing and erosion possible in fields. Some trees and shrubs were damaged but major replacements were deemed unlikely as precipitation this month reduces yearly deficit.
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Lloyd C. Culler
Frederick County
Henry R. Shoemaker
Frederick
Snowbound Frederick County Faces Slow Utility Restorations
January and February droughts gave way to heavy snowfall. Emmitsburg endured record snow with roofs strained and vehicles stranded while rural lines remained out of service. Power and phone repairs were hindered by poor road conditions, with restoration expected gradually through the week.
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Brunswick
Point of Rocks
Potomac
Ceresville
Buckeystown
Emmitsburg
Frederick County
Alfred R. Bolz
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Sells Farm Near Middletown to J Wilmer House
Mrs. George O Neal of Middletown sold a 64 percentage acre farm about three miles northeast of Middletown. The property includes a brick dwelling a bank barn and other outbuildings and transfers to J Wilmer House of Airview.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George O'Neal
Middletown
J. Wilmer
Airview
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U.S
Soil Conservation Conference
NEA Telephoto Easton
Norman
Floyd
Taylor
George
Lehigh Portland Cement Couarry
Here
United States
Frederick County National Bank
North Market Street
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Burman
West Patrick Street
Dorothy C. Webb
Keystone Paints
Fiser
Nicodemus
N. Court St
American Standard Life
America
COM Nat
Orsar
Charles M. O'Donnell
West Church Street
Dent le
McCleery’s Jewelry Store
Frederick, MD
Rae Ea Et
Carmack
LOE
Calif
Florida
Morton’s Salt
Michigan
Duz
Kemp’s
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