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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1942
Page
3
Reports from Paris via Associated Press claim six German officers guarding Paris air defenses were shot after a raid on March 3. Most officers at Bal Tabarin gala failed to hear the attack, with a manager reportedly warning them as bombs fell on Renault plants along the Seine.
Frederick dealers report razor blade and straight razor stocks remain ample amid War Production Board limits, with blade production cut to 70 percent of 1940 monthly average and straight razor output at the 1940 level. Some uptick in blade demand noted. shoppers shifting to sharpeners to extend blade life.
A young Eagle Squadron officer 28 year old C C Matt from New Orleans broadcasts to his Gaithersburg sweetheart Miss Hogan during a leave in England The message jokes about a baby boy and a family reunion while other squadron members join in the broadcast In Rockville Sgt Pilot Doonan and wife Elizabeth are mentioned. A separate item reports a horse rescue near Lewistown with minor injuries The Santa Barbara note mentions dented milk bottles used to separate cream.
A roundup of court actions shows Roy M. Shankle’s drunken driving case postponed to April 6. Others include Hawkins fined $10 for drunken street conduct and Lenham given a suspended sentence for a bloody alley fight behind a Sears building.
Pearson Lessy a 34 year old furniture salesman was found shot to death on a lawn near his home in Camden early today. Three hours later a 21 year old brunette identified as Miss Louise Abate was taken into custody as a material witness in the murder case. Police quoted her as saying she had spent the evening with Lessy.
Weekend with Lessy ended when he left the home about 45 minutes before his body was found. Investigators say he had recently received threatening calls from an unidentified man warning to stay away from his girl. Lessy, former husband of singer Charlotte Cloverdale known as Carlotta Dale, obtained a divorce in 1938 citing her career as reason. Police believe he was slain as he stepped from his automobile.
Urbana Methodist church leads a three hour Good Friday service from noon to three. Ministers from county churches conduct the program with seven scriptural meditations and a closing prayer. Soloists include Charlotte Whitmore and Exel Yinging with Rev. Stephen Galley assisting.
Associate Judge Arthur D. Willard cut the weekly alimony from 25 to 3 dollars for Thomas F. Cook a Democratic candidate for Maryland governor and patent medicine maker citing limited earning capacity and ill health. He testified he is unable to work has no funds and owes substantial debts while some products are banned and ingredient costs are prohibitive. Mrs Ruth Clarke Cook is his former wife and Leo Weinberg represented her in the case.
Frederick County employment officials report a growing exodus of unskilled colored labor from the city as efforts to fill white quarry and farm labor jobs intensify. Miss Mayetta Hershberger says private industry near Cooksville is hiring colored help and that eight white men are urgently needed for stone quarries while white farm hands and heavy truck drivers are listed. She notes the Howard County project attracting local colored workers is not in her district and she has had no notification of help from here.
Pvt Charles E Fogle of Walkersville, son of Mr and Mrs Winfield Fogle, is stationed at Camp Wheeler Georgia with Company C of the 12th Tatung Battalion. He enlisted February 25.
Frederick City reports the briefest skiing season as a snowstorm hit the Catoctin Country Club course. Few skiers braved heavy conditions Sunday though by noon the course was called good. Golf pro Robert K Hunce Grove noted only a handful were out during the storm.
Frederick County agricultural officials reported no major damage to orchards after a heavy snow. Surveys from Thurmont Ridgeville and Frederick showed peach trees largely unscathed while concerns focused on potential soil erosion from rapid melt and runoff.
A promotional offer advertises a free book by twelve authors about a simple earth sourced product that allegedly relieves psoriasis eczema athletes foot acne varicose ulcers. The address for ordering is F O Box 170, Chicago.
The Clagettsville Methodist Church finishes a year long renovation featuring brick construction new lighting a heating system and an updated interior Rev Stephen Galley leads the Kempton circuit church built in 1871 Bishop Adna W Leonard of Washington will deliver the Thursday night sermon as part of week long services marking the completion of the rebud renovation.
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