Plans Drawn Fast for Jug Bridge Over Monocacy River
Plans for a new Jug Bridge on Route 40 across the Monocacy River were prepared in 31 days, a State Roads Commission record for size. Bids estimated at about 350000 will open on May 12. Bridge will be open spandrel concrete arch with three spans, 111, 985, and 86 feet, located between New Market and Frederick and replacing the collapsed structure.
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Monocacy River
State Roads Commission
Wilson T. Ballard
W. C. Hopkins
Public Roads Administration
Washington
New Market
Frederick
Baltimore
Schoolboy Rowe Sold To Dodgers By Tigers
Detroit in May 1 report that 30 year old right hander Lynwood Rowe nicknamed Schoolboy has been sold by the Tigers to the Brooklyn Dodgers for an undisclosed price likely around 15 000 dollars. Rowe will join the Dodgers in Pittsburgh tomorrow as Detroit trims roster to league limit, keeping Harold Manders who would otherwise be cut.
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Detroit
Lynwood
Rowe
Detroit Tigers
Brooklyn Dodgers
Larry MacPhail
Brooklyn
Arkansan
Dodgers
Pittsburgh
Smoky Joe Wood
Walter Johnson
Robert
Lefty) Grove
Tigers
Chicago White Sox
Harold Manders
University of Town
Bob Felter
Don’t Use Home Grown Beans For Seeding
Commercial bean growers and victory garden owners are warned not to use home grown beans for seed due to risk of bacterial blight or bean anthracnose in Maryland. Grocery store beans may carry the diseases too. Use Western grown seed from a reliable dealer despite higher cost, many growers testify after last year’s losses.
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Victory Gardens
Court News Marriage Licenses and Deeds
Marriage licenses granted to Roger Lee Keilholtz 21 of Middletown and Lugenia May Routzaka 18 of Myersville. Property deeds show Lula B McMurray to Richard E Summers and wife county 106 dollars. Gordon I Rider and wife to George M Lafferty city 10 dollars. Paulear V Wachter and husband to Daniel S Fout and wife city 10 dollars.
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Roger Lee Keilholtz
Middletown
Lugenia May Routzaka
Myersville
Lula B McMurray
Richard E. Summers
Gordon I. Rider
George M Lafferty
Paulear
V. Wachter
Daniel S. Fout
Backyard herb gardens offer war era flavor renewals
Gardeners can grow sage savory marjoram tarragon chives plus thyme and basil in backyards or window boxes to replace imported flavorings. Best suited perennials survive winters with straw cover. small plots work for families. Prepare soil, add bone meal manure and cotton seed. start cuttings, space rows three feet apart, and water boxes regularly.
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Eleanor Ragsdale
NEA Service
Washington
George
Martha Washington
Europe
Asia
Lana
First Aid To Farmers Girl Scouts Wideworld Features
Senior Girl Scout campers aged 15 to 18 will provide farm aide services this summer. Farmers may contact county agents or nearby camps to recruit volunteers to reap harvests, assist in farm houses, or work outdoors. Camps may be set on farms with supervision by troop leaders or camp counsellors. Outdoor tasks mirror Swedish Girl Scouts 1940 activities such as milking berry picking beet chopping garden work hedge clipping haying digging potatoes and preparing produce for canning.
Maryland Canning Survey Reveals Plant Capacities and Labor Struggles
College Park Maryland May 1 results of a statewide survey show 72 percent of Maryland canneries operated in 1941 with 114 plants reporting. Beans corn peas spinach tomatoes were canned by 30 32 21 12 and 93 plants respectively. Labor difficulties affected 77 percent of plants, especially those processing tomatoes.
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College Park
Maryland
Russell Hawes
University of Maryland
Hawes
Harford County
Baltimore City
Dorcnester County
Tomato Canneries Lead County Production Volume
Caroline County shows the highest number of tomato canneries while Frederick County dominates daily plant capacity for canned corn by a wide margin, highlighting regional specialization in fruit and vegetable processing.
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Caroline County
Frederick County
Thirty French Officers Executed By Nazis
A mass dispatch from Stockholm reports that thirty French officers were executed in Germany as suspected accomplices in the escape of Gen Henri Honore Giraud from Koenigstein. The Moscow radio said a Nazi commission led by Gestapo Chief Weinrich Himmler arrived in Dresden to probe the escape details.
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Moscow
Germany
Henri Honore Giraud
Koenigstein
Stockholm
Gestapo
Weinrich Himmier
Dresden
Grauds
Giraud
Vichy
Switzerland
Japanese General Banzai Leaves Berlin for Rome
Tokyo radio said Lieut. Gen. Ichiro Banzai, military attache at Berlin, departed by plane to Rome to confer with Premier Benito Mussolini. He was accompanied by his assistant Lieut. Col. Ishh, per CBS broadcast received in San Francisco on May 1.
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San Francisco
Tokyo Radio
CBS
Ichiro Banzai
Berlin
Rome
Benito Mussolini
General Banzai
Col
Ishh
Tomato varieties in Maryland farming trends
Maryland growers primarily plant Rutgers and Margrobe tomatoes, with a small Greater Baltimore acreage, notes Herman A Hun, canning crops specialist. Rutgers dominates on fertile soils and is widely grown in the western state. wilt resistance is mentioned as a factor.
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Maryland
Rutgers
Margrobe
Baltimore
Herman A Hun
Principles of Food Selection Simple
College Park May 1 The principles of food selection are simple and can be understood by everyone says Clarible Welsh head of foods and nutrition at the University of Maryland College Park brochure Eat To Live outlines energy protein mineral vitamin needs and dietary standards with a table showing 100 calorie portions and daily allowances for different ages and activity levels copies available from the College of Home Economics University of Maryland College Park Md.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Park
Welsh
Department of Foods and
College of Home Economics
University of Maryland
Leahy Leaves Vichy For Home Amid Quiet Farewell
U S Ambassador William D Leahy and the body of his wife departed Vichy on a special train at 10 o clock in the evening as a quiet crowd watched The departure follows orders to return to Washington for consultation Rear Admiral Rene Platon secretary of state in the Foreign Ministry expressed regret saying it is a pity he leaves under these circumstances The Vichy government and the American community attended the departure in a somber mood.
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Vichy
France
U. S
William D . Leahy
Leahby
Washington
Rene Platon
Foreign Ministry
Ice Cream Flavors Are Limited By WPB
War Production Board controls ice cream flavor variety and monthly flavors plus two monthly flavors in 5 cent cups. Butter producers asked to limit cream purchases to three days weekly in each area. Only two grades of ice cream may be made per state with at most 10 flavors per grade. Novelty ice cream limited to five types per month. Also notes on higher pea yields after fertilized crops and tomatoes following sod land.
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Washington
War Production Board
H. Mahoney
University of Maryland Department of Horticulture
Unclear Vegetable Varieties Mentioned for Planting
Fragmentary text references tomato varieties such as Rutgers and Marglobe to be used in planting. The rest of the context is missing, leaving the purpose and origin uncertain and unattributed.
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Rutgers
Champion Angus Bulls Highlight Maryland Sale at Frederick
The 1941 International Grand Champion Aberdeen Angus bull Wintonter 4, owned by Cremona Farms of Mechanicsville Maryland, along with the 1940 Champion Glenecarnock Eric of Cremona, will be showcased at the Maryland Aberdeen Angus Sale in Frederick on May 4. A daughter of the 1940 champion bred to the 1941 champion is a special attraction.
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Cremona Farms
Mechanicsville
Maryland
Glenecarnock Eric
Cremona
Frederick
Golder Trio Defends Southeastern Team Championship
Mrs Benjamin M Golder of Philadelphia and teammates Charles J Solomon Charles H Goren and Mrs A M Sobel defended their team title in the Southeastern sectional tournament. The hand featured no trump play and precise finessing as defense yielded spade tricks and careful development.
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Benjamin M. Golder
Philadelphia
Charles J. Solomon
Charles H. Goren
A. M. Sobel
All-India Congress Lodges Complaint on Refugee Evacuation
The All-India Congress Party adopted a resolution in Allahabad condemning British evacuation arrangements for Indian refugees from Burma and Malaya. It demanded no racial discrimination, noting Indians face restricted routes and better facilities for Europeans, and urged speedier removal of Indians in Burma seeking home.
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Allahabad
India
All-India Congress Party
Burma
Malaya
Man first spotted germs in 1676 by Leeuwenhoek
Historical note records Anthony van Leeuwenhoek using a crude microscope to observe microscopic life in 1676, marking the first documented sighting of germs.
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Anthony Leeuwenhoek
Questionnaires Mailed Out by Death Board No 2
Questionnaires were mailed by Death Board No 2 for order numbers 10,671 through 10,700. Named recipients include Lester Wastier of Emmitsburg, Mehrie Leatherman of Myersville, William Bryan Gastrell of Mt Airy, Charles Troxell of Emmitsburg, Frank Korrell near Frederick, George Staley Jacobs of LeGore, Chadel Putman near Frederick, Robert Wattel of Union Bridge, Richard Brown of Myersville, John Stone near Frederick, Jesse McDonough of Walkersville, John Etgenbrode of Rocky Ridge, Harold Bennett of Montvaria, Lloyd Wilhide of Thurmont, Charles Morgan of Middletown, Albert Sayler of Woodsboro, Charles Hice, Albert Smith of Rocky Ridge, Howard Hooper near Frederick, Albert Runkles of Mt Airy, Charles Wantz of Emmitsburg, Maurice Fitz of Emmitsburg, Thomas Stansbury of Monrovia, James Kolb of Thurmont, Guy Baker of Union Bridge, Roger Cram of Wendsboro, Witt Knight of New Market, Dwight Zente of Thurmont, Emanuel Kump of Emmitsburg, and Emanuel Tull of Emmitsburg.
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I Freidas Bs Fiidick Courts Dearh Board No. 2
Lester Raymond Wastier
Emmitsburg
Mehrie Elmer Leatherman
Myersville
William Jennings Bryan Gastrell
Mt Airy
Charles Francis Troxell
Frank Benjamin Korrell
Frederick
George Frederick Staley Jacobs
LeGore
Chadel Thomas Putman
Robert Ernest Wattel
Union
Aberdeen Anguish and Percherons Sold at Monocacy Farms
Monocacy Farms reports sales of Percheron horses and Aberdeen Angus cattle. Grah am Lovejoy of Pennsylvania bought a in foal brood mare Belle Maid and her yearling daughter on April 9. Sykes brothers bought a yearling and a three year old bull on April 15. A black Percheron mare Fairy Degas went to Ernest Maier of Montgomery County on April 10. Myersville election set for next Monday with Burgess John W Eldridge and Commissioners Browning Grossnickle and Wachtel as candidates. The polling place in Metzger’s barber shop will be open 2 to 6 p m.
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Perihheron
Monocaey Farms
Graham Lovejoy
Pennsylvania
Bottineau
Belle Maid
Sykes Brothers
Cuba
Florida
North Carolina
Revolution
Geneleric of
Creswell
Andelot
Blencarnock Buxton
Ernest Maier
Montgomery County
Myersville
John W. Eldridge
Avery R. Browning
John M Grossnickle
William S Wachtel
John C. Leatherman
Metzger
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Samuel Rosenstock
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Leahy
Keystone Palms & Varnizhea
Niconemus
N Court St
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Feemsberg ‘ Jewelry Se
KEY Hotel Bldg
Defense
le Pass Pass
William E
Lough & Son
South Market St
Alexis
Mnalaas
Aberdeen
Stieff
Stieff Rose
Doll’s Jewelry Store
Virginia
Earl Dash
Frederick, MD. I
Axis
Frederick County National Bank
North Market Street
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Southern States Cooperative Farm Bulletin
Southern States Cooperative Service Agency
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