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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1942
Page
3
Federal Reserve Board issued strict rules governing 46 listed purchase categories including clothing kitchen goods linens jewelry and appliances. Cash purchases are unrestricted. Installment plans require 14 down and 12 monthly payments with a minimum $5 monthly payment. auto and furniture have special terms.
A buyer can pay $30 for a watch with a $10 down payment and a minimum $5 monthly balance, effectively four months for the item. Relief clauses soften penalties on charge accounts, allowing six month follow up payments if not paid within 40 to 70 days, with restrictions on further charges until resolved.
Two divorces were granted in Equity Court on Tuesday by Associate Judge Arthur D Willard. Thomas S Michael Jr granted an absolute divorce from Catherine E Michael of 172 West Patrick Street. costs to be paid. Edwin F Nikirk attorney for the complainant. Charlotte May Ble of 319 East Patrick Street received an absolute decree from Chief Judge Edward S Delaplaine in a case against Werner F Ble of Elkton Maryland. The complainant was also granted the right to resume her maiden name, Charlotte May Foster. Manuel M Weinberg attorney for the complainant.
A Sears store in Frederick conducted a six minute daytime blackout drill as staff activated stations, closed lights, and guided customers to the basement. Manager A C Stine and assistant William Feczko oversaw the drill, which echoed air raid prep and fire safety procedures for possible emergencies.
Restaurants The Buffalo Restaurant and Shee sley s prepared to keep business flowing during potential city blackouts. Curtains drapes and lighting arranged to prevent light leakage while doors stay open for patrons. News-Post newsroom also fitted with non translucent blackout shades to maintain opacity.
Corporal E Schildt describes a gradual voyage from the Hawaiian Islands to the mainland after two years in the Pacific war zone. He notes fines funding defense bonds, convoyed passenger and freight ships, an eight day journey, and a contrast between Honolulu blackout practices and the brightly lit Pacific Coast cities after arrival.
A captured Nazi saboteur identified as Krug, a former pilot who escaped a Canadian internment camp, was shown in San Antonio after her arrest. The event followed a Sunday morning baccalaureate in a Methodist seminary with Bishop Adna Wright Leonard addressing graduates. Diplomas and degrees were conferred by Dr. Charles E. Forlines, with a Board of Governors meeting held in the seminary library.
A corporal warns fines up to 25 dollars for smoking a cigarette on the steels at night. The penalty funds defense bonds. A service man writes to his mother Mrs Raymond Cockrell of the ety. The son is a First Class Aviation Mechanic with corporal rank, 22 years old.
Westminster Theological Seminary concluded its 59th commencement with tonight’s graduation exercises for 169 students marked by the ceremonial procession and speaker remarks at the main hall in Westminster.
In ErsTown a birthday cake for Mr Hann's 28th birthday featured a large V for Victory and 28 candles. Attendees included LeRoy Hann and his wife with daughters Janice and Beverly, Leslie Hann and Marvin, Arthur Stull of Creagerstown, James Grimes and Betty Grimes, Minnie Wineprener, Charles Miller and Calvin Hann of Frederick, John Hann and children Carmen Shirley Gloria Delores Audrey and Sylvester, J O Grimes and Marlin Grimes of Woolpuis.
University of Alaska assembles historical material on Alaska through a Rockefeller Foundation grant. The effort involves families from York and Baltimore, including Clarence and Pauline Grimes, Theodore Grimes, Russell and William Staub, Eduard Diffendarfer, Mary Staub, and Mary Eaton, with ties to York, Pa.
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