Months Before U S Casualties Become Known
Washington reports the long Japanese delay in naming American prisoners from early war suggests months may pass before those captured or killed in the Philippines are known. Only 121 officers and men killed in the Philippines and under 300 other Army deaths reported. 339 prisoners and internees listed so far. Patterson says no news is good news until official casualty information is telegraphed to next of kin.
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Washington
Philippines
Corregidor
Bataan
War Department
Robert F. Patterson
Naval
Marine Corps
Army
Pacific
International Red Cross Committee
Geneva
Patterson
Questionnaires Mailed Out by Local Draft Board No 2
Frederick County draft board 2 mailed questionnaires to order numbers 10 791 through 10 820 including Blasius Hilary Sanders Emmitsburg Walter Gottlieb Muench Emmitsburg Lloyd Luther Stine Myersville Holmes Lamar Harley near Frederick and other listed registrants. An advisory note instructs drying a soaked wooden garment by hanging in a moderate room until dry and pressing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Counly Draft Board No. 2
Blasius Hilary Sanders
Emmitsburg
Walter Gottlieb Muench
Lloyd Luther Stine
Myersville
Holmes Lamar Harley
Frederick
Charles Noelinton Fogle
Walkersville
Earl Milton Sheeley
Harry William Keeney
Woodsboro
Grayson Lewis Blank
Edwin Hood England
Stzamsville
Glenn Henry Lenhart
John Hendrix Kimmel
Ralph Aubrey Sauble
Thurmont
Donald Eugene Kuhn
Smithsburg
John Lewis Harbaugh
Willie Stottlemyer
William Arnold Ellsworth Barnes
Union Bridge
John Joseph Hoffman
Keymar
Howard Otis Biddinger
Mt. Airy
Garry Roger Hildebrand
James Leo Spencer
Reno
Justin Feaga
Erving R. Chester Joy
Libertytown
Keller A. Wolfe
George Franklin Clabaugh
William Edward Chaney
Edgar Arnold Rhinecker
Maurice Martin Devilbiss
New Windsor
Maurice Daniel Crum
Samuel Abner Turner
Joseph Edgar Mullen
Market Street
Summer Camp Plans Made
The Frederick Y M C A announced its first boys summer camp from July 1 to July 15 at Camp Panama on the Potomac in Washington County. Enrollment is for ages nine to sixteen, with a limit of 40 boys per week and a June 15 deadline. staff includes Alvin G. Quinn and William S. Ray.
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Frederick YY. M. C. A
Panama
Potomac River
Washington County
Brunswick Civic
Alvin G. Quinn
The
William S. Ray
David Rothenhoefer
Wilmington
Maryland
Sugar Rationing Registrations Reach Fifty-Four Thousand
The Rationing Board reports 54,009 people registered for sugar rationing ahead of the May 21 deadline. Officials begin reviewing registrant cards for errors and ensure accuracy. Attention is given to possible cases of hardship and unusual circumstances.
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Old Church Street
Warspite Not Damaged, Admiralty Says
London May 8 The Admiralty denied any British battleship was sunk or damaged in the Coral Sea in response to Japanese claims. A communique stated there is no truth in the suggestion that HMS Warspite or any other battleship had been sunk or harmed in the action reported in the Coral Sea.
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London
Admiralty
Coral Sea
H. M. S. Warspite
Big Four Must Prevent Post-War Gangsterism
London reports Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden urging the United States Britain China and Soviet Russia to police the postwar world to curb gangster methods. He cites Madagascar’s status as French and affirms accord with the United States on policy toward France while noting continued contact with the Vichy government. A garlicky cooking tip follows.
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London
Anthony Eden
Edinburgh
United States
Britain
China
Soviet Russia
Madagascar
Eden
France
British In Libya Safe For Summer
A military observer says Britain's Libyan position is secure for summer after Madagascar’s Diego Suarez base is occupied and Malta repels Axis air raids intended to open invasion. Capitulatio n of French forces near Diego Suarez Bay eases Indian Ocean supply threats. Lord Gort succeeds Sir W G Dobbie as governor and commander in chief of Gibraltar and Malta defenses.
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London
Libya
Madagascar
Diego Suarez
Malta
Evi Dently
Diego Suarez Bay
Indian Ocean
Mediterranean
William George Sheddon Dobbie
Viscount Gort
Imperial Staff
Lord Gort
Tiger Gort
France
Gibraltar
British defense holds as Rommel blocked in North Africa
Maj. Gen. Sir Colin Jardine notes General Dobbie will return to England to rest. A military observer states Field Marshal Erwin Rommel cannot launch large scale operations against the British in North Africa, and ongoing submarine attacks on Axis convoys endanger the German Italian supply line.
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Colin Jardine
Dobbie
England
Erwin Rommel
North
Africa
Social Visit Notes From Maryland Towns
Ladiesburg residents Mrs Hall Martin and Thelma Ecker from New Windsor spent Sunday evening with Mr and Mrs Paul Saylor. Visitors at the home of Mr and Mrs Leslie Gross included Mr and Mrs Alfert Nintz and family of Frederick Elwood Goliday Miss Katherine Gross of Ellicott City Franklin Royal and Miss Betty Gross of Taneytown and Mr and Mrs Jess Wetzel of
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Ladiesburg
Hall Martin
Thelma Ecker
New Windsor
Paul Saylor
Elwood Gross
Guy
Wilbur Hummer
New Midway
Charles Butler
Frankie Welford
Charles
Fort Meade
Betty Morgan
Laura Royer
Georgia
F. H. Birely
Sunday Guests Visit Frederick Families
Frederick residents hosted several visitors over the weekend. Elwood and Jacqueline Gress spent Sunday with F. H. Birely’s family. Monrovia is noted for many guest arrivals, including Eyler, Herner, Sullivan, Weller, and Brown households. A Fort Meade link is seen with local visitors. In steel work, skull cracker balls aid in breaking scrap.
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U.S
Atlantic
Grand Banks
Newfoundland
U. S. Navy
Nea
Blue Ridge Lines
Blue Ridge
W. Patrick St
Frederick, Md
Warspite
Big Four
Employment Bureau Capital Transit Co
Washington, D. C
Cappello
Black Valentine
Texas
Valencia
Nor
Pillsbury
Boscal Coffee
N. Market Street
New York
Joan Miller
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