Solomons air attacks report heavy Navy action
Washington reports heavy air strikes in the Solomons. Liberator heavy bombers, Avenger torpedo bombers, and Corsair fighters hit Japanese destroyers and bases on Ballale, Kahili, and Ballale Island while Dauntless dive bombers attacked ships near Gizoliana in the Georgia group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sol
Navy
Swain
Newee
Salomons
Dires
Kahanére
Bauzainy
Ballale
Sland Island
Bougainville
Shortland Island
Toews Ae
Amne Et Guadalcanalemen
Rahili
Solomons
Munda
New Georgia
South Pacific
Liberator
Consolidated
Kabili
Fauro Island
Ballale Island
Dauntless
Gizoliana
Georgia
Avenger Grumann
Corsair
Weekend Arrests Reported By Police
Weekend arrest records show a surge with multiple individuals charged for drunkenness and disorderly conduct across several streets and towns. Names include George W. Stone Charles Scott Cramer James L. Schultz William H. Holmes Eugene Hall Terry Knight Eddie Wood and others. officers listed include Norm Dietz John Cohiflower Ha Phillips Carl Rentzell and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Stone
West Patrick Street
Charles Scott Cramer
Trail Avenue
James L. Schultz
West South Street
William H. Holmes
Martinsburg
W. Va
Eugene Hall
Middletown
Terry Knight
Eddie Wood
William C. Brooks
Middle Alley
Warren Harley
Yellow Springs
John Blackstone
Cuboret
Kieinharis Alley
Merkle Price
John W. Crone
Margit Hall
Mt. Pleasant
Charles Weizels
Charles Booth
Phobus Avenue
Lee Watts
Monrovia
Clara Walker
West Saint Street
Norm Dietz
John Cohiflower
Ha Phillips
Carl Rentzell
Norman Trump
Roger Mills
Arthur Poulsen
Benja Phebus
Frederick Straier
Dinner And Reception For Shrine Potentate
About 200 guests attended a dinner and reception honoring Illustrious Potentate Ron A. Winebrewer and Mrs. Winebrewer of Frederick with the Ali Ghan Temple divan at the Ali Ghan Shrine Country Club in Cumberland. Dinner was at 6:30 pm, potentate presentation at 7:50, followed by a reception and cards from 10 pm to midnight. Attendees included Cumberland and Hagerstown residents and Past Potentate Moger B. Wolfe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilustrious
Byron A. Winebrewer
Cumberland
Hagerstown
Maryland
Eteat
Grover L
Potentate and Wits
Moger B. Wolfe
Allied raids on Japanese bases and New Guinea actions
May 10 report: Allied planes attack fifteen Japanese bases north of Australia and claim 20 Japanese killed with many wounded in New Guinea. Bombers strike Wewak Madang and Saidor while Darwin area shelled. One enemy bomber damaged by Allied fighter. casualties noted. May 9 formation in Maryland directs farm labor recruitment and placement with University of Maryland Extension Service naming supervisors and plans to mobilize local labor and migrant help amid wartime needs. Meningitis cases and deaths rise in Baltimore with 18 cases and 2 deaths in past week, continuing city outbreak pattern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
High Command
Bobdubl
New Guinea
Darwin
Wewak
Madang
Saidor
Komiaium
Theobdubi
Millimgimbi
College Park
Maryland
T. B. Symons
University of Maryland Extension Service
Symons
Extension Service
Congress
Roosevelt
Paul E. Nystrom
A. V. Krewatch
Mylo Downey
Tatha Kabame
Fase Gale
Dr. Symons
Lawrence B. Fentieman
War Manpower Commission
U.S. Employment Service
State Farm Labor Committee
P. C. Turner
Baltimore
Leam
Garden Club to Meet in Frederick May Afternoon
The Garden Club of Frederick will hold its May meeting next Friday at three o'clock at the home of Mrs. F. E. Dwight McCain at Hillcrest Orchards near Frederick. The event invites members to gather for an afternoon session at the residence of the club’s host.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden Club
MEEET
Garden Club of
Frederick
FE. Dwight McCain
Hillcrest Orchards
Sidat Singhs Death In Lake Huron Plane Crash
Lieut Wilmeth Sidat Sing h former Syracuse football star is reported missing after his single seat pursuit plane crashed in Lake Huron near East Tawas Michigan around noon. He was 25 and stationed at Selfridge Field. Witnesses saw him bail out but no body or chute found. An oil slick was observed. Sidat Singhs athletic career included standout seasons at Syracuse and a noted 1938 game against Cornell. He grew up in Clinton High School New York and graduated Syracuse in 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Tawas
Mid
Wilmeth Sidat-Singh
Washington, D. C
Syracuse University
Lake Huron
Here
Selfridge Field
Sidat-Singh
Tuskegee
Ala
Army Flying School
Army
Sidat Singh
Syracuse
Cornell University
Washington
Clinton High School
New York City
Boatswain Frank Toon Returns From Pacific Duty
Boatswain Frank Toon U S N formerly of Frederick recently came home from five months of active duty in the Pacific war zones. He visited with his sister Miss Margaret Kent and aunts Misses Hazel and Charlotte McCanner. He has been ordered to the U S Navy diving school in Washington for a five month course. Toon resided in Frederick and attended school here during a prior stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Toon
Frederick
Margaret Kent
Hazel
Charlotte McCanner
Washington
Toon
Hood College May Day crowns Miss Missimer queen
Hood College held its annual May Day with Miss Mabel Missimer crowned May Queen on Coblentz Hall steps. Miss Anne Pearce crowned her as Princess Hood amid a pastel court. the college choir and a full May Court accompanied the celebration. A 18-18 faculty student baseball game opened activities followed by a horse show where Marian Grieb won the Championship Cup for the third year. The day closed with a carnival, reception, and a semi formal May Day dance with Joe Stephens and his orchestra providing music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Dots Missimer
Penn Valley
Hood College
Missimer
Coblentz Halk
Anne Pearce
HaddonGeld
N. J
Princess Hood
Paul B. Beckhelm
Sarah Bond Welch
Annapolis
Gail Mayer
Abington
Betty Barrick
Woodsboro
Anne Compton
Frances Culler
Baltimore
Marian Greb
Chestertown
Mary Helen Hill
Washington, N. C
Marcia Ludlum
Philadelphia
Frances Moffett
West Chester
Jean Russell
West Reading
Ruth Trimble
Ruth Marguerite Walker
East Orange
Prince Hood
Junoon
Marian Grieb
Charlotte Robinson
Wildwood
Greib
Ellen Marstel Jer
Uniontown
Margaret Hécht
Miami Beach
Flain
Mary Rose Rush
Prospect Park
Louise Vialle
Framingham
Mass
Dorothy Eler
New York
Jane Se ‘Ward
Altoona
Betty Stack
Teaneck
Jane Feldman
Brooklyn
N.Y
Doris Fitch
Northampton
Jane Jenoino
Vineland
Jane Young
Tarentum
Charlotte Brady
Coudersport
Helene Bender
N. Y
Helen Stottler
Drexel Hill
Krebs Benchoff
George M. Hardy
Meyran Hall
Coblentz Hall
Ann Brandenburg
Frederick
Joe Stephens
Harpers Ferry Man Held for Assault on Taxi Driver
Edward Wines of Harpers Ferry West Virginia was jailed Sunday night charged with assault and battery on James A Mathews Brunswick taxi driver Corporal Elwood O Hara of the State Police said Mathews refused Wines as a passenger Saturday night in Brunswick and Wines struck him and beat him Mathews reportedly said Wines had failed to pay his fare on previous occasions
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Wines
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
James A. Mathews
Brunswick
Corp
Elwood O'Hara
Mathews
Wines
Barrage Balloon Joining Center recruit from Buckeystown
At Camp Tyson Tennessee Pyt Howard son of Mr and Mrs Tony Howard of Buckeystown serves as Barrage Balloon Joining Center. He was formerly employed by the B and O Railroad and was a Minute Man and Air raid warden in Frederick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pyt, Howard
Tony Howard
Buckeystown
Gestapo Chief In Poland Assassinated
London reports say Wilhelm Kruger chief of the Gestapo in Poland was fatally shot in Krakow on May 2 by three men in German uniforms. He allegedly directed mass arrests deportations and executions under Hans Frank and survived until Wednesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Wilhelm Kruger
Gestapo
Poland
Krakow
Himmler
Kruger
Kriger
Hans Frank
Big Jap Air Base At Canton Devastated
U S heavy and medium bombers of the Fourteenth Air Force bombed Canton destroying the Tien Ho air base south of Formosa. Liberators and Mitchells damaged the hangars, storage, and oil facilities. five Japanese planes reportedly shot down. Col. Clinton Vincent claimed another Zero downed. one dramatic fire rose 10 000 feet.
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China
U. S. Mth
Canton
Formosa
Hainan Island
Haiphong
Indo-China
Claire L. Chennault
Great
Tien Ho
Burma
South Pacific
Mitchell
Everett Holstrom
Tacoma
Wash
Eugene Beebe
Moscow
Ida
Col
Clinton Vincent
Natchez, Miss
14Th Air Force
Vincent
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U.S
Pacific
Shrine Potentate
Britain
Ngland
America
Bernard Shaw
The
Mia
Jap Island
Lieut
Guadalcanal
US S. Maine
Hood
Miss Missimer
Delphey’s
PatRick St
Camp Tyson, Tenn
Pyt, John W. Howard
Big Jap
GS Posner
Zia
C.C. Carty, Inc
E. Patrick St
Lady Luke
McCall
Bennett
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