Fisherman's Body Found Along Monocacy River Jug Bridge
Leonard Keefer Grossnickle a 56 year old retired farmer was found dead along the Monocacy river near Jug Bridge after a daylong search by county and state authorities and relatives. The acting county medical examiner ruled death due to natural causes apoplexy while seated on a log. Grossnickle formerly lived at 602 East Patrick street and was a Zion Lutheran church member of Middletown. He is survived by his wife two brothers a sister and two foster children. The body was taken to the East Church street funeral home with services planned for Friday.
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Leonard Keefer Grossnickle
Broomfield
Monocacy River
Jug Bridge
Grossnickle
L. R. Schoolman
East Patrick Street
Horace M. Alexander
Old Jug Bridge
Alexander
Paul B. Rhoads, Jr
Paul B. Rhoads
Corp
W. W. Corbin
West Bank
Zion Lutheran Church
Middletown
Leonard A
Mary Renner Grossnickle
Elsie Bidle Grossnickle
William
Waynesboro
Lloyd A
I. A. Burnett
Richard Grossnickle
Charlesville
Franklin Smith
New Market
East Church Street
Lutheran Cemetery
M. R. Etvhnson and Son
Chinese Appeal to Allies for Armaments in War-Weary China
Chang Ping-Heun, counselor of the executive Yuan, urged the Allies to speed aid to the Chinese Army and people who enter the eighth year of war. He said Chinese forces lack heavy weapons while Japan mobilizes tens of thousands, hundreds of tanks, armored cars, and trucks, and called for immediate armament to end Chinese suffering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Yuan
Chang Ping-Heun
Hanan
Ead
Union Bridge Soldier Wounded in Action
Loy W. Davis of Union Bridge, son of John W. Davis, has been wounded in action in the European theater, the War Department announced via the Associated Press. In unrelated dispatches, Budapest was claimed by a Hungarian paper to issue death sentences for Allied raids, with Radio France in Algiers confirming AP coverage.
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Loy W. Davis
John W. Davis
Union Bridge
War Department
Associated Press
London
Uizh Magvarzi
Funeral services for Mr Wachter at three this afternoon
Funeral services are set for today at three o'clock for Mr Wachter a wholesale confectioner churchman and sportsman who died early Monday morning at his home 10 East Third street
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Wachter
East Third Street
Induction Notices Sent To 24 Local Men For Navy Service
Twenty four white men from Draft Board One area receive induction notices for Navy service to the Baltimore recruiting station. The group includes volunteers and younger men under 26, with several named individuals across Maryland towns such as Walkersville Bruns wick Middletown and Hagerstown. A second Navy call and an Army call are anticipated soon.
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Navy
Lhear
Baltimore
Lst
Charles Edwin Free
West Fifth Street
Elton Hoffman Smith
South Market Street
Bradley Monroe Gerwig
West Fourth Street
Raymond Howard Brightwell
East Seventh Street
George Edward Vanzen
Lindbergh Avenue
Harry Elwood Filler
Walkersville
Marion Cromwell Talley
West Patrick Street
Harvey Willian
Wiles
Bruns- Frank Cleveland Badger
Randallstown
Douglas Arthur Heffner
Maple Avenue
Brunswick
Denzel Goins
Wisner Street
Ohie Charles Nikirk
Middletown
Leon William Prints
Grayson Howard Hoffman
West South Street
Edward Joseph Treryar
West Thirteenth Street
Soldier Seeks Overseas Return After Foch Message
Edward F. Martin, 61 year old first sergeant in the Signal Corps, desires another overseas assignment. He lives in West New York, New Jersey and previously served in France with the AEF, telegraphing Foch to inform Pershing of Germany's surrender. He hopes to repeat that momentous dispatch.
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New York
Edward F. Martin
Signal Corps
Army
Martin
N. J
France
Ferdinand Foch
John J. Pershing
AEF
Germany
Churchill Four Year Rule Begins as War Rages On
London marks May 10 anniversary since Winston Churchill became Prime Minister four years ago leading Britain toward victory. Poppy Day founder dies at Athens Georgia at 74, remembered for WWI memorial. Ed Barrow, 76, Yankees president and notable baseball figure, observes birthday in New York.
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London
Winston Churchill
Ne Tateville Chamberlain
Athens Ga
ED Barrow
New York
Yankees
Ward Case Dismissed. Judge Says Out Of His Hands
Federal Judge William H. Holly dropped injunction action over Montgomery Ward and Company Chicago properties seized by the government. He noted events have transpired taking the case out of his hands and said the matter may be recorded as dismissed with or without prejudice. The Chicago plant was returned to Ward management after Secretary Jesse Jones relinquished possession. A CIO union won a new contract at the plants and urged the War Labor Board to extend and enforce the expired agreement.
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Chicago
William H. Holly
Montgomery Ward and
Holly
Ward
Jesse Jones
Sewell Avery
CIO
War Labor Board
West Virginia primary race tightens in Dem contest
Circuit Judge Clarence W. Meadows led Rush D Holt in the Democratic gubernatorial primary as votes counted in Charleston unveiled a bitter, slow tally. In the Republican race Mar D. Boone Dawson edged Raymond J. Funkhouser after an early Funkhouser lead.
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Charleston
W. Va
Clarence W Meadows
Rush D Holt
West Virginia
Holt
U. S. Senate
Mar D. Boone Dawson
Raymond J. Funkhouser
Charles Town
Ringworm Epidemics Alarm New York Children
May 10 report to the Medical Society of the New York details an emerging scalp ringworm outbreak in the United States. Five New York physicians cite cases in major cities, warn of approaching epidemic proportions, and suggest hats in public venues as a preventive measure amid wartime crowding and care difficulties.
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New York
United States
Medical Society of the
New York Today
Neweux
Ofas Tag Cou A.de Sons of Sal
Waere i
Congregation Eyes Clock to Time Sermons in Puest-nt Room
The Rev C H Gessner faces a dilemma as his church clock is out of reach in its pulpit area. A new clock will be installed in a front room so he can view it and time his sermons, with May 10 noted as a key date for the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Paul Mien
C.H Gessner
Mr Gesesner
Auto Council Seeks Protection From Unions in War Production
The Auto motive Council for War Production, claiming 20 percent of U S war output, urged Congress to clarify laws to prevent labor leaders from taking over management of war production plants.
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Detroit
Automotive Council For War Production
Congress
Sevastopol Falls as Soviet Drive Ends Siege
Berlin radio belatedly announced that German and Romanian troops evacuated Sevastopol and withdrew to the western Crimea. Stalin’s order praised a 31 day campaign that cleared the Crimean peninsula, with loss of many German and Romanian forces and the Black Sea port now in Soviet hands.
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London
Berlin
Sevastopol
Crimean Peninsula
Crimean
Vastopol
Marshal Stalin
Stalin
Andrei I. Yeremenko
Red Army
Romania
Odessa
Tolbukhin
Yeremenko
Moscow
Sevastopol Bay
Soundproofing Work At Hospital Is Completed
At the Mey meeting of the Board of Managers of the Freder ick City Hospital Tuesday afternoon Miss Davena A Somerville superintendent informed the board that the soundproofing of parts of the hospital as authorized last month has been completed and proved highly satisfactory. Much of the noise in the halls has been eliminated making the patients rooms quieter. The meeting was presided by S Grayson E Bowers. Mrs Elias B Ramburg newly elected member was welcomed. Repairs inside and outside have been finished and new draperies furniture and rugs for the reception and sun rooms in the Georgianna Simmons Nurses Home arrived and were placed there to make the quarters more pleasant. Other improvements completed and ready for the 1944 class of nurses on Friday afternoon at three. The report showed 369 patients treated 268 admitted 266 discharged 11 missing 43 births and 14 deaths.
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Mey
Frederick City Hospital
Davena A. Somerville
S. Grayson E Bowers
Presi
Elias B Ramburg
Georgianna Simmons
Election ballots received for counting tomorrow
About 80 ballots and 40 pallets were received at the Board of Election Supervisors and will stay sealed until opened and counted tomorrow. The counts concern eight city and county men on the armed forces.
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Board of Election Supervisors
Full Swing Allied Drive To Cut Route Into China
Allied forces attack on three sides of Mogaung in northern Burma as Mountbatten reports a coordinated push to reopen a land route to China. Stilwell's American Chinese and Burmese units press Japanese defenses near Mogaung Mawlu and Fort Herte, while Kohima area fights continue and Imphal plain is threatened along Pale road. Allied air support overwatches all fronts.
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Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Mogaung
Burma
Lord Louis Mountbatten
China
Japan
Alogaung
Mawlu
Stilwell
Mogaung Valley
Hwelon River
India
Kohima
Pale Road
Imphal Plain
Allies Press Deep Into German Lines In Italy Drive
Allied Eighth Army troops push through Italy's mountain backbone as reports say forces have reached near Sulmona and entered Palena and nearby mountain villages. Germans allegedly destroy bridges and roads while withdrawing to shorten lines.
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Naples
Eighth Army
Italy
Sulmona
Palena
Adventino River
Adriatic
Sulmoana
Fallascoso
San Angelo
Gamberale
San Angela
Verdicts in Two Damage Suits Against Weldon Harper
Associate judge Pat M Sehnauf ruled in consolidated cases brought by Frat suca of Chambersburg Pa seeking 90 damages for injuries from a September collision on Route 1A south of Fhurmont Banner. The court found contributory negligence by both drivers, with partial fault assigned to each.
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Pat M. Sehnauffer
Weldon Harper
North Market Ste Suca
Chambersburg Pa
Aman Tan
Fhurmont Banner
Harper
A. Boty
Bitner EO
Austin
Germans Press On Defensive On Victory Anniversary
London dispatch notes Germans hastening to tighten defenses on the fourth anniversary of the Normandy drive as Allied air and ground pressure mounts. Hitler assigns Maj Gen Pele to command western air forces and prepare a force to counter possible invasions. New Allied phases include intensified bombing of ammunition dumps and rail targets, with emphasis on confronting airfields and transport to disrupt enemy reinforcements. Moscow radio promises liberation of occupied countries as German commanders brace for further assaults from east and west.
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London
Low Countries
Givantie
Camerpaign
Belgium
Netherlands
Dunkerque
France
Adolf Hitler
Pele
Cierman
West
Europe
Pely
Hitler
North Africa
Moscow
Elie
Do Not Use Diasone In Routine Tuberculosis Care
Dr H Corwin Hinshaw of Mayo Clinic Rochester warns at the National Tuberculosis Association meeting that the drug Diasone must not be used for routine tuberculosis treatment. He urges it be limited to medical investigation and calls for controlled studies before any therapeutic evaluation is possible.
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H. Corwin Hinshaw
Mayo Chie
Rochester
Minn
National Tuberculosis Asociation
Trudeau Soviets
Association
Hinshaw
Wheeler To Talk With President Roosevelt Move
Senator Wheeler of Montana announced an appointment with President Roosevelt describing it as the first since 1938. He plans to invite Pant to address a joint session of Congress on May 24 marking the 100th anniversary of the first telegram transmission. Wheeler chairs a committee on arrangements.
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Washington
Wheeler
Roosevelt
Pant
Moontanan
Chaiman
Sedition Trial Lawyer Fined by Federal Judge
Justice Bailes fined James J Laughlin of Washington for contempt of court in a sedition trial. Laughlin immediately appealed. bond set at 300 dollars. Bailes stated the motions were aimed at embarrassing Chief Justice Edward C Eicher and disqualifying jurors for publicity.
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Washington
Hbob
Jemes Haale
Fede District Court Today
James J. Laughlan
Washinston
Army seeks 15 billion for next war year
Washington May 10 4 Roosevelt asked Congress for new military appropriations totaling 15 676 652 700 bringing total contemplated military outlays to 44 000 000 000 for the next fiscal year The estimates call for maintaining an Army of 7 700 000 personnel offensively in a global war through June 30 1945 There will also be 33 607 263 800 unobligated balances from current appropriations available in the new fiscal year The total outlay for the next period is 49 000 000 000 compared with prior budget estimates of 52 2 000 000 000 and 71 500 000 000.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
Scalds Fatal To Infant In Brunswick Household
Thirteen month old William Darr son of Mr and Mrs Selden F Darr of West Potomac Street Brunswick died at Frederick City Hospital after splashing scalding water from a pan on a kitchen table Tuesday. The child grabbed the pan spilling hot contents over head and face. Surviving parents include Fireman Sevund Clas Carr and the former Miss Cathrine Calles. Grandparents include Mr and Mrs William Calles of Washington DC and Mr and Mrs William L Darr of Reuss. Funeral arrangements announced for today from the local home.
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William Darr
Selden F. Darr
West Potomac Street
Brunswick
Frederick City Hospital
Halehen
Sevund Clas
Carr
Hump Txyncht
Naval Trainingation
Sampson Noy
Cathrine Calles
Willam
Washington, DC
Mroo
Willam Lo
Baltimore Counterfeiting Arrest Reported May 10
Baltimore officials disclose the arrest of a former city resident charged with counterfeiting ration coupons and the seizure of genuine ration stamp paper and plates. The case is led by District Attorney Thomas. Concurrently Adrian E. L. McCardell USNR, son of Mr and Mrs A Le Roy McCardell of Rockwell Terrace, is promoted to lieutenant commander and posted to Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.
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Baltimore
P—istant CS
Thomas
Adrian EL McCardell
USNR
A. LeRoy McCardell
Rockwell Terrace
Pittsburgh, Pa
Allied Air Forces Out Again To Attack Nazis
A force of Lancasters and U S bombers hit weapons plants and rail facilities across France Belgium and Italy as part of the pre invasion campaign. Targets included a ball bearing factory at Annecy and airfields near Amiens Mons and Tournai with heavy RAF night raids and Mosquito strikes on Berlin Gennevilliers and Genoa.
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Nazis
London
Annecy
Breneh
U.S
Italy
Mionites-Ypuesicport
Valedeiennes
France
Mons
Tournai
Belgium
Creston France
Paix
Amiens
Britain
Alps
U. S
Paris
Berlin
Gennevilliers
RAF
Air Ministry
Danube-Alps
Mediterranean Air Force
Genoa
Livorno
Balkans
Lausche Easily Wins Democratic Nomination
Columbus May 10 Ohio Governor race results show Mayor Frank J. Lausche of Cleveland winning the Democratic nomination with backing from CIO PAC and state chair Darrel S. Jones. Two opponents conceded as he built a clear lead. William G. Pickrel led the Democratic U.S. Senate race in Dayton, nearly two to one. Republican Cancimmat won renomination. Bricker’s 30 Republican votes and Roosevelt’s 52 Democratic votes reflect early returns. Incumbent congressmen appear renominated.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Cleveland
Tuu-C-Haireddl San
Ohio
James Garfeld Stewart
Cincinnati
Republicart
Lausche
CIO
Poitical Action Committee
Darrel S. Jones
William G. Pickrel
Dayton
U.S
Robert A. Taft
Cancimmat
John W. Bricker
Roosevelt
Churchill to Visit Australia After European War End
The Daily Telegraph forecast a likely early announcement that Prime Minister Churchill would visit Australia after the war in Europe and attend an important war conference, possibly with President Roosevelt or another U.S. representative present.
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Australia
London
The
Daily Telegraph
Churchill
Europe
Roosevelt
U. S
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Ralph F. Wachter
Dawson
Funkhouser
Auto Council
Morgaung
Mountbatten
Lowsi
Umien
Gen. Pelz
Moscow Radio
War Dept
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