Merchants vote to close Wednesdays in summer hours
About 125 Frederick County wholesalers and retailers voted at Winchester Hall to close half days on Wednesdays during July and August, while keeping Saturday hours. The meeting also covered the general price regulation act effective April 23, 1942, with officials explaining enforcement, licensing, and consumer rights under the OPA rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Leo H. McCormick
Office of Price Administration
Clifford R. Snider
J. E. Deeguan
Lloyd G. Reynolds
Reynolds
al C. Stine
McCormick
OPA
Snider
Frederick County
Washington
War Price and Rationing Board
Holmes D. Baker
Classified Plant Taxonomy Note
Classified item states the common buttercup is in species Acris within genus Ranunculus and family Ranunculaceae, confirms broader plant groups and taxonomy hierarchy from Angiosperms to Phanerogams. It reads like a glossary snippet rather than a news item.
Answers To War Quiz Questions On Page Five
War quiz page five presents three questions with concise facts. A major general of the U S Marines is identified by two silver stars. The term Madras shifting derives from Madras India. An American plane believed to have bombed Tokyo reportedly force landed at Khabarovsk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Marines
Madras
India
Tokyo
Khabarovsk
Pay Rise for Buck Privates to 50 Dollars a Month
The House tentatively voted to raise pay for buck privates and apprentice seamen to 50 dollars monthly, with final passage postponed to tomorrow. The Senate's 42 dollar baseline was boosted by 8 dollars to 50 by House amendment, plus higher first class pay. The plan could cost up to a billion dollars, affecting Army, Navy, Marines, Coast Guard, and other services, and includes increased allowances for officers and dependents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Rankin 'D-Miss
Fish
RNY
Rankin
Rep
Sutphin
D-Nj
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
May
D-Ky
Paul V. McNutt
McNutt
Women Auxiliary Corps Bill Sent To President
The Senate passed the bill creating a Women's Auxiliary Corps for 150000 volunteers in non combat roles with troops at home and abroad. It awaits President Roosevelt's signature. Edith Nourse Rogers helped push it through. Rumors place Mrs. Queta Culp Hobby of Houston as eventual corps director. Uniforms likely khaki. training at Fort Myer speculated. initial officers to be 20 to 30 per Army Corps Area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Edith Nourse Rogers
R.mays
House
War Department
Queta Culp Hobby
Houston
Tex
William P. Hobby
Army
Stimson
Corps
Fort Myer
Kiwanians Enjoy Musical Program at Weekly Lunch
The Kiwanians held their lunch meeting at the Francis Scott Key Hotel with a program arranged by Miss Eleanor E Hizhel berger. Joseph H Stephens and Thomas Lambdin performed piano solos and duets, Marie Castle sang, and selections included Hungarian Dance and Russian folk tunes. New members Harry Hamilton and Ray H Smith were welcomed by Robert L Smith. Prof. William R Quynn attended as a guest. Melvin M Engle presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanians
Francis Scott Key
Eleanor Ehizhelberger
Joseph H. Stephens
Thomas Lambdin
Marie Castle
Iwo
Iss Castle
Mother Machree
Merry Heart
Denza
White Cliffs of
Dover
Kent
Liebestraum
Liszt
Lambdin
Rachmaninoff
Robert L. Smith
Harry Hamilton
Hamilton's Market
Ray H. Smith
Freder
William R. Quynn
Melvin M. Engle
Administrator Qualifies In Mrs Bowers Estate
William R Quynn of 1802 Thornburg Road has qualified as administrator of the Harriet M Bowers estate. Assets listed total 10 000 dollars in real estate and 56 000 dollars in personal property. Heirs named include Miss S Katharine Quynn sister Miss Harriet Quynn Rigner Philadelphia and Capt Allen G Quynn USM sons of the late D Hauer Quynn and others. The sun distance note appears erroneous and unrelated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Quynn
Thornburg Road
Washington
Harriet M. Bowers
S. Katherine Quynn
This City
Allen G. Quynn
U.S. M
D. Hauer Quynn
Harriet Quynn Rigner
Philadelphia
Grace Quynn Rigney
Fitzhugh Lee U D C hears Mrs Bowie speak in Maryland
Mrs R Irving Bowie of Upper Marlboro president of the Maryland Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy was guest of honor and speaker at the Fitzhugh Lee Chapter meeting at the Maryland State School for the Deaf. Delegates to the May convention and plans to subsidize nurses were discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Irving Bowie
Upper Marlboro
Maryland
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Fitzhugh Lee
Ignatius Bjorlee
Maurice Gillelan
Emmitsburg
Bowie
National Organization of the Daughters of the Confederacy
Neuilly
Paris
U. D.C
Hotel Belvedere
Baltimore
Robert D. Wright
Newberry
S. C
C. Herbert Kreh
Harry Boyle
Sophia Reich
C. Howard Young
Beauvoir
Jefferson Davis
Boyle
University of Mississippi
Sawyer Granted Parole and Partial Pardon
Governor O Conor granted eight paroles and one partial pardon. Rey G Sawyer three year sentence for bigamy in Frederick County was released. William L Cohee six months for housebreaking in Prince Georges County received a partial pardon. A remark on scientists dividing mankind into hair categories follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sawyer
Annapolis
O’conor
Rey G. Sawyer
Frederick County
William L. Cohee
Prince George's
3 296 Ration Cards For Gas Issued Tuesday
Frederick County motorists queued at school registration centers Tuesday seeking gas rationing cards for May 15 to July 1. The Rationing Board issued 3 256 cards, excluding 12 reporting small county schools. Borderline cases and travel for defense work created scrutiny. many forgot registration cards causing delays. The North Market Street center, supervised by Supt. Eugene W. Pruitt, opened with 150 applicants and 88 cards issued in the first hour and a half. The board plans extra sessions next week to accommodate those unable to attend daytime meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
North Market Street
Supt. of Education
Eugene W. Pruitt
Antelope Pace: Pronghorn Hits 40 MPH With Cars
The pronghorn antelope ranks among America’s swiftest animals and has been paced by automobiles reaching about 40 miles per hour.
County roads oiling plans delayed by tar shortage
County Roads Engineer Roger H. Willard said tar supplies are unavailable delaying asphalt surface treatment. Government orders allow grading and drainage work to continue, with plans to resume paving once materials arrive. Completion of the Point of Rocks Brunswick highway is near, aided by priority asphalt access through M. J. Grove Lime Co. Beaver dam construction is noted for its strength allowing safe horse passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger H. Willard
Willard
County Roads Board
Roads Boards
Rocksi
Brunswick
M. J. Grove Lime Company
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Harold Westlake
Pennsylvania Department of Pubuelion
Hero
Hewitt T. Wireless
Seattle
Women’s Auxiliary Corps
Adolf Hitler
Red Army
Tern Front
Moscow
NEA
H. Spencer Jones
Astronomer Royal of
England
Delphey
U.D.C
Mrs. Bowie
Allen
N. Market St
C. C. Carty, Inc
E. Patrick St
Frederick, Md
Jergen
U. S
Market St
C. E. Cline & Son Funeral Directors
Shir
Priscilla
Ffchive
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