GOP Names Ittinger Candidate For Mayor
At a well attended convention in the Court House the Republicans nominated Hugh Gittinger for Mayor and named a complete slate for the June 8 election. Gittinger, who lost by 16 votes in 1940, accepted. Also named were Mehrl F. Wachter for City Registrar Russell H. McCain Edward Paden Elmer R. Bowlus Charles P. Staley and Harvey A. Harvington Jr for Aldermen. Staley L. Flock’s name was not presented. E. Austin James elected chairman. James to succeed Bowlus, with Harry D. Radcliffe secretary and Benjamin L. Shu treasurer reelected. The meeting featured the nomination of Staley Wachter McCain Bowlus Oden Staley Harrington and Harvington with various seconders. A caller urged raising the mayor’s salary to attract qualified leaders. Campaign planning to begin tonight.
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Court House
Hugh ¥. Gittinger
Mr. Gittinger
Mehrl F. Wachter
City Register
Russell H. McCain
Edward Paden
Elmer R. Bowlus
Charles P. Staley
Harvey A. Harvington, Jr
Staley L. Flock
James
E. Austin James
Mr. Bowlus
Harry D. Radcliffe
Benjamin L. Shu
Jacob R. Ramsburg
House of Delegates
Cony
Ruth Dixon Thomas Jed
Clarence C. Carty
F Collius
Gittinger
Fran B. Sappington
Ruth King
Sappington
Wachter
Susie J. Ramsburg
McCain
G. Hunter Bowers
Pierce H. Gaver
Mélvin H. Derr
Oden
A. H. Derr
Bowlus
Ferne Snook Etzier
Staley
Edward I. Myers
Walter E. Sinn
Harrington
Howard M. Albaugh
Alderman Bowers
Frederyck
Frederick
Gitlinger
Pvt Dodd Dies In Accident At Fort Lewis Washington
Pvt Paul L Dodd formerly of New Market was killed in an accident at Fort Lewis Washington. He served two years in the Ordnance Department and died at age 24. His body is enroute for burial at Monrovia with services set in New Market and final rites at the Church of the Brethren near Monrovia. Survived by parents Edward and Mary Utz Dodd and siblings Martha Sistler Esther Frayer Edith Thomas and Lewis. Funeral director W E Falconer.
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Paul £. Dodd
New Market
Fort Lewis
Washington
Monrovia
Edward
Mary Utz Dodd
Bowie
Ordnance Department
Martha Sistler
Esther Frayer
College Park
Virginia
Edith
Thomas
Lewis Dodd
Tlee Boagy
Church of the Brethren
W. E. Falconer
Plans to Use Prison Labor on Farm
Annapolis May 13 A discussion led by Governor O'Connor and State Parole Director Herman M Moser explored employing Maryland penal institution labor on state farms to ease farm labor shortages. The next wave of workers would be selected with tighter controls and emphasis on prior experience, while farm applications would be routed through county agents and state employment contacts.
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Annapolis
Maryland
O'Connor
Herman M. Moser
Ocenar
4-F Men Inducted From Undergoing Reclassification in Maryland
Baltimore May 38 Hundreds of Maryland men exempted from military service for physical conditions are being reclassified and some inducted. Col Henry C Stanwood State Selective Service director says 4-F cases have been under review for months and a number of men moved from 4-F to 1-A. Major J R Moore notes 2 036 examined with about 1 6 percent shifted to active duty. advisory boards recheck heart cases and some 4-Fs with social disease are treated to make them available for service after cure. The effort includes more civil and Army doctors, with pilots and airfields expected to boost mobilization postwar.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Armed Forces
Army
Henry C. Stanwood
Selective Service
Stanwood
Marine Hospital
Seye
Advisory Boards
I-A
Wounded in Action: Cpl Dinterman Recovers Roads North Africa
Wounded in action in North Africa Corporal Dinterman, son of Mr and Mrs Roy Dinterman of Rocky Ridge, writes he is getting better. He was inducted in February 1941 and went overseas in 1942.
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North Africa
Cpl. Dinterman
Roy Dinterman
Rocky Ridge
Cpl
Dinterman
Port Moresby Attacked By Two Japanese Planes
Allied Headquarters in Australia reports two Japanese planes bombed the Port Moresby area with no damage. Bombers also hit Gasmata and Rabual in New Britain. Three enemy planes were destroyed on the Gasmata airfield. Near Muba on New Guinea approaches to Salamaua, Allied patrols have killed 60 Japanese since May 9.
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Australia
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Gasmata
Rabaul
New Britain
Muba
Salamaua
Huge Busses Travel Alcan Highway Through Whitehorse
Brig. Gen. James A. O Connor says the first land route to Alaska will become a permanent year round road after pushing 1641 miles from March to November last year. A convoy reached Watson Lake as spring thaw began, with buses now running Dawson Creek to Whitehorse for military personnel and construction workers.
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Whitehorse
Alaska
Northland
James A. O'Connor
Northwest Service Command
O'Connor
Watson Lake
Rocky Mountains
Dawson Creek
Hermnes
Seattle
Fairbanks
Gener
Lew and Clark
Alexander MacKenzie
Simon Fraser
Allied Air Armies Pound Warsaw and Western Europe
American British and Russian air forces launched a massive combined strike on Warsaw and western targets. The raid battered Meaulte and St Omer in France while the RAF hit Duisburg and railway yards at Boulogne Abbeville and Cherbourg. Losses included three US bombers and five fighters, and 18 enemy aircraft shot down.
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London
Hitler
Royal Air Force
Duisburg
Warsaw
Meaulte
St. Omer
France
European
Briaitoo Gb
Hermann Goering
Federal Communications Commission
Red Air Force
Mascow
Praga
Eighth Air Force
Europe
Wit
Kei Aes
Moscow
RAF
Boulogne
Abbeville
Cherbourg
Washington St. P. T. A. May Meeting Highlights
The Washington Street School P T A held its May program featuring officers nominees for the coming year and lectures on Alaska and Central America by Miss Drucilla Worthington and Miss Agnes Collins. A planned lawn festival and home canning demonstration on May 20 were approved. A 8&4 percent stamp sale contribution from the Second War Loan Drive was acknowledged. Jesse Hammerty may be invited to demonstrate home canning methods to room mothers. Officers nominated: Secretary, Treasurer, and Vice President.
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Washington Street
Alaska
Central America
Drucilla Worthington
Frederick County
Agnes Collins
Washington Street School
Jesse Hammerty
P.T. LA
Washington
Franklin Notnaglees
Arthur Kolb
Lewis Kline
Margaret Hatcher
Reba Stilley
Transferred Capt W Harry Haller Jr to Virginia military school
Frederick native Capt W Harry Haller Jr has been reassigned from Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana to the University of Virginia School of Military Government. The program, led by Major General Allan W Gullin and Brigadier General Cornelius W Wickersham, trains civilian administrators for occupied areas. Haller previously served with the Baltimore Sun staff on special overseas assignments since October 1940. A separate dispatch notes a CBS quoted claim that Field Marshal Rommel may have arrived in Salonika Greece, with BBC not citing its source.
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W. Harry Haller
Haller
Frederick
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Pablin Reialions
School of Military Government
University of Virginia
Allan W Gullin
Army Service Forces
Cornelius W. Wickersham
Baltimore Sun
Dia
Ieader
Europe
Russia
Caribbean
American Southwest
Rommel
Greece
New York
CBS
Erwin Rommel
North Africa
Salonika
BBC
Aegean Sea
Balkans
Riots Reported in Berlin Amid Soldier Fates Inquiry
London May 13 A Reuters report from Stockholm notes riots outside a German Army information office in Berlin as thousands of relatives seek news on soldiers in the Africa Corps. SS Elite Guard troops were summoned to quell the crowd, with authorities advising patience for details. Similar disturbances were reported elsewhere in Germany.
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Tan
London
Berlin
Holland
Belgium
Sweden
Handelstidningen
Africa
Gottberg
Tun
Reuters
Germany
Boonsboro to Dedicate Flag at Memorial Day Service
Boonsboro officials announce a flag dedication and unfurling during annual Memorial Day ceremonies on May 13. Minute Men officers briefed plans with participation from the high school band American Legion Red Men and Boonsboro civilian defense members.
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Boonsboro
Boonsboro Company of Minute Men
iMinute
American Legion
Red
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Ittinger
Wachter, McCain
Gden, Bowlus, Staley and
Lourren L. Welty
Pvt. Dodd
Tunis
Nea
Wired Arterie
Alcan Highway
Eisenhower
Bradley
Bizerte
Lena
Omar N. Bradley Wright
Second Corps
Lenas
Army Signal Corps
NEAD
Russ
Washington St
Shir Sion
Churchill
United States
Frederick Cloak & Suit Store
Market Streets
N. Market Street
Spn
Delphey’s
West
Patrick St
Glosheen Draperies
C. C. Carty, Inc
E. Patrick St
Frederick, Md
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