Western Maryland College Holds 121 Graduates in 1926 Class
Westminster May 16 Western Maryland College conferred diplomas on 121 graduates and awarded four honorary degrees to Bessie Gambrill Roger Whiteford John Curry Millian and Oswald Langrall. President Holloway delivered the baccalaureate and Roger Whiteford gave the commencement address. Several graduates earned cum laude summa cum laude and MA degrees attended ROTC graduates to officers’ candidate school. Weekend arrests reported by City Police include nine cases with hearings set tonight.
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Westminster
Western Maryland College
Fred G. Holloway
Roger J Whiteford
Washington, D.C
Western Maryland Aude
Joseph S. Whiteford
Bessie Lee Gambrill
Western Maryland
Yale University
Whiteford
L.L.D
Western Maryland and
Nations University
John Curry Millian
Toronto University
Theological Seminary
Boston
Baltimore
The
Methodist Church
Langrall
Oswald Bryan Langrall
Drew Theological Seminary
Hagerstown
Holloway
John Rutkin
Dr. Holloway
Andrew Graham
Milton John Huber, Jr
Haicthorpe
Robert Trout Siemon
Washington
Janith Rebecca Horsey
Easton
Dorothy Ruth Sowter
Ginia Moseley Waters
Mt. Savage
Verna Estele Cooper
Aberdeen
Mary Caroline Gable
Ste Tstown
Pas Hannah Gibbons McKee
Croome
Sarah Hazel Metz
Barton
Mary Plorence Miller
George Woodrow Reisinger
Biglersville
Lillian Catherine Myers
Cumberland
Carolyn Louise Smith
Southboro
Mass
Lee Davis ‘Lodge
Beltsville
Bates
Miss Mersey
Mary Ward Lewis
Emmanuel Jay Kaplan
Paterson
John A. Alexander
George Lewis Barrick
Walkersville
Mr. Barrick
Tthe
William Werner Orrison
Brunswick
Pearl Louise Bodmer
Poolesville
Charlotte Elizabeth Bader
Frederick
Junie Louise Harison
Knoxvillle
Yvonne Marie Earl Link
Taylorsville
Margatet Frances Moss
Mt. Air
Alonzo Miller
Annie V. Brooks
George W. Herbert
Adamstown
Helen Howard
East Fifth Street
Douglas L. Stane
Yellow Springs
Henry F. Haines
East Sixth Street
John Wood
Pennsylvania Avenue
Katherine Hooper
Mr. Airy
Audrey Wetzell
West Fifth Street
Frederick M. Straley
Frank Dorsey
Norman Trump
Norman Dietz
Roger Mills
Car Rentzell
Red Air Force Claims 1300 German Planes Lost in Two Weeks
London reports the Red Air Force destroyed 1300 German planes in two weeks and the Red Army seized a western Donets bridgehead near Kharkov as Russia readies its spring offensive. Russian airmen claimed 370 enemy planes down in a week, with 104 losses, and raids targeted Bryansk, Kremenchug, and Dnieperopetrovsk amid fires and explosions.
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London
Red Air Force
Moscow
Red Army
Donets
Kharkov
Russia
L Red
Bryansk
Kremenchug
Dnieperoptetrovsk
Dnieperopetrovsk
Knieper River
Stalingrad
Thurmont Board Reorganizes With New Commissioners
The Thurmont town board held a regular session to reorganize with President William J. Stoner presiding. New Commissioner Ross V. Smith and Allen Creager were sworn in, Frederick Tresselt elected secretary, and Wilbur R. Freeze re-elected treasurer. Floyd Blower reappointed collector of taxes and sewer rentals, also for the Municipal Light Company. The board will meet on the fourth Wednesday of each month.
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Thurmont
William J. Stoner
Ross V. Smith
Allen Creager
Frederick Tresselt
Wilbur R. Freeze
Floyd Blower
Slower
Municipal Light Company
German Field Marshal Von Arnim Arrives in Britain
London reports General Jurgen von Arnim the German commander in chief captured and brought to Britain by plane. Earlier dispatches claimed he and eight other Nazi generals plus three Italian generals were moved from Tunisia to Gibraltar and held there before transfer to Britain. Von Arnim stayed at the Gibraltar palace of Lieutenant General MacFarlane.
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Britain
London
Jurgen von Arnim
Abd Aea Lek
Frank N. M. MacFarlane
Gibraltar
Weddle Family Welcomes Daughter and Service Member
Pvt. Weddle stationed at Camp Walters Texas is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Weddle of 401 Klinehart's Street. A daughter Bonnie Mae was recently born to Pvt. and Mrs. Weddle. The passage also covers a church service with Dr. Rustin urging a prophetic, action oriented church and mentions a musical program led by Paul B. Berkhelm with Lois Smith singing.
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Pvt. Weddle
Camp Walters
Tex
Jesse Weddle
Klinehart’s Street
Bonnie Mae
Pvt
Weddle
Dr. Austin
Lois Smith
Hagerstown
Paul B. Berkhelm
Dr Rustin Delivers Final Vespers Address at Hood College
Rev John W Rustin pastor of Mount Vernon Place Methodist Church Wasr beck was the Hood College vesper speaker this Sunday at 4 pm in Brodbeck Hall completing the academic year. His address on the churchs role now and in the future argued people are returning to religious life and asked what sparked this shift.
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John W. Rustin
Mount Vernon Place Methodist
Wasrbeck
Otro Treglehe
Hood College
Brodbeck Hall
Dr. Austin
Rationing Roundup Details Postwar Food and Fuel Stamps
The Associated Press outlines ration stamps for meals cheese canned fish edible fats oils and processed foods blue stamps G H J red stamps FE F in book No 2 valid until month end sugar stamp 12 in book No 1 good through May 31 ten pounds home canning sugar available up to 13 pounds per person via local boards gas and oil stamps numbers 5 and 17 expire July 2 and May 21 respectively no 6 valid only outside the east coast renewal of A books around June 22 via station mail-in forms for motorcycles fuel oil and vegetable stamps procedures explained. a music recital highlights six to nine students in Bradbeck Hall with Anna Marie Budde as accompanist and a Hood Department of Music spring finale scheduled for May 21. a Latin note on the origin of the word plumber remains included.
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Associated Press
Focal Boards
Laurady
Vaige
Bradbeck Hall
Two Freight Wrecks Within 24 Hours
The second freight wreck occurred Sunday afternoon near Grays Station east of Ellicott City on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Twelve cars of an eastbound freight derailed. no injuries were reported though communication lines west of the wreck were disrupted. The prior day a crash at Marriottsville derailed thirteen cars, caused a gasoline and oil fire, and required five hours to control with eight fire companies.
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Grays Station
Ellicott City
Baltimore and Ohio
Baltimore
Mt. Airy Junction
Marriottsville
Frederick
Mt. Airy
Sykesville
Independent Hose Company
Lightning Sparks One Third of 1941 National Parks Fires
Lightning caused over one third of the 540 forest fires in U S national parks in 1941 Tallying the highest figure on record with lightning accounting for more than a third of all blazes in the park system.
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National Parks
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NEA Radiopholo
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U.S
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Frank M. Andrews
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America
U. S
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Essex
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Texas
Pyt, Woodrow Weddle
Dr. Rustin
Hood
St. John’s College
Annapolis
St. John's College
Maryland
Doll Jewelry Store
South Market St
Frederick, Md
Kemp
Socony- Vacuum Research Laboratories
Feds
Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Island City
G. B. Moosberger
Grays
Moroline
Frederick County National Bank I
North Market Street
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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