Pledge Of Full War Aid At Maryland Knights Of Columbus Meet
The Maryland State Council Knights of Columbus in its forty fourth annual convention pledged full support to the war effort endorsing the U S O and allied plans for service men recreation. Members urged to buy war bonds and stamps up to ten percent of income and promote such purchases. Msgr Harry A Quinn resigned as state chaplain, to reconsider. Joseph Loeffler was elected State Deputy for a third term and other officers were reelected. Delegates to the Supreme Convention were named with alternates listed. A dinner at the Key Hotel featured Rev John Schultz praising democracy and the churchs role, with comments on birth control criticized and prayers for victory. A subsequent business session read committee reports and a reception followed at the Knights of Columbus home.
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United States
Quinn
Harry A. Quinn
Baltimore
K. of C
Msgr
St. John’s Church
St. John’s School
Joseph G. Loeffler
Charles B. Humelsine
Hagerstown
Clarence O'C. Donagh
Hughesville
Henry Hennenberger
Andrew J Stegman
John Schultz
Catholic University
Washington
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Father Schultz
Catholicc Church
St Paul
Greece
Rome
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William F. Sauer
G. B. Callan
L. Donald Davis
St. John’s
Frederick
Leonard S$. Humelsine
John B. Banz
Wilbert E. Logsdon
Mr. Savage
John L. Casey
Frostburg
Bernard J. Eckenrode
Emmitsburg
Knights of Columbus
East Second Street
19 Merchant Ships Sunk In One Week
The Associated Press reports that 19 Allied merchant vessels were sunk in Atlantic waters last week with two more damaged. Losses in the area since Pearl Harbor reach 210 ships with over 425 survivors landed in the US Caribbean and Canada. More than 185 lives were lost and about 101 are missing. Axis submarines include the Mexican vessel Faja De Obo. The week’s toll lists seven US ships among the totals along with other nationalities.
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Associated Press
Atlantic
United Nations
Pearl Harbor
United States
Caribbean
Canada
Mexico
Senators Wail Over Prospect Of Gas Rations
Washington reports a broad push for nationwide gasoline rationing as a tire and rubber shortage dominates the policy debate. Senators O Mahoney Johnson and Bone oppose or justify rationing while War Production Board plans outline conservation measures amid doubts about guayule rubber yield. Military needs push synthetic rubber production targets, with experts noting limited near term substitutes and a planned 1 000 000 tons by 1943. Storm a class, Keedysville, features Red Cross speakers and civilian defense training amid broader wartime efforts. Axis generals meet in Rome to discuss strategy among Germany Italy and Japan.
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Capitol Hill
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Wyo
Uus
Cons
Johinson D-Cole
War Production Board
Office of Defense Transportation
Johnson
Tlis
Mississippi River
Bone
Wash
Patents
Congress
Senate Appropriations
Guayule
Department of Agriculture
C. M Granger
Agriculture Department Forest Service
Rescue Report On 53 Sailors From Unidentified US Warship
The Rio Iguazu reported picking up 53 survivors at sea, believed to be sailors from a United States warship, amid conflicting claims about the ship’s identity. Officials withheld details due to war conditions as the vessel approached Recife en route to Buenos Aires.
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Buenos Aires
United States
Wie
Atlantic
Brazil
Noticias Graficas
Fleet
New York
Bahia
Rio de Janeiro
Recife
Feet
Maryland Ayrshire Club auction nets breeders funds
The twelfth annual Ayrshire sale at the Maryland Fair Grounds drew a strong crowd and yielded 7485 dollars for breeders including Walter J Hahn and Son and L H Remsberg. Top prices went to D W Good for a bred heifer and J L McCracken for the top bull. Several Frederick County buyers purchased multiple animals.
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Maryland Ayrshire Club
Fair Grounds
Walter J Hahn
Westminster
J. L McCracken
Cooksville
Hedrick Bros
Parkton
Glenn Trout
Walkersville
T. P. Whittaker
Brandon
Frederick County
Robert HW Remsberg
A. W. Feeser and Co, Inc
Charles Ho Remsberg
Jefferson
U. S. Fighting To Keep Its Homes Free
Westminster May 24 Dr T B Symons dean and director of the University of Maryland Ex tension Service declares our republic built on the American home and our fight is to maintain freedom of homes He hails Hillsdale Homemakers Club as a contribution to democracy and notes Hillsdale Club is the first Maryland homemakers club to incorporate and to build its own home The new building uses cinder blocks and land donated by Lee Leister The dedication was attended by county officials and home demonstration leaders with Mrs Walter Horton presiding
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T. B. Symons
University of Maryland
Republic
Hillsdale
Westmaster
Adeline M. Hoffman
Carroll County
Hillsdale Club
Maryland
Walter Horton
Planes Crash in Teaneck Versus Flyers Safe
Two Army planes collided 12 000 feet above Teaneck New Jersey and the pilots parachuted to safety. One plane hit a garage roof and burned the other nose first into a dirt street near Teaneck High School. The pilots Lieutenant Louis Bowen and Lieutenant M M Brown escaped unhurt and received minor treatment.
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N. J
George Washington Bridge
New York
Louis Bowen
Champaign
Ill
M. M. Brown
Louisville
Earl
Duncanson
Teaneck High School
Lieut
Bowen
Vincent Castrin
High Waters Recede as Potomac Flood Diminishes
Flood levels crest near 181 feet above normal Saturday night then fall Sunday. Scaffolding at Sandy Hook bridge damaged delaying substructure work by about two months. Piers and abutments slated for completion by July 1 with concrete finish likely by September 1. Monocacy River peaks Saturday and declines, roads reopened, and local livestock sales noted with prices for several cows and heifers.
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Sandy Hook Bridge
Sandy Hook
Point of Rocks
Monocacy
Hugh Point
Russian envoy Litvinoff visits Frederick during stroll
Charles Sponseller, 20, meets Maxim Litvinoff, the Russian ambassador to the United States, on Market Street. They tour Mt Clivet cemetery and the Maryland School for the Deaf, discuss war attitudes, Frederick’s population and industry, and the ambassador’s Washington visit invite.
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Maxim Litvinoff
United States
Charles L. Sponseller
East South Street
Market Street
M. Litvinoff
Frederick
Sponseller
Fourth
Market Streets
Gettysburg
Washington
Firemen Halts Blaze Destroys Car Tires On Gashouse Pike
Independent firemen reported late Sunday night after extinguishing a fire in a Baltimore car on the Gashouse Pike. The vehicle owned by a Baltimore resident had the rear seat and top burned before the flames were put out.
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Pike
Baltimore
Mount St. Marys College Naval Reserve Starts Twice Daily Exercises
Mount St. Marys College in Emmitsburg begins twice daily outdoor patriotic and military exercises on campus under Joseph F. Dolan with bugle calls and the Pledge of Allegiance. Monsignor Sheridan says the program continues for the wartime duration with morning and evening sessions attended by all students. The Naval Reserve groups are noted as the largest proportional units among state colleges.
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Emmitsburg
Mount St. Mary's College Naval and Marine Reserve
John L. Sheridan
Joseph F. Dolan
Naval Reserve
Monsignor Sheridan
Mount St. Mary's Reserve
Mount
Japs Guilty Of Atrocities
Samuel Roberts a 26 year old Navy machinist mate testified in San Antonio about Japanese brutality in the Philippines He described murdered doctors and nurses with body parts mutilated and discarded as he recounted his capture and escape to join American forces.
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San Antonio
Tex
Philippines
Samuel Roberts
Roberts
Philippine survivor recalls torture and escape from camp
Roberts, a 1940 Navy entrant, described brutal torture while in a concentration camp as officials sought information. He witnessed his buddy die on a destroyer bridge during a blazing exchange, then escaped through a sewer manhole after removing a Japanese senry.
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Roberts
Concentration Camp
Sailor vows return to lead fight after Pacific escape
A Chinese coolie ferried him across a river and a Dutch ship crew helped him join American forces. From the Philippines he was evacuated on a destroyer to an Australian hospital and then boarded a transport for the West Coast. He said he will return when his leave ends next week.
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Philippines
Bicycle Recovered Stolen from Robert Stockman
A bicycle reported stolen May 2 near the Gashouse Pike bridge was recovered Sunday near Pearl by State Police Sergt. Walter K. May.
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Robert Stockman
Gashouse Pike Bridge
Pearl
Walter K. May
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