Lewis Breaks With Murray In Washington
In Washington on May 26 John L. Lewis declared a formal estrangement from CIO chief Philip Murray during a long UMW policy committee meeting. The dispute centered on financial aid to the CIO totaling 5.569 million dollars, including 1.665 million loan owed to the UMW. A separate incident saw CIO director Anthony Federoff beaten in a hotel lobby by two UMW organizers, prompting calls for disciplinary action.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Philip Murray
CIO
UMW
Murray
Lewis
Burray
Treasury
Thomas Kennedy
The
Anthony J. Federoff
Pittsburgh
Federoff
O'Conor Deliberates on Gubernatorial Bid Amid War Focus
Annapolis May 26 Governor O Conor refused to comment on seeking the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. He said the public will have ample notice and that war program demands keep politics secondary. Baltimore Mayor Howard W Jackson has not announced his candidacy. Frederick County induction list updated with new numbers and a local board correction.
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Annapolis
O'Conor
Maryland
Howard W. Jackson
Baltimore
Answers to War Quiz from Page Five
A fragment discusses a quiz on war topics listing items about the Keystone Insignia of Pennsylvania, the regular peacetime U S Army versus the expanded wartime Army, and notes rice production in Burma Thailand and Indochina.
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Pennsylvania
United States Army
Army of the
United States
Burma
Thailand
Indo-China
Farewell Assembly At Walkersville High School
The Walkersville High School senior farewell assembly and a Friday evening play were staged with music poems and a three act comedy. Kathleen Whitmore led the senior song and shared words for the production while James Mercer LaRue Keeney and others performed. Various students received stars and monograms and committees coordinated publicity and stage work.
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Walkersville High School
Katherine Wachter
Elwood Filler
Dorothy Catsail
James Mercer
LaRue Keeney
Kathleen Whitmore
Betty Jane Hope
Peggy Himes
Harry O Smith
Garet Stauffer
Phyllis Houck
Judith Bowers
Catherine Stauffer
Caroline Etzler
Arthur Graham
Billy Ensor
Peggy Hahn
Dotty Albaugh
Emma Jane Hahn
Anna Grace Ke
Ruth K. Holter
Dorothy Cutson
Margaret Hoderuck
LeRoy Flickinger
Irene VanFossen
Betty Jane Wape
Richard Garst
Wayne B. Crum
Harold J Burkier
Ada Frances Smith
Helen Summers
Annabelle Dougherty
Flora B. Harris
Gloria Frock
Vivian Dougherty
Jane Woolbruner
James G. Trout
Nancy Stauffer
Rena E. Ramsburg
William A. Arnold, Jr
Bernard L Murphy
Robert L. Dorcus
Mary H Cooper
Katherine E. Wachter
Donald P. Jackson
Patsy Mercer
Spring Forest Fire Loss Reported High
Deputy State Forester Karl E Pfeiffer estimated the 1942 spring fire loss was two thirds of Maryland's 1941 total of 301182 dollars, totaling almost half a million dollars in Maryland woodland resources in 18 months. The spring season ended with green growth and rain. incendiary fires caused the largest damage. A separate Mother Daughter party marked Trinity Evangelical and Reformed church in Adamstown's tenth anniversary with a program and refreshments.
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Baltimore
Karl E. Pfeiffer
Maryland
Pfeiffer
State Forestry Department
Trinity Evangelical and Reformed Church
Adamstown
Elizabeth Oland
Reading
Richard Biser
Helen Snook
Mariella Lewis
Alice Kubrick
Loretta Thomas
Betty Brashears
Lorraine Stup
Irene Stup
Dorothy Biser
Mary Plummer
Myrtle Thomas
L. Pearl Thomas
Sub destroyed Blakeley torpedoed in Martinique waters
The US Navy destroyer Blakeley was torpedoed by a submarine off Martinique on May 26 during ongoing US French negotiations. Ten crewmen are missing and six injured. the ship reached Fort de France under its own power. The attack marks the first time a US Navy armed vessel was attacked in the Caribbean.
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St. Lucia
British West Indies
Martinique
United States
Blakeley
Fort de France
Georges Robert
State Department
Washington
Auiument
Caribbean
United States Navy
Presidente Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Vichy
Navy
Thetack
South America
William Cramp and Sons
Philadelphia
Kiwanis Club Marks Twenty Years Of Service
The Frederick Kiwanis Club celebrated its twentieth anniversary with a luncheon at the Francis Scott Key Hotel where Dr. Henry T. McDonald, governor of Kiwanis West Virginia district and Storer College president, spoke on shared ideals. Former members attended and the event featured a cake cut by Dr. T. S. Bader, with remarks from club president Melvin M. Engle and guests from Richmond and Baltimore.
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Frederick
McDonald
Leslie N. Cobleniz
Capital District
Roland W. Harbaugh
T. S. Bader
Sterry Parker
Richmond
Mr. Dieffenbach
Baltimore
WPB
Fairchild Seeks Auto Problem Solution In War Work
Fairchild Aircraft Corp aims to cut worker car trips at Hagerstown plant. Mark Mellor to survey transport options using employee questionnaires on residence, transport, and car conditions. Posters urge carpooling. 265 Martinsburg workers carpooling to Hagerstown reported 85 cars with room for 118 more, saving about 900,000 miles yearly.
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Hagerstown
wFi
Fairchild Aircraft Corporation
Martinsburg
W Va
Allied planes down three of 16 fighters over New Guinea
Allied aircraft in New Guinea engagement destroyed three Japanese fighters, sustaining one Allied loss. General MacArthur’s headquarters released the report detailing the air combat from the prior day.
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New Guinea
MacArthur
Lend Lease Proposal discussed with Soviet Russia
The United States sent the draft lend-lease agreement to Soviet Ambassador Maxim Litvinoff in a 45 minute meeting with Secretary of State Hull. Roosevelt said Russia would be treated on the same basis as Britain and other Allied nations in the program and reciprocal aid was anticipated within Soviet capability.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Russia
Maxim Litvinoff
State Hall
Litvinoff
Russia
Great Britain
United Nations
Roosevelt
Britain
Hull
United States of America
Western Hemisphere
Roulette Seeks Fourth Circuit Judgeship in Maryland
Hagerstown attorney Ellsworth R. Roulette announced his candidacy for an Associate Judgeship of the Fourth Judicial Circuit. The race, subject to the September Republican primary, covers Garrett Allegany and Washington Counties with the Washington County seat to fill. Roulette, a former State's Attorney and long time local lawyer, cites restoring core government principles. He was born near Sharpsburg and graduated from the University of Maryland Law School in 1917.
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Hagerstown
Ellsworth R. Roulette
Washington County
Fourth Judicial Circuit
Fourth Circuit
Garrett
Allegany
Washington
Joseph D. Mish
O'Conor
Frank G. Wagaman
Allegany County
Roulette
Sharpsburg
Shepherdstown
W. Va
University of Maryland Law School
J. Augustine Mason
Rowlette
Furnes
Roosevelts stance on rubber substitutes sparks rationing talks
President Roosevelt signaled confidence that substitutes could be found before current rubber tires wear out, while WPB heads urged caution. Officials planned nationwide gasoline rationing and car tire sales to the RFC, with a potential emergency fund use. Senate defense committee urged conservation as synthetic rubber timelines loom.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War Agency
Donald M. Nelson
WPB
Leor. Henderson
Joseph B
Newhall
Nelson
Eastman
Congress
RFC
Henderson
Florida
Senate
Special Defense Investigating Committee
Truman
D.-Mo
Army
Navy
Competitive Drill At State School Honors Cadet Winners
Cadet Major Roger Myers led a seventy five minute competitive drill and review at the Maryland State School for the Deaf with medals awarded. First prize went to Cadet John McKenny. second and third to Cadet Corporals Robert Lee Jones and Harold Manahan. a special award went to Cadet Captain Aiton Boyer. Winners hailed from Baltimore Cumberland Sabillasville and Severn. August Wriede served as inspector and reviewed the ceremony, praising drill as part of education and citizenship. About 500 guests attended the event on the front lawn and at the gymnasium for commencement activities.
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Maryland State School For the Deaf
Roger Myers
John McKenny
Robert Lee Jones
Harold Manahan
Aiton Boyer
Baltimore
Cumberland
Sabillasville
Severn
August Wriede
Wriede
Ignatius Bjorlee
Geo. Singler
Bjorlee
John K. Shaw
Board of Visitors
Irene E. Quidas
Rudolph C. Hines
John H. Baker
Baltimore and
Buckeystown
Richard Potts
Charles McC. Mathias
Frederick
Richard P. Ross
George R. Dennis
D. John Markey
R. E. Delaplaine
Rubber shortage may force gasoline rationing says official
Ralph K. Davies told the House Interstate Commerce Committee the rubber supply was critical and nationwide gasoline rationing might become necessary. The President said work was progressing on rubberless fireproof devices and urged driving 23 to 30 miles per hour to reach town if such fires occurred.
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Ralph K. Davies
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Soldier AWOL Confesses to Hold Up and Car Theft
A 19 year old Cumberland soldier AWOL from Fort Meade confessed to holding up Henry Shapiro in Boonsboro last Thursday night, taking his car, ration card and money. State Police arrested Pvt Mullen H. Smith in Frostburg with the car and a .32 caliber revolver. he will face military charges after a confession and admitted theft of two tires from B A Mason near Cresaptown. Shapiro had reported being robbed en route to Baltimore after meeting a soldier who forced him to surrender his valuables.
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Cumberland
Fort Meade
Henry Shapiro
Baltimore
Boonsboro
Shapiro
Joseph F. White
Georges Creek
Mullen H. Smith
Frostburg
Pvt
Smith
Corp
Harold Carl
Allegany County
Carl
B. A. Mason
Cresaptown
Camp Meade
Court News Property Deeded and Short Leave Mystery
Deeds recorded as Norma R Null to Helen Stewart and back, Earl L Myers to William F Atkinson, and Margaret C Thomas to Thomas A O Halloran for $10 each. In Annapolis Harry C Ayers reported missing in action returns home on short leave, shocking relatives.
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Norma R. Null
Helen Stewart
Earl L. Myers
William F. Atkinson
Margaret C. Thomas
Thomas A. O'Halloran
Annapolis
Harry Clarence Ayers
Held On Hit Run Charge Involving West South Street
Police arrested Russell Shipe at his home on West South street on unauthorized use of an automobile hit and run and car without a license. The incident occurred at East and Church streets injuring two boys, Grayson Shrover and James Johns, who were not seriously hurt. The car theft was reported by Harry R Whipp of Frederick, who suspects Shipe drove the vehicle in the crash. Witnesses said the car struck the bicycles and fled despite cries for help as the license number was eventually obtained by a motorist and given to one boy’s older brother.
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Russell Shipe
West South Street
Shipe
Grayson Shrover
East Street
James Johns
East Church Street
Church Streets
Harry R. Whipp
RF. D
Frederick
Whipp
R. Shipe
Norman Dietz
School Vacation Joy Sparks For Kids And Parents
Enticing thoughts of a break from classes stir excitement among students and families as the school year winds down. Mothers anticipate quieter mornings and relaxed routines while children envision long days of play and freedom.
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Smarhive
Walkersville
Fairchild
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Isadore Lubin
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ALLEN
Market ST
C. C. Carty, Inc
Patrick St
Frederick, Md
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Comfortat
C. E. Cline & Son Funeral Directors
Paris
Yardley, Coty
Bennett
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