Memorial Day Observances Across Frederick Area
Memorial Day events mark services at Mt. Olivet and Park Heights cemeteries with Lt. Col. E Brooke Lee speaking, firing squad, taps, and grave decorations by Legion posts and auxiliary. Other towns observe services at Brunswick, Libertytown, Petersville, and Knoxville cemeteries, with bands, prayers, and flag placements. Thurmont cancels parade.
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Francis Scott Key
Mt. Olivet
Francis Scott Key Post
American Legion
E. Brooke Lee
Montgomery County
Legion Post
Frederick
Maryland State Guard
Seventh Battalion
Legion Drum Corps
Legion Home
East Church Street
F. Bailey Phelps
Trinity Methodist Church
Earl Gilbert
Francis Perrott
Col. Lee
State Guard
Samuel S. Johnston
All Saints Episcopal Church
Legionnaires
Legion Auxiliary
Auxiliary
Brunswick
Steadwan-Keenan Post
The
Park Heights Cemetery
Norman L. Trott
Legion
Petersville
Knoxville
Thurmont
Yellow Springs
Francis &. Elder
Pharmont Catholic
Fairmount Cemetery
Libertytown
Cemetery Association
Scholarships For Three H S Seniors
Three Frederick High School seniors receiving diplomas today won scholarships this spring. Ethel Hutcheson earned two scholarships to Juniata College in Huntington Pa and Strayer Business College in Washington DC, with a possible Capitol Radio Engineering Institute program under Maryland’s sponsorship. Wayne Shober won a Bridgewater College scholarship in Bridgewater Va, and Betty Schwartz earned a Tem Vie Secretarial School scholarship in Washington.
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Frederick High School
Ethel Hutcheson
Ray R. Hutcheson
Colege Avenue
Juniata College
Hunton
Stray- 21 Business College
Washington, D.C
Capitol Radio Engineering Institute
Unive of
Maryland
Juniata
Wayne Shober
Ralph E. Shober
North Market
Bridgeweller College
Bridgewater
Board One Calls Largest Group for Army Induction
The 66 inductees from Draft Board One include 32 from Frederick city and span third and second registrations. Edgar Crum of 410 East Patrick Street leads as the first called. the list names many men from Frederick and surrounding towns with notices urging applicants to keep jobs until induction and to file furlough requests at the draft office.
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Frederick City
Jmen
Edgar Crum
East Patrick Street
Washington County
Baltimore
Draft Board
Carl Clifford Stockman
North Market Street
Roy Eugene Getzendanner
Union Bridge
William Haskell Coffin, Jr
17Th Street
N. E
Washington
Braddock Heights
David B. Hemp
Patrick Street
William Walter Culler
Walkersville
Ralph Vernon Ellis
South Street
Howard Mills
Brunswick
Merkle Clinton Gross
West Seventh Street
Paul Edward Wiles
East
John Edward Williams
West Patrick Street
Earl Elsworth Trump
Newton Street
N. W
Frederick
Ralph Charles Bitzer
East Second Street
Thomas Burks Hurst
Water Street
Paul Leroy Ingram
Buckeystown
Donald Edwin Eaves
John Bishop Snoots
Knoxville
Edward Leslie Kemp
Franklin Street
Charles David Kline
G Street
Thomas Noble Harwood
Adamstown
Ray Edward Thomas
East Church Street
Stanley Elwood _ Smith
Boyds
Felix Kramer
John Bartlett
Richard Mullinix Radcliffe
Grove Boulevard
Charles Wilburn Stull
Clarence Henry Remsburg
Middletown
John Edward Harper
West Fourth Street
Leo James Horne
Charles Michael Hahn
Arthur Calvin Flock
Middleton Gilmore Lescalleet, Jr
Ralph Edward Chaney
Ninth Avenue
Elmer Thomas Morningstar
Davis Avenue
William Albert Zimmertman
West Church Street
Frank ‘Leroy Crebbs
Joseph Richard Wood
Walnut Street
Luther Vernon Angelberger
Jefferson
Charles Leroy Castle
Ralph Lee Koontz
Stuart Ernest Titus
Point of Rocks
Lioyd Baxter Murphy
George Street
Fredaride
Milton Biggs
Fairview
U S Submarines Sink Two Japanese Ships and Damage Others
The Navy reported that U S submarines in the western Pacific sunk two Japanese ships, probably sunk a third, and damaged a fourth, a heavy cruiser, in a Navy communique based on reports to 1 p m today. The tally now lists 44 ships sunk, 13 probably sunk, and 12 damaged.
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Washington
Navy
U. S
Western Pacific
Far East
Navy Department
Coral Sea
Australia
Axis thrusts at Libyan Tobruk repulsed on both flanks
Axis offensive into the Libyan desert neared Tobruk, advancing about 30 miles beyond the British defense line between Bir Hacheim and Ain El Gazala before being repulsed on both flanks. RAF bombed enemy armor, destroyed transport, and shot down 12 aircraft while losing four.
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Cairo
Egypt
Tobruk
Bir Hacheim
Ain el Gazala
RAF
Erwin Rommel
el Adem
Libya
London
Rommel
List of Names and Addresses Found in Directory
A compiled extract lists individuals with street addresses including Clarence Lester Smith 2 Winchester Street Robert Linwood Hoffman 30 Jefferson Street Walter Lee Tomes 122 West Sixth Street Frank Farr McKimmy Dick erson George William Crouse 502 West Patrick Street Charles Harvey Wetzel 115 Water Street Francis James Fox 312 Park Avenue Ralph Elias Schroeder 203 West Second Street Paul Hume Sterling Point of Rocks Elmer Albert Leslie Ellicott City formerly of Frederick
Defense Offers Alibi in Carroll Rape Trial
Hagerstown May 28 Leroy Carroll a 38 year old Frederick man stands trial in Circuit Court on a rape charge. Defense says he will offer an alibi claiming he was not at home the afternoon and evening of February 2 1942 when the alleged assault on his 11 year old niece occurred. Prosecutors say the crime happened at his home after enticement with a shoes offer. The trial likely will end with the verdict this afternoon.
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Hagerstown
Leroy Carroll
Frederick Negro
Edwin Nikirk
Carroll
Japs Beat American Prisoners With Ropes
Washington reports quote a Japanese broadcast claiming American prisoners from the cruiser Houston are forced to perform manual labor and beaten with ropes for lagging. Rear Admiral Mitsuo Matsunaga described the treatment as contrary to all international agreement and humanity.
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Washington
Office of Facts and Figures Today
Houston
Mitsuo Matsunaga
John Barrymore Condition Report Remains Grave
Hollywood star John Barrymore’s condition stays grave though not immediately dangerous per physician Dr. Hugo M. Kersten. The 60 year old entered Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital on May 19, with cardiac concerns noted and monitoring ongoing.
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Hollywood
John Barrymore
Hugo M. Kersten
Hollywood Fresbyterian Hospital
Mexico Declares War on Axis in Historic First
Mexico City May 28 President Manuel Avila Camacho urged an emergency Congress session to declare war on the Axis and place the nation on a fighting footing, marking Mexico’s first war declaration in history.
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Mexico City
Manuel Avila Camacho
Congress
Mexico
Mr Brewster Buys Home From Mrs Thomas
Mrs J Travers Thomas sold her 204 Rockwell Terrace residence to Kingman Brewster a Washington attorney. The transfer was announced by D Princeton Buckey who represented Mrs Thomas. Brewster takes possession July 1 or 2 and plans to move his family here. He owns vast real estate near Catoctin Furnace with a hunting lodge and once operated a mink farm beside a dairy venture. Mrs Thomas will reside in Richmond and Baltimore with her daughters.
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Brewster
J. Travers Thomas
Rockwell Terrace
Kingman Brewster
Washington
D. Princeton Buckey
Thomas
Catoctin Furnace
Richmond
Baltimo
240 Receive Diplomas At High School Exercises
Frederick High School held its commencement exercises this morning with 240 graduates receiving diplomas from Robert L. Warfield, member of the county Board of Education. Leslie N. Coblentz delivered the address urging self reliance, hard work, and use of hands, while parents and teachers were praised for support. The program opened with Pomp and Circumstance and the national anthem, and included soloists, a choral group, invocation, and the diploma parade.
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Frederick High School
Leslie N. Coblentz
Frederick
Midai¢town
Robert L. Warfield
County Board of Education
D Muasler
Mr. Coblents
Cobientz
Asl
Wilbur Devilbiss
Evelyn Stup
Mayweather
Dr. Meeks
J. Grant Swank
Devilbiss
Mr Warfield
Frederick County
Eugene W Pruitt
Howard R. Damuth
Board of
Educa
Rallying Strength Seen In Wall Street Trading
New York May 28 rallying strength emerged as stock traders regained footing after early gains. Despite an attempted extension of Wednesday’s rise, profit taking centered on steels and motors. Several favorites stayed modestly higher by the fourth hour, while many small declines were recorded.
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New York
Nazis Forced Back On Both Major East Fronts
Moscow reports say German forces are yielding ground in the Izyum Barvenkova and Kharkov sectors as Red Army counter offensives push forward from freshly fortified lines. Russians claim 2,400 Germans killed and that 4,400 more were slain in flank attacks with tanks burned in Kharkov battles.
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Moscow
Izyum-Barvenkova
Kharkov Seviors
Ukraine
Red Army
Ivyum-Barvenkova
Kharkov
Izyum-Barvenkaya
Soviet Information Bureau
Rev Dr Snyder Dies In West
Rev Dr George A Snyder longtime Christ Reformed Church pastor in Middletown died suddenly at 78 in Lancaster California. He led churches in Hagerstown and Middletown, served as Catawba College president, and retired to California with a son and wife Miss Mary Irene Cost among survivors.
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George A. Snyder
Christ Reformed Church
Middletown
Middletown Valley
Lancaster
Calif
Gr. Snyder
Christ Church
Summit County
Ohio
John George
Susannah Kepler Snyder
Heidelberg College
Tiffin
Christ Reformed Entircd
Hagerstown
Dr. Snyder
Catawba College
Wewton
N.C
Akron
California
George R Snyder
China
Park
Mary Irene 1Cost
Washington County
Quints Celebrate Eighth Birthday With New Hairdos
In Caliander Ontario on May 27 the Dionne quintuplets marked their eighth birthday by surrendering braided pigtails for bobbed hairdos. The children described their new looks as tres chic.
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Caliander
Ont
Laundry Strike Ends in Cumberland After Two Weeks
Members of United Laundry Workers Union No. 40 return to work ending a two weeks strike at Cumberland and Crystal Maurndrics.
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Cumberland
United Laundry Workers Union No. 40
Cumberland and Crystal
Lewis Ousts Murray From $18,000 Job
Washington May 28 John L Lewis today ousted Phillip Murray president of the CIO from his $18,000 a year job as vice president of the United Mine Workers Lewis declared the vice presidency vacant and was upheld by the UMW executive board by a 17 to 0 vote Lewis then named John O Leary to the post.
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Washington
John L Lewis
Phillip Murray
CIO
United Mine Workers
Lewis
UMW
John O'Leary
Ispurgu
Sub Is Sunk In Second Attack On Blakely
St Lucia May 27 British West Indies reports say the U S destroyer Blakeley was attacked near Castries by a wolf pack of Axis submarines after a prior torpedo hit from Martinique. Planes counter attacked. one submarine believed sunk. This marked the second Caribbean submarine destroyed in a week.
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St. Lucia
British West Indies
United States
Bilkeley
Jffort
London
Reuters
U. S
Blakeley
Caribbean
Castries
Martinique
Brazilian Air Attack Sinks Nazi U Boat Off Coast
A Brazilian source reports a Nazi submarine was attacked and sunk off the northeast coast on May 23. Two American pilots first spotted and attacked the raider, then Brazilian air force planes arrived to join the attack and sink it. Brazil has broken relations with Germany and Italy though not at war.
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Lieut
Ilarry Schwane
J. G. Yates
Brazil
Germany
Italy
Axis
British ship Barrdale torpedoed. 52 survivors reach Recife
The Rio Iguazu arrived with 52 survivors from the torpedoed British ship Barrdale. The May 17 attack occurred 450 miles off Martinique and the ship sank in four minutes after a torpedo hit the engine room. Survivors were rescued from two lifeboats the following day.
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Recife
Brazil
Argentina
United States
Rome
Martinique
Rationing Board Hours Announced
The county Rationing Board announces weekday hours from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the old Church Street School building. On Saturdays the office opens 9 to 10 a.m. This notice specifies public transaction times effective immediately.
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County Rationing Board
Church Street
Not Much Danger of Senators Losing Gas
May 28 report that nine senators plan to oppose immediate nationwide motor fuel rationing by urging War Production Chief Donald M Nelson to hold a public hearing before any curtailment action is taken. The move signals cautious resistance to expanded gasoline restrictions.
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Washington
uPi
Donald M. Nelson
Nationaes
U S Ready To Supply Men Materials On Europe Front
Lieutenant General Brehon Somervell, commanding the United States Army Service of Supply, states the U S stands ready to supply men and materials on a large scale to a European battlefront despite commitments in Australia and India. He notes possible use of British equipment by American forces and that production will peak this fall. He has been conferring with the Admiralty, Air Ministry, War Office, and British supply services on standardization and armament progress.
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London
Brehon
Somervell
United States Army Service of Supply
United States
Australia
India
Britain
United States Army
Navy
Admiralty
Air Ministry
War Office
Heights Season Opens May 30 at Braddock Heights
Braddock Heights will open for the summer season on May 30, with operations continuing largely as in prior years. The closing date is Labor Day, dances suspended due to gas and tire rationing, pavilion used by Minute Men as drill hall, Sunday song services begin June 21, with roller skating and bowling to operate, swimming pool expected, and trolley service to be maintained and possibly increased.
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Braddock Heights
Robert L. Smith
Braddock
A. E. Mullinix
Adolphus Fearbake
Frederick
Potomac Edison Company
Smith
Nevin E. Smith
Emmanuel Reformed Church of
Hanover
Kinhwa Still Held After Japanese Attacks Fail
Chungking reports Kinhwa in Chekiang province remains in Chinese hands after Japanese forces fail to seize the city despite heavy reinforcement. The Chinese high command announced the status tonight.
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Kinhwa
Chungking
Chekiang Province
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H. S
Betty Schwartz
T. Schwartz
Monrovia
Temvie Secretarial School
Board One
U.S
Tn Carroll
Snyder
West
Murray
Blakely
Europe
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