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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1944
Page
2
London May 30 report says German high command spotted thousands of small units over France to cope with Allied airborne assault on D Day. Analysts note armored formations held behind front to oppose paratroopers, while Germany also relays lies about repair squads and trains back in service to keep communications amid Allied bombings.
Frederick High School finals are set for Wednesday morning at 10 30 as 230 graduates receive diplomas. U S Senator Milard E Tydings will deliver the address, with a program of processional marches and choral selections from the senior class. Eugene W Pruitt will present diplomas and Rev Harvid C Baer will give the benediction.
U S Representative Glenn Beall will address the Pomona Grange during the lecturer hour at the Braddock Grange Hall on Saturday afternoon. The meeting starts at 10 30am with lunch served. Worthy Master T E Zimmerman presides. Also attending will be the Carroll Manor Grange for its first Pomona meeting. College Park May 30 Dr H Mahoney announces a June 2 conference of frozen food locker plant operators and refrigeration engineers at College Park.
A junior aviation student at the University of Tennessee, Joseph Melvin Cutsail Jr., son of Mr and Mrs Joseph M Cutsail, formerly of Frederick. Enlisted in the Air Corps on January 17 after graduating Frederick High School in 1943. He worked as an auditor at the Dunlop Bebber Company on North Market Street and played trombone in multiple Frederick military and school bands. He rose to cornet and is now second in command of his squad.
The article advises selecting locality suited corn varieties and protecting crops from crows dry weather borers and earworms. It covers block planting into three or more rows kept 30 inches apart, seed spacing four inches and an inch deep, thinning to 12 to 18 inches, and soil prep with a 4-12-4 fertilizer. It highlights Mason's Golden Midget and Golden Cross Bantam as ideal home garden types with 70 and 85 day maturities, and stresses regular shallow cultivation and weed control.
Henry L. Fref explains nicotine sulphate spray as an effective home garden remedy for aphids on apples beans peaches cabbage melons eggplant peas tomatoes roses spinach and cucumbers. He warns to spray promptly, repeat as needed, and clean up fallen plant debris to destroy overwintering eggs while noting caution on hot days and undersides of leaves.
Gaithersburg residents Mrs Gerald Barbour and her parents Elmer and Mrs Pittinger of Union Bridge visit Virginia Beach for Seaman Barbour. Mrs Lewis Reed hosted a desert bridge evening with a list of attendees and Miss Ann Marie Emmett and Miss Kathleen Larcombe hosted a supper party at Emmett's home Thursday night.
Americans worldwide mark Memorial Day as forces push for victory. A chaplain honors 500 US graves in New Guinea. Lt Gen Clark vows Rome within days after wreath at Anzio. Australian ceremony in Melbourne pays tribute to 96 fallen Americans. Arlington National Cemetery holds services with a presidential wreath. Governors at Gettysburg pause from Hershey conference to honor Civil War dead.
Carroll Manor Grange in Frederick County will confer the First and Second Degrees on 17 of 115 candidates at its Monday meeting held at the Adamstown school. May is Grange Youth Month and Carroll Manor now has 22 members aged 14 to 26. A straw berry and ice cream festival follows on Wednesday evening on the Adamstown school grounds with a May Queen and court to be crowned, then dancing. El Azucar dam will irrigate 150000 acres in northern Mexico. The notice honors St Martins Parish graduates.
A food feature by Charlotte Adams explores fruit salad as versatile course options from starter to dessert. It details combos of grape, orange, cherries, melon, berries, and more, plus a jellied mold version and a two-person quick freezer tip. It includes a honey currant bun recipe to accompany fruit dishes.
In the Liri valley area the Eighth Army engaged German parachute division units as they withdrew toward the north. British forces pressed along Highway Six toward Frosinone with tanks advancing through rugged terrain to strike the German flank. The Arce Cepirano stretch showed scorched tanks and destroyed transport as German withdrawal continued.
German night withdrawal misjudged British readiness as artillery fire roared through the valley. Parachutists fought stubbornly while rear guards were buried, destroying bridges and minefields as the Eighth Army pushed toward Frosinone with tanks circling northeast of Highway Six. A British officer called the war shocking and difficult to penetrate.
A note of special commendation from his battalion commander commends Technician Fourth Grade Sergeant Willard H. Mercer attached to a field hospital unit in England for his service during maneuvers April 28 to 30, 1944. Mercer led a mobile kitchen, ensuring hot food around the clock and displaying complete courtesy.
Sgt. Mercer wrote to his wife that he had been acting aress vergeant in charge of seven men on the two days mentioned. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Charles H Mercer, has been in England since last September. He worked at Williamson's drug store lunch counter before joining the Army in November 1942. Allen Baker was arrested on larceny charged and jailed in default of $250 bond. Ernest W Rose and Raymond Haller were jailed on intoxication charges after police overnight arrests.
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