Water shortage hits Frederick city supply hard
Frederick city faces dwindling water from Fishing Creek reservoir while Linganore supply lags due to uncertain filtration plant upgrades. Officials expect partial restoration by December 4 and full capacity by January, with two million gallons daily once the mixing basin is finished. Water palatability worsens as leaves and higher acidity affect both sources.
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Frederick City
Fishing Creek
Engstrom & Wynn
Singanore
Linganore
Watson Speaker At College Thanksgiving Assembly
Prof Watson of Columbia University addressed the College Thanksgiving assembly in Brodbeck Hall. He praised postwar youth thanks to scientific advances and international cooperation. A fall sports program followed with faculty beating the hockey team and sophomores topping freshmen in soccer. rounds in tennis archery and novelty events complemented the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodwin Watson
Columbia University
Hood
Brodbeck Hall
Watson
Coblentz
Sale Of Dog Veterans Of War Commenced In Maryland
Baltimore November 24 the sale of dog veterans of the Army K-9 Corps whose former owners lack homes begins. Lt Edward T Boswell Maryland chairman of Dogs for Defense Inc says Marylanders may qualify to purchase one trained canine veteran for about 18 dollars. Dogs shipped from Fort Robinson Nebraska after rehabilitation courses before discharge. About 300 dogs must find owners by year end. Breeds include German shepherds doberman pinschers collies and boxers. Army provides discharge collar leash training manual and grooming advice with each dog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Maryland racing wagers near 21 million in 100 day year
Baltimore reports show total wagering around 21 million dollars during Maryland's 100 day racing year. Auditor's figures released to the State Racing Commission indicate potential gains exceed previous totals by about 26 thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Maryland
Q@umsitor
State Racing Commission
Rerio Nigh
Promoted Fourth Time The War Interpreted
Lieut. Eader, a 1940 Naval Academy graduate, receives his fourth promotion to lieutenant commander after four years in the South Pacific. He trains at New London and aims to command a submarine. nephew of Sherman P. Bowers. War news notes Allied advances in Europe and Asia, with German reserves tied to the Roer and reporting mixed counterattacks near Aachen. Addresses Dentists Dr James Edward Pyott of Baltimore spoke to Frederick County Dental Society on mucoslip impressions, with attendees listing Eader and Lederkramer among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Naval Academy
Eader
South Pacific
Lewis B Eader
Pleasant
New London
Conn
Sherman P. Bowers
Kirke L. Simpson
Associated Press
Europe
Asia
Pacific Islands
Tokyo
Japan
Alsace
France
Fee
Rhine
Strasbourg
Roer
Bologne
West Rhine Plain
James Edward Pyott
Baltimore
Frederick County Dental Society
Francis Scott Key
Counry
Pyott
I. S Eader
C. E. Broadrup
Q H_ Stinson
A. K. Leon
F. V. Swearing
Western Maryland district Legion Auxiliary meeting in Westminster
Westminster hosted the Western Maryland district meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary with Carroll Unit 31 and Francis X. Elder Unit 121 as co hosts. Officers from Baltimore Frederick and other areas spoke on membership and a departmental conference is set for Sunday at the Wer Memorial building. The district plans a Joy Shop at the State Sanatorium Sabillasville and efforts to aid 17 veterans at Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster
Western Mayland
American Legion Auxiliary
Carroll
Francis X. Elder
Emimitsburg
Robert G Frtz
Rocky Ridge
Western Maryland
Norman IE. Horn
Baltimore
J B. Mercer
Joseph Shallenberger
Earl Poorbaugh
George Rodock
Frederick
Ed, Fisher
Wer Memorial
Sabillasvile
English brothers in military service receive notices
On Sub S l/c English, son of Mr and Mrs R J English near Laytons ville, has graduated from the U S Conn He spent a short leave with his parents prior to reporting for sea duty A brother Am M 2¢ William R English is now based at Seattle Wash following his return from the Pacific in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S l
English
R. J. English
Laytonsville
U. S
New London
Conn
Am. M
William R English
Seattle
Wash
Pacific
Festus Jenkins gets 18 months added in Baltimore
Festus Jenkins formerly of near Braddock Heights, serving a House of Correction sentence for larceny, drew an additional 18 months in Baltimore on Friday for escaping from Roxbury Penal Farm last August with Fred LaMar. LaMar was caught in Jacksonville, Florida. Jenkins in Charleston, West Virginia. Jenkins, who claimed to be an ex motorcyclist, had a long prior trouble record and a five year House of Correction sentence in 1941. Also noted is Air Medal award to Sgt. Harry C Zimmerman Jr., 20, of Braddock Heights, top turret gunner of a Bell Flying Fortress with the 95th Bombardment Group, for meritorious achievement in Eighth Air Force bombing attacks on German targets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Festus Jenkins
Braddock Heights
House of Correction
Baltimore
Roxbury
Fred LaMar
Jenkins
State Penitentiary
LaMar
Jacksonville
Fla
Charleston
W. Va
Eighth Air Force
England
Harry C. Zimmerman, Jr
Bell Flying Fortress
95Th Bombardment Group
Air Medal
Zunmerman
Berlin
Harry C. Zimmerman
Washington County Gets New Hospital
State officials chose Washington County as the site for a chronic disease hospital, rejecting Frederick County’s Montevue proposal. Plans include one hospital on each shore and a third near Baltimore to handle chronic cases. Frederick County faces about 90,000 debt on Montevue and may keep or repurpose the site while counties transfer chronic patients to state facilities. Washington County, with local leaders and business groups, asserts the Belmont option as best for Western Maryland patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Public Works
Washington County Home For the
Frederick County Commissioners
Washington County Commissioners
Baltimore
Baltimore City
Morfordord
Anne Arundel
Frederick County
Montevue
Maryland
General Assembly
Herbert O'Conor
Washington County
Bellevue
Montgomery
Carroll
Board of Public Works
Hagerstown
Chamber of Commerce
Thanksgiving Talk At Lions Club In Frederick
Captain Robert Truax of the Salvation Army in Frederick spoke at a Lions Club luncheon about “Three Thanksgivings in USC” and shared Army camp experiences. He described how service personnel value simple comforts, noting the holiday’s deeper meaning amid duty and loneliness. Guests included Ernest Shipley, Ralph Baumgardner, Leo Himes, and E. M. Spangler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Usc
Robert Truax
Salvation Army
Frederick
Lions Club
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Truex
USO
Cape Charles
Salisbury
Naval Air Stations
Coast Guard
Lion Third
Paul Carmack
Ernest Shipley
Washington
Ralph Baumgardner
Baltimore
Leo Himes
Hagerstown
M. Spangler
Mother Of 24 To Give Her Ninth Pint Of Blood Monday
Mrs Charles H Clarke of Thurmont Maryland, a 49 year old mother of 24 with 12 living, plans her ninth pint donation to the Red Cross as the Mobile Blood Donor Unit returns to Frederick. She runs a 1 1 room home, helps on a six acre farm, operates a roadside restaurant, and has been a Gallon Club member. She rises at 4:30 each day, feeds and outfits six schoolchildren, and crafts meals from farm vegetables. She has endured five operations yet remains dedicated, saying she donates as long as a doctor approves. Her daily duties include laundry from 18 bushels of clothing and caring for her 63 year old father. She has become a second mother to local servicemen, supplying coffee, soups, and sandwiches, and has received letters of gratitude from soldiers and their mothers alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
H. Clarke
Sc. Thurmont
Red Cross
Frederick
Clarke
Gallon Club of
Baltimore
Michael Derwart
Thurmont
North County
Guam
Charles H. Jr
Sharpsburg
Jerome Andrew
Catherine Silverthorne
Mary Hasselman
New York
Eleanor
Vincent Patrick
Joseph
Michael
Paul
Rose Marie
Ronald
Francis Robert
St. John’s School
Eisenhower Seeks Boost in Small Arms Ammunition
Washington reports an urgent appeal from General Eisenhower calling for a 100 percent increase in small arms ammunition. Production will roughly double at 13 plants as more than 77,000 workers are needed to meet the expanded goal amid tight labor conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
War Production Board
WPE
J. A. Krug
Krug
Weeds Recorded in Clerk's Office for Local Property Sales
Real estate of the late James H. Firer at 506 East Main Street Thurmont sold at public sale to Mr and Mrs William E Foreman for 3370, reassigned to J Hooker Lewis. Bank of Brunswick sold to Mary M Detrick on Fourth Avenue Brunswick for about 2800. Mr and Mrs Charles S Hobbs sold nine acres and improvements in Tuscarora near Yellow Springs for about 2500. H A Goetz G K Wysong and Forrest A Brown trustees will sell Thomas Jefferson Hotel in Charles Town on Dec 16 to satisfy a lien. Hotel has 35 bedrooms and 23 baths plus furniture and equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Firer
East Main Street
Thurmont
Sherman P. Bowers
William E. Foreman
J. Hooker Lewis
Bank of Brunswick
Mary M. Detrick
Fourth Avenue
Brunswick
Charles S. Hobbs
Lester B. Green
Tuscarora
Yellow Springs
Charles Town
W. Va
H. A. Goetz
G. K. Wysong
Forrest A. Brown
Thomas Jefferson
Charles Town Hotel Corporation
Charles Town to Tax Bicycles Beginning Next Year
Charles Town West Virginia will impose a 1 per bicycle annual tax starting January 1. Bicycles will receive official tags and be regulated under traffic laws similar to automobiles. The measure aims to regulate traffic, not to raise revenue for the city.
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Charles Town
W. Va
Rationing Of Better Meats To Continue
Washington reports rationing of better grades of meats may persist through 1945 and possibly into 1948 even if the European war ends early. 1945 meat production is forecast at 1.9 billion pounds less than this year’s output of 24.6 billion. Wheat supplies shrink as farmers cut hog production. Per capita civilian beef, veal, lamb and mutton, and pork amounts are projected under continued war or early end scenarios.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Food Administration
Maryland Eagles Initiate 31 New Members in Drive
Howard Dressel guest speaker at Junior Fire Hall as Frederick Aerie 1067 F. O. E. initiates 31 new members. Robert H. Hartman degree team led the ceremony with Worthy President M. Talley presiding. The event, part of a national membership drive, follows 103 initiates since June, surpassing the 1945 quota. Music by the Eagles Orchestra accompanied the banquet and dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Dressel
Organization
Board of Maryland Eagles
Frederick Aerie
Robert H. Hartman
M. €. Talley
Aerie
Eagles’ Orchestra
Novelist Hemingway Active as D. S. First Army Writer
Paris dispatch reports Ernest Hemingway is serving as a correspondent with the 1D. S. First Army Supreme Headquarters and denying rumors he was captured two weeks ago. The note confirms ongoing assignment and dispels speculation.
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Paris
Ernest Hemingway
1D. S. First Army
Supreme Headquarters
London
Fined For Shooting Hogs Of Neighbor
Magistrate Edward J. Smith heard cases last night in police court. Warren Burger near Urbana and Joseph Pawtowski Takemy Park faced fines for cruelty to animals and assault with a pop bottle. Burger admitted shooting and killing four hogs owned by Mrs. Moselle B. Rosencrantz after prior warnings and damage settlements. Pawtowski, locally a plumber, was tied to a pay dispute with Fred C. Christ. he was accused of assault after knocking Christ unconscious with a closed bottle. Several other fines were recorded for traffic and minor charges as collateral dispositions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J.smith
Crielty
Warren Burger
Urbana
Joseph
Pawtowski
Takemy Park
Richard EB. Zimmerman
Burger
Moselle B. Rosencrantz
Steck
Campo Detrica
Montgomery County
Fred C. Christ
East Second Street
Christ
Marshall Ropp
R. A. Kelbaugh
Lilla A. Harrison
Washington
la Curve
Bruce A.brachey
Lucinda K. Elliott
Laurel
John M. Monroney
H. L. Basore
LeRoy Bryan
Frederick
Pampas Hort
Hundred Dollar Elephant Wins Science Magazine Prize
Osborne I Price Jr crafted a political elephant from salvaged parts for a Popular Science contest, earning a share of 100 dollars. His realistic model used a tin can body a bulb head price tags ears fuse plugs feet and pencils tusks. Towson paper Union News bought by Fenwick Keyser USNR with Barbara Keyser to run during wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osborne I. Price, Jr
West College Terrace
Price
Towson
Union News
Fenwick Keyser
USNR
Baltimore Evening Sun
Commander Keyser
Barbara Keyser
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Prof. Watson
College Assembly
Frank Keefer
Alhead
Germany
Blaine E. Eader
Harold R
China
Raye
Fuwallya
Bhutan
India
Sadita Tee Ae
Songview
Tea
Lashio
Burma
Salt Lake City
Indo
Fhailand
Calcutta
Assam-North
Petaleam Distrbution
U.S. Army
State
Charles H. Clarke, Sr
Cal
Bernie’s Arena
ASCAP
West
Union
Christeas
South Market
ALLEN
North Market ST
C.e.cline& Son
Pheme
Frederick, M
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