Farmer Pearson Is Sentenced for Criminal Assault
Aachle Lae Pearson, 40, of Poales, convicted a week earlier on criminal assault against a neighbor’s wife, received a life sentence by Circuit Judge Gredmsa Prescott in Rock. He awaits a possible hanging date set by Gov. O’Con ex. Pearson protested innocence as the jury of 30 minutes deliberated. The crime occurred October 25 after the couple offered him a ride. they found him near Beallsville, and after advances, the wife accompanied him to nearby woods. State’s Attorney Ben Wilkinson, Jr. prosecuted, noting Pearson’s prior acquittal on another charge. County has had five death penalties in ten years, four for criminal assault and one for related murder.
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Aachle Lae Pearson
Poales
Eile Farmer
Priday
Beny
Senthane
Gredmsa Prescott
Rock
Maryland
Baltimore
O'Conex
Prescott
Charles W. Woodward
Pearson
Beallsville
Berg
Prescot
de- Semdamt
Peaseon
Pearse Wee
Wilkinson
Thanksgiving mopping up Guadalcanal and New Guinea fighting
American ground troops on Guadalcanal spent Thanksgiving mopping up isolated Japanese patrols while Secretary Knox said the southeastern Solomon Islands look favorable. He noted stiff fighting and slow progress in New Guinea, where Japanese defenses near Buna are strong. A Navy communique reported no major ground actions and minimal damage from a Japanese air attack.
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Washington
Guadalcanal
Navy
Knox
Solomon Islands
New Guinea
Buna
United States
United
Answers To War Quiz War Quiz Across Pages Uneven Fragments
Fragmentary wartime quiz item reads like a page note listing figures and places. It mentions Keilan coal mines and a MiG at Peatin with unclear context and numbers between 38 088 and 24 000. The readable portions point to a wartime trivia snippet or study prompt amid damaged text.
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Paymar
Keilan
Peatin
War Interpreted as Hitler Panics Over Toulon Action
The piece argues Hitler panicked at Toulon choosing to seize or scuttle the French fleet, accelerating defensive jitters and risking Allied counteractions. It suggests the move weakens French sovereignty, galvanizes resistance at home and in colonies, and alters Mediterranean balance while not achieving a decisive military aim.
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Hitler
Toulon
France
Naz
Africa
Russia
Vichy
Berlin
Martinique
Petain- Laval
Overseas Pvt Gaver Arrives at Overseas Destination
Overseas Pvt Gaver son of Mrs Lula M Gaver Myersiie Da arrived at his overseas destination in the military transport.
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Pvt. Gaver
Lula M. Gaver
Myersiie
Arivedoutely
Stimson Sees Stiff Fight For Tunisia
Secretary of War Henry Stimson predicted a stiff fight for control of Tunisia as Axis forces dig in along a 30 to 35 mile Gulf of Tunis belt. He noted booby bombs slow Allied progress and cited German setbacks in Russia and a pivotal pocket near New Guinea. He described ongoing battles in the Solomons and warned of future Axis air and sea pressure against Allied advances.
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Washington
Stimson
Tunisia
Russia
Douglas MacArthur
New Guinea
William FP. Halsey
Solomons
Guadalcanal
Libys
el Agheila
Aleutian Islands
Kiska
Gulf of Tunis
Bizerte
Tunis
Efax
Gabes
Algeria
Sicily
Havre de Grace Hotel Destroyed by Large Fire
The Susquehanna Hotel in Havre de Grace was completely consumed by a night blaze. Unofficial losses reached about 50 000 dollars with no reported casualties. Fire crews battled the flames from three companies. the hotel, two years old, housed war workers and 30 rooms and was owned by W. J. Botts. A separate blaze at Harford Lunch forced an engine to pull back briefly. It was said to be Havre de Grace’s largest fire since 1929.
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Havre de Grace
Susquehanna
W. J. Botts
Hood College Marionettes present Everyman and The Second Shepherds Play
Hood College Dramatic Club Marionettes stage two pre Elizabethan religious plays December 4 at 8 p m in Brodbeck Hall Everyman a Morality play and The Second Shepherds Play a Moracle play open the Christmas season directed by Miss Sally Wills Holland Assoc Professor of English. Frederick students participate including Miss Mary Florence Selby as GII in The Second Shepherds Play and Miss Eleanor Gamobrid as Five Wits in Everyman. Hugh MacDonald, who played in Quality Street, will play Everyman. Beulah Munshower of Frederick chairs properties and Constance Delphey of Hagerstown chairs makeup. The North Star note.
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Everyman
Hood College Dramatic Club
Brodbeck Hall
Sally Wills Holland
Frederick
Mary Florence Selby
Eleanor Gamobrid
Wits
Hugh MacDonald
Mass Beulah Munshower
Ais
Constance Delphey
Hagerstown
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek Arrives in U S for Medical Treatment
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek arrives in the United States and enters a hospital for treatment of after effects from a serious injury five years ago. The White House says she will be a White House guest after completing the course of treatment, with President and Mrs. Roosevelt hosting.
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Washington
Chiang Kai-Shek
Va ¢ Cabere A
United States
White House
China
Shanghai
Madame Chiang
Roosevelt
Chiang Kai- Shek
Presiden
America
Mei-Ling Soong
Charles Jones Soong
North
Cerolna
H. B. Kung
Confucius
Sun Yat-Sen
T. V. Soong
Méi-Ling
Mme
Chiang
Summit N. 3
Wesleyan College
Macon
Wellesley College
Rationing Slows Park Attendance in Maryland Areas
Park visitors statewide declined as gasoline and tire rationing affected trips. Washington Monument Park posted 1942 registrations far below 1941, with a drop near 18 percent in picnicking and no foreign cars registered. Fort Frederick and Gambrill Parks also reported sharp declines, while the monument notes historic details and local history.
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Hagerstown
Robert L. Palmer
Washington State Park
Boonsboro
Palmer
Washington Monument Park
George Washington
Monument
Gambrill Park
Fort Frederick State Park
Big Pool
Gambrill State Park
Frederick
Fort Frederick
The
Independent Order of Odd Fellows of
Bristle Rationing Limits Brushes to US Made
The rule requires all brushes to be produced in the United States with at least 45 percent content from domestic sources. It bans pig and hog bristles except for existing imports from China and the Far East prior to the prohibition.
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United States
China
Far East
Navy Seaman Kenneth Shaw At Pearl Harbor
Kenneth Shaw son of M ard Booth residing 2 Winchester Street is listed as poor at Pearl Harbor and serves in the Navy.
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Kenneth Shaw
Mard Booth
Winchester Street
Pearl Habor
Navy
Thanksgiving Fortitude and Free Speech at Lions Meeting
Capt. Glenn E. Stovall of the Salvation Army spoke at the Lions Club on Thanksgiving for Freedom, arguing war sharpens freedoms of speech and worship while stressing limits on libel and the press. He urged unity to provide universal food and urged turning to God for strength. Niemann A. Brunk presided. Rev. Slade gave invocation. guests included F. Rusie Young and George Fellows. An earlier Thanksgiving party by the Young Peoples C E Society featured games, moving pictures, and a covered dish social at Centennial Memorial L. B. Church.
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Glenn E. Stovall
Salvation Army
Lions Club
Hotel Frederick
Stovall
Niemann A. Brunk
Young Peoples C. E. Society
Centennial Memorial L. B
James H. Fisher
Queen Esther Bible
Mra. JH. Schmitt
Mra
A. B. Cassell
Assessments Levied on 167 Frederick County Countians
The Eastern Mutual Casualty receivership seeks to collect 16 108 in assessments from 167 Frederick County policyholders. Brig Gen Francis Petrott says letters have been mailed and court actions authorized to recover unpaid assessments, with several test cases already sustained by the Court of Appeals and Baltimore courts.
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Baalem Mutual Casualty Co
Baltimore
Mfabtusry
Frederici County
Maryland
Dolring
Frederick Countiana
Francis Petrott
Miles and
O'Brien
Frederick County
Insurance Commissioner of
Hazleton A. Joyce
Eastern Mutual Casualty
Court of Appeals
Circuit Court
Baltimore City
E. Austin James
Petrott
Keystone
Keystone Company of Pennsylvania
Alfred R. Jones
Keystone Companies
Perrott
Maryland Insurante
Trapped Japs Repulsed in New Guinea Counter-Attack
Allied headquarters report in Australia states Japanese ground troops along New Guinea's north shore between Gona and Buna were repulsed in a counter attack. Losses were heavy and Allied air power aided the action with bombing and strafing.
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Australia
New Guinea
Gona
Buna
High Command
Lae
North New Guinea
Portuguese Timor
Nova Lusa
Beco
Word way received
First Lieut. Ven Fomen hestand is reported to have safely departed overseas. The brief note confirms his status and wagon on active service with the unit.
Questionnaires to Go Out for 45-65 Group in Frederick County
More than 7 000 occupational questionnaires will flow from Frederick County draft boards next week to men in Groups four and five. Group four covers ages 45 to 65 and registered late in April, while Group five includes 18 to 20 year olds. Draft Board No 2 will mail to over 9 000 registrants assisted by seven female volunteers and regular staff, aiming for a May 12 500 mailing over two evenings.
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Indusurio
Frederick County
Armed Forces Draft Board No. 2
Draft Board No 2
George Slagle
Parsons Newman
Agoul Pikes
Draft Board No. 1
Miss Chorley Honored by Mademoiselle Board
Miss Mary Lou Chorley of Middletown New York a Hood College junior was chosen as a member of the college board of the fashion magazine Mademoiselle for her trial fashion report. She serves as junior campus holiday chairman fashion editor of Blue and Grey art editor of Herald and Touchstone and member of Marignettes and Alpha Psi Omega. The albatross pair take turns incubating their eggs.
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Chorley
Mary Lou Chorley
Middletown
N. Y
Hood College
Mademoiselle
Miss Chorley
Iday
Blue and Grey
the Herald
Touchstone
Marignettes
The
College Dramatic Club
Alpha Psi Omega
National Honorary Dramatic Fraternity
Discovery of new sulfonamide film for burns
Department of Surgery reports sulfa film improvements for burn treatment. Earlier solutions with sulfonamide caused slow drying and fragile films, but adding methyl cellulose yielded firmer, pliable films that dry faster and provide better protection.
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Department of Surgery
Tia Smine Hopkins Mediest School Hopkins Hospital Bulletin
Pickrell
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Thomas c. Kelley
Robert H. Hunter
House of Delegates
Alice L. Kiriakou Ha
Norma L. King
Clarke Place
Kiwanis Head
Tiuwws Kumite Semie
Clarence C. Carty
Mr. Carty
Frederick Kiwanis Club
By Kirke L. Simpson
Hood
U.S
Pearl Harbor
Capt. Stovall
Meeting of Lions
Amy Khad
Delphey’s
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C. C. Carty, Inc
B. Patrick ST
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Dr. Pickrell
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