Mayor To Name Acting Police Chief This Week
Frederick City officials move toward appointing an Acting Chief of Police this week amid strong charges against several officers. Alderman McCain pressed for investigation and the mayor vowed to act promptly after the new chief assumes duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Police Commission
Mayer Culler
Russell H. McCain
Frederick City
Want Matter
Lloyd C. Culler
McCain
Frederick
Junior Civic Club Holds First Fall Meeting 1942
The Junior Civic Club opened the 1942 43 season at the Kefauver home. President Mrs Clinton Hughes led a program on Press and Publicity and planned a November 20 21 rummage sale at the Stipleyatore room on West Patrick street. A social hour followed with prizes awarded to Mrs Eugene Brandot and Mrs Clinton Hughes. A miscellaneous shower honored Mrs Joseph Long formerly Dorothy Rice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civic Club
Dorothy Kefauver
Clinton Hughes
West Patrick Street
Robert Wilson
Eugene Brondoli
Rita McKenzie
Margaret Ann Mohler
Rebecca
Browdel
Virginia Remsburg
Rebecca Cronenburg
Virginia Remsberg
Evelyn Dixon
Evelyn Kefauver
Hilda Free
Eugene Brondol
Joseph Long
Clifford Winger
Honor Roll Read At Communion Service
Buckeystown Methodist church observed the World Wide Communion Sunday with a list of service personnel from the area read aloud by pastor Rev. John Bailey Jones. The memorial included Jacob Ray Stambaugh of the Navy, killed in the Pacific on August 3, and Buckingham School alumni serving in Army Navy and Air Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckeystown Methodist
Gras Wga
GF Wgn Pan
HG Lin
Buckeystown
John Bailey
Jones
Buckingham School
Frederick County
Jacob Ray Stambaugh
Navy
Pacific
Army
Charles Baer
William Miles
Bernard Deal
Lawrence Davis
William Capriatta
LeRoy Miles
Albert Holland
Leonard Oden
Marshall Oden
Charles Bowers
Leslie Horne
Warren Smythe
Elwood Seitz
Robert Divens
George Bi‘ser
Edward Jenkins
Thomas Foltz
John McDevitt
John Hawes
Grayson Main
Mt Airy Students Enter Higher Education Across Region
Mt Airy students show strong college enrollment with graduates entering Westminster College and Virginia Tech. Frances Molesworth and Edward Harrison join Westminster class as new freshmen while Clara Baile Beck, Martha Moss, and Betty Lee Spurrier enroll in senior year studies. Spurrier recovers from surgery in Baltimore before returning home. Additional enrollments include Walter C. Brown at Virginia Tech and Robert Williar at Bridgewater College. Charles Sonsoney earns a Harvard scholarship but military or official directives are not followed. no formal charges or suspensions reported in the department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Mt. Airy
Mt Airy High
Frances Molesworth
Edward Harrison
Westminster
Clara Baile Beck
Martare Moss
Betty Lee Spurrier
Walter C. Brown
Raymond Brown
Airy
Virginia Poly
Blacksburg
Robert Williar
Frank E. Williar
Bridgewater College
Bridgewater
Charles Sonsoney
Montgomery
Beest
School For Business
Harvard University
Cambridge
Massi É
Maryland 4-H Inducts 34 Members Into All-Star Council
College Park Maryland over the weekend the all star council of the Maryland 4 H clubs inducted 34 new members from 14 state counties at a ceremony on the University of Maryland campus Dr FE G Jenkins directed the program leading to the 4 H club victory day the ceremony was the climax of 4 H club week Those inducted included Earl Alfred Crouse Freda Condon Pearl Valentine Harold Roderick Webster Mac Cartee Betty Jackson Florence Hatfield Fred Kretzer George Fry Laytonsville Charles Stiles Maurice King and others from Carroll Frederick Howard Montgomery Washington and other counties.
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College Park
Oct
All-Star Council
Maryland
University of Maryland
FE. G. Jenkins
Maryland State Boy's Club
Farm Youth
University
Leu
Carroll County
Earl Alfred Crouse
Westminster
Freda Condon
Woodbine
Frederick County
Pearl Valentine
Rocky Ridge
Harold Roderick
Walkersville
Howard County
Webster Mac Cartee
Ellicott City
Betty Jackson
Glenelg
Washington County
Florence Hatfield
Hagerstown
Fred Kretzer
Williamsport
Montgomery County
George Fry
Laytonsville
Charles Stiles
Rockville
Maurice King
Clarksburg
War year alters Frederick Fair plans keeping grounds quiet
The 1942 Frederick Fair Grounds exhibit was cancelled amid wartime restrictions. Schools lose holiday time as the fair is skipped while new automobiles occupy storage buildings. Weather notes compare October warmth with 1941, including 96 degree highs and light showers totaling 0.16 inches.
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Frederick Fair Grounds
Lue Sau
Weather Bureau
Hotel as Army Hospital Contract in Florida
The War Department awarded a roughly $200,000 contract to R. E. Clarson, Inc. of St. Petersburg to convert the Don Cesar Hotel near St. Petersburg, Florida into an Army Air Forces hospital. The property is currently leased by the department.
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Army Hospital
Washington
Don Cesar
St. Petersbursg
Fla
Department
Army Air Forces
R. E. Clarson, Inc
St. Petersburg
Roosevelt to speak on radio for mobilization drive
President Roosevelt will address the nation tonight at 10 50 p m Eastern War Time for about three minutes. The speech supports the annual mobilization for human needs and a fall campaign to raise funds for community chests in cities nationwide.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Former Countian Helped Rout Japs
Lieut. William C. Day Jr., son of Rev. William C. Day, once of Middletown, and a Gettysburg College alumnus, helped rout Japanese airmen during the Darwin attack. A Chicago Daily News correspondent cites Day as one of the first to spot the enemy and to engage with a bomber, recounting his rapid actions under oxygen strain. His parents await word on his exploits in Australia.
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William C. Day, Jr
William C. Day
Red Lion
Zion Lutheran Church
Middletown
Darwin
Australia
George Weller
Chicago Daily News
Day
Gettysburg College
Army Air Corps
Lee
Chicago
U. S
Sforces
Charles C. Johnson
Fort Worth
Texas
Lieut. Day
Weller
Kiser
Axis Satellites Face War Over Transylvania Rift
Reports from Ankara and Bucharest say Romania and Hungary exchange sharp notes and may enter conflict after Nazi mediation offers. Baron Von Killinger allegedly pushed more Romanian troops to the Russian front in exchange for backing Romania’s position.
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Ed Buch ¢A
Humanian
Bucharest
Baron Manford von Killinger
Romania
von Killinger
Hungary
Rumania
Hitler
Transylvania
Willkie Praised by Madame Chiang at Chungking Tea
Willkie visits Chungking war industries and notes efficient operation and skilled workers. He criticizes social problems like high labor turnover and stresses the shift from agriculture to industry. Madame Chiang Kai-Shek hails him as a symbol of free nations and the ceremony includes songs by adopted war orphans. Willkie vows to advocate a world of freedom after the war.
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Chungking
Ieee
Wenasell
Wilisse
Madam Chiang Kei-Sher
Chinese Seaboard
Roosevelt
Free
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Willkie
Free Nations
Madame Chiang
Joseph W. Stilwell
U.S
Madame
First French Explorers Said to Reach Minnesota
Pierre Esprit Radisson and Medard Couart, noted French explorers, were described as the first white men to set foot within Minnesota territory according to the account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre Esprit Radisson
Medard Couart
Minnesota
Man charged with manslaughter in Mt Airy wreck
Raymond Rufus McClelland, once a Mt Airy resident and engineer, faces a manslaughter charge for his role in a crash that killed 14 people. He was born and raised near Clafelts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Airy
Raymond Rufus McClelland
Clafelts
Airy
Repair Road Delays Between Good Intent and Beaver Dam Creek
Stones are placed on the Ladiesburg road between Good Intent school house and the cross road, leaving a gap of less than a half mile unimproved between that point and Beaver Dam Creek near Friendship.
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Ladiesburg
Good Intent School House
Cross Road
Beaver Dam Creek
Friendship
Arm Fractured Child Injured During Play
Five year old John Edward Firor son of Mr and Mrs Fred Firor of Middletown sustained a severe arm fracture while playing with other children. They hurried him to a local hospital for treatment.
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John Edward
Fred Firor
Middletown
Fracture of Arm Suffered After Fall Over Orange Crate
A person fractured their arm when they toppled onto an orange crate. The incident details are minimal, with no information on location or individuals involved.
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Police Bee
Board of Aldermen
Police Department
Junior Civic Club
Idepartment
Frederick County National Bank
Market Street
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
American Bankers’ Association
George Elmer Leroy Babylon
Babylon
Guy W. Babylon
Ankara
Turkey
Hun
Naite
Reoipe
Tox
Heci
Kemp
AMT
Orta
Sant
William and
Grace Meyercord Steeves
Japan
Pinkham
Reeve
Lydis Pinkham
Kemp’s Save
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