Frederick officer killed in action and Pfc Sweeney dies
Second Lt. Kenneth L. Ports of Walkersville killed in action in France on September 18. Pfc. Raymond W. Sweeney of Frederick dies of wounds suffered in Belgium September 11. Both were formerly athletes at Walkersville High School and Maryland alumnus Ports. Sweeney had worked at Everedy and served since May 1943, with family details listed.
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Frederick County
War Department
Kenneth L. Ports
Roscoe Ports
Walkersville
France
Pfe
Reymond W. Sweeney
Raymond Sweeney
West Fifth Street
Belgium
Walkersville High School
Ports
University of Maryland
Air Corps
Infantry
Fort Blanding
Fla
Alabama
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
Black Panther
Emma Ports
Hanover
Lee
Bila Wes
Wiesedick
Europe
Camp Sheller, Miss
England
Everedy Company
All Saints’ Episcopal
Ph. Sweeney
Catoctin Furnace
Thurmont
Church Street
Frederick High School
Raymond and
Alice Elizabeth Rodgers Sweeney
Wesley Rodgers
East Third Street
Edward Shankle
Washington, D. C
James Simmons
Poplar Springs
Charles Dronenburg
Francis
Martha Sweeney
Shankle
Coast Guard
Dronenburg
Sweeney
Explosions at Boston Symphony Hall Meeting
Explosions during intermission of a sellout premiere of a controversial musical revue caused panic at Boston Symphony Hall. Eight to ten blasts from the lobby area prompted crowd to rush for doors while police responded and attendees evacuated briefly.
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Boston Symphony Hall
Boston
Symphony Hall
F. D. R. Victory
Earl Browder
Aachen Doomed as Allied Drive Breaks Siegfried Line
War dispatches describe the Allied First Army expanding pressure toward Aachen after breaches in the Siegfried Line. Air bombardment clears paths for ground assault while German defenses retreat to ruined town ruins. Analysts see Aachen as the first major German city at risk of isolation, with three hard surfaced routes to the Rhine potentially opening to the Allies.
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Aachen
Bergendorf
Geitkenkirchen
Buren
Alled
Stolberg
Rachel
Hurtgen Forest
Doren
Rhine
Berlin
Cologne
Bricker Attacks Secret Agreements in Speech
Governor John W. Bricker denounced government secrecy and secret international policy in a prepared speech in Milwaukee. He criticized conferences on food, war refusals, monetary policy, and world security as glittering generalities behind closed doors, while defending some information withheld for military security. A separate note reports a surprise birthday party at the Stitely home in Catoctin Furnace honoring Mrs. Stitely and listing attendees and gifts.
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Milwaukee
Wis
John W. Bricker
Secre
United Sectia
Municipal Auditorium
Washington
Brieker
Hot Springs
Bermuda
Bretton Woods
Dumbarton Oaks
Roy Stitely
Catoctin Furnace
Oscar Miller
Edward Nunemaker
Elmer Andrews
Calectin Furnace
Margaret Kier
Elmer Bollinger
Gbdores
Sterling Bollinger
William Snurr
Lonnie
Willie Stitely
Maurice Strine
Thurmont
Austin Young
Graceham
William Wilhide
Dewey Wohide Danel Evier
Elizabeth Spangler
Waynesboro
Storer College News: Dr McKinner to Become President
In Harpers Ferry WV on October 22 college officials announced Dr Richard I McKinner will be installed as president of Storer College. He will succeed Dr Henry T McDonald who retired after leading the college for 46 years. The Bovst estate filing lists inventories including stocks and cash, ground rents and cities with approximately 522006.
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BOVST
Register of Wills
Bopsy
Harpers Ferry
Richard I McKinner
Storer College
McKinner
Henry T. McDonald
Four Japanese Ships Sunk as Allied Air War Rages
Allied headquarters in New Guinea reported air strikes sank or damaged four Japanese ships in the Dutch East Indies and Celebes area with two cargo ships sunk and an enemy minelayer. The October totals rise in the Southwest Pacific.
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Allied
New Guinea
Japan
Dutch East Indies
Celebes-Ambonia
Southwest Pacific
Commmunique
Celebes
Solomons
Escapee Leroy Dinterman Recaptured Near Sabillasville
Leroy Dinterman aged 17 of Bruns-Wieck escaped Friday afternoon from the State Penal Farm at Roxbury and the State Sanatorium Sabillasville, and was recaptured hours later by guards near Sabillasville. He had been sentenced to 18 months at the Maryland House of Correction for larceny in Circuit Court on December 27. He was working in the Sanatorium kitchen at the time officials said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Dinterman
Bruns- Wieck
Roxbury
Sabillasville
Blaryland Training School
Dinterman
House of Correction
Backlog of orders hits Maryland tire allotment
The State Office of Price Administration said Maryland holds unfilled backlogs of over 17,000 applications for new passenger car and small truck tires after 22,979 tires were distributed in September. With October quota at 22,238, about 5,000 tires remain for new applicants, and small truck tire shortages are noted as especially critical. Also, the sicuna in Peru is being domesticated slowly, requiring capture of very young animals or newborns.
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Baltimore
State Office of Price Administration
Maryland
OPA
Peru
Re-employment Committee For Service Men Named
Discharged World War II veterans return to Frederick County at about one a day. AAM PL bad veterday Caverns! OConor appoints four additional reemployment committeemen to join two Selective Service boards, bringing the total to ten. New appointees are Filas B. Ramsburg Jr Ernest Helfenstein Daniel EB Wight and A Hart Etchison. they serve as unpaid advisors alongside Richard E. Zimmerman Herbert S Schroeder William R. Slemmer W Jerome Offutt James H. Gam brill and Rev Thomas A. Withey of Brunswick. Veterans must report to their board within five days of arrival. the clerk interviews each veteran and records the transcript for the committee. A veteran has 40 days from discharge to request his former position. One board member favors a plan to wait for referrals then follow up to ensure rehiring and economic security, noting pitiful cases of honorably discharged non combat veterans needing rehabilitation and reemployment after discharge.
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Frederick County
Selective Service Board
Oconor
Filas B. Ramsburg, Jr
Ernest Helfenstein
Daniel EB. Wight
A. Hart Etchison
Richard E. Zimmerman
Herbert 5. Schroeder
William R. Slemmer
W. Jerome Offutt
James H. Gambrill
Thomas A. Withey
Brunswick
Selective Service
Martinsburg WoW elect officers and officers named at Synod meet
At Martinsburg the Wo men s Guild of the Polem ic Synod Evangelical and Re formed Church elected officers including Mrs G A Bunchett of WoodstockVa first vice president Mrs J A Moss of Hagerstown second vice president Mrs Harvey Shue of Baltimore second vice president and others. Installations conducted by Dr A M Gluck. Also reports from Ballanger 4 H Club and a note on federal reimbursement for the loss of the pre war liner President Coolidge and a crop outlook including onions and rattlesnakes.
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Martinsburg
Baltimore
Karl Peltz
Howard K. Brown
Benchoff
General Synod
William D. Powell
Walkersville
A. M. Gluck
Host Church
Dewey Speaks Today At Charleston West Virginia
Dewey grows wary after Roosevelt disavows Communist support and vows to discuss the issue openly on a Charleston radio address. He accuses the Roosevelt administration of seeking a regulated postwar economy and announces an advisory committee on New York industrial development. Dewey plans the Charleston talk at 9 45 p m Eastern time after visiting St Patrick's Cathedral in New York.
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Dewey
Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
Charleston
W. Va
Paul Lockwood
Albany
New York City
Alfred E. Smith
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
White House
Littl
Polygamists Found Guilty In Utah Court
Salt Lake City October 6 Thirty one Fundamentalist cult members twenty men and eleven women were convicted by a district court jury after nearly two hours of deliberation. Judge M J Bronson set October 15 for sentencing with a maximum penalty of one year imprisonment or a $1090 fine. Defense plans appeal to state Supreme Court and possibly the U S Supreme Court.
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Salt Lake City
M. J. Bronson
State Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Truth
Latter Day Saints
Mormon Church
Church
Coal Machinery Sent to Britain Boosts Wartime Coal Output
American coal mining equipment sent to Great Britain is increasing wartime production. Experts expect strap coal output to rise and possibly double, reflecting cooperation aimed at accelerating coal supply for the war effort.
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Great Britain
Police Take Man's License After Diabetic Assertion
Inspector reports Willam Hahn of Tower apartments was found not guilty of drunken driving before Magistrate Alton Y Bennett. Hahn’s physician testified he is diabetic and prone to spells simulating intoxication. Jury recommended license suspension pending indefinite review by State Police.
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Willam Hahn
Tower Apartments
Alton Y. Bennett
Hahn
Ralph Potts
Arthur Ridgely
American Legion
E. Austin James
James Gilmore
West Fifth Street
Healtas Annuay
Sterling Butlers
Libertytown
Charles Smith
Baltimore
Clarence U. Steele
Hagerstown
Corp W
Thin Apparel Just As Warm As Heavy Clothing
Washington reports that winter clothing can be light yet effective as body heat and moisture management prove more crucial than bulk. An Industrial Department expert notes lighter fabrics and synthetic fibers may replace thick garments, suggesting future apparel that resists dirt, wrinkles, moths, and scorching without iron needed.
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Washington
Oct
Commuierce Department
Margaret E. Wambsganss
Earthquake strikes Istanbul and parts of Turkey
A violent quake hit Istanbul and other Turkish regions causing at least 50 deaths. The British radio quoted Turkish dispatches and CBS recorded the broadcast.
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Turkey
New York
Istanbul
CBS
Girl Killed In Washington Slaying of Dorothy Berrum from Chippewa Falls
Dorothy Berrum a 17 year old War Department clerk from Chippewa Falls Wisconsin was found strangled on a Potomac Park golf course. A new belt near her body and signs of a struggle are noted. She was identified by a high school ring and police say she had been raped.
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Washington
Dorothy Berrum
War Department
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Potomac Park
Park
Miss Berrum
A. Magruder McDonald
D. B
Robert J. Barrett
Ordnance Division
Arlington Warms
Virginia
East Potomac Park
Potomac River
Washington Channel
Anchorage Basin
Grace
QPALE
Veterans advisory committee appoints new members for Maryland counties
Governor O Conor appointed the onty tour new members of the veterans advisory committee for 12 Maryland counties. The committees work with the state wide veterans committee in aiding discharged service personnel. Appointees for Carroll include John Bennett of Westminster J William Mather of Jo Westminster Randall G Sporlein of New Windsor Scott Bair of Westminster Lawrence B Fink of Westminster.
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Ucl
Veterans Advisory Committee
Maryland
O'Conor
Veterans Committee
Carroll
John Bennett
Westminster
J. William Mather
Randall G. Sporlein
New Windsor
Scott
Bair
Lawrence B. Fink
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Pullen
W. Lee Elgin
Towson
Kirke L. Simpson
Bricker
U.S
Kita Island
Associated Press
Kuriles
Tokyo
Tsokkaido
Federal Communications Commission
United States
Peletiu
Babachhuap
Palau Islands
Palau
Shimushiri
Province City
Kweilin
Szewai
Canton
Ta Kung Pao
Great Briain
Chinapow
Nippon
South Seas
Burma
Faeth Indian Division
Tiddim
Bone Manipur
Comei
FCC
Saicide Ridge
Peleliu Island
Rebef
USMC
NEA
Ballanger
William Howard Dr
Jack Krantz
Ntwa
Shorthorn Breeders Association
William
Howard, Jr
Federal
President Coolidge
Southwest
Pacifi
War Shipping Administration
Amerian President Lines
Lttd
Marittime Commission
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Reds
Belgrade
Rutan Fa
Yupeslevie, U. A. Od
Bulgeria
Romania
Bulgaria
Pyiavgrad
Balkans
Hungary
Transylvania
NEA Telephota
Charleston, W. Via
Utah
Cal
Bernie's Arena
Frederick
ASCAP
Detroit
Packard Motor Car Company
Detroit Area
War Labor Board
Packard
Advisors
ALLEN
North Market
South Warket
C.e.cline& Son
Phope
Frederick, Md
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