Merit Award Honors Scrap Production Leader Bernie Bernie's Graveyard
WPB presents a Producer Merit Award to Bernie Winkle, proprietor, for producing 100 tons of scrap in September by car-janking at one of western Maryland’s oldest auto graveyards. The award, issued by J C Willson representing the Conservation Division, highlights the demanding prep and processing required to supply steel mills with salvaged auto parts.
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J. C. Willson
Bernie ‘Winkle
Ip & Guarnton Lewith
WPB
Paris
Lune
Bernie's
Maryland
Air School Found Near South Went Street
A fragment notes Mrs Bessie Puan and Miemi Brock near an Army Air Forces School location at 4295 Went South shest, with a mention of Air School edimas and ten associated individuals. The readable bits imply a local notice or obituary like reference to a nearby training facility.
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Edimas
Bessie Puan
Shest
Army Air Forces School
Miemi Brock
Christmas Cards From War Time New York
New York October 27 reports how wartime conditions shape Christmas card trends with soldiers' artwork and homefront motifs. Cardmakers feature woodcut scenes, Santa themes, and portrayals of soldiers in uniform. notable artists include Priscilla Lauder, Reginald Marsh, Emil Ganso, and Adolf Dehn. The piece notes humor and realism in designs, from foxhole to mess hall, with civilian life reflections and a shift toward practical sentiments.
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New York
Santa
Reginald Marsh
Manhattan
Emil Ganso
Charles Baskerville
Adolf Dehn
Yale
Pvt
Edward Rees
Malthe Hasselins
Angels
Jack Markow
Leo Manso
Navy
Barney Tebey
Maryland Red Clover Seed Output Drops Sharply in 1942
Maryland crop reporters estimate 8 000 bushels of thresher run red clover seed produced in 1942, down from 23 000 last year. Acreage harvested falls to about 10 000 acres, the smallest since 1933, with yields near 8.5 bushels per acre. Prices to growers average around 13 dollars per bushel. nationwide output expected to be the smallest in five years as producers shift to soybeans and corn.
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College Park
Maryland Red Clover
Maryland Crop Reporting Service
Maryland
Campaign winds up as ballots loom for 1941 races
Arrival of the deadline for mailing ballots signals candidates and party leaders that a listless campaign ends in a week. Many judicial legislative and county race hopefuls focus on Frederick this week as party chiefs push organization efforts to a climax on Saturday. County committees will meet then and the ballot battle becomes official next Tuesday. Democratic committeemen meet at Winchester Hall at 11 am with a luncheon served by the Young Women's Democratic League in the Evangelical Lutheran Church social rooms.
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Frederick
Counnty
Winchester Hall
Young Women's Democratic League
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Ballots Mailed to 84 in Service From Here
Ballots were mailed to 94 Frederick County men and women in naval and military service as the deadline for receiving applications neared. Only 18 applications were filed for absentee voting in the September primaries. An unofficial tally showed 38 ballots sent to Democrats and 26 to Republicans, with about ten requests unfilled due to lack of proper registration or insufficient identification.
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Frederick County
Japs Attack U S Airfields Across Assam Northeastern Front
New Delhi reports a strong Japanese air force struck U S air fields in Disbrugarh area Assam killing one American air officer and a British subject while wounding five Americans and destroying or damaging several transport planes. The raid mirrored by a second strike the next day, as U S forces retaliated in Burma and South China. Lieutenant Edward M. Mollmeyer of Everett Washington singled out for heroism in single‑handed attack on the raiders. Tokyo claims destruction of 49 grounded Allied planes at Chittagong and Tinsukia with three Allied losses.
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New Delhi
United States
Disbrugarh
Assam
United States Army Comunique
Burma
China
U. S
Linsi
Tientsin
Edward M. Mollmeyer
Everett
Wash
United States Army
India
Imperial
Chittagong
Tinsukia
Women’s Club Meeting Mix of War Talk and Fun
Johnsville Women’s Club held an October 20 meeting led by Mrs. Edwin Hevner with prayers and songs. Miss Lenore Whitmore spoke on war work, roll call cited defense efforts, and nine visitors attended. Plans for a Halloween party November at the church hall were made, with secret sisters to be revealed. Bonnie Hevner won a prize. next meeting November 17 at eight p.m. at Mrs. Edwin Bond’s.
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Lester W. Boyer
Frederick
Farmers Supply Company
Kaan Feedbacke
Eleanor G. Weagley
Frederick High School
Dhesee
Betty Brashears
Adamstown
Helen A. Bower
Route
Hazel Norton
Gordonwell
Mary A Summers
Helen Copp
Secord
Annie Leatherman
Middletown
Josephine Brashears
Josephine Brashear
Mar Summers
T . L. Wites
E. T Winger
Charles McA. Jones
Bruce Oland
Russell H Lindsay Pan
Lillie B Lantz
Au Novelty
Leasterman
Clarence Nelson
Johnsville Women's Club
Lenore Whitmore
Edwin Hevner
Miss Whitmore
Democracy
Reader's Digest
Hallowe'en
Church Hall
Frank Soper
Tion
Bonnie Hevner
Edwin Bond
Braddock Club
Albert Coblentz
Niemann Brunk
Braddock Women's Club
John Arthur Summers
Roy Cline
Children’s Aid Society
Bowyer F
Roosevelt comments on Willkie radio address
President Roosevelt said the Atlantic Charter applies to all humanity in reaction to Wendell L. Willkie's radio address as he commented on the speech from Washington on October 27.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Wendell L. Willkie
Frederick seeks holiday greeting for all service members
The Mayor and Aldermen of Frederick MD vote to send a holiday greeting to every man or woman from Frederick city or county serving in the armed forces of the United States. Parents and wives are asked to cooperate by completing a form with name and address and returning it to the Mayor's Office City Hall, Frederick, MD before November 1.
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Frederick
Frederick City
Frederick County
Armed Forces
United States
Private Clary Stationed At Fort Bliss Texas
In Texas Pvt. Clary son of Mr and Mrs Raymond D Clary of Frederick Route 4 is stationed at Fort Bliss Texas. The FBI in Washington DC has more than 18,000,000 fingerprints on file.
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Pvt. Clary
Raymond D. Clary
Frederick, Route 4
Fort Bliss
Texas
U. S
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington, D. C
Collision in air crash blamed for 12 deaths in California
A coroner jury ruled that 12 people died when an Americas airliner collided with an Army bomber near Palm Springs California last Friday. Army pilot Second Lt William N Wilson and co pilot Staff Sgt Robert R Leicht were involved. War Department said the Army plane pilot was under arrest pending investigation. Wilson testified he did not see the liner in time and had limited awareness of its proximity.
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Palm Springs
Calif
Here
William N. Wilson
Robert R. Leicht
Ben White
Riverside County
Army
War Department
Washington
Wilson
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R. Ama
T. TL
Ctine
Marguerite Young
NEA Service Star
General Mead
Walter Scott
Priscilla Laudervale
New Harmpshire
L. Hartman, Jr
Edward A. Chavez
Torcom HK
Subway
Lucille Corcos
Santa Claus
Barney Tobey
Brett
Iceland
James P. Little
Frederick Little
Francis Little
Peoples Drug Store
West Patrick Street
of Brunswick High School
North Atlantic
Thresher
Red Clover
U.S
Mayor's Office
City Hall
Frederick, MD
the News and the Post
Raymond D. Clary, Jr
Patrick Street
McDenegh School
Baltimore
McDenegh
T. B
Bangs
Maryland Holstein-Friesian Association
H.C. Barker
Doll Jewelry Store
South Market St
The
Parsons Co
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