Meat Rationing Planned Amid Record Civilian Demand
Washington reports the government moves toward nationwide meat rationing within about four months. The Food Requirements Committee, including eight agencies, recommends consumer rationing as the fairest method, with packers’ civilian sales curbed by a WPB order. A voluntary reduction push, possibly meatless days, will follow to cut per-person intake from present high levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Wickard
War Production Board
Food Requirements Committee
Army, Navy
Lend-Lease Administration
WPB
Office of Price Administration
Board of Economic Warfare
State and Agriculure
Wat Production Board
Averson O
Claude Wickard
Donald M. Nelson
WPE
Natio Wickard
Britain
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Answers To War Quiz Questions On Page Five
A three item quiz review lists: 1. cooks or bakers. 2. the Navy Department versus the Treasury Department in peacetime. 3. a short rifle used by horse cavalry.
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Cook
Baker
Navy Department
Treasury Department
Autos Scarce First Day At Timonium Races
Timonium Md Aug a1 Autos were scarcer at the Timonium Fair than in past years yet fairgoers attended with interest on Fantom protons and Digeree and mn crowned cars The fair management reported an attendance of 8600 for the first day of racing A new award honored the most unusual method of old fashioned transportation won by a Fallston Md team The half mile oval saw improvements including the Daiger Promenade named for Matt Daiger A daily double paid 939 to the six holders with Latest 222 to 1 and Lady Timarale paying 670 per 2 wager.
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Timonium
Fantom Protons
Digeree
Fallston
Oscally
Daiger
Matt Daiger
Timarale
Magistrate Fines Woman in Police Court
Mrs Bessie Bell of 317 West South Street faced assault and battery and disturbing the peace charges. Found not guilty on the first, fined 2.50 on the second after testimony from Mrs Lydard and Mrs Mercer. The incident stemmed from a stone allegedly thrown into the Mercer yard on August 20 while Shirley Lydard played nearby. Bell denied calling names and claimed she pulled blinds. Several others faced charges including Archie Fletcher found guilty on three charges with fines or 50 days, and various youths charged with drunkenness or disorderly conduct with fines or sentences. A heavy docket of minor offenses followed, including postponed drunken driving hearings for Charles Hough.
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Bessie Bell
West South Street
Shirley Lydard
Dorothy Lyodard
Shirley
Pearl Mercer
Manuel M. Weinberg
Lydard
Bell
Lyard
Estelle
Charles Hough
Route 2
Frederick
Hough
Garnett Ramsburg
West Patrick Street
Francis Wagner
Frederick Junction
SA Wagner
Don Russell
Rosemont Avenue
Dwight Collins
College Place
Jack Wood
North Market Street
Joan Hendrickson
3US
Upper College Terrace
Weinberg
Post Sunal Finday
Samuel Thompson
Magsie
Smith
Maggie
Asa
Sheena AD Jones
Rowe
Frrderick
Leroy Ebner Bevan
Elsie Russell
Jerome Null
Earl Edward Neulro
Baltimore
Reekies
William H Leek Adamsown
Melvin Snowden
Manslaughter Charge Faces Truck Driver
Walter Edgar Shorb of Mount St. Marys was killed when a truck driven by Russell Donald Long of Thurmont overturned on a sharp Franklinville curve. Kreitz, injured, was rescued by neighbors before Long was arrested for manslaughter in the fatal crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklinville
Walter Edgar Shorb
Mount St. Mary's
John Krestz
Russell Donald Long
Thurmont
W. W. Corbin
Long
Macisten
Willam Staner
Corbin
Miller's
Shorb
Kreitz
Kreits
Frank DeBerry
Kreit
Winebrewer Estate Heirs Sought On Radio Tonight
A radio program on the Columbia network seeks missing heirs of Jale Reverdy Winebrewer of Walkersville. Miss Anic Winebrewer died last October, and heirs or their descendants anywhere may claim under Maryland law. Roy L. Leatherman and Orphans Court judges report inquiries from California, Oklahoma, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jale Reverdy J. Winebrewer
Walkersville
Columbia
Register of Wills Office
Jones EF. Waters
Court of Missing Heirs
Mr. Waters
Winebrewer
Anic Winebrewer
Maryland
Maryland county allotment of autos for September
The Office of Price Administration announced 588 automobiles for Maryland for September with Baltimore City 160 and Baltimore County 84 the largest quotas. Unused quotas will be cancelled at month end. County allocations list Allegany Cumberland 7 Westernport 2 Anne Arundel 30 Baltimore Towson 47 Dundalk 28 Calvert 5 Caroline 4 Carroll 13 Dorchester 5 Frederick 10 Harford Bel Air 20 Aberdeen 20 Howard 8 Kent 5 Montgomery 58 Prince Georges 30 Queen Annes 3 St Marys 45 Somerset Talbot 5 Washington 37 Wicomico 7 Worcester 6.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Office of Price Administration
Baltimore City
Baltimore County
OPA
Allegany
Cumberland Branch
Allegany County
Westernport
Anne Arundel County
Towson
Baltmore County
Dundalk
Calonsville
Calvert
Caroline
Carroll
Deer
Charles
Dorchester
Frederick
Garrett
Harford
Bel Ai
Aberdeen
Howard
Kent
Montgomery
Prince Georges
Queen Anne’s
St Mary's
Somerset Talbot
Washington
Wicomira
Worcester
Prince Near Death After RAF Attack Wounds
Prince Achille Murat of the Napoleonic line was reported in serious condition tonight at Blois Hospital after injuries from the Bordeaux Paris Express raid. The government said two of his eight children were less severely wounded. In 1940, 1885 planes were exported from the U S to Britain and Canada.
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Vichy
Achille Murat
Blois
Nove Bie
Lees
Voters Threaten Boycott Over ExtraGas Rations Use
Voters across Frederick County threaten to boycott candidates who campaign with special supplemental gasoline. The county ration board reports no requests or issued amounts for campaign workers, though some Brunswick workers used gas during the municipal election. Officials emphasize there is no fixed ration allotment for candidates and decisions depend on mileage. several individuals have voiced intent to refuse voting for those who campaign using special gas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luwuquines
Frederick County
R. L. Sherrick
Frederick County Board
Sherrick
Brunswick
Frederick
OPA
Roosevelt dedicates Naval Medical Center at Bethesda
President Roosevelt dedicates the 270 foot towered Naval Medical Center at Bethesda Maryland, calling for greater safety in factories and on highways. He notes 42 million man days lost to accidents and cites 40,000 killed in auto crashes and 1.5 million injured last year. He warns civilians’ reckless driving harms national manpower and praises Navy Medicine Bureau personnel.
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Bethesda
Roosevelt
Naval Medical Center
Washington
United States
More Candidates Off For Physical Exams
Frederick County Selective Service boards prepare for September 1 as groups head to Baltimore for examination and camps. Board No 1 mails supplemental forms to 8 A men while 35 candidates notified ten days ago are to be sent to Baltimore for processing. 27 inductees will depart for Camp Lee Virginia after two weeks in voluntary reserve furlough. Local boards plan a larger 1 A group of youths just over twenty and reclassified men.
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Frederick County
Selective Service Boards
Baltimore
Draft Board No. 1
Camp Lee
Tuhetius
Tlecloweks
Fredk City
Many Ships To Be Launched Labor Day
Washington reports more than 150 warships and small vessels to be launched or have keels laid on Labor Day next Monday. The Navy did not specify exact launch counts among the total, listing destroyers, submarine chasers, motor torpedo boats, mine sweepers, coastal transports, tank landing craft, seaplane tenders and others. The program was called a naval victory won by American workers.
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Washington
Navy
Workers of America
Robbery Solved At Thurmont Brockley Grocery Store
A 14 year old boy admitted hiding in the Brockley grocery store until closing and stealing about 30 dollars from the cash register. Magistrate William J Stoner ordered Roger Valentine placed in custody of County Probation Officer Nannie K Roderick for further investigation. Deputy Sheriff Edgar M Freeze led the inquiry. The Suez Canal was 13 years in construction.
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Brockley
Thurmont
William J Stoner
Roger Valentine
Nannie K. Roderick
Edgar M. Freeze
Schools urged to adopt full war program nationwide
A national institute on education and war urged immediate alignment of elementary and high school curricula with the war effort. The 10 point program emphasizes aviation, mechanics, industry, radio and physics, health, revised social studies, armed forces understanding, and postwar implications to speed students’ readiness for military service.
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Washington
National Institute On Education and
Audo
Settlement of Right Of Way Dispute Near Peters Property
Mayor Lloyd C. Culler and Aldermen inspected the Peters property on East Thirteenth street as part of talks over a sewer right of way. Officials said no decision was made but a proposed settlement will likely be drafted at Wednesday night’s Mayor and Aldermen meeting.
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Lloyd C. Culler
Board of Aldermen
Gerrit Peters
East Thirteenth Street
With
Requardts Sue Strube For 1400 Debt In Urbana
Frederic Requardt and Mrs Dixie Requardt filed suit in Circuit Court alleging Earl Strube of Urbana owes $1400 and seven months rent at $200 monthly for a farm they leased, claiming he absconded to evade payment. Attorney Charles McC Mathias represents the plaintiffs.
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Frederic Requardt
Dixie Requardt
Earl Strube
Urbana
Charles McC. Mathias
Reynardts
Strube
Nazis Again Asked To Make Fullest Sacrifices
New York reports Adolf Hitler urged the German people to offer the fullest sacrifices in his annual winter campaign broadcast from Berlin. CBS noted the appeal echoed prior propaganda against Jews, plutocrats and Communists while praising soldiers at the front and marking the fourth year of war.
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New York
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
CBS
Hitler
Registration Today Light Pre Primary Effort in County
County election officials report a light pre primary registration day with 59 precinct sites open 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Most new registrants are would be citizens or those turning 21. Changes to party affiliation are discouraged as they affect primary eligibility. Officials note various questions about registration and mail ballots, with candidates sourcing sample ballots from officials. Interceptor planes are mentioned in a contrasting wartime note.
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Board of Election Supervisors
Frederick County
New Yorker Charged With Wartime Treason
Anthony Cramer a 43 year old German born mechanic is charged with wartime treason for aiding two saboteurs linked to German operations. He faces possible death penalty, bail set at 50000, arraignment September 4 before Judge John C Knox. Also notes bombs at Nazi HQ in Antwerp and Nansen family arrests per CBS broadcasts.
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New York
Anthony Cramer
John C. Knox
Cramer
Beadquarters
Antwerp
Belgium
Norway
Fritjof Nansen
CBS
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Iceland
Reykjavik
Rauferborn
United States Army
Rauferlom
Teeland
Pooner Peninsula
Arcli¢ Circle
Russell D. Long
Walter E. Shorb
WU. S
Canada
New Naval Medical Center
Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Bureau
Suez Canal
New
Mak
Ing Machine Office
Zac
C. C. Carty, Inc
E. Patrick St
Frederick, Md
New Yorker
Victory Bicycles
Delphey
C. E. Cline & Son Funeral Directors
A. B.C
Botany
Hendrickson
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