Board Makes Final Plans For Opening Of Schools
The Frederick County Board of Education met in a special session to finalize openings for the county public schools next week. New teacher appointments were announced, bars to a Harrisville one room school closed, and bus transport arranged to Mt Airy via Carroll county.
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Frederick County
Harry Finneyfrock
Frederick High School
Elmer Hodges
Near Frederick
Thurmont High School
Mildred H. Snively
College Park
Walkersville
Helen Carnin
Towson
Emmitsburg
Edna Alice Cramer
Middletown
Middletown High School
Julia Ann Flohr
Vienna
Brunswick High School
Christine Scott
Washington, D. C
Perry Darner
Jefferson
Frederick
Bertha Rice Fogle
Woodsboro
Mary Jean Shugars
Shippensburg
Verna June Dimmick
East Stroudsburg
Emmitsburg Highchool
Clayton Maines
Herrisville
Eckenrode
Haines
Herman Tyrance
Lincoln High School
Francis J. Soukey
Ann Thomas
Maryland Institute of Art
Baltimore
Betty Swisher Stauffer
Marie Dixon Young
Elizabeth Radcliff Mestersmith
Elm Streets
Austin E. Rhoads
Parkway
Washington Street
Pruitt
London Cheers U S Troops March Through West End
More than 100,000 Londoners lined the streets to greet a detachment of United States soldiers and Marines on their first march through the capital since the A E F landed in Britain. The parade, led by London bobbies on white horses, passed Hyde Park, Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square, the Strand and Fleet Street, as the Lord Mayor welcomed the troops at Guildhall.
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London
West End
Britain
Guildhall
Hyde Park
Buckingham Palace
Trafalgar Square
Strand
Fleet Street
Roosevelt Likely To Stabilize Wages Soon
Washington reports say President Roosevelt has about decided to stabilize wages and possibly salaries, with decisions on farm prices and a cost of living program before his Labor Day message. Proposals split into wages, salaries, and high incomes, with ideas for payroll caps, subsidies, and a potential super board. Treasury opposes new taxes and doubt on war bond compulsory purchases.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Canada
Treasury
Court Gives Bahr 30 Years
Newark, N J Sept 2 Herbert K F Bahr convicted of conspiracy to serve Germany as a spy received a 30 year prison sentence the maximum under espionage statutes though execution could have been ordered. Judge William F Smith said Bahr may still be protecting Nazi colleagues and did not look at the judge during the ruling.
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Newark
N. J
Herbert K. F. Bahr
Germany
William F. Smith
Federal District Court
Bahr
Judge Smith
Price Drift Meaningless Wall Street War Tax Focus
New York September 2 stock market shows a narrow meaningless price drift as traders concentrate on critical phases of the war and tax legislation. Rosale remains a noted mention amid the shift in attention to fiscal policy and wartime measures.
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New York
Wall
Contractor and aides indicted for conspiracy to defraud Navy
Attorney General Biddle announced a federal grand jury in Philadelphia indicted building contractor Charles F. Rohleder and James E. Baldridge along with Allen McLane Ward and Joseph P. Rainey for conspiring to defraud the United States through Navy material purchases for Cramp shipyards.
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Washington
Biddle
Philadelphia
United States
Navy
Cramp
Charles F. Rohleder
James E. Baldridge
Allen McLane Ward
Joseph P. Rainey
Ex Governor Westmoreland Davis Dies at 83
Westmoreland Davis, 83, who served as Virginia governor from 1918 to 1922, died suddenly at Johns Hopkins Hospital after arriving from Leesburg. Born at sea on August 21, 1859, he built a law career in New York before moving to Virginia and later chaired many boards. He founded Virginia’s budget system and published the Southern Planter and Loudoun Times-Mirror. He and his wife Marguerite Inman had no children.
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Baltimore
Westmoreland Davis
Virginia
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Sea
Davis
Boston
Liverpool
England
New York City
Thomas 3. Martin
United States
Harry F. Byrd
Berryville
Clarke County
Thomas Gordon Davis
South Carolina
Annie Lewis Morriss Davis
Gloucester County
Marguerite Inman
Atlanta
Georgia
Leesburg
Morven
Tepchupos Vasine
Statesboro
Unloading Livestock Surges Across Markets in September
Chicago reports a spike in meat animals sent to markets in the first two days of the week, with a 49.87 percent year over year rise across hogs, cattle, and sheep. Sheep lead with 149 percent, hogs 98 percent, and cattle 46 percent, as prices decline and ceilings loom. Livestock on farms remain heavy, but traders warn fattening cattle for next year may suffer due to meat price ceilings.
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Chicago
Agricultural Department
Buffalo
Denver
Fort Worth
RAF Blasts German Iron Center in Saarbruecken
London Sept 27 The Air Ministry described a large RAF raid last night on Saarbruecken the German coal and iron center near the French border. More than 200 bombers were used with only three losses the lowest percentage since mass attacks began. Weather was good and the raid called an outstanding success.
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London
Air Ministry
Saarbruecken
RAF
Germany
France
Saarbrueenen
Usewnit
Mier
Coal and Iron Center
Luxembourg
Nuernberg
United States
England
Folkestone
Two Romanian Cavalry Divisions DefeatedNear Black Sea
Soviet Marines report destroying about seventy percent of the fifth and ninth Romanian cavalry divisions in a battle near the Caucasian coast of the Black Sea. The action aimed at Novorossisk, a Red fleet base, with German forces claiming Romanian occupation of Anapa north of Novorossisk.
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Moscow
Black Sea
Caucasian
Novorossisk
Anapa
Black Seas
Novorossis
Senator Bunker Loses Nevada Democratic Primary
Senator Berkeley L. Bunker of Nevada conceded his first bid for national office failed as Rep. James G. Scrugham won the Democratic nomination. With counts from over three quarters of Nevada’s 299 precincts, Scrugham led by about 1000 votes as Bunker trailed in unofficial returns.
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Associated Press
Berkeley L. Bunker
Nevada
James G. Scrugham
Bunker
Key Pitman
Scrugham
Vichy Radio Updates German Advance Toward Stalingrad
Vichy radio reports German advance guards twelve miles from Stalingrad and advancing along a main road toward the city as food shortages and harsh conditions persist in the area.
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London
Vichy
Stalingrad
British And Nazi Forces Locked In Heavy Battle Cairo
British forces battled Axis armor along the Egyptian front as air forces from the United States Army Air Force joined in heavy operations. Rommel massed 500 to 600 tanks against Allied lines near El Mimeimat while Montgomery’s Eighth Army held and blasted Axis armor.
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Cairo
RAF
United States Army Air Force
Marshal Konmmel
Alexandria
Nile
Suez Canal
Romimel
Communuique
el Alamein
Dik
Ruweisat
el Himeimat
Qattara
Gambut
Sidi Barrani
el Mimeimat
Alamein
Rommel
B. L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Fall Of Kinwha Is Imminent
Chinese high command said Japanese forces in Chekiang face imminent loss as Kinwha nears capture. Communique confirms Yungkang and Wuyi taken Aug 31, with Chiang Kai Shek forces sweeping north and east along the railway from Lishui and Sungyang. Suanping and Tsnyung reportedly seized Aug 29 as Chinese counter off employs advance. Tanggki railway town near Kinwha said to have fallen Aug 31.
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Chungking
Kinhwa
Hye
Chekiang
Yungkang
Wuyi
Chiang Kai-Shek
Anj Kinhwa
Lishui
Sungyang
Hangchow
Suanping
Tsnyung
Tanggki
Nazis to Handcuff British Prisoners
German high command announced that British prisoners taken in the Dieppe raid would be handcuffed in retaliation for a claimed British order directing that captured Germans have their hands bound to prevent destruction of papers.
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Berlin
Dieppe
U S Troops Arrive in Belgian Congo Amid Warm Welcome
American troops have landed in Leopoldville in the Belgian Congo according to the Belgian government news agency. The arrival was greeted with a warm welcome from locals who praised the troops spirit and equipment as the Congo sits near the central Allied supply route across the African coast toward Egypt.
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Londin
Belgian Congo
Leopoldville
Sne
Congo
Africa
Patinent
Prypt
Rules Relaxed for Shipping Milk in Baltimore Region
Farmers in Frederick County shipping milk to Baltimore receive relief as city health officials relax some rules linked to War Production Board standards. Directors say iron and steel use is limited to essential expansions, with focus on feasible upgrades like new ceilings and concreting floors, recognizing wartime shortages.
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Frederick County
Baltimore
Gelebert
Beltimore City
Baltimore Department
War Production Board
Health Department
Ivan Marty
Bureau of Milk Control
Senator Tydings
Marty
WPR
William H. Tracy
Marly
ATL
Biddle Says Many Complaints On Subversion Unfounded
Attorney General Biddle reports to Congress that 36 Federal employees were discharged and 23 disciplined after reviewing 4 579 complaints of subversive activity. He notes many complaints were unfounded and criticizes the broad scope of investigations by the FBI amid war. He cites a list of 1 109 names sent by the House Un American Activities Committee led by Dies.
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Washington
Biddle
Congress
aMlia
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Etter
Justice Department
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Dies D.-Tex
Russians Battle Desperately To Save Stalingrad
Moscow reports describe a fierce day with Soviet forces defending Stalingrad against a heavy German tank assault and almost ceaseless bombing. German and Romanian units push toward the Volga south and east, while Russian counter attacks recapture settlements in several sectors and hold positions near the Caucasus oil fields.
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Moscow
Stalingrad
Volga
Fedor von Bock
Red Army
Yan
Anapa
Rahey
Itzhev
Caucasus
Growny
Mordok
Prokhlachaya
Voronezh
More Are Called By Board No. 1 For Final Examinations
A Frederick county draft list of 34 residents and former residents is called by Draft Board 1 for final physical examinations at the Baltimore center as part of August quotas. A firm date is not released. officials expect early August. Passing men will receive a fourteen day furlough before induction. The roster includes James Abraham Vorhees Brunswick and William Otterbeing Wertenthaler 103 West Third Street among others from Brunswick Frederick, Middletown, Walkersville, and Baltimore with several listed addresses.
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Frederick County
Draft Board 1
Baltimore Medical
James Abraham Vorhees
Brunswick
William Otterbeing Wertenthaler
West Third Street
Chester Leroy Vorhees
Keller
Baltimore
Middietown
Levin Melvin West
Knoxville
Alvey Man Norwood
Waterstreet
Carroll Theodore Shook
Frederick
John George Oliver Hoffman
Maryland
Charles Whann Magalis
Donald Edwin Eaves
Frederick Rt
Frank Leroy Crebbs
South Market Street
Charles Lenwood Weddle
Walkersville
Forrey Alfonisa Nicholson
North Bentz Street
Paul Mason Reynolds
East Fifth Street
Charles Robert Moberly
East Eighth Street
George Markell Chapling
Braddock Heights
Russell Edward Rippeon
Middletown
Richard William Smith
Dr. Brunswick
Horace
Atlee Calvin Kepler
Chestertown
Henry Bernard Wilson
Oscar Leon Coyle
West South Street
Richard Lee Magatin
Wesley Vanderbilt Wachter
West Patrick
Three Cars Damaged In City Accident
Three cars were badly damaged about 9 20 p m Tuesday night when a U turn attempt on West Patrick street caused a chain collision. John G Kurzen 42 car parked on the south side. he pulled away and struck Harry F Schmidt 9 East Fourth street. Schmidt’s car then hit a third car owned by Daniel May Taines 429 West Patrick street. No injuries were reported and parties planned to settle damages in court. Officer Dietz made no charges.
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West Patrick Street
A. Norman Dieta
John G. Kurzen
Frederick
Route 3
Porter
Kurzen
Harry F. Schmidt
East Fourth Street
Schmidt
Daniel May Taines
West
Patrick Street
Dietz
Willkie Reaches Cairo En Route to Allied Nations
Wendell L. Willkie arrived in Cairo by plane while touring to visit Russia, China, Turkey, Arabia, Palestine, Syria, Iraq and Iran. He was greeted by U S and British officials and carried letters from President Roosevelt. The Republican candidate aims to relay the American war effort and unity before returning by mid October.
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Cairo
Wendell Lb. Wilkie
Russia
India
China
Willkie
U. S
Egypt
Alexander Kirk
R. G. Casey
Middle East
Russell L. Maxwell
North Africa
Belem
Turkey
Arabia
Pales One
Syria
Iraq
Iran
Roosevelt
Stalin
Axis Raids Cairo Area Five Killed in Night Air Raid
Five persons were killed and 30 wounded in an air raid on the Cairo area last night. The British threatened retaliatory action against Rome for Axis air attacks on Cairo, one of the Moslem Holy cities. It was unclear whether bombs fell directly on Cairo.
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Cairo
Rome
Hank Mazur Named To Captain Army Eleven
West Point announces Hank Mazur of Lewe Mags has been named captain of the Army football team for this fall. The Sept 2 notice confirms Mazur as leader of the squad this season.
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Hank Mazur
Army
West Point
Henry J
Hank
Mazur
Lewe
Mags
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