Drums Proclamations Create Vast Coastal Prohibited Zones
Lieut. Gen. Hugh A. Drum announced a sweeping order creating 1,136 prohibited or restricted zones along 16 seaboard states to protect forts arsenals airports dams factories and vital installations. The plan covers from Northern Maine to the Florida Keys with 803 prohibited zones and 221 defined zones, restricting entry and movement and banning possession of weapons radios cameras and other items in prohibited areas including Detrick Field Maryland.
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New York
Hugh A. Drum
Seaboard
Eastern Defense Command
First Army
Governor's Island
General Drum
Maine
Florida Keys
Services of Supply
Armed Forces of
United States
War Department
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Navy Department
Detrick Field
Maryland
Road Blocked By Storm Near Linwood
A rain and windstorm centered near Linwood eight miles from Westminster blocked a road temporarily. A 30 inch tree fell across the highway, and a State Roads Commission crew cleared it. Western Maryland Railroad workers cleared trees from rails. No injuries and only minor damage reported to crops and a shed.
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Westminster
Linwood
State Roads Commission
Western Maryland Railroad
Pershing at 82 watches Yankee power rise again
General John J. Pershing, 82, will celebrate at Walter Reed hospital while recalling his 58th birthday in 1918. He followed war news daily and recalls the St Mihiel victory, noting American soldiers proved their mettle. Friends report pride in 1942 U.S. actions in the Solomon Islands and the hope Yankee troops revisit the Western Front.
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Alexander R. George
Wide World
Washington
Walter Reed Hospital
St. Mihiel
Boester II
A.E.F
Pershing
Solomon Island
1918
Broadway
France
General Pershing
Drastic Cut Is Made In New York Taxi Service
The Office of Defense Transportation orders a drastic curtailment of New York City taxi service effective September 20, including a one third cut in fleet cabs and a limit on driving outside New York or beyond five miles from city limits. Restrictions may spread to other cities as well.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation Today
New York City
New York
Defense Transportation
Joseph B. Eastman
Davis Reunion Near Hyattstown Preserves Da vis Family Heritage
Descendants of Jenkin Davis who settled in Lancaster County around 1605 held their annual reunion near Hyatts town on Sunday September 6. The event featured old deeds a Quaker marriage contract a 1877 Welsh Bible recording births of Jenkin Davis children and a reading about Maude Evans trip to his 3000 acre Conestoga Creek plantation. Officers were re elected and attendees included numerous Dav is relatives from Maryland Pennsylvania and Washington with an ice cream treat and a defense stamps door prize.
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Jenkin Davis
Lancaster County
Hyattstown
America
L. Wilson Davis
Baltimore
Maude Evans
New Holland
Conestoga Creek
C. Warner
Washington
Wilson Davis
L.wilson Davis
Saidee Davis
Burgee
Norris O. Burgee
Sydney L. Burgee
Sydney L. Burges
Neil Burgee
Hilda Burgee Robinson
Carro
Jane Evans
Viola Davis Emmert
M. Virginia Emmert
Gail Emmert
Virginia Davis Riley
Donald L. Riley
Kathleen V. Riley
Felisa Davis Ahearn
Charles Morsell Davis
Charles M. Davis
Cora Lee Davis
Audrey G. Davis
L. Lynwood Davis
Clara Davis Humphreys
J. H
King and Davis Families Named in Bond Hearing
The list includes Mag T King from Clarksburg and multiple Davises from Silver Spring New Market and Fountain Mills with many relatives. Investigators and the bond set at 900 dollars appear for a Pridey night police court hearing. Plaintiffs Helen Cosgrove and Dorothy Carnaghan allege an assault on North Market Street Jonah room while on duty. Carnaghan is described as wife of local radio commentator Capt John Carnaghan.
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Mag T. King
Clarksburg
John
Allen
Bartgis
Vadxis Fe
Helen Cosgrove
Dorothy Carnaehan
North Market Street
Jonah Room
Neea
Mitch Carnaghan
Two Waitresses Charge Employer With Assault
Two waitresses in a North Market Street lunch room charged their employer Theodore Vodgis with assault and battery. Warrants were issued Tuesday and served here Wednesday by Special Officers.
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North Market Street
Theodore Vodgis
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Curtis
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Harry Gager
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Frederick
PHILS
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Pittsburgh Pirates
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Pirates
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Libertytown
Wayne Hardin
Ann Linth
Cum Hardin
Patsy Mardin
Hyattaville
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Bernard M . Davis
Windsor D
Davis
Mary L. Davis
Donald Davis
L. D. Davis
Marshall Baker
David Nevins
Barnesville
R. Lassie Davis
Leslie Davis
Rachel Morsell Davis
Betty C. Davis
Alice “Marie Day
Monrovis
Kitty Linthicum
Magerstown
Edger W. Davis, Jr
Rockville
Laura Davis King
Ira L. King
Beulah Pearson
Ster
Tony Cherrtante
Bodjen
Yeerok Voctor
Af Williamson
Chevrolet
Victory Service
SAVE
Patrick St
Hevrolet Sales, Inc
Frederick, Md
Stull Bros
Lewistown
Gotumbind
Odeling
Hercules
Sears
West Patrick ST
U. & War Bonds
Ne Ee Frederick, MD
Royal Jewelers
Sina
Beauty
NSTC
Sraaeeeet
North Market ST
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