Court term could shift to aid Frederick farmers
Judge Delaplaine urged the Maryland Legislature to consider moving the September Circuit Court term in Frederick County to begin on the fourth Monday to ease farm-related jury duty during wartime. He urged upholding the rule of law amid unprecedented world conditions and noted many citizens face difficult jury excusal choices as war demands rise.
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Maryland
Frederick County
Edward S. Delaplaine
Henry R. Shoemaker
Delaplaine
Joseph Gouker
Eugene A. Alexander
Millard Nusz
Carl E. Holtz
D. Charles Flock, Jr
Marshall H Warrenfeltz
Richard E. Horne
Clarence W. Barrick
Frank Roelke
Charlies D
Lewis H. Everhart
Anne R. Kline
Charles R. Stocksdale
John D. Grushon
Roy F. Maxwell
Howard Danner
William J. Kefauver
Melvin M1. Engle
Howard L. Metzger
Arthur P. Ridgely
William F. Moran
Earl R. Warner
Raymond J. Albaugh
United States Army
Legislative Department
Italian Spy Ring In Rio Is Broken Up
Rio de Janeiro police report the arrest of Italian Count Edmondo Di Robilani and several others in a major espionage ring. Di Robilani confessed to providing information for transmission to Rome about the passage through Rio of the British ship Queen Mary, a high official of the Italian Lufthansa Airline identified among the detainees.
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Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Edmondo di Revilani
Rome
Rio
di Robilani
Lafi
Former Frederick coach becomes Marine officer in Asia
Michael Lombardo, former Frederick High School coach and Maryland boxing star, now a Marine Corps captain, reportedly leads efforts on the Salomon Islands. He taught in Frederick for two years with Warren Evans, left in 1941 for the Marine Corps, listed at local Draft Board One, previously at Quantico. Dr. Harry C. Hull, Baltimore surgeon and Frederick native, is in the Army Medical Corps in the Fiji Islands.
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Michael
Mike” Lombardo
University of Maryland
Frederick High School
Salomon Islands
Bob Considine
New York
Lombardo
Marine Corps
Considine
Genias Lombardo
Warren Evans
Quantico
Hull
Fiji Islands
Harry C. Hull
Baltimore
Harry C .Hull
Frederick
Army Medical Corps
Tae Daeaarastey
Local Firm Has Highest War Bond Sales Mark
A Maryland industry leads in war bond purchases for August with Price Bros. in Frederick County topping the list. W. Clinton McSherry, campaign chairman, announced that Price Bros. converted 13.7 of payroll into bond purchases, placing them in the Ten Per Cent Club. One hundred percent of Price Bros. employees are buying war bonds.
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Maryland
W. Clinton McSherry
Frederick County
Price Bros
Four Statutes Named for Grand Jury Focus in Public Justice
The message urges the Court to suspend the law temporarily to finish jury work promptly, emphasizing sacrifice for law and emergency. It highlights grand juries as vital war or peace enforcers and cites four statutes to be reviewed: defalcation of public officials, narcotics sales, abortion-related drugs, and obstructions in public building aisles with immediate egress rules.
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Grand Jury
Resignation of County Home Agent in Frederick County
Miss Florence E. Williams resigns as Frederick County home demonstration agent after 16 years to take an administrative post in the District of Columbia nutrition program effective October 1. Ester Knowles will substitute until a new appointee is named. Williams is a 1941 Iowa State College graduate and previously taught and served as home demonstration agent in Dallas County, Iowa.
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Florence E. Williams
Frederick County
Vellia M. Keller
Maryland Extension Service
Miss Williams
District of Columbia Nutrition Program
Frederick County Nutrition Committee
Kellar
Extension Service
Helen Pearson
Wisconsin
Williams
Detroit
Lake Michigan
Frederick
New German Planes Headed for Front Lines
British observers report four new German warplanes in action across fronts, signaling mass production after Goering’s aircraft industry overhaul. The ME109 G high altitude fighter and a new Heinkel 17 four engine heavy bomber have been seen, with rumors of a Junkers 86 P reconnaissance aircraft at altitudes above 40,000 feet.
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Luftwaffe
Red Star
Britain
Funeral Services For Conde Nast On Tuesday
Conde Nast founder of Vanity Fair Vogue and House and Garden died Saturday night at his Park Avenue home at 68. Funeral services will be held from his home with burial in Gate of Heaven cemetery Pleasantville New York.
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New York
uPi
Conde Nast
Vanity Fair
Vogue
House and Garden
Park Avenue
Gate of Heaven
Pleasantville
Navy reports two ships torpedoed in North Atlantic
In March and July Washington reported enemy submarines sank a U S ship and a British vessel in the North Atlantic. Survivors from both merchantmen were landed at an East Coast park after the attacks.
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Washington
United States
North Atlantic
North Atlante
Nebraska Scraps Drive Sparks National Campaign for Steel
Nebraska led a nationwide scrap collection effort to aid war production. Coordinated by state newspapers, residents gathered metal from homes and farms, totaling 136,171,012 pounds for 1 315 000 Nebraskans. Officials urge continued mobilization to reach targets before January 1 as mills face shortages.
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Nebraska
War Production Board
Donald M. Nelson
America
Fee Veel
Tirpitz Sails for Arctic Escort Mission
London reports the German battleship Tirpitz has left Trondheim to patrol Arctic convoy routes under Nazi air cover. The move follows a July attack by a submarine that failed to halt a major Allied convoy, with German losses on Russian supply lines viewed as heavy by unofficial sources.
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London
Tirpitz
Trondheim
Arctic
Trondheim Fjord
Norwegian
Russia
War Bond Rally Tonight With Paulette Goddard and Gargan
Final arrangements set for a 6 45 PM war bond rally at Baker Park featuring film stars Miss Paulette Goddard and William Gargan. Maryland State Guard units and the Seventh Battalion Band will participate with a guard from the Francis Scott Key post American Legion. The event ends with The War Spangled Banner by the Baker Memorial carillon.
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Baker Park
Paulette Goddard
William Gargan
Maryland State Guard
Francis Scott Key
American Legion
Miss Goddard
Hollywood
Hagerstown
Baker Memorial Carillon
Carillon
Mr. Gargan
Frederick
Baltimore
Canada Loses Destroyer Ottawa Sinks After Torpedo Attack
Ottawa reports the destroyer Ottawa torpedoed and sunk off Sept 21 with Commander Clark Anderson Rutherford and four officers plus 17 sailors missing assumed dead. The losses followed two other warships sunk in the prior days, Racoon and Charlottetown, amid ongoing naval engagements.
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Ottawa
Navy
Angus MacDonald
Toay
Clark Anderson Rutherford
Racoon
Navy Minstry
Charlottetown
Crusader
Low-Priced Stocks Draw Buying Interest in Mixed Session
Buying demand focused on low priced stocks as market leaders held steady. Early activity was modest with diminishing dealings after a fairly active opening. Downticks and advances were broadly balanced around mid session, while several pivot moves failed to register.
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New York
Paca
Eyes Open Mouths Shut Rumor As War Morale Alert
A baseless city rumor claimed a well known local soldier had been killed. The story spread for days before being debunked by the press inquiry. Families suffered sleepless worry while officials urged caution and asked citizens to keep quiet on war matters.
Unscheduled Alerts Planned in Maryland for September
Baltimore reports the First Army Pursuit Command in Philadelphia approved state blackout plans as Marylanders may face unscheduled alerts day or night. Two alerts are planned in the remaining nine days of September with a 15 minute daylight drill and a 30 minute night blackout. The exact timing remains undisclosed by the Philadelphia command.
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Baltimore
Army Pursuit Command
Philadelphia
Henry
Barrett
British Near Madagascar Capital In Wide Advance
London reports British forces close to Madagascar capital Tananarive, within 37 miles, after a radio broadcast heard on Mauritius. The column advances from Majunga in the northeast direction toward the city, with strategic position described as improving.
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Madagascar
London
Tananarive
Por Louis
Mauritius
Majunga
Tac Cama
U S Now Is Living Off Its Bat Nelson Warns
Kansas City September 21 1944 Don M Nelson chairman War Production Board warned that the country must accept a lower living standard to win the war. He said Americans have not yet felt the pinch but will before they are a year older. He projected production shifts with 40 percent for war rising to 41 percent next year and urged no luxuries and restraint in driving to keep essential supplies for fighting. He stressed the car as part of national transport and urged using it only for necessary trips.
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Kansas City
Donald M. Nelson
War Productions Board
Bas Bev van Nelson
Nelson
America
WPB Gets Tough With Sub-Contractor Over Production
Washington telegraph shows War Production Board condemning a transmission case contractor for missed monthly outputs and broken promises. The WPB notes a 12 per month target, cites months of seven and unclear results, and warns of sending representatives or an army if needed. George C. Brainard comments on contractor talk.
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Washington
War Production Board
Lyd Plline Coliodclar Ul Vais Patio
WPB
George C. Brainard
WPB Tool
Roosevelt asks Congress for $2 731 154 307 more for Navy
President Roosevelt asked Congress to appropriate $2 731 154 307 more for the Navy including 100 000 000 for arming merchant ships. The largest item was 960 000 000 for the Bureau of Aeronautics, of which 620 000 would be for the ancocuromens of helium.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Bureau of Aeronautics
Women and Children Taken From Stalingrad City
Reuters dispatch cites a Soviet officer stating that women and children have been evacuated from Stalingrad while able bodied men stay to aid in the city's defense. The officer, Loashar, notes aid is organized to support the defense efforts.
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Stalingrad
Loashar
Reuters
Aris
Willkie Seeks Frank Talks With Stalin in Russia
Willkie, arriving in Russia, said he hopes for a long frank discussion with Stalin, aiming to clarify issues and report back to President Roosevelt. He toured factories and collective farms, met British envoy Clark Kerr, and planned a message on a second front while noting Soviet hunger for stronger aid.
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Willkie
Joseph Stalin
Cape Dal
Red Square
Tha van
Sir Archibald
Temperature Drops From Humidity To 42 Degrees
Suemmer’s warm spell ends as northwest winds sweep in Sunday, driving the low to 42 degrees after a 21 degree overnight drop from 63. No frost due to wind. Sunday’s high reached 77 before winds rose, while Saturday’s max was 92. Monocacy River runs muddy from last week’s rains, with only light showers Saturday night.
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Weather Bureau
Nowhile
Monocacy
Firelight in Frederick Tron and Steel warehouse
A small fire at the Frederick Tron and Steel Company storage shed on the east side of the Pennsylvania railroad was extinguished about 6:45 AM with no damage. Fire apparatus responded to a general alarm, likely starting from spontaneous combustion in a coal pile stored inside the shed. Police and company officials reported quick containment using chemicals.
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Frederick Tron and Steel Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Blazco
Heavy Bombers Hit Tobruk Supply Port
Cairo reports RAF heavy and medium bombers attacked the Axis supply port of Tobruk, about 300 miles west of the Egyptian front, on Saturday night as disclosed by a British communique.
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Cairo
Tobruk
Nazis Shell Stalingrad With Long Range Guns
Moscow reports a nightly bombardment of Stalingrad with heavy long range guns as Soviet defense holds. Street fighting rages in suburbs with house to house clashes and heavy losses on both sides. Pravda notes German dead piling up while Soviets push back in some areas.
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Moscow
Stalingrad
Fromoend
Pravda
Leningrad
Movdok
Caucasus
Black Sea
Novorossisk
Voronezh
Volkhov
Sinyavina
Berlin
Grozny
Terek
Vladimirovka
Caspian
Caucasus Mountains
Terek River
Writing Of Twenty Lawyers Eligible For Endorsement
Baltimore lawyers faced three judges as they explained their hurried handwritten endorsements. A committee published an advertisement endorsing the sitting judges without twenty names. The lawyers must prove to Eugene O Dunne Joseph N Ulman and George A Solter that they favored renominations.
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Baltimore
Supreme Court
Eugene O'Dunne
Joseph N. Ulman
George A. Solter
Too Many Still Use Busses And Trains
Washington reports most travel continues on weekends by bus and train. The Office of Defense Transportation urged shifting at least eight percent of trips to midweek to ease peak weekend loads. The study shows 21 percent of weekly ticket sales on Saturday and 16 percent on Sunday.
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Washington
Sept
Office of Defense Transportation
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Salomons
Mike’ Lombardo
J. S. Marines
Florence Williams
District of Columbia
U.S
Norway
Canada
U.S. Navy
Stalin
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