Hood College Opens Fiftieth Year With 390 Enrolled
Hood College marked its fiftieth academic year with a convocation in Brodbeck Hall led by President Henry I. Stahr. Dr Betty Eckhardt May introduced as new dean, the program featured organ prelude, Mozart aria sung by Miss Anna Marie Budde, and Stahr's address urging serious study and social responsibility. Total enrollment reached 390 with 131 new students, and calendar changes were announced to ease holiday transportation.
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Hood College
Brodbeck Hall
Henry I. Stahr
Betty Eckhardt May
Cnly
Dr. Stahl
Stahr
Dr. Stahr
Tr May Pire
Staley
Ellen Carpenter
Tances Culler
Marjorie Greenawalt
Elizabeth Hall
Jean Kerschner
Marcia Ludlum
Tilde Marx
Helen Patterson
Anne Pearce
Virginia Quynn
Marian Rickard
Dorothy Sayres
Elinor Shewbridge
Shirley Conner
Janet Cortright
Priscilla Crockett
Anne Hollyworth
Mary Alice
Knobloch
Ethel Mary Libbey
Camille Woods Logue
Catherine Mangano Taylor
Margaret Martin
Lillian Miller
35 Mile an Hour Speed Limit Spreads to 20 States
Annapolis reports 20 states have adopted the 35 mph victory speed limit after Governor O Conor urged action. The governor estimates more states may have joined, with 40 governors notified via the Council of State Governments. The move follows the Baruch report and talks with Harold L. Ickes.
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Annapolis
Maryland
O'Conor
Alto
Council of State Governments
Washington
Baruch
Harold L. Ickes
Dakar Blockade Report Sparks Paris Radio Claim
Paris radio claimed Allies blockade Dakar on the French West African coast and said an attack would come soon. A commentator self-identified as Jean Azema spoke from the German-controlled station denying nothing, while a Fighting French official questioned the report. The British blockade began in July 1940 with earlier failed Allied attacks on Dakar.
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London
Paris
Dakar
Jean Azema
BRK Ess
Brazil
West African
Gibraltar
Dispatch
U. S
Belgian Congo
Holstein cow Ada records massive milk yield in Vermont
Braltieboro Vermont September 24 The registered Holstein Ada Posch Ormsby Almont owned by A N McCardell Frederick produced enough milk for over 6548 quarts in a year and 450 pounds of butterfat from 14078 pounds of milk It was milked twice daily The testing was supervised by the Extension Service University of Maryland and the Holstein Friesian Association of America
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Braltieboro
A. N. McCardell
Frederick
Holstein - Friesian Association of America
Ada
Extension Service
University of Maryland
The
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Hood College student roster and holiday schedule notes
A historic Hood College chapel service ends with a benediction by Dr. Joseph H. Apple as the academic recess concludes to lengthen Christmas vacation. The list of 1960s Hood students includes seniors and juniors from Frederick area towns such as Brunswick, Walkersville, Middletown, and Monrovia, with addresses on North Market street, Route 3, and various avenues.
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Joseph H. Apple
Hood College
Frederick and
Vicinity
Hood
Virginia Abrecht
College Avenue
Betty Barrick
Woodsboro
Doris Burall
Monrovia
Constance Detnhey Crewe Birdy
Arey Eyler
East Fifth Street
Mary Jane Hartman
Elm Street
Evelyn Howard
Mary McMurry
Brunswick
Emily Myers
Grave Blvd
Hattie Myers
Walkersville
Louise Null
Doubs
Virginia Quynn
Wilson Avenue
Glenna Remsberg
Middletown
Mary Florence Selby
North Market Street
Elinor Shewbridge
Harriette Smith
Myersville
Margaret Stull
Rowley
Janet Coblentz
Mary E. Engle
Pennsylvania Avenue
Dorothy Ford
Rosemont Avenue
Virginia Gambrill
Rockwell Terrace
Marie Hahn
Beulah Munshower
West Patrick Street
Constance Renneberg
Elisabeth Shaw
Erma Stull
Leta Thomas
Kathryn Baker
Frances Ann Delaplaine
Lindbergh Avenue
Myrtle Marcum
Elizabeth Jane van Forsen
Virginia Ann Brandenburg
Eleanor Gambrill
Helvise Glessher
Fairview Avenue
Barbara Hodges
Esther Molti
Elasleel
Beuy Klew
Mt Olivet Cemetery
Carolyn Daniel
Motter Avenue
Margaret McAlpine
Charlotte Sheffer
Betty Jean Stine
Garnetta Stottlemyer
Smithaburg
Ans Na
Mary Stull
Lewistown
Evelyn Stup
Route 3
Aphrodite Vaciliou
Betty J
Wineheener
South Market Street
Nationwide Gas Rationing Ordered by Jeffers in War Move
Washington Sep 25 Rubber Director William M Jeffers orders nationwide gasoline rationing under OPA rules to match eastern coupon limits. He directs motorists to curb driving, keep speeds to 35 mph, and defers details to Henderson. ODT will review impacts on transport. commercial vehicle rules remain in force under General Order 21 and a Baruch committee plan. The timing points to a possible start after Nov 1 with hours of driving figures tied to rubber and civilian needs.
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Washington
William M. Jeffers
Omce of Price Administration
Atlantic Seaboard
Leon Henderson
Jeffers
Bernard M. Baruch
OPA
Office of Defense Transportation
Joseph B. Eastman
Henderson
Jeers
Moon
Office of Price Administration
Transportation Service
ODT
Baruch
Fuel Oil For Home Use Is Cut 33 1 3 Per Cent
Washington Sept 25 Home fuel oil rationing in 30 Eastern and Middle Western States will be geared to an estimated overall average reduction of 33 1 3 per cent from normal consumption, instead of the 25 per cent earlier noted by the Office of Price Administration. OPA deputy administrator Paul M. O Leary said a 23 per cent cut would not suffice given the fuel shortage. He urged furnace conversions if possible and urged improving burner efficiency and proper home insulation.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Paul M. O'Leary
OPA
O'Leary
Henry R. Shoemaker
Shoemaker
War Production Board
University of Maryland
Ernest Cory
Frederick
Answers To War Quiz Questions On Page Five
A newspaper item lists three quiz answers: a flag flies over Denmark, Norman A. Davis is chairman of the American Red Cross, and the Remount Service raises or purchases new horses for mounted cavalry units.
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Denmark
Norman A. Davis
American Red Cross
Japs Still Hold Some Positions On Guadalcanal
Navy communique reports Japanese still occupy villages on Guadalcanal and at Rekata Bay Santa Isabel and Gizo Island. Army Flying Fortresses scored three hits on enemy transports near Shortland Island and damaged docks and buildings. Marine patrols and dive bombers attacked scattered enemy units and other resistance points in the Solomons.
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Joman M. Hightower
Washington
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Navy
Pointe
Giza Island
Rekata Bay
Santa Isabel Island
Rekata
Shortland Island
Ho O
Big Island
South Pacific
Gizo Island
New Georgia Group
Solomon Islands
Guadacanal
Marine Corps
Douglass
Man Found Not Guilty In Drunken Driving Case
Magistrate Alton Bennett acquitted Alvin T. Brown Takoma Park of drunken driving after hearing that test results and officer observations did not prove intoxication beyond reasonable doubt. Brown had experienced speech impediment and an injured hip, while officers testified to imperfect field sobriety tests and odor of liquor.
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Alton ¥. Bennett
Alvin T. Brown
Takoma Park
C. E. Minnick
State Police
Sergt. Minnick
Brown
Minnick
Bennett
Sergt. Minmick
Robert W. McCullough
Washington
Chavaks
Three Scouts Earn Laurel Wreath Emblem at Troop 18 Meeting
Bernard M. Davis James R. Maples and George B. Delaplaine Jr received the Boy Scout gold Laurel Wreath Emblem at a Friday Troop No 18 meeting in the Presbyterian Sunday school rooms. Davis promoted to junior assistant Scoutmaster Maples to senior patrol leader. Davis also earned a special award for promoting troop activities. Assistant Patrol Leader Joseph Stephens became patrol leader in Maples patrol. Scout Executive Norman F. Ford presided and presented prizes. Diplomas for Cub Pack No 1 graduates to join older organization to be awarded next Tuesday evening.
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Bernard M. Davis
James R. Maples
George B. Delaplaine
Presbyterian Sunday School
Fagle
Young Davis
Maples
Laward
Joseph Steph
Ens
Norman F. Ford
J. Brooke Parkinson
W. Merval Weaver
Ships Turned Out At Record Three Daily In 1942
Washington reports American shipyards are turning out three cargo ships per day, about 1,000,000 tons monthly, with 488 merchant ships built in the last year. Roosevelt calls progress gratifying as construction nears the 24,000,000 ton 1942 43 goal, amid ongoing wartime shipping strain and urgent needs voiced by Churchill.
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Washington
Maritime Commission
Roosevelt
Commission
Churchill
Associated Press
United Nations
Atlantic
Pearl Harbor
Emory
Land of the
Shipbuilding
Land
Grain Prices Hold Steady In Chicago
Grain prices stayed near previous close in Chicago as markets waited for a farm price control formula. Washington signals a possible congressional delay and potential compromise may give the President leeway to set ceilings. Wheat finished mostly unchanged. corn and oats moved modestly, with various grade prices listed for No. 1 to No. 4 and mixed red and field seeds also quoted.
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Chicago
Washington
Congress
Knox Praises Canal Zone Defenses Strong Air Security
Secretary of the Navy Knox, on a Panamanian Canal defense inspection, lauded Army Navy cooperation and said the zone has perhaps the world's finest air defense under the flag. He noted many changes since his 1940 visit, praised Panamanian and regional cooperation, and aimed to visit all operating bases.
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Balboa
C. Z
Navy
Knox
Panama Canal
Army
Canal
Carribbean
Panama
Central and
South America
Local Boy Among 1 194 Commissioned at Camp Lee
At Camp Lee Virginia on September 23 1 294 cadets of the eighth class at the Quartermaster School were commissioned second lieutenants in the United States Army. Two thirds of the new officers are college men and almost as many entered the Army as privates under the selective service act. The ceremony ended with caps tossed in the air. Maryland graduates listed include Jacob E Engelbrecht Frederick Lawrence Freeny Lavell Joseph May Mountain Lake Park Fielding O Kelly Cumberland John E Sothe Bonald F Whitwerin Westernport.
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Camp Lee
Maryland
Jacob E. Engelbrecht
East Patrick Street
Frederick
Lawrence €. Freeny
Pittsville
Marker J. Lavell
New Windsor
Joseph G. May
Mountain Lake Park
Fielding K. O'Kelly
la Vale Road
Cumberland
John E. Sothe
Hill Street
Bonald F. Whitwerin
Hammond Street
Westernport
Service Men and Women Can Cast Ballots in November
Annapolis Md Sept 25 Secretary of State Thomas Jerrold announced a wartime Congressional act lets Maryland service members who are 21 or older vote in the November general election even if not registered. The act covers presidential and congressional races and, with legislatures’ absentee voting, state and local races.
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Annapolis
Maryland
United States
Thomas
Army
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
Army and Navy Nurse Corps
WAACS
WAVES
Jones
Rosenlee
Baltimore City
Sugar Shortage Threatens Apple Butter in Frederick County
Frederick County farmers face wartime sugar limits that may waste thousands of bushels of apples as apple butter production slows. Farm groups urge relaxation of sugar rules, with four state apple industry officials appealing to OPA chief Harold Rowe. They argue sugar could prevent waste and provide nutritious food, noting past trials of sugarless butter failed to please consumers.
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Frederick County
Morin’ Co
Appa
OPA
Apple Industry Organization
Harold B. Rowe
Washington
Appalachian
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