Allied Land Forces Take Initiative in New Guinea Opener
Allied ground forces in the Owen Stanley Mountains have begun an offensive against Japanese positions on Jorai baiwa Ridge near Port Moresby. The attack, described as infiltrating and outflanking, seeks to disrupt Japanese defenses and supply lines amid jungle warfare conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. MacArthur
Australia
Owen Stanley
New Guinea
Loribaiwa Ridge
Port Moresby
Moresby
Gona
Toribaiwa
Joribaiwa
Buna
Kokoda
Wairopi
Kododa
Lae
Bougainville Island
Solomons
High Command
Wairopi Bridge
Buin
Jordaing Ridge
Promoted Staff Sergeant Canon Visits Parents at Home
Promoted Staff Sergeant Canon, son of Mr David Cannon, formerly stationed at Fort Monroe, Virginia, for twenty months, has earned a promotion. He visited his parents at their home near Charlesville recently.
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Scrat Canon
David Cannon
Fort Monroe
Serzeant
Charlesville
War Bond And Stamp Auction Held By Frederick Juniors
The War Effort Promotion Committee of the Frederick Junior Chamber of Commerce met at the YMCA to plan a war bond and stamp auction set for Saturday October 10. High bidders receive stamps and bonds plus the auctioned article, with examples like cigarettes for 35 dollars yielding 5 dollars in stamps and a bond, or a ladder bid of 20 dollars yielding 25 dollars in bonds and 125 dollars in stamps. Emmett R. Bowlus to act as auctioneer, with committee and War Savings staff coordinating. A bloom of a locust tree near Frederick was noted on Good Intent road by Harry A Young, a late bloom for such trees.
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War Effort Promotion Committee
Frederick
Tivoli Theatre
Emmett R. Bowlus
W Barry Everett
Jaycee
The
Vale
Frederick County War Savings
W. Clinton McSherry
Harry A Young
Good Intent
Theear
Soldier in England Seeks Top Voice Rendition of God Bless America
Corporal John J. Murphy of the Army Engineer Corps writes from England to Mrs. Mason Summers of Frederick. He urges singing God Bless America at the top of one’s voice and predicts a second front will open soon. He praises English fortitude amid shortages, notes U S troops are treated well, and describes bombed cities, food scarcities, and cultural differences. He asks Summers to relay greetings to friends and closes with prayers for the soldiers and England. The letter, censored, is postmarked August and stamped Army base censorship. Washington reports wartime rationing may cut average car mileage toward a 5000 mile limit, with Eastern states averaging about 5170 miles a year.
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America
John J. Murphy
Army Engineer Corps
England
Mason Summers
Frederick. Corp
Murphy
Corp
Frederick Soldier
Corp Murphy
3 Army
U. S
Corp. Murphy
Washington
Sept
Baruch Committee
Leon Henderson
Office of Price Administration
Questionnaires Sent to Twenty Year Olds by County Board
Frederick County Draft Board No 2 began mailing questionnaires to twenty-year-olds with a ten day deadline. Blacked with names and addresses of residents from Emmitsburg Thurmont Myersville and nearby towns, the roll includes William Topper Lawrence and many others slated for future mailing as the age list advances.
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Capacions Yessterday
Frederick County
William Topper Lawerence
Emmitsbury
Baltimore
Charles Dlaller Gosnell
Frederick
Thomas Calvin McDonough
Jquimsville
Silas Nelson Rice
Thurmont
Harry Elsworth Ashbaugh
Emmitsburg
John Simpson Walker
Tramsville
Luther Lee Smith
Harry Charles Hossler
Joseph Edgar Young
Woodsboro
Lenn Clyde Young
Grahham
Samuel Webster Hood
Mt. Airy
Bernard Eudene Hurley
William Day Mullinix
Monrovia
Norman Richard Koontz
Cyrus Dewitt Weddle
Maxie Storr Hill
Thormont
Marshall Leo Sanders
Ralph Browning Naille
Myersville
Irven Thomas Long
Mr Arry
Claude Wilbur Stup
Fredeock
Ernest Guy Dingle
Slate Sanatorium
George Wellington Snowden
Samsville
Local Names List Of Residents From Mt Airy To Frederick
A compiled list shows residents and nearby towns including Mt Airy near Buckusyrus LeRoy Duvall near Union Bridge Harold Anders LeGore Raymond Haugh near Frederick Charles Caldwell Brandenburg near Frederick Bern ard Updr Emmitsburg Joseph Smith Libertytown Denver Potts LeGore Oscar Ramsburg Mussell Martz Keymar Hiram Brown Lantz Els worth Misner Emmitsburg Clifford Clouse near Frederick removal to Baltimore William Jones Mt Airy Edwin England Jr Nameville Elmer Bolling near Thurmont William Snyder near Mt Airy John Eichelberger near Thurmont Roscoe Lewis near Myersville.
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Bernard Watter Shark
Thure Mont
Sherman Oscar Lewis
Thuaremont
William Donald Smith
Emmitsburg
Mervyn Atlee Keilholty
Laurence Joseph Ott
Thurmant
Whottiam Garry Pharmson
Frederick
Ralph William Weagley
Lantz
George David Flickinger
Walkersville
Elwood James McKenzie
Kenneth Eugene Stitely
Thurmont
William Lester Timpson
Ijamsville
Lloyd Franklin Blank
Myersville
Charles Edward Green
Joan Decker Mer
Clifford LeRoy Clouse
Baltimore
William Chester Jones
Mt. Airs
Edwin Hood England, Jr
Nameville
Elmer William Bolling Lor
William Eldred
Snyder
Mo Airy
John Elwod Eichelberger
Roscoe Austin Lewis
Funeral for Former Chief Judge Hammond Urner Held Today
Judges, lawyers, and jurors from across the state attended the funeral of former Chief Judge Hammond Urner at Calvary Methodist church. The Frederick County Bar Association met to plan a memorial in the Sixth Judicial Circuit, with a committee named to prepare resolutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick and
Marylynowyer i Critehy Mar NA Agerations
Hammond Urner
Calvary Methodist Church
Frederick County Bar Association
Sixth Judicial Circuit
Urner
Court House
Arthur BD. Willard
W. Clinton McSherry
Dparsons Newman
Walter E Sinn
W. Jerome
Funeral Arrangements for Sherman P. Bowers
The Circuit Court Clerk's office closed for the afternoon as court functions proceeded. The body was brought to the funeral home on Sunday night, removed to the late residence on East Second Street, and lay in state at Calgary Methodist Church from 12:30 until the service.
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Offulr
Sherman P. Bowers
Circuit Court
Fast Church Street
East Second Street
Calegary Methodist Church
Washeld
Dream Village opens for needy film actors after 23 years
Hollywood reports the 41 acre Dream Village, a wooded retreat for needy motion picture players, ready to open after decades of donations from industry figures. The complex includes administration, bungalows, retreat areas, a medical clinic, and a library as plans began in 1919 with Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford among early supporters.
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Hollywood
Filmland
Douglas Fairbanks
I Irving Thalberg
Mary Pickford
Jesse L. Lasky
Marold Loyd
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Betty Speaks
Earl E. Sittig
Patick Street
Wear Court Mionda
Sittig
Pavnek and
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Som Serzeam Libert Cannon
Axis Back Door
Labsa
Bengazi
Barce
Giaio Oasis
Aes Ang Diometion Din Ps
Richard N. Wolfe
Milroy Wolfe
Flo Edit’ Wolfe
West Fourth Street
Milroy
Richard
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
Unn
Pacific
Walter
Navy
Baker Park
Harry E. Wolfe
York, Pa
War Bond
Board 2
Liberty Finance Corporation
Market Street
WM. R. Slemmer
Blue Sunoco
Sun Orn Company
Dream Village
Stieff
Thin Beautiful Design
Dalle Jawelro Stara
Farmers & Mechanics National Bank
Feederice, MD
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
le Sam
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the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
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