WAAC Husband of Frederick Woman Reported POW in North Africa
Grace M Engle wife of First Sergeant Merril W Engle 37 Frederick Md informed friends by War Department that her husband a WAAC auxiliary member stationed at Fort Worth Texas is prisoner of war. Engle captured in North Africa by Axis forces near end of Tunisian campaign after serving with Company A First Regiment Maryland National Guard since early Allied invasion.
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Frederick
Grace M. Engle
WAAC
Fort Worth
Tex
War Department
Merril W. Engle
Engle
North Africa
Maryland’ National Guard
Horoscope Forecasts and War Era Warnings
The May 27 Horoscope notes good and evil aspects contending today and warns of labor pressures. It urges saving food, revising recipes, home cooking, and chicken and small-animal farming amid shortages, while promising profits for merchants and improvements in rail, oil, and mining sectors. The piece predicts intensified armed clashes, shifting alliances, and decisive battles, with concerns about tropical diseases and sanitary measures in wartime America.
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United States
Axis
Deer omen and wildlife notes from May 27 1943 Canton page
In the May 27 1943 Canton Daily Mail Hagerstown MD column readers are told about deer appearing in fields near Indian Springs Blair's Valley and Pool and Pectonville. The piece links deer to omens of romance talents and future prosperity, notes many deer and other wildlife like rabbits and Bob White quail, and mentions cross-border movement into Maryland from Pennsylvania.
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the Daily Mail
Hagerstown
House of Correction
Indian Springs
Pool
Pectonville
Increase In Deer Reported In Area
Deer numbers rise in Mooresville and Indian Springs areas. Farmers report crops being eaten and fences damaged. Forester Harry Denglet notes the Indian Springs Wildlife Demonstration Area provides protection, while refuge staff keep dogs out to aid deer growth. Residents now call for action.
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Clearspring
Soil Conservation Service
Indian Springs Wildlife Demonstration Area
Mooresville
Indian Springs
Parole review set for Reginald Butler among 70 cases
The application of Reginald Butler, jailed for extortion in Cecil County and later for escape, is among 70 parole applications to be reviewed today by State Parole Director Herman Moser at a bi monthly hearing. The docket includes six from Baltimore City among others.
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Cecil County
Washington County
Herman M. Moser
Moser
Baltimore City
Women’s Prison
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