Fort Meade Welcomes Thousands as Mobilization Pushes
Army units pour into Fort Meade Maryland as mobilization continues. The 29th Division totals rise above 7 500 troops with contingents from Virginia and other areas arriving by rail and road. Training begins Monday with plans to integrate with National Guard units by September.
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Maryland
Consis
Musburg
29Th Division
Fort Meade
Virginia
Eer
Third Battallion
176Th Infantry
Onancock
Salisbury
Pocomoke City
Crisfield
Cumberland
Hagerstown
Thale
Valentine party notes at Miller School eighth grade
On February 14 1941 Miller School held an eighth grade Valentine party with poems jokes songs and a “God Bless America” finale. Students listed include Mary Russell Eleanor White Lester Kilham Haz el Racey Hattie Bobby Dick Gordon Lang and many others with playful mislabels and mock rhymes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Russell
Eleanor White
Lester Kilham
Hazel Racey
Anita Hoover
Hattie Bobby Dick
Gordon Lang
Llewellyn Garrett
Anna Moomaw
God Bless America
Chambersville Notes
Chambersville Feb 20 Mr and Mrs G L Rosier and two children visited with relatives Mrs H Ritter and daughter traveled to Winchester Sunday. Mr and Mrs Stewart Castile man and family visited Mrs Stewart in Winchester. Nearby visitors included Mrs P H Ritter and Miss Dorothy Renner and Rev Harry Balthis. Betty Bradfield visited relatives in Winchester. Henry Boyce and daughter visited FP Boyce. R F Bradfield and daughter and G L Rosier with two children spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs W W Brewer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chambersville
G. L. Rosier
Tiny
Ae Kern Tly
H. Ritter
Mines
Loring Ritter
Stewart Castileman
Stewart
Winchester
John Hoover
John McKeever
P. H. Ritter
Roy Bayliss
Dorothy Renner
Harry Balthis
Betty Bradfield
Henry Boyce
FP. C. Boyce
R. F. Bradfield
W. W. Brewer
Reliance
Myrl Gruver
Buddy
D. N. Gruver
Wilmer Cooley
Quinty
Ralf Derflinger
Et Va
Walz
Hutton
West Virginia
Sarah Pence
C. A. Pence
Kogen
Sterling
Navy's Cook Book Brought Up To Date
Navy's Cook Book updated by E. Plummer in New York Pep 20 outlines revisions to extend recipes from 1905. The update lowers cooking times, increases sugar in cakes, and adjusts ingredients such as beans soaking and slow eight hour baking while retaining key staples like mustard and salt and pepper.
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Navy
E. Plummer
New York
Lemon Social In Middletown at Mt. Zion Church
Middletown event at Mt. Zion Methodist Church features an eight week old pig prize for the person who finds the most seeds in a lemon. Mary C. Perkins chairs the event with lay leaders organizing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Zion Methodist Church
Middletown
Mary _C. Perkins
Norman Huffman Pleads Guilty in Frederick Circuit Court
Norman Huffman pleaded guilty to a statutory offense before Judge Philip Williams in Frederick Circuit Court. He received a suspended one year sentence, five years probation, and was ordered to pay $35.50 in costs.
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Philip Williams
Frederick
Vitamins as potential shield against war nerves
Dr H W Karn and R A Patton report rat tests showing some subjects resist shock when fed vitamin rich diets while others with lower vitamin intake suffer concussion like responses to a buzzer. They plan human trials to see if vitamins reduce shell shock in artillery and bomb attack conditions.
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H. W. Karn
R. A. Patton
Karn
Patton
Wiedemann Accused by Divorced Woman in San Francisco
A San Francisco divorcee sued Captain Fritz Wiedemann for eight thousand dollars claiming he hired her to investigate his standing with Adolf Hitler and to verify if he remained Hitler’s favorite. The case portrays Wiedemann as head of Germany's espionage system in America with Goebbels and Goering backing his consular role.
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San Francisco
Fritz Wiedemann
Adolf Hitler
America
Albert
Wiedemann
Hitler
Hament
Germany
Crockett
Alice Gulden
Otto A. Hoecker
Hoecker
United States
Joseph Goebbels
Hermann Goering
Mrs. Crockett
Lemon Juice Recipe Claims Rapid Rheumatic Pain Relief
An advertisement promotes Ru-Ex Compound mixed with water and lemon juice as a quick cure for rheumatic arthritis or neuritis. It promises relief within 48 hours and offers a money back guarantee if pain persists, with Baker's Drug Store endorsement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker’s Drug Store
Peoples League Held Friday Night at Miss Treva Russell's Home
Brucetown residents report a Friday night gathering at the home of Miss Treva Russell. Visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Paul Pierce and their son from Winchester. Several locals and relatives are noted visiting, illness confines, and a cinema outing to the Capitol Theatre Winchester to see Gone With the Wind last week.
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Peoples League
Treva Russell
Paul Pierce
Winchester
J. Swimley
Ella Huyett Timberlake
Reading
Leslie Hensel
New
York City
Harry L. Myerly
Paul Triggs
Martinsburg
W. V
Wesley Brill
Fpley
Jacob
Rhodelle
Capitol Theatre
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Virginia Guards
Miller School News
Eleanor White—“Pill
Helen Grubbs
Barney
Vera Lupton
Mary Russell
Floyd Painter
Buck
Chubb
Anna Hoover
Shorty
Linden Unger
Tonto
Frances Bageant
Hattie Payne
Willard Slonaker
Hattie Bowman
Eloise Lowery
Cecil Punk
Carolyn Courtney
Jane Metz
Reva Carter
Dorothy Fahnestock
Darling
Son
Wee Lang
Argentina
Sierra Sue
Bobby Dick
Johnny
Jane _Metz
Dora Lamp—“Gersh
Gee Wilkens Weesers
Paul
Dora
Floyd
Wilbur
Hattie
Anna Louise
Cecil Funk
Lemon Social
Norman Huffman
Pittsburgh University
Virginia Tavern
Martinsburg Pike
Greece
E. Pinkham
Baker’s
Phillip’s
Bayer
Vick
Ter
Wlerters
Wrisley
Louis Phillippe
Jergen
Westminster Choir
First Baptist Church
Kelly
Asp Lae Tires
Duncan Bros
Millwood Ave
George W. Kurtz
G. E. Dovell
Washington, D. C
Tilden Stickley
Washington
Gilbert Brumback
F. A. Foster
H. E. Gruver
Clara’ Bell
Parker Wilder
Raylass
Loudoun St
Solenberger’s Hardware
Brucetown News
George Washington
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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