Land-Based Bombers Hit Truk Again
Allied bombers attacked Japanese bases at Truk and Woleai in the Carolines for a second time. Liberator aircraft started fires on Dublon Island while raids targeted Eten Island. Other strikes hit Kauripik and Waleai, with 151 tons of explosives dropped on Aitape, Wewak, Rabaul, and Kai Islands.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
South Pacific
Truk
Woleia Islands
Carolines
Dublon Island
Truk Atoll
Eten Island
Kauripik Islands
Waleai Island
Catalina
New Guinea
Madang
Bismarck Sea
Los Negros
Manus Islands
Admiralties
Pityilu
North Africa Stationed Pvt Gaver Listed In Service
In North Africa Pvt Gaver son of Mrs Kelen Gaver of 240 West Patrick Street has been stationed since December 1 1943 after entering the service December 11 PMR. He resides at 105 East Stresia Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt. Gaver
Kelen Gaver
West Patrick Street
North Africa
Pmr
Isails
East Stresia Street
Commended Pvt Ernest L Thom as for Aleutian service
Pvt Ernest L Thom as is commended for exceptionally efficient performance with the Army Engineers in the Aleutian area. His work has been outstanding under adverse conditions, reflecting credit on his unit and family in Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt. Thomas
Brunswick
Aleutian
Pvt
Ernest L. Thomas
Army Engineers
War Interpreted By KIRKEL SIMPSON AP War Analyst
The article discusses Far Pacific developments and Japanese strategy, noting Russia’s response to Sakhalin concessions, the impact of Soviet and American actions, and the Palau raid as a warning to Japan. It contrasts Moscow’s view with Tokyo’s, highlighting strategic implications for the Pacific war. Also reports Baltimore police to impound cars without 1944 license tags after midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
M. Joseph Wallace
Motor Vehicle Commissioner's Office
Sofia Bombardment Tied to Red Balkan Advance
Allied air officers disclose that 36 hours of heavy bombing of Sofia by American and British bombers are politically tied to the Russian Balkan push. The raids hit railway yards and installations, sending smoke two miles high, aiming to disrupt German forces in Italy and the Balkans as Soviet advances threaten from the east. Unrest grows in Hungary and Romania as German plans to fortify the Carpathians unfold.
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Naples
Sofia
Balkans
Hitler
Balkan
Italy
Red Army
Europe
Hungary
Rumania
Carpathian Mountains
Ploestial
Carpathians
Chaplin Case Nears Closing Arguments in Berry Trial
In Los Angeles on March 31 the Chaplin Mann Act case moved to final arguments after a lengthy cross examination of Joan Berry. Judge O Connor set two and a half hour limits for each side, with deliberations to begin Tuesday. Berry testified again as prosecutors pressed Chaplin on his relationship with the 24 year old unwed mother.
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Los Angeles
Charlie Chaplin
Joan Berry
Miss Berry
J. F. T. O'Connor
Charles H. Carr
Jerry Giester
Carr
Chaplin
Thomas Wells Durant
Atttorney Carr
New Market Grange Plans Degrees for Nineteen Members
The New Market Grange met on March 22. At the April 12 session the first and second degrees will be conferred on nineteen candidates. A cake raffle winner at the oyster supper was Mrs. Merkle Lease of New Market on March 29.
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NEW Market Grange
Pfc Huffer Stationed at Fort Jackson South Carolina
Pfc Paul E Huffer son of Mrs Mildred Huffer of Knoxville is stationed in South Carolina. Address lists 33556599 Ho Co Aston 347 Inf APO 448 Fort Jackson S C.
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Huffer
Mildred Huffer
Knoxville
South Carolina
Paul E. Huffer
Ho Co
Aston
APO
Fort Jackson
S. C
50 Aircraft Carriers Now In Pacific Chicago
Navy Secretary Knox declared American forces control the Pacific with more than 50 aircraft carriers at sea. He stated we hold the initiative, will press toward China or Japan, and must conduct a difficult amphibious landing to reach the main Japanese strength. He noted German U-boats are less of a threat after sinking more submarines than the Axis sunk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Navy
Knox
Pacific
Ocean
State Street Council
Atlantic
Pearl Harbor
China
Japan
Germany
Police Court Cases Tried
James Fox of 223 West Patrick street jailed last night on a $100 bail for disturbance of the peace in a case described as a disgraceful residential brawl. Magistrate Sherman P. Bowers’ court, which previously forfeited $35 collateral on Fox for missing a hearing, continued the case with William Jordan, colored, of East street, who had $5 collateral forfeited after pleading not guilty. the magistrate warned dismissal if the city failed to prove the disturbance. Other city cases included four-day jail terms for intoxication for Black Foot, Point of Rocks, and Andrew J. Peamroy. all-saints street and Austin Arnold violations. eight motorists cited for excessive speed or failure to stop, all failing to appear. A damaged-vehicle incident on West Fifth and North Bentz streets involved Roy E. Baugher and Mrs. Chester P. Sadowski, with insurance coverage noted. WOMEN OF MOOSE MEET: Chapter 347 Women of the Moose held an officers night meeting with a candidates class and an invited men’s lodge attendance.
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James Fox
West Patrick Street
Frank Dorsey
Fox
Sherman P. Bowers
William Jordan
East Street
Marion Carmack
Jordan
Black Foot
Point of Rocks
Andrew J. Peamroy
Frederick
Ralph Potts
Marshall Murray
William
Fields
All Saints Street
Austin Arnold
Dan Swomley
Packer Leimback
Baltimore
Robert
Cairns
Thurmont
Edmund P. Welker
Taneytown
Arthur W. Fox
Lock Orb
N. J
Susan V. Schwartz
Hazleton
Harry L. Thomas
James H. Cardinal
Braddock Heights
Maurice J. Floyd
Middletown
Roy E. Baugher
Rt. 3
Norman Dietz
Harry C. Stull
Potts
Stull
Stalls
Chester P. Sadowski
Camp Detrick
Stall
West Fifth Street
Sadowski
North Bentz Street
Badoglio's Italian Air Force Fighting Daily Alongside Allies
Italian Regia Aeronautica operates with the Allies after the armistice, escorting convoys and hunting Germans while rebuilding identity by using WWI markings. pilots endure supply limits from northern German hands but pride remains strong. Macchi 205s claim local superiority over Allied fighters in mock tests.
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Badoglio
Italy
Dalmatia
Adriatic
Regia Aeronautica
Royal Italian Air Force
Axis
Luftwaffe
Mussolini
Savoia Marchetti
Corfu
Africa
Russia
Greece
Libya
Malta
Kiev
45 000 Maryland men classified 4-F in draft
Col Henry C Stanwood state selective service director disclosed that about 45,000 Maryland men are now classified 4-F in the draft. He said the count rises daily as men deferred for occupations or dependency are sent for pre-induction physical examinations.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Henry C Stanwood
State Selective Service
Stanwood
Navy Seaman Angb erger on weekend leave with wife
Recently Home Seaman Second Class Angb erger, inducted in September, spent a weekend leave with his wife who resides at 39 East Fifth Street. He received his boat train ling at Sampson NY.
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Angberger
Navy
East Fifth Street
Sampson, N.Y
Jones Asks Tydings How He Stands On 4th Term
Willis R. Jones of Baltimore formally opened his campaign for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate by asking Senator Millard E. Tydings to declare his position on a fourth term for President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The Maryland primary race, with voting a month away, produced limited heat as campaigns were just beginning for Senate, six congressional seats, and delegates to the state conventions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
United States
Willis R. Jones
Millard E. Tydings
D-Md
Roosevelt
Jones
Board of Correction
Tydings
Maryland
Senate
Special Meeting Monday on Filtration Plant Bids
Action on bids for Singapore filtration plant improvements will be taken at a special meeting of the Mayor and Aldermen Monday evening. Owing to wide bid variations, lengthy consideration is expected before any decision. A quarter century ago, school children were dismissed to across passing automobiles.
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Singapore
Court rules martial law not necessary in Hawaii
Federal Judge Delbert E. Metzger ruled martial law unnecessary in Hawaii and freed Lloyd C. Duncan from jail. He noted his October 1942 ruling restored habeas corpus by proclamations of Territorial Governor Ingram Stainbach. The judge rejected Nimitz and Richardson affidavits claiming imminent invasion as sufficient to sustain martial law.
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Honolulu
T. H
Delbert E. Metzger
Hawaii
Lloyd C. Duncan
Metzger
Chester W. Nimitz
Robert C. Richardson, Jr
Ingram Stainbach
Four Killed In Car And Train Crashes
Four people died in crashes involving a car and trains in College Park and Baltimore. Lieut John E Cooper US A of Philadelphia and Emil Gattesman of College Park were struck at a grade crossing. Mrs Martha Bolte and Walter H Ruppert of Pikesville and Randallstown perished in a separate collision with a Western Maryland Railroad locomotive at Mt Wilson Lane. Ruppert died at University Hospital. Separate shoe lasts have been cased for the right and left foot only since the 18th century.
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Baltimore
College Park
John E. Cooper
U.S. A
Philadelphia
Emil Gattesman
Martha Bolte
Pikesville
Walter H. Ruppert
Randallstown
Patriotism appeal urged to mobilize 4 F workers
Washington reports a congressional subcommittee hearing where Col Francis V. Keesling proposed publicizing 4-Fs who could fill war production jobs. He urged local draft boards to list eligible men with a star for those joining essential plants, aiding plant-by-plant manpower surveys and assignments. He suggested an Army labor corps as punishment for refusing war jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Selective Service
Congressional
Francis V. Keesling
Draft Headquarters
House
Keesling
Sparksman
D-Ala
Army Labor Corps
Nazi Prisoners In U S Camp Go On Sit Down Strike
Trinidad Colo March 31 Lt Col Lambert B Calin commander of the German prisoner of war camp nearby said prisoners went on a sit down strike last weekend after the camp was searched for three guns stolen from an escort guard quarters. He noted no violence and that food was withheld to prompt a return to work. home made liquor ferments were found in the compound.
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Trinidad
Colo
Lambert B. Calin
Cain
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OPA
Wallace Sayre
McCor
Edward Gaver
Kirkel, Simpson
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China Sea
Tokyo
India
Burma
Auchinneck
Sakhalin Island
Moscow
Dutch Indies
Sakhalin
Palaw
Pfc
Paul E. Hoffer
U.S
Women OF Moose
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Middle East
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Sudan
Ethiopia
Yemen
Aden
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