Excessive Expenditure Charged To Executrix in Orphans Court
Heirs of Reverdy J. Winebrewer petition Orphans Court alleging the executrix Anne Winebrewer overspent on a monument and funeral costs totaling 6900 and 821 respectively. They seek an administrator to pursue recovery and reopen the estate valued around 75000. Co trustees are Matthias Storm and Parsons Newman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reverdy J. Winebrewer
Walkersville
Orphans Court
Anne Winebrener
Frederick
May Getzendanner Briscoe
Phoebe Getzendanner
Ralph W. Border
Jefferson County
W. Va
Margaret May Border Holinger
Philadelphia
Ansel"g. Bonhag
Montgomery County
Charles McC. Mathias
Mr. Winebrewer
Anne
D. Charles Winebrewer
Maryland
Winebrewer
D.b.n.c.t.a
Equity Court
Mr. Mathias
William M. Storm
Parsons Newman
Battle Of Production Is Being Won By U S
Four members of Congress declared from confidential briefings that the United States is winning the battle of production. They cited information from Navy Secretary Knox War Production Chief Nelson Undersecretary Patterson and senior Army and Navy officials. Rep Thomason Clason Sutphin and Mott voiced cautious optimism citing dangers of eavesdropping.
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Washington
Congress
United States
Military and
Naval Committee
Navy
Knox
Donald Nelson
Patterson
Army
Thomason
D-Tex
Clason
R.-Mass
Military Committee
Sutphin
Mott
R-Ore
Axis Lie item cites U S car scrappage figures
Under the heading Today's Axis Lie the Berlin shortwave radio item reports from Lisbon that four to five million old cars in the United States will be scrapped for iron and that twelve million cars have been taken out of traffic due to tire and gasoline shortages.
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Washington
Office of
Berlin
Lisbon
United States
Standard Oil Sold Gas To Axis Lines Until Halted
Washington reports that Standard Oil of New Jersey continued supplying aviation fuel to German Italian airlines operating in South America until the State Department placed its Brazilian unit on the black list. Berle testified cooperation followed the action. Mead called the department’s pressure necessary. Officials described Lati and Condor Line operations under German control aiding Axis propaganda and espionage via Brazil, Argentina and beyond.
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Washington
Adolf A. Berle, Jr
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
South America
Berley
Standard Oil
State Department
United States
Commerce Department
Standard
Berle Said
Lati
Condor Line
Brazil
Berle
Palmer
William la Warre
American Republics Office
Department of Commerce
Rome
Africa
Argentine
Latin America
Latin-America
la Warre
Darwin Raided Again By Japs
Premier John Curtin said Japan ese planes which subjected Darwin to its eleventh raid yesterday dropped 35 bombs but caused only slight damage and one minor casualty. The Vichy radio quoted Tokyo dispatches that Japanese troops made further landings on small islands surrounding Timor, including Rotisland Leti and Babars, completing an island front facing Australia.
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Melbourne
John Curtin
Darwin
London
Vichy
Tokyo Dispatches
Timor
Australia
Ro‘ti
Leti Iané Babar
Two Merchant Ships Attacked In Caribbean
The Navy announced torpedoing of two United States merchant vessels in the Caribbean Sea and the shelling and sinking of a small tug off the Atlantic coast. The medium sized merchant ships were torpedoed several weeks ago, and a small U S tug was shelled and sunk recently off the Atlantic coast.
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Washington
United States
Caribbean Sea
Atlantic
Navy
U. S. Rg
All Consumer Goods Prices May Be Frozen
Washington April 3 An order freezing prices of all consumer goods not already under ceiling orders is under discussion between top officials of the Office of Price Administration and the War Production Board. A blanket freezing order would apply to retail and wholesale levels and may restore prices to levels of several months ago.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
War Production Board
OPA
Riot at Fort Dix Leaves 3 Dead and 5 Hurt
At Fort Dix New Jersey a clash between white and Negro soldiers last night left three dead and five wounded. A white military police officer fired to halt a fleeing Black soldier, triggering a burst of more than 50 bullets. The incident began over telephone use at the Waldron Sports Palace near a Negro barracks.
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Fort Dix
N. J
Aage Woldike
Woldike
Post
Waldron Sports Palace
Pointville
Waldike
M. P
Weldike
Enoch Council To Mark Its 50th Anniversary
Enoch Council No 10 and Grand Lodge officers will observe the fiftieth anniversary on April 7. Entertainment for the ladies starts at 7 30 and out of town talent provides evening program at 9. buffet lunch to follow. Thrice illustrious Master Nevin T. R. Waskey heads the council with a planning committee of Yinger Klein Biemlinger and Miller.
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Grand Lodge
Enoch Council No
Nevin T. R. Waskey
Enoch Council
Clifford M. Yinger
C. Cyril Klein
Charles L. Biemlinger
Charles W. Miller
Chungking May Send Envoy To Vatican
President Roosevelt, at a press conference, said Vatican discussions include exchanging emissaries with Tokyo and Chungking. He could not confirm a permanent U S representative at the Holy See, noting transportation issues. The idea of Japan having a Vatican envoy alarms the United Nations as a potential friendly gesture toward an enemy power.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Vatican
Tokyo
Chungking
United States
Holy See
Japan
United Nations
Admiralty Loss Report Sinks Destroyer Heythrop
The Admiralty announced the destruction of the Hunt class destroyer HMS Heythrop Lieut. Comdr. B. S. Stafford RN. Next of kin have been informed. The Heythrop, laid down in 1939 and completed in 1940, displaces 904 tons and carried four 4 inch anti aircraft guns and eight smaller weapons.
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Londor
Admiralty
Heythrop
Board of the Admiralty
Stafford
R. N.I
British Fallback North Of Prome Lines In Burma War
British announce forced retreat to fresh covering positions north of Prome after heavy Japanese attacks. Akyab landing reports denied. Chinese retreat rumors linked to Sittang area. Units concentrate in new areas as defense line shifts between Prome and the Irrawaddy.
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New Delhi
Prome
Burma
Akyab
Bengal
Rangoon
Yenangyaung
Maton
Irrawaddy
Chungking
Reuters
London
Sittang
Hhen
Toungoo
Mandalay
Five Killed as Army Bomber Crashes in Rhode Island
An Army medium bomber crashed in the West Greenwich woods today killing five aboard. The crew, likely a pilot co pilot a staff sergeant radio operator and two privates, were believed dead pending official confirmation. A fire and crater 15 rods wide followed the blast.
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West Greenwich
R. I
Woodlands
First Corps
Westover Field
Chicopee
Mass
Three Army Flyers Die In Plane Crash
Three Army officers perished when an Army plane crashed shortly after takeoff at Lexington airport, five miles southeast of Columbia. Pilot 2nd Lieut. G F Hayman Jr, co pilot 1st Lieut. A C Darden and mechanic Sgt O D Fischer all killed instantly as the aircraft burned. The return flight was to Augusta, Georgia.
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Columbia
5. C
Lexington
Here
G. F. Hayman, Jr
A. C. Darden
Set. O. D. Fischer
India urged by Chiang to take terms of Britain
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek reportedly urged accept an end of war anxiety terms for India in Britain’s postwar dominion proposal. He conveyed the views to Pandit Nehru via a special messenger, with details of the message not disclosed. Cripps as envoy may delay release as Wavell and Cripps confer. Louis Johnson, Roosevelt’s adviser, arrived in New Delhi as India hosts ongoing talks.
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New Delhi
India
Chiang Kai-Shek
Britain
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
All-India Congress Party
Chiang
Congress Party
Maulana Abul Kalan Azad
Spofford Cripps
Azad
Archibald P. Wavell
Stafford
London War Cabinet
Wavell
Cripps
Congress
All- India Moslem League
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Moslem League
League
Allahabad
Johnson
Louis Johnson
Roosevelt
25 000 Nazis Die In 13 Days
Moscow reports 23 000 German troops slain as Red Army forces claim major gains on Leningrad and Kalinin fronts in 13 days of heavy fighting. Soviet accounts say German counterattacks cost over 200 killed on the southern front and local advances are reported elsewhere as Berlin notes a general easing of enemy activity.
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Moscow
Red Army
Leningrad
Kalinin
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
High Command
May enter Navy resignation at Belmont Park official
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, prominent turfman and Belmont Park president, has resign ed from Belmont Park and severed his other New York racing connections while filing for commission in the U S Navy.
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Navy New York
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
America
Belmont Park
New York
Mac Navy
Contract For Temporary Jug Bridge Awarded
The State Roads Commission awarded the contract to M. J. Grove Lime Company of Frederick to build a temporary wooden bridge over the Monocacy River on Route 40 near Frederick. The $35,000 structure will begin immediately, last about three months, and will avoid sleet in its construction.
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Baltimore
State Roads Commission
Monocacy River
Frederick
Ezra B. Whitman
M. J. Grove Lime Company
Ing
Public Roads Administration
Frederick fire companies set to advise on alarm signal plan
City fire company presidents will meet the Mayor and Aldermen and the director of Civilian Defense next week to vote on recommendations for the fire alarm air raid warning system. Discussions center on restoring a general fire alarm signal or installing separate air raid alerts in city sections to ensure firemen learn of emergencies despite volunteer manpower limits.
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Frederick
Russell H. McCain
City Hall
McCain
Board of Aldermen
Aire
Hagerstown
Lloyd C. Culler
366 U S Prisoners Held By Japs Well Treated
Washington April 3 The 366 United States prisoners of war captured on Gilbert Wake and Guam islands and interned at Zentsuji Shi koku island are well treated by the Japanese Red Cross reports Rep White. They seek more entertainment better food and family mail.
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Washington
United States
Gilbert
Wake
Guam
Zentsuji
Shikoku
International Red Cross
Rep. White
D-Idaho
Idaho
Oregon
Navy Department
White
Information Bureau
Japanese Red Cross
Jarge Island
Shanghai
Gilbert Island
Thief Steals Left Shoes Samples in April Fool Incident
A thief took a case of left shoe samples from the auto of Hugh D. Sherman, a salesman, on April 1. Sherman noted the steal was a joke for April Fool’s Day as all shoes were left sized.
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Baltimore
Hugh D. Sherman
Sherman
US Troops Brace for Third Bataan Jap Assault
Washington April 3 American front line forces remain alert against a third Japanese assault on Bataan. Official reports say a sizeable Japanese pocket was surrounded by U S forces after two heavy attacks, with mopping up operations continuing. Japanese units faced encirclement amid counter attacks and wary for night digging in foxholes.
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Washington
Bataan
U. S
War Department
Dutch East Indies
U.S
City Observes Good Friday Amid Slow Business and Mild Weather
Frederick marks Good Friday with banks, offices, schools closing and church services planned. Palm Sunday snow vanished and a near 70 degree day expected as flood risk subsides. Monocacy River near standstill with low-lying areas flooded but calm. Some stores report brisk pre Easter trade. parking meters free but many forgot.
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Frederick
Monocacy
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Caribbean
Augusta
Grove Lime Co
Whitman
Red Cross
Cablegram of International Agency
Shikoku Island
U. S. Navy Department of the Red Cross
Cial
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