Dewey Leads With 106 Delegates For GOP Nomination
The report notes Gov. Thomas E. Dewey holds 106 pledged or claimed delegates toward the Republican national convention, with 207 of 254 delegates from ten states free to vote. Contests include New York, Minnesota, North Carolina, and New Hampshire, while Willkie shows limited pledged support. Uninstructed delegates total 207, with convention votes at 1,059 needed for nomination. Democratic delegates tally 138 of 1,176, with Roosevelt’s bloc largely claimed in New York totals.
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Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
Minnesota
Harold ©. Stassen
New Hampshire
Missouri
Dewey
New York
North Carolina
Midwest
Wendell L. Willkie
Wisconsin
Willkie
New Mexico
Chicago
Florida
Iowa
Kansas
Louisiana
Arizona
Maine
Roosevelt
Takes O'Conor To Task For Supporting Tydings
Willis R. Jones, Democrat candidate for U S Senate in Maryland, demands Governor O Connor declare he will not use office to influence state officials in the upcoming primary. He questions an alleged O Connor Tydings alliance and probes Radcliffe seat plans. He also urges prompt action.
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Baltimore
Willis R. Jones
U. S
Maryland
O’ Conor
Millard E. Tydings
O'Conor
Jones
Tydings
George L. Radcliffe
Lewistown service man Home Pvt Rice returns from furlough
Recently Home Pvt Rice son of Mr and Mrs Pierce S Rice of Lewistown who was inducted into the service in September has been stationed at Camp Croft SC He recently spent an eleven day furlough at his home.
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Pvt. Rice
Pierce S. Rice
Lewistown
Camp Croft
S.C
Hood College choir presents spring concert in Brodbeck Hall
Friday evening performance directed by J. Alex Gilfillan featured Miss Stup contralto and Miss Grimm soprano as soloists. Stup, Frederick High School graduate and daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry E Stup, hails from Frederick Route 5. Grimm comes from York Pennsylvania.
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Miss Stup
Miss Grimm
Hood College Choir
Brodbeck Hall
J. Alex Gilfillan
Frederick High School
Harry E. Stup
Frederick
Route 5
York, Pa
Wastler of Emmitsburg stationed in Southwest Pacific
In Southwest Pacific Pie. Wastler of Emmitsburg son of Mr and Mrs Charles Wastler Thurmont is now stationed there. His wife resides on West Main Street Emmitsburg.
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Pie. Wastler
Emmitsburg
Charles Wastler
Thurmont
Southwest Pacific
West Main Street
Destroyer Accident Kills Marines Off Eniwetok Island
Pacific Fleet reports 13 dead and 45 wounded after a U.S. destroyer accidentally shelled three LCI landing craft during a February 22 assault near Parry Island at Eniwetok in the Marshall Islands. Lt. Comdr. Theodore Blanchard led the LCI division. Rear Adm. Hill conveyed condolences and praise for crew gallantry.
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U. 5
Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Parry Island
Eniwetok Atoll
Marshall Islands
Theodore Blanchard
New Rochelle
N. Y
Pacific Fleet Headquarters
Harry W. Hil
Eniwetok
Blanchard
Hill
LCI
Old Auto Tags Must Be Taken Off Cars
State Police sergeant warns motorists that Ma tags displayed on vehicles violate the law and must be removed. Expired markers trigger penalties with drivers from other states cited. Barracks have allowed some requests to operate on expired tags, but no authority to grant permission.
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Sergt
Charles V. Main
Main
Madagascar Island Roughly Matches Texas Size
The island nation of Madagascar is nearly as large as Texas, highlighting its vast land area. This comparison emphasizes Madagascar's scale relative to a major U.S. state, noting its geographic extent and potential implications.
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Madagascar
Texas
Peace For Finns Before Easter Held Possible
Stockholm April 21 Peace with Russia appeared within Finland's grasp on the eve of Parliament's extraordinary session. Juho Paasikivi's visit to Moscow yielded Russian armistice terms milder than before with concessions of Hangoe and Viipuri in exchange for high reparations. Internment of seven German divisions remained unresolved but discussed. Finnish leaders stayed in Helsinki to decide what to recommend to Parliament.
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Stockholm
Russia
Finland
Juho Paasikivi
Moscow
Helsinki
Hangoe
Viipuri
Karelian
Paasikivi
Ammunition Allotted For State Guard Camp
Governor O Conor announced that Maryland State Guard received federal ammunition for the Fort Meade encampment from July 23 to August 1. The allotment totals 106000 rounds of 30 caliber rifle and 66000 rounds of .45 caliber Thompson submachine gun ammo. Soldiers will receive 25 rifle practice rounds per man, with the rest held in reserve. All personnel will be paid for training time and enlisted men will get subsistence allowances.
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Annapolis
O'Conor
State Guard
Fort Meade
Licensed to Marry at Washington and Rockville
At Washington Robert Stone Jr Union Bridge and Hazel Storey 21 Ashland City Tenn wed. In Rockville Charles Offutt 24 Laytonsville and Ella Campbell 28 Gaithersburg wed.
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Washington
Robert Stone, Jr
Union Bridge
Hazel Storey
Ashland City
Tenn
Rockville
Charles Offutt
Laytonsville
Ella Campbell
Gaithersburg
Teens arrested in city crackdown on juvenile delinquency
Thirteen youths aged 15 to 17 were arrested early Sunday and jailed on loitering or peace disturbance charges. David Roberts, 103 East Sixth street, jailed without bond after tampering with a car, seen by Officer Carty near the Francis Scott Key Hotel. Police report Roberts has prior auto tampering and joyride records, with bond posted disputes and appeals pending in related assault cases.
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David Roberts
East Sixth Street
Sherman Boone
Roberts
Ellis Carty
Marshall Murray
Sergt
Dan Swomley
Francis Scott Key
Carty
Court Street
House of Correction
Jessups
Frederick
Fred Straley
Boone
Marshall Wetzel
West Patrick Street
Wetzell
Larry Carrell
Rosemont Avenue
Sheldon Miller
Wilson Avenue
Thomas Hood
East South Street
Thomas Miller
Cleveland Shankle
Harry Minchick
Tracy Franklin
South Carroll Street
Wallace Kemp
West South Street
Charles Williams
East Fifth Street
John Kline
East Fourth Street
Chief Straley
Walter Hallman
Urbana
Webster Luby
Oliver Smith
James Nelson
Walkersville
Martin Kanode
Norman Trump
Walter Ingram
West All Saints Street
Brazilian Expeditionary Force Parade Draws Rio Crowds
Rio de Janeiro on April 1 witnessed twelve thousand troops from Brazil's first division march before cheering crowds, marking a show of strength and national pride amid war mobilization.
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Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Frye Serviceman Overseas Since 1942
In England Pfc. Frye son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Frye of Luckett s Va is stationed in England He has served since May 6 1941 and has been overseas since October 1942
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Pfc. Frye
Joseph Frye
Lucketts, Va
England
Help For Harvesting Crops Is Being Sought Baltimore
Maryland War Manpower Commission director Lawrence B. Fenneman says 14 000 workers are needed to harvest and process 1944 canning crops. Immigrant and military labor limits reduce supply. the use of prisoner of war labor could meet only about ten percent of demand.
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Baltimore
Lawrence B. Fenneman
Maryland War Manpower Commission
Free State
WMC
Fenneman
Netta Succeeds Neagu as Romania's Finance Minister
New York April 2 German news agency reports Prof. Gheron Netta named Romanian Minister of Finance succeeding Alexander Neagu who resigned. Broadcast intended for German domestic press and recorded by the OWL.
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Netta
Neagu
New York
DNR
Gheron Netta
Alexander Neagu
The
OWL
100000 Japs Trapped Face Starvation in Pacific War
Washington reports 100,000 Japanese soldiers in besieged Pacific islands face starvation, disease, and death. Army details a tight sea and air blockade, bombardment, and ground assaults that cripple Japanese supply lines in the Marshalls, Bismarcks, and Northern Solomons, with high American casualty advantages and limited Allied aid reaching Japan.
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Washington
Southwest
Pacific
War Department
Marshalls
Bismarcks
Solomons
Saidor
New Guinea
Bot
Evidence of Japanese dead and camp escape reported
Reports describe multiple Japanese casualties from hunger and disease in New Guinea areas between February and March, with thousands of enemy dead found since October on the Huon Peninsula. The department notes waning Japanese trust in officers. Meanwhile four Graf Spee crew members escaped from Santa Rosa camp near Buenos Aires, announced today.
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Gali
Yoga-Yoga
Saidor
Huon Peninsula
New Guinea
Finehafen
Buenos Aires
Admiral Graf Spee
Montevideo
Santa Rosa
Perimeter Is Extended in Pacific Niche Gains
Allied forces on Bougainville seized two high ground positions widening the Empress Augusta Bay perimeter. In New Guinea the joint Australian American advance around Bongadjim moves toward Madang. A mid day bombing report on Truk indicates 31 to 43 enemy planes downed with 20 U.S. casualties.
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Southwest Pacific
Bougainville
Empress Augusta Bay
New Guinea
Bongadjim
Madang
Truk
United States
Eten
Truk Atoll
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Richard Pearse
Southeast Asia
RAF
Ceylon
Indian Ocean
Bay of Bengal
CBS
George E. Rice
Hood
Miss Evelyn Stup
Ftc
Edgar R. Wastler
ALLEN
N. Market ST
Burall
C. C. Carty
East Patrick St
C.E. Cline & Son Funeral Directors
Pfc
Eddie Frye
Peer Kelton Ballantine
King
Joni Leite
John Beet
Ant
Jay Blac
Ballantine Ale & Beer
South Market
Delphey
W. Patrick St. Blanks
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Kate Greenaway
Hendrickson
Bennett’s
Berger’s
Cafurst
C. C. Carty ’S, Inc
East
Patrick St
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