High Rate Of Preinduction Acceptances Reported In Baltimore
Unofficial word from Baltimore indicates a sustained high rate of preinduction acceptances from Board One for local registrants. More than 70 percent of the men who reported passed the exams and may be called to military service, with limited official data suggesting only modest rejections. The war department ordered strict application of the Tydings amendment for agricultural deferments and clarified criteria for determining necessity and replaceability in agriculture while maintaining flexibility if the farm unit plan is used as a guide in some areas.
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Baltimore
Board One
Striet
Eye Hunt On Saturday Beas ter egg hunt plans announced
Connie Mack is to present the silver cup to the winner of the Kiwanis Club BEas ter egg hunt on Saturday afternoon. Charles Taylor Ernest Berger and Edward H Sharpe head the planning. Eligible children aged four to under thirteen may join the one hour hunt from 1 pm at Baker Park starting from the old bandstand. If it rains the event moves to Monday at about 3 30 pm. AWVS members will color eggs and Boy Scouts will hide them.
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Connie Mack
Charles K. Taylor
Ernest Berger
Edward H. Sharpe
Baker Park
A.W.V.S
Orient Express route halted by partisan train destruction
Traffic on the Ljubljana Zagreb stretch of the Orient Express was suspended for 67 hours after Yugoslav Partisans destroyed two trains between Ljubljana and Zidani Most. Marshal Josip Broz Tito reported the incident.
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London
Ljubljana-Zagreb
Europe
Middle East
Ljubljana
Zidani
Marshak Josip (Tito) Broz
Extra Gas For Victory Gardeners
Washington reports that the Office of Price Administration will grant special gasoline allotments for gardeners. The allowance covers 300 miles travel to and from plots this season, to those cultivating at least 1300 square feet and visiting twice weekly. A ride sharing agreement and lack of alternative transport are required.
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Washington
Victory
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Death of ex Triumph executive tied to mail fraud case
Elkton Md April 5 Joseph Ben Decker 58 former Triumph Explosives VP GM died in hospital from self inflicted gunshot wounds hours before he was to report to federal prison He and Gustav Kann were convicted last June of mail fraud and renegotiations act violations with Kann given probation after restitution Decker had been free on bond pending appeals and was to serve three years on the fraud charge and one year and a day on the renegotiations act sentence The Triumph plant had been seized in 1942 and later operated by Navy on new management under Pepper of Philadelphia based Pennoad Corp now Triumphs head
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Elkton
Joseph Ben Decker
Triumph Explosives
U. 8
August Klecka
Decker
Muniitions
Kann
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Triumph
Navy
Benjamin Pepper
Philadelphia
Pennoad Corporation
47 Degrees In Miami Sets Weather Record
Miami on April 5 recorded a 47 degree low, the coldest for this date. Locals bundled up as the weather cooled, with men adjusting coats and women dressing in sweaters and swimsuits in the chilly scene.
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Miami
Pla
Czechoslovak Government Reaches Postwar Admin Plan
The Czechoslovak government in London has agreed with Russia Britain and the United States on a plan to administer its territory once military operations permit. The accord, reached on April 5, outlines the framework for postwar governance under Allied supervision.
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Washington
London
Russia
Britain
United States
Bishop Longley Dies in Charleston After Brief Illness
In Charleston, West Virginia, the Rt. Rev. Harry Sherman Longley aged 75, former Episcopal bishop of Iowa from 1929 to his retirement last November 1, died today in a Charleston hospital after a brief illness. He had been living in Davenport, Iowa.
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Bishop Longley
Charleston
W. Va
Harry Sherman Longley
Davenport
Iowa
Well Known Educator Oscar Fogle Dies in Tennessee
Oscar M. Fogle longtime Frederick County educator and former Talbot County superintendent died suddenly of coronary thrombosis at his Crossville Tennessee home at age 62. He led high schools in Middletown Adamsown Brunswick and served eight years as Talbot County superintendent before moving to Pleasant Hill Academy Tennessee. He is survived by his wife daughter Elizabeth Hartman Fogle and several other relatives. Funeral arrangements listed with C. E. Cline and Son.
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Oscar M. Fogle
Frederick County
Talbot County
Crossville
Tenn
Fogle
Tennessee
Charles Calvin
Martha Bowers Fogle
Woodsboro
Walkersville
Roanoke College
Salem
Columbia University
New York City
Middletown
Adamstown
Brunswick
Easton
Eugene W. Pruitt
Pleasant Hill Academy
Monrovia
P. N. Wright
Washington
D. C
H. B. King
Dover
Del
C. Noelinton Fogie
East Patrick Street
Mt. Olivet Cemetery
C. E. Cline and Son
Principal Exchanges To Close Good Friday
The Easter holidays prompt the usual closure of all principal domestic securities and commodity exchanges on Good Friday April 7 with operations resuming Saturday. Some markets such as livestock and dairy stay open. The New York cotton and wool markets and the New Orleans cotton exchange will stay closed Saturday April 8. Montreal and Toronto stock exchanges and the Winnipeg grain market close only on Good Friday.
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Associated Press
New York
New Orleans
Montreal
Toronto
Winnipeg
Bucharest Rail Yards Raided by Allied Forces
Allied headquarters in Naples reported that U S Flying Fortresses and Liberators bombed Bucharest rail yards on the previous day, damaging supply routes to the Russian front and blanketing the city in smoke. The heavy bombers reportedly shot down 46 enemy planes, with pilots of escort fighters claiming three more. Twelve Allied planes were lost in the operation, which also targeted dumps, bridges, gun positions, bivouacs, and Dalmatian coastal shipping in surrounding theaters. Berlin claimed 44 Allied planes were downed.
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Naples
U. S
Bucharest
Berlin
Yankees Open Exhibition With Athletics In Cold Weather
The New York Yankees and Philadelphia Athletics played a cold exhibition at McCurdy Field under light snow with a shivering crowd. Manager Earl Mack pledged the game would not be postponed. The teams will continue in Atlantic City for two more games after tonight. County agronomist Shoemaker notes a late spring delaying farm work but says wheat and pasture are unaffected. moisture and rain are ample for crops.
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New York Yankees
Philadelphia Athletics
McCurdy Field
Earl Mack
Athletics
Yankees
Francis Scott Key
Atlantic City
Catoctin
South Mountain
Emmitsburg
Henry R. Shoemaker
Shoemaker
Soldiers Favor Higher Taxes Says Lieut Brosius
Lieut J W Brosius of Adamstown serving in the Pacific writes to The News expressing support for higher taxes and supporting the current soldier vote legislation. He notes gratitude for a Middletown valley photo mailed to him and advocates ability to cast ballots in the upcoming election.
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J. W. Brosius
Adamstown
Pacific Area
Middletown Valley
Brosius
Freezing Temperatures Hit Maryland Across State
Frigid conditions left Maryland looking more like December than April with subfreezing readings and light snow. Highways stayed open and early crops faced limited damage as peach buds in the Eastern Shore fared better than some nurserymen feared. Salisbury logged 29 degrees with light snow, Cumberland 27 with flurries, and Frederick 26 with mountain snow.
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Associated Press
Maryland
Salisbury
Cumberland
Frederick
Gorman Appeals for Wage Relief Before War Labor Board
Francis J. Gorman of the United Textile Workers urged wage relief for about one million textile workers in testimony to a War Labor Board panel hearing AFL requests to modify the Little Steel formula.
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Washington
Francis J. Gorman
United Textile Workers
War Labor Board
American Federation of Labor
Buying Power Thin Across Rail and Industry Leaders
In New York on April 5 buying power was spread thin as trading lacked big selling, yet rail and industrial leaders managed to gain fractional points, lifting some market sections.
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New York
Dewey Wins In Wisconsin Willkie Fourth In Results
Wisconsin returns show Governor Dewey leading with 115 pledged delegates and a path to 14 or more delegates, while Willkie collapses with no pledged delegates. Stassen and MacArthur hold small delegate counts as the race narrows toward the convention. Willkie campaigns across Nebraska, urging unity behind the eventual Republican nominee.
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Dewey
Wisconsin
Willkie
Milwaukee
Phomas E. Dewey
Wendell Willkie
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Douglass MacArthur
MacArthur
Stassen
Fred R. Zimmerman
New York
Willkie Willkie
Wilkie
West Point
Nebr
America
United States
Wilikie
Yaut
Nebraska
Harold Stassen
Omaha
Liberator Bombers Attack Pas-De-Calais Area
U S Liberator bombers attacked military objectives in the Pas-de-Calais area of France today as heavy escorting Thunderbolts backed the mission. The Berlin radio reported other bomber fleets over central Germany in mid afternoon and noted a continuing Allied aerial campaign after a three day lull.
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London
Pas-de-Calais
France
Air Force
Europe
Berlin
Germany
Reich
U. S
Balkan
Russ Battle Nazi Foe In Streets Of Tarnopol
Moscow April 5 Russian troops fought in Tarnopol streets as Zhukov’s First Army pressed the German garrison. The drive reached most of Tarnopol, with over 3,000 Nazis killed and 400 captured in three days. Rail junction Razdelnaya fell, cutting the Odessa flank escape route. Red forces also neared Lwow and Kishinev, progressing toward Dolbany and Tiraspol with dozens of towns captured.
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Moscow
Black Sea
Fie
Odessa
Tarnopol
Skala
Gregory Zhukov
Gorakhov
Lwow
Luisk
Germany
Poland
Rodion Malinovsky
Red Army
Kamenohls Podolsk
Gregory K. Zhukov
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Third Army
Bakolova
Razdelnaya
Rumania
Tiraspol
Kishinev
London
Bessarabia
Lower
Dniester
Dolbany
Osipovka
Gets Purple Heart Honors and Red Cross Praise
Pfc. Richard Huntzberry, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Huntzberry of 8 Water Street, was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in Italy. He was hospitalized and praises the Red Cross for care, noting nurses who provided writing paper, cigarettes, and other comforts.
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Italy
Richard Huntzberry
C. A. Huntzberry
Water Street
Pfc
Huntzberry
Red Cross
Finns Hypnotized By Nazis Swedes Think
Stockholm reports Dagens Nyheter speculates Finland is forced by Germany to stay at war with Russia. It hints Juho Paasikivi's Moscow mission was to calm the home front. The paper says Germany is satisfied with Helsinki’s armistice news and that Finland’s government cannot break from Germany.
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Stockholm
Dagens Nybeter
Finland
Russia
Juho Paasikivi
Moscow
Germany
Helsinki
Armistice Sought by Romania Report
New York April 5 A Blue network broadcast from London quoted Turkish dispatches saying Premier Antonescu of Romania would seek an armistice from Washington London and Moscow. An emissary to Cairo urged the move as German advances threaten Bucharest. No AP confirmation.
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New York
PA Blue
London
Turkey
Antonescu
Rumania
Washington
Moscow
Thomas ’. Grandin
Cairo
United Nations
Balkans
Grandin
Nothling
Rumana
Associated Press
U.S
Bucharest
11 000 Killed In Berlin In Last Two Raids
Stockholm report from Af tonbladet cites a diplomatic source with broad knowledge of Berlin damage. It states 11,000 Berliners killed in two raids with major destruction in Kurfuerstendamm area and suburbs like Dahtem Zehlen dorf Grunewald and Halensee.
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Berlin
Stockholm
Dahtem
Zehlendorf
Grunewald
Halensee
Siemenstadt
Aftonbladet
Leity
Spandau
Joachim Ribbentrop
Foreign Ministry
Vienna
Imperial Hotel
Munich
Nazi Attack Is Repulsed At Mt Marrone By Italian Forces
Italian troops with the Allied Fifth Army repulsed a German counter attack on Mt Marrone, inflicting casualties. They had earlier seized the peak and two nearby heights. Front reports describe heavy artillery duels and patrol clashes across many sectors, with Allied fire causing German casualties and destroying two ammunition dumps. An enemy movement was seen northwest of Cassino, while a Cassino patrol was repelled with six attackers killed.
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Naples
Mt Marrone
Cassino
Fifth Army
Japs Hold 15 Miles Of Imphal Road In Burma Action
Japanese invaders reportedly hold a 15 mile Imphal to Kohima road segment, aiming to establish a line of communication within six weeks. Allied aerial supply efforts continue, with Marauders striking behind Japanese lines in the Mogaung valley as Stilwell’s forces block northern advances.
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Imphal
New Delhi
India
Manipur
Kohima
Bengal-Assam
Southeast Asia
Assam
Tiddim
Red Cross Receives Wool Shipment for Spring Quota
After a year long wait the Red Cross Production Corps has received a wool shipment to knit for a large spring quota. A total of 432 kit bags must be produced for the Army with items including 66 sleeveless sweaters 160 helmets 100 mufflers and 200 pairs of glow For the Navy the order calls for 40 turtle neck sweaters 160 helmets 100 watch caps 196 pairs of gloves and 40 scarfs. Volunteers may join at the Francis Scott Key hotel work room to take on these tasks and return garments upon completion.
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Red Cross
Army
Ernest C. Webb
Francis Scott Key
Navy
Streamlined Rotary Convention Planned in Chicago
The 1648 Rotary International convention, set for May 18 to 22 in Chicago, will be streamlined with attendance limited to 208 executives by proxy and 200 Rotary clubs from over 39 countries. President Chaeji Wheeler announced the changes.
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Chicago
Rotary International
Comevention
Rotary
Chae Jies Wheeler
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Victory Gardeners
Self
Gleason L. Archer
Suffolk University
Boston
American Democratic National Committee
Harry H. Woodring
M. Fogle
County High
Zhukov
Buzhany
Ribbentrop
Foe
Mt. Marrone
Allied
Merrill
Ime ‘phal-Kuhima
William Bonl
Joseph W. Stilwell
Mogaung
North Bur Ima
Frank Merrill
Inkatghtawng
Kamaing
Mandalay
Myitkyina
Burma
Stilwell
Tanai
Inkanghtuwng
Laban
Arakan
Bay of Bengal
Akyab
Alatbang ‘Daw
Maungdaw
China
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