Three Old Spans Of Jug Bridge To Be Removed
Three remaining spans on Jug Bridge will drop into the Monocacy river to clear a path for a temporary timber bridge carrying Route 40. The Jug at the eastern end will be left intact. Work timing and exact pier levels await contract award and final engineering decisions.
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Jug Bridge
Jug
Monocacy River
Robert B. Crothers
M. J. Grove Lime Company
State Roads Commission
Mr. Crothers
U S Army Efficiency In Australia
A Sydney Sun correspondent reports rapid U S Army work in Australia turning a sheep paddock into a troop camp in 12 hours. Workers pegged streets, erected frame buildings, laid roads, installed water, electricity, sanitation, and interlinked the site by telephone and radio before the army moved in for a hot meal and departure to the next assignment.
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Sydney
Australia
Sydney Sun
United States
College Presidents Named On Committee
Westminster April 6 Dr. Fred G Holloway president of Western Maryland College named chairman of a state committee to study the defense contribution by colleges educating women. Other members include Dr. David Robertson Goocher College President Henry I Stahr Hood College Sister Isabelle St Josephs College and Dean George C Grant Morgan College.
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Westminster
Fred G. Holloway
Western Maryland College
Isaiah Bowman
Johns Hopkins University
Holloway
David Robertson
Goocher College
Henry I Stahr
Hood College
Isabelle
St. Joseph's College
George C. Grant
Morgan College
Chimney Fire Extinguished at West South Street
The Uniteds and Citizens Truck Company fought a chimney fire at 486 West South Street this morning around 8 55. A booster stream controlled the blaze with little damage reported.
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Uniteds and Citizens Truck Company
West South Street
British Warships Scouring Indian Ocean For Jap Carriers
British officials report Japanese carriers operating in the Bay of Bengal with an aircraft carrier force. British naval experts speculate the Easter attack on Colombo aimed at war supplies for Burma troops. Reports also note small landings in Solomon Islands and a claimed Japanese landing at Akyab near the Indian frontier.
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New Delhi
India
Madras
Bay of Bengal
London
Indian Ocean
Colombes
Ceylon
Pearl Harbor
Colombo
Tricomalee
Burma
Singapore
Andaman Islands
Akyab
Berlin
Tokyo
Filipino Scout Slays Japanese Heads in Davao Route
Associated Press dispatch recounts heroic acts near Bataan and Davao where a Filipino scout beheaded a Japanese sentry and cut down the column, plus May of the 31st Army unit silencing a landing party. Editor Clark Lee recalls peril at Corregidor and Manila with MacArthur’s forces.
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Clark Lee
Associated Press
General MacArthur
Bataan Peninsula
Lee
Australa
Davao
May
31St
U. S. Infantry
Philippines
Luzon
Corregidor
Manila
Russell Brines
Court rules mutiny statute bars seamen strike relief
The Supreme Court, by 5 to 4, set aside a Labor Board order directing Southern Steamship Co to reinstate seamen who struck July 18, 1938 aboard City of Fort Worth in Houston Texas. The ruling overruled the board on reinstatement but upheld bargaining with the National Maritime Union CIO.
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Washington
Supreme Court
United States
Byrnes
Labor Board
Southern Steamship Company of
Philadelphia
City of
National Maritime Union
CIO
Merchant Vessel Torpedoed Off Atlantic Coast
The Navy announced that a medium-sized British merchant vessel was torpedoed off the Atlantic coast. No further details about the attack were released.
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Washington
Atlantic
Australia Says War Readiness Grows After Weekend Air Actions
Army Minister Francis M. Forde notes safer Australian position after a weekend of air successes in which Australian and American airmen destroyed at least 20 Japanese planes and damaged 19 more. He warns vigilance remains essential as reports show Japanese reinforcements and expansions near Bougainville. Air defenses around Darwin and Port Moresby cited as effective while Koepang raids are described as successful with no Allied losses.
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U. 5
Army
Australia
Francis M. Forde
Britain
United States
Dominion
Commonwealth
New Guinea
Sydney
Kieta
Kessa
Buka
Faisi
Bougainville
Solomon Group
New Caledonia
New Hebrides
Fiji Islands
Thursecay Island
Torres Strait
Port Moresby
Melbourne
Arthur Drakeford
Darwin
Koepang
Dutch Timor
Four Years After Will Killed In Hit Run Near Foxville
Charles A. Toms of Foxville wrote his last will on March 21 1938 noting life’s uncertainty. Four years later he was fatally struck by a hit run driver near his home. The will was probated in Orphans Court and most of the estate went to a housekeeper with modest sums to his children and estranged wife. Mary C. Lewis named executrix without bond.
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Charles A. Toms
Foxville
Orphans Court
Marshall
Harry Toms
Margaret Moser
Olive Hoffman Toms
Bessie V. Toms
Mary C. Lewis
Walter A. Wolfe
Jesse N. Green
Army Day Observed With Open House At Detrick Field
Open house at Detrick Field featured inspection of facilities and a glimpse of the 312th Air Base Squadron led by Capt. J. P. Carson. State Guard units paraded from the State Armory in Frederick to Baltimore, with 100+ guardsmen and bands taking part. Easter Monday observances were set aside for military events marking U.S. entry into World War I 25 years ago.
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Detrick Field
State Guard
Baltimore
312Th Air Base Squadron
J. P. Carson
104Th
State
Frederick
Seventh Battalion
State Roads Commission
G. Hunter Bowers
Harry Pettingall
Roger RK. Rice
Fifth Regiment
Silver Spring
Ellicott City
Court House
Court
Marion S. Moberly
United States
House
Senate
Wilson
Company A
Home Guard
Lewis H. Fraley
Tuscarora
Fishing Creek
Frederick County Player Sets Exhibition Homer Pace
Charlie Kehler of Frederick County continues to lead in exhibition games in the south. In yesterday's matchup against Nashville of the Southern Association he hit a homer to extend his hot streak and added a four-bagger from late last week. He has tallied one or two more homers in the exhibition schedule.
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Charlie Kehler
Frederick County
South
Nashville
Keller
New York Stocks Edge Up After March Declines
The stock market moved only modestly higher in early April trading as steels, motors and several blue chips drew bids. Gains extended to around a point by mid afternoon while overall transactions remained light.
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New York
Japanese Fail To Break Bataan Defenses In Heavy Night Assaults
In Bataan the right center held after a renewed night attack backed by tanks artillery and dive bombers. Japanese forces failed to gain ground and suffered heavy losses including a dive bomber shot down. Corregidor remained free of raids despite two enemy dive bombers targeting Fort Frank and Fort Drum with no damage.
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Washington
War Department
Bataan
Department
Pine Beach
Corregidor
Frank
Drum
Cavite
Manila Bay
New Delhi
Andaman Islands
Bay of Bengal
Lewis H.brereton
India
Fort Frank
Fort Dum
Lewis H. Brereton
United States Army
Narvik Raid Report Attributable To British Forces
Aftonbladet reports British troops and planes raided the Narvik area of the German-held Norwegian coast last Friday with explosions heard near the Narvik fjord. London sources later said they had no information on such a raid. Afton Tidningen claimed heavy shipping damage and possible British–Russian collaboration in a raid staged early yesterday.
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Tokyo
Colombo
Ceylon
Imperial Headquarters
London
Reuters
Stockholm
Aftonbladet
Narvik
Norway
New York Times
Afton Tidningen
President Roosevelt Absent from Public Duties With Cold
Washington April 6 President Roosevelt stayed in his White House quarters today due to a throat cold. His physician ordered rest and he canceled planned appearances and engagements. The stay underscores a brief pause in official duties as the nation follows his health.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Johnson Holds Talks With Indian Leaders In New Delhi
In New Delhi on April 6 Louis Johnson head of a Roosevelt mission held two and a half hours of talks with Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and later an hour with Nehru and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. The discussions aimed to gauge India’s problems and explore how the United States might assist. Johnson did not deliver Roosevelt’s letter to Nehru. The Congress Working Committee met, weighing Cripps’ proposals, with Azad signaling a possible public statement tomorrow. London sources noted possible shifts in British defense terms and a potential Indian defense minister role for Nehru amid Viceroy change discussions.
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New Delhi
India
Louis Johnson
Roosevelt
United States
Inda
Johnson
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Congress Party
Nehru
Congress
Maulana Abul Kalan Azad
Congress Party Working Committee
Stafford Cripps
Azad
Cripps
London
Britain
All-India Congress Party
London News Chonicle
Executive Council
Archibald P. Wavell
Lord Linlithgow
Tojo Warns of Calamities in Indian Subjugation
Premier General Hideki Tojo told India's missions that great calamities would be inevitable during Japan's subjugation of British forces in India. The remark was broadcast from Tokyo on April 6 as part of Japanese broadcasts.
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Toyko
Hideki Tojo
India
Mislions
Many Killed In Mandalay By Jap Bombs
The Daily Sketch war correspondent in Burma Alfred Wagg reported that two thirds of Mandalay’s center was destroyed by Japanese bombers on Friday. He estimated 2,000 to 3,000 killed and about 5,000 injured as 35 bombers struck the city, causing fires and water and power outages amid cholera threats.
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London
The
Daily Sketch
Burma
Mandalay
Alfred Wagg
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Solomon Islands
CBS
Hebrides
Chungking
By Clark Lee
Arthur Wermuth
Wermuth
United Nations
Lae
U.S. Army
Germany
Paris
RAF
Rhineland
Cologne
Gennevillires
le Havre
French
Tve
Renault
Malford Works
Poissy
Seine River
Channel
Gennevilliers
U.S
Wavell
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