Sunday Becomes Warm Spring Easter Highlight
Sunday topped spring heat at 82 degrees with sun after a snow storm. Church attendance rose across the county as Easter services and pageants filled the day, stores offered holiday finery while Army khaki appeared. Traffic surged and the Monocacy and Potomac rivers stayed high yet unfishable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gambrill State Park
Baker Park
Mercury
Raymond Crowe
Calvary Methodist Church
Henry T. Wade
Baker Memorial
The
Baptist Church
Anna May Wilson
Charlotte Whitmore
Buckeystown
George Smith
Ralph E. Shober
Church of the Brethren
Monocacy
Potomac
Hagerstown Faces Shortage Of Labor
Mayor Richard H. Sweeney says Hagerstown faces an looming labor shortage with several street department workers resigning in the past month and more exits possible. Key former officials and police have moved to defense or related industries for higher pay, forcing potential vacation policy adjustments.
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Hagerstown
Richard H. Sweeney
W. Lee Elgin
Sweeney
Japan Weakest In Tank Forces Survey Shows
A Cavalry Journal analysis describes Japan as the weakest among major powers in mechanized strength with no large formal armored units, relying on improvised units in China. The United States has eight armored divisions, Britain comparable, while Germany and Russia are stronger. Japan’s limited automotive industry hinders armored development, affecting potential conflicts with Russia in Siberia. Japanese tanks are rated weak by European and American standards. Two man tankettes with light armament have been used against China.
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Washington
Japan
Cavalry Journal
China
United States
Britain
Nazi Germany
Russia
Siberia
Premature Whistle Smashes Easter Egg Hunt Crowd
At Baker Park Frederick Kiwanis Easter egg hunt erupts early after a whistle blast by an officer. Patricia Shawkins wins top prize among 1,000 children as crowding causes disappointment for late arrivals. Defense Stamps replace chocolate eggs. event raises funds for crippled children amid unintended mishap.
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Baker Park
Frederick City
Kiwanis Club
Charles K. Taylor
Taylor
Patricia Shawkins
Patricia Jean Shaw
Patrick Street
Edward P. Thomas, Jr
Billy Rowe
Kiwanis Fund
Fire Bombs In Belfast Theater Used By U S Troops
In Belfast a theater used by United States and British troops was found to host three incendiary time bombs with more hidden inside. Police and troops clashed with gunmen from the Irish Republican Army, resulting in one police death, injuries, and multiple arrests amid Easter commemoration tensions.
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Belfast
U.S
Northern Ireland
United States
Irish Republican Army
Dublin
British Press Association
Britain
United Kingdom
Lire
Intensified War Effort By 4-H Club Members
Nearly 12 000 4 H Club members and 700 local leaders in Maryland mobilized for an intensified war effort during 4 H Club Mobilization Week. Goals will be higher this year focusing on production and conservation of food, defense material collection, and defense stamps and bonds purchases.
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Colege Park
Maryland
U. S. Department of Agriculture
E. G. Jenkins
Five Die In Dual Plane Crash Over Hialeah Homes
Miami reports a mid air collision today killed five people as two planes crashed into a residential area in Hialeah. The victims include pilot William J. Britton, age 25, of Miami, Lt. and Mrs. D. K. Jones of Chicago, H M Carruthers Jr. of Miami, Laurence Martzeil of Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania, and Carruthers and Hartzell students.
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Miami
Fla
Hialeah
D. K. Jones
Chicago
William J. Britton
H. M. Carruthers, Jr
Laurence Martzeil
Milbank Road
Bryn Mawr
Carruthers
Hartzell
Suicide Threat at Em mitsburg Home Ends After Talk
Deputy Sheriff Albert Adelsberger found Edward Bowers with a razor blade and suspended by his suspenders at his Emmitsburg home early Sunday. He threatened self harm but reconsidered after the officer talked with him and explained marital differences prompted the act.
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Edward Bowers
Emmitsburg
Albert Adelsberger
Bowers
Commandos Raid Port Held By Japanese
Australian sailors and airmen led a commando style raid on an unidentified Netherlands Indies port held by the Japanese. They spirited away war equipment and destroyed materiel as corvettes evacuated. More than 200 survivors from a torpedoed merchant ship were rescued through Sunda Strait.
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New York
Netherlands Indies
Sydney
Java
Sumatra
Sunda Strait
CBS
Moose Lodge to Screen Films Tonight at Winchester Hall
To Show Movies Mr. Crooks will present a program of films for Frederick Lodge No 371 Loyal Order of Moose at Winchester Hall tonight at eight. The feature is the new sound film Pursuit of Happiness with a newsreel and a color Mooseheart focused reel Young America. Admission is free and door prizes will be given.
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Mr. Crooks
Frederick Lodge
Loyal Order of Moose
Winchester Hall
Mooseheart
Childe TI
Weekend Arrests Fill County Jail and City Court Docket
Police reports show a crowded weekend at the county jail with many arrests for drunk and disorderly conduct and fighting. Magistrate Bennett to hear cases tonight. several defendants posted collateral or were jailed.
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Alton Y. Bennett
George Carter
Kanade
Claude Gardner
Swomiley
Benny Wetzel
Dorothy Wetzel
Ben Phebus
Jinks” Fogle
Thomas Harwood
Frank Dorsey
Henry Wilson
Dietz
Charles Ivory
Harne
Charles Davis
Tyergar
Ridgely King
Six
Carmack
Victor Burdette
Dorsey
Quinn
Richard Schilling
Russell Lytes
Austin Morgan
Phebus
Higher cream price asked in new milk order amend
The Agriculture Department proposed an amendment to the federal milk order for the Washington shed. It would raise the wholesale price of cream from 2.42 to 3.57 per 100 pounds and reclassify cream as class 1 fluid milk. Public comments run to April 14.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Roy F. Hendrickson
Secretary of Agricultue
Hendrickson
Singer Henri G. Scott Dies at 65 in Philadelphia
Funeral services for Henri G. Scott aged 65 a widely known singer and former leading basso of the Metropolitan Opera Company were announced in Philadelphia on April 5.
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Philadelphia
Henri G. Scott
Metropolitan Opera Company
Notable tenor dies after heart attack in Maryland
The obituary notes the death at his home in Hagerstown Maryland after a heart attack reported yesterday. The late singer had toured with Caruso in 1908 and previously performed with the Chicago opera company.
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Upper Octorara
Chester County
Hagers‘town
Caruso
Chicago
Opera star’s career linked to major houses in era
The text notes the artist’s work with the Manhattan Opera Company and later the Metropolitan between 1915 and 1919, identifies him as a native of Coatesville, Pennsylvania, and closes with the phrase say you saw it in The News.
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Manhattan Opera
The
Metropolitan
Coatesville, Pa
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
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New Time
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China Club
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Victory
Frederick Iron & Steel Co
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Sears
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Sears Farm
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