Japs Defeated In Sneak Attack Made On Ceylon Sunday
The Colombo raid marked Japan's first wartime assault on Ceylon as British air and sea defenses destroyed 27 to 32 Japanese planes, with 25 shot down by fighters. The attack aimed at Colombo harbor, with potential aims toward Trincomalee and the Calcutta route. Allied air and naval responses followed, while broader battles raged in the Pacific, Burma, and Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceylon
Associated Press
Colombo
London
Pearl Harbor
Trincomalee Bay
Indian Ocean
India
Calcutta
Andaman Islands
Trincomalee
Galle Point
Andamans
United States
Fiers
Orient
Darwin
Port Moresby
Lae
Koepan
Russia
Leningrad
Kronstadt
Smolensk
Moscow
Bryansk
Bulgaria
Hitler
Philippines
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Bataan
Corregidor Fortress
Manila Bay
Roosevelt
Subcontinent
Stafford Cripps
All-India Congress Party
Domismant Organisation
Archibald P. Wavell
Burma
Irrawaddy
Europe
Nakajima
Imperial
Sta
Siberia
Senate group presses for action on 40 hour week
A Senate faction led by Pepper and Lee plans to move a labor measure within two weeks to suspend the 40 hour work week and bar union practices in war plants. They aim to bypass the Education and Labor Committee and win broad Democratic and Republican support to force floor debate before April 20. The group argues the public demands a 48 hour cap and curbs on excessive union fees, despite opposition from Chairman Thomas and Senate leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Pepper D-Fla
Lee D-Okla
Senate Education and Labor Committtee
Thomas
Utah
Barkley
Kentucky
Chamber
Senator Connally
D-Tenx
Connally
Pepper
AppropriationsCommitttee
Libyan Front Shaken by Sudden Easter Battle Incident
Sudden incident broke Easter silence on the Libyan battlefront in North Africa. The Buritich claimed four German bombers were downed over Malta Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Africa
Buritich
Malta
Part Of Catoctin Area Closed By Government
A portion of the Catoctin Recreational Area north of Thurmont Foxville road is closed to the public until June 1. Housing units have been taken over by the Federal Government for the current war effort. Trout regulations remain as last year with sun time hours. Camp permits are cancelled including Camp No 1 Angler's Campfire May 1 2 3. Local Scout groups and missions notified to remove equipment. July and August plans uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catoctin
Thurmont
Foxville
G B. Williams
Williams
Maryland League For Crippled Children
The
Salvation Army
Amendment caps profits on small contracts. larger ones face debate
WPB officials oppose broad profit limits arguing many factors matter, including contract duration. Nelson proposes flexible authority to revise contracts to curb excessive profits. Senator O Mahoney may offer Nelson plan as substitute. House Easter adjourns. Ways and Means resumes Tuesday on a new tax bill. Public sale totals 11 370 70 at Marshall Stittley farm with livestock selling strongly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Production Board
Donald Nelson
WPB
WFB
Senator O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Nelson
Senate
House
Means Committee
Marshall W Sttely
Woodsboise
Answers to War Quiz Questions From the Paper
The reader notes three quiz items about military insignia and wartime roles. It identifies a Navy officer's cook third class, notes Canada’s increased troop support for England’s defense, and recalls King George VI and Admiral Horthy as former junior and top officers in historic navies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
England
King George VI
Great Britain
Horthy
Hungary
Motorcyclist Badly Hurt On Route 40
Mike Charok a 25 year old from Duquesne Pennsylvania lies in critical condition at Washington County Hospital after a Saturday evening crash on Route 40 west of Middletown. He and passenger Howard Dunn were thrown from the motorcycle when it struck two cars. Dunn escaped unharmed. State Police said the bike failed to negotiate a right curve and hit car fenders driven by Ellen T McKenzie and E R Ahalt before leaving the road. Also injured were Lawrence Pickett 19 and his brother Verley 17 in an accident on Route 26 near Libertytown. Lawrence's condition was satisfactory after treatment at Frederick City Hospital. details remain under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Charok
Duquesne
Washington County
Middletown
Howard Dunn
McKeesport
South Mountain
Martin M. Puncke
Ellen T. McKenzie
Route 5
Cresapstown
E. R.ahalt
Lovellsville
Charok
Washington County Hospital
Lawrence Pickett
Westminster
Verley
Libertytown
Frederick City
C. M. Waltz
Lawrence
Randallstown
Route 26
Italy Wheat Output Described in Relative World Scale
Italy ranks as a principal wheat growing nation and Europe’s largest producer, with a crop about one third the size of the United States, highlighting its key role in global grain production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Europe
U. S
Ship Sunk After Flight From U-Boats
29 survivors describe the sinking of a medium-sized American freighter after outrunning four U boats. The ship, sunk March 20 off the US east coast, left 30 men in a lifeboat for 54 hours amid high seas before rescue by a neutral ship. Survivors say captain and three crewmen died. two others leaped overboard. Passenger Herbert Jernigan, returning from Calcutta, was aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pan- American Airways
Bermuda
Third Naval District
Eric Perason
Galveston
Tex
United States
Perason
James Stickney
Marybrook
Herbert Jernigan
William Teffner
Lansdowne, Md
Calcutta
India
Dover Cliffs Made From Ancient Sea Shells
The white cliffs of Dover are chalk rock formed by countless tiny shells from microscopic sea creatures that lived long ago on the ocean floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White
Dover
Man Who Fled Jail Arrested At Brunswick
Theodore Becraft, missing since December 19, 1939, was spotted in Brunswick by Chief Lee Merriman and Deputy Joseph Payne. He was escorted to the jail and sought $60.45 to pay a remaining fine for drunken driving. he reported working in Washington and visiting Frederick County. He was also involved in a separate arrest for assault near Point of Rocks, with Shirley Heater released on bond and William Fogle freed on a peace bond, while Earl Plummer remained jailed for drunken public highway conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Becraft
Gar
Brunswick
Lee Merriman
Joseph
Payne
Becraft
Washington
Frederick County
Horace M. Alexander
Point of Rocks
Shirley Franklin Heater
Heater
William Jennings Fogle
Earl Plummer
Boyds
William Houck
Also Mentioned on This Page
Vladivostok
Tokyo
Boggs Ands
Red Army
Staraya Russa
Ouriches
Caucasus
Baltic
Marat
Maxim Gork
Kirov
Atlantic
Berlin
Kormora
Fritz List
Sydney
Kormoran
Traiing
Talion
Senate Group
John W. Null
E H. Hoffman
Emmett R. Bowlus
Dorcus
Cutsail
Frederick
S “Market St
S & HW
C.E. Cline & Son
East Patrick St
Thesagen
Bennett
R Bennett
Delphey
West Patrick ST
Allen
N. Market St
Cayliure
Lawson
C. C. Carty, Inc
E. Patrick St
Frederick, Md
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!