Frederick seeks six fire pumping units for civilian defense
An application filed by Frederick city’s acting fire coordinator W Bartgis Storin seeks six pumping units and related gear to be released through government sources for civilian defense. The units include three trailer type, two skid type, and one front end type, with equipment such as hoses ladders helmets and masks. The aim is to bolster local fire response during bombing and to assist neighboring cities if needed, with storage at engine houses and a property officer to account for the loaned gear.
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Frederick C.ty
W. Bartgis Storin
L. Victor Kreh
Frederick
State Office of Civilian Defense
Baltimore
Washington
Meres Canennd Lane
OCD
Storm
County Office of Civilian Defense
Men On Active Duty Not To Be Candidates
Washington April 7 UP A new Army regulation bars any soldier on active duty from seeking or accepting election to a public office unless he held that office when he entered active service The order issued Feb 25 by George C Marshall Chief of Staff at War Secretary Stimson aims to keep the Army out of politics and even deny an office to any man not seeking it The directive states no active duty member will become a candidate seek or accept election in any public office not held when he began active duty.
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Washington
War Department
Army
George C. Marshall
Stat
War
Stimson
Dr Hans Luther Reported Under Nazi Protective Arrest
Stockholm April 7 report from Aftonbladet claims former German chancellor and ex ambassador to Washington Dr Hans Luther has been placed under protective arrest in Germany by Nazi officials, though not confirmed.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Aftonbladet
Hans Luther
Washington
Germany
Bombers Hit Japanese Positions on Kiska and Attu
U S Navy communique reports five attacks on Kiska and one on Attu in the Aleutians on April 5 by Liberator heavy bombers and Mitchell medium bombers with P 38 and P 40 escorts. Dauntless dive bombers and Lightning fighters struck in the Solomons on April 7.
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Washington
Navy
Kiska Island
Aleutians
Attu Island
North Pacific
Kiska
Attu
South Pacific
Dauntless
Bila
Solomons
OPA Sets New Price Ceilings for Frozen Seafood
Washington April 7 The Office of Price Administration established specific maximum prices on frozen saltwater fish and seafood sold by processors. The regulation replaces March ceilings and the OPA says it will cause little change in retail prices. It predicts price relief will aid production in an industry strained by war limits and by armed forces use of fishing boats and restrictions on offshore vessel movements.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Hay
OPA
May Use Old CCC Buildings For Prisoners
A proposal to turn the abandoned Fish ing Creek CCC camp into housing for prison labor to work on county roads was to be presented to the Mayor and Board of Aldermen tonight. Former City Engineer Elmer St jc Maxwell outlined plans after conferring with County Commissioners and County Engineer Roger H. Willard. Officials noted the plan could remove the need for county jail housing and may extend to State Roads Commission use, addressing labor shortages for both county and state roads.
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Civilian Conservation Corps
Fishing Creek
Board of Aldermaen
Frederick City
CCC
Elmer St Jc. Maxwell
Roxbury
Maxwell
Roger H.willard
Willard
Lloyd C. Culler
Sherif Horace M. Alexander
Board of Commissioners
State Roads Commission
Local draft board reports no April quota cuts
Local Selective Service officials said there has been no reduction in April quotas for Board One. The April quota is reported as the largest yet and largely filled. Board One sent 26 men from the city and county to Fort Meade for final physical examinations, with names recently announced.
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Board One
Fort Meade
Brazilian Air Force Sinks German U Boat
Rio De Janeiro officials announced that the Brazilian Air Force sunk another German submarine, the seventh credited to Brazilian Flyers, with Aviation Minister Joaquin Pedro Salgedo Filho confirming the tally.
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Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Joaquin Pedro Salgedo Filho
Withdrawal effected as Japanese troops push British from Burma
New Delhi reports that Japanese forces have crossed the Maya river below Kwazo in Burma and forced a withdrawal of British troops from a narrow coastal strip between the hills and the sea north of Donbaik in the Maya peninsula.
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New Delhi
India
Kwazoo
Burma
Donbaik
Maya Peninsula
Raid Damages Seven German U Boasts U Boats at Vegesack
London April 7 United States heavy bombers damaged seven of the 15 submarines in construction slips at Vegesack on March 18 in what RAF observers call a major blow to German U boat production. One vessel capsized in her berth after a very heavy hit. Two others were far enough advanced to be launched soon. Naval experts say the raid will delay U boat construction for months.
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London
United States
Vegesack
RAF
Dr Robert C Warfield Dies At Home In Rockville
Dr Robert C Warfield retired dentist and Montgomery county citizen died Tuesday evening at his Rockville home at 81 after brief illness. He served on the Rockville Methodist church official board, directed Montgomery County National Bank, and was active in civic life. Surviving widow Susan N Dutrows Warfield two sons Robert L Warfield and Clarence G Warfield US Navy and two other relatives. Funeral Friday at Reuben Pumphrey funeral home Rockville with interment in Rockville Union cemetery.
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Robert C. Warfield
Montgomery County
Rockville
Dr. Warfield
Lastonsville
Israel G. Warfield
Poland
E.G. Warfield
New York
Reuben Pumphrey
Rockville Union Cemetery
Eisenhower And Churchill Back De Gaulle Delay
Prime Minister Churchill said in the House of Commons he agreed with General Eisenhower in asking De Gaulle to postpone his North Africa trip. De Gaulle delayed his plans for talks with General Giraud, while Catroux is already in North Africa as liaison. Allied forces press Rommel in Tunisia as political matters are set aside.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Charles de Gaulle
North Africa
Henri Giraud
West Africa
Eisenhower
Charles Catroux
de Gaulle
Giraud
Field Open For Naming Of Assessors
The House eliminated a clause requiring county boards to appoint assessors from the top five exam scorers certified by the State Tax Commission. The change may open appointments to political influence and forego the county rotating system. If the state-wide bill passes, terms would align June 1 with appointments from a commissioned graded list, removing party requirements and possibly granting life-time style posts under state rules.
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House of Delegates
Boards of
State Tax Commission
Senate
Fequiard
Baltimore motor vehicle tabs sales down from last year
Baltimore April 7 1943 State Commissioner W Lee Elgin reported 363 163 automobile license tabs sold through April 3 versus 373 565 on the same date in 1942 and predicted sales would top 945 00 0 dollars. Independents were summoned by silent alarm to a field fire near Butterfly Lane west of Frederick around 12 30 this afternoon.
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Baltimore
W. Lee Elgin
State Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
Fiely
Frederick
Nazi Effort To Storm Izyum Is Hurled Back
London April 7 German attempts to storm Russian positions south of Izyum on the Donets have been repulsed by the Red Army. Soviet dispatches report German infantry losses from artillery and machine gun fire and note a strong Russian counterattack. Fighting also reported along the Donets, Kuban delta, and Volkhov fronts with German losses and Soviet gains, as mud and difficult terrain hampered operations.
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London
Iayum
Dopnets
Red Army
Tegesio
Ponets
Kharkov
Smolensk
Rostov
Volkhov
Leningrad
Moscow
Donets
Kuban
Caucasus
Novorossisk
Black Sea
Congress To Get Money Needs Of War Agencies
Washington April 7 War agencies will present its money needs to Congress in a few days as a three front battle shapes over spending hiring and regulation. Hearings on the omnibus fiscal bill begin soon with large agencies like War Production Board Office of Price Administration Office of War Information and Office of Civilian Defense among those seeking funds.
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Washington
Finany ‘Eral
Congress
House
Appropriations
War Production Board
Office of Price Administration
Office of War Information
Office of Civilian Defense
Cannon Bmo
Capitol Hill
Office of Defense Transportation
Office of Censorship
Authorized Meat Sale Cut Points Under Local Rationing
Local Rationing Board officials announced a market has approval to lower meat point values for certain high value items to move stock quickly and prevent spoilage. The reduction, permissible in such cases, follows OTA directives and must be reported within 24 hours.
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OTA
No Barrier Of Anti Soviet States Planned
Washington April 7 diplomatic circles viewed Berle remarks as signaling no postwar effort to create buffer states across Europe. He said the buffer state idea is dead, sparking debate over Estonia Latvia Lithuania and eastern Poland, with concerns from smaller states about security and future borders.
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Washington
Russia
Europe
Adolf A. Berle, Jr
Berle
United States
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Baltic States
Poland
Daily Worker
Balkans
Darlan
Soviet Union
Switzerland
Belgium
Germany
Italy
Abania
Maly
Greece
Adolf Hitler
Excm
Helland
League of Nations
Parole Granted To Major Cook Negro
Governor OConor announced seven commutations and 12 paroles today based on State Parole Director Moser recommendations. Among the paroles is Major Cook, Negro, convicted in Frederick County Circuit Court for carnal knowledge.
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Annapolise
O'Conor
Herman M. Moser
Major Cook
Frederick County
Americans Advance East Of El Guetar As Rommel Retreats
Allied reports say the British Eighth Army broke through north of Gabes and Americans cleared German positions around Jebel Maizila, advancing east of El Guetar and seizing two vital hills. Churchill announced 6,000 Axis prisoners captured as Allied air and sea raids target Tunis, Trapani, Ragusa, and Messina.
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EL Gaetar
North Africa
Eighth Army
Gabes
Jjebel Maizila
Maknassy
el Guetar
Erwin Rommel
Wadi li Akarit
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
London
Wadi el Akarit
Rommel
Montgomery
el Alamein
Egypt
U.S
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Djebel Keroun
Maizila Pass
Iras
Tunis
Trapani
Ragusa
Messina
Sicilian
British Subs Sink Axis Ships in Mediterranean Raid
British submarines in the Mediterranean attacked an Italian Regalo class cruiser and torpedoed two tankers and a supply ship. The strike occurred in the Straits of Messina between Sicily and the Italian coast, with one tanker intercepted near Cape Spartivento and another torpedoed off the northern coast of Sicily. The supply ship was part of a convoy attacked nearby. counters were described as noisy but ineffective.
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London
Mediterranean
Admiralty
Jtt
Straits of Mex
Sicily
Cape Spartivento
Italy
Enemy escorts hindered attack results. tanker sunk believed
The war bulletin said measures by enemy escorts prevented full observation of attacks. It stated that at least one tanker is believed to have been sunk.
Ginsburg Gets Longer Praise Than War Heroes
Washington reports Rep. Thomas cites Roosevelt's 400 word tribute to OPA general counsel David Ginsburg versus 334 words for eight war heroes. He brands New Deal officials morale busters while noting Ginsburg’s draft board induction and Roosevelt’s subsequent praise to OPA administrator Prentiss Browne.
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Rep
Thomas
House
Roosevelt
David Ginsburg
OPA
Sullivan Boys
Germ Douglas MacArthur
Jimmy Doolittle
Colin Kelly
Ginsburg
Flannagan
London
Mr. Roosevelt
Prentiss Brows
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Sicilian Straits
Bizerte
Tunisia
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