Draft Board Sends 100 Men for Baltimore Preinduction Tests
About 100 registrants aged 18 to 26 with occupational deferments left for Baltimore for preinduction examinations. Most are from Draft Board One and all are currently classified 2-A or 2-B. Some deferments are expiring within a month and employers seek further deferments. Eleven men from Board One proceeded to Navy service in Baltimore. Roosevelt says Russian drive is advancing well and could force Germany to reconsider where to defend. He notes uncertainty over armistice terms and France's self determination.
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Baltimore
Navy
Marshall C. Baker
Austin B. Grossnickle
John FP. Kennedy
Harry A. Ketterman
Henry T. Lee
J. Frank Main
Chester E. Boone
Carmi W. Sayler
Mathias B. Miller
Maurice L. Moore
Edgar C. Wirts, Jr
Washington
Roosevelt
Black Sea
Germany
Red Army
Balkans
Romania
London
Italy
French National Committee
Europe
France
Solemn Good Friday Observance Grounds Local Life
Good Friday marked solemn observance with three hour church devotions and numerous services. Banks and city offices closed. schools begin three day Easter break. Flowers, candy, and Easter preparations boost commerce as Kiwanis easter egg hunt planned in Baker Park. Parking meters waived on legal holiday though motorists overlook it.
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Baker Park
Kiwanis Club
Bomb Hits On Tirpitz
British force that attacked the German battleship Tirpitz in Norway’s Alta fjord returned home to cheering crews. Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser waved from the flagship as Barracuda dive bombers scored at least 24 hits on the 41,000 ton ship. Desmond Tighe notes American Corsairs aided the protection of the dive bombers.
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Leo
Disher
Associated Press
Norway
Aliten Fjord
Bruce Fraser
Tirpitz
May shelve Giraud in new French army move
Algiers reports Gen. Charles De Gaulle may prevail in trimming Gen. Henri Giraud to a diminished post as inspector general of the armies. In Washington, President Roosevelt declined to comment on Wendell Willkie quitting the Republican race, saying he didn’t think so.
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Algiers
Charles de Gaulle
Henri Giraud
Washington
Roosevelt
Wendell L. Willkie
Take Good Care of Em Ration Books Urged
Washington on April 7 the Office of Price Administration urged housewives to take good care of their ration books because the replacement supply is limited.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Soviet Brand Kravchenko Deserter and Liar Says Embassy
Washington April 7 Victor A Kravchenko previously cited resigning from the Russian Purchasing Commission in protest of his government's actions was denounced today by the Soviet embassy as a military deserter and a liar.
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Washington
Victor A. Kravcchenko
Russian Purchasing Commission
Lisbon Man Dies in Fire at Home
In Lisbon on April 7 Robert 5 Carpenter a 33 year old father of five died in a house fire caused by an oil stove explosion. Neighbors and firefighters say Mrs Carpenter woke to the blast and rescued the two youngest children and sent the others to safety before collapsing on the porch. Firemen found Carpenter's body in the kitchen ruins where he had gone after returning from work about 12 30 a m.
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Lisbon
Robert
Carpenter
Howard County
Moscow Patriarch Criticizes Pope as Christ's Vicar
Metropolitan Sergei of Moscow, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, challenged the Pope’s claim to be Vicar of Christ in a Journal of Moscow article. He argued Jesus never spiritually abandoned the church and warned against concentrating supreme power in any single man. Sergei, 76, was elected Patriarch last September amid Soviet-era church relations.
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Moscow
Sergei
All
Christ
Universal Council of Bishops
All Russia
Russia
Increase in Frederick parking meter receipts in early 1944
Frederick city reports show parking meter receipts for the first quarter of 1944 totaling 4 351 11 dollars, up about 850 from 1943. January 1 1589 9, February 1 363 70, March 1 826 42 reflect a rising trend as the pleasure driving ban had been in effect in 1943.
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Frederick City
Elgin Hemp
Madrid Reports Return of Refugees to The Rock
Dispatches from La Linea say children and civilians are playing in Gibrlaltar streets after four years. Two transports carried 1,400 women, children, and other non combatants back to The Rock last night from an unnamed refuge.
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Madrid
Gibraltar
la Linea
Rock
Dallas firm hires typing teacher as stenographer
A Dallas firm offered a high school typing teacher a stenographer position paying at least 175 dollars a month. The teacher agreed to start work, marking a new hire in Dallas, Texas on April 7.
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Dallas
Tex
Capital of Croatia Is Hit By U S Air Force Action
Allied air forces attacked a German air field in Zagreb the Croatian capital. Ground action on all Italian fronts remained at a standstill. Zagreb defenders faced about 120 German planes while 16 were shot down in north Yugoslavia. Three heavy bombers were lost.
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Croatia
U.S. Air Force
Naples
U.S
15Th Air Force
Balkan
Zagreb
Yugoslavia
Anzio
Carroceto
Fifth Army
Associated Press
Kenneth L. Dixon
Rome
Dixon
Cassino
Cold Weather Hurt Crops Across Several States
The unseasonable cold wave damaged fruit crops especially peaches and some tender vegetables in the south. Alabama, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and Florida report heavy damage with peaches badly hit. Tennessee estimates 80 to 85 percent of peaches killed and half of strawberries ruined. Alabama reports 40 to 60 percent peach losses with some areas 60 to 80 percent. North Carolina officials say damage is severe but full extent will take two weeks to determine. Virginia notes significant peach damage around Roanoke and Crozet but less than last year.
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Associated Press
South
Alabama
North Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
Florida
C. C. Flannery
Flannery
L. M. Ware
State Extension Service
Auburn
Department of Agriculture
Harry Wescott
Westcott
W. S. Campfield
Staunton
The
Virginia Horticultural Society
Roanoke
Crozet
Bradley Says Invasion Loss Talk Is Tommyrot
General Omar N. Bradley told American officers in England that talk of tremendous invasion losses is nonsense and that the operation’s success hinges on courage and leadership. He praised Allied power, urged calm, warned the German threat, and stressed not surrendering but fighting to the last round.
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Bradley
England
Omar N. Bradley
Europe
United Kingdom
Barnum and Bailey
Tommyrot
Senate probe urged into Kellems case in war tense
Senator Read of Kansas urged a Senate Post Offices and Post Roads inquiry into alleged unpatriotic conduct by Vivien Kellems a 46 year old Connecticut war plant operator Also probed would be her claim that her mail had been tampered with Read said the inquiry would involve the Justice Department the FBI and the State Department He noted Rep Coffee had charged Kellems with seditious speeches and ties to Count Von Zedlitz a supposed Nazi agent in Argentina The call came amid a heated wartime climate and Kellems denied the accusations saying Coffee unlawfully possessed her private mail and she would seek redress Meanwhile the Army announced that a training program for 17 year old reserve students would begin around July.
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Washington
Read
R-Kans
Senate
Vivien Kellems
West Port
Conn
Mai
Reed
Senate Post Ofice Committee
Repubican
Senate Committee On Post
Frederick Karl von Zedlitz
Argentina
Miss Kellems
Connecticut
Rep. Coffee
Kelems
Count von Zedlig
Buenos Aires
Must Continue Present Wage Price Policies
President Roosevelt endorsed today the continued application of wage and price controls. A report from top advisers said the Stabilization program has kept the cost of living lower than a year ago and wages stable, warning against any policy change in the critical months ahead. The findings were submitted by Vinson, Bowles, Jones, and Davis on the eve of the first anniversary of the hold-the-line order.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Fred M. Vinson
Chester Bowles
Marvin Jones
William H. Davis
National War Labor Board
Celebration Of Two Holy Days Mark World Wide
Christians and Jews mark Good Friday and the opening of Passover with services in churches and Jewish Seders planned in homes. Observances span New York and worldwide as communities observe these two sacred days.
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New York
Red Cross Surgical Dressings Corps to resume full time work
The Frederick Tailoring Company will cut 49 000 yards of gauze to meet the April quota of 102 600 dressings and 40 000 yards of uncut gauze for sponges. The workroom will be open 9 30 to 4 and 7 to 9 30 p m Monday through Friday as volunteers are urged to assist in meeting rising demand.
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Red Cross Surgical Dressings Corps
Camp Cedrick
Frederick Tailoring Company
Holmes D Baker
U S Bombers Blast New Jap Railway In Burma
Allied air forces and ground troops report a major push in northern Burma as American bombers hit the Burma Siam railway. Four locomotives and many freight cars were damaged in a raid that set railway buildings ablaze. RAF fighters strafed targets with good results. Japanese road blocks along the Imphal Kohima corridor were penetrated as allied forces advance toward Myitkyina.
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New Delhi
Imphal-Kahima
India
Geo. Joseph W. Stilwell
Burma
China
Communiqy
Imphal
Italia
Chindwin River
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Kohima
Burma Stam
Burma-Siam
Tangon
Nyigatha
Mogaung
Wakawng
Shadurup
Kamang
Tieng River
Sumprabum-Myitkyina
Myitkyina
Burma Road
Stettinius Arrives in London for Foreign Policy Talks
Edward R. Stettinius Jr the undersecretary of state arrives in London for talks with Anthony Eden and Foreign Office experts. The meetings may set the stage for another Roosevelt Churchill roundtable and cover Finnish peace negotiations Spain talks and Allied plans to loosen Hitler control in the Balkans amid policy criticism at home.
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London
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
A. S
Stettinius
Commons
Congress
Washington
Moscow
Anthony Eden
Foreign Office
Spain
Balkan
Hitler
Chops Steaks Roasts Reach Record High Since 1908
Washington reports that in the first half of the year Americans bought more chops stews steaks and roasts than at any time since 1908 despite wartime rationing and shortages. Analysts expect only a small drop in April through June while civilians continue buying at a pace above 1924 levels.
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Washington
Germans defend Odessa as Red Army tightens siege
Red Star dispatches report German troops rushed into line to defend Odessa from lagoons and lakes while Russian Stormevik planes pound the defenses. Zhukov’s Ukrainian Army reports encirclement near Skala and heavy fighting as Malinovsky’s Third Ukrainian Army advances toward Razdelnaya and the Black Sea port from Tarnopol.
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Moscow
Odessa
Black Sea
Red Star
Tarnopal
Tarnopol
Gregory K. Zhukov
Skala
Czernowits
Zhukov
Malinovsky
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
RAF Mosquitoes Bomb Hamburg And Ruhr Targets
RAF Mosquitoes resumed raids last night attacking Hamburg and Ruhr Rhineland targets. The all wood bombers carried 4000 pound loads in the industrial area. German radio indicated daylight raids by single enemy planes over northern Germany.
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London
Hamburg
Ruhr
Rhineline
Reich
Air Ministry
Germany
Pas-de- Calais
Percy Selden Straus Dead at 67 in New York
Percy Selden Straus, 67, chairman of the fee of R. H. Macy & Co., died last night in his Park Avenue apartment from a heart ailment. The New York businessman led Macy’s boardroom during his long career and was a prominent figure in the department store world.
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Percy
Straus
New York
Percy Selden Straus
Fee
R. H. Macy & Co
Park Avenue
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Reuters
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Pope
Patriarch
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Senate Group
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