Army At Full Strength But Draft Tempo Is Stepped Up
The Army has reached 7,700,000 personnel but the draft tempo stays high to expand Navy to 3.6 million by Sept 1. Inductions must continue at 75,000 to 100,000 monthly through 1944 to sustain strength, with 150,000 monthly a conservative upper estimate including casualties.
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Washington
Army
Office of War Information
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
War Department
OWI
Navy Department
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Army of the United States
Donnel
Japs Use Dead Yanks To Set Booby Traps
Army officer Col. J Sladen Bradley reports in Saidor New Guinea area Japanese troops rigged dead American soldiers with rifles and explosives to mislead advancing troops. Wires and trip lines set near ground level were also found by mopping up units.
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Washington
New Guinea
J. Sladen Bradley
Pleasant
N. C
General Staff Corps
Saidor
Bradley
Renewal Of U-Boat War Is Likely At Bermuda
Secretary of the Navy Knox warned that a large scale renewal of Nazi U-boat attacks on Allied shipping is possible soon. He cited Germany’s submarine production, Bermuda’s role as a key Atlantic base, and praised Bermuda forces as crucial in driving raiders back from their routes.
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U. S. Naval Base
Bermuda
Knox
Atlantic
Germany
Pearl Harbor
Slow Demobilization After War Advocated
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, director of Selective Service, urged slow demobilization after World War II to keep the United States voice at the peace table backed by military strength. He asked for a permanent armed forces system with continuous replacements and a national military training program to deter unemployment and secure U.S. interests while fostering allied security.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Army
Navy
United States
National War Veterans Conference of the United Automobile Workers (Cio
Hershey
National Lloyds Inc In Receivers Hands
Maryland motor vehicle owners faced a forced insurance shift as National Lloyds Inc went into receivership under Hazelton A Joyce deputy insurance commissioner. Officials say assets cover claims and unearned premiums. About 42 000 owners must obtain new insurance and file certificates of responsibility with the Motor Vehicles office.
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Baltimore
Maryland
National Lloyds, Inc
Hazelton A. Joyce
Office of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
Lions Club HoldsBusiness Meeting at Francia Scott Key Hotel
Lions club members met at noon Thursday at the Francia Scott Key hotel for a business session. Discussion dominated by proposed amendments to the constitution with debate occupying most of the meeting.
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Lions Club
Francia Scott Key
Dewey Warren G O P ticket gains momentum in New York
Washington April 6 Dewey added a key New York delegate and rolled closer to a possible Dewey Warren ticket as Wilkie's withdrawal shifts support. Rolland Marvin endorsed Dewey and two NY delegates remained uncommitted while Bricker and Dirksen sought Willkie's strength support. Warren urged an international police force for peace.
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Washington
Cgov
Thomas E. Dewey
Wendell L. Wilkie
New Yorker
Earl Warren
California
New York
Willkie
Dewey
Rolland
Marvin
Onondaga
Syracuse
Wisconsin
Midwest
East
West
Warren
United States
Gearhart
Calif
Winois
Columbus
Granted Divorce for William Smith in Equity Court
William 8. Smith of Brunswick was granted an absolute divorce from Mrs. Mary J. W. Smith of Boston in Equity Court with Associate Judge Patrick M. Schnauffer signing the decree. The plaintiff, represented by E. Austin James, is ordered to pay costs. May and Aldermen held a special meeting to award a summer uniform contract for policemen to A. Jacobs and Sons of Baltimore for six caps and 24 trousers.
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William 8. Smith
West Potomac Street
Brunswick
Mary J. W. Smith
Boston
Mass
Equity
Patrick M. Schnauffer
E. Austin James
A. Jacobs and Sons
Baltimore
Home After Serving In Aleutians
Sergt. David A. Rothenhoefer of Frederickton, serving as a radioman with the 42nd Troop Carrier Squadron in Alaska and the Aleutians, returns home on a three week furlough. He recalls long flights, scarce fresh produce, high prices, and praises ground crews while noting Alaska’s “gold mine of opportunity” sentiment postwar. He has 620 hours in the Aleutian zone and awaits reassignment in Georgia after Attu duty.
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Alaska
David A. Rothenhoefer
West Church Street
U. S. Air Force
Fredericktonian
Anchorage
Attu
Aleutian Islands
U.mlc.a
News-Post
Sergt. Rothenhoefer
Frederick
Aleutians
Emory Shipley
Aleutian
Shipley
Carleton Molesworth, Jr
Rothenhoefer
Alaskan
Matanuska
Arctic
George Rothenhoefer
Aleutian Chain
Kiska
Georgia
Army
City Bus Schedule Change Details and Routes
The News publishes Thursday notices announcing Saturday changes to the city bus schedule. New routes run west from Square Corner to College Avenue, north of Dill Avenue, then to Camp Detrick. Return trips remain unchanged.
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Square Corner
College Avenue
Dill Avenue
Camp Detrick
Senator Ball To Speak To Md Club Women
Senator Joseph H. Ball from Minnesota will address the 45th annual Maryland Federation of Women’s Clubs convention in Baltimore on April 17. Guest of honor at a dinner will be Mrs. John L. Whitehurst, president of the General Federation. Other speakers include Governor Herbert R. O’Conor, Rabbi Morris Lazaron, Dr. Dora Zoen-Kwang Hwa, and Edwin Warfield Jr. The junior clubs will meet April 16 with Grace Alder of the State Department of Education speaking.
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Baltimore
Joseph H. Ball
R-Minn
Maryland Federation of Women's Clubs
John L. Whitehurst
General Federation
Herbert R. O'Conor
Morris 5. Lazaron
Dora Zoen-Kwang Hwa
Shanghai
Edwin Warfield, Jr
Commission On Tidewater Fisheries
Grace Alder
State Department of Education
Army Moves to Fix Camp Sewage Contamination
Army Engineers will correct a sewage disposal problem from Camp Ritchie Maryland that tainted Falls Creek water serving Routerville Pennsylvania. Rep. Gross reports Maj Gen Robina informed him action is underway though details are scarce. Local water manager Geiser urged rapid settlement or damages to prevent future hazards.
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Washington
Army Engineers
Camp Ritchie
Routerville
Franklin County
Pennsylvania
George Manning
Rep. Gross
R-Pa
Thomas M. Robina
Gross
Engineers Office
R. H. Geiser
Routerville Water Company
Waynesboro
Falls Creek
Geiser
Walkersville 4 H Club Monthly Meeting Report
Eighteen members attended the Walkersville 4 H club meeting. The roll call featured Why I Am Glad I Live In America. Gifts were given to Frank Rogers headed for the navy. Leo Duvall reported on the Baltimore Livestock Show. Russell Wachter and Harold Roderick were appointed to collect scrap on April 22 for the scrap-drive. The club voted $5 to the Red Cross. Staley Hahn led a discussion on farm machinery management and planting times. The meeting closed with the 4 H pledge.
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Walkersville
Red Cross
Staley Hahn
Deep Snow In Garrett and Maryland Plow Crews Active
Snow piled seven to eight inches in Garrett County as seven snowplows and several crews cleared western Maryland highways. Maryland weather officials noted the cold wave slowed peach bud opening on the Eastern Shore, with risk of further freezes but potential for a good crop if conditions stay mild. Elsewhere, a two year old died from acute alcoholic poisoning after taking whiskey from a refrigerator. Brunswick Rotary elected Arvin P. tones president for the coming year with Norman Trott secretary and Oscar Karn as treasurer.
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Associated Press
Maryland
Garrett County
State Road Commission
Free State
Hagerstown
State Roads Commission
Joseph Bily
A. S. Weather Bureau
Baltimore
University of Maryland, College
Pittsburgh
James White
Mary Inscarra
Brunswick Rotary Club
Arvin P. Tones
Brunswick High School
Myer Kaplan
Rev. Norman
L. Trott
Oscar P. Karn
Nerve Surgery For High Blood Pressure at Johns Hopkins
Johns Hopkins Hospital bulletin reports nerve surgery for high blood pressure shows promise mainly for younger patients. In a study of 12 cases by Dr. James Bordley III Dr. Morton Galston and Dr. Walter E. Dandy the operation severing an abdominal nerve proved effective in about one third of the cases.
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Baltimore
Johns Hopkins ‘Hospital
Bulletin
James Bordley
Morton Galston
Walter E. Dandy
Destroyer Rescues Pilot in Marshalls Fire Exchange
In the Marshalls a U S destroyer moved in to rescue a downed fighter pilot after Japanese shore batteries hit the ship. The destroyer returned fire with guns on shore batteries. the pilot was saved with only minor damage reported.
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Washington
Wottentoll
Marshall Islands
Navy
Marshalls
Pacific Fleet
Truk
Caroline Islands
Army Air Force Liberators
Dublin Island
Truk Atoll
Moen Island
Ponape Island
Hollandia Struck Again by Allied Air Power
Allied Fifth Air Force attacked Hollandia in New Guinea destroying 288 planes recently and striking the staging base near Wewak and Madang. A ship in Hollandia harbor was set afire, with 320 tons of bombs and fuel dumps ignited. Australians advance toward Madang, while air patrols hit Tadji and Truk targets.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
Japan
North New Guinea
Hollandia
Douglas MacArthur
Fifth Air Force
Wewak
Madang
Pfogadjim
New Guinea
Aitape
Tadji
South Pacific
Dublin
Truk
Carolines
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South Market
C. E. Cline & Son Funeral Directors
Gold Mine of Opportunity
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MD. Club
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Hufvudstads Bladet
Nyland
Gulf of Finland
Russia
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