Governor pledges Jug Bridge retention but not structure
Governor O Conor replies to Frederick County Historical Society that the Jug Bridge project has been studied by the State Roads Commission. He states the Jug will be retained in place and its surroundings improved as an scenic observation point, while a new permanent bridge downstream is planned. Dr. Apple and the Jug Bridge Club express satisfaction with the prompt reply and consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert R. O'Conor
Joseph H. Apple
Frederick County Historical Society
Frederick County
Jug Bridge
State Roads Commission
Historical Society
Jug Bridge Women's Club
State Roads Board
Apple
Albert E. King
Jug Bridge Club
O’conor
Roads Commission
Philippine War Not Over Says Quezon in Australia
President Quezon, in Melbourne, said the loss of Bataan did not end the war and that Filipinos will stand by America to the bitter end. He praised Filipino forces, noted ongoing battles in Corregidor fortress and Mindanao, and pledged to defend all liberated areas while food and supply shortages persist. Market news followed, describing a restricted stock market with light turnover of about 150,000 shares in two hours.
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Melbourne
Bataan
Philippines
Manuel Quezon
America
Silies
Quezon
Australia
Corregidor
Visaya Islands
Mindanao
Markey
New York
Corregieur
Japs Hit Corregidor as Cebu Defies Invasion
Washington reports Japanese air bombardment of Corregidor fortress while an invasion force of about 12,000 lands on Cebu. Fierce street fighting erupts in Cebu City as American Filipino defenders resist with aid from warships and tanks. General Wainwright’s fate and potential surrender on Bataan remain unclear amid Tokyo claims of a flag of truce.
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Washington
Corregidor
Cebu
Philippines
War Department
Toky
Cebu City
Bataan
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Roosevel
Wainwright
Tokyo
Edward P. King, Jr
E P. William
Limay
William
Samao
Wauinwright
Fort Hughes
Manila Bay
King
Atlanta
Domei
Argao
Bohol Strait
Barili
Corregidor Fortress
Ruth In Pneumonia Recuperation Described Satisfactory
Hollywood April 11 Babe Ruth baseball great remains stricken with pneumonia earlier this week. His nurse said his condition is very satisfactory today. The physician reported yesterday he had passed the crisis and was improving.
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Hollywood
Babe Ruth
Ruth
Cripps Makes Farewell Talk As Parley Fails
Sir Stafford Cripps gave a farewell radio address from New Delhi after the collapse of the postwar independence plan. He lamented that the chance to rally India for defense and freedom had been missed and noted the draft declaration was rejected by Indian leaders amid difficult historic relations.
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Cripps
New Delhi
India
Stafford Cripps
Britain
Frederick district members join quarter century club at Potomac Edison meeting
Seventeen new members including five from Frederick district joined the Quarter Century Club of Potomac Edison at a Friday night meeting in Hotel Alexander Hagerstown. Emblems honored 25 years of service. Jared Dawson received 55 years. Frederick district members include Haugh Kreh Town Fulmer Snurr with varied long service paths. Frederick bowling team won President's cup. Renn top score. A 147 acre farm sale deed was recorded from Dern to Hawkins for about 6300 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Charles M. Titlow
George H. Baker
Robert L. Smith
Harry E. Zimmerman
Clyde C. Wachtel
Myersville
Forrest D. Haugh
Grace C. Kreh
Raymond E. Town
Marshall H. Fulmer
Edward H. Snurr
Line
R. Paul Smith
Potomac Edison
Hagerstown
Louis Renn
Earlston Rothenhoefer
Wilbert Rinehart
Calvin Geisbert
Wilson Cook
Mer
Acquitted In Point of Rocks Assault Case
Shirley Heater of Point of Rocks was acquitted this morning before Magistrate Alton Y. Bennett on a charge of assault against Harvey Scheetz, also of Point of Rocks, in the courthouse courtroom.
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Alton Y. Bennett
Court House
Shirley Heater
Point of Rocks
Harvey Scheetz
Indian Talks Fail Cripps Withdraws His Offer
New Delhi April 11 dominant Hindu and Moslem parties rejected Britain's postwar dominion status plan. Sir Stafford Cripps announced the proposal was withdrawn as Congress and the Muslim League denounced London terms. Cripps said India’s status reverts to what it was before he came. discussions are over.
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New Delhi
India
Britain
Sir Stafford Cripps
Sir Stafford
All-India Congress Party
Cripps
London
British Commonwealth of Nations
Great Britain
America
Heavy Attack Made On Ruhr
London reports a massive British air raid on Germany's Ruhr and Le Havre with hundreds of tons of bombs and many incendiaries. The Krupp armament works were a main target. 13 British planes were lost, yet Air Ministry officials deem the raid a necessary price for a big strike. A lone German raider caused no damage on Britain.
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London
Germany
Ruhr
Air Ministry
Krupp
RAF
le Havre
Britain
Unusual Saturday School Attendance Report
Children went to school on a Saturday in what may be a historic first. It was the first of two Saturdays held to close the school year in May and recover a day lost to a late March snowstorm. Attendance appeared up to normal.
Russia Leaders Plan Aid to Soviets for Axis War
London April 11 Reliable sources say General George C. Marshall and Harry Hopkins believe Russia is the decisive battlefield and are coordinating with Britain on aid to the Red Army. U S air force reinforcements for RAF bombing Germany are expected, as dispatch and convoy logistics limit immediate continental invasion. The Daily Sketch noted Marshall Hopkins talks suggested plans beyond production, possibly touching on invasion.
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London
America
George C. Marshall
Harry Hopkins
Russia
U. S
Germany
Asia
Hopkins
Marshall
U.S
Britain
Soviet Union
The
Daily Sketch
Crash lands at La Guardia as United jet sinks in bay
A United Airlines flight from Oakland to Chicago overshot a La Guardia runway during pre-dawn landing and sank into Flushing Bay. Nine aboard were rescued by Pan American Airways boats, with three crew members injured and six passengers unhurt. Pilot and crew details include Captain Douglas Wilson and Co Pilot Butterfield among injured.
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New York
United Airlines
la Guardia
Flushing Bay
Pan American Airways
Flight 12
Oakland
Calif
Chicago
Josephine Dargis
Flushing Hospital
Butterfield
al Hospital
Douglas Wilson
Lovett
Four New Aircraft Carriers For Japan
A Paris radio dispatch from Tokyo reports that Japan will soon put four new aircraft carriers into service with the navy. The broadcast says each carrier will carry 35, 40, 50 and 55 planes respectively.
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London
Paris
Tokyo
Two Merchant Ships Sunk Off Atlantic Coast
Washington reports two medium sized United States merchant vessels torpedoed off the Atlantic coast. The Navy announced the losses with no further details provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Atlantic
War Production Board review on Frederick idle tools
G Horton Peace of the Frederick Citizens Industrial committee presented an analysis to the WPB state office. The report notes idle machine tools in Frederick County that could support a weapon A level project and seeks a war contract for Frederick.
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Maryland Contract Distribution
War Production Board
Frederick County
G. Horton Peace
Local Citizens Industrial Committee
WPB
Frederick
Fishing license boom as trout season opens
The clerk of the court reports a surge in licenses with about 1,630 issued so far this year ahead of the trout season opening on Wednesday. Ellis C. Wachter notes the busy period in the clerk of the court's office.
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Ellis C. Wachter
Refugees Find Rest and Food on Corregidor Fort
A dispatch from Corregidor reports nurses and soldiers from Bataan reaching the fortress after harrowing night crossings, exhausted and hungry. Civilians join the weary evacuees as they seek sleep amid ongoing shelling and the memory of Bataan’s fall. The account quotes a radio proclamation praising Filipino and American endurance and valor in the epic defense.
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Corregidor Fortress
Bataan
Manila Bay
Corregidor
Bat
Jap Savages Bomb Hospital In Bataan Warfare
Japanese bombers attacked a base hospital on Bataan near Corregidor yesterday morning, hitting exposed wards and wounding soldiers doctors and nurses. Edwin R. Nelson treated patients amid ruins while staff frantically restored order as nurses Rita Palmer and Rosemary Hogan described the terror and injuries.
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Jap Savages
Dean Schedler
Corregidor Fortress
Bataan
Manila
Edwin R. Nelson
Huntington
W. Va
Nelson
Rita G. Palmer
Hampton
N.hs
Rosemary Hogan
Chattanooga
Okla
Temple Assn Trustees Feted at Masonic Temple Dinner
About 150 Masons attended a Friday evening dinner at the Masonic Temple in honor of the Temple Association trustees. Founders Horace C. Zacharias and Joseph W. L. Carty hold president and treasurer roles, with other trustees named. Musical numbers and a detailed formation history were given, a quiz program conducted, and the Evangelical Lutheran ladies catered the meal.
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Masonic Temple
Masonic Temple Association
The
Temple Association
Harry O. Schroeder
Leslie N. Coblentz
Horace C. Zacharias
Joseph W. L. Carty
Grayson E. Bowers
G. Hunter Bowers
A. LeRoy McCardell
Jacob Rohrback
Ira L. Miller
David Hagan
Joseph
Stephens
Sperry Storm
George Baker F
British Withdraw Further in Burma Front
New Delhi reports a British communique indicating continued withdrawal in the Irrawaddy river valley. It says three Japanese vehicles were engaged by light reconnaissance near Nyaungbintha, 18 miles north of Thayetmyo and 58 miles above Prome. Japanese air raids hit British and Chinese positions, a central Burma town, and Allied flyers claimed seven shootdowns.
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New Delhi
Irrawaddy River
Burma
Nyaungbintha
Thayetmyo
Prome
Perch Submarine Reported Overdue and Presumed Lost
The U S submarine Perch has been overdue for more than a month and is presumed lost in the Western Pacific according to a Navy Department communique. Commanded by Lieutenant Commander David Albertart, the six year old vessel last operated in the Java Sea. next of kin have been notified.
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Washington
U. S
Perch
Western Pacific
Navy
Java Sea
David Albert Art
Mill
Navy Department
Panama
Cavite
Philippines
Neat
Southwest Pacific
Java
Jap Airdrome At Koepang Is Attacked
Australian bombers struck the Koepang airfield in Timor in a low level raid dropping high explosives on hangars and offices. Planes returned safely. fires burned post attack. Port Moresby raids continued with no casualties reported and possible enemy losses.
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Canberra
Australia
Koepang
Dutch Timor
John Curtin
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Thief steals three tires from Lawson's garage
County authorities report a nighttime break in at Lawson's New Market garage. Three tires were stolen from a stock pile of about 50, including one new and two retreads. Entrance was gained by breaking a window. This marks multiple recent garage breakins and follows a rise in tire thefts in the county.
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Lawson
New Market
R. Paul Buhrman
Myersville
Travel decline in United States hits near forty percent
Washington reports a sharp travel drop as passenger automobile use falls almost 40 percent nationwide. The American Automobile Association cites tire rationing and gasoline restrictions in the East and Pacific Northwest as the main causes, confirming a sustained travel reduction.
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Washington
United States
East
Pacific Northwest
American Automobile Association
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Island City
Toyko
Fort Stotsenburg
University of Georgia
Georgia National Guard
Frederick Entry
Carroll County
Clarence E. Dern
Orville G. Hawkins
Maulana Abul Kalan Azad
Congress Party
RAF Blasts Krupp Armament Works
U.S. Air Force
Japan
Old Corregidor
Associated Press
Fortress of
Clark Lee
A. P
Dean Schfdefr
Temple Assn
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