Deferments Allowed for Key War Industries by Draft Director
Washington April 11 Selective Service Director Hershey issued a list of critical activities where state draft directors may defer men under 26. The list includes coal, professional studies, and specific roles across rubber production, Army and Navy gear, war boards, shipping, aviation and petroleum, transport, fishing, and communications, with endorsements from agency reps deemed strong evidence of occupational necessity.
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Washington
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Office of the Rubber Director
The
Rubber Reserves Company
Memphis
Tenn
Naugatuck
Technical Services
Army
Army Air Forces
Navy Department
War Production Board
Armed Services
Maritime Commission
Petroleum Administration For War
Office of Defense Transportation
Great Lakes and
Inland Waterways
Continental
United States
War Shipping Administration
Board of War Communications
War Food Administration
Hershey
Student Deferments Extended for Science and Engineering Majors
A telegram to tele directors states that deferments extend beyond July 1 for professional students and internes. Temporary deferments are advised for registrants in recognized colleges who graduate before July 1 and study full time in fields such as aeronautical engineering agronomic and other listed sciences and engineering disciplines. Previous deferment instructions were rescinded.
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Interneship
American Fleet Roamed Pacific Palau Raid Report
Aboard a carrier flagship off Palau Islands the American fleet pressed a long range air and sea bombardment campaign in broad daylight and night operations. Japanese defenses remained unable to halt the carriers as Admiral Spruance praised pilots and crews for heavy damage despite failing to surprise Japanese units.
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Palau Islands
Tokyo
Palau
Japan
Pacific
Out&t
Alfred E. Montgomery
William M. Collins
Chevy Chase
Whitney
J. G. Edward L. Freightner
Route 1
Elida
Collins
Admiral
Central Pacific
Raymond A. Spruance
Woleai
Yap
Caroline Islands
Directors Elected At Fredericktown Savings Institution Meeting
At the annual meeting of weekly deposit holders, Fredericktown Savings Institution re elected directors Jacob Rohrback James E Doll Clays Lamar James H Cramer Charles W Lough G Hunter Bowers Alfred G Zimmerman Holden B Felton and Roger R Rice. The directors will meet Thursday to organize.
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Fredericktown Savings Institution
Jacob Rohrback
James E. Doll
Clays Lamar
James H. Cramer
Charles W. Lough
G. Hunter Bowers
Alfred G. Zimmerman
Holden
Felton
Roger R. Rice
French National Liberation Committee May Review Giraud Action
In Algiers on April 11, members of the French Consultative Assembly debated the ouster of Gen. Henri Giraud by Gen. Charles De Gaulle. The French Committee of National Liberation may reconsider its last week’s decision naming Giraud inspector general of the French Army. Giraud refuses to recognize the action as the committee meets again, with officials calling the dispute serious. The United States reportedly has more than 335 varieties of rats and mice.
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Algiers
French Consultative Assembly
Charles DeGaulle
Henri Giraud
French Committee of National Liberation
Giraud
United States
MISS MILLER IS CHURCH BRIDE
Miss Jean Dolores Miller daughter of Mr and Mrs Clark Miller and George Theodore Sulcer son of Mr and Mrs Alvie Sulcer were married at First Baptist Church in a double ring ceremony conducted by Rev William C Royal The couple will reside at 427 North Market street after April 17 and both graduates of Frederick High School in 1942 are employed in local businesses.
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First Baptist Church
Jean
Dolores Miller
Clark Miller
North Market Street
George Theodore Sulcer
Alvie Sulcer
Park Avenue
William C. Royal
Margaret Yinger
West Fifth Street
Constance Harner
East Second Street
Cornelius 5. Moberly, Jr
West Patrick Street
Cornelius
Moberly, Jr
Edward Tyergar
West Thirteenth Street
Richard Miller
Pierce Gaver, Jr
Raymond Zimmerman
Frederick
Ave Maria
Wagner
Mendelssohn
Evening Star
Ruth Trout
Letter From Prisoner Of War Charles Wivell
Emmitsburg parents Mr and Mrs Joseph Wivell report a letters from their son Technical Sergeant Charles T Wivell held as a prisoner of war in Germany. The note sent via Red Cross says he was shot down but unharmed and that he bailed out over enemy territory. The War Department announced he has been missing in action since December 14 over Greece.
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Emmitsburg
Joseph W. Wivell
de Paul Street
Charles T. Wivell
International Committee of the American Red Cross
Geneva
Frederick
War Department
Wivell
Greece
Lehman's Son Killed in Overseas Air Crash
Peter Lehman, son of former Governor Herbert Lehman and head of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, was killed in an overseas airplane crash while serving in the U.S. Army Air Forces. The report confirms his death and notes his high-profile roles.
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Lehman
New York
Peter Lehman
U.S. Army Air Forces
Herbert Lehman
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Legal ruling sought by Knox on Pearl Harbor trials
Secretary of the Navy Knox said he would seek a legal ruling on postponing the trials of Maj. Gen. William C. Short and Vice Admiral Husband E. Kimmel for dereliction of duty over Pearl Harbor. He noted both signed waivers of the statute of limitations and that postponement would have little effect. The matter will be discussed with the Navy judge advocate general and the attorney general amid depositions being taken by Admiral Thomas Hart from officers acquainted with the pre attack period.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Knox
William C. Short
Husband E. Kimmel
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Judge Advocate General
Thomas Hart
Auto industry fears control postwar production
Detroit reports industry leaders warn civilian vehicle output may return under strict government control in the first postwar year. Most expect a share of prewar output to guide new production, potentially barring new entrants until established producers resume full operations. War effort boosts farm incomes to 17 billion, while Kaiser rumors linger.
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Detroit
Pearl Harbor
Kaiser
Henry J. Kaiser
Control of air increasing in Pacific theater
Washington reports American air forces steadily enlarge their control in the Pacific. Navy Secretary Knox shows maps tracing the ring around Tokyo since Guadalcanal 1942 and later advances from Pearl Harbor era through Midway, the Gilberts and Marshalls, New Guinea and the Aleutians with no major counterattacks. He cites British in India likely to stop Japanese drive near Imphal and notes dispersed Japanese fleet units at Singapore.
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Washington
Pacific
Navy
Knox
Tokyo
U. S
Guadalcanal
Marcus
Wake Island
Midway
Solomons
Gilberts and
Marshalls
New Guinea
Aleutians
India
Imphal
Singapore
Chester Nimitz
Truk
Caroline Islands
Frederick man credited with first air victory over Focke Wulf 190
15th Army Air Force technical Sergeant Walter E. Schmidt of 246 West Patrick Street Frederick Maryland is officially credited with shooting down a Focke Wulf 190 during an attack on Klagenfurt Austria. His claim was verified by two bomber crew members who witnessed the enemy plane disintegrate in mid air. Schmidt described firing from the top turret as two enemy planes approached, attributing the blaze to fuel tanks before the craft exploded.
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15Th Army Air Force
Walter E. Schmidt
15Th Aaf Flying Fortress
West Patrick Street
Frederick
Klagenfurt
Austria
Schmidt
Six Alarm Fire Destroys Baltimore Supermarket
A six alarm blaze destroyed a block long Food Fair supermarket at Franklin street and Franklintown road in Baltimore. The loss is pegged at 250000 by Food Fair VP Benjamin Klein, with fire fighting lasting three hours and embers spreading to nearby blocks. The origin was undetermined and winds pushed heat, blistering paint on porches two blocks away. Traffic was rerouted and power lines cut to protect residents and equipment.
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Baltimore
Franklin Street
Franklintown Road
Benjamin Klein
Food Fair, Inc
Klein
Italian Troops Hold Mt Marrone Repel Nazi Thrusts
Allied reports state Italian forces on Mt Marrone near Cassino repulsed small German thrusts at two points, killing seven and capturing one, the first Nazi capture by Italy’s liberated army. American patrols trap and kill three of six Nazis near Littoria, while British forces near Carroceto inflict casualties. News notes include frostbite injuries to German replacements and naval actions off Anzio and the Rhodes claim, with no Allied confirmation.
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Naples
Mt. Marrone
Cassino
Italy
Anzio
Littoria
Carroceto
Fifth Army
U. S
Rescue Efforts Underway After Rockies Avalanche Strands 32
Berthoud Pass Colorado endured a dramatic avalanche trapping 32 people including three babies. Army snow vehicles and snowplows fought heavy snows as Lt Helen Durfee and Lt Catherine Cockburn were evacuated with injuries. A schoolteacher Edith Foster survived by digging from beneath snow in a remarkable escape.
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Berthoud Pass
Colo
Rockies
Dick Holmes
Frank Pichini
E. Lopez
Catherine Cockburn
Bethesda
Spars
Cockburn
Martin Lund
Edith Foster
Craig, Cole
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Francis Seeit
American Legion
Armed Forces
Paris
South Market
Pacific Theater
Focke Wulf
London
High Command
Rhodes
Turkey
K.P. Bendix
Burall’s Cycle
C. C. Carty’s
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Sears, Roebuck and CO
C. C. Carty, Inc
Patrick St
Carty
Helen Barr Durfee
Los Angeles
Denver
Durfee
U. S. Public Health Service
MGM
Wright
Vex Obrien
W. James Craig
Marsha Hunt
Philip Merivale
Henry Oneill
Donald Meek
Old
Oklahoma
Martha Scott
John Wayne
John Dekker
Geo
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