Real Estate Revaluation To Begin In County Soon
County officials plan the second general reassessment of real and personal property under a 1937 revolving assessment law. Reassessments may occur any time, with likely start in Walkersville and a few districts this year. Officials expect limited progress before terms expire, and discuss continuous assessments as a possible model despite wartime valuation concerns.
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Board of
A. Lamar Barrick
William M. Storm
Board of Assessors
Grayson H. Mercer
Ernest C. Speaks
Supervisor of Assessments
Board of County Commissioners
Walkersville
Henderson
William L. Henderson
State Tax Commission
Fighting On Cebu Heavy Defenders Fight Hard
Washington April 14 The War Department said American Philippine forces on Cebu Island are heavily outnumbered yet stubbornly resisting Japanese forces in heavy fighting Communications with Cebu and Corregidor have been re established Corregidor was raided four times by Japanese bombers with some casualties but only slight damage to military installations Both Corregidor and Fort Frank were shelled by enemy batteries from Manila Bay Diogos Mindanao saw sharp skirmishes as guerrilla teams carried out raids The communique No 190 notes heavy fighting on Cebu and no additional reports from other areas Night assault by Japanese on Corregidor anticipated with rain likely blocking water routes. Official reports also claim Corregidor sunk a medium Japanese vessel near Bataan and damaged tank and truck columns and a small boats concentration at Mariveles.
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Washington
War Department
Cebu
Corregidor
Department
Fort Franks
Manila Bay
Diogos
Mindanao
Ieekas
Philippine
Fort Frank
Bataan
Mariveies
Roosevelt Passes Up Opening Game at Washington
President Roosevelt opted not to toss the first ball at the New York Washington opening game of the American League season. About 31 000 fans attended the crowd in the capital. Stephen Early said the reason was War and Work.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Stephen Early
Direct Hits On Axis Tanks Scored By British
British headquarters said patrols scored direct hits on a column of Axis tanks armored cars and artillery yesterday in the Libyan desert. Prices for homes and livestock rose amid rationing, while farm machinery also advanced. Valuations of automobiles may fall due to scarce new car sales. Harford county plans a general reassessment, patterned after Frederick county, with discussions on revolving assessment arrangements.
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Cairo
Harford County
Frederick County
Harford
Notice Any Nylon In Your U S Currency
Washington reports nylon money is being tested in circulation. Currency printed on nylon paper was distributed by the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank to compare with silk threaded notes. Secret service notes only a chemical analysis can reveal the difference while the silk stock lasts.
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Washington
Treasury
Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank
Secret Service
Violent Attacks by Russians on Germans Reported
London reports that six Soviet divisions and tank formations launched a violent offensive on the central Russian front amid claims the attack was stemmed. Soviet updates claim 9,000 Germans slain on the Leningrad front from April 1 to 10, with 322 planes destroyed since March 11 and total aircraft losses rising.
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London
Exchange
Donets
Kuibyshev
Russia
Leningrad
Soviet Information Bureau
Adolf Hitler
Basil Cardew
London Daily Express
Cardew
Germany
Europe
Mediterranean
Bryansk
Moscow
Red Army
Kursk-Kharkov
Belgorod
Ukraine
Kursk
Kharkov
Dnieperopetrovsk
Trout Season Opens Amid Heavy Stocking And High Water
Anglers prepare for the trout season with streams flush from rain and heavier stocking of wiry brown and rainbow trout. Pre season stocking is complete though lighter than last year as crews plan to space releases through the season, with Fishing Creek below the reservoir the main fishing area anticipated.
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Fishing Creek
13 Huge Jap Flying Boats Smashed By Allied Flyers
New Delhi April 14 American and British air forces struck deep into the Bay of Bengal area smashing 13 Japanese flying boats in the Andaman Islands. RAF and AVG operations across Burma and MT fortifications disrupted Japanese scouting and bombing assets while British bombers attacked positions near Prome. Allied actions supported by Gen Harold Alexander’s Burma campaign and Gen Stilwell’s Chinese forces continued the push toward India’s frontier.
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New Delhi
India
Bay of Bengal
Andaman Islands
Burma
RAF
Port Blair
Andamans
AVG
Shan States
Toungoo
Prome
Harold Alexander
United States
Joseph W. Stilwell
Iran Breaks With Japan Teheran
Iran announces breaking relations with Japan amid a British Russian Iranian alliance pact based on Atlantic Charter principles. In Teheran, 29 January marked five months after hostilities ended with an invasion by Russian and British troops. the government is led by 22-year-old Mohammad Shah Pahlavi who succeeded Reza Shah on September 17, 1941.
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Teheran
Iran
Japan
Persia
India
Mohammed Shah Pahlavi
Reza Shah Pahlavi
Frost kills bloom as city endures heavy frost
A killing frost at seven degrees below freezing spread a white mantle over the ground, chilling the orchard mood. Some see potential long term benefits for peaches, while city gloom and needed shining linger. Bloom was advanced after Easter warmth and this heavy frost likely damaged some blooms.
Evening Sun Executive Found Dead In Bed
Baltimore April 14 William L. Thomas 46 assistant city editor of the Evening Sun was found dead in bed at his home by his mother in law Annie Wells. A native of Baltimore he joined the paper as a copy boy in 1910 and became assistant city editor in 1923. He had been unwell since his wife Elizabeth Wells of Joppa died last June. A daughter Patricia Ann 16 survives.
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Baltimore
William L. Thomas
The
Evening Sun
Annie K .Wells
Thomas
Elizabeth Wells
Joppa
Patricia Ann
Laval Back In French Cabinet Riom War Guilt Trials Halted
London reports indicate German high command fears an Allied invasion of Europe and braces for an unexpected strike. Gen. George C. Marshall and Henry Hopkins visiting Berlin heightened jitters, prompting bravado from German spokesmen offering defiant statements amid ongoing Riom proceedings.
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Laval
London
Europe
George C. Marshall
U.S. Army
Henry Hopkins
Roosevelt
Berlin
Stockholm Demokraten
Seawolf Sets U S Submarine War Mark
Seawolf heads a Pacific submarine effort earning a bucket of credit for American tally. Submarines from the Indian Ocean to the Japanese coast accounted for 36 sinkings 12 probable sinkings and 10 damaging attacks amid bold undersea raids. The Seawolf sank a light cruiser a destroyer and a large transport while damaging others and enduring multiple depth charge counterattacks. The Navy hailed the voyage as one of the epics of submarine warfare.
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Washington
U. S
Seawolf
Pacific Fleet
Chester W. Nimitz
Husband BE
Kimmel
Nimitz
Tokyo
Indian Ocean
Dutch Indies
Navy
Allied Airmen Hit Jap Bases In New Guinea Timor Raids
United States and Australian airmen attacked Japanese bases at Lae in New Guinea and Koepang in Dutch Timor. They bombed ships and hit anti aircraft sites, shot down a fighter and possibly two more planes, and damaged another. A near miss and a ship on fire were noted at Koepang while three enemy bombers on the ground were reported hit.
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Melbourne
United States
Lae
New Guinea
Koepang
Dutch Timor
Fourty Thousand Taken Prisoners On Bataan By Japs
Tokyo reports from Japanese broadcasts say that since the Bataan offensive began through last Sunday 40,000 prisoners have been taken, including 15 generals, with 6,700 American troops among them. Generals named include Edward P. King Jr, Albert M. Jones, George M. Parker Jr, and Francisco. Booty cited comprises 196 guns, 320 machine guns, 500 automatic rifles, 10,000 rifles, 124 tanks and armored cars, 220 cars and other arms.
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Tokyo
Imperial Headquarters
Bataan
United States
Edward P. King, Jr
Peninsula
Albert M. Jones
George M. Parker, Jr
Second Army Corps
Francisco
Ambulance Corps Plans First Training Session in Frederick
The Ambulance Corps of the Office of Civilian Defense schedules its first meeting Wednesday at 7 30 PM at the Francis Scott Key hotel to organize volunteer drivers for county emergencies. About 18 trucks have been pledged for ambulance service with more available. Training, led by William B. Bennett and Ralph W. Boyer, covers safety driving, map reading, gas mask practice, and blackout driving over roughly 14 hours.
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Ambulance Corps
Office of Civilian Defense
Francis Scott Key
Frederick County
Roger B. Wolfe
Wolfe
Ralph W. Boyer
Alton Y. Bennett
OCD
F. Earle Shriner
William B. Bennett
French Foreign Legion
France
Sergt Wachter Named Post Sergeant Major
Sergt Raymond S Wachter of this city is transferred to Camp Pickett near Blackstone Va as post sergeant major to Col D John Markey post commandant Wachter has twenty years service as sergeant major of the old First Maryland National Guard Regiment commanded by Col Markey and attached to its headquarters in this city Private Henry Marcus also transferred to Camp Pickett as orderly to Col Markey, a job he had held for years.
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Raymond S. Wachter
Camp Pieckett
Blackstone
D. John Markey
Sergt
Wachter
First Maryland National Guard Regiment
Col. Markey
Henry Marcus
Camp Pickett
Petain Reorganizes Vichy Government With Laval Amid Axis Pressure
Bern and London reported that Marshal Petain agreed to overhaul the Vichy regime under Pierre Laval with Laval returning as chief of the government. Darlan remains foreign minister as Petain remains head of state. Riom trials are suspended to broaden political responsibility for France’s defeat. United Nations fear a stronger Axis alignment and potential French fleet shift.
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Bern
Switzerland
Marshal Petain
Vichy
Pierre Laval
United States
Laval
Petain
Francé
Althoug
Jean Darlan
France
Germany
Hitler
Darlan
Chiefs of State
Justice
Joseph Bartelemy
United Nations
London
Charles de Gaulle
Britain
Berlin
DNB
Admiral Darian
Pavillion Sevigne
Hotel du Parc
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U.S
Avalanche OF Returns
Annapolis
State Comptroller's Office
Sergt. Wachter
Taylor Henry
Paul Marion
Information Secretariat
French Republic
Tournal
Bouraisol Chateau
Edouard Daladier
Leon Blum
Maurice Gustave Gamelin
Portalet Forttress
Pyrenees
Paul Reynaud
George Mandel
Reynaud
Mandel
Council of Political Justice
Pierre Jacomet
National Defense Industries
Guy Lachambre
Bourassol
Portalet
Pierre Cot
Atlantic
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