Four Convicts Break Out Of Alcatraz
Four convicts escaped from Alcatraz Penitentiary near San Francisco. Harold Martin Brest Fred Hunter and James A Boarman were involved. Brest and Boarman were captured or killed in the bay. Hamilton Believed Drowned, part of the Barrow gang, was wounded and missing. Brest was later recaptured. the escape sparked a major manhunt as guards fired from towers and Coast Guard units searched the bay and violent currents beneath the island.
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San Francisco
Alcatraz
Island
Harold Martin
Brest
Fred Hunter
Pennsylvania
Mantes
James A. Boarman
Indianapolis
Hamilton
Flood G. Hamilton
Barrow
Southwest
James A. Johnson
Coast Guard
Boarman
Johnson
Prison Island
Golden Gate
Pacific Ocean
Arthur
Doc) Barker
Kidnanvis
Ralph Roe
Theodore Cale
Pittsburgh
Clyde Barrow
Bonnie Parker
Bradley, Ark
Axis Bombing Weekend Hits Allies Toughest Losses
Report describes Axis air raids and Allied counterstrikes across Europe. Allied bombers from England target Renault plant Paris and other industries while U S and RAF crews hit Kiel Essen Brest Lorient and 51 Mexaire. Mediterranean actions include carrier and bomber operations near Naples and shipping in the Italian channel with B-25s attacking and naval movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Axia
England
Renault
Paris
U.S
Kiel
Essen
Germany
Brest
Lorient
Mexaire
Mediterranean
Theakter
Persis
Naples
Italy
Therigilian Channel
Unraveling World Tongue Twisters On Place Names
A list clarifies homeland spellings and Anglicized forms for war fronts in North Africa and the South Seas, with accented Frenh phonetics and English equivalents. It covers places such as Bizerte Sfax Gafsa Sousse Djerba Tebourba Fetiana Mareth Medjez el Bab and South Seas sites like Rabaul Truk Palau and Timor, plus Russian front names like Dnieperpetrovsk Kharkov Smolensk and Kiev.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Africa
Casbah
Medina
Bordj
Bizerete
Bee-Zairt
Sfax
Sousse
South Seas
Salamaua
Rabaul
Truk
Palau
Papua
Timor
Notorious outlaw Hunter tied to 1933 train robbery case
The report traces the Dallas incident where an FBI agent shot Hunter in the foot during a flee after arrest. It notes his recapture after aiding Montague County jail with two companions, and details the 1933 Garretsville train robbery with Alvin Karpis and Harry Campbell as accomplices.
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Tured
Dallas
Tex
FBI
Hamilton
Montague County
Hunter
Garretsville
Alvin Karpis
Harry Campbell
Benjamin Greyson
John Brock
Puilty
Escaped Convict Johnson Sentenced In Oakland Six Years
Wounded in a police chase, Bar W Johnson formerly of Warrenton Va escapes from custody, is convicted of auto theft by a Garrett County jury in Oakland. Chief Judge D Lindley Sloat imposes a six year State Penitentiary term to start after a prior sentence in 1942. Town buys bonds in Hagerstown equities to $325,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Bar W. Johnson
Warrenton
Garrett County
Oakland
Johnson
Thomas J. Lee
Marydall Pond
D. Lindley Sloat
State Penitentiary
Howard County
Hagerstown
U. S
Jefferson Grange Meeting Reports War Aid Discussion
Jefferson Grange held its regular meeting on April 1. Regular routine business was transacted. Roll call and response centered on helping to win the war. A discussion was held concerning ongoing wartime efforts and community support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Grange
Grand Jury To Meet Monday To Hear Cases
The Circuit Court grand jury plans to reconvene next Monday to dispose of accumulated criminal charges including the slaying of John Henry Gillis. State's Attorney Edwin F. Nikirk stated details on whether the murder case will be presented remain undisclosed. Several in-custody defendants face pending indictments and others await the next nine week cycle of grand jury sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court Grand Jury
Edwin F. Nikirk
John Henry Gillis
Frederick City
Ellis C. Wachter
Nikirk
Farmers Back Plans To Aid Grange Members
The grange supported any recommendations to help farmers while opposing a plan for city merchants to close stores to aid farmers. Members favored individual initiative, believing each person should work out their own plans and problems.
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Grange
Range
Recently Married Pfc and Mrs Huffer wed at Burkittsville church
Pfc and Mrs Huffer exchanged vows March 13 at Burkitts ville Lutheran church where they belong. The bride Miss Ruby Catherine Mann is daughter of Mrs Helen J Rollins of Frederick. The groom is son of Mr and Mrs Rodney Huffer of Jefferson. With a short furlough they could not take a trip. He returned to Fort Benning Ga and she remains near Jefferson.
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Pfc
Huffer
Burkittsville Lutheran Church
Ruby Catherine Mann
Helen J. Rollins
Frederick
Rodney Huffer
Jefferson
Fort Benning
Six day week basis for UMW strike settlement
Secretary Perkins said John L. Lewis accepted a six day week as the basis to settle the United Mine Workers dispute with soft coal operators. She expressed hope operators would agree, noting the plan aligns with wage stabilization and is not inflationary. At Shepherdstown, West Virginia a mother and her 14 month old daughter died after kerosene flashed from a dead fire while she tried to revive it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Perkins
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Miss Perkins
Shepherdstown
W. Va
Georgia Woodward
Geor
Martinsburg woman dies after kitchen fire at home
Mrs. Woodward, a Berkeley County native, died this morning in a Martinsburg hospital after a kitchen fire caused by attempting to revive a blaze with kerosene saturated corn cobs. Firemen reported the incident began in the kitchen, with extensive interior damage. Nathan Woodward rushed to help as flames spread. Double services will be held Thursday from the home of his parents near here, burial to follow in the same casket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gia Ann
Martinsburg
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Axis
Aery Alties
Algeria
Suna
Ion Ocean
Rangoon
Burma
Susaaaf Proto
NEA
Tunisia
Rommel
Russia
Russian Front
Dniepergpetrovsk
Kharkov
Smolensk
Smoh-Lensk
Staraya Russa
Stah - Raya
Kiev
Ladoga
Pskov
Pss-Kov
Novgorod
Edward J. Smith
Ernest F. Kennedy
William W. Brish
Nevada
Frederick County National Bank
North Market Street
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Walter Leon Crummitt
Walter Roberts
Arthur Edward Thomas
New London
Clarence Poole
Louise Glessner
Crummitt
Liberty
Aoe AH dVatann
Samuel Hill
Broad Run
W. E. Harding
William Albert Crim
Brunswick
St. Joseph Ee
Cision Tailoring
Tormfit
Pic
Mrs
Robert Huffer
Signature Auto Furniture
Fredfrick
Maryland
Dennison
Storm & Shipley
Markel
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola Company
Perea
AY Frederick
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Chas. K. Taylor
East Patrick St
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