Labor Survey Finds Few For Canneries In Frederick County
A War Manpower Commission mobile team and U S Employment Service interviewers report scarce local labor for summer cannery work as farmers and war workers dominate. About 50 part time workers are identified. most from Walkersville Woodsboro Unionville area. Women largely employed, children limited to age 16+. County allocates 20 dollars monthly per teacher for three months as state and county share the 1944 teacher bonus, with about 275 eligible. Officials praise the settlement, noting continued need for workers and coordinated state county funding.
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War Manpower Commission
U. S. Employment Service
WMC
Frederick City
Walkersville
Woodsboro
Unionville
Brunswick
Baltimore
Hagerstown
Board of County Commissioners
State Board of Public Works
Board of Education
Frederick County
Board For Education
Board of Public Works
Eugene W. Pruitt
Maryland
Memorial Service for Pfc Windsor at Urbana
A memorial service will honor Pfc Norman L Windsor son of Mr and Mrs William Windsor Urbana at Urbana Methodist church Sunday at eleven in the morning replacing the usual services Rev J W Briscoe will conduct He died from an air crash in the South Pacific March 22 after being fatally injured in New Guinea burial was likely at Finschhafen The service notes his Young Peoples involvement and Sunday school attendance
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Urbana Methodist Church
Pfc
Norman L. Windsor
William Windsor
Urbana
South Pacific
J. W. Briscoe
Pfc. Windsor
Young Peoples Organization
New Guinea
Pfe. Windsor
Finschhafen
Widdoes Named Coach At Ohio State
Columbus Ohio April 14 Widdoes last of the Massillon Greats on Ohio State University s football staff today was named to serve as head coach in the absence of Paul Brown in the military service.
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Widdoes
Columbus
P—Carroll Widdoes
Massillon
Ohio State University
Paul Brown
Margaret Henderson
Brunswick
Anna May Barber
Barber
Paul B. Rhoads
Corp
Elwood O’hara
36 Nazi Planes Shot Down In Allied Air Offensive
Allied Mediterranean air forces reported 36 Nazi planes shot down at a cost of 19 ships, including 16 heavy bombers, in raids across Hungary targeting aircraft plants at Gyor and Duna and fields at Vecses and Tokol near Budapest. Additional strikes hit Yugoslav railway yards, Corfu harbor works, and Dalmatian coast targets. In all, 1,800 sorties were flown.
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Allied
Naples
Hungary
Gyor
Duna
Vecses
Tokal
Budapest
Ibrod
Yugoslavia
Corful
Dalmatian
Italy
Lutheran board protests Hershey deferment order
In New York on April 14 the executive board of the United Lutheran Church in America disclosed it would protest Selective Service director Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey's plan to drop deferments for pre theological students on and after July 1.
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Hershey New York
United Lutheran Church In America
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
New York Stock Market Mixed as Recovery Faced Uncertain Trend
In New York on April 14 a few rails and specialties showed idle gains but the overall market wandered, as investors failed to find a clear direction amid a tentative recovery and lack of a definite trend.
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New York
General Marshall Warned Last Fall On Younger Troops
Washington April 14 Critics say the military failed to spot that men under 26 make the best combat troops. Gen George C Marshall warned last October that younger types would be needed for replacements as the army neared full strength. He urged not enforcing rigid age drafting rules. The draft has shifted to age groups 18 25 with questions about next cohorts. Congress blocks and policy fights shaped the long debate over who serves and when.
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James Marlow
George Zielke
Washington
George C. Marshall
Senate Military Committee
Marshall
Congress
Pearl Harbor
Army
Navy
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Armed Forces
Armed Services
U S Bomber Fleet Strikes Berlin and German Targets
Allied air forces conducted a major daylight offensive against Berlin and western Germany, with U S bombers and fighters totaling around 3,000 aircraft. The operations targeted the Messer schmitt plants at Augsburg and other key factories, rail yards, and airfields. U S gunners and pilots claimed 138 German planes shot down, while losses included 44 American planes and 19 ships in Mediterranean actions.
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P-Raf
Berlin
Germany
U. S
Rome
Eighth
Ninth Air Forces
Messerschmitt
Augsburg
Ballbearing
Schweinfurt
Dornier
Oberpfaffenhofen
Lechfeld
15Th Air Force
Italy
Gyor
Budapest
Tokol
Yugoslavia
Thenvasion
Obe
Mountbatten Visits Imphal Front Ahead of Japan Invasion
New Delhi April 14 Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten chief of the Southeast Asia command paid a surprise visit to the Imphal front Saturday and held a half hour conference with the garrison commander defending the base against Japanese troops invading Manipur state. Land communications with Imphal have been reported severed by the Japanese. Mountbatten may have reached there by plane though the dispatch was unclear.
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New Delhi
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia Command
Imphal
India
Manipur
Mountbatten
Bishenpore - Silchar
Assam
JA Domei
Tokyo
Imphal-Haochong
Berlin
Palel-Tamu
Kohima
Dimapur
Laphal
Silchar
Bishenpur
Motion Picture Industry Turns Twenty As Edison Kinetoscope Debuts
New York honors the 20th anniversary of cinema with the first public Edison kinetoscope showing on April 14, 1894. The venue was a converted Broad Street shoe store, launching a new era for motion pictures.
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New York
Thomas A. Edison
Broadway
Washington urges ending wartime price controls
Deputy Price Administrator James F. Brownlee told Congress that price controls should not be made a permanent national policy beyond the war emergency. He argued for a sunset timeline as wartime measures wind down.
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Washington
James F. Brownlee
Tenants Seek Tax Refunds On Excess Profits
Washington reports 30,000 claims filed by corporations for refunds of more than a quarter of all excess profits taxes paid in the first three years of the acts existence, directed to the Treasury.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Relieved Marauders praised after eight day ring near Mogaung
In Burma the encircled Brig Gen Frank Merrill Marauders were relieved by Lt Col Charles Beach and American jungle fighters. Lt Gen Joseph Stilwell called it a damned good job. Japanese remnants pulled back toward Mogaung as Chinese forces pushed from Wakawag toward Wararup amid heavy shelling and jungle fighting.
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Mogaung Valley
Burma
Frank Merrill
Joseph W. Stilwell
George McGee
Denver
Colo
Charles Beach
Cincinnati
O. Beach
McGee
Mogaung
Wakawag
Japan
Wararup
Stilwell
MacArthur Silent About Letter On Presidency
Allied Headquarters in the Southwest Pacific reports no comment today from Gen. Douglas MacArthur regarding his letters to Rep. Muller and of his Illinois Republican primary win. The article outlines political maneuvering and reactions from officials on whether MacArthur would be a GOP nominee or Secretary of War, detailing reactions from Dewey supporters, Democrats, and senators about his possible role and the draft movement.
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Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
A. L. Miller
Illinois
Washington
Geo. Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Rep
Muller
R-Neb
Miller
Thomas FE
Dewey
New York
Thomas ‘R
Idaho
Stimson
Thomas
House
New Deal
MacAur
Burma Battle News Poorly Treated By Allied
The Bombay Times criticizes Allied leaders for not giving the public a realistic view of the Imphal invasion. Editorials praise Indian 17th Division retreat along the Tiddim road and warn that Japanese advances in Assam reveal Allied weakness. Mountbatten command reports strategic gains but notes limited progress elsewhere.
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Burma
New Delhi
Bombay Times
Imphal
India
Southeast Asia Command
the Times
Tiddim
New Mastern
Dawn
Assam
Dawn J
Eas
Rives Matthews Case Ordered Noile Pressed
Princess Anne April 14 A criminal bill indictment against editor Fives Matthews of the Somerset News, based on his criticisms of rationed gasoline use by State Comptroller J Millard Tawes, was ordered noiled pressed today by States Attorney Harry C Dashiell.
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Princess Anne
Fives Matthews
The
Somerset News
J. Millard Tawes
Harry C. Dashiell
Bank Elects Officers at Fredericktown Savings Institution
The Fredericktown Savings Institution annual meeting elected Jacob Rohlerback as president F Ross Myers as vice president Howard M Albaugh as secretary Joseph T Griffin and Carl W Snook as assistant secretaries George T Cramer and Gerald G Remsberg were named tellers Helen B Young became book keeper M Margaret Gardner assistant teller Lewis C Anderson and Virginia C Derr were assistant bookkeepers Barbara L Fout and Lois M Bryant were appointed clerks.
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Fredericktown Savings Institution
Jacob Rohlerback
F. Ross Myers
Howard M. Albaugh
Joseph T. Griffin
Carl W. Snook
George T. Cramer
Gerald G. Remsberg
Helen B. Young
M. Margaret Gardner
Lewis C. Anderson
Virginia C. Derr
Barbara L. Fout
Lois M. Bryant
Fleeing Nazis and Romanians Cracked at Sevastopol
Moscow April 14 Red Star reports Soviet forces under Tolbukhin and Yeremenko pressing a panicked Axis retreat toward Sevastopol. German and Romanian troops abandon weapons and supplies as thousands surrender, with officers admitting no place to go if they reach the port.
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Moscow
Sevasetopol
Red Army
Red Star
Vasily Ignatiev
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Andrei I. Yeremenko
Wolfgang Rost
Simferopol
Sevastopol
Tavestia
Ignatiev
Tzvestia
Sim[eropol
Crimea
Feodosiya
Babies Die After Boric Acid Mixup At New London Hospital
Four infant deaths at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital tied to boric acid powder mistaken for dextrose. Eighteen others ill, including a six day old whose father is Coast Guard specialist Freel Thomasula. Coroner plans inquest. hospital cites no charges unless criminal responsibility is shown. Two more infants born to Navy men died. first deaths began last weekend amid ongoing investigations.
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New London
Conn
Lawrence and Memorial Associated Hospitals
Freel Thomasula
Coast Guard
Fred Patrick
Buffalo
Thomasulas
Thomasula
Richard F Hancock
Edward G. McKay
Navy
War ends wish prompts New York hotel reservation
A hotel in New York received a letter from Mrs. J T Russell of Newton Kansas requesting a room and stating she wants to be in New York when the war ends. The letter is on file and she will be notified of her standing reservation when an armistice is signed.
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New York
J. T. Russell
Newton
Kans
Roosevelt Jr to command patrol craft soon at sea
Lieut Franklin D Roosevelt Jr, President Roosevelt's third son, aims to sail soon as commander of a patrol craft after completing a six week sub chaser training course. He saw action with a destroyer group from Iceland to the South Atlantic and was slightly wounded at Palermo during the European invasion.
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Miami
Fla
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Roosevelt
Iceland
South Atlantic
Palermo
Europe
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