RAF strikes continue across Ruhr and occupied France coast
Allied air forces hammered the Ruhr valley with hundreds of tons of bombs for six of the last ten nights and attacked the occupied French coast including Le Havre. Daylight raids across the Channel followed overnight bombardments as Spitfires watched for enemy craft and rescue forces stood by.
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London
Hardhitting Raf
Continent
Ruhr
Europe
Air Ministry
English Channel
le Havre
Folkestone
RAF
Boulogne
Calais
France
Adolf Hitler
Ministry
Channel
Finals Set For May 15 Graduation Exercises
The Frederick City Hospital graduating class will hold commencement on Friday May 15 at 3 PM. A nurses home reception follows the ceremony. A music committee was appointed led by Mrs Willam B Leichert with Miss Susan Schley and Mrs W T Delaplaine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick City Hospital
Georgianna Simmons Nurses Home
Willam B. Leichert
Susan Schley
W. T Delaplaine
M. Louise Johnson
Jap Army Closes On Burma Oil Fields
New Delhi reports Japanese forces are within 30 miles of Burma oil fields amid fierce fighting along the Burmese front. British and Chinese troops retreat under pressure as Japanese units push toward Migyaungye, Taungdwingyi, and the Sittang front toward Mandalay.
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New Delhi
India
Burma Jou
Migyaungye
Irramwaddy
Oul
Sittang
Chinese Expeditionary Force
Myohla
Swa
Taungdwingyi
Irrawaddy
Malaya
Taungéwingyi
Burma
Taungdwingy
Sittang River
Mandalay
Yedashe
Toungoo
Suwa River
Firemen to hear Maryland chief on civilian defense plans
Chief J W Just of the University of Maryland Faire Extension School will discuss civilian defense fire plans with Frederick County volunteers at the quarterly meeting of the Frederick County Volunteer Firemen's Association. The session at Junior Fire Company hall includes dinner and a business meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Just
University of Maryland Faire Extension School
Frederick County Volunteer Firemen’s Association
Just
Chicago
Chef
OCD
Guy W. Brust
County Association
Report on Atrocities by Japs Is Completed
Melbourne April 15 Army Minister Francis M Forde said reports on alleged Japanese atrocities on New Britain had been completed but he had not yet studied them He did not indicate whether they would be made public
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Melbourne
Francis M. Forde
New Britain
U S Delays Shipments to French North Africa
Acting Secretary of State Welles said the United States is holding up shipments of non military supplies to French North Africa pending clarification of the Vichy situation. Two ships in New York harbor loaded with supplies for North Africa will remain in port. A Red Cross ship with milk and children layettes to unoccupied France also remains held in abeyance.
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Washington
United States
French North Africa
Vichy
Welles
New York
North Africa
Red Cross
France
Thought Japs Were Own Unit British Lose 15 Merchantmen
Japanese broadcasts report a convoy attack off India on April 6 where Japanese warships penetrated a British convoy and sank 15 merchant ships in under an hour. An eye witness said misidentification allowed the Japanese to approach before sinking several vessels.
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Tokyo
India
General Hugh Johnson Dies At 59 Once Fierce NRA Leader
General Hugh S Johnson, famed World War officer and former NRA head, died of pneumonia at age 59 in a Washington hotel. He collapsed hours after composing a last column and had been weakened by months of ill health. Johnson led the NRA during the recovery period, urging a strict crackdown on violators and claiming millions of jobs and increased purchasing power. He later opposed the New Deal, defended Willkie, and criticized Roosevelt’s policies before his reserve commission renewal was declined. He left behind his son Lt Col Kilbourns Johnson and secretary Frances Robinson.
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Washington
Hugh S Johnson
NRA
Scelder
Johnson
Roosevelt
Torez
Coces Johson
Supreme Court
New Deal
Harry Hopkins
Alf M Landon
Willkie
Wendell L. Willkie
Kilbourns Johnson
Frances Robinson
Physical Fitness Abolished. New Jobs Created in Defense Health
Federal Security Administrator Paul V. McNutt abolished the physical fitness division once part of the Office of Civilian Defense. Effective May 1, most division staff were dismissed and absorbed into the Office of Defense Health and Welfare Services. Nine employees and director John B. Kelly were retained in the consolidation.
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Washington
Division of Physical Fitness
Office of Civilian Defense
Federal
Paul V. McNutt
Fiaff
McNutt
Office of Defense Health and Welfare Services
Aivicion
John B. Kelly
Philadelphia
20000 More State Tax Returns Filed
Annapolis April 15 Eleven mail bags contained more than 20000 state income tax returns were delivered to the State Comptroller's office today the deadline for the payment of the levy. Comptroller Tawes said all mailed returns must be postmarked before midnight. He reported 87691 taxable returns tabulated so far yielding 3657124. Tawes noted final yield would be estimated later this month after last-minute returns are cleared. The New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra is noted as the oldest in the United States and third oldest in the world.
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Annapolis
State Comptroller’s Office
J . Millard Tawes
Tawes
MacArthur Is Supreme Commander, Curtin Says
Australian Prime Minister Curtin declares MacArthur supreme commander of all Allied forces in the southwest Pacific. Roosevelt supports authority over UN forces, while the MacArthur HQ notes no fixed decision yet and ongoing Washington discussions. Curtin cites Blamey Brett and Leary under MacArthur.
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C. Yates Macdaniel
United States Army
Australia
John Curtin
Roosevelt
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
Southwest
Pacific
MacArthur
United States
Far East
Philippines
Washington
Curtin
Thomas Blamey
George H. Brett
Herbert F Leary
Southwest Pacific
New Zealand
London
Netherlands
East Indies
RAAP
Koepang
Dutch Timor
Questionnaires Mailed To Keller Father And Son
Fifty registrants were to receive questionnaires mailed by Draft Board One. Lawson Keller, 42, of 322 East Third Street appears in the list followed by his son William Latvson Keller, 20, of the same address.
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Draft Board One
Lawson Keller
East Third Street
William Latvson Keller
Japanese Open Major Drive In Burma
Japanese forces launch a major offensive in the southern Shan states of Burma as announced by Chinese authorities. The operation centers in what is described as a significant push across the front, with implications for the ongoing Burma theater.
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Burma
Chungking
China
Legion Opposes Scrap Iron Path for WWI Cannon
At Francis Scott Key post of the American Legion in the Legion Home on Tuesday members unanimously opposed removing and selling the captured WWI cannon in Memorial Ground for scrap. A resolution urged the mayor and aldermen to keep the cannon, noting post members in active service and proposing rail and cross ties as a metal source if needed. The Forty and Eight unit echoed similar opposition two weeks earlier.
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Francis Secott
Jacob Rohrback
Lloyd C. Culter
Board of County Commissioners
Key Post
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
State Guard
Minute Men
Civilian Defense Activites
Market
Patrick Streets
Memorial Ground
State Roads Commission
United States
The
Forty and Eight
Legion M
Submarine Building Plan Aims To Boost U S Ocean Reach
Washington reports an $800 million submarine program to grant the United States undersea striking power against Japan. The plan envisions 170000 tons of undersea craft enabling over 100 1500 ton cruiser type submarines. 65 of this class were already authorized in 1940, with 186 submarines in service as of last October.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Pacific
Congress
Wave
Marshall Talks With Generals For Hours In London
General George C. Marshall, U S Army Chief of Staff, conferred for three hours with American generals in London on problems facing U S forces in the British Isles. Harry Hopkins received the Turkish ambassador Husein Rauf Orbaz in the American embassy, and Marshall and Hopkins met King George VI at Buckingham Palace.
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London
George C. Marshall
United States Army
United States
British Isles
Harry Hopkins
Britain
Husein Rauf Orbaz
John G. Winants
Marshall
Hopkins
King George VI
Birckingham Palace
Cigarette Shortage Reported Across Melbourne
A Melbourne survey shows over 200 tobacconists closed as Australia faces a cigarette and beer shortage. Service personnel remain among the few still able to buy normal packs.
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Melbourne
Australia
Transports Sunk in Surprise Air Attack on Philippine Bases
United States Air Force launched a surprise raid from Australia against Manila Cebu and Davao with 13 bombers led by Brig Gen Ralph Royce. At Nichols Field hangars and runways were damaged while Cebu Davao and Manila suffered transports sunk and ships damaged. Brig Gen Royce and Lt Gen George H Brett were cited with the Distinguished Flying Cross.
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Australia
Manila
Cebu
Davao
Batangas
Philippine Islands
Philippines
Ralph Royce
Nichols Field
Rush Lincoln
United Nations Air
George H. Brett
Royce
Roosevelt
John Hubert Davies
Piedmont
Calif
Frank P. Bostrum
United States Army
Douglas MacArthur
United States Air Force
Mindanao
United States
MacArthur
All Of State Guard's Rifles Not Recalled
Annapolis reports the War Department modified its recall order for Maryland State Guard rifles. Maj. Gen. Milton A. Reckord, Third Corps Area commander, said Washington informed him not all Maryland rifles will be recalled for the regular Army.
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Annapolis
O'Conor
War Department
Maryland State Guard
Milton A. Reckord
Washington
Maryland
Moderate Comeback in Wall Street as Prices Turn Tide
New York April 15 prices staged a moderate and slow-paced comeback after yesterday's sharp decline. Bellwethers such as U S steel Bethlehem General Motors Chrysler U S Rubber Sears Roebuck International Harvester Douglas Boeing American Telephone Du Pont Johns Manville Westinghouse and Santa Fe added fractions to a point near the fourth hour.
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New York
U. S. Steel
Bethelehem
General Motors
Chrysler
U. S. Rubber
Sears Roebuck
International Harvester
Douglas Boeing
American Telephone
du Pont
Johns Manville
Westinghouse
Santa Fe
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