Early fruit crops hit hard by April frost and cold
A heavy frost statewide caused significant damage to peaches and other early fruit crops. The city recorded a record low 20 degrees for April, with historical lows dipping to 13 degrees in 1923. Orchardists fear widespread losses to peaches cherries apricots plums and possibly early apples, while snow flurries and cold lingered.
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Mercury
Weather Bureau
Horticulture Department
University of Maryland
Blue Ridge
W. O
Frederick
Six E boats hit in channel action off east England
British coastal forces and naval aircraft engaged a large force of enemy E boats in the channel off the east coast. The destroyer Westminster and the sloop Widgeon counterattacked. Westminster scored two E boats set afire and one blew up, others fled behind a smoke screen. Four more E boats were reported hits with two near misses. No damage or casualties aboard the two British ships.
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London
East Rossi
England
Admiralty
West Minster
Widgeon
Westminster
Winning Of War Should Be Uppermost With Us
Public notice by BXYEON PRICE, Director, Office Of Censorship, urges focus on winning the war and then security after victory. It explains war bonds as the government's pledge to assist holders in postwar adjustment, with interest, and asks citizens to buy war bonds to serve both country and self.
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Bxyeon Price
Office of Censorship
Associated Press
the News
Prisoners Escape From Tattnall Prison After Overpowering Guards
In Reidsville Georgia on April 16 twenty two inmates described by the warden as the worst were said to have overpowered three unarmed guards at Tattnall State Prison. They seized keys and phones, cut prison light, stole two trucks and a car, and fled toward nearby towns. A 23rd prisoner surrendered to sheriff later that day. The breakout involved noted repeat escapers Forrest Turner Leland Harvey and D C Black, with Turner already marked for multiple prior escapes and crimes.
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Reidsville
Georgia
Tattnall State
Morrison
Coggstown
Reneweds Comusi
DuVall
Forrest Turner
Leland Harvey
D. C. Black
Turner
Harvey
Black
Colquitt
Moultrie
Alcatraz
Dallas
Tattnall
Augusta
Savannah
R. W. McMillan
Thomas County
Atlanta
Harvey Harvey
Hiz
Bcn
Wss
Enormous Vitamin Sales Reported Across Nation
Chicago report notes one third of drug store customers buy vitamin preparations. Bohst of New York tells the National Wholesale Druggists Association that annual vitamin sales approach 150 million dollars, a dramatic rise from under 300 million two decades earlier.
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Chicago
E. Walter Bohst
New York
National Wholesale Druggists’ Association
Aldermen to Name City Tree Warden in Frederick
The Frederick Board of Aldermen will likely appoint a city tree warden or forester at the next meeting to supervise street tree work. A state permit, renewed annually, allows trimming between curb and property line under city oversight. State Forester Joseph F. Kaylor supports cooperation as council discusses shelving a local tree trimming bill.
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Board of Aldermen
City of
Frederick
Nelson F. Fritz
State Department of Parks and Forests
City Hall
Lloyd C. Culler
Joseph F. Kaylor
Fritz
Senate
County Roads Board
Give MacArthur More Planes Chandler Asks
Senator Chandler of Kentucky urged the Senate to press for adequate planes, men, and equipment for General Douglas MacArthur to wage an offensive against Japan. He framed the war as the toughest struggle for the United States and urged leaders to recognize the deadly seriousness of the Japanese threat, following a War Department briefing about forthcoming air forces.
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Washington
Chandler
D-Ky
Senate
Douglas MacArthur
United States
Japan
Unites States
Stimson
Southwest Pacific
War's Stories Are Told Truthfully, Cooper Says
New York April 6 The Associated Press general manager Kent Cooper praised the war coverage as graphic truthful and comprehensive by a wide array of eyewitness reporters. He cited Larry Allen Clark Lee Yates McDaniel Vern Haugland and Henry Cassidy for standout dispatches and letters from Stalin in Moscow.
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New York
Associated Press
Kent Cooper
The
Press Association
Larry Allen
Italy
Clark Lee
Bataan
Yates McDaniel
Singapore
Australia
Vern Haugland
New Guinea
Henry Cassidy
Joseph Stalin
Moscow
Witnesses summoned for February grand jury session
Summonses were issued today for about 23 witnesses to testify before the February grand jury, recalled to session on Monday. Most are tied to an alleged indecent show on Five and Half Street. two patrons have been arrested. No witnesses named yet in the unsolved Gillis murder case.
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Tessify
Gillis
Jap Power Station In Central Solomons Hit By U S Bombs
American bombers battered Japanese positions in the central Solomon Islands destroying two buildings believed to be a power generating station and sinking an 86 foot vessel. The Navy released details of strikes on Mes a New Georgia Vila and Kolombangara as forces attacked Kiska Island and Rekata Bay Santa Isabel Island in the North Pacific.
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Washington
Solomon Islands
Navy
North Pacific
Kiska Island
Minn
Ares
Navy Communiqute No. d43
South Pacific
Vila Ant Kolombangara Island
Wall
Corsair
Oy Rekata Bay
Santa Isabel Island
New Common Cold Remedy Vasosulfa Reported
Detroit April 26 A new sulfanilamide nasal spray Vasosulfa which cuts War plant absenteeism in trials and may stop a cold if started early was reported to the American Chemical Society. Doctors warn it is not a cure all and may not work against virus induced colds, though it shows promise in preventing or shortening cold absenteeism.
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Howard W. Blakeslef
Associated Press Service
Detroit
American Chemical Society
Henry R. Hejilfor
Bonspany
California
Nas
Hamilton
Liberators Hit Sicilian Ports in Daylight Attacks
The Ninth U S Army Air Force reports daylight strikes on Palermo and Catanzaro ports in Sicily. At Palermo targets include the oil quay, warship dock, seaplane station, and oil storage depot. At Catanzaro fires blaze near gas works, port, railroad station, and power plant. An oil tanker in harbor said damaged.
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Palermo
Inflation Will Not Stop New York Editorial Says
The United Mine Workers Journal today said in an editorial that the President's order on prices and wages may impede inflation temporarily but will not stop the onward march of inflation.
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New York
United Mine Workers’ Journal
Russ Destroy 13 Nazi Planes In Soviet Raid
Mozcow April 16 The Red Army reports a new raid on a German airfield on the Leningrad front in which 13 German planes were destroyed on the ground. The noon communique cites bombing and strafing of airfields and nearby buildings as part of a series of operations against German objectives including Königsberg and Danzig. German claims say 60 Russian planes were shot down yesterday with two German planes lost. SovietKubAn Caucasus combat continues with gains and heavy counterattacks.
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Mozcow
Red Army
Leningrad
Sres Fo
Koenigsberg
East Prussia
Danzig
Stawlaens
Anii
Berlin
Kuban
Caucasian
Seven Bethlehem Fairfield welders charged in Liberty ship sabotage
FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover announced the arrest of seven men, ex-welders at Bethlehem Fairfield shipyards, on charges of sabotaging Liberty ships under construction. He said many faulty welds were in vital areas and detectable only by X ray, with methods called bridge welding and slugging. One accomplice, George Arnold Steele, was convicted in Baltimore.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Bethlehem-Fairfield
Nuover
Bethlehem Fairfield
Baltimore
George Arnold Steele
Franklin Furnace
Herman Sederer
New Yorks
Bayada
Buchanin
Hiram Thomas Via
Basie City
Farrell Houston Smith
Calawaba
N. C
Leonard Gucas
Langaster
S.C
Harley Bras Jus Miller
Lexington
Wilfred James Gossman
Zanesville
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Burkholder
Hoover
Gossman
Federal District Court
Four engined Allied bombers sweep Channel coast
On April 16 a strong force of four engined Allied bombers, with fighter escorts, flew over a southeast coast town and returned after more than two hours amid near continuous air activity along the French channel coast. RAF squadrons clashed with high altitude enemy forces near Folkestone. Temperatures rose to summer levels in the Dover Strait as aerial onslaught continued.
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London
French Channel
France
Rum Dunkerque
Boulogne
Folkestone
Jevels
Dover
Former Cabin Boy Buys War Bonds in drive
Cleveland April 4 Harcy W Hastard financier and former cabin boy on Lake Erie freighters purchased 21 million dollars worth of war bonds in the third day of the Secret War Loan drive his secretary announced minister wife killed Accomac Va April 16 a southbound Pennsylvania rain collided with an automobile yesterday killing Rev H Howard Shaw and his wife occupants of the car Dr Shaw was in charge of Bloxom St Thomas and Guilford Methodist churches on Virginia's Eastern Shore New York April 16 The stock market reverted to mild irregularity today after two rallying sessions in which about half of last week's drop had been retrieved.
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Cleveland
Harcy W. Hastard
Lake Erie
Sec
Pennsylvania
Bloxom
H. Howard Shaw
Shaw
St. Thomas
Guilford
Virginia
Eaders Shore
New York
Eleven Army Aircraft Die In Fort Myers Crash
Eleven Army flyers were killed when a twin engine advanced training plane crashed at Buckingham Field near Fort Myers Florida after a routine gunnery mission. The plane caught fire near the parking area. no other aircraft were damaged. Bodies were recovered and taken to the post hospital for identification. Cause of the accident was undetermined at the time.
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Fort Myers
Fla
Buckingham Field
Fort Myers Beach
Post Hospital
Exhaust Fuel Oil Rations Exhausts Fuel Oil Use In War Year
Local residents rapidly exhaust No fuel oil ration coupons as April cold spell drives a February level of consumption. Dealers report mixed releases of extra coupons from the War Price and Rationing Board while sustained, day to day shipments keep some tanks from emptying, leaving many near cold furnaces and awaiting additional supplies.
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Haen Tadad Unt
Frederick
Convons
Jewish People Prepare for Passover Observance
Jewish communities mark Passover beginning Monday evening with services at the local synagogue. Monday and Tuesday evenings at seven, and Tuesday and Wednesday mornings at nine, with soldiers from Caron Rifchs and Hood College students attending the Seder due to home absence. About thirty from Raleigh to Frederick and eighty others will join the Hagerstown hosts for the observance.
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Egypt
Caron Rifchs
Hood College
Theer
Rilghie
Preder
Hagerstown
Honiss
London Air Raid Alert Briefly Lifts as Planes Retreat
Landonprin in M-Lendon was held briefly under an air raid alert late this afternoon as two enemy planes moved inland toward the capital. They were apparently turned back as no gunfire was heard and there were no immediate reports of bombs in London or nearby areas.
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Landonprin
M-Lendon
London
Ithe Rubuyba
First Army Near Tebourba Key Junction in Tunisia
Allied infantry pushed to within 16 miles of Tebourba, gaining the highest ground in northern Tunisia as fierce fighting marked the Tunisian campaign. German counterattacks retook Djebel Ang briefly, then British forces recaptured it and pushed beyond. Air operations continued despite bad weather with heavy Axis losses in the campaign.
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North Africa
First Army
Tebourba
Medjez-El-Bab
Tunis
Buld
Tunisia
Djebel Ang
Associated Press
Berlin
Aillewmere
Crisler Sees Slim Hope for Missing Tom Harmon
In Ann Arbor on April 16, Fritz Crisler the Michigan football coach expressed cautious belief that Lieut. Tom Harmon might still be alive after being reported missing in a Latin American theater. Crisler called Harmon the greatest competitor and said there is a slim chance of his return if even a small break occurred.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Tom Burmon
Fritz Crisler
Harmon
Crisler
Sth Vlgtic
University of Michigan
Wolverine
Fritz
Apetl
War Department
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Inday
Caucasus
Faes
Jaras
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Uarsy Co
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Ws, Forges
Russell P Hartle
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