Prisoners of War Considered for Can County Sugar Crop Labor
A Frederick employ Service rep says POW labor could be used to can the county sugar corn crop this summer. County commissioners and Mayor Gittinger favor exploring all options, with POWs housed at the Fair grounds if used as a last resort. Price Brothers plant in Frederick to receive Army Navy E award on April 28 with Major Herr and Lt. Commander Stone presenting pins to employees. a plant committee led by Price Brothers staff handles ceremonies and related events.
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Can County
Fair Grounds
Hugh ¥. Gillinger
Frederick
Gittinger
Milton B. Herr
U. 5 Signal Corps
Price Brothers Company
Herr
James Heinz
U.S. Signal Corps
H. R. Stone
Navy
Baltimore
Department
Hallie Brandt
Edward van Fossen
John Fox
Daisy Bauengardner
John Hull
Bessie Shinnick
Punch
Marion Kehne
James Kepler
Martha Wachter
Exper
Leon Winpigler
Pendants of Blood Donated At Mt. St. Marys College Event
Navy V-12 trainees at Mt. St. Marys College contributed the bulk of 167 pints of blood collected Monday with help from the Frederick County Red Cross Blood Donor Service and Baltimore Unit 2. Lieut R J Richards organized the visit. Chief organizer Mrs Harry S Boyle recruited volunteers including 25 civilians and three state police. The drive marked Unit 2’s first Frederick county tour, with staff of nurses and aides coordinated by Mrs Baker and Dr Charles Ray.
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Navy
Mt. St. Mary's College
Frederick County Red Cross
Baltimore
R. J. Richards
Navy Sta
Harry S. Boyle
Emmitsburg
Holmes D. Baker
Unit 2
Frederick County
Charles Ray
Mas Ron
Baker
C. Webb
Richard Il Young
Frederick
1 Corps
O. H. Son
D. Greco
Green
Ann Eckenrode
Ann Codors
W. Shultz
W. R. Augustin
Join Ed Scheil
Motor Corps
Tsabe
T. Mainers. Lee
Stevens
Red Cross
Right To Amend Caveat In Orphans Court Proceedings
After a hearing in Orphans Court this morning Gray son H. Staley gained permission to amend his caveat to the will of Charles A. Staley. The executor Irving E. Staley is represented by Holden S. Felton, while W. Jerome Offutt represents the caveator. Ancillary administration on the estate of Dr. Benjamin C. Perry was approved. real estate valued about 78100 with a 170 acre dairy farm appraised at 11900 and another 0 acre property at 1800. The Perry will leaves one third to the widow Minnie M. Perry and the residue to daughters Isabel Smilie and Cecil Carusi. The Redick will of Walkersville valued around 3000 was probated. 500 to son George Al for guardianship, 50 trust bequests to Glade Cemetery and Union Chapel Cemetery, and the remainder to seven children Claude D. Reddick etc. Claude D. Reddick appointed administrator. will dated Nov 1 1937 witnessed by H W Spurrier and Ethel M Spurrier.
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Orphans Court
Grayson H. Staley
Charles A. Staley
W. Jerome Offutt
Circuit Court
Holden S. Felton
Irving E. Staley
Benjamin C. Perry
Montgomery County
George al
Glade Cemetery
Jacob Durraw
Union Chapel
Daysville
Celius B. Reddick
Runaway horse injures infant in Brooklyn street collision
A horse ran away down a Brooklyn street and toppled onto a carriage where 11 month old Aimee Ullman slept. Passers by freed the child who was unharmed. The infant’s mother seven women and the horse’s owner all fainted.
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New York
UPA
Brooklyn
Aimee Ullman
Abandon Move To Force 4-F Men Into Jobs
Washington reports the House Military committee abandoned plans for special legislation to compel 4-F men into essential work. Chairman May said agencies like Selective Service and the War Manpower Commission already have authority to move disqualified men into needed jobs. Rep Costello’s subcommittee had argued for plans using all 4-Fs who can work.
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Washington
PineThe House
May
D.ky
Selective Service
War Manpower Commission
Costello
Wd.calif
Armed Services and Selective Service
Churchill Says League of Nations Work Should Be Preserved
In London April 18 Prime Minister Churchill argued in the House of Commons that the League of Nations great body of work should not be lost in postwar peace. He said backing for the League would have aided success and that discussions on postwar questions are ongoing among the 34 United Nations. He noted no near term joint statement is expected.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
League of Nations
United Nations
Frederick John Bellenger
U. S
Cordell Hull
League of Nation
Hull
Nazis Hope Roosevelt’s Defeat, Chronicle Says
London editors argue Germans pin faith on Roosevelt’s defeat in November. If Nazi lines hold against the Allied push they believe Roosevelt will be replaced by a Republican more willing to seek peace. The News Chronicle notes Roosevelt could even cable Hitler in gratitude for boosting his campaign.
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London
London News Chronicle
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Roosevelt
Takien Tn
Europe
Hitler
News Chronicle
Invasion Of Kuriles Planned By U S He Says
Secretary of the Navy Knox said an invasion of the Kurile islands may be expected though timing is uncertain. He noted regular bombing raids on Matsuwa Chimusu Paramushiro Onekotan and other Kurile bases, plus sustained air assaults on Japanese positions in the Marshalls and Caroline Islands as Japan tries to resupply isolated eastern bases.
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Washington
Kurile
Knox
United States
North Pacific
Russian Kamchatka Peninsula
Matsuwa
Japan
Chimusu
Paramushiro
Onekotan
Pacific
Kuriles
Marsalis
Caroline Island
Truk
Ponape
mid-Pacific
Marshalls
Bares
Navy
Wounded on Bougainville Pfc Ford Reported Wounded
Pfc William M. Ford 19, son of Mr and Mrs George D Ford of 243 East Church street, has been slightly wounded on Bougainville Island in the Southwest Pacific. His telegram from the War Department announced the injury on March 21 and said his parents would be advised as reports on his condition arrive. Ford enlisted February 12 1943 and served in a machine gun company of an infantry battalion before sailing for the Pacific last October. He had previously worked at G L Baking Company.
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William M. Ford
George D. Ford
East Church Street
Bougainville Island
Southwest Pacific
War Department
Frederick
Pre. Ford
Pacific
AIC
Ford
G. L. Baking Company
Bread Rationing Predicted By Christmas
Baltimore reports a prediction that bread rationing will begin before Christmas stated by RB Derrick secretary treasurer of the Maryland and Virginia Milk Produce association in April.
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Baltimore
RB. B. Derrick
Maryland and Virginia
Sellers at helm in today's stock market drift
Sellers took the helm in today's stock market and despite scattered issues some did manage a moderately successful contest while the general drift was downward.
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Sellers
New York
Invasion Fears Sweep Europe Amid Berlin Reports
Berlin dispatches quoted German military circles predicting an imminent invasion with bridgeheads planned across the continent. British restrictions tighten as Dutch and French broadcasts warn civilians to stockpile food and memorize London radios for possible German seizure.
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Ube
Berlin
Dagens Nybeter
Atl
Voclkischer Beobachter
Atlantic Wall
Dagens Nheter
Allies Regain Anzio Outpost
Allied Headquarters in Naples reports that troops recaptured an outpost on the western flank of the Anzio beachhead and repelled a German raid north of Cassino. Six prisoners were taken from a position four miles from the beach, while German artillery units in Caserta Terelle and nearby held their fire as patrols clashed in the rugged mountains.
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Allied
Naples
An St
Anzio
Cassina
Reguins
Bat
Terehe
Cassing
Cas
Terelle
Woman pleads guilty in stabbing at railroad town tavern
A woman pleaded guilty to stabbing Margaret Henderson in a tavern near a railroad town. Henderson, a Negress, survived the attack and testified. State Police Corporal Wood O Hara and Deputy Sheriff Pan Boyheads led the investigation into the assault and battery charge.
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Margaret Henderson
Bwick
Henderson
Corp
Flwood O'Hara
Pan Boyheads
Local Waist Gunner Earns Air Medal for Combat Missions
Star Sergeant Nelson Manin of Predetick Mab waist gunner on an Eighth Army Air Forces Flying Fortress receives the Air Medal for courage and coolness on five combat missions over Europe. A former woodworker and sheet metal worker, he lives with his family on Franklin Street in Elagerstown and is the son of Mero and Mes.
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England
Nelson Manin
Predetick
Mab
Europe
Paireaifels Agrcraft
Elagerstown
Mero
Thomas Neor
Franklin
Heavy Snowstorm Rakes Kansas and Nebraska Region
A major snowstorm sweeps western Nebraska and Kansas with McCook recording up to six inches of heavy snow and other towns reporting two to five inches. Subfreezing temps threaten livestock while a separate Oklahoma dust storm reduces visibility. Weather officials predict slight warmups but little melt within 48 hours.
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Kansas
McCook
Nebra
Kearney
Concordia
Hays Center
North Platte
Grand Island
Oklahoma Panhandle
KE. C. Bray
Syracuse
Kansas City
Colorado
Boulder
Cheyenne
Wya
New Mexico
Allied progress reported in Far East theater drives and attacks
An Allied communique says significant progress against Japanese positions northeast of the Plain of Ulipur and along the Kohima to Unanipur road as fighters push toward Bishenpur Silchar. Troops reportedly expelled Japanese from a position near Silchar while counterattacks continue and the Bengal Assam railroad remains a key target. A separate note mentions a two car collision near State Police lines with two drivers injured. Manuel Quezon and aides planned travel from Miami Beach to Asheville before proceeding to the Adirondack region.
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Tudia
Silchar
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Bishenpur-Silchar
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Burna-China
Kohima-Ununapiur
Asheville
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Fla
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The
Lippines
Dent Quezon
Russian forces press Sevastopol battle amid heavy fighting
Front dispatches report intensified combat around Sevastopol as German and Romanian units push from south and north. Soviet commanders Yeremenko and Tolbukhin struggle to block retreating Axis forces while ships and barges face bombardment along the coast.
Roundup Nets 13 For Trial
Thirteen local individuals were arrested at 12 15 a m today on charges of disturbing the peace and summoned to appear in Police Court for hearings on Wednesday night. Names include James D Thomas Hill John Thomas Grace Kitty Bernice King Gilbert Bowe Grace Carroll Jennie Welledun Blanche Hackey Geraldine Thompson Clara Thompson Ida Going Margaret Thompson and others. A separate arrest of Raymond Ye Alley for assault is noted with a Wednesday hearing.
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Sergink Dorsey
Oficer
Norman Trump
James D
North Bente Street
Thomas Hill
North Bently Street
John Thomas
Grace Kitty
Bernice King
Gilbert Bowe
Wall Street
Grace Carroll
Jennie Welledun
Blanche Hackey
Geraldine Thompson
Clara Thompson
Grove
Philly Culler
Raymond Ye Alley
Rober Wry Jones
M Sergi
Dervey End
Industrialist Joseph P Kenedy Dies in Baltimore
April 18 memorial notes the death of Joseph P Kenedy, a Maryland Racing Commission pioneer and longtime industrialist, who passed away yesterday at Mercy Hospital in Baltimore.
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Joseph P Kenedy
Maryland Racing Commission
Mercy Hospital
Baltimore
2000 U S Planes Hit Berlin And Other Areas
London reports about 2,009 American heavy bombers and fighters attacked Berlin and other targets in Germany, with a strong formation bombing Berlin for the first daylight strike on the capital in five days. A separate liberator force hit Pas de Calais in northern France, while Mediterranean air forces pounded Balkan rail hubs near Plovdiv southeast of Sofia. Twenty six German aircraft were destroyed, with Allied losses of two heavy bombers and eight fighters.
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London
Berlin
Hitler
Germany
Trength
Pasaie-Calais
France
Alogne
Air Ministry
Balkan
Plovdiv
Sofia
Europe
Cologne
Britain
Belgrade
Bulgaria
Orient Express
Balkans
Dardanelles
Balkan-Mediterranean
Naples
U.S. To Work Out Your Tax Reform Plan Debuts
Washington April 18 AP The House Ways and Means Committee and Chairman Doughton begin scrutiny of a simplification bill to exempt 30 million filers from returns after this year and adjust withholding to cover full liability for those earning up to 5 000 annually. The committee approved principles on March 17 and staff drafted the details for today’s review.
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House
Doughton UD
Ovnes
Ways and Means
Hood College Holds May Day Festival With Fantasy Pageant
Hood College will stage its annual May Day celebration on Saturday May 6 featuring a coronation and a fairy tale themed pageant titled A Fantasy in May. The event highlights community traditions and spring festivity on campus.
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Hood
Hood College
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