Frederick set to raise 16520 for Community Chest campaign
Frederick's fifth annual Community Chest campaign will run May 4–11 with a goal of 16520, mirroring last year's budget. Allocations to Boy Scouts Salvation Army Children's Aid Society Federated Charities Y M C A and Social Service Exchange were approved. Girl Scouts joined but receive no allotment as funds suffice. Campaign manager A C Stine and Chest president Dr Henry N Stahr spoke at the directors meeting noting rising costs and urging public support under the motto There must be no blackout of mercy in Frederick.
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Salvation Army
Children’s Aid Society
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Social Service Exchange
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Girl Scouts Organization
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Girl Scouts
Wm. Bartgis Storm
James H. Gambrill
Ill
Martha E. Flynn
John A. Shires
Elmer J Eshleman
Harry O. Schroeder
F. W. Weitzel
A. C. Stine
Henry N. Stahr
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Italy Eyes Separate Peace Amid Axis Peace Offensive
Reports from The News Chronicle via Ankara and Lisbon cite talks in Rome on a possible separate peace with the Allies if Italy avoids German occupation. A South American diplomat in Rome says such a peace would be the easiest outcome, while Toyohiko Kagawa voices Christian prayers for an early war end. Archibald MacLeish warns the Axis plans a peace offensive this summer.
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Italy
News Chronicle
Ankara
Rome
Lisbon
Tokyo
Toyohiko Kagawa
Archibald MacLeish
Office of Facts and Figures
Associated Press
Axis
U. S. Flyers Held By Japanese After Emergency Landings
London reports from European radio stations say U S flyers raiding Japan last weekend were forced to land and were captured by Japan after seeking bases in Free China. A Tokyo Japanese spokesman indicated capture but gave no location. A Shanghai report suggested they would be taken there for press.
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London
Switzerland
United States
Japan
Free China
Bern Radio
Tokyo
Vichy
Reuters
Shanghai
U. S
China
Lishui
Chekiang Province
U S Officials Say Defense Of India Affects War Effort
In New Delhi on April 22, Louis Johnson head of the U S advisory mission said the defense of India concerns the United States and that U S troops already in India and more to come include air forces under Maj Gen Lewis Brereton. He stressed there are no territorial designs on India and the aim is to aid India with war production and allied victory worldwide.
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New Delhi
India
United States
U.S
Louis Johnson
Johnson
Lewis H. Brereton
Safford Cripps
Britain
United Nations
America
Asia
Philippines
China
Red Army Drives Wedge Into Finnish Lines in Karelia
Dispatches report a second Russian wedge breaking through Finnish defenses northeast of Leningrad in Karelia. Soviet forces push six miles deep at night with heavy fighting as Finns counterattack and rush reserves to stem the assault.
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Kuibyshev
Red Army
Karelia
Leningrad
Rea
Stockholm
Siberia
Aunus
Ladoga
Onega
Rec
Five Gallons Of Gas Weekly For Motorists
U.S. officials plan a forthcoming gasoline rationing scheme for the eastern seaboard to take effect in May. Each motorist would be allowed about five gallons per week, with ration cards issued though sugar plan books likely not used. The curtailment covers 17 states and the District of Columbia due to tanker shortages.
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Washington
API
Seaboard
OPA
Eastern Seaboard
District of Columbia
Maine
Florida
Jap Planes Shot Down In Moresby Raid
Allied headquarters in Australia reports four Japanese zero fighters shot down in a Port Moresby raid. The communique praises Port Moresby defense as brave with no Allied losses, while RAF leveling actions at Rabaul caused fires. General Brett notes growing Allied confidence and ongoing raids from northern Australia as preparations for long range operations continue.
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Port Moresby
New Guinea
Rabaul
New Britain
Philippines
Corregidor
Manila Bay
George H. Brett
Southwest Pacific
Brett
Japan
French Staff Resigns Over Laval Government in Vichy
Four members of the French embassy and consular staff in Washington have resigned in protest against the Laval led Vichy regime. A fifth diplomat is expected to quit, including Leon Marchal and Baron James Baeyens who announced their decision. The resignations carry diplomatic weight amid Hull’s remark on France’s status in Hitler’s Europe.
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Washington
Vichy
Pierre Laval
Yestercey
Leon Merchal
Baron James Baeyens
Gaston Henry Haye
Laval
Andre Fiot
Charles Benoit
Code Section
Henry Haye
Marchal
Baron Baeyens Lare
Mary Clark
San Francisco
Fiat
Benoit
United States
Hull
Europe
Cyclist Bitten by Dog on Shookstown Pike
Miss Eleanor Rowe daughter of James C Rowe of West Fourth street was bitten on the left leg by a large dog while riding a bicycle on the Shookstown pike Tuesday morning. She rode to Miss Helen Roberts' home for aid. both are Red Cross first aid graduates. A physician dressed the wound and reported proper first aid given.
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Eleanor Rowe
James C. Rowe
West Fourth Street
Shookstown Pike
Helen Roberts
Red Cross
Jap Attacks on Panay Increase. Forces Filipino Troops Back
The War Department reported stronger Japanese assaults on Panay Island. American-Filipino forces pulled back from Lambunao after heavy attacks. Japanese from San Jose pressed positions near San Remigio and Valderrama in Antique. Negros air reconnaissance noted. Manila Bay forts Fort Hughes and Fort Drum sighted in limited raids. No casualties reported.
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Washington
War Department
Panay
Lambunao
Antique
San Jose
San Remigio
Valderrama
Philippine Islands
Negros
Cebu
Manila Bay
Fort Hughes
Fort Drum
Philippine Theater
Hughes
Drum
City Officials Travel To Baltimore For Street Paving Talk
City officials led by Mayor Lloyd C. Culler journeyed to Baltimore to discuss repaving Frederick's principal streets with the State Roads Commission. A report will be presented at tonight's Mayor and Aldermen meeting. The group also weighs rail removal on Market and Patrick streets and potential paving decisions. Dr. E C Kefauver reports on housing sanitary conditions and plans condemnations for several outbuildings not connected to the sewer system.
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Baltimore
Frederick
State Roads Commission
Lloyd C. Culler
Edward J. Smith
W. Raymond Walter
Market
Patrick Streets
Roads Commission
E. C. Kefauver
Kefauver
Reject Applications For AP Membership
Two applications for membership in the Associated Press were rejected by its members at the 42nd AP annual meeting held at the Waldorf Astoria. Chicago Sun backed by Marshall Field lost 684 to 287 for morning paper status, while Washington Times-Herald backed by Mrs. Eleanor Medill Patterson lost 514 to 242 for day and night report status.
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New York
Associated Press
Hotel Waldorf-Astoria
Chicago Sun
Marshall Field
Washington
D. C
Times-Herald
Eleanor Medill Patterson
British Naval Force Enters Mediterranean
Reuters reported that a British naval force consisting of two battleships and six destroyers passed Gibraltar and moved into the Mediterranean in the early afternoon, as reported by Vichy radio from Morocco. Stocks slipped in New York with a mixed opening and see-saw action. Mrs Grayson E Bowers aged 101 from Council Street entered Frederick City Hospital for pleurisy treatment.
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London
Reuters
Vichy
Morocco
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
New York
Grayson E. Bowers
Council Street
Frederick City Hospital
Commandos Raid French Coast Held By Germans
British commandos attacked the French coast near Boulogne, driving back German guards before two hours of patrol activity. A naval force damaged a German trawler and set another aflame, with British casualties described as very light.
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London
Boulogne
St. Nazaire
Combined Operations
Strait of Dover
Kent
England
St W Nazaire
Fighting Withdrawal Completed By Allies
British command announced a withdrawal across the Pinchaung River in Burma was completed with Chinese bolster. The communique noted some losses and ongoing fighting on the eastern Irrawaddy front around Yenangywa ng and Yenangyaung. Japanese counterattacks reportedly hit Chinese forces near Pinchaung.
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New Delhi
India
Pinchaung River
Burma
Yen
Irrawaddy River
Yenangywuang
Pinchaun
London
Pyinmana
Siffang River
Kerrenit Mountains
Yenangyaung
Food Problem Again Is Harassing Nazis
The Agriculture Department reports growing difficulties in Germany and Nazi-occupied territories in producing and supplying food and fiber crops. Occupied France faces six breadless weeks before the wheat harvest due to diversion of grain by the black market illegal feeding of livestock counterfeit ration cards and farmer delivery failures. Strongest measures are being taken against violators of rationing regulations in Germany.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Germany
France
Department
Men Fight For Country And Buy Bonds Too
Atlanta reports that soldiers are encouraged to buy war bonds as a way to share in the nation's effort. The War Department emphasizes education of personnel about the pay reservation plan and the mission of funding the war. Secretary Stimson says soldiers will support bonds because they understand the nation’s task.
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Atlanta
War Department
Stimson
Sugar Rationing Begins May 5 for Households and Institutions
The Office of Price Administration announced the first food stamp rationing will start May 5 with one pound of sugar per stamp valid May 5 to May 16. Household residents register May 4-7 at grade schools, while restaurants, hotels, bakers, and industrial users must register next Tuesday and Wednesday at high schools to obtain forms. Two registration forms exist for institutional use and for purchasing certificates, with detailed questions on past sugar usage, inventories, and delivery units. A second item reports a U S merchant ship torpedoed in the Caribbean. survivors landed on the east coast and Gulf ports.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Patrick Court
Board of Education
Church Street
Prederick City
Hgh
Holmes D. Baker
Eugene W. Pruit
Saic
United States
Caribbean
Navy
East Coast
Gulf of Mexico
Horror in Hongkong Told by Escaped Reporter
Henry Bough, formerly with Reuters in Hongkong, describes three months under Japanese occupation. He details famine, looting, internment of British and Allied nationals, torture, murder, rape, and harsh conditions for prisoners of war and civilians, with internees moved from boarding houses to Stanley Prison.
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Hongkong
Henry Bough
Reuters
China
Associated Press
Chungking
Hell
Stanley
Victoria
Hongkong Island
Naval command reshuffle in Southwest Pacific planned
Washington forecasts a major realignment paralleling MacArthur’s army changes. Vice Admiral Robert L. Ghormley is tipped for New Zealand area command under Admiral Nimitz, with Vice Admiral Herbert F. Leary reassigned to Australian duties to shield Allied supply lines and bolster regional defenses.
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Washington
Southwest Pacific
Army
Douglas MacArthur
Australia
Robert L. Ghormley
Moscow
Idaho
Naval Observer
London
New Zealand
Ghormley
Chester W. Nimitz
Nimitz
MacArthur
Herbert F. Leary
U.S. N
U. S. Asiatic Reef
Cavite
Philippines
William A. Glassford, Jr
U. S
Leary
French Hostages Executed in Paris Reprisals
German authorities in Paris executed several Frenchmen identified as Communists and Jews in retaliation for alleged anti-German attacks on April 2 8 and 20. The decree threatened more executions and deportations unless the terrorists are turned in within a week. Paris imposed a three day curfew as part of the crackdown.
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Vichy
France
Paris
Europe
Switzerland
St. Nazaire
Ernst von Schumburg
Nazi Planes Lost In Russian Fighting
German air force losses total 891 aircraft from March 22 to April 18 on the Russian front, per the Soviet Information Bureau. Soviet losses in the same span were 239 planes. The communique adds a broader tally from March 1 to April 4 showing 1,500 German planes destroyed over that period.
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Soviet Information Bureau
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