$150 000 Grant For Airport Not Yet Passed
Frederick faces uncertain status for a $150,000 federal grant to fund a proposed municipal airport. City officials, led by Joseph Himes, cite strong odds of eventual approval but stress the money is not yet available. Mayor Gittenger remains enthusiastic, outlining site plans east of Frederick near the Monocacy River and noting land acquisition and utility considerations.
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Frederick
Joseph H. Himes
Himes
Washington
Justice
Hugh ¥. Gittinger
Detrick Field
Fair Grounds
Monocacy River
Haddie
Hughes Ford
Comn
Hull Stabilization Fund Plan Approved By United Nations
Secretary Hull praised progress toward a gold based stabilization fund of 6 billion dollars by Treasury technicians of the United Nations. Agreement on broad outlines announced last night. He stressed no nation is committed yet and U S diplomatic and congressional approval still required before any program is put into operation.
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Washington
State Hull
Treasury
United Nations
Hull
United States
British Ready For Jap Push In Southeast Asia Front
Southeast Asia Headquarters said forces were prepared to meet any Japanese threat in Imphal and Kohima areas as infantry and tanks pushed from the Manipur plain. Moirang fell to Japanese forces on April 18, while 10 000 British troops from the 23rd division were deployed to defend the sector with guns and tanks.
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Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Imphal
Kohima
India
Manipur
Bengal- Assam
Tokyo
Plane From Hagerstown Crashes Two Hurt
An Ammy training plane en route from Hagerstown Maryland to Hartford Connecticut crashed yesterday in foggy upstate New York between Prattsburg and Pulteney in Steuben county. Two occupants were taken to the Veterans Facility at Bath with names and injuries not released. An accompanying trainer landed at Elmira.
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Albany
N. Y
New York
Hagerstown
Hartford
Maryland’s 1944 Road Surfacing Plan Expands Miles
Baltimore April 22 An expanded highway surfacing program for Maryland sets 988 miles of roads for treatment this year at a cost over 616000. Wilson T Ballard chief engineer says the 1944 program up 22 percent from 807 miles surfaced last year and 40 percent above the 444000 spent in 1943. ENDS SOVIET TOUR Moscow April 22 U S Ambassador Harriman says in Moscow that everyone expressed appreciation for direct U S assistance and for supplies volume. In Murmansk ships unloaded 24 hours daily and discharge speed has improved. GIVEN SPECIAL BLESSING Boston April 22 Pope Pius X gives special Apostolic blessing to Cardinal O Connell who is seriously ill with bronchial pneumonia at his Brighton home. The Mayor says negotiations for land will aim for minimum difficulty. Airport planning committee will push long range plans with the Airport Committee of the Board of Aldermen. War Department site approval pending federal funds.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Wilson T. Ballard
State Roads Commission
Ballard
Moscow
U. S
W. Averell Harriman
Soviet Union
United States
Murmansk
Boston
Pius X
William Cardinal O'Connell
Roman Catholic Hierarchy
America
Brighton District
Roger B. Wolfe
Singer
Charles W. Stup
Eammert R. Bowlus
Edward P. Qden
War Department
U S Carrier Force Attacks Sumatra in Allied Raid
U S Navy carrier forces join Allied units in dawn raid on northern Sumatra April 19. American made planes from U S and British carriers hit Sabang Island and Lobonga airfield, destroying ground installations. Diversionary Port Blair attack drew off Japanese planes. fires raged 12 hours later as ships docks and oil tanks were wrecked.
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Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
United States Navy
Sumatra
Sabang Island
Lbonga
U. S
Port Blair
Andaman Islands
Sabang
Finest War Materials Ready For Invasion
Donald M. Nelson, chairman of the War Production Board, said in Chicago that the finest war materials in vast quantities will be available to American troops for the upcoming invasion of Europe. He warned that despite dangers and loss of life, the quality of weapons will shield many lives and noted the invasion armada ranks as unmatched in size and engineering.
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Chicago
Europe
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Nelson
WPB
Yugoslavia Free Of Nazi Control Says Partisan Minister
In Bari Italy on April 18 the Partisan internal minister Rev Vlado Zeochevich reported three fifths of Yugoslavia freed from German occupation and normal life resuming. He is known as the Fighting Priest after a bullet wound near his heart.
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Bari
Italy
Yugoslavia
Vlado Zeochevich
Zechevich
Ways and Means Panel Approves Tax Simplification Plan
Washington April 22 The House Ways and Means Committee approved legislation to simplify federal income tax laws The plan would relieve 30 million of the nation's 50 million taxpayers from filing returns and provide easier computations for those who must continue to file Beginning next January if Congress approves the measure it would cap refunds and simplify forms up to five thousand dollars
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Cons
Blimp Down in Gulf. Navy Crew Lost Dozens
Army Navy and Coast Guard crews discovered the wreckage of a storm down Navy blimp in the Gulf of Mexico off the Mississippi river. Dutineers of the 1Qman crewssing. Stock market in New York showed mild recovery led by gold mines with sluggish dealings and gains turning to minus at the close.
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Orleans
Army Navy
Coast Guard
Navy
Gulf of Mexico
Eizhih Naval District
New York
Dramatic Rescue Of American Pilot Off Sumatra Described
An American pilot Lt Wh Go Dale Christian Klondike was rescued from a Japanese coastal battery by a British submarine off Sumatra after a 90 minute air and sea action. Hellcat fighters protected the submarine as it carried out the risky rescue near Sabang and Lhonga, while Allied ships and air forces targeted two Sumatra airfields during the operation.
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Sumatra
Ale
Joseph C
Maeder
James Somerville
Britain
Somerville
Pereat
Little Saban
Lhonga
Sabang
Netherlands
Hitler's Paper Foresees Loss Of Territory
Stockholm dispatch reports Voelkischer Beobachter warns Germans of spring or summer battles and possible territorial concessions under brutal war pressure. NBC Stockholm predicts Allied invasion before May, citing tides, front lull, and reinforcements at Anzio as context for looming operations.
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Stockholm
Adolf Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
Bjorn Bjornson
NBC
Anzio
Allier
Ling
35 Nazi Planes Downed Hit Balkan Targets
Allied heavy bombers and Liberator escorts struck Bucharest and Turnu Severin near the Yugoslav Romanian border, blasting rail targets and disrupting German communications. Seventeen Allied aircraft were lost, including eight heavy bombers, as German defenses claimed 35 enemy planes shot down and Allied fliers downed 25 more. The Rome area and Italian ports Genoa Livorno and Piombino were also targeted in the broader assault.
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Napl
Mediterranean Air Force
Buchares
Turnu-Severin
Yaslav
Genoa
Santo Stefano
Livorno
Leghorn
Piombino
Bucharest
Romanian Capiltal
Romania
Russia
Delegates Deny Seat to Argentine Worker Girola
In Philadelphia on April 22 the four and a half hour session of the International Labor Conference refused Luis Girola, worker's delegate from Argentina, a seat amid charges he represented a Fasci regime after a day and a half of heated debate.
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Philadelphia
International Labor Conference
Luis Girola
Argentina
Girola
No Letup In Biggest Air Offensive Across Europe
Mosquito and bomber formations pounded Cologne and other western German rail centers. Night raids by Lancasters and heavy bombers hit Cologne and Berlin rail yards. U S and light bombers attacked the invasion coast of France. Thunderbolt fighters supported dual strikes on Belgium rail yards as air war continued with persistent raids.
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Gem Hilo
Air Ministry
Cologne
Wester Germany
Britth Lancasters
Walit
Sm-Fon
Mousquitos
Soerlin Larice
Hannover
U.S
Enedium
France
S.ub
Thunderbolt
Belgina
Maryland Faces Critical Labor Shortage in Harvest Season
Maryland must recruit about 74 000 additional workers for tanneries during peak July and August harvest months. Henry E. Treide, regional War Manpower Commission director, warned Washington April 2201 that the state faces the most critical labor shortage as committees seek to mobilize sufficient labor for vegetable crops and other farm work.
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Washington
Ss Unis
Henry E. Treide
Regional War Manpower Commission
Maryland
Nazis Step Up Shelling of Anzio Beachhead
Allied forces at the Anzio beachhead face intensified German shelling and aerial raids near Naples. On April 29 a coastal harbor action drew patrols and anti aircraft fire as Spitfire interceptors claimed several enemy aircraft downed and raids repelled.
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Anzio
Naples
Litte
Anaio Terday
Haly
Spit- Gresan
Fragmented OCR item on Washington hearing disruption
Shaky text shows April remarks in a hearing where Rep Crawford and Jesse Jones clash over price controls and OPA policies. The garbled notes mention Commerce Secretary Jones, Recovery Reuters quotes, and questions about rationing and authority.
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Crawford
Jesse Jones
Commerce Department
Fom Raanee Corporation
World Wide Press Freedom Demanded at Editors Meeting
The editorial society urged a new constitutional amendment to strengthen press freedom amid modern restrictions. Leaders, including Roy Raber of the Kansas City Star, pressed for binding international efforts to ease government censorship and safeguard direct news flow across nations.
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Associated
Washington
Gettis
Pre David
United States News
Tiday
Conay
Americ
Wilguy Fe Lo
New York Herald Tribune
Bueno Aires
la Naclan
la Press
National DAR Congress Chooses Officers in Deliberate Balloting
New York April 22 report details the Daughters of the American Revolution selecting officers at their 38th Congress. Live ballots on voting machines accompanied the final stage as three candidates contended for chief roles. Mrs Creyke of Washington DC and Mrs Julius Iniadae of New York were among those elected to prominent posts during an extended session.
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New York
Daughters of the American Revolution
Rome
Creyke
Washtieswton
D.C
Julius Iniadae
Wo York
Broadcast from Anzio Beachhead Narrowly Reported
Fragmentary OCR text describes a radio broadcast from Anzio Beachhead and mentions voices, a wartime update, and sports news coverage. The readable lines indicate a major American network presenting troop movement and public updates amid conflict.
Lease Execuper Details Amid The Build Sheet
A clipped notice outlines a lease execution on the build sheet involving Peoples Service Drug Stores and the tment Cca l Corporation. It notes a five year term with rent totaling 5800 dollars per year and references court filings and clerk actions.
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Voupies
Peoples Service Drug Stores
Tment Ccal Corporation
C Court
Frase
Tetound Ag
Stuck
Pav Dels
Reds Mass Army, Fleet To Smash At Sevastopol
Soviet forces tighten siege on Sevastopol with hills captured near the city approaches and a rapid thrust outside, while German and Romanian survivors fight among themselves to flee. Fronts in Poland and Ukraine see heavy fighting as German tanks and Soviet artillery clash, with reports of tank losses and river defenses influencing the larger drive toward Berlin.
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Sevastopol
Alesvosny
Russia
Red Fleet
Dimitri Nikolaev
Havenia
Old Poland
Red Army
Stanislawow
Carpathian
Prut
Dnertr
Berlin
Ukraine
Dnesh
Pripyat
Fritz Eric von Mannstein
Mohl
von Mannstein
Last Rites For Walter G. Crowther Held In Baltimore
Funeral services were held for Walter G. Crowther a longtime executive who died Thursday at Union Memorial Hospital Baltimore at 3 30 this afternoon at his 219 Wendover Road residence Rev Noble C Powell Bishop of Maryland officiated Crowther operated the Crown Oil and Wax Company until its sale in 1930 to Shell Eastern Petroleum Company He also was president of the Standard Cap and Moulding Company Survivors include his widow Irma M and four children Irma Eleanor C Davis and Serg of Bahther Jry
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Walter G. C
Union Emorial Hospital
Baltimore
Wendover Road
Noble C. Powell
Maryland
Crowther
Crown Oi and Wax Company
Shell Eastern Petroleum Company
Standard Cap and Moulding Company
Irma M
Irma Eleanor C. Davis
Ser
Bahther. Jry
Payroll padding case shocks Baltimore docks workers
Federal agents arrested Pi-Six and associates at Marsland Drydock Company in Baltimore on April 22. They face charges of conspiring to pad payrolls and defraud the firm, with investigators pursuing further details and possible additional defendants.
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Cme
Marsland Drydock Company
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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