Two Held In Gillis Murder Case
State authorities report the murder of 80 year old John Henry Gillis solved with the arrest of two Plane No 4 neighbors. Russell A Robertson 20 confessed to bludgeoning Gillis with a hammer and theft of cash and coins. Lewis Kline 47 is charged as an accessory. Robbery motive cited and grand jury to reconvene for details.
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John
Henry Gillis
Russell A. Robertson
Gillis
Frederick City
Lewis Kline
Robertson
Plane No. 4
Edwin F. Nikirk
Kline
Horare Wo Alevander
Matanters Sergt
John J. Cassidy
State Police
Baltimore
North Branch
Carroll County
Corp
Elwood O'Hara
Alexander
R. Paul Buhrman
Paul B. Rhoads
Corp. O'Hara
William Houck
Clyde Tucker
Virginia
Strasburg
Freder County Welfare Board
Marriottsville
Baltimore County
Kling
Cuimi
High Altitude Bombing To Be Continued
Washington reports American daylight bombing of Nazi war industry from British bases will continue despite questions on effectiveness. Official figures show heavy bombers lost 16, but destroyed or damaged many enemy interceptors. Bremen raid cited as reinforcing diversionary dividends for the Tunisian and Russian fronts.
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Washington
Patterson
Focke- Wulf
Bremen
Germany
Hitler Planning New Soviet Front Activity
The Soviet army's official newspaper Red Star reports that Adolf Hitler is feverishly planning new advances on the Soviet front and anticipates a second Allied front in Europe.
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Hitler
Moscow
Red Star
Adolf Hitler
Europe
U S Staff Quits Helsinki Legation During Crisis
The U S legation staff left Helsinki by plane for Stockholm in a sudden move. Charge d affaires McClintock remained. minister Schoenfeld had returned to Washington last December. German radio reported the departure as part of Finland’s Easter crisis amid Finland Soviet tensions.
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Helsinki
Fusland
United States Legation
Stockholm
Robert Mills
McClintock
Helsingi
H. F Arthur Schoenfeld
Washington
London
Berlin
United States
Legation
Heisifest
A. F. Arthur Schoenfeld
U. S
Clasps And Stars To Denote Campaigns
The Navy Department authorized wear of clasps to show participation in major campaigns and bronze stars for action in principal engagements. Clasps indicate campaign count, covering Central, Pacific, Asiatic, and other campaigns including Guadalcanal, Midway, and Coral Sea.
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Washington
Navy Department
New Guinea
Northwest Africa
Pearl Harbor
Wake Island
Makassar Straits
Lombok Strait
Java Sea
Salama
Tokyo
Coral Sea
Guadalcanal
Tulag
Savo Island
Eastern Solomon
Cape Esperance
Oil Purchases Approved to Prevent Tank Shifting
Washington April 23 fuel users in Taliontd authorized to buy part of next season's oil to prevent shifting in spring and summer. OPA said notices will go to local boards to permit purchases when ballast is necessary to protect tank installations as outdoor tanks may float when empty due to ground water and soil conditions.
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Washington
OPA
London observes Easter amid wartime gaps in commerce
Britons paused for Easter as London shops closed and transport ran on limited schedules. Newspapers did not appear and churches, many damaged by air raids, held Good Friday services while church bells prepared to ring on the Sunday holiday.
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London
U S Ace Joe Foss Seeks Tokyo Visit After Doolittle Raid
U S Ace Joe Foss, famed American airman with 26 downed planes, said at his first press conference after returning from the South Pacific that he would like to make a short visit to Tokyo to discuss the execution of American airmen held as prisoners and to find those responsible for the prisoners. Foss stated a wish to see Tokyo and hinted at talks on accountability, while joking about his father teaching him to shoot skunks and weasels.
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Washington
Joe Foss
Tokyo
Citle
United States
South Pacific
South Dakota
Allon
Foss
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Marine Corps
Nazis Bolster Kuban Armies In Soviet War Reports
Red Star says German land armies reinforced in the Kuban and many bomber and fighter planes moved to the Crimea for North Caucasus battles. The noonday communique claims hundreds of enemy dead in 20 hours with a toll surpassing five hundred, while Soviet guns repelled a cross river attempt north of Chuguyev leaving dozens dead on the bank.
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Moscow
Kuban
Crimea
Red Star
Chuguev
Derets
Anne Arundel Tops State War Bond Quota
Anne Arundel county becomes first in Maryland to exceed its war bond quota by reaching 1 990 613 34 dollars total after a 550 000 dollar purchase, announced by Governor O Conor. A separate fire in Port Huron Michigan left one volunteer firefighter dead and at least 18 hospitalized after a 160 000 dollar blaze.
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Annapelis
Anne Arundel County
O'Conor
Maryland
Port Haron
Mich
Islands In Ellice Group Occupied By U S Forces
The Navy disclosed that United States forces occupied islands in the Ellice Group in the south Pacific after an enemy bombing raid on American installations. Funafuti is the largest island, coconut palms cover the island, and the occupation was reported as unopposed. The exact date of occupation was not specified.
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Washington
Ellies
South Pacific
United States
Navy
Ellice
Salomon Islands
Australia
Funafuti
Carroll Court Clerk Sues Advocate Co
Carroll County court clerk Shoemaker sues Democratic Advocate Company for 100000 damages over three March and April articles and letters in Westminster weekly newspaper. He claims the pieces caused him to lose friendship and support of many Carroll county citizens. He and his son run a large dairy farm in southern Carroll county.
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Westminster
Erman
Carroll County
Democratic Advocate Company
Shoemaker
Theodore F. Brown
A. Earl Shiney
Carrol County
Tom
Japanese Cabinet Shakeup Names Nagakage Okabe Education Minister
Viscount Nagakage Okabe, a House of Peers member, is named Minister of Education in a cabinet reshuffle after Premier Tojo’s changes. Tokyo radio reported the move, recorded by the FCC. In Rockville Montgomery County voters may be barred next election due to missing registration points cited by the Republican State Central committee chairman Arthur J. Hilland.
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Vo Tut Assesiala Press
Nagakage Okabe
House of Peers
Tojo
Tokyo Radio
Federal Communications Commission
Rockville
Arthur J. Hilland
Republican State Central Committee
Montgomery County
Board of Election Supervisors
Those awful Rusman s
Berlin radio reported Russian planes dropped bombs on open villages in East Prussia last night. The AP recorded two Soviet bombers shot down. London noted the violent air war tapered off with RAF mining enemy waters and Britain enjoying a quiet night.
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Associated Press
Berlin
East Prussia
London
European Continent
RAF
Britain
Giant Messerschmitts Strike at Tunisian Front In Naval Clash
Allied reports say British First Army advanced toward Bou Ficha and Enfidaville while Takrouna fell. Airpower destroyed 26 engined Messerschmitt transports carrying troops and fuel, with 88 Axis planes downed and five Allied aircraft lost. Ground fighting along Goubellal Bou Arada line continued, as Medjez el Bab and Enfidaville efforts press the Germans and Italians.
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North Africa
Takrouna
Entidaville
Bou Ficha
First Army
Bou Arada
Tunisian
Gulf of Tunis
Messerschmitt
Erwin Rommel
Tunisia
Air Force
Gulf
Tunis
K. A. N. Anderson
Goubellal
Bou Arado
Medjez-El- Bab
Grand Dorsal
Rommel
Sir Montgomery
Enfidaville
Zaghouan
Bou Fida
High Command
Anderson
Medjez-11-Bab
Woulieates
Eighth Army
Messerschmitts
Medjezfel-Dbal
Carloforte
Sardinia
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Sergis. M. M. Puncke
Truman Moon
Sergt
Cass Fay
Detective Corp
G. E. Newcomer
In- Aiva
Buhrman
Rhoads
Nikirk
John H Gillis
Maryland State Police
Frederick County
Dr Stantes
U.S
Sweden
Finland
Russia
Anne Arundel
Islands
Ellice Group
Bizerte
Dunkerque
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