City officials inspect Martinsburg airport under construction
City leaders en route to Winchester to inspect a bottling plant visited the Martinsburg West Virginia airport site. Mayor Hugh Gittinger and Aldermen noted the field covers about a mile square with extensive land purchase and heavy equipment at work. They toured with Martinsburg officials and local business leaders and discussed a Frederick flying field proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Martinsburg
W. Va
West Virginia
Frederick
Hugh ¥. Gittinger
Russell H. McCain
Ch . P. Staley
Edward P. Oden
Charles W. Stup
Frederick Field
Chris H. Dailey
H. Nelson Clarke
Chamber of Commerce
Coca-Cola
Charles K. Taylor
Keedysville
Taylor
Rail Yards In Italy Bombed By Allied Bombers
Allied heavy and medium bombers blasted Parma rail yards and struck west coast ports Genoa Livorno Piombino Santo Stefano after daylight raids on aircraft plants in Austria. The Mediterranean air arm destroyed 51 enemy planes yesterday including a Wiener Neustadt factory hit and eight hangars damaged. Seventeen Allied aircraft were lost in the operations.
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Naples
Parma
Italy
Genoa
Livonna
Leghorn
Piombino
Santo Stefano
Austria
Mediterranean Air Arm
Wiener-Neustadt
Bad Voslau
Schwechat
Dubrevonik
Dalmatian
Aegean
Weekend Rain Delays Farm Work in City and County
A cold moist weekend brought two-fifths of an inch of precipitation. The region saw a sunless stretch with an 8 a.m. total near 0.40 inches, falling about half an inch below normal for the period. Officials note April showers continue and monthly rainfall may miss the norm with a week left.
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W.O
Baltimore Resumes Service After Shutdown Notice
Governor O Connor announces resumption of the Claiborne Romancoke Chesapeake Ban fer Service delayed since March 18. The Claiborne terminal will be reopened as planned, with service restored to the route and schedule previously announced.
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Baltimore
O Conor
Claiborne-Romancoke Cresapeake
Sony
Nine to twelve killed as plane hits mountain
Epsom New Hampshire reports a large airplane crashed into a mountain killing between nine and twelve aboard. Residents at the scene described a terrific explosion and found several bodies in the wreckage.
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Epsom
N. H
Delight Mountain
Guild To Meet At Walkersville
The Maryland Regional Women's Guild of the Evangelical and Reformed church will hold its third convention at the Glade Evangelical and Reformed church in Walkersville. Delegates from Grace and Evangelical Reformed churches in Frederick will attend. Principal speaker will be Mrs. Gilbert Schroer of Lancaster, Pa. on "Anchors in a Hate-Torn World."
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Maryland
Women’s Guild of the Evangelical and Reformed Church
Glade
Gilbert Schroer
Lancaster
Japan
Potomac and
Mercersburg Synodical Womens Guilds
Hood College
Guy A. Benchoff
Woodstock
Potomac Synodical Guild
Charles H. Remsberg
Middletown
Harry Zimmerman
Edgar Hoffmeier
Walkersville
Philip Recher
Hagerstown
Alonzo Wachter
Posten. Ariz
Benchoff
Edmund Lippy
Westminster
William D. Powell
Polly Smith
Schroer
Hoffmeier
Maryland Regional Women’s Guild
Walter L. Remsberg
Miles Reifsnyder
Daniel Fahrney
William D. Powel
Henry H. Abbott
Frederick
Henry C. Foster
Clear Spring
Austin Kemp
Sam Maples
Allen Morelock
Fred Remsberg
Sharpsburg
George Sowter
J. Edmund Lippy
Genevieve Thomas
Adamstown
Nora Wise
Girls’ Guild
Grace B. Downin
Civil appeal over hay purchase goes to jury decision
A Circuit Court jury heard a civil appeal from Hood challenging a Magistrate Smith ruling in a case over hay bought from Nicodemus. Judge Schnauffer presided after testimony. Judgment dated January 7 favored Nicodemus for 45.60 plus costs. Attorneys were Rohrback for Hood and Storm for Nicodemus.
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Hay
Patrick BM. Schnauffer
Wilbur T. Hood
Edward J. Smith
Martin L. Nicodemus
Mt. Ry
Appellee
Hood
Nicodemus
Jacob Rohrback
William M. Storm
Four Days Set Aside For Annual Clean-up
Frederick avill to start Clean-Up Week with four days of curbside collection. City officials urge residents to separate burnable and non burnable items and place them in distinct containers for pickup by city trucks. Collection zones include north end east of Market Tuesday and Friday and south end east of Market Wednesday and Thursday. north end west of Market Thursday and south end east of Market Friday.
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Frederick Avill
City Ener
Frank W. Rothenhoefer
North End
South End
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Edward Martin
Dewey
Colorado
Oklahoma
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Joe Tolbert
Orization
Damage To U.S. Warships Revealed By Admiral King
Admiral King discloses damage to more than twenty U S warships from battles across 1942 to 1943 including Yorktown Enterprise San Francisco Portland Helena South Dakota and Hornet. Communiques confirmed sinks of Lexington Canberra Dunman and Porter among others. Details cover Coral Sea Sago Island Eastern Solomons Cape Esperance Santa Cruz and Guadalcanal engagements with multiple ships damaged or sunk.
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Washington
Ernest J. King
Navy
King
Battle of Coral Sea
Yorktown
U.S
Lexington
Sims
Sago Island
Chicago
Ralph Talbot
Patterson
Quincy
Vincennes
Astoria
Canberra
Eastern Solomons
Enterprise
Cape Esperance
San Francisco
Farenholt
Duncan
Battle of Santa Cruz
South Dakota
San Juan
Smith
Hornet
Porter
Battle of
Guadalcanal
Portland
Helana
Sterrett, Gwin
Aaron Ward
Dunean
Atlanta
Cushing
Preston
Benham
Walke
Monssen
Laffey
Barton
Tassafaronga
Minneapolis
New Orleans
Pensacola
Northampton
Kula Gulf
St. Louis
Honolulu
New Zealand
Leander
Gwin
Chester
Solomons
Ceilin
Meeks Delegates To Methodist General Conference
Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin W. Meeks depart Martinsburg for Kansas City to attend the quadrennial General Conference of the Methodist Church with about 800 delegates expected. Dr. A H McKinley will lead Calvary Methodist in Frederick during Meeks absence.
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Benjamin W. Meeks
Capitol Limited
Martinsburg
W. Va
Kansas City
General Conference of the Methodist Church
Meeks
Baltimore
Calvary Methodist Church
A. H. McKinley
Frederick
Mar
Gaither P. Warfield
Poland
Washington
D. c
Nazi convoy attacked near Norwegian port in Arctic Sea
A German convoy leaving a Norwegian port in the Arctic Sea was attacked yesterday by 100 Russian planes. The report comes from a Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau dispatch filed in Berlin.
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Stockholm
Arctic Sea
Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau
Berlin
Frederic J. Haskin Dies in Washington at 71
Frederic J. Haskin, 71, longtime information bureau founder in Washington, died after several months illness. He started the column answering readers questions more than 28 years ago and built a service to newspaper readers. Survived by his widow and two sons Nagel in the Navy and Frederic Jr. an Army chaplain.
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Washington
Frederic J. Haskin
Haskin
Nagel
Navy
Frederic, Jr
AP Promises Finish Fight Over News Control
The Associated Press board vows to resist government control of news as it appeals a government anti trust ruling. The 44th annual meeting at the Waldorf Astoria heard speeches by top military leaders including Vandergrift Ramsey and Alison.
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New York
Associated Press
U. S. Supreme Court
Newsgathering
Board
Waldorf- Astoria Hotel
Navy
Frank Knox
Alexander A. Vandergrift
Marine Corps
Dewitt Clinton Ramsey
Bureau of Aeronautics
John R. Alison
Army Air Corps
Russians Mass For New Drive
Front dispatches report the Soviet army building for a new offensive after lifting the siege of Leningrad and advancing into Romania. Despite a quiet front, rearguard units are moved forward to new bases as planning for a spring push continues amid rumors of a broad, coordinated assault with Allied actions in the west and south.
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Moscow
Leningrad
Romania
Berlin
Kursk
London
Local Soldiers In Amphibious Operation
Local residents serve in a regimental cannon company stationed abroad. Technical Sergeant Charles Hoff platoon sergeant Sergeant Jefferson Brandenburg and Corporal Walter Keeney, all of this city, participate in an amphibious operation with the unit and have conducted numerous field firing exercises.
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Clude
Charles 9. Hoff
Jefferson R Brandenburg
Walter Keeney
Contractors ready to break ground at Singapore filtration plant
Engstrom and Wynn of Wheeling West Virginia have erected a tool shed and plan to start improvements soon but have been delayed by recent rainy weather.
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Singapore
Engstrom and Wynn
Wheeling. W. Va
Allied Reinforcements Relieve Bengal Assam Railway Threat
Southeast Asia headquarters reports substantial Allied airlift reinforcement to Burma front centers along the Mandalay to Myitkyina railway. Kohima garrison relieved, road from Kohima to the Bengal Assam rail junction cleared, easing supply fears for Imphal and northern Burma forces amid ongoing heavy fighting around Imphal.
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Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Burma
Bengal-Assam
India
Mandalany
Myitkyina
Imphal
Kohima
Dimapur
Egg Smashed on Errol Flynn in Hollywood Club Brawl
Hollywood reports a brawl at Mocambo nightclub ending with an egg smashing Flynn on the head. Toby Tuttle, 23, and an unidentified woman clashed with Flynn after a remark. Flynn claimed he simply reacted as an egg struck him after the disturbance and quipped about the egg getting in the way of the fight.
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Hollywood
Errol Flynn
Toby Tuttle
Mocamba
Miss Tuttle
Dan Topping
Tinplate
Flynn
Fidl
Bobbe E
Fidler
Gum Aid For Service Men Overseas By Wrigley
Wrigley Company ships chewing gum to the Armed Forces for overseas service starting May 1. The program directs gum from the U S to service men abroad, aiming to boost morale and provide a supply to troops in operation.
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Caicazo
Tae Wee
Wrigleyx Jr
2000 U. S. Planes Strike Nazi Plants In Wide Area
A long wire service briefing notes heavy Allied air strikes across occupied Europe and reports on German fighter production, British and American air ministry statements, and German propaganda claiming strength while Britain readies airborne forces for Europe invasion.
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U. S
Ravnet Arcondates Dan
Hertin
British Air Ministry
United States
Mosul
Holand
England
Britain
Europe
Transocean
Asensy Cdlcspatch
Coordinated Allied Air Offensive Blasts German Targets
American bombers and fighters raid southern Germany and France in a rapid six day push. Marauder forces brief a double strike on France and Belgium while RAF and US crews hit rail yards, airfields, and industrial centers amid warnings from German radio stations.
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Komdon
Tedvichahafen
Germany
France
Mit
Belgium
Vichy
Lille
Ninth American Air Force
England
Continental
European
Frederick truck driver held for theft
A Frederick truck driver was arrested and jailed on a charge of stealing checks and funds from his employer. Deputy Behrroan led the investigation and arrest after tracking funds and locating missing money spent at several locations. The suspect, identified as Sparrow, was held for action by authorities.
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Frederick
Poe
Oman W
Shen Ro
Tui Behrroan
Wihiwa Do
Spero
Baltanore Atyi
Obie
Marin
Sparie
Spartes
Ceresville I
Robbery at Magistrate Aliens Bennett Home
Two youths, a 13 and a 14 year old white and colored, were detained as Frederick police investigated a Sunday evening robbery at the residence of Magistrate Aliens Bennett on North Market Street. Jewelry valued at $700 to $800 including two diamond rings a wrist watch and a pearl necklace plus pennies and a 25 cent war stamp book were reported missing. Investigators Allen Barlgis Sergeant Frank Dorsey and Officers Denver Shook and Ellis Carty detained the youths after recovering about $143 in pennies, with remaining items not yet recovered.
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Montevue
Bennett
North Market Street
Allen Barlgis
Sergt
Frank Dorsey
Denver Shook
Ellis Carty
Frome Frederick
Registration Tuesday Plan Amid Turbulent Wartime Notes
A scrambled fusion of dates places and names references a Tuesday registration plan and wartime notes. Mentions Chungking Chenghsin Tokyo London and Berlin signals with reports of Japanese actions and an auto accident involving Jacques Doviot in Paris.
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London
Berlin
Jacques Doviot
Popular Party
Paris
Nanex
Cardinal O Connell’s Body Lies In State
Cardinal William O Connell lies in state at St Anselm’s seminary chapel as pallbearers and associates guard the bier. A solemn pontifical requiem mass is planned for Friday with Apostolic Delegate Most Rev Amilcare Cicognani. Messages of condolence pour in from clergy and laity worldwide.
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Boston
St. John's Seminary
William Cardinal
QO Connell
Catholic Hierarchy
Opy
Amido G. Cicognani
United States
War Food Agency to Freeze Corn Sales in 125 Counties
The War Food Administration announced nationwide corn sales will be frozen for 60 days in 125 commercial counties across Nebraska Minnesota Illinois and Indiana effective at midnight. Government purchases remain allowed.
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Washington
War Food Administration
Nebraska Town
Minnesota
Llinois
Indiana
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