Enrollment Of 45 64 Men Heavy In Early Rush
The city and county begin the fourth manpower enrollment for ages 45 to 64, with heavy registrant lines at multiple Frederick sites. Registrars report smooth flow, some address confusion near jurisdiction lines, and a drafting board official noting strong turnout and impending peak today.
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County Board of Education
Church Street
Frederick
North Market
Washington Street
Lincoln High Schools
Just A Taste Of The Future Just A Taste Of The Future
London April 25 Clement Attlee declared the United Nations are beginning to gather power that will reveal Japanese losses have been only a taste of what is to come He pledged Britain and the United States stand with Australia and New Zealand and that aid will flow with unified strategy to turn the tables on the Axis Hitler erred by missing invisible links among English speaking nations in the world In Melbourne General MacArthur joined Anzac Day services and Prime Minister Curtin quoted Churchill on comradeship of Gallipoli
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London
Clement R. Attlee
Dominions
United Nations
Australia
Attlee
Britain
United States
New Zealand
Hitler
Melbourne
Woman Spy Reveals U-Boat Fuel Cache
Mexico City April 25 The newspaper Novedades reports an attractive woman spy arrested after a gun battle at Merida gave authorities the clue to a cache of aviation gasoline and submarine fuel on the Isle of Mujeres off the Yucatan peninsula tip.
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Mexico City
Novedades
Merida
Isle of Mujeres
Yucatan Peninsula
State Not To Enter Into Pulverized Lime Field
Baltimore reports say the State may shelve the plan to use prisoners at Roxbury to produce pulverized limestone for farms. Governor O Conor notes two correction officials will abstain from voting due to financial ties with lime interests, James H Grove Jr and E T Foreman. Local Farm Bureau says it favors settlement but does not oppose private buyers. Negotiations on purchasing the New London plant continued, with moves to relocate equipment to Roxbury discussed amid broad debate.
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Roxbury
Baltimore
State Department of Correction
O'Conor
Department of Correction
James H. Grove, Jr
Frederick
M. J. Grove Lime Company
Willis Jones
Frederick County Farm Bureau
New London
Prison Labor Plan
RAAF claims massive Japanese losses after bold Malayan raid
Melbourne reports a Royal Australian Air Force officer cites Japan's border strike and says 15 600 Japanese were killed by Australian airmen five hours before war was declared. He notes a seven and a half hour bombing of a Japanese convoy off the Malayan coast and asserts Hudson bombers killed about 15 000 troops in the assault.
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Melbourne
Australia
Royal Australian Air Force
RAAF
Madayan-Thai
Japan
Malayan
Should Defeat Anti Labor Propaganda Says First Lady
New York April 25 Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt warns of a clever propaganda drive against labor aimed at the armed forces. She urges all citizens to counter it and preserve wage and labor standards so servicemen returning after the war will find them intact. She notes service men quote shortages caused by strikes and says such tales are propaganda.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Skillful Maneuvers Save U S Ships From U Boat Ambush
A Navy account from April 23 describes Atlantic Fleet actions that disrupted an Axis submarine plan. U.S. destroyers and planes countered multiple contacts, rescued survivors from two sinking ships, and pursued a periscope attack near a convoy, with one merchantman and a Norwegian tanker involved and additional rescues of lifeboats and survivors.
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John A. Moroso
IRD
United States Navy
United States
Itanker
Unified Strategy Urged by Chinese Paper
The Central Daily News declares a unified Allied strategy is a growing imperative and proposes a single council with power to determine strategy in all war theaters. It notes American troops in Australia, Northern Ireland and India will add to Allied offensive chances, stressing centralized coordination.
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Chungking
Central Daily News
Australia
Northern Ireland
India
Norwegian Ship Fights Axis Sub Off Atlantic Coast
A small Norwegian merchant ship was damaged by shell fire in a running gun battle with an enemy submarine off the Atlantic coast. The vessel reached an east coast port under its own power and officials withheld further details.
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Washingen
Atlantic
State Roads Chair Seeks Board Review on Crushed Stone Use
Ezra B. Whitman, chairman of the State Roads Commission, has requested a conference with the Board of Correction members to discuss aspects of the matter under consideration regarding the proposed use of crushed stone from the penal farm for road purposes. The plan originally involved pulverized limestone and the crushed stone idea emerged later.
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Ezra B. Whitman
State Roads Commission
Board of Correction
Allied fighters intercept seven Japanese Zero aircraft
Allied Headquarters in Australia reports that seven Japanese Navy Zero fighters raiding Port Moresby were intercepted in sanguinary combat. Allied forces also bombed the Lae airfield on New Guinea. No further details were provided. Ko mind Kumiatum village was described as sacked and burned by an enemy raid. Other action was limited to artillery dueling around Corregidor and shore batteries in the Philippines.
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Australia
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Lae
Komiatum
Philippines
United States
Corregidor Island
Manila, Bay
Interned Airmen In Good Shape In Russia
Five United States airmen who made a forced landing on Soviet soil are reported well and in good spirits while interned at Khabarovsk. Russians announced the internment occurred after the crew landed on maritime territory following a raid on Japan.
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Kuibyshev
Russia
United States
Khabarovsk
Japan
Vladivostok
Twin Japanese thrusts threaten Mandalay area in Burma
British forces brace for defense as Japanese offensives push toward Mandalay from Laikaw and Taunggyi. Chinese lines around Taunggyi and Hopong resist while air raids targeting Mandalay continue. outlook shows a fluid front with Japanese rapid advances about 100 miles from Mandalay.
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London
Mandalay
Sashio
Burma
Taunggyi
Hopong
Shwengyaung
Sittang
Lashio
New Delhi
India
Chungking
Laikaw
Supplies Flown In To Aid Chinese War Effort From India
An American air service operating with private and U.S. Army facilities is delivering essential military supplies to China from India. By next autumn thousands of tons monthly are expected, including small arms, ammunition, tools, machinery, and medical goods, moving due to Rangoon’s fall and Burma road disruption.
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New Delhi
India
China
Burma
Lashio
Kunming
Rangoon
Chungking
United States
Patent On Small Screw Delayed Plane Output
Washington April 25 Senate committee heard that a tiny screw like a finger nail blocked U S aircraft production. Assistant Attorney General Thurman Arnold said 80 planes delayed at one plant 20 Flying Fortresses at another and an entire line shut down at a third due to the Dzus fastener patent held by William Drus head of the Drus Fastener Co. He sought to exercise his patent rights.
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Washington
UPA
Senate Committee
United States
Thurman Arnold
Arnold
Senate
William Drus
Drus Fastener Company
Dzus
Japs Prepared Prison Camps Long Before War
An American correspondent claims Japan had two concentration camps ready for U S citizens months before Pearl Harbor. Joe Newman of the New York Herald Tribune says many AP reporters knew war was near but could not disclose full facts. He notes envoys and journalists were held in Tokyo apartments, hindering information.
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New York
U. S
Pearl Harbor
Terde
Joe Newman
New York Herald Tribune
Defeher
America
Max Hill
Joe Dynan
Associated Press
Japan
Cynan
Tokyo
Newman
United States
Max
Joe
Primaries Likely September 14 In Maryland News
Local insiders expect Maryland Republican and Democratic primaries for state and county offices to be held Monday September 14. Primary dates are fixed by state central committees with contests possible for state central committees and delegate seats. Registration days are planned prior to the primary and general election falls on November 3.
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Maryland
House of Delegates
Circuit Court
Register of Wills
Orphans Court
O Conor Among First To Register In State
Maryland's governor Herbert R. O Conor led Free State men ages 45 to 65 to register at Draft Board No 1 in the Court of Appeals building in Annapolis. He was the first Anne Arundel County resident to register and likely the first in Maryland to fill out a draft card. Col Henry C Stanwood, State Selective Service Director, explained the early opening ordered due to crowds. The governor, age 45, with a birth date of November 17, 1898, was signed up by Draft Board chairman Harry S Keachington.
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Frederick
Brunswick
Parsons Newman
Draft Board One
Newman
School Board
Draft Board
Board One
Board Two
Annapolis
Maryland
Herbert R. O'Conor
O'Conor
Anne Arundel County
Henry C. Stanwood
Selective Service
Court of Appeals
Stanwood
RAF Smashes Rostock In Second Night Bombing Raid
London reports Rostock battered in a second 1000 mile RAF raid against the German Baltic port and shipbuilding center. More than 400 tons of bombs were dropped on Heinkel works and shipyards amid heavy fires, with observers noting Rostock’s damage rivaling Luebeck. RAF conducted dawn and daylight strikes across France and the Netherlands, including Dunkerque docks and new air fields, as part of a round the clock campaign.
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London
Rostock
RAF
Britain
Air Ministry
Heinkel Aircraft
Neptune
English Channel
Dunkerque
France
Norwegian
Dover Strait
Calais
Boulogne
Upor
London Star
Heinkel
Germany
Flushing
Russia
Norway
Luebeck
Nazi Raid Leaves Exeter Bombed and Homes Destroyed
London reports a heavy night raid on a southwest English city likely Exeter. At least 12 killed and hundreds homeless as high explosives hit residential areas and a renowned grammar school was damaged. Three fire watchers died in a churchyard strike. a London couple perished in a weekend visit.
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London
High Command
England
Exeter
Plymouth
Bristol
Air and Home Security Ministries
Driest April In 25 Years
An unusually long rainless spell has made April the driest in over 25 years with only .88 inch of rain so far versus a normal 3.39 inches. The month’s last five days may bring more moisture, but forecasts show none today.
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Fishing Creek
New Draft Classification 3 B For Dependents Enacted
Chicago April 25 the Selective Service system announces a new draft classification 3 B for men with dependents and those in essential war work. Col Paul G Armstrong Illinois director stated the revision and an Army officer described enrolling college students as reservists to train as officers while they remain in school.
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Chicago
Selective Service
Paul G. Armstrong
Ilinois
Champaign
Army
LEADERS GO AHEAD IN STOCK MARKET CLOSE
New York April 25 leaders in American Telephone and other issues moved ahead in heavy trading after a sluggish session. By close more shares showed gains than declines as leaders finally pulled the market into positive territory.
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New York
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