Demand For Invasion In West Growing
London April 24 Allied invasion talk intensifies as Lord Beaverbrook calls for a second front and reports say President Roosevelt agrees with Gen. Marshall on near action. British hope mounts as Commando raids and RAF strength boost confidence in a western invasion this year.
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London
Europe
Lord Beaverbrook
Roosevelt
Churchill
George C. Marshall
United States
Britain
lBy Kirke L
Beaverbrook
Germany
Evening Standard
Bruneval
St. Nazaire
Boulogne
France
West
Wheat rally lifts Chicago prices in mid session trade
Wheat futures reversed an early dip to post gains near two cents as short covering and mill buying supported the market in Chicago. May futures rose to 1.2136 1 2.136-25, July to 1.2344-7s9, with corn and oats also firmer on the session amid reduced terminal receipts and anticipated purchases from country sources.
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Chicago
Answers To War Quiz Cor estions On Page Five
Answers to the war quiz list three items: a World War I victory medal. Liangshan as a distant yet strategic point near Nagasaki with Sasebo as a naval base. Burmia identified as the land of U Paw and U Saw. It notes colored diamonds derive their hue from a trace impurity in the stones.
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Liangshan
Nagasaki
Great Rapport
Sasebo
Burmia
British Beaverbrook front and Russian role in war talk
The article discusses interred American bomb barbiders in Russia as paradoxical guests, and links Beaverbrook's New York speech to a public craving for a second front. It argues that rapid Russian intervention could end the war in 1942, and notes the USSR’s aloof stance in the Pacific while remaining in the United Nations anti Axis fold.
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Russia
Lord Beaverbrook
New York
Germany
Beaverbrook
Europe
Berlin
Washington
London
Ture
Japan
Pacific
India
Australia
Siberian
Tokyo
Calis
Siberia
Kulbyshev
Soviet Union
United Nations
Must Get WPB Permit To Take Up Rails For His Use
Frederick City faces a required War Production Board permit before WPA rail removal project can begin to salvage steel for WPB. City Engineer W Raymond Walter said WPB demand drives the plan, and a permit is now necessary due to a recent WPB ban on high cost projects. A request to proceed has been filed, but no start date is set.
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War Production Board
WPA
Frederick City
WPB
Frederick
W Raymond Walter
Walter
WPE
Final History And Social Science Teachers Session
About fifty members of the Middle States Association of History and Social Science Teachers met in convention. They heard national authorities, banquets were held at the Francis Scott Key Hotel, and 100 more teachers were expected for today.
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Middle States Association of History and Social Science
Francis Scott Key
Baltimore
Walter C. Myer
Civic Education Service
The
American Observer
Brodbeck Hall
Merrill Jensen
University of Washington
Pacific Northwest Quarterly
Coblents Hall
Frederick
Richard J. Purcell
Catholic University History Department
Dr. Purcell
Poland
Finland
Annual Sale At Fair Grounds Set For May 4
The Maryland Aberdeen Angus Association sponsors a May 4 sale at Frederick Fair Grounds. Eastern Shore breeders like Andelot Stock Farms and Blakeford Farms consign four females and bulls, while Central Maryland farms such as Cold Saturday Farm and Cremona Farm send top genetics. Maryland breeders, with a history of national shows, promise quality stock as catalogues are prepared for buyers from several states.
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Maryland Aberdeen-Angus Association
Frederick Fair Grounds
Maryland
America
Chicago
Shore
Eastern Shore
Andelot Stock Farms
Worton
Kent County
Blakeford Farms
Queenstown
Oldfields Farm
Galena
New York
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Finksburg
East
Monocacy Farms
Frederick
F. L. la Motte
Towson
Joseph Shirley
Reisterstown
Wilmac Farms
Monkton
Tyrconnel Farms
Cremona Farm
Mechanicsville
St. Mary’s County
Glencarnock Eric
Cremona
Wintonier
Glen Mary
Great Mills
St. Mary's County
Point Farm
Alan McGregor
Freight Wreck Ties Up B and O Line Four Hours
A B and O freight derailed ten cars on the Martinsburg West Virginia main line this morning, spilling over an embankment and blocking both directions for about four hours. One track was cleared by noon, with the other to be cleared later. no injuries reported. The Diplomat passenger train was delayed as its engine and one car were damaged but continued eastward after rerouting. Several derailed cars carried steel, lightly damaging a local power house when steel fell against it.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
B. and O. Main
Skeletons of departed pony express riders in Frederick
Misses Virginia and Alma Shumaker claim to be horseback couriers for a cowboy star. They rode from Gallion Ohio to Middletown by bus to fetch their horses and ride into Frederick, resting at a tourist court before returning to Middletown to resume their journey south on horseback this morning.
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Pony Express
Virginia
Alma Shumaker
Middletown
Frederick
Gallion
Ohio
West Patrick Street
U-Boat commander turns humane after tanker attack
New York report says an Axis submarine commander after firing two torpedoes at a Panamanian tanker near Trinidad on March 13 sheltered survivors in lifeboats. One of 39 crew died from burns. the master and officers were from Nazi-occupied countries. The commander allegedly steered to aid survivors and offered medical supplies and help. The rescue ship took the remaining men after 22 days at sea.
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New York
Third Naval District Headquarters
Trinidad
United States
Jury Rules for Defendant in $50,000 Damage Suit
A Rockville circuit court jury awarded no damages to Dr. Patrick Martin, Mt. St. Mary's College physician, in the May 16, 1941 collision with Williamsport Trucking Co. near the college campus. The panel deliberated just over an hour before verdict, with witnesses for both sides including Dr. Martin, Wally Opekun, and Dr. Cadle for the plaintiff, and driver A Hummel and clerk Ellis Wachter for the defendant.
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Rockville
Patrick F. Martin
Mt. S*‘. Mary's College
Emmitsburg
Williamsport
Mertin
Route 15
Stedman Prescott
Martin
Wally Opekun
Mt. St. Mary's College
W R. Cadle
Norman Boone
Metropolitan Police Department
Washington
A. Hummel
Ellis C. Wachter
Robert Peter
W. Clinton McSherry
Foster Fanseen
Baltimore
Benjamin G Wilkinson
Austin James
Fire brigade alert as low wire nearly causes injury
A fireman on the Citizens truck narrowly avoided being struck by a low hanging wire at South and Water streets while responding to a 129 Water Street fire. Firemen say night alarms could have hidden the wire, risking serious injury. the pumper and flood light truck arrived just before 3 pm, sparking roof shingles but causing little damage before firefighters doused the blaze. The text also notes an old estimate placing world population at about 50 million at the time of Christ.
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Citizens
Water Street
Robert Hiltner
Water
Hiltner
United
Definite Wasting Found in Quint Marie’s Thigh
Marie Dionne, eight year old, shows definite wasting of the right thigh and calf but no organic nervous lesion after examination at Toronto Sick Children’s Hospital. Doctors Boyer McDonald and Joyl report leg and foot respond normally, with no nerve disease. The quintuplets turn eight on May 28 and Marie will return home by automobile.
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Toronto
Marie Dionne
Toronto Hospital
Marie
George F. Boyer
John Laing McDonald
I Joyl
Callender
Oliva Dionne
Draft Law Catches Up To Board Members
Frederick County draft boards enforce a 45 to 65 draft rule this weekend with all but one member registered. Charles H. Feete of Board 1 is exempt from registration. Board 2 members Harry J. Leichert John V. Nicodemus and Wilbur W. Baker will register this weekend and answer standard questions. Chief Clerk George C. Slagle will register next, leaving Phillip H. Beard to supervise Board 2 operations. Parsons Newman and William B. Bennett of Board 1 resign as board members to pursue defense work or armed service if drawn.
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Frederick County
Charles H. Feete
Garland
Hightman
Mr. Feete
Number 2 Board
Harry J. Leichert
John V. Nicodemus
Wilbur W. Baker
George C. Slagle
Phillip H. Beard
Parsons Newman
William B. Bennett
Top Hat Minstrels Joyful Lewistown Community Hall Success
The third annual Top Hat Minstrel program by the Utica Lutheran Woman's League in Lewistown Community Hall drew praise for its financial and social success. Members and friends who debut in 1940 formed a core for gatherings, rehearsals, and evenings of fellowship enjoyed by the entire group. The League thanks audiences and all contributors.
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Lewistown
Utica Lutheran Woman’s League
Hand Amputation After Ax Accident In Hagerstown
Paul L Smith, 21 year old son of Kennard Smith of Lantz, suffered a severe hand injury while playing with an axe at his home Wednesday. The hand was amputated at the wrist at Washington County Hospital in Hagerstown.
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Paul L Smith
Kennard Smith
Lantz
Washington County Hospital
Hagerstown
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William G Carr
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Sjaeliand
U. S
U 3
Gloria Harrison
Aberdeen-Angus Association
Yugoslavia
S Mihailovitch
Draja Mihailovitch
Mihailovitch
Quint
Delphey
West Patrick ST
C.E. Cline & Son
E. Patrick St
C. C. Carty, Inc
Frederick, Md
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