President Urges Wages Stabilization In Wartime
President Roosevelt outlined a seven point plan to curb cost of living increases and stabilize wages during wartime. He called for wage stabilization, farm price parity action, heavier taxes on incomes and bonds, price ceilings, rationing, and discouraging credit buying, with labor disputes handled by the war labor board. He stressed contracts must stand, overtime pay remains time and a half, and urged radio remarks to explain the program.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
Barkley
White House
House
Organized Labor
War Labor Board
2000 Finnish Troops Killed in Russian Offensive
London reports nearly two thousand Finnish soldiers killed last week as Soviet forces gain ground in Lapland during a spring offensive. battle lines extend inside 1939 Finnish borders while Red Army seeks to seal Arctic port access to Murmansk and Archangel. German raids and mixed Finnish German air crews support northern operations.
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London
Lapland
Red
Finland
Murmansk
Archangel
Leningrad
Lenningrad
Maehinke
Moscow
Noink
Camp Peniel Leased to U S Group from Church
Camp Peniel near Thurmont five miles west on Foxville road has been leased to the government for the duration of the war and six months after at 601 dollars a year. The lease, signed by camp trustees and government representatives, awaits War Department approval. The five acre tract is guarded and encircled by the Catoctin Recreational Area. The Church of the Brethren may receive lease terms or sale options were discussed, with sale priced around 8500 reported.
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Camp Peniel
Church of the Brethren
Thurmont
Foxville Road
Ralph E. Shober
Mr. Shober
War Department
Church of the Brethren Board
Catoctin
Chest Workers In First Meet Friday May 1
A. C. Stine announced the Community Chest campaign opening date moved from May 4 to Friday May 1 to avoid a clash with a fraternal meeting. The drive runs May 4 to 11 with an aim of 16520 for seven agencies and Fortune magazine predicts a ten percent boost in wartime drives.
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Community Chest
A. C. Stine
Stine
Fortune Magazine
Frederick
Germans Astonished At Speech By Hitler
London reports quote Reuters that a Berlin correspondent for the Basler Nachrichten notes the German public was astonished by Hitler's demand for far reaching powers. The dispatch says Berlin was surprised by his silence on past German successes and by a lack of his usual predictions about events.
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London
Reuters
Berlin
National Zeitung
Bazel
Switzerland
Hitler
Vichy Denies Reports on Japanese Madagascar Presence
London reports that the Vichy radio issued an official statement denying foreign reports of Japanese elements on Madagascar and saying calm prevailed on the French island off East Africa.
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London
Vichy
Madagascar
East Africa
All Local Sugar Sales To Halt At Midnight
Sugar sales were halted at midnight for one week during a city and county registration period to be held tomorrow and Wednesday at high schools. Merchants and consumers rushed to stock up, while rationing officials note many will need to account for on hand quantities at registration. Industrial and institutional buyers must register Tuesday and Wednesday from 2 to 6 pm, with forms available at the Rationing Board, Board of Education, and high schools, and certificates issued based on past business volume and current stock.
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County Rationing Board
Patrick Courts
Board of Education
Church Street
U S Destroyer Sturtevant Sunk Off Florida Coast
The Navy reports the destroyer Sturtevant sunk off the Florida coast by an underwater explosion within the past 24 hours. Loss of life was small and most crew reached port, with next of kin being notified.
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Washington
Navy
Sturtevant
Florida
Atlantic Coast
Ineligible To Continue On Welfare Board
The Frederick County Welfare Board chair Rev W C Royal will not be eligible for reappointment at term end May 31. Ernest R Shriver of Emmitsburg also faces term expiration. State requires county input of eligibles while avoiding officials or overactive political figures. six year terms with no salary. Royal has served since 1935 and chaired since 1940. The county will not yet submit names for the June vacancies.
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State Department of Welfare
W. C. Royal
Frederick County Welfare Board
State Board
J. Milton Patterson
Mr. Royal
Ernest R. Shriver
Emmitsburg
State Welfare Department
Royal
Lewis R. Dertzbaugh
Bomber Crash in Paramaribo Reveals Minor Injuries
A United States bomber crashed near Paramaribo Surinam on Saturday. The crew sustained only minor bruises. The cause of the accident and crew names were withheld. US troops are stationed in the Dutch colony at the Dutch government’s request.
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Paramaribo
Surinam
Dutch Guiana
United States
Aneta
Market Reverses Drift Amid Light Demand and Ration Plan
New York reports a partial market rebound with modest gains across most sectors as demand stays light. Blue chips see some gains while the Office of Price Administration enacts an “allowable inventory” adjustment affecting sugar certificates and delivery limits for retailers and wholesalers under the rationing system.
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New York
Rostock Rocks Over Four Nights of RAF Bombing
British bombers blitz Rostock for the fourth straight night targeting the Heinkel plant. Docks at Dunkerque and French airfields also hit as RAF forces unleash wide raids from the Baltic to the Channel. Sixteen bombers return safely, with several enemy ships and fighters destroyed or damaged. The Bath raid follows Rostock operations, while Berlin claims limited German gains.
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London
Baltic
Rostock
Heinkel
France
Air Ministry
Dunkerque
Low Countries
Danish
North Sea
Hitler
Britain
Bath
Mardyck
le Touquet
Boulogne
Calais
RAF
Channel
Berlin
Bristol
England
English Channel
Hazebrouck
St. Omer
Allied Bombers Blast Bases At Lae And Bougainville
Allied bombers struck enemy bases at Lae New Guinea and Bougainville in the Solomon Islands. Japanese losses included four planes destroyed, one in the air and three on the ground, as Allied forces press the offensive. The report notes Canberra warnings of possible direct Japanese attacks on Australia and potential large-scale naval engagement between the United States and Japan near the Pacific front. The Darwin raid drew heavy Japanese losses, with 11 planes shot down. In a separate local note, Mrs. Mullinix’s will names her sisters as heirs and executrices.
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Allied
Australia
Lae
New Guinea
Bougainville
Solomon Islands
United States
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Marshall Islands
Marshalls
Hawaii
Francis Forde
Canberra
Forde
Darwin
Arthur
Drakeford
Tokyo
Japan
Philippines
County quotas set for May tire and tube supplies
State Rationing Administrator Louis C. Burr announced May quotas for Frederick County. Passenger cars require 24 new tires, 325 retreads, 207 tubes. Trucks and buses have 134 new tires, 214 retreads, 225 tubes.
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Louis C. Burr
Frederick County
Flight Of Jap Planes Shot Down By AVG
Chungking dispatch reports Flying Tigers of the American Volunteer Group shot down a Japanese plane flight last Saturday near Loilem on the Burma front without any losses to AVG forces.
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Chungking
Burma
Flying Tigers
Loilem
Chinese Army Recaptures Hopong Southeast of Mandalay
Lieut. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell's Chinese forces report recapturing Hopong and extending their southeast guarding position for Mandalay. Taunggyi and Meiktila area actions continue with delaying actions against Japanese spearheads. Flying Tigers reportedly destroyed five Japanese planes near Loilem on the Burma front.
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Chungking
Joseph W. Stilwell
Hopong
Mandalay
Taunggyi
Pyinmana
Tatkon
Pyawhwe
Meiktita
Thaii
Flying Tigers
Loilem
Burma
U S Guns Break Up Jap Concentration at Bataan Peninsula
The War Department reported artillery fire from Corregidor disrupted a Japanese troop concentration on the Bataan Peninsula and set many enemy trucks afire. Corregidor endured its 250th air raid alarm as dive bombers attacked both Corregidor and Fort Hughes and shelled by heavy Japanese artillery. The communique noted landings on New Caledonia under Major General Alexander Patch Jr.
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Washington
War Department
Corregidor
Bataan
Philippines
Fort Hughes
Cor 1Regidor
Manila Bay
New Caledonia
Australia
Alexander M. Patch, Jr
Hitler Speech Shows Him To Be Frantic
Secretary Hull said Hitler’s Reichstag address appeared frantic and hurried. He noted the urgent meeting and repeated postponement of a promised German victory, suggesting Hitler now viewed Germany’s prospects with desperation.
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Hitler
Washington
Hull
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Fuehrer
Reichstag
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Orphans Courts
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Robert K. Kennedy
Stilwell
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