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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1942
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Best estimates place about 6000 men aged 45 to 65 registered across Frederick city and county in a three day fourth draft. Officials race to compile totals from nine schools as Board One projects 3400 to 3600 and Board Two up to 2600.
The Admiralty announced that four enemy ships were successfully attacked in the Mediterranean by British submarines. The report from London dated April 28 confirms the coordinated naval action amid continued operations in the region.
A fierce tornado struck Pryor Oklahoma collapsing Main Street and injuring more than 250. Martial law was imposed with the highway patrol in command as the Oklahoma Ordinance Works aided in relief. Dozens of buildings were destroyed and multiple deaths confirmed including eight trapped in a trailer camp and others in a grocery and cafe.
A 16 day dry spell near the end as clouds increased and forecasters offered rain may come. The region logged no measurable rainfall since April 11, leaving April two and a half inches below normal. Fish ing Creek reservoir spillway slowly diminished while the dam remains full. Temperatures cooled with a 37 degree low and 71 degree high, a 16 degree fall from Sunday.
James W. Chapman Jr of Baltimore past president and secretary of the Maryland Bar Association will speak at the annual Past Masters meeting of Columbia Lodge No 58 A F and A M at the Mazonic Temple Monday at 730 PM A dinner at 615 precedes the regular communication Lynch Lodge No 163 members and other lodges are invited Merkle F Wachter is Worshipful Master and Frank H Lewis chairs the arrangements committee.
Washington April 28 United States Commissioner of Education John W Studebaker announced that gasoline rationing registration for May 12 13 and 14 would be conducted at schools in 17 states plus the District of Columbia and Bristol Tennessee Sugar rationing registration will be held May 4 to 7 He urged superintendents and teachers to volunteer to handle registrations for the Office of Price Administration and said four staff members left for conferences in the affected area States listed include Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Maine Maryland Massachusetts New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Carolina Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Virginia and West Virginia
War dispatches report Adolf Hitler cashiered the 163rd German division commander amid Red Army gains on the Finnish front. Lieutenant General Engelbrecht reportedly dismissed as part of a broader German command reshuffle. Moscow communique notes Red Army repulsed German attempts to wedge into Soviet lines.
New York Times dispatch from Bern reports Hitler's Sunday speech unsettled Rome and prompted talk of a government shake up. King Vittorio Emanuele held talks excluding Mussolini and Ciano, with Badoglio seen as an opponent, amid rumors of policy ramifications.
Chungking reports say Japanese forces close on Lashio and Mandalay routes, threatening Allied Burma defenses. Reinforcements from Malaya push toward Mandalay Sashio while AVG reels in eleven Japanese planes from a northern Burma raid. Chinese and British sources warn of the Burma Road extension and looming oil and supply cutoffs as Japan seeks to outpace monsoon threats.
Mr and Mrs Elmer E Long Sr received a letter from their son Corp Elmer E Long Sr Headquarters Company First Battalion 4th Marines stating he is safe and well The letter mailed February 22 gives no location He had not written for six months since leaving Shanghai and has served in the Pacific for years
Lloyd Zimmerman of West Fifth street an employee at the Frederick Tron and Steel Company was injured at the plant when a wrench struck his head while unloading a car of coke. He was taken by ambulance to Frederick City Hospital with a lacerated scalp and possible concussion. condition improving.
New York April 28 buyers remained lukewarm in trading with rails and specialty issues showing slight strength while leading stocks tended to drift lower. The piece notes a cautious mood among investors and mentions an American soldier drinking about four cups of coffee daily.
Washington April 28 40 hour week labor bill moved to delay after Sen Connally withdrew a motion to bring up a war plant seizure bill sparking controversy with the President. Byrd secured a one day or week delay while amendments could suspend the 40 hour week and curb union activity, as Connally and Byrd debated wartime labor policy and a radio address by Roosevelt.
Washington April 28 Dryden deputy commissioner of work projects became acting head of the WPA to serve until Roosevelt names a successor to Commissioner Howard O Hunter who announced his resignation in New Orleans last night. Dryden a native of Pocomoke City Maryland previously headed Maryland WPA and the agency for several eastern states. During the first eleven centuries of her recorded history Japan was engaged in only one war abroad.
Russians gain control of the region around Lake Ilmen by capturing Borok the key rail town on the northwestern front. German pockets at Novgorod and Staraya Russa remain. Moscow radio confirmed the victory and experts said the advance flanked German positions north and south of the lake, threatening communications in the rear.
Allied reconnaissance planes report a large number of Japanese ships seen in the Bay of Bengal. The vessels are believed to be moving reinforcements of men and material toward the Burma front, according to informed sources.
President Roosevelt will deliver a half hour radio address at 10 o clock tonight to discuss his plan to control the cost of living. Officials said major networks will carry the speech, broadcast from the White House in Eastern War Time.
Bercuve Service bureau of Appeal for Western Maryland announced the results of several draft appeals heard before local boards. No classifications were assigned in most cases. Appealed names include Fenton Loraine Simpson Jr Libertytown James Newkirk Harwood Knoxville David Woodrow Barrier Mis Airy Charles Walter Moser Tiurman and Paul Elwood Schroyer Meyereville. Leslie George Shinham New Windsor was reclassified from 1-4 to 2-A.
British bomber squadrons struck Trondheim and Rhineland targets including Cologne as part of a five day campaign. Rostock’s Heinkel plant and surrounding facilities were damaged, fires raged, and 100,000 families were said homeless after the four raids on Rostock. Norwich and Bath also suffered heavy bomb damage with casualties reported.
Allied bombers and fighters pushed a broader aerial counter attack across the Pacific. MacArthur reports Darwin defenses downed seven enemy planes, plus an enemy transport destroyed at Kavieng. Bougainville and Faisi attack scrambles extended the reach of Allied air forces as Corregidor activity declined.
Berlin radio reports United States Ambassador to Vichy Admiral William Darlan met Admiral Jean Darlan, commander of French armed forces, in a call noted by German broadcasts.
Dr Henry J. Stahr of Hood College urged Frederick to support the Heartick Community Chest drive set for May 4. He said the campaign represents the minimum needed by seven agencies and that each dollar supports all agencies, stressing local community integrity and wartime solidarity.
The German radio said today a 7,500 ton Mexican tanker had been torpedoed off the American coast.
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