Scouts Plan Search for Hammer in Gillis Murder Case
Frederick area scouts alongside county authorities and State Police will hunt for the missing ball peen hammer linked to the murder of John H. Gillis, Plane No. 4 storekeeper. Russell A. Robertson, 20, allegedly confessed to the head wound attack during a robbery.
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Robertson
Horace M. Alexander
Carroll County
North Branch Bridge
Lewis Kline
Plane No. 4
Gillis
Fohertenn
Ridgeville
Baltimore
Kline
May Warmth Promises Record Heat For 1943
Early forecasts suggested today could be the warmest of the year as temperatures neared the 0 degree mark before 9 a.m. The Weather Bureau predicts a cooler afternoon with a high possibly below Easter Sunday’s 84 degree level. Local gardens and crops missed snow showers overnight, disappointing residents. A light shower yesterday added about a tenth of an inch, while clearing skies prevail. April’s heavy rains have left the month nearly half an inch above normal, narrowing this year’s prior dry spell.
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W. Q
W. O
Allied Merchant Ship Losses Were Greater
The Navy Department says total Allied merchant ship losses last year exceeded known construction by over a million tons, calculated from complete loss records minus incomplete construction data. The figure excludes new Allied nation construction but includes all merchant losses, discussed at a Knox Brester conference.
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Washington
Navy Department
Navy
Secretary of the Navy
Knox
Aaron O. Brester
R-Me
Senate War Investigating
Four Die in Collision on Burlington Branch Line
Four men were killed and 15 injured when a passenger car collided with a freight locomotive on a branch line of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad seven miles south of Aurora. Police and railroad officials investigated the wreckage as rescue crews worked at the scene.
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Aurora
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Here
Bari Airport Wiped Out By Attack By Liberators
Cairo April 2014 Bari airport fifty miles north of Taranto was nearly destroyed by 150 tons of bombs dropped by 70 United States Liberator bombers. The Ninth Air Force Bomber Command led the raid with British follow up that night causing large fires east of the airfield and heavy damage to hangars and repair plants.
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Cairo
Egypt
Bari
Taranto
Ninth Air Force Bomber Command
RAF
Adriatic
Jwere
A. G. Ent
Ninth Air Force
Bomber Command
Co. K. K. Comp_ton
Joseph
I John R
Killer) Kane
Shreveport
Francis B. Rang
Los Angeles
Calif
Lieut
Ed Jewett
Bonner Springs
Kans
U. S.1
Rhodes
Comenumiate
London
Mediterranean War
Europe
Air raid warning plan expands city siren network
The county Office of Civilian Defense says the city will use City Hall horns Hood College and Derrick Field sirens plus pole mounted units for alert coverage with fifteen warning points. A noon Saturday test will include all devices.
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County Office of Civilian Defense
City Hall
jHood College
Derrick Field
OCD
Hood College
Detrick
Eleven killed as plane crashes into bus in Scotland
London reports eleven people died and six were badly injured when a plane fell onto a bus in southeast Scotland yesterday afternoon, covering the scene with blazing gasoline as fires spread. The incident stunned observers and prompted emergency responders to rush to the crash site.
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London
Scotland
Tests Show Captured Axis Armament At Aberdeen Proving Ground
Exhaustive tests of captured Axis materiel flown from Africa and Southwest Pacific battle trains show that German equipment is the best, with American weapons performing well in firing tests. Lieut Col G Barrett, chief of the ray materiel branch at Aberdeen, states American weapons are equal or superior to many foreign designs.
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Aberdeen
Absah Proving Ground
G. Barrett
Aberdeeg
Hahan
Caida
Attacks on Kiska Reported by Navy Dept
Navy communique details 13 air attacks on Japanese positions on Kiska Island in the western Aleutians by Allied forces including Canadians and Americans. The report notes conscription of Canadian pilots and destruction of several buildings, with earlier Allied raids on Kahili Ballate Vila and North Head. Bond set at 1009 dollars for David Ligos after perjury charge in immoral show trial.
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Washington
Kiska Island
Aleutians
Navy
South Pacific
Kahili
Ballate
Shortland Island
Vila
Solomons
Flying Fortress
North Pacific
Kiska
Liberator
Mitchell
Lightning Pdi
Curtiss
North Head
Lipps
David Ligos
Yeterday
Navy food probe widens to wasteage in service
Chairman Truman discloses the Senate War Investigating Committee is checking on waste in the Navy and Army, focusing on procurement and supply practices. The panel seeks to root out mismanagement as part of ongoing investigations.
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NAVY
Washington
Truman
D-Mo
Seae War Investigating Committee
T Eday Committee
Army
Pearson Gets New Trial in High Court Ruling
The Maryland Court of Appeals reversed a Montgomery County Circuit Court verdict that found Archie Lee Pearson guilty of rape and sentenced him to death. A new trial was ordered, with Judge Ridgely P. Melvin criticizing the trial record as weak and inadequate. The court also ruled on two tax and corporate cases involving a Baltimore printing plant and Standard Oil of New Jersey.
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Annapolis
Court of Appeals
Circuit Court
Montgomnery County
Archie Lee Pearson
Ridgely P. Melvin
Rulines
Vicuit Court
Pearson
Baltimore Eits
Appelate
Standard Oil Company of
New Jeresey
State Tax Commission of Maryland
Baili- Mores
Help Promised to Farmers by Government
Washington promises aid to farmers to harvest a crucial crop. Food Administrator Chester C. Davis urges planting beyond current capacity and mobilizing latent labor resources. Immediate action requested to sow seeds and expand harvesting machinery supply through government cooperation.
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Washington
Chester C. Davis
Davis
Eight Die as Navy Transport Plane Crashes Near Oakland
A Navy twin engined transport crashed into a hill ten miles east of Oakland airport killing eight of ten crew aboard and seriously injuring two. Newsmen visiting the scene under Naval Guard found the fuselage pancaked on the hillside with wings sheared off.
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Oakland
Calif
Todav
Tornado Toll Grows In Ohio Compounding War Strain
Destruction topped one million dollars as four tornadoes swept through northeastern Ohio damaging about 2 000 homes and several war plants. Two Akron orphans died when a barn collapsed near Medina. Residents faced widespread injuries and power outages while disaster workers rushed to Cleveland and Akron hospitals.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Akron
Fremont
Richard Pitternoster
Anthony Fersbach
Medina
G& GG
Andrus
Covernment
U.S. to Break All Records in Shipbuilding Output
Rear Admiral Emory S. Land announced at the U S Chamber of Commerce that American yards will build nearly 19 million deadweight tons of dry cargo vessels and tankers this year, a record surpassing last year’s 8 million. He pressed for capacity to reach 20 million tons annually and about 2,000 merchant ships per year with steel and manpower. The event featured Chester C. Davis, Joseph B. Eastman, and William L. Batt as speakers.
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New York
Emory S. Land
United States Maritime Commission
United States Chamber of Commerce
Admiral Land
Chester C Davis
Food Production and Distribution Administration
Joseph B. Eastman
Office of Defense Transportation
William L. Batt
War Production Board
WLB Seeks Leeway In Handling Wage Inequalities
Washington April 28 The War Labor Board proposes a modification of the April 8 executive order to grant leeway in wage and salary inequalities. A WLB memorandum reached the Burr desk as he planned talks with a joint committee of employers and CIO United Auto Workers in southwestern Michigan. The UAW 115 international executives plan a two day Washington meeting to discuss wage and manpower provisions with union leaders and government officials.
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Washington
Tas War Labor Board
James JF. Byrne
WLB
Burr
CIO
United Auto Workers
Michigan
Izgor
United Air Worker
International Executive Board
Lac Union Teadhers
Coal Mine Strikes Hit West Virginia and Alabama
A Morgantown county meeting shows Monongalia miners will not return to work until a working agreement with operators is reached. Alabama operators urge UMWA to withdraw Friday’s temporary contract cancellation affecting about 100 percent of coal mines. In Drumbeller valley Alberta the 12 day strike ended with workers planned to return tomorrow morning.
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Charleston
W. Va
Manorgalia
West
McDowell County
Morgantown
Union Amigrats
United Mine Workers
Fect
Monongalia County
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
United Mine Workers of
Amelia
District 20
Alberta
Canada
Drumbeller
Alta
SOL
Drumbeller Valley
Income tax pay as you go plan reform debated
Washington April 28 The Ways and Means committee unveiled a pay as you go plan taxing a portion of wages while applying collections to future taxes. It would front load four years of taxes in three and lower 1942 rates with deductions tables for various family situations. The plan requires March 15 settlements and offers discounts for early payments.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Joe
Delinquent Youths Admit Pool Room Theft
Two Brunswick High School youths, Robert Leo Hawes and Rona N. Phillips, were adjudged delinquent after admitting to a pool room break in which about 16 dollars was stolen. Phillips unlocked the rear window. both were paroled to parental custody under Children’s Aid Society supervision. A second Juvenile Court case involving the Virtz brothers was continued for home investigations amid concerns of parental influence and conduct. Buffalo meat noted as a pioneer staple.
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Brunswick High Schoo
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Children’s Aid Society
William Houck
Robert Leo Hawes
Rona N. Phillips
Parsons
Phillips
Hawes
Seiher
Schnauffer
William C. Roderick
Roderick Can
Chester F
Garland E. Virtz
Howard Virtz
U S Second Army Corps Gains In Hill Battle
Allied reports say U S Second Army Corps made progress in the Medjez El Bab area and northern Tunisia as American, British, French, and Eighth Army units pressed a stubborn Axis bridgehead. Air forces hit enemy concentrations and targets while German fuel carriers and a merchant vessel were sunk. Pont Du Fahs remained a strategic focal point as forces closed in.
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North Africa
Mateur
Bizerte
Medjerda
Tunis
Tunisia
Medjes- El-Bab
George 8. Patton, Jr
Jurgen von Arnim
Germany
Djebel Dardysy
Nerva Athes
Medjez-El-Bab
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U. S. Army Corps
K. A. N. Anderson
Flest
Pont du Fahs
Eighth Army
Villacidro
Sardinia
Gulf of Tunis
High Command
Thmmnatsars
Fe Pandy
Rome
Cagliari
Siglian
Pont du Faris
Pont du Fans
Skely
Final Exams For Two Local Draft Board Officials
Charles Blain Forney of Tower Apartments is slated for final physical in Baltimore for probable induction as a volunteer officer candidate. Harry Eugene Trails of 13 Virginia Avenue Bruns is also listed for final exam and probable induction at the induction station today.
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Charles Blain Forney
Tower Apartments
Afiatea Cal Sane
Baltimore
Te Army
Aoolunteer
Harry Eugene Trails
Virginia Avenue
Bruns
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Cumberland
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High Court
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Alaska
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U. S. Air Force
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George Zielke
Maual Management-Labor Committee
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U.S. Second Army
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