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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1942
Page
1
In a non mandatory statewide sugar registration, over 100 commercial sugar users registered at Frederick High School as part of a city and county drive. Registrants included butchers bakers grocers restaurant operators and other businesses. officials said forms filled beforehand sped processing.
Washington observers from the War Department and Selective Service urged government aid for dependents of armed forces members. Major William S. Richards and Major Francis V. Keesling testified before a Senate Military subcommittee on bills to create government allowances and mandatory pay allotments for service members dependents.
At the Chamber of Commerce annual meeting the United States reported a near 70 percent increase in aircraft production from March to the prior month. Officials said coal, power, construction, petroleum and machinery industries all supported wartime needs with rapid output and expanding capacity.
The 312th Air Base Squadron at Detrick Field expands with new personnel and equipment. Major 3. P. Carson, promoted from captain to lead as of February 1. Public warned to stay away from the field and sentries guard the perimeter. Plan for athletic gear includes a potential softball team to clash with rival squads.
Defense Transportation Director Joseph B. Eastman announced that taxicabs must halt cruising for the war, saying the highly personalized cab service cannot be maintained in a stripped-to-the-bone wartime economy after the prior year’s near one billion passengers.
The War Department said artillery from Manila Bay forts sank an armed Japanese vessel in the bay and disrupted troop concentrations on Cavite and Bataan shores. MacArthur HQ noted fewer Corregidor air raids, while Japanese artillery shelled the forts.
A tornado followed by a devastating fire left Crowell Texas effectively wiped out. At least six people died and many were injured as hospitals in Vernon Quanah and Chillicothe waited to treat victims. Deputy Sheriff Jerry Loper reported there was not an undamaged building left and the town was left without power as relief workers searched the wreckage.
Dr H C Byrd president of the University of Maryland will be the principal speaker at a May 7 dinner at the Vindo bona Braddock Heights for bankers of Group Two. About 200 are expected including Group Two members from Frederick Washington Montgomery Carroll Howard counties and representatives from the Maryland Bank Commissioner and the Federal Reserve Bank. Election of officers will take place with Richard F Green of Rockville presiding as chairman J H Cunningham of Westminster as vice chairman and Benjamin L Shuff of Frederick as secretary treasurer.
New York stock market today lifted from bearish tones in a broad rally. Prices of many leading shares rose, some by 2 to 3 points, marking the first upward thrust in over a week following yesterday’s slide to the lowest averages since April 27, 1933.
Canberra reports fresh American reinforcements arrive in Australia with strong units and munitions, Curtin says a war conference is formed with MacArthur, and offensive plans are under way despite imminent Japanese attacks. Allied raids target Lae and Port Moresby as air bases are reinforced.
The RAF attacked the German naval base at Kiel and pounded Trondheim in a daylight strike. Details of subsequent missions showed heavy emphasis on coastal targets with allied air superiority reinforced by carrier and bomber formations. No immediate casualty figures were reported.
Chungking April 29 Japanese spearhead thrusts northward to within 50 miles of Lashio Burma. Tanks and planes supported the advance as another column moved westward. Previous reports had Lashio 100 miles away with Chinese troops pulling supplies out. The latest move centers on Mansam 50 miles north of Lashio and Mongyai about 35 miles south. The Chinese form a front near Mongyai to Hsipaw along the Mandalay Lashio railway.
President Roosevelt praised Captain Hewitt Wireless for flying a Flying Fortress past 18 pursuing Japanese planes 75 miles. The pilot listened at home with his 23-year-old wife Raymonda Jean Wheless and their six month old daughter. His parents in Menard Texas also listened unaware he would be mentioned.
Washington reports President Roosevelt comments on unconfirmed Japanese bombing claims. He notes Tokyo and other war centers may have suffered indignities, marking a historic moment should the reports prove true. Strong emphasis on potential shame and wartime impact.
The RAF attacked Kiel navy base and Trondheim for the second night in a row while raids hit Ghent power stations and occupied low country airdromes. One German night fighter was shot down and a British bomber lost off North Cornwall. York endured a heavy raid in reprisal with civilian casualties, including two nuns.
Kuibyshev April 29 dispatches report a 45 mile Soviet advance in four days as Red Army crossed a major river amid fierce Nazi air opposition. German aerial troops intensified efforts to block bridge repairs, fearing spring floods would hinder the advance. Exact river not disclosed. observers note possible among several defended streams.
Presidents of the AFL and CIO disclosed an agreement to settle all union jurisdiction disputes for the duration of the war. Mediation will be by labor's representatives on the War Labor Board, with arbitration as a fallback if mediation fails.
A two day strike by CIO cake oven workers at Bethlehem Steel Cambria works in Johnstown Pennsylvania today curtailed war orders. Company and union spokesmen estimate between 1,200 and 6,000 of about 15,500 employees are thrown out of work.
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