Local Negro Awaits Date For Death In Penitentiary
Paul Lawrence Allen a 30 year old Frederick Black man was sentenced by Judge Eugene O Dunne in Baltimore Criminal Court to be hanged for attempted assault on a young white woman. The watch left at the scene led to his identification and arrest. the victim identified him from photographs. Allen resides on East Street and worked at a shipyard in Baltimore. The judge said his alibi was false and ordered delivery to the Maryland Penitentiary until execution date is set.
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Maryland Penitentiary
Paul Lawrence Allen
Frederick Negro
Eugene O'Dunne
Baltimore
Allen
Allen Bartgis
Baltimore City
Bartgis
Raymond Allen
Paul Allen
Lieut
East Street
Catonsville
Park
O'Dunne
Supreme Bench of
Roosevelt seeks historic Navy appropriation for 1945
President Roosevelt asked the largest Navy appropriation in history for the 1945 fiscal year totaling 30,789,000,000 dollars. The proposal would rise from 27,435,037,197 dollars in 1944 and 23,608,852,547 dollars in the previous year. The War Department war program estimate for 1945 is 18,001,451,840 dollars versus 59,036,297,571 dollars in 1944.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Navy
War Department
Harry B. Wolf Dies at 63 Former Maryland Rep and Lawyer
Baltimore reports the death of Harry B. Wolf age 63 a famed criminal lawyer and former member of the Maryland House of Representatives. Wolf served in the Third Maryland District from 1907 to 1909 and was known in Baltimore political and legal circles.
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Harry B. Wolf
Baltimore
J. $. House of Representatives
Wolf
Maryland
Testimony in Staub appeal on sewer connection case heard
Testimony in the appeal case of J Marshall Staub concerning alleged failure to connect properties to the sanitary sewerage system wrapped up late yesterday before Chief Judge Edward Delaine. The case was to be argued this afternoon before Judge Delaplaine by counsel. Allied Headquarters Naples reports all 13 nurses who crash landed in Albania are safe after a 60 day journey through Nazi territory. The crew of four and 11 enlisted men are safe.
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J Marshall Staub
Edward 5. Delalaine
Delaplaine
Allied Headquarters
Naples
Alania
Julius You're 1 A Come Home Mother Notice
A personal notice from All Is Well New York dated February 17 reports Julius is classified 1 A and urged to return home by his mother in a brief family appeal.
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New York
Julius
Heavy March Preinduction Quotas Sent to Draft Boards
Local Draft Board One received a heavy March pre-induction quota from State Selective Service headquarters. The quota is expected to yield two early month calls with notices to registrants in the first group. call dates and exact numbers remain undisclosed.
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Selective Service
Baltimore
Pearl Harbor
Board One
Army
Navy
Board Two
Moscow Delights Mosquitoes Amid War Weather Oddity
Moscow residents describe an unseasonably warm February with mosquitoes in homes and jokes about a war warmed winter. Octogenarian Baranov and others recall past cold, while scientists offer no explanation for this springlike spell during midwinter. A separate police report notes a minor 12:45 a.m. collision on West Patrick street near the Tivoli theater between a Combs truck and Cavell’s taxi, with no charges and settlements arranged.
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Eddy Gilmo
Moscow
Vaselei Feydovitch Baranov
Afansasi Danilovich Chuprenko
Dyedooshka
Ukraine
Baltic
Siberia
James W. Combs
Bradbury Heights
West Patrick Street
Tivoli Theater
Ralph Cavell
East Seventh Street
Boone
Combs
New Halifax bomber joins RAF night raids on Berlin
London reports a new Halifax aircraft with a higher ceiling faster speed and greater climb rate is now taking part in RAF night raids on Berlin. The disclosure came to the department and indicates an escalation in Allied air operations over Germany.
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Halifax
London
Berlin
Snorer’s Night Knock Draws Court Grievance
In New York on February 17 a neighbor who knocked on a door to quiet a loud snoring husband faced the court. The woman admitted the midnight banging but said she only knocked when her neighbor’s husband’s snoring woke her. The magistrate declined to press a disorderly conduct charge.
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New York
Peace Now seditious acts cited by Dies committee
Washington February 17 The Dies committee turned over evidence to the Justice Department alleging the Peace Now movement engaged in seditious acts and treason. Chairman Dies said he would seek sedition prosecutions and monitor those involved while recommending deportation or detention for Peace Now field secretary John Albert Collett.
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Washington
Dies
Justice Department
Biddle
United States
George W. Hartman
Dorothy Hutchinson
Marjorie Ewbank
Bessie Simon
John Albert Collett
Oslo
Norway
Peace
Thanks to Contributors to National War Fund in Maryland
Rev. William C. Royal of Frederick received a message of appreciation from the National War Fund. The note thanks Maryland contributors and reports achievements made possible by nationwide gifts to the fund.
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National War Fund
Maryland
William C. Royal
Frederick
Frederick County
Davis Plans Protest To Army Over Dispatch Delays
Director Elmer Davis of the Office of War Information said he would represent to the Army today against the stoppage of direct filing of press dispatches from the Anzio beachhead in Italy.
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Washington
Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
Army
Anzio
Italy
Light criminal term planned for February session
State's Attorney William M. Storm said the February term opens Monday with plans to summon grand jury witnesses for two days, possibly three or four. The civil docket preliminary call occurred this morning. There are 67 trials on the docket, nine criminal appeals, and three criminal cases pending.
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William M. Storm
Swede Hagberg Named Navy Head Football Coach
Annapolis February 17 reports confirm Commander Oscar Emil Swede Hagberg has been officially appointed head football coach at the United States Naval Academy. The announcement settles weeks of circulating speculation about the football leadership.
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Annapolis
United States Naval Academy
Oscar Emil Swede) Hagberg
Russians Hit Narva and Pskov Advancing On Riga Axis
Soviet forces pressed toward Pskov from two directions as Russian naval guns battered Narva in the Gulf of Finland. Parachutists reportedly landed behind German lines near Vaivara and a bridgehead south of Narva remained intact though ice hindered supply. The Red Army threat to Pskov's rail and highway to Riga escalated, while German counterattacks intensified around Gdov in the Lake Peipus region.
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Stockholm
Narva
Gulf of Finland
Helsinki
Vaivara
Reval
Narova
Moscow
Red Army
Pskov
Lake Peipus
Samalva
Pskov-Riga
Riga
Red Star
Gdov
Frederick Schools Lead in Fourth War Loan Bond Drive
Frederick’s six schools accounted for 116,256.70 dollars in bonds and stamps sold during the Fourth War Loan drive. Frederick High School led with 378,648.90 dollars, including 3,864.15 in the final two days, with 90 percent of enrollment participating. Parkway and Lincoln schools followed with 16,076.30 and 9,159.90 dollars respectively. High school pupils contributed 8,688.50. elementary grades 471.40. Elm Street School’s sixth and seventh graders sold 7,989.65. North Market Street and Washington Street schools totaled 2,343.30 and 2,038.65 respectively.
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Frederick
Frederick High School
Parkway School
Lincoln School
Elm Street
North Market Street
Washington Street
War Production Board to issue rules for scarce goods
Washington February 17 The War Production Board will issue a directive to achieve a more equitable distribution of scarce consumer goods to retailers. The plan covers essentials like children's underwear outerwear garments bed sheets and other commodities to improve availability.
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Washington
War Production Board
Roosevelt Veto Threat on New Tax Bill Reported
President Roosevelt reportedly informed Congressional leaders that he plans to veto the $2 315 000 000 tax bill, saying it fails to yield enough additional revenue. Annapolis reports surplus funds totaling 17 045 143 on Jan 31, 1944 per State Comptroller J Millard Tawes.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congressional
Annapolis
J. Millard Tawes
Deferments Of Farm Workers To Be Re viewed By Draft Boards
Washington on February 17 Selective Service ordered draft boards to re view 1 7 million deferred farm workers and cancel deferments for those not meeting 16 war units a year. The policy ends eight unit rule and targets those not contributing to production as crop goals rise in 1944. Local boards will process 2-C workers first then move to 3-C, ending depen dency as a deferment ground. Aimed at keeping essential agriculture staffed while expanding manpower, the plan notes most non fathers under 22 in agriculture will not be renewed as of January 1. Meanwhile a separate report from Grundy Virginia details the recovery of six year old Jacqueline Owens and four others after a river accident.
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Washington
Selective Service
Agriculture Department
Tydings
Selective Service Act
Pravda Criticizes British War Prisoner Exchange
Pravda, the Soviet Communist party organ, published a lengthy piece February 17 criticizing Britain for an alleged prisoner exchange with Germany. The article asserts that Russia has never exchanged prisoners with the Germans.
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Pravda
Moscow
Britain
Germany
Communist Party
Governor OKs $12,000 for Maryland penal farm needs
Annapolis on February 17 Governor O Conor approved a budget amendment of $12,000 for the Maryland state penal farm to cover livestock feed and office maintenance and repair work.
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Annapolis
O'Conor
Maryland
Soldier craftsman’s pipe sells for big score in Tulagi
Cpl Richard Leichevert, home from the Southwest Pacific, tells of a soldier who carved a pipe in his spare time at Tulagi. A native bought it for 13 dollars, then sold it to a second American for 75 dollars who still believes it to be a rare native handicraft.
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Humboldt
Iowa
Richard Leichevert
Southwest Pacific
Tulagi
Missionaries on New Guinea killed by Japs
Japanese soldiers on New Guinea robbed imprisoned and killed missionaries in actions from Madang to Wewak. Father Crugsberg said over 200 missionaries were captured, mostly German nationals, with 20 to 30 rescued or escaped. At Wewak area two Germans were killed and others shot as natives dug graves. The group endured a four month trek to reach Australian lines after food denial and extended marches.
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New Guinea
Japan
Germany
Vern Haugland
Associated Press
Haugland
South Pacific
Solomons
Anthony Cruysberg
Madang
Wewak
Father Crugsberg
Avennus
Central New Guinea
Alexishafen
Medang
Judges To Be Bar's Speakers At Frederick Banquet
The Sixth Judicial Circuit judges will speak at the Frederick County Bar Association banquet at Hotel Frederick Monday at 6 30 p m. Committee chair Charles McC Mathias leads final plans with Walter Sinn and Richard Zimmerman. Judges include Chief Judge Edward Delaplaine and Associate Judges Patrick Schnaufter Charles Woodward and Stedman Prescott. Montgomery County Bar Association members are invited and expected. In President Leslie Coblentz’s absence, Mathias will preside as vice president.
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Sixth Judicial Circuit
Frederick County Bar Association
Frederick
Charles McC. Mathias
Walter E Sinn
Richard E. Zimmerman
Edward S. Delaplaine
Patrick M. Schnaufter
Charles W. Woodward
Stedman Prescott
Montgomery County Bar Association
Stock market shows mild rise amid scattered rails and industry
In New York on February 17 financiers noted mild gains in rails and industrials while the overall list remained largely apathetic to a full market recovery despite scattered pockets of activity.
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New York
Germans renew heavy assault on Allied beachhead south of Rome
Allied HQ at Naples reports fierce fighting along the Anzio coast as German forces press in with tanks and infantry after a heavy artillery prelude. American and British troops hold positions amid repeated German waves, while Allied air forces counter with extensive bombing and nearly 1,200 sorties.
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Naples
Rome
Cassino
Monte Cassino
Abbey Hill
Carroceto
Aprilia
Anzio
Denies Nazis In Papal Villa
Washington reports the Apostolic delegate to the United States states for the Vatican that Castel Gandolfo villa cannot be bombed as a military target. He quotes Cardinal Maglione confirming no German soldiers are within the neutral papal villa and that no German forces are present.
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Washington
United States
Amleto Giovanni Cicognani
Vatican
Castel Gandolfo
Italy
Cardinal Maglione
Pius XI
Papal
Castel-Gandolfo
Isis
Pontifical Villa
Named To Act As Agent Of Dairy's Receivers
Equity Court assigns Pauline Koontz as agent to manage Excelsior Sanitary Dairy for the receivers of the late Charles F. Rothenhoefer estate. Receivers Storm Rosenstock Sinn file $5,000 bond. Grayson Mercer and Kenneth Metcalfe named as appraisers for dairy property. Farmers and Mechanics National Bank named as depository funds.
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Equity Court
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Charles F. Rothenhoefer
Pauline Koontz
Excelsior Sanitary
William M. Storm
Benjamin B. Rosenstock
Walter E. Sinn
Grayson H. Mercer
Kenneth Metcalfe
Farmers and Mechanics National Bank
Vandals Deface Taney and Johnson Busts in Court House Park
Red paint covers the facial features of Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney and Maryland's first governor Thomas Johnson on their busts in Court House Park. The vandalism appears deliberate as the color remains fixed and cannot be wiped away, ruling out lipstick as a possibility.
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Court House Park
Roger Brooke Taney
Thomas Johnson
Maryland
Taney
Johnson
Hood College Feeds 900 Daily Despite Scarcity and Rationing
Hood College diners in Cablentz Hall serve about 900 people each day despite meat shortages and wartime rationing. Dietitian Martha C. Carson, assistant Elmer D. Zimmerman, and a 60 member staff plan balanced meals under a point system using college farm products and county-sourced ingredients.
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Hood College
Cablentz Hall
Martha C. Carson
Dietitian
Elmer D. Zimmerman
Chemical Aids Rescue of Netherlands Flyers
Netherlands pilots fighting Japanese off Australia use a powdered chemical sewn into belt pockets. When wet, it forms a liquid wall that repels sharks and colors to help rescuers spot downed airmen at sea. Aneta, Netherlands news agency, cited from Australia.
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San Francisco
Netherlands
Australia
Aneta
Eliminating Capital Goods In Lend-Lease
Washington reports a near total cut in capital goods shipments to Britain under lend-lease agreed by British and American supply officials. The move aligns exports with military needs as Britain’s plants mostly meet requirements with only occasional replacements.
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Washington
Britain
Water Resources Survey Proposed for Maryland
Annapolis February 17. A proposed survey of Maryland water resources at an estimated cost of 87000 dollars aims to supply data for a state water resources program. The plan was listed as the chief post war arm of the Department of Geology Mines and Water Resources in a report to Governor O Conor today.
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Annapolis
PRA
Maryland
Department of Geology, Mines and Water Resources
O'Conor
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Jacqueline Owens
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America
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Hood
Chemical Aids Rescue
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