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Location

Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Date

Feb 23, 1944

Page

8

Wadsworth Attacks Roosevelt Policies At Maryland Banquet

Rep James W Wadsworth of New York assailed President Roosevelt over OPA farm subsidies and price ceilings at the Frederick County G O P Club dinner in Baltimore He urged Congress as essential to the nation's welfare and urged voters to weigh Washington's Farewell Address in the current crisis The event featured Beall Felton and Wanchter with Ruth Dixon Thomas singing and Stephens Orchestra Also Baltimore announces USS Refuge commission as naval hospital ship Madison gains new life

George Washington Frederick County G. O. P. Club Francis Scott Key James W. Wadsworth New York Thirty Roosevelt Congress OPA White House Beall Wadsworth J Glenn Beall Maryland Senate Holden S. Felton Merril F. Wanchter Ruth Dixon Thomas Paul A. Smith Joseph Stephens Washington House Fas Baltimore U . S Refuge President Madison Naval Hospital Maryland Dry Dock Company President Lines Pearl Harbor The American Red Cros

Plans For Work For Returning Soldiers In Frederick

John Ed Schell Jr and Robert L Smith chairs of sub committees of the Frederick County Committee for Economic Development outlined plans to provide employment for returning soldiers and war plant workers. Surveys already completed and others in progress were explained to show local post-war development possibilities. Mrs Ransom R Lewis Jr, president of the league, said the next meeting will study the 1942 Frederick County audit and noted sheriff office operating costs and medical examiner expenditures as points for study.

John Ed Schell, Jr Robert L Smith Frederick County Committee For Economic Development League of Women Voters Frederick County Ransom R. Lewis, Jr League Sheriff's Ofice

Allied Victory May Be Later

Washington reports Churchill avoids victory prediction for 1944 and Roosevelt endorses that stance, noting German morale and capacity could extend the war into 1945. Analysts see Europe behind schedule, while the Pacific may run ahead, with Rome and Teheran timetable cues guiding invasion prep.

Washington Churchill Germany Roosevelt Swith Lord Halifax War Department Red Army Russia Taly Europe Rome Teheran Kwajalein Marshal Islands Truk Japan

Newly Built Jap Airdrome Smashed by Allied Bombing

Allied bombers from Solomon Islands airfields struck Lakunai airdrome at Rabaul with 52 tons of bombs on Sunday, starting five large fires. No aerial resistance was met, and reconnaissance showed Rabaul's air strength was unusually low, with fewer than 100 planes counted. Ships in the harbor were also reduced in number, and Japanese activity at the base appeared to wane.

Allied Southwest Pacific Rabaul New Britain Solomon Islands Lakunai Japan South Pacific New York Domei Asiatic Press Today United States Truk Tokyo Hideki Tojo Dome Bioadcat Imperial Headquarters Tojo Gen Sugiyama Osami Nagano Navy Japanes Nes

Washington's Birthday Observed by Kiwanis Club at Luncheon

William B Bennett addressed Kiwanis members and Hood College guests at the Francis Scott Key Hotel luncheon. He linked Washington era hardships to modern soldiers and stressed home support. Guests included Hood students and Kiwanis officials with readings and group singing.

William B. Bennett Kiwanis Club Hood College Francis Scott Key George Washington Mr. Bennett Washington Bennett Harry O. Schroeder Ruth Perry Hood June Correll Brooklyn N. Y Betty Reisenwitz Vineland N. J Patricia Wood Martinsburg W. Va Marilyn Barnett New Orleans Helen Enany Marjorie Swan Connellsville Ann Mead New Canaan Conn Janet Coblentz Middletown Beulah Munshower Frederick Charles Taylor Kiwanis Charles W. Held Towson Richard Zimmerman Francis B. Sappington Col F. C. Rogers Infantry University of Michiga Walter G. Crowther, Jr India Robert L. Smith W. Merval Weaver

Compromise On Soldier Dean Of Municipal Vote Bill Is Fading

Washington February 22 A key clash over a Federal ballot plan for armed forces undermines a long sought service vote compromise House conferees may abandon the Federal ballot idea insisting on state absentee ballots Rankin and Worley clashed over ballot validation and the issue remained unresolved as the conferees met A second item concerns the death of Dr John E Lind a noted psychiatrist Millers coroner jury held the municipal court dean for grand jury action after he refused to testify in the inquest Mrs Miller pictured near collapse testified as a potential witness in the city shooting case

East Washington States Rights House Senate Rankin D-Miss Rep Worley D-Tex Robert I Miller John E. Lind Miller Dr. Lind

Weverton Soldier Killed In Action

Pvt Gerald Tritappe of Weverton was killed in action in Italy on January 27. Parents Mr and Mrs Charles Tritappe received a War Department telegram Tuesday morning with condolence and notice of his death. He had served in Italy several months after being inducted a little over a year ago and had worked at the Fairchild plant in Hagerstown before enlisting.

Gerald Tritappe Weverton Italy War Department Charles Tritappe Pythtappe Fairchild Hagerstown

Rome Should Be Saved by Vatican Radio

Vatican Radio quoted Pope Pius II saying Rome should be saved as war belligerents agreed to spare monuments of Athens and Cairo. The broadcast noted Mt Cassino Abbey had already been destroyed, emphasizing Rome as a religious center despite the war.

London Vatican Radio Pius II Cairo Athens Rome Associated Press Mt. Cassino

Bond Sales Mount

Maryland Fourth War Loan sales totalled 267 million dollars, reaching 140 percent of the 191 million quota. Individual sales stood at 87 million, about 94 percent of the quota. Maryland ranked third in oversubscription nation-wide, behind North Dakota and Mississippi.

Mount Baltimore Maryland War Finance Howard W. Jackson Page Treasury Federal Reserve Bank Free State North Dakota Mississippi

Allied Air Strikes Hit German Fighter Plants In Europe

Heavy American Eighth Air Force from Haritain and the Fifteenth from Italy bombed Junkers factories at Sternburg Regensburg Aschersleben and Halberstadt in a coordinated raid. About 41 bombers missing, German pilots claimed, while 133 Nazi fighters were shot down. London reported raids on Rernburg airframes and Dalmatian coast targets as attackers pressed deep into German airspace.

London Eighth Air Force Haritain 15Th Air Force Italy Sternburg Regensburg Aschersleben Halberstadt U S Strategic Air Forces Europe U. S. Army Air Force Frankfurt Radio Britain Rernburg Germany Zagreb

Bombing raids over Regensburg and Bernburg reported heavy action

Allied aircrews from Italy and the Mediterranean command attacked Regensburg near Munich and Bernburg aircraft plant. Bombers faced stiff escort and anti aircraft fire with crews reporting hits and long routes, while bombers from wandering formations battled fierce opposition and fuel shortages on missions across Europe.

Schweinfurt George R. Spier Miami Oklo Laurence R. Stevenson Lewiston Idaho Bernburg Italy Britain Regensburg Mediterranean Air Command Munich Foggia Zagreb Zara Silenik Messerschmitt Europe United States

Espionage arrests in Chile directorate raid

Anibal Jara, director general of the Chilean Information Department, announced that 14 suspects were arrested for espionage and all have confessed. The disclosure came during a press briefing in Santiago on February 22.

Santiago Chile Anibal Jara Chilean Information Department

Trailer And Cargo Burn In Route 40 Crash

A Maryland transportation firm lost a trailer and its cargo in a fire after the unit ran off Route 40 near Ridgeville Tuesday night. The load, mainly matches plus meat, cigarettes, and tobaccos, was destroyed. Driver Jesse L. Clark escaped unharmed. Officials estimated damage between 10 000 and 15 000 dollars. Fire crews from Mt Airy fought the blaze but could not save the trailer. Fog and bad driving conditions contributed to the accident.

Maryland Transportation Company Fie Ridgeville Mt. Airy Volunteer Fire Company Frank Badger Jesse L. Clark North Market Street Clark Route 140

Army bomber crash kills 11 in New Jersey mountains

State police reported an Army bomber crashed in the Kittatinny Mountains near Millbrook New Jersey. Eleven bodies were recovered from the burning wreckage.

Millbrook N. J Kittinany Mountains

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