Potomac Motor Lines seeks to resume bus service in Frederick
The Potomac Motor Lines of Hagerstown filed with the Public Service Commission to restart bus service in Frederick. President F H Urner outlined two routes to Camp Detrick with hourly service from 7 a m to 10 30 p m at a flat 10 cent fare, noting possible route changes due to war needs. The line last operated here in 1942, operating at a loss, and prior trolley and bus services ended for similar reasons.
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Potomac Motor Lines, Inc
Hagerstown
Public Service Commission
Frederick
F. H. Urner
Urner
Camp Detrick
Square Corner
North Market Street
Third
Rockwell Terrace
North College Parkway
West Fourth Street
West Seventh Street
Wilson Place
Square
West Patrick Street
West College Terrace
Jefferson
West South Streets
South Market Street
Potomac Lines
Potomac Edison Company
Potomac Motor Lines
Russians Close In On Pskov
London reports Soviet forces near Pskov within 15 miles cutting off German reinforcements and liberating over 210 towns and villages. British radio claimed forces from the north were 10 miles away. Hitler ordered defense to the last man. Also: a chimney fire at Arthur Sherald’s residence near Ijamsville was extinguished. damage minor.
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London
Red Army
Pskov
Baltics
Hitler
CBS
Maslogotitsky
Arthur Sherald
Ijamsville Road
Rosenman Denies Rosenman Tied to Tax Veto Message
White House secretary Stephen Early said Judge Samuel Rosenman had nothing to do with drafting the tax veto message that provoked a Congressional uprising against President Roosevelt last week.
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Rosenman
Washington
Stephen Early
White House
Samuel
Roosevelt
JAPS PUSHED BACK IN BURMA FRONT LINES
Allied pressure through Burma has forced Japanese back on multiple fronts spanning 500 miles from Akyab to the Hukawng valley. The Southeast Asia communique reported today details meaningful territorial reverses as Allied operations continue in the jungle theater. Cumberland MD aims to fill church vacancy after pastor death. Rev Henry Xn Doerres of Wooster Ohio invited to lead Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church in Cumberland.
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New Delhi
India
Burma
Akyab
Hukawng
Southeast Asia
Cumberland
Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church
Henry XN. Doerres
Wooster
Fred M. E. Grovelee
Try It And See
Gettysburg Pennsylvania February 28 An application to the local ration board for a child shoe stamp carried this invitation She walks one and a half miles to school Come out and see this road and you know why she needs new ones.
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Gettysburg
Organizing for Red Cross War Fund canvass gains pace
The Organization for the Red Cross War Fund drive nears completion as new committees are named for the city wide canvass. A Schools and Governmental Office committee led by Charles K. Taylor includes Mrs. R Ames Hendrickson Mrs William M Storm Mrs Clinton M Rhoades and others. The drive aims for 50000 with 35000 from the city and 15000 from county towns. 12000 will stay in Frederick for disaster relief. City canvassers will be led by Mrs Paul S Michael with subheads Mrs Clifford M Yinger and Mrs Irving M Landauer, beginning Wednesday.
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Charles K. Taylor
Chaiman
R. Ames Hendrickson
William M. Storm
Clinton M. Rhoades
Charles E. Hudson
Richard C. Dutrow
Charlotte Whitmore
Mary Smith
Mary Burger
Ruth Perry
Frederick County
Red Cross
Paul S. Michael
Michael
Clifford M. Yinger
Irving M. Landauer
Simplification Plans For Income Tax Returns Unveiled
Washington February 28 The House Ways and Means Committee begins earnest work on tax form simplification. A streamliner bill aims to unify the levy integrate withholding and filing so most taxpayers owe nothing extra. Chairman Doughton notes 30 million filers would benefit while higher earners may still file.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Treasury
Coughton
D-N. C
Doughton Expr
Mig
George
D-Ga
Son Finance Commuittee
Must Bargain Regardless Of Contract With Men
Washington February 28 The Supreme Court ruled the National Labor Relations Act requires an employer to bargain collectively with a union even when it has individual agreements Justice Jackson delivered an 8 1 decision upholding a Labor Board order directing J I Case Company of Rock Island Illinois to bargain with the International Union Automobile Aircraft and Agricultural Implement Workers of America CIO Justice Roberts favored reversal but did not write a dissenting opinion
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Washington
Supreme Court
National Labor Relations Act
Hitler Triumph Story Recaptured Sub Officials Say
Nogales Arizona February 28 A year after a supposed triumph three English speaking German submarine officers told H R Sisk publisher of the Nogales Herald in an interview from the Nogales Sonora jail. The men escaped from a U S prisoners of war camp near Phoenix last Friday and were recaptured at Sasabe by a Mexican customs officer.
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Hitler
Nogales
Ariz
Adolf Hitler
Sisk
The
Ariz) Herald
Sonora
Mexico
U. S
Court Sets Criminal Trials To Open March 9
Circuit Court at the February term will begin Thursday March 9 with arraignments for indicted prisoners. Four criminal appeals were marked for trial. Raymond Mills pleaded guilty to auto theft and $43 theft. Arson, larceny, and other charges were set for March 8 to March 15 with various defendants. several pleas of not guilty were entered and counsel named. The judge appointed Jerome Offutt for several defendants and James, Offutt, and others represented appellants in listed cases.
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Raymond L. Mills
D. C Winebrenner and Son, Inc
National
Ridgeville
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Charles Ragland
George Strasberger
Klinehart’s Alley
C. C. Viris
We Traverser
Joan Eisenhour
Berwick
General Penn Refining
E. Austin James
James Leiby
Eisenhour
Pennsylvania
E. Bowens
Robert Carroll
Helen Schaeffer
Carroll Parkway
Jerome Offutt
Lester Brown
Carroll
Brown
Marco
Dolar M. Eyler
Hubert L. Hurley
Mr. James
Notta Taylor
Corrine K. Taylor
Notta G. Baker
Paul S. Webber
Sherman P. Bowers
John F. Horne
Rena S. Harp
Paul G. Hossler
William Brooks
Joseph W. Haugh
Ira Luther
Roy W. Heffner
Perert Russell
Charles V. Carey
Offuu
Iso
Samuel Thompson
Istrate
Edward J. Smith
Ralph FE. Smith
Howard MM. Jones
Brunswick
Paul W. Fogle
Alton Y. Bennett
Richard E. Zimmerman
Charles W. Marker
William J. Stoner
Tourmont
James
Adam William Smith
Jorney
William M Storm
Too Fast Freddy Faces War Reports in Italy
In a brief War Department entry from February 28 at Binghamton the page notes action in Italy. Frederick J. Judge writes that he hurt his ankle while going to chow, reflecting casual wartime dispatches and personal incident in the midst of war news.
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Freddy Binghamton
War Department
Italy
Frederick J. Judge
Chow
U S Wool Limits Persist Despite abundance
Washington reports abundant wool but ongoing clothing restrictions remain. WPB cites manpower and rayon shortages for rules such as no two pants with a suit and no pleats in women's dresses, with no plans to lift them. Domestic wool subsidies raise prices versus foreign wool.
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James Marlow
George Zielke
Washington
Pearl Harbor
War Production Board
WPB
Australia
Zealand
Artillery Duel Intensifies On Anzio Front In Italy
Allied headquarters reports a sharp rise in fighting along the Moleta river headwaters southwest of Carraceto with artillery dueling increasing and American shells hitting German gun positions. British troops are said to have stormed and seized two buildings converted into strongpoints, while air operations over Rome area and shipping off the Yugoslav coast continue amid poor weather and naval gunfire.
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Allied
Naples
Moleta
Carraceto
Anzio
Moletta
Via Anziate
Carrocsto
Rome
Carroceto
Ladispoti
Tiber
Littorio
Guidonia
Yugoslav
Tyrain
Teaser
Vela Luka
Korella
Pvt Liston Recovering From Booby Trap Wound
Private Paul J. Liston of near Feagaville, badly injured when a fellow soldier triggered a German booby trap, is slowly recovering at an African hospital. In a Feb 2 letter he says his foot is healing, walking is a long way off, and he endures days with little to do beyond eating, sleeping, and writing letters. He longs to be home to hunt foxes and notes appreciation for a Christmas card from Mayor Hugh V. Gittinger, quoting lines from the Star Spangled Banner. His address: 2628th Hospital Section, APO 698, New York.
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Paul J. Liston
Feagaville
Wm. Blank
Mr. Blank
Hugh V. Gittinger
Pvl. Liston
APO
New York
N.Y
Maryland price administrator granted draft deferment
Director Leo H. McCormick of the Maryland Office of Price Administration was granted an occupational deferment from the draft until April by a draft appeals board. The case was carried to the appeals board by a government appeals agent after a local board had placed McCormick in 1-A.
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Sailmore
Red
Leo H. McCormick
Maryland Office of Price Administration
McCormick
French traitor killed near Marseille home
New York February 28 report says Tommasini, Marseille secretary of Jacques Doriot's pro Nazi French Popular party, was killed near his home by unknown men. Broadcast recorded by U.S. government monitors cited the Belgian radio.
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New York
Dominique Tommasini
Marseille
Jaques Doriot
Popular Party
Belian Radio
U. S
Ration Tokens Now Available in New OPA Plan
Washington reports the Office of Price Administration expands the ration system with ten point tokens used as change for new stamps. Three red stamps cover meats fats while five blue stamps cover canned goods. tokens valued at one point, valid indefinitely, circulate alongside revised green and brown stamps through March 20.
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Washington
OPA
Sun Iday
Tokyo Claims Sinking On Four U.S. Warships
London reports a Tokyo radio communique claiming the United States carrier and three major warships were sunk east of the Marianas. The broadcast, unconfirmed by Allies, said the fleet included more than 10 carriers and heavy battleships, with another carrier damaged. Japanese air units attacked Saipan Tinian and Guam on Feb 23.
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London
Tokyo
United States
Marianas Islands
Associated Press
Saipan
Tinian
Guam
American Airmen Rounded Up by Nazis in Alpine Roundup
A dispatch from Milan reports German Alpine troops and Italian guides have rounded up 114 American airmen parachuted into the Alps after Thursday’s attack on Fiume. Other airmen are still being sought and some are believed to have died from extreme cold.
Board 1 Calls 67 To Take Preinduction Tests Soon
Sixty seven registrants were notified by Draft Board One to report to Baltimore for pre induction tests in the forthcoming second Alared call. Most are from the fathers class with none or more children. The list includes FE Paul Mapaha former alderman and Board of Education member and 1949 Democratic mayoral candidate Francis M. Rogers among others. Some registrations may have appeals or deferments pending. four transfers from other boards are noted. If accepted and not deferred, they will have at least 21 days to wind up civilian affairs.
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Baltimore
Letter with paper dolls from tax form shocks Buffalo reader
George J. McGowan, collector of internal revenue, received a letter reading No can do. It included six paper dolls cut from the income tax instruction sheet. The quirky missive highlights humorous taxpayer antics in a Buffalo, New York context.
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Buffalo
N.Y
George J. McGowan
Internal Revenue
Finland Press Weighs War Exit Amid Bombing Fallout
Stockholm reports Finnish press preparing the public for a government decision on ending the war with Russia this week. Helsinki bears the scars of a 12 hour raid by about 600 Soviet bombers, with widespread destruction and refugees swarming to Sweden. The main obstacle to an armistice remains Soviet guarantees of safety for Finns, with no guarantees seen as a reason to reject peace.
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Stockholm
Finland
Russi
Helsinki
Oulu
Gulf of Botanta
Uusi Suomi
Csafety
Sweden
University of Helsinki
Gersonan Legations
Russia
John T. McCaslin Dies Entertainer of Baltimore Fame
John T. McCaslin, 67, former Baltimore theatrical booking agent, magician, and high wire walker, died yesterday at his daughter's home in Glen Ridge North Carolina. Known as John T. the Fixer in Baltimore, he began performing at 12 as a boy barytone and claimed to originate the master of ceremony. Survived by two daughters Nellie H. Bitters and Lillian Hawkins, the McCaslin Sisters era included vaudeville acts and notable productions such as converting Lehmann's Hall into a Cairo palace for Van Lear Black.
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Glen Ridge
N. C
John T. McCaslin
Baltimore
McCaslin
John T
Barytone
Lehmann’s
Imperial Palace
Cairo
van Lear Black
Six Frenchmen Executed After Conviction in Haute Savoie
Six Franco Vichy case executions reported by the German controlled radio and confirmed by the U S Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service. Miller Indicted for first degree murder in the shooting of Dr John E Lind in Washington. Names listed include Rogers Hedges Zimmerman Robinson Williams Luby and others with transfers from Snow Hill Baltimore Jacksonville and Jackson.
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New York
Vichy Radio
Thonoules Bains
Haute Savoie Department
U. S
Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service
Florence
Ala
Francis Marion Rogers
Maple Avenue
Walkersville
Snow Hill
Melvin Hedges Zimmerman
Lee Place
Baltimore
James Jackson Robinson Detrick Field
Jacksonville
Fla
The
Daniel Henry Williams
East Street
Joan Calvin Luby
Frederick
Physical Standards Cannot Be Lowered
A Washington report says a special medical commission found no basis to lower physical standards to meet wartime manpower. It urges tapping occupational and dependent deferments, not relaxing requirements, to preserve service quality. The panel, led by Vice Admiral Rogs McIntire, cites ongoing needs for general service and outlines four key conclusions.
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Washington
Armed Services
Roosevelt
Prave
Viners
White House
Congress
Commission
Lewis E.llershey
Selective Service
Hershey
Navy
Rogs T. McIntire
Army
Veterans Administration
Admiral McIntire
Norman T. Kirk
Frank H. Lane
22d Birthday But Remembers 4 Wars
New York report notes Mrs. Julia G. Bernheimer, born February 29 1832, will celebrate her 22nd birthday with 92 candles after remembering four wars and Leap Year day birth. In Newark a stage door hostess Mary Flynn aged 18 died trying to rescue her father from a burning apartment after guiding her mother to safety.
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New York
Julia G. Bernheimer
Philadelphia
Bies
Newark
N. J
Mary Flynn
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Suffolk
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John Francis Kennedy
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Carrington Roosevelt
Charles William Eyler
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John Nevin Souder, Jr
Henry Thomas Lee
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William Russell Delaughter
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Roy Franklin Hossler
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Raymond Hickman Houck
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Robert Kreh Kennedy
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North Bentz
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Motter Avenue
Grant Delmage Warner
Wilton Avenue
William Howard Taff Brandenburg
South
Walter Henry Baker
Pins Avenue
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Grayson Sclaman Hahn
Westminster
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Russell Allee Hahn
Dill Avenue
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Harpers Ferry
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