Examination Orders For 78 Men From Local Board
Local Draft Board One released a list of 78 registrants slated for Baltimore pre induction physicals. Most are from Frederick city and county, with several deferments and appeals pending. The group includes volunteers, transfers, and many who turned 18 in December. Names span Frederick, Brunswick, Middletown, and nearby towns, with professions and roles noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Manuel M. Weinberg
Paul B. Kallaway
Frederick
Frederick Baseball Hustlers
Warner L. Brittain
Frederick County
Frederick Seneca
Clement T. Mohler
Rice
Willis F. Cooley
George William Moore
Knoxville
Aubrey Clayton Soper
Linden Hills
Robert Vernon Handley
Madison Street
Russell Franklin Cronenburg
Middle Alley
Bernard William Zimmerman
Louis Edward Eichelberger, Jr
West South Street
Chester Leroy Baker
East South Street
Gilmore Winfield Stirley, Jr
East Sixth Street
Alvin Thomas Burgee
South Carroll Street
David Garland Conner
B Street
Brunswick
Harold Dorsey Kehne
Thomas Omar Murray
Jefferson
Millard Carroll Plowman
West Patrick Street
John David Stauffer
Delaware Avenue
Raymond Edward Starr
Edward Lee Albert
East B Street
George Benjamin Care
North Tenth Avenue
Richard Maxwell Ruthvin
Gray
Thomas Fouche
Warner Lloyd Brittain
Rosemont Avenue
William Franklin Hildebrand
Kenneth Edward Fogle
East Church Street
Clement Thomas Mohler
Joseph Frederick Rhoderick
South Market Street
Joseph Richard Fink
Middletown
Jesse Frederick Hoffman
Brooklyn
William Robert McFarland
Taney
Wilbur Franklin McBride
Washington, D. C
Adamstown
Bord Watson Mohler
Point of Rocks
Roy Kieffer Kline
Kohlman Federal Miller
Louis William Hirsch
East Third Street
Reginald Leroy Poffinberger
Roy Howard Runkles
David Lemuel Cooper
Coriland
William Woodrow Conner
East D Street
Franco Told To Stop His Playing With Both Sides
Washington reports indicate allied oil curbs on Spain aim to force Gen Franco to choose sides. State Department and Britain press Spain to end Axis support, with bans on loading oil for Spain and recalls of Italian ships. Spain faces potential economic crisis without access to vital oil and credit, amid Nazi and Blue Division concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Spain
Franco
State Department
U. S
Britain
Iberian Peninsula
Gibraltar
United States
Germany
Blue Division
Vows Of Vengeance Sweep Pacific Coast
War mood runs high along the Pacific coast as horror over Japanese atrocities fuels demands for retaliation. General Emmons warns against crowd action while Tule Lake residents call for military control of the relocation center housing 15,000 suspected disloyalists. The War Department had handed control to the War Relocation Authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Pacific
West Coast
Pearl Harbor
Delos C. Emmons
Western Defense Command
Tule Lake
Calif
War Relocation Authority
San Juan rattled by new tremors after deadly quake
Buenos Aires reports four new tremors in the city of San Juan following the January 15 earthquake that virtually destroyed the city. No additional damage is reported. The notice lists residents with street addresses in Frederick and nearby towns among others.
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Buenos Aires
San Juan
Native Pilot Of Fortress Wins Air Medal And Clusters
Frederick native Captain Edward Woodrop of Westfield New Jersey, a Flying Fortress pilot, returned from a European bombing mission to find part of his jacket, chute, and canteen damaged by shell fire. He later earned the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters after transferring to the U S Eighth Air Force in 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fortress
Frederick
Europe
Edward Woodrop
Westfield
N. J
Bessie McSherry Woodrop
E. C. McSherry
Wooldrop
England
K.C.A
Canada
Royal Canadian Air Force
Wigtown
Scotland
U. S. Eighth Air Force
Westfield High School
Irving Trust Company
New York
William
Army
Signal Corps
Trinidad
Brazil
Africa
Keep It To Yourself
Washington urges Americans to guard secrets and not reveal wartime plans in a radio address by censorship director Byron Price. He warns that knowing regiments or ships abroad, or attack timing, should be kept secret and urges citizens to pray and fulfill their duties during fateful days ahead.
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Washington
Byron Price
Price
Russ Draw Noose About Nazis Caught In The North
Red Army units west of Novgorod pushed toward Leningrad Pskov railway lines with heavy snow, aiming to sever German supply routes between Lake Ilmen and Lake Peipus. The drive sought to close bottlenecks on the Leningrad Vitebsk line and isolate forces around Staraya Russa. Russian ski troops pressed west of Peredolskaya along the Leningrad Vitebsk railway to threaten the Staraya Russa garrison.
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Moscow
Novgorod
Leningrad
Pskeov
Lake Ilmen
Lake Peipus
Lakeeipus
Leningrad-Moscow
Leningrad-Vitebsk
K. A. Meretskoy
Leonid A. Govorov
Leningrad- Reval
Peredolskaya
Ukraine
Chudovo
Staraya Russa
Lake
Shimsk
Red Cross Banner of Truce on Rapido Front
Two American soldiers walk a Red Cross banner into German lines amid heavy combat to evacuate casualties. Capt. David Kaplan and Private Arnold Fleischman oversee a relief amid no mans land as 75 medical officers and German counterparts recover the dead and wounded. After a brief pause, fighting resumes with heavy artillery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth
Italy
Red Cross
No Man’s Land
Rapido
Salerno
David Kaplan
Sioux City
Arnold Fleischman
Wood Haven
L. I
No Strike Pledge? Detroit Factory Walkout Sets Idle Plants
Production in Ford Motor Highland Park Pratt & Whitney engine dept halted after 1,700 workers walked out following a union committeeman being summoned for smoking in a restricted area. Ford officials said the stoppage followed plant officials refusal to discuss the issue with workers. UAW CIO, under contract with Ford, did not comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Pratt & Whitney Aircraft
Ford Motor Company
Highland Park
Ford
Labor Relations Office
United Automobile Workers (Cio
Allied forces push toward Cassino and Rome front line
Allied beachhead troops advancing toward the Appian Way and the Cassino corridor reach light artillery range of Cisterna while north of Anzio British and American units seize a bridge near Carroceto. German air attacks loom as Allied air forces shoot down 36 enemy planes for the day and 86 over two days.
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Algiers
Appian Way
Cassino
Cisterna
Anzio
Ansante
Carroceto
Uhis
Rome
Ferrara
Belvedere Mountain
Fonrmia
Gulf of Gaeta
Tunisia
Italy
France
Jap Island Raids Hit Wotje Mili Nauru in Pacific War
U S airmen struck the Marshall group for the 22nd straight day with 73 raids on Jap held atolls over two months. Thursday attacks hit Wotje Mili and Maloelap targets including airfields gun emplacements and cantonments. Nauru received its first heavy daylight pounding since December as bombers struck ground defenses with no losses reported for the attackers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Harbor
Wolfe
Maloelap
Mili
United States
Marshall Group
Japan
Central Pacific
Navy
Taroa
Maloelap Atoll
Nauru
Gilberts
Marshalls
Complete Evacuation Of Nazi Capital Under Way
Berlin endures another massive Allied air raid as the Eighth Air Force unleashes over 800 bombers on Franklin city. Swedish sources report plans for a full evacuation of Berlin with residents fleeing amid fires and smoke. details are scarce due to Nazi censorship.
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London
Eighth
Frankfurt
Berlin
Stockholm
Aftonbladet
RAF
Air Ministry
Sweden
Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau
Reich
Britain
Pas de Calais
France
Hamburg
Svenska Morgenbladet
Wm. A. White Dies Suddenly in Emporia Kansas
William Allen White, famed editor of the Emporia Gazette and a longtime Republican elder statesman known as the sage of Emporia, died at 75 after a year of declining health. His last editorial appeared January 12 and his death at 4 15 a.m. was unexpected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emporia
Kas
Willam Allen White
Emporia Gazelle
White
Cline
Rochester
Mann
Gazette
W. L. White
The
Mayo Clinic
Tag Frend
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Kansas
Roosevelt In Fine Physical Condition
President Roosevelt's personal physician reports him in surprisingly good shape pending public inquiries into his health. The statement, issued in Washington, notes Roosevelt remains active and capable of performing duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Washington
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