Byrnes outlines war mobilization plans and broad offensive
In Byrnes speech at Spartansburg South Carolina on May 31 he declares large scale armament production will continue and predicts doubled fleet this year. He praises home front unity, warns of a long hard road ahead, and emphasizes coordinated civilian effort with military fronts while noting milestones in aircraft, ships, and weapons production.
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American Troops Praise in British Armor Maneuvers
In Southwestern England on June 2 American forces under Col. Philip Wood held a two day exercise as German rear guard against a larger British armored force. Brig Gen Leonard Gerow said the Americans are well prepared for battle. Rangers led bold flanking moves behind the lines, destroying workshops and destroying enemy tanks with bazookas and ambushes. Baltimore officers Major Al Gardner and Lieut Col William Purnell directed artillery and infantry actions, with Purnell killed in a key stand.
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Continent
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U. S. Army
Europe
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Bar Harbor
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Cumberland
al Gardner
Baltimore
Wiliam Purnell
Germany Quake Destroys Homes and Damages Factories
London reports that a series of earthquakes shook Southwestern Germany on May 28. Fires from damaged stores and falling smokestacks destroyed homes and injured facilities in the Swabian Alps. The German News Agency said the quake was stronger in some areas than the 1911 disaster.
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Engle Family Hears Word on Sergeant’s Status in England
The father and sister of First Sergeant Merrit Engle report a V mail message dated May 22 from Engle in England. They say Red Cross officials are checking the rumor he has been captured by Axis forces while noting his letter passed censors in England and arrived in Frederick.
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England
Lewis H. Engle
Margaret Engle Allison
McMurray Street
Frederick
Engle
WAAC
Ft Worth
Texas
Sergi Enele
Red Cross
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Allison
New York
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London
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Anis
Bus Schedule Changes Trim Transit as War Edict Bites
Blue Ridge Bus Lines cuts service ahead of midnight curtailment under ODT gas saving edicts. Ticket sales limited to 30 percent over seated capacity. major reductions include Frederick to Baltimore and Frederick to Gettysburg routes. A single weekly round trip remains between Frederick and Gettysburg. Sunday service ends. Washington run at 6 am remains, with Sunday return dropped.
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Cumberland
Victory Corps parade marks Frederick Memorial Day display
More than 1,000 Victory Corps marchers from Frederick High School led by Bandmaster Sperry L. Storm paraded the streets in a Memorial Day celebration. Six divisions showcased war efforts including key salvage for the government and Arctic clothing for Navy, with banners noting 28 Air Corps tests and $28,000 in bonds for jeeps. The War Effort Committee announced a Jaycee E award to the unit performing the most notable emergency feat, the key salvage.
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Three From This City Form NCO Club in England
A Baltimore Sun report by Lee McCardell notes that a non-commissioned officers club has been formed by the unlettered companies of an infantry unit. Soldiers from 23 Maryland counties are involved and the club now sits in an unoccupied one story wooden barracks in England. The governing body includes representatives of each of the five mistested companies, with staff sergeant Murray Faupel and master sergeant Miller B. Cassell among leadership from Frederick, and staff sergeant Elijah N. Martmar from the Headquarters company.
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England
Lee McCardell
Baltimore Sun
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Seret Murray Faupel
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Five Japanese Divisions Put To Flight at Ichang
Chinese High Command claims a major victory with the rout of five Japanese divisions south west of Ichang on the Yangtze. Allied bombers and Chinese fighters destroyed many enemy planes at Ichang and Tchang while Chinese forces encircle Changyang near Ichang, with ongoing mopping up and further advances expected.
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Tchang
Achang
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Hupeh-Hunan
China
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Yangtze
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Liberty Ship Named For W. T. Page Launches At Bethlehem Fairfield
Baltimore May 31 A Liberty Ship honoring William Tyler Page author of The American Creed was launched at noon at the Bethlehem Fairfield yards. The 144th ship built there and 17th this month slid down the ways with Page’s granddaughter Joanne Cronin as sponsor. Page’s daughters and another granddaughter attended. The American Creed compiles lines from key American documents. Page served 61 years in the House of Representatives, starting as a page in 1881. He died last year.
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Page
Joanne Cronin
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Tenn
Joseph C. Cronin
Harry W. Pierce
Patsy Pierce
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America
House of Representatives
Washington
House
Campaign to End Attu Fight Signals Pacific Moves
Washington May 3 The Aleutians campaign narrows to two main Pacific options following Attu victory. A western push toward the Kurile chain or a westward move against Kiska with Attu used to cut supply to Japanese forces. Attu’s clearance could portend air or surface offensives and enable bomber strikes from Amchitka toward Paramushiro.
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Aleutians
Attu
North Pacific
Kiska
Kurile
Japan
Aleutian Island
Atlusar Field
Paramushiro
Russia
Kamchatka Peninsula
Amchitka
Pacific
Sergt Charles Main Takes Command at Barracks B
Sergt Charles Main, Frederick native, assumes command of Barracks B at Linden Hills effective today. Sergt Martin Punocke moves to Waldorf for Barracks H, Sergt Truman Moon heads to Cumberland for Barracks C, and First Sergt John H. Dowd shifts to Barracks A in Waterloo.
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Easton
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Waldorf
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Carl B. Dillinger
Cumberland
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Waterloo
W. W. Corbin
Hagerstown
Emmittsburg
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Moon
Dillinger
Seret Main
Panaick
Governor Martin Urges Wartime Production Push
Gettysburg Pa May 31 Governor Edward Martin criticized strikes and work stoppages saying Americans must boost war output regardless of profits wages or social gains. Speaking from the battlefield reenacting Lincoln’s Gettysburg address he urged industrial and labor leaders to use their power to produce ships planes guns and munitions.
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Edward Martin
Pennsylvania
Abraham Lincoln
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Non-Deferrable Workers Face Reclassification In Draft
Baltimore May 31 The Maryland War Manpower Commission warned that draft registrants over 38 with non-deferrable jobs or not registered with the Employment Service will face immediate reclassification starting tomorrow. If not addressed they will be moved to Class 1-A-H and could be inducted when the ban on calling that group into service is lifted. Selective Service said boards are pushing these reclassifications and inducting under 38 registrants.
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Maryland War Manpower Commission
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