Evacuees Tell Axis Cruelty From Drottningholm Voyage
Evacuees aboard the Drottningholm recount a perilous 10 day crossing to Jersey City shadowed by U boats. They describe hunger in Greece, internment in Laufen, and a funeral for Mrs. Leahy as Admiral Leahy’s convoy lands 573 Americans and 185 diplomats plus 33 nations represented aboard the ship.
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Jersey City, Jr
Hner Drottningholm
Europe
Pier F
Drottningholm
William D. Leahy
France
Navy
Leahy
Vichy
Admiral Leahy
Washington
Lisbon
United States
Latin America
U. S
U.S
Greece
Laufen
Sigfrid Ericsson
Drottninghelm
America
Tate Department
State Department
Drotin Bow Harbor
Anne E. Pinneo
Athens
Oriinda Childs Pierce American College For Girls
Libya
Prineo
Red Cross
James Spellman
Chicago
Spellman
Miss Lehman Wins Wellesley Regional Scholarship
Miss Lehman daughter of S F Lehman Frederick living with grandparents Dr and Mrs William A Granville of Chicago has won a $500 Wellesley regional scholarship. She competed against nineteen contestants and will enter Wellesley in September after graduating cum laude June 5 from Girls Latin School of Chicago. She will spend the summer volunteering on a farm near Libertyville Illinois.
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Miss Lehman
S. F. Lehman
Frederick
William A. Granville
Chigagu
Hda
Wellesley
Girls Latin School of Chicago
Libertyville
Illinois
Press For Vote Thursday On Pay Bill
Senate action loomed on a plan to set the armed forces minimum pay at $50 a month. Senator La Follette pressed for a Thursday vote as conferences worked to bridge a gap with the House’s $50 figure. Also covered were veterans’ compensation raises and pension debates, plus local municipal elections in Mr Airy with four new council members.
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Washington
la Follette
Wis
Senate
Senate Conference Committee
House
Senate House Committee
Johnson
D.-Colo
Senate House
Reynolds
Hill
D.-Ala
Gurbey
R-S. DD
Austin
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Frank T. Hines
Veterans Affairs
Hines
CIEL
Airy
Charles A. Ogle
Nathan G. Dorsey
Harry W. Bellison
Lindsey Lo Browning
Carl W Smith
Walter L. Spurrier
Sub Inventor Works On New Type Of Pipe
Simon Lake, 75, reveals work on a concrete pipe designed to withstand high internal pressure for cross country oil and gasoline lines. Details are secret for military significance. tested by a large producer. Lake envisions cargo subs up to 7,500 tons, 400 feet long, about 12,000 tons displacement, costing around 3 million dollars.
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Pottstown
Simon Lake
Lake
Congress
Eastern States
Libya
AAA To Pay Reward For Thefts Of Auto Tires
The Advisory Board of the Automobile Club of Maryland Frederick Branch met at the Francis Scott Key Hotel. They announced a $25 reward for information leading to arrest and conviction of tire frame thieves. The club distributed 250 safety certificates to school safety patrols and donated first aid manuals to local corps. Dr Bjorlee urged adding Emmitsburg to a state road sign to reduce out of state confusion.
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Automobile Club of Maryland
Frederick
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Roger B. Wolfe
Alion Y. Bennett
William T. Delaplaine
James H. Gambrill, Jr
Henry B. Ramsburgh
Roger H. Willard
Sam W. Maples
Ignatius Bjorlee
Ralph W. Boyer
Leonard E. Kolmer
Mt. Airy Motor Corps
Frederick Ocd Ambulance Corps
Bjorlee
New State Forester Takes Over His Work
Joseph F. Kaylor takes office as Maryland State Forester in Baltimore on June 1. A Rockville resident with seven years in state forestry, he succeeds F. W. Besley, who retired. Deputy Karl E. Pfeiffer, already acting forester, will assist as Kaylor works to build a practical, popular woodland program with broad foundation laid by Besley.
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Baltimore
Joseph F
Kaylor
U. S. Forestry Service
Maryland
Besley
Answers To War Quiz On Page Five
J Insignia worn by Army Air Corps command pilot. Crow bar hotel refers to cantonment jail in soldier slang. Norwegians once called Mandal their Atlantic City.
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Army Air Corps Command
Canton-Ment
Mandal
Atlantic City
RAF Flyers Describe Cologne Raid Tactics
Texas guard Bud Cardinal and Scotch veteran Jack Johnson recall the 1250 bomber raid on Cologne. They say incendiaries first lit targets, then 3000 tons of bombs exploded, with the Hohenzollern bridge smashed. Ground crews toiled 48 hours, and crews learned the scale only after takeoff.
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Addleton
RAF Bomber Command
Brother
Cologne
Bud
Cardinal of
Fort Worth
Rhineland
Texas
Royal Texas Air Force
Canada
Jack
Hohenzollern
Rhine
Charlie Honychurch
Brooklyn
Cardinal
Honychurch
Bridgeport
Whit Wyatt
Southern Methodist University
Leonard Johnson
Corpus Christi
Anss
Royal Texas
Johnson
Harris
Fred Wild
Happy Valley
Ruhr
Oil Pipeline Bill Defeated in Congress
Washington June 1 The House rejected a bill authorizing an oil pipeline across Florida and a Gulf to Atlantic inland canal at an estimated cost of 144 million dollars. Chairman Mansfield said the bill is dead, noting the canal would not pass separately and that the pipeline alone could meet eastern winter fuel needs. The plan linked Port St Joe to Jacksonville and Port Englis to the St John river as a barge route from Mexico to New Jersey.
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Washington
House
Florida
Gulf and Atlantic
Mansfield
D-Tex
Rivers and Harbors Committee
Port St. Joe
Fla
Jacksonville
Florida Peninsula
Port Englis
St. John’s River
Trenton
N. J
Pilot Captain Wilburn Killed in Waldorf Plane Crash
The Air Force reports Captain Donald E Wilburn was killed today when a single place Army plane crashed into woods and burned at Waldorf Maryland, 25 miles southeast of Washington. Wilburn, born June 11 1916 in Washington, was on a routine flight from Bolling Field when the crash occurred.
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Washington
Donald E Wilburn
Waldorf
Were
Air Force
Bolling Field
Wilburn
Candidates To Be Asked Views In Frederick County Race
Frederick County voters will see a candidates questionnaire before the September primaries. Charles H. Feete, president of the Frederick County Taxpayers Association, announced that directors voted to poll all candidates on questions of interest to taxpayers. He said the plan aims to reveal how contenders stand on duties and administration of the offices they seek. The association also intends to seek newspaper cooperation to inform voters.
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Frederick County
Charles H. Feete
Feete
Associa
Son on trial for alleged rape in Washington County
Ruth Naomi Divine, mother of James A. Anderson, testifies he was "paralyzed drunk" the night of the alleged attack. Defense cites troubled youth and mental disorder while State witnesses describe Anderson as sane with a history of misbehavior and a desire to kill a police officer.
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Hagerstown
Ruth Naomi Divine
James A. Anderson
Washington County
Glen Echo
Washington
John R. Reeves
Divine
Anderson
National Training School
George H. Preston
State Board of Mental Hygiene
Preston
Corp
Frank Suber
Montgomery County
Government orders sharp cut in office machinery supply
Washington June 1 The Government ordered a deep slash in office machinery production leaving six months of output for essential users and established a distribution system to stockpile for government and essential business through June 30 1944. The War Production Board also curtailed non essential cutlery and other steel consuming items to conserve iron and steel. Minute Men of Frederick organized company held their first drill in the armory with two hours of close order drill led by State Guard officers and 33 trainees attended.
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Washington
War Production Board
Frederick Company
State Guard
County plans active groups in every election district
Mr Feete stated that the aim is to establish active groups in each election district across the county soon, signaling expanded outreach and organization ahead of forthcoming voting periods.
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Feete
Weds Mrs Long Formerly Miss Culler in City Marriage
A local wedding took place last Saturday as Weds Mrs Long, formerly Miss Katherine M. Culler, tied the knot with Mr Long of Creagerstown in the city.
Germans Held In Heydrich Case Probe
Reports from Stockholm say several score of Germans including Catholics and former Stahlhelm members were arrested in Berlin after the Prague shooting of Reinhard Heydrich. Anti Nazi Germans suspected of aiding the assailants are said to have smuggled them into Bohemia with underground help. The assailants, believed Czech, may have had inside help from Heydrich's circle.
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London
Stockholm
Stahlhelm
Germany
Prague
Reinhard Heydrich
Gestapo
Berlin
Hitler
Steel Helmets
Heydrich
Bohemia
Brereton's Bombers Do Three Raids In Burma War Zone
Washington reports that American heavy bombers under Major General Lewis H. Brereton conducted three air raids over Burma this weekend. The missions sank an enemy tanker, damaged other ships, hit runways at an airfield, and damaged parked aircraft. All planes returned safely to base in India despite anti aircraft fire and enemy interceptor attempts.
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Washington
War Department
Lewis H. Brereton
Burma
India
New Delhi
Brereton
Myitkyina
Breceton
Rangoon
Nurses Reach Australia From Philippines Front
The War Department confirms 22 Army nurses who served in the Philippines have arrived in Australia. General MacArthur notes many served on Bataan and Corregidor and left the Philippines just days before Corregidor fell to Japan.
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Washington
War Department
Philippines
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan Peninsula
Corregidor Island
Corregidor
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Associated Press
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Louis P. Lochnerchi
Richard G. Massock
Rame
AAA
New State Forester
Kodak
Carty’s
C. C. Carty, Inc
E. Patrick St
Frederick, Md
Masten D. Long
Fort George G. Meade
Maurice Evans
Evans-Judith Anderson
Theater No. 4
Philadelphia
Outboard Motors New
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