FBI Arrests 14 In Plot To Evade Induction Baltimore
The FBI in Baltimore arrested 14 men and one woman on charges of evading induction by helping inductees feign mental illnesses and other ailments to obtain 4 F classifications. Induction station personnel and eight former inductees face charges. bail totals 29500 dollars. The probe ties to a Baltimore psychologist conviction and spans Navy and Army personnel.
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Baltimore
Federal Bureau of Investigation
John W. Vincent
FBI
Navy
Fifth Regiment Armory
Vincent
Chester T. Ruby
Leon D. Shapiro
Morris Molofsky
Fifth Regiment
U. S
James K. Cullen
Ruby
C. Karl Martin
Hagerstown
Florence Wheeley
Washington, D. C
Third Service Command
Military Intelligence
Army
Chinese Get Traitor New York
The Japanese agency said in a broadcast dispatch that Gen. Wong Tai Wei, 38, a retired member of the Supreme War Council of the puppet Nanking government, was shot and fatally wounded in his temporary home in Shanghai by four Chungking terrorists who escaped.
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New York
Comei Agency
Wong Tai-Wei
Supreme War Council
Shanghai
Private Two babies and the four at Fort Warren
Cheyenne Wyoming June 3 a military police inquiry at Fort Warren about a Private Two babies and his wife with their four babies. The Fort Warren Sentinel notes the private and Mrs Two babies really have four children, one left at home.
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Cheyenee
Wyo
M. P
Fort Warren
Amos
Playgrounds Open June 12
Four city playgrounds will open for the summer season on Monday June 12, chaired by Robert L. Smith of the Playground Commission. Baker Park Washington street school and Harmon Field white playgrounds and Mullinix Park for the colored will have formal openings with possible out of town speakers and a music program. Helma Hann Bowers will supervise city playgrounds. pool and miniature golf opening is uncertain due to labor shortages and water conditions.
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Robert L. Smith
Playground Commission
Baker Park
Washington Street School
Harmon Field
Mullinix Park
National Playground Commission
Helma Hann Bowers
Hugh V. Gittinger
Baltimore Conference Admits 4 to Pastoral Posts
Baltimore Annual Conference of Methodist ministers and laymen approved four young men for full pastorship after a period of trial ministership. Names presented were Lovely Dorsey Gruber Marion Sylvester Michael Charles Isaac Wallace and John Roby Wilson Jr. Nine others were admitted to trial membership. D Stewart Patterson of Washington was re elected president of the laymen group.
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Westminster
Baltimore
Methodist
Lovely Dorsey Gruber
Marion Sylvester Michael
Charles Isaac Wallace
John Roby Wilson
USO Center Hosts Service Members From All States
The USO service center in Pythian Castle aided 4 572 men and women from every state in May. Visitors included personnel from Camp Detrick Camp Ritchie Fort Meade and Virginia camps. Transient soldiers on leave stopped at the center as 1 958 bowling games and 736 pool games were played and at least 2 660 pieces of mail were written and mailed.
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USO
Pythian Castle
Union
Camp Detrick
Camp Ritchie
Fort Meade
Virginia
Painting woodwork at Frederick County Court House starts
Frederick County Court House exterior woodwork begins to receive its first white paint in years, after county commissioners awarded the contract to Norman Rhoderick. The project, started on Memorial Day, is expected to take about two weeks. City streets also seeing surface treatment on East Seventh and East Sixth, parts of Trail Avenue, and North Avenue, with continued work planned across more streets per City Engineer Frank W. Rothenhoefer.
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Frederick County
Court House
Norman Rhoderick
East Seventh
East Sixth
Trail Avenue
North Avenue
Frank W. Rothenhoefer
Maryland stores tested in OPA survey show violations
Baltimore June 3 The Office of Price Administration reports that 15 of 15 items checked in 4 850 Maryland stores during the third state-wide survey of retail food stores were priced in violation of OPA regulations with 7 1 percent noncompliance.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Office of Price Administration
Allies capture large quantities of supplies at Myitkyina
Southeast Asia Command reports reinforced American-Chinese columns have entered Myitkyina from north and south, seizing vast Japanese supplies. Allied forces reach the railway station in close fighting, with gains of 1,500 yards from the north and 400 yards from the south, as Stilwell’s headquarters issue the update.
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Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Burma
Myitkyina
Joseph W. Stilwell
Chungking
Salween River
Burma Road
Chiaotou
Watien
Peichakungfang
Tengenung
Hunan
Changteh
Changsha
Pingkian
Onsiang
Shanshan
Pingkiang
Changsrouchieh
Tungting Lake
Grove's Motion For New Trial Denied
Robert L. Grove a Frederick wholesale merchant and Maryland Legislature member had appeal for a new trial denied by the Supreme Bench of Baltimore after his March conviction for receiving stolen goods. He bought 50 cases of cigarettes from a Baltimore man at a discount, claiming ignorance of theft.
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Baltimore
Robert L. Grove
Frederick
Maryland
Supreme Bench of
Grove
John T. Tucker
Baltimore City Criminal Court
Heavy U S Food Shipments To England Reach Record Total
London June 3. Food shipments from the United States to Britain under lend lease now total 750000 tons valued at about 2695966204.1 dollars. Principal items include canned meat and fish lard bacon cheese dried fruit dried eggs canned milk and more. Amounts listed range from 100000 to 500000 tons across various products.
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London
United States
Britain
Lend Lease
Food Administration J. J. Liewclin
Maryland Officers Given Temporary Promotions and Active Duty
Washington June 31 War Department disclosed five Maryland officers received temporary promotions and one ordered to active duty Second Lieutenant Henry Ford Sigafoose Brunswick was ordered to active duty.
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Washington
War Department
Maryland
Henry Ford Sigafoose
Brunswick
Rome Free From German Armed Forces, Reuters Reports
London broadcast quoted a Foreign Office spokesman saying Rome is free from German armed forces. The statement, noted in connection with the Pope's plea not to destroy Rome, asserted that on the German side everything has been done for months to preserve Rome from such a fate and that Rome today can be regarded as a city free from armed forces.
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London
Rome
Stop-Dewey Movement Shaken by Indiana GOP Result
The Indiana Republican convention rebuked a pledge to Dewey and boosted Bricker delegates, signaling a possible shift before the first ballot. Capehart won the Senate long term nomination, Jenner the short term, and Gates secured the gubernatorial nod as Roosevelt faced no clear political hint. Kansas Democrats planned 16 delegates with half-votes, while Roosevelt avoided indicating his political plans.
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Associated Press
Dewey
Republican Party
Indiana
Thomas E. Dewey
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Bricker
Homer E. Capehart
Indianapolis
U. S. Senate
Capehart
Washington
Ind
James M. Tucker
Paoli
William E. Jenner
Bedford
E. J. Hancock
Greensburg
Ralph F. Gates
GOP
Kansas
White House
Warm Springs
War Production Board Unveils 99 Million Knit Goods Plan
Washington on June 3 reports the War Production Board launching a program to produce 99,275,000 knitted items for children and work socks for men. Earlier plans include 10,000,000 shirts and shorts for men and cotton slips and housedresses for women. Also noted, a hot night in Frederick with a low of 68 and near 90 expected by afternoon, plus buckwheat anthracite under delivery controls at 75 percent of prior year tonnage through March 31.
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Washington
War Production Board Today
Solid Fuels Administration
Nazis West Wall Forts Hit Twice By U S Heavies
London dispatch reports U S heavy bombers struck Nazi coastal fortifications in Pas de Calais and Boulogne with 250 aircraft on two missions. The day and night raids totaled about 4,500 tons in 24 hours, part of a broader three-way air offensive from Britain, the Mediterranean, and Russia.
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London
U. S
Pas de-Calais
Boulogne
France
Europe
Britain
West Wall
Atlantic Wall
Forestry Conference to Run Three Days at Camp Airy
State Department of Forests and Parks will hold a three day forestry training meeting at Camp Airy about 20 miles north of Frederick starting Monday morning. Personnel will gather Sunday night. Speakers include P. A. Thompson Crosby Hoar John Hepner Joseph H. Kaylor H. S. Marsh R. H. Hershberger and H. C. Buckingham. The meeting ends Wednesday.
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State Department of Forests and Parks
Camp Airy
Frederick
Associated Press
Department
PP. A Thompson
National Parks Fire Prevention Bureau
U. S. Forest Service
Crosby A. Hoar
U.S. Forest Service
Johnl. Hepner
Third Service Command
Joseph H. Kaylor
H. Marsh
R. H. Hershberger
H. C. Buckingham
Sixteen Men From Draft Board One Enter Navy
Sixteen men from the area of local Draft Board One left this morning to enter the Navy. The group, composed entirely of white men, included eight fathers. Notable names: Jonn Ed Bowman, James W. Shankis, Aubrey D. Grosswickle, James R Wisner, George R. Whitmore, George E. Bowers, Jonn O Howard, Austin A. Young Jr, Clifton S. Fry, George W Heffner Jr, Edward C. Lerch, Charles E Clevenger, Charles W. Bare, Adam Keeney Jr, William C. Harding, Alton M. Damewood.
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Navy
Het Ig
Jonn Ed Bowman
James W. Shankis
Aubrey D. Grosswickle
James R Wisner
George R. Whitmore
George E. Bowers
Jonn O Howard
Austin A. Young
Clifton S. Fry
George W Heffner
Edward C. Lerch
Charles E Clevenger
Charles W. Bare
Adam Keeney, Jr
William C. Harding
Alton M. Damewood
Beall Speaks To Grangers
Congressman J. Glenn Beall told Pomona Grange members at Braddock that farm loan interest may rise on July 1 1944 unless a freeze is enacted. He warned higher rates would raise costs on all loans and cited Land Bank rate hikes. He criticized administration wheat policy and milk production views while urging farmers to contact Senators.
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Washington
J. Glenn Beall
Pomona Grange
Braddock
Federal Land Bank
Land Bank Commissioner
Senate
House
Grange
Maryland
West Romania Area Bombed
The Roman ian radio said several formations of Anglo American planes attacked the western part of Romania causing property damage and several deaths. Paris radio reported a town in Seine et Oise attacked by Allied air raiders and a region south of Rouen bombed again yesterday.
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London
Ministry of Information
Romania
Paris
Seine Et Oise
France
Associated Press
Rouen
Paratrooper Carried Up By Thermal Wave
A Fort Benning paratrooper rose with a thermal wave after leaping from a plane. He drifted higher as his unit fought a mock battle below, then descended to join his battalion as a reservist. The Air Force training magazine recounts the unusual ascent.
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Washington
Geronimo
Air Force
Fort Benning
U S Generals Have More Responsibilities
Washington June 3 Representative Brooks cites War Department figures showing U S Army general officers command far larger numbers than peers in Germany Britain and Japan The average U S general commands 6278 men versus 5000 2528 and 2400 respectively Brooks notes the public misperception that officers outnumber privates is unfounded and misleading.
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Washington
War Department
United States Army
Representative Brooks
D.-La
Brooks
Congressional Record
Forrestal to Address Naval Academy Graduates
Secretary of the Navy James V. Forrestal will deliver the 1914 midshipmen graduation address at Annapolis. Announcement by Naval Academy Superintendent Rear Admiral John R. Beardall says the address will be Wednesday morning in Dahlgren Hall, marking Forrestal’s first public appearance since succeeding the late Frank Knox.
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Annapolis
Allies Close In On Rome As German Defenses Hold
Allied forces push toward Rome from Valmontone and the Alban Hills as Monte Castellacio falls within 14 miles of the capital. The Rome front is described as a final lap with Rome to be spared unless Germans defend the city. Allied 20 000 prisoners captured as pursuit tightens on four escape roads and German rearguard actions.
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U. S
Naples
Alban Hills
Rome
Monte Castellacio
Eternal City
Via Casilina
Valmontone
Velletri-Valmontone
Velletri
Lanuvia
Rocca di Papa
Palestrina
United States
Valmonione
Sacco River
Cave
Colle Ferro
Sgurgola
Ferentino
Eighth Army
Alphonse Juin
Monte Janica
Valmonotone
Montelanica
Iron Claws
Fifth
County Firemen To Meet Thursday Night
Frederick County Volunteer Firemen's Association calls a meeting for Thursday at eight in the Independent Hose Company building. President Frank Spitzer organizes discussions ahead of the State Firemen's Association in Baltimore June 28-29. Delegates are being prepared by local companies for the state meeting, which will be a business session due to the war.
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Frederick Coun Ity Volunteer Firemen’s Association
Independent Hose Company
Frank Spitzer
State Firemen's Association
Moose Hall
Baltimore
Whch
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Russia
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Channel
Great Trappes
Leverkusen
Germany
Cologne
Air Ministry
Italy
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Danube
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