False invasion flash prompt AP safeguards in London office
An erroneous invasion flash claiming Allied landings in France was sent from AP London due to a 22 year old operator error. Measures approved by censorship authorities tighten transmission supervision between AP London and New York to prevent unapproved copies.
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Associated Prax
Lomdion
Associated Press
Robert Buonelle
London
New York
Eisenhower
France
Joan Ellis
Ellis
Newark
Irene Henshall
Pew
Breathing Spell in Food Rationing Proclaimed Indefinitely
Walter F. Straub, director of the OPA food rationing division, said the nation would enjoy an indefinite breathing spell in food rationing during the 46th annual National Association of Retail Grocers convention. He called the current period the most quiet and peaceful since rationing began and warned that if supply changes occur they may revert to earlier rationing to prevent panic buying.
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Chicago
Walter F. Straub
OPA
National Association of Retail Grocers
Straub
Col Wimsatt Named Air Base Commander
Col. Robert Wimsatt will report to Bolling Field as commanding officer replacing Col. Thomas Hastey. Wimsatt 44 graduated from Gonzaga High School and Georgetown University and previously served at Bolling Field in 1942. His wife and four children reside in Frederick. His 14 year old son Robert was killed last February by a cousin during target practice.
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Washington
Robert W. C. Wimsatt
Army Air
Newport
Ark
Bolling Field
Thomas W. Hastey
Col. Wimsatt
Gonzaga High School
Georgetown University
Frederick
Wimsatt
Robert
William W. Hughes
William J. Hughes
Oxford Street
Chevy Chase
Hughes
Col. Hastey
Mexican Bean Beetle Appears Throughout State
State entomologist Dr. E N Cory reported the Mexican bean beetle has appeared across the state. He urged immediate control once beetles or eggs are seen. The adult is yellow to coppery brown with eight small black spots on each wing cover and measures about one fourth to one third of an inch.
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College Park
E. N. Cory
Cory
Plan Canning School Series in Frederick County
The county Nutrition Board will sponsor a series of canning schools led by Miss Jesse Hammerly and Miss Irene Caton to teach homemakers proper food preservation methods. The first session focuses on cherries, rhubarb, and strawberries, with future topics by crop season.
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County Nutrition Board
Jesse Hammerly
Irene Caton
Potomac Edison Home Economist
Home Service
Potomac Edison Company
Frederick
Brunswick
Emmitsburg
Libertytown
Victory Gardens
War Production Board
Ration Stamp Validity Updates Across Food and Fuel Books
The Associated Press notes extendable validity for Meats Fats and Other Food Book four stamps AB through V8 and blue AS through V8, Sugar Book 30 31 five pounds indefinitely, Stamp 40 five pounds home canning through Feb 28 1945, Shoes Book three airplane stamps two indefinitely, Gasoline A coupons 10-A three gallons in northeast and southeast through Aug 8 and 11-A three gallons elsewhere through June 21, B-3 and C-3 five gallons everywhere, Fuel Oil four and five coupons through Sept 30, new period one coupons usable immediately from local rationing boards.
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Associated Press
Allies Push 200 Yards In Burma Front Action
Southeast Asia Command reports Allied and Chinese forces gaining 200 yards in the Myitkyina sector as fighting continues around the Japanese base in north Burma. Mountbatten's HQ notes Japanese withdrawal from Mamsum while Chindits press from Waingmaw and Nsopzup raids occur. Kamaing garrison is now more tightly invested with Allied positions described nearby. Chinese troops advance on the Mogaung river west bank and seize a village.
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Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Myitkyina
Burma
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Mamsum
Waingmaw
Nsopzup
Kamaing
Mogaung River
Mussolini Urges Rome Hardship for Allies
Mussolini called on Romans to make life hard for Allied troops who captured Rome, in a radio broadcast read by an announcer at 7.19 am Rome time. The message was recorded and released by the Associated Press.
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London
Benito Mussolini
Rome
Mussolini
Associated Press
Hitler Proposes Rome Open City Amid Rome Collapse
London reports Hitler declares Rome under threat but offers to keep Rome an open city if the Allies respect the arrangement. German communications say Rome’s defenses and Vatican talks are aimed at preventing destruction as Allied forces advance. Field dispatches note stubborn street fighting and sniper resistance in the capital.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Rome
Fuehrer
Italy
Germany
Albert Kesselring
Vatican
Small Fires In City Over Weekend In Frederick
Three small fires disrupted Frederick over the weekend with negligible damage. An auto seat cushion fire at Patrick and Court required breaking a car window to reach flames. A trash pile behind T S Michael ice plant on East Street burned Sunday morning. An awning fire at Rosenour’s on North Market Street was likely started by a cigarette. proprietor Herman Weener put it out with a water bucket. Conversions in fraud cases rise in federal year to date.
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Frederick
Independents
United Rescue Departments
Patrick
Court Streets
Juniors
Uniteds
T. S. Michael
East Street
Rosenour’s
North Market Street
Herman Weener
Murray bride of Sergt G E Nogle in Fort Thomas ceremony
Mise Murray daughter of Capt and Mrs John Maskell Murray of Fort Thomas Kentucky married Sgt George Edward Nogle son of Mr and Mrs William A Nogle at the First Baptist church in Fort Thomas May 10. The ceremony was conducted by Rev Warner F Fusselle with staff sergeant Fred Garretson as escort. The couple celebrated with a party at the Netherlands Plaza Hotel in Cincinnati after the service. The bride a aqua linen dress and gardenia bouquet, the groom a Bedford area soldier, both connected to Army service.
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Misa
Martha Elinor Murrey
John Maskell Murray
Fort Thomas
George Edward Nogle
William A. Nogle
East Seventh Street
First Baptist Church
Nogle
Camp Breckenridge
75Th Infantry Division
Warner F. Fusselle
Fred Garretson
Garretston
Howard P. Sutton
Cpl
Herman F. Estok
d'Hardelot
Bond
Lohengrin
Wagner
Belmont
Potomac Edison Company
Romney
W. Va
Maryland Order of DeMolay
Wedding Bells for Renn and Shry at Urbana Home
Miss Lena L Shry became the bride of Pascal H Renn in a 4 pm Saturday ceremony at the Shry home near Urbana. Rev William C Royal officiated in a small double ring ceremony attended by immediate families. The couple plans to reside with the bride after a brief wedding trip. Both graduates of Frederick High School with the groom farming alongside his brother.
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Frederick High School
Chinese See Traitor
Japanese agency broadcast dispatch reports Gen. Wong Tai-Wei, 58, former member of the puppet Nanking government Supreme War Council, was shot and fatally wounded Wednesday in his Shanghai temporary home by four Chungking terrorists who escaped.
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New York
Comei
Wong Tai-Wei
Supreme War Council
Shanghai
Woodsboro Wedding Unites Barrick and Wachs in Lutheran Rite
Miss Betty Mae Barrick daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry W Barrick Woodsboro and Ernest Victor Wachs of East Orange New Jersey and Covington Kentucky son of Mr and Mrs Ernest William Wachs Covington Ky were married Saturday evening at eight in Woodsboro Lutheran church The ceremony featured candlelight music by Mrs Robert W Russell organist and Miss Lois Smith contralto The bride wore white brocaded organza with lace Juliet cap and long train They will reside in Beach Spring Garden Apartments Sumit New Jersey after a trip to Pocono Mountains The bride is a Hood College graduate and previously with Liberty Mutual in Newark The groom a Fordham law student and Zurich Insurance employee in New York plans to study law at Fordham
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Betty Mae Barrick
Harry W. Barrick
Woodsboro
Ernest Victor Wachs
East Orange
N. J
Covington, Ky
Ernest William Wachs
Covington
Woodsboro Lutheran Church
Herbert H. Schmidt
Robert W. Russell
Frederick
Lois Smith
Hagerstown
Rusack
Bond
Sanderson
Romberg
Mascagni
Dubois
Youmans
Schubert
d'Hardelot
William H. Thomas, Sr
Delta
Robert M. Steptoe
Martinsburg
W. Va
Anne Compton
Annapolis
Wilma Smith
Helen Stoner
Kitty Sue Barrick
Claude H. Barrick
Edward Weitzel
Louisville
Anthony Smith
William Franklin
Short Hills
William 4. Thomas, Jr
Wachs
Pocohanna Lodge
Pocono Mountains
Beach Spring Garden
Beach Spring Drive
Summit
Frederick High School
Hood College
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
Newark
Xavier University
Ohio
University of Cincinnati
Zurich Insurance Company
New York City
Fordham University
Nazis Fight Through Rome as Allied Troops Enter City
Thousands of Romans greeted the first Allied troops as they entered Rome. German resistance lingered in the streets but religious and cultural treasures reportedly escaped damage. Romans linked arms with Doughboys amid red banners and cheers, while some casualties were reported in the turmoil.
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Forum
Palazzo Venezia
Mussolini
Robertson
Vittorio Emanuele
Rome
Via Nazionale
Retreating German Army Flees Rome After Nine Months
The German forces in retreat from Rome move through the Colosseum area and Via Casilina with bearded, grimy troops welcomed by crowds. They fire rifles into the air to clear paths for heavy Army vehicles and guard bridges over the Tiber as they seek another escape route from the city.
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Vatican City
Colosseum
Rome
St. Peter's
Via Casilina
Tiber
Brothers killed by bull on New York dairy farm
Two brothers George Ames aged 41 and Hawley Ames 35 were fatally gored by an enraged bull on their dairy farm in Babylon New York. The bodies were discovered in a pasture hours after the attack.
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Babylon
N. Y
George Ames
Hawley
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