Draft Bill Backed By Stimson Sparks War Labour Debate
Washington reports strong endorsement by Secretary Stimson for the Austin Wadsworth draft bill to rest men and women for war work and farm labor while Navy aides study the measure. The AFL and lawmakers weigh blanket farm labor deferments against broader manpower needs as hearings loom and McNutt's commission presses voluntary programs amid war production goals.
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Washington
Stimson
Knox
Austin
Vermont
Rep
Wadsworth
New York
Navy
Reynolds
D—Nc
Senate Military Committee
Waceres
Bankhead
D—Ala
Senate
George
Capitol
William Green
AFL
Green
D—Ri
United States
Germany
Russia
Great Britain
Hoover
Chicago
Agriculture Department
War Production Board
McNutt
Paul V. McNutt
Wea
House
U.S. Employment Service
Fowler
Harper
Roosevelt
WMC
Federal Employment Service
Stalin Directs Red Army From Kremlin, Cassidy Reports
Joseph Stalin, now Supreme Commander in Chief, is said to direct the war from the Kremlin. Cassidy, returning from Moscow, notes Stalin sits at the head of the Stavka, receiving up to the minute front reports via teletype and quickly dispatching orders through trusted staff for decisive action. He outlines a composite view of Stalin as hands on, not merely symbolic, shaping plans from Tsaritsyn to Stalingrad.
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Menaky
Cassidy
New York
Joseph Stalin
Tsaritxyn
Stalingrad
Germany
Tama
Stalin
Mem- Lee
Uae
Pame
United States
Red Army
Kremlin
Tsaritsyn
Russia
Revolutionary Military Council
Traritsyn
Beaverbrook
Lord Beaverbrook
Moscow
Stavka
Supreme Command
Supreme Soviet
Great Britain
North Africa
Miss Gaut Leads Fourth Book Hour at Hood College Library
Hood College associate professor Lilet M. Gaut spoke at the fourth Book Hour in the Totem Periodical Room of the Joseph Henry Apple Library. Katharine E. Dutrow introduced her as she highlighted art books and the value of knowing art through reading. Gaut reviewed works by Saint-Gaudens, Raphael, Cezanne, Epstein, and Cheney, stressing art's context and biography.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lilet MK Gaut
Hood College
Totem
Joseph Henry Apple Library
Katharine E. Dutrow
Raphael
Phaidon Press
Cezanne
Fritz Novotny
Jacob Epstein
Robert Black
Epstein
Christ
Miss Gaut
Sheldon Cheney
Cheney
Teoderigm
Brodbeck Shool
Miriam R. Apple
69 Coal Miners Trapped After Mine Shaft Blast
Bearcreek Montana February 28 rescue efforts continued as a shaft explosion trapped 69 miners at the Smith coal mine. Fumes hampered work but a fan system allowed rescuers to push deeper. The dead included Dewey Sardy and Ignac Martinchek. over 50 rescuers treated at Red Lodge emergency hospital. several injured.
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Bearcreek
Moni
Hope Dain
Smith
Red Lodge
Iree
Dewey Sardy
Ignac Martinchek
Bear Creek
Montana Coal and Iron Company
Red Cross
Caariel Fletcher
Rien
Alice Farge Carold
Caucus Fretener
Slim Ales Hawthorne
Adams Hospital
Red Lodze
Eiji Houtenen
Hawthorne
Stile
Jimmy
Robert Wakenshaw
72 Hours Of Continuous Air Attack
RAF bombers completed a 72 hour cycle of continuous Allied night and day raids across Nazi occupied Europe. Attacks targeted Maupertuis near Cherbourg, Hengelo in Holland, and Liege in Belgium, with earlier strikes on Nuernberg. No British losses reported. Spitfires claimed one enemy plane. February’s tonnage speculated near 10,000 tons as Lancasters Fortresses Liberators and Mosquitos pounded transport and production hubs from Wilhelmshaven to Turin and Spezia.
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London
RAF
Europe
Maupertais
Cherbourg
France
Ine Hengelo
Holland
Liege
Belgium
Germany
Nuernberg
Air Ministry
Hitler
Trandall
Wilhelmshaven
Bremen
Hamburg
Cologne
Dunkerque
Lowent
St. Nazaire
Alps
Italy
Turin
Milan
Spezia
Channel
Churchill
United Nations
St Nazaire
Large Decline In State Traffic Fines
Maryland traffic fines fell to 4397 for the week ending February 24 per the Motor Vehicle Commissioner report. Eight fatal accidents occurred with eight victims. Suspensions included William Clay Mayne and George H Sauble. Fines list names residents of Emmitsburg Frederick and Thurmont for various violations. A mine tragedy followed as families waited at a Red Cross coffee canteen for news from the Smith coal mine.
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Maryland
William Clay Mayne
Woodbine
George H. Sauble
Taneytown
Emmitsburg
Homer Garden
Frederick
Charles G Frith
Arthur M Jenon
Charles E. Mailer
Willam Paugh
Charles 1
Turner
Darius Monroe
Wakefield
Thurmont
Earl L. Myers
Smith Coal
Red Cross
Riod Oquagihr
Clem Lodge
Waxenshaw
Adam Wakenshaw
Wey
Owithal
Red Cross Offers Home Nursing Courses in Frederick County
The Frederick County Red Cross expands its home nursing program with up to date lessons for mother and baby care. Led by Jane Harshberger and Sarah Bennett, the six week course runs evenings from seven to nine at Church Street School, focusing on home health, accident response, and community well being amid physician shortages. Registration closes tonight.
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Frederick County
The
Red Cross
Edgar H. McBride
County Red Crocs
Sarah Bennett
R. N
Mass Harshberger
Yelock Bionday
Church Street
Plan To Work Out Program To Aid Farmers
Clarence C. Carty of the Frederick Kiwanis Club outlined a plan Sunday night to organize county wide farm labor aid. The program would collect farmer requests at local stations and relay them to a central clearing house to supply help for harvest. Meetings and invitations were set with Rural Women’s Clubs 4 H and Farm Bureau groups to discuss transporting labor and pay arrangements.
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Clarence C . Carty
Frederick Kiwanis Club
eAvie
Leeture
Oh the Tidak Wmcay
Kiwanis Club
Women's Clubs
Pomona Grange
The
Farm Bureau
Carty
Frederick Mayors Salary Increase Proposal Dominates Talk
Public sentiment in Frederick centers on a bill to raise the Mayor’s salary to 2400 per year and aldermen to 3600, from 500 and 300 respectively, with discussions of higher pay and a city manager style lead. Senator Funk plans a Brunswick referendum on raises, while no decision on a referendum for Frederick is stated.
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Frederick City
House of Delegates
Frederick
John B. Funk
Brunswick
Funk
Senate
Substructure of Sandy Hook bridge to finish in ten days
Hagerstown Feb 28 The sub structure including piers and foundations of the new Sandy Hook bridge across the Potomac River will be completed in the next ten days the State Roads Commission announced today. The bridge itself will not be completed until after the war as materials are not available.
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Hagerstown
Sandy Hook
Potomac River
State Roads Commission
Volunteers to Welcome All Who Can Help Daily
The statement said services of all volunteers will be accepted regardless of full or partial daily availability, emphasizing steady day by day work or partial day contributions.
Mt Airy Man Killed When Auto Hits Tree
Henry Alvin Hood 22, Mt Airy merchant, died when his car veered off Route 27 and struck a tree about 3:30 Sunday morning. He sustained a fractured skull and was found in a woods by a colored man. Hood, traveling north toward Taylorsville, apparently fell asleep at the wheel. Funeral services Tuesday at 2 at Calvary M E church after leaving his parents home at 1:30 with interment in Montgomery Chapel cemetery. He is survived by his wife, his parents, and brother Lieut. W M Hood of Atlanta.
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Henry Alvin Hood
Mt Airy
R. B. Morris
Morris
Hood
Taylorsville
Henry G. Hood
Mt. Airy
Ruby Appleby Hood
W M. Hood
Atlanta
Lions Club
Calvary M. E. Church
Calvary Methodist Church
Ralph M. Sharpe
Stephen Galley
Montgomery Chapel
Clagettsville
C. M. Waltz
White House Peanut Vendor Dies At 58
Washington feb 28 Steve Vasilakos a peanut vendor near the White House for more than 30 years died of a heart ailment in a hospital where he had been confined for months He was 58 born in a Greek town near Sparta he served as a familiar figure during parades from Theodore Roosevelt to Franklin Roosevelt He became a U S citizen several years ago and his friend carried on the stand on Pennsylvania Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Steve Vasilakos
White House
Steve
Sparta
Pennsylvania Avenue
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
Nazis Mass Troops Along Franco Spanish Border Reported
A Dakar radio broadcast via CBS reported that Germany has concentrated troops along the Franco Spanish border since a forbidden zone was set. It also stated Field Marshal von Runstedt may be inspecting troops there.
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New York
PA Dakar
CBS
Karl Rudolf Gerd) von Runstedt
Europe
Red Cross Drive Opens In Frederick County
The Frederick County Red Cross campaign opens with a goal of 27800 as ambulances begin rolling in and drive chairmen organize county and city teams. City dinner meeting tonight at the Lutheran hall will outline plans, with twenty five active teams and pre solicitation work already underway, featuring a new no metal insignia token for donors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Red Cross Ford Drive
Motor Corps
James H. Falk
Frederick
Red Cross
Tocal
Lewis R. Derizybaugh
Lutheran Church
William M. Storm
Falk
James H Gambrill, Jr
Dertzbaugh
Storm
Solicitors
False alarm calls out county fire units on Brad Dock Pike
About 1130 o clock Sunday night a report claimed an automobile was on fire on Brad Dock Pike. The Independent Hose Company, County engine, and State Police searched but found no fire. Corp. Elwood O Hara of the State Police and firemen investigated without success.
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Braddock Pike
Independent Hose Company County Engine
Fire Corp
Elwood O'Hara
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Merber Hoover
Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Berlin
Associated Press
Eastore Rowe Hens
VO Basity
Axe Pree
America
Stanin
Ced
Gaut
Library At Hood College
Montana
Gay, New
Bennett
Henry A. Hood
Flemgo
Vita
T. Allen
Red Cross Drive
Delphey’s
West
Patrick St
Burall's Cycle Shop
C. C. Carty
E. Pat St
C. C. Carty, Inc
Frederick, Md
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