County Delegation to Hear Frederick Views on Teacher Bonus
The Frederick county commissioners will meet the state legislators Saturday to press the claim that the full cost of the teacher bonus should fall on the state, opposing Governor O Conor’s plan for shared costs. They cite that about 65 percent of county taxes fund public education and outline State share of about $33,000 versus $16,500 local.
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Frederick County
General Assembly
O’conor
Frederick
Western Shore County Commissioners’ Association
Penicillin Saves Three With Brain Infections
Chicago March 2 An Army physician Capt. Albert L Evans reports in the Journal of the American Medical Association that penicillin saved three patients with usually fatal meningitis. Two cases were due to staphylococcal bacteria and one to pneumococcus. Evans says survivals have risen with sulfonamides but penicillin offers greater hope than any prior treatment. He cites penicillin curing an amebic liver abscess secondarily infected, noted by Detroit doctors Paul H Noth and John Winslow Hirshfeld.
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Chicago
Journal of the American Medical Association
Albert L. Evans
Capt. Evans
Detroit
Paul H. Noth
John Winslow Hirshfeld
Capt Hewitt Dead Veteran Postmaster Led Montgomery Assoc
Captain Frank L. Hewitt age sixty six died yesterday in Silver Spring after a life of public service as the first postmaster for the town and as president of the Citizens Building and Loan Association of Montgomery County He was born in Brighton Maryland and served in the Army at the Texas border and in France during the First World War
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Hewitt
Silver Spring
Frank L. Hewitt
Citizens’ Building and Loan Association
Montgomery County
Brighton
Texas
France
British Sub Sinks Jap Carrier In Far East
British submarines in Far Eastern waters torpedoed and probably sank a Japanese aircraft carrier of about 7,000 tons. A cruiser was hit, and two supply ships were sunk or destroyed by gunfire or torpedoes in the Malacca Strait area. The attack began with a sighting by a Royal Navy submarine and escort chasers.
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London
Admiralty
Malacca Strait
Lepke Buchalter Says Political Plot Ties In
New York report claims Louis Lepke Buchalter signed a death house statement alleging a political faction tried to frame rivals. Warden Snyder denies any statement. Dewey’s counsel hints at possible fifth reprieve as Buchalter and two lieutenants face Sing Sing electric chair.
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New York
New York Daily News
Louis
Lepke) Buchalter
Becker
the News
Brooklyn
Murder, Inc
Sing Sing
America
William E. Snyder
Lepke
Death House
Thomas E. Dewey
Buchalter
House
Emanuel (Mendy) Weiss
Louis Capone
Albany
Loui
Dewey
Newsprint Supply Outlook Hints at Possible Improvement
Washington March 2 The War Production Board foresees a potential rise in newsprint supply after mid year based on possible pulpwood production gains. Harold Boeschenstein after a closed meeting with the newspaper industry advisory committee said conditions should not deteriorate and some improvement may occur in late 1944, though military demand for paper could raise needs and dim the outlook.
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Washington
Harold Boeschenstein
Forest Products Bureau
War Production Board
Newspaper Industry Advisory Committee
Boeschenstein
Finnish Press Says Peace Terms Severe
Stockholm dispatch reports the Finnish press denouncing Russia armistice proposals as severe and not promising an honorable peace. The Helsinki government disclosed Soviet terms to the nation and Parliament was briefed without revealing official stance amid the fast moving talks.
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Stockholm
Russia
Finland
Helsinki
Nation's Most Bitter Fighting Lies Ahead
Navy Secretary Knox warned that the hardest fighting in U S history lies ahead as casualty lists pour in. He said a direct assault on Hitler’s Europe would require ferocious amphibious operations against the mainland and endorsed the Austin-Wadsworth labor draft bill before the Senate Military Affairs committee.
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Washington
Navy
Knox
United States
Hitler
Italy
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Austin- Wadsworth
Murder in Washington Cathedral Librarian found beaten in stacks
Catherine Cooper Reardon 37, assistant librarian at the Washington Cathedral, was found murdered in the library stacks after being reported missing from home the previous night. A native of Alexandria Virginia and a William and Mary graduate, she lived with her mother and worked at the cathedral for eight years.
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Washington
Washington Cathedral
Catherine Cooper Reardon
Miss Reardon
Cathedral
English Soldier Is Quadruplets Father in Heanor
Heanor Derbyshire March 2 The soldier father of the Heanor quadruplets who helped name the babies has re joined his unit and cannot bid farewell to Britain's most discussed quartet The father's name remains unofficial as births await registration within three months The mother Nora Carpenter is 23 The quadrupets father could not visit again due to the infant’s cold and visitors were restricted Also Maryland 1944 farm contracts 10000 signed by farmers under AAA for war food and soil conservation.
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Heanor
Derbyshire
England
Britain
City Hall
Nora Carpenter
Nora
MacDonald
College Park
Joseph H. Blandford
State Aaa Committee
Maryland
Agricultural Adjustment Agency
Trial adjourned in first degree murder case in New York
General Sessions Judge John J. Freschi adjourned Wayne Lonergan's first degree murder trial until tomorrow to determine if he had trial authority to declare a mistrial. The adjournment emphasizes procedural questions over substantive evidence as the case proceeds.
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New York
John J. Freschi
Wayne Lonergan
Error Thirty Fanned Cape Gloucester Report
Marine combat correspondent Jeremiah A. O'Leary notes a delayed base report as Japanese soldiers shout a mock battle cry to hell with Babe Ruth while the column records thirty outs and Babe Ruth responds that he hopes all Japs mentioned by name are shot.
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Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Jeremiah A. O'Leary
Marine Corps
Babe Ruth
New York
Heavy RAF Bombers Hit Stuttgart Severe Blow
London reports a large force of heavy RAF bombers struck Stuttgart overnight, targeting German industrial centers with large fires set as Mosquitos hit Munich and targets in France and the Low Countries. Four British planes were lost. additional Allied daylight sorties followed.
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London
RAF
Stuttgart
Air Ministry
Munich
France
U. S
Regensburg
Augsburg
Germany
Britain
Berlin
Ghost Fleet Harasses Japs
A ghost fleet of Dutch submarines reforming to harass Japanese supply lines to Burma is disclosed by Captain L. G. L. van der Kun. He says 55,000 tons sunk and about 23,000 more, despite operating with only two submarines on average. The fleet, part of an Allied force, operates with escort ships and air units from Colombo after a successful defense of the Indies in early 1942.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Japan
Netherlands Indies
Burma
Capitain
L. G. L. van der Kun
Netherlands
Pacific
Malacca Straits
Sumatra
Andaman Islands
Colombo
Ceylon
Indies
United States to Spare Parts of Rome Not Used by Nazis
Secretary of War Stimson said Rome will be spared areas not used for military purposes while American lives and material are protected. He noted Rome’s rail yards are vital for enemy movements to Anzio and the southern front, guiding bombing to rail lines and suburban airfields while aiming to spare religious and cultural sites including Vatican City.
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Washington
Rome
War Stimson
Monte Ceno
Stimson
War Department
Anzio
Ialy
Vatican City
Frederick County Rural Women Plan March 16 Meeting
The Frederick County Federation of Rural Women's Clubs announces its annual meeting on March 16. Activities include a 10:30 a.m. session at Grace Evangelical and Reformed Church, a talk by Verna M. Kellar, county committee reports, and an afternoon program with Dr William R Barnhart followed by lunch at Calvary Methodist Church. A pageant of costumes from wars since 1775 highlights the event with original models. Richard E. Zimmerman will sing.
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Frederick County Federation of Rural Women's Clubs
Jesse Hammerly
Grace Evangelical and Reformed Church
Verna M. Kellar
Maryland Extension Service
Hammerly
William R Barnhart
Hood College
Calvary Methodist Church
Richard E. Zimmerman
United States
Federation
Ray L. Crum
Jug Bridge Club
William Powell
William Masser
Harmony Grove
Corbett
Thurmont
Wendell Shankle
Buckeystown
Isaac Nicodemus
Ballenger
Russell Dudrow
Urbana
Blinded Soldiers To Get Special Training Center
Washington reports that blinded veterans from all services will receive social adjustment training at a new Army medical center before discharge. Secretary Stimson announced the center will be directed by Col. Frederic Thorne at Valley Forge General Hospital with 73 men totally blinded to date and 70 in the Army plus three Navy Marine personnel. Two blinded German prisoners are under care in the United States.
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Washington
Army Medical Center
Stimson
Army, Navy
War Manpower Commission
Veterans Administration
Army
Armed Services
Frederic Thorne
Valley Forge General Hospital
Phoenixville
Navy
Marine Corps
Landing In Admiralty Islands by U S Cavalry
A U S First Cavalry Division landing on Los Negros Island in the Admiralty group succeeds at 815 a m despite heavy fire. The assault supports by destroyers and warships, with air cover missions by Army Mitchell bombers. Casualties include 73 Japanese dead and a Navy gunner killed. Captain Phil North of Fort Worth Texas recounts the moments.
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Clen Clements
Admiralty Islands
Texas
Los Negros Island
Admiralty Group
Momote
Ashinds
Foster
Phil North
Fort Worth
Navy
North
Tax Levy Collected Substantially. Parking Space Reopened Debate
City records show 75 to 80 percent of the 1944 levy collected with about 200000 still to reach the goal of 251347. City Register Mehra F. Wachler reported strong collection in early 1944 and noted only about one percent of the 1943 levy remains unpaid. Aldermen praised the register and water rent efforts while讨论g plans to reopen a parking space on West Church street after 6 pm. The decision hinges on OCD input and potential changes if bus service to Detrick Field continues or resumes with Potomac Motor Lines.
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City Register
Mehra F. Wachler
Board of Aldermen
City Hall
Wachter
Emmert &. Bowlus
Bowlus
West Church Street
Ambulance Corps
Office of Civilian Defense
Russell H. McCain
OCD
McCain
Detrick Field
Potomac Motor Lines
North Market Sheet
Charles P. Staley
Shoe Rationing At Two Pairs Per Year
Washington reports continued rationing at two pairs per year with a new shoe stamp set to become valid May 1. Stamp 18 in ration book 1 expires April 30 as Laut stamp 18 merges. Airplane stamp 1 in ration book 3 remains valid with stamp 18 and will overlap indefinitely. The new stamp covers one pair of shoes and its book number will be designated later.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Would Merge Welfare Offices in Small Counties
State Welfare Director J Milton Patterson urged the legislative council to revise the welfare law to permit consolidations of offices in smaller counties. He argued administrative costs could drop with two offices merged where case loads are low, noting such consolidations should be initiated by local welfare boards and county commissioners.
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Baltimore
J. Milton Patterson
Legislative Council
Patterson
Harper dies at 79 director of Harper & Brothers
Henry Sleeper Harper, 79, longtime director of Harper & Brothers and last family member linked to the 132 year old publishing house, died yesterday in New York.
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H E. S. Harper
New York
Henry Sleeper Harper
Harper & Brothers
Pvt Walsh Wounded In Action In Italy
Private Howard Elbert Walsh age 20 son of Mrs Erma Walsh and late Chief of Police Martin J Walsh of 413 West Patrick Street has been slightly wounded in Italy. Telegram from War Department says wounded February 6. He went overseas last August and served in Sicily before Italy. He is in the infantry. His last home telex from January 3 reported. He entered service March 13, stationed at Fort McClellan and Camp Reynolds before going overseas. In civilian life he worked for Harris and Filler local wholesale grocers.
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Howard Elbert Walsh
Erma Walsh
Martin J. Walsh
West
Patrick Street
Italy
War Department
Walsh
Sicily
Anzio
Cassino
Fort McClellan
Ala
Camp Reynolds
Lea
Harris and Filler
Axis Satellites Said To Be Seeking Peace
London reports strong reactions in Bulgaria and Hungary to Finnish-Russian peace talks. Axis satellites may seek exit from the war. Berlin said Bulgarian Premier Dobri Bojilov would give an important radio speech Sunday. Hungarian Premier Nicolas Kallay to discuss matters of great importance in parliament today. Budapest radio called the Russian peace terms very lenient.
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London
Bulgaria
Hungary
Middle East
Berlin
DNB Sofia
Dobri Bojilov
MTI
Nicolas Kallay
Budapest
Lend Leased Arms to Turkey Stopped In Berlin Talks
London reports that lend lease shipments to Turkey have been halted, interpreted as signaling a failed Allied bid for Turkish military action against Germany. A responsible source says arms were sent to kill Germans but have not been used, with other uses sought. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden may address Commons on Turkey relations.
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London
Turkey
Germany
Anthony Eden
Commons
Nazis Thrown Back In Fight For Anzio Beachhead
American heavy bombers attacked German troop concentrations on the Anzio beachhead as Allied forces reported pushing back about 1,000 yards along the center of the line. German resistance remained stout near a rock junction south of the midway between Carroceto and Cisterna with two-thirds of Tuesday’s gains erased. Over 53 German prisoners were taken as fighting raged, including tank assaults with Mark IVs and Tigers. The battle was described as the stiffest yet by Allied reporters, with heavy artillery fire throughout the front.
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Naples
Auvio
Cisterna
Associated Press
Edward Kennedy
Kennedy
Albert Kesselring
Carroceto
Truck driver in Lovellsville faces DUI and hit run charges
George H. Graham, a Lovellsville truck driver, was released on $1,000 bond after being charged with operating a vehicle under the influence and failing to stop after an accident following a series of collisions with parked cars between Plane No. 4 and New Market. Magistrate Edward J. Smith set a hearing for next Wednesday at 10 a.m. State Police Trooper Harold Basore arrested Graham on the Petersville road. investigations include statements from car owners, with no injuries reported.
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Lovellsville
Plane No. 4
New Market
Harold Basore
Petersville
George H. Graham
Edward J. Smith
Basore
Graham
Specialties Lifted On Market With Mixed Leads
Buyers took on a fair amount of special ties today lifting some to new 1944 peaks while ignoring many leaders. The stock scene in New York showed uneven gains as traders seized limited opportunities amid broad caution.
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New York
Mrs Bussard Returns From Oxnard Visit
Mrs Wm A Bussard of 124 East Sixth Street returned home on Monday from Oxnard California where she spent three months with her husband Seaman Second Class Wm Bussard now stationed overseas.
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Wm. A. Bussard
East Sixth Street
Oxnard
Calif
Wm. Bussard
Overscan
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Far East
Malacca
Ghost Fleet
U.S
Dr. Barnhart
Pvt. Walsh
Axis
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