Fireman Vernon Derr Ends Life at 409 East Patrick
Vernon Wop Derr, known local fireman and World War I veteran, shot himself at his home on East Patrick Street around 12:45 pm. He was about 54 and left a note about health issues. funeral plans not set. Derr served in Meuse Argonne and St Mihiel campaigns and was discharged in 1919. Survived by his mother and sister. Red Cross drive reporting progress. city quota about 4,000 of 18,000 with a Friday church supper planned for reports and campaign closure.
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Vernon Derr
Red Cross
E. Patrick St
Vernon “Wop
Derr
East Patrick Street
Independent Hose Company
Ayersans
Marbache
St. Mihiel
Meuse-Argonne
C. E. Cline
Sos
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Dertzbaugh
Charles McC. Mathias
Pearl Harbor
Five Bombing Raids Hit Japanese Positions in Solomons
Navy communique reports five bombing raids on Japanese-held targets in the Solomon Islands, including the major strike on Munda. Liberator heavy bombers hit Kahili Buin Ballale Vila with no observed results. Dauntless dive bombers with Wildcat escort attacked Munda on New Georgia Island and all US planes returned.
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Washington
Solomon Islands
Munda
Navy
South Pacific
Kahili
Buin
Ballale
Vila
Solomons
U. S
Dauntless
Douglas
Grumman
Flying Forts At Rotterdam Attack Reported
United States Flying Fortresses attacked the Rotterdam dock area and Hamm marshalling yards in daylight. Fortresses returned to base with negligible damage after encountering brief, weak German fighter opposition.
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London
United States
Rotterdam
Netherlands
Hamm
Germany
Berlin-Cologne
Rhine
U.S. Army
Geremany
Russian Army Menaces Over Moscow Fronts
March 4 report says Red Army pressed German lines west and northwest of Kursk to threaten Orel the strategic hinge of central and southern fronts. Local breaches around Orel flank Axis positions, with operations extending toward Bryansk near the Nazis supply base.
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Moscow
Red Army
Radev
Kursk
Orel
Berkveredi
Bryansk
Test Blackout Tonight Signals in Tri State Area
Maryland Virginia and Pennsylvania residents prepared for the first test blackout under Arrax air raid signals blue red and blue Maj Gen Milton A Reckord urged public cooperation noting it will be the last tri state test with public time announcements The 3 signal timings and shelter rules were described along with a 15 mile per hour speed limit for emergency driving pennants and new bumper pennant rules Negro church burns at St Johns AME in Baltimore as fire threatens Lafayette Square church and nearby homes before containment was achieved.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Arrax
Milton A. Reckord
Third Service Command
Tri-State
OCD
Henry S Barrett
Taft Inaugurated 34 Years Ago Today
Taft was inaugurated President thirty four years ago as a blizzard paralyzed the East. Frederick residents traveling to Washington faced stalled trains downed poles and deep snow with bitter winds and extreme cold.
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Taft
William Howard Taft
Ration Meat From Book 2 Coupons
Washington reports that the government will ration meats butter cheese lard and other fats under a single Book No 2 coupon system. Authorities say average meat allotment may be about 134 pounds weekly per civilian and point values will be interchangeable across products. Start date tentatively April 1 or possibly April 15 with delays anticipated.
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Washington
Staggered Work Hours Urged for War Transit Use
Washington, March 4. Defense Transportation Director Joseph B. Eastman urged all cities of 10 000 plus to develop staggered work hours to boost transit use. He asked 1 000 war transportation administrators to work with regional offices to create adequate programs. Frederick official Richard F. Kline countered no problem exists here, noting a desire for uniform start and end times to pool transportation. He said Frederick has no public transit facilities and relies on private rides.
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Washington
Joseph B. Eastman
Defense Transportation
Eastman
War Transportation
ODT
Division
Tne Odt
War Department
Frederick
Richard F. Kline
Kline
Had 35 Job Stole 100 On Day Off Gets 4 Years
A 20 year old colored youth, Walden, who took a day off from a $35 weekly Camp Ritchie job to rob Square Corner Liquors, was sentenced to four years in the House of Correction by Associate Judge Patrick M. Schnauffer. The case noted a prior Baltimore car theft conviction, details of the January 14 escape, and money recovered including $55 hidden by a hat and shoes. The defendant pleaded guilty and offered a brief admission, with witnesses corroborating the robbery.
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Camp Ritchie
House of Correction
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Schnauffer
Ambrose Eugene Walden
Baltimore
Ellis Carty
American Wines and Liquors
West Patrick Street
Walden
Carty
Edwin F. Nikirk
Nikirk
Allen Barlgis
Cheltenham School For
Austin A. Young
Irene D. Young
Arden Lods
Frederick
Ella Mae Lods
Draft rule on dependents delays for draft boards clarified
Washington March 4 Cor recting an earlier statement Chair man Paul V McNutt of the War Manpower Commission said focal draft boards remain under orders not to draft men with dependent children until authorized by national Selective Service Headquarters. He noted local boards face no such restriction and that many favors of children were being taken. The only men with children inducted are those whose dependency arose after Dec 8 1941 or at a time when draft selection was imminent.
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Washington
Paul V. McNutt
The
War Manpower Commission Today
Focal Draft Boards
National Selective Service Headquarters
McNutt
Armed Services
U, & Employment Service
Focal Board
British Subs Sink 7 Ships in Mediterranean Action
British submarines in the Mediterranean destroyed seven enemy vessels and damaged nine more, with one boat firing on a Genoa dockyard and another shelling a bridge train. The Admiralty added that two more successful actions occurred against Axis supply lines, including a large supply ship, a medium vessel, two small supply ships, a minesweeper and two tugs.
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London
Mediterranean
Admiralty
Gulf of Genoa
Earth tremors felt across Portugal report says
London reports Vichy radio stated violent brief earth tremors were felt throughout Portugal yesterday causing alarm but no immediate casualty details were given.
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London
Vichy Radio
Portugal
Consumers Wonder What Has Happened To U S Meat Supply
Washington March 4 The Agriculture Department outlined projected meat supplies under rationing estimating total meat available at about 26.495 billion pounds dressed weight with per capita civilian supply around 2 1/2 pounds weekly. For the April through year end period the report details civilian and military needs, unaccounted quantities, and potential allocations to hotels and eateries.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Bogey Man U S Tax Collector Warns About March 15
James Marlow and George Zielke report on how taxpayers who cannot pay their 1942 income tax by March 15 should still file a return. The Internal Revenue Service can require an affidavit of assets and liabilities, impose installment plans, or arrange salary withholdings. Severe penalties apply for nonpayment or fraud, including fines up to 10000 dollars, possible jail, and escalating interest and penalties. The article emphasizes that collectors aim for fair, workable arrangements and warn against attempting to pay from current salary or evading the tax.
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Washington
Internal Revenue
Hla
Internal Revenue Bureau
Radio contest yields $55 to Himes family in Washington Frederick twist
A Washington radio program offered cash to readers from the capital directory. Joseph Himes and his wife Mrs. Himes of Prospect Hall won after she answered questions about Cleveland and a planned donation split. Mrs. Himes initially planned full AWVS canteen use but later allocated 25 to Red Cross and 30 to AWVS.
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Washington, D. C
Capital
Washington
Frederick
Joseph H. Himes
Himes
Mr. Himes
Phere
Mrs. Himes
AWVS
Cleveland
Red Cross
Losses in Two Days Equal Six Months of Fighting
Allied bombers blasted a Japanese convoy last week and killed as many enemy soldiers in two days as in six months of Papuan fighting. Japanese forces landed at Buna in July last year, starting a Papuan campaign that ended in January. General Horii reportedly lost about 35,000 troops, the same figure as those killed in two days by MacArthur’s air offensives.
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Associated Press
New Guinea
Buna
Tomotari Horii
Douglas MacArthur
Sedjenane Line ForcEd Back Four Miles By Axis Army
Allied and Axis forces clashed across northern Tunisia and the Sedjenane area as renewed attacks forced a four mile retreat by Allied lines from Sedjenane while Rommel’s forces reportedly regrouped in the Mareth line region. British Eighth Army reported repulsing enemy infantry east of Mareth and bomber strikes hit Tunis, Gabes, and Messina supply areas. Italian communiques claimed heavy fighting and active defenses with some aircraft losses noted.
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Allied
Im North Africa
Faid Pays
Perm
Rommel
Mareth Line
Eighth Army
North Africa
Tunisia
al- Jiedine
Sedienane
Mateshal Rommel
Sidi Bouzid
Faid Pass
Jurgen von Arnim
Sed- Jenane
Mareth
Ine
Tunis
Talda
Gabes
High Command
Rome
Associated Presa
Cairo
U. S
Messina
Wallan
Pozzallo
Pending Cases To Be Dropped
Baltimore March 4 Cornelius P. Munday chief enforcement officer of the State Office of Price Administration announced that all pending hearings on pleasure driving violations would be dismissed. Revocations already issued will remain until their expiration. About 200 letters addressed to suspected violators are being followed for disregarding. State police and local officers were asked to stop reporting license numbers of violators.
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Baltimore
Cornelius P. Munday
State Office of Price Administration
Munday
Mundy
OPA
Cellophane Shield Against Gas Used By Troops
The Public Relations branch of the Boston quartermaster depot announced today that American soldiers may receive a cellophane envelope as a protective wrap against skin burning gas. The envelope folds to fit a pocket and can be thrown over a soldier’s head and pulled down to protect the neck and clothing.
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Boston
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Prevat
Ken Potter
Waynesboro
Kenneth Gordon Potter
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Dept. of Agriculture
By James Marlow
George Zielke
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