Small Nazi Attacks On Beachhead Thrown Back
Allied heads announce three German efforts against the beachhead below Rome were repulsed. A dusk assault on American troops along the Cisterna Montella road was beaten back as three enemy tanks were destroyed. British positions around Carroceto were dispersed and probes near Moletta river failed. Weather limited ground actions while air forces struck German railways and ports in northern Italy and Rome.
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Naples
Rome
Cisterna-Montella
Carroceto
Moletta
Cassino
Eighth
Hermann Goering
715Th
Italy
Zara
Dalmatian
Lottorio
Tiburtina
Eternal City
Referee Dies In Auto Fire Near Natrum West Virginia
In Sistersville on March 4, 31 year old basketball referee Gerald Gainer burned to death when his car hit an oil truck and exploded after veering into a field. Fellow referee James Brandon was critically injured but expected to recover. Gainer, a former Davis Elkins star, was to referee at Morgantown starting March 17. He left behind a widow and a 22 month old son. The crash occurred near the Pittsburgh Plate Glass plant at Natrum.
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Sistersville
W. Va
Gerald Gainer
James Brandon
Natrum
Gainer
Brandon
Wheeling
Oran Crandoff
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
Martinsville
Davis-Elkins
Morgantown
Elkins
Honest Camp Kearns Furlough Reward Prompted
Pvt Signey Bletter of Milwaukee wired his commander from Camp Kearns Utah on March 4 asking for an extension of furlough after stating there had been no deaths or emergencies and he was having a wonderful time Maj George A Lloyd replied granting a five day extension on the present furlough in recognition of his honesty.
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Camp Kearns
Utah
Signey Bletter
Milwaukee
George A. Lloyd
Roosevelt Begins 12th Year in White House
Washington reports Franklin D. Roosevelt entering his twelfth year as president at age 62 amid domestic battles with Congress over his tax bill and veto, and a tense foreign policy scene with Argentina Spain Turkey and the French Committee for National Liberation. His physician says he is in good shape after influenza.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
Congress
Ross T. McIntire
Navy
Roosevelt
Argentina
Spain
Turkey
French Committee For National Liberation
Frederick city names new Planning Commission officers
Frederick city organized its virtually new Planning Commission at its first meeting Friday night by electing G. Hunter Bowers as chairman and Jacob R. Ramsburg as secretary. The panel includes William M. Storm William B. Bennett and City Engineer Frank W. Rothenhoefer. Mayor Hugh V. Gittinger attended.
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Frederick City
G. Hunter Bowers
Jacob R. Ramsburg
William M. Storm
William B. Bennett
Frank W. Rothenhoefer
Bennett
Hugh V. Gittinger
Senators Wary Of War Guilt Resolution
Washington March 4 influential Senators shied from a resolution to join in punishing war criminals. Sponsored by Senator Pepper the measure would urge UN machinery for trials and require the United States to participate in prosecutions. Sent to Foreign Relations committee, lawmakers offered few remarks on prospects. Moscow Leningrad rail line restored first freight train runs between cities.
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Washington
Congress
United States
Pepper D-Fla
United Nations
Foreign Relations Committee
Moscow
Moscow-Leningrad
Russians Reach Pskov Gates as Narva Falls to Germans
Soviet dispatches report Red Army units deep near Pskov from two directions and claim Narva has been torched by German forces. Govorov’s forces push west on the Narva river to widen the foothold while Seventeen miles southeast of Pskov Soviets approach within six miles of the Pskov Warsaw railway. Berlin concedes Russian gains in Narva as German defense stiffens.
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London
Pskov
Moscow
Narva
Govorov
Auvere
Raval
Berlin
Russia
Eleven locally drafted men enter Navy service
Eleven men from the local Draft Board One area left for the Navy Recruiting Station in Baltimore to begin active service. The group marks the first March induction call from the board, following February pre induction exams. Names include Austin B Brachey Buckeystown Robert V Handley Arthur G Tobery Joseph F Rhoderick Wilbur F McBride Lee D Kefauver George B Case William F Hildebrand Daniel O Dew Jr Walkersville Millard Plowman and Charles F Crone.
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Navy
Baltimore
Austin B. Brachey
Buckeystown
Robert V. Handley
Madison Street
Arthur G. Tobery
DeGrange Street
Joseph F. Rhoderick
French Officers Trained in U S May Lead Invasion
French military mission disclosed that officers trained in U S military govern ment schools may command French troops in Europe and govern liberatedareas after Allied control ends. A public sale at the Court House this morning sold 32 acres with an eight room cement block dwelling and outbuildings to Mr and Mrs Charles W Hofman for 6550 dollars.
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Washington
United States
Europe
Smallarm
Court House
Charles W. Hoffman
Oscar T. Waltz
Washington Road
Araby Church
William M. Storm
Charles McC. Mathias
A. Grant Hooper
Plans for Ye YMCA Bible Society Board Meeting
A special board meeting of the Young Men's Bible Society was held at the YMCA last night to discuss the coming year's work and future plans. President R. Ames Hendrickon presided.
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The
Young Men’s Bible Society
Ye M. C. A
R. Ames Hendrickon
Circus Animals Escape As Tornado Hits Hugo Oklahoma
A tornado struck near Hugo Oklahoma damaging equipment and property tied to the A G Kelly circus. Animals including dogs and raccoons escaped but seven trucks and trailers were destroyed. Five people were injured and about 25 homes in the southeast Hugo area were damaged or destroyed. Goodland Indian School buildings suffered wrecks. Total damage estimated at 75 000 dollars.
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Hugo
Okla
A. G. Kelly Circus
Goodland Indian School
State Highway Patrol
Knoxville Man Wounded in Action in Italy
Pfc. Howard L. Stevens of Knoxville was slightly wounded on January 31 in Italy. His mother, Lena V. Myers, received telegrams from the War Department confirming prior reports of minor arm and leg wounds with no hospitalization. Stevens, who served about a year, was at Fort McClellan before shipping overseas two to three months ago. He worked for the Baltimore and Ohio railroad and D. C. Winebrewer and Son. His brother James Edward Stevens serves in the Navy.
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Pic
Howard L. Stevens
Knoxville
Lena V. Myers
War Department
Italy
Myers
Pfc. Stevens
Fort McClellan
Ala
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
D. C. Winebrewer and Son, Inc
James Edward Stevens
Navy
Pucheu Testifies He Went to North Africa by Giraud Invite
Former Vichy interior minister Pierre Pucheu told a special French military tribunal that Gen. Henri Giraud invited him to North Africa in October 1942 to join a fighting unit not a post. Pucheu said Vichy protected North Africa from German occupation and aligned with the Allies, while Giraud was absent after learning of his daughter’s death.
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Algiers
Vichy
Pierre Pucheu
North Africa
Henri Giraud
Giraud
Germany
Pucheu
French Committee of National Liberation
Jap Prisoners Thank Americans for Kind Treatment at Empress Augusta Bay
Japanese prisoners at the American beachhead at Em press Augusta Bay write a translated letter praising medical officers and the care they received. They express gratitude, hope for recovery, willingness to work for the United States, and belief that the GIs will return home soon.
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Bougainville
Solomon Islands
Empress Augusta Bay
United States
Swiss A Traitor Sentenced Amid Treason Trials
Swiss Interlaken motorized division major was sentenced to death and four other Swiss received prison terms for treason. In Moscow a Tass dispatch from Tokyo reported Japan mobilized school children and converted school buildings into war plants.
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London
Interlaken Motorized Division
Moscow
Tass
Tokyo
Two Slightly Hurt In Crash at East Second Street
Two persons were injured in a morning crash at the East Second and East streets intersection when a Blue Ridge Lines pickup was struck by an automobile. R.H. Fraley was treated for head abrasions and discharged, while Harry J. Rogers suffered a facial cut. Police charged Eu Hone Richard Hill with reckless driving and operating with inadequate brakes. a hearing was set for Police Court Monday night. The accident occurred around 8 05 a. m.
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Blue Ridge Lines
East Second
East Streets
R.H. Fraley
Thurmont
Frederick City Hospital
Harry J. Rogers
Ralph Potts
EU- Hone
Richard Hill
Frederick
Route 1
Hill
East Second Street
Carl D. Shores
Route 4
East Street
Shores
Finland to reply to Soviet peace terms in Stockholm
Stockholm reports that J K Paasikivi will bring Finland’s answer to Russia’s peace terms. The note asks for clarification on some points and signals a desire to resume negotiations. Finnish parliament reportedly rejected internment demands and boundary restoration, amid new information guiding armistice talks.
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Stockholm
Stockholm Tidningen
Juhg K. Paasikivi
Finland
Russia
Alexandria Kollontay
Sweden
Dagens Nyheter
Alleharda
Helsinki
Social Democratic
Tokyo Closes 9800 Entertainment Venues in Wartime Move
Tokyo orders the shutdown of 9800 entertainment venues to fit wartime living, affecting 4300 geisha houses 850 restaurants and about 2000 cafes cabarets tea rooms and similar establishments as well as nine leading theaters in a decree reported by Domei and relayed to North America.
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New York
Tokyo
Imperial Hotel
Hideki Tojo
Domei Agency
North America
U. S Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service
Domei
Pardon Granted To Darr By Governor
Annapolis March 4 eight paroles and one pardon were granted today by Governor O Con or six pardons go to men to be immediately inducted into the armed forces Luther B Darr sentenced to six months in the county jail and fined 590 for maintaining gambling devices was pardoned.
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Annapolis
O'Conor
Luther B. Darr
Frederick County
One Horse Scratched From Widener Race
In Miami on March 4 the Widener handicap featured 12 runners after Bankrupt was withdrawn. The field consisted of longshots and form contenders with Hanihan Townsend and B. Martin among notable entrants.
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Miami
Fla
Widener
Hanihan
Townsend B. Martin
Naval Ensign
Bolingbroke
Autos Collide In Snowstorm On Market Street
A grocery truck and a car collided at Fourth and Market in a snowstorm around 11:25 this morning injuring Mrs. Blanche Baxton 32 of 216 East Sixth Street with a possible nose fracture and a bruised head. Mrs. Mattie Snyder 58 of Airy suffered a lacerated lip. No charges were filed as the grocery firm agreed to cover damage to the coupe owned by Haller Snyder.
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Fourth
Market Streets
Blanche Baxton
East Sixth Street
Frederick City Hospital
Mattie Snyder
Airy
Austin Heffner
Falk
Market Street
East Fourth Street
Forrest P. Snyder
Snyder
Sergi. Heffner
Snow Accumulates Across County After Morning Rain
A change from rain to heavy snow began in the city around 11 am with earlier rain and mountain snow. Snow covered lawns and fields while roads remained passable. two inches reported in Garrett County with plows on standby. Temperature fell from near 40 to around 32 degrees as snowfall commenced.
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Gambrill State Park
Catoctin
Thurmont
Garrett County
Allegany
Jap Positions Are Captured Near Akyab Burma
British troops seized Japanese positions north and northeast of Buthedaung as they pushed toward Akyab in Burma, repelling strong counterattacks. Allied air forces targeted Fort White and enemy positions in Kaladan Arakan and Mayu, with large US fighter-bomber formations causing fires and explosions in Swangha area. An Istanbul dispatch said Turkey promised to relay any Bulgarian peace request to the Allies, naming Prof Sevov as envoy.
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New Delhi
Buthedaung
Akyab
Burma
Southeast Asia
Fort White
Kaladan
Arakan
Mayu
United States
Swangha
London
Istanbul
London Daily Mail
Turkey
Sevov
Boris
Sofia
Bombers Target Berlin for First Time in Daylight Raid
British and American air forces launched a daylight raid on Berlin from the west, with heavy bombers and escorts crossing the channel in clear, cold weather. U S army headquarters reported formations striking targets in eastern Germany, including a Berlin district target, while German reports claimed mixed results and disputed Berlin damage.
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London
U. S. Army
Germany
Berlin
Reich
Serlin
RAF
The
L. R. Morgan
Worland
Wyo
8Th Air Force
Eighth Air Force
William Deblasio
Fittsburgh
Strait of Dover
Hilversum
Dominion
France
Contempt Vote Citation Aide Daniels in Roosevelts Admin
Washington March 4 A Senate Agriculture subcommittee unanimously recommended contempt citation for Jonathan W Daniels administrative assistant to President Roosevelt for refusing to answer questions in a Rural Electrification Administration probe. The full committee will vote next week with reports to bring Daniels before the Senate bar to show cause why he should not be adjudged in contempt. Daniels says information requested is confidential between the President and himself and would not serve the public interest. Attorneys note this would be the first contempt prosecution of an executive officer by either House.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
Jonathan W. Daniels
President Roosevelt
Senate
Rural Electrification
Smith
Daniels
House of Congress
Conference on Teachers Bonus Plans In Frederick County
A Friday afternoon session on the teachers' bonus question brought together three county commissioners, their attorney, and clerk with the Frederick county delegation to the General Assembly. The group, led by Senator John B. Funk and Delegates, discussed opposition to the governors plan for a nine months bonus split two thirds state and one third county and weighed state funded payment. Delegates stated no local legislation would be considered at the upcoming special session and expected a swift conclusion.
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Frederick County
General Assembly
Court House
George W Arnold
Charles G. Geisbert
A. Grant Hooper
William M. Storm
M. Frank Shu Jr
John B. Funk
Robert L. Grove
Gary L. Utterback
Jerome Offull
Richard E. Zimmerman
Harold A. Frushour
Jacob R. Ramsburg
Philadelphia banker E Clarence Miller dies at 76
E Clarence Miller a senior partner in Bieren and Company investment bankers died Friday in Philadelphia after several weeks illness from pneumonia. He was 76. Miller was an internationally known Lutheran layman.
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Philadelphia
E. Clarence Miller
Bieren and Company
Postmaster Nomination at Damascus by President Roosevelt
President Roosevelt nominates John W. Hager for postmaster at Damascus in a Presidential class office. The nomination awaits Senate confirmation.
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Roosevelt
John W. Hager
Damascus
Senate
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