Hood College theft case opens February criminal term
An uninterrupted chain of guilty pleas opened the February term of criminal court with robbery, larceny and forgery charges. Samuel Killman, a former Hood College fireman, testified he planned to return all stolen clothing after taking items to choose a coat for his mother. Police described a large cache of clothing found at his dormitory and dormitory witnesses identified items belonging to Hood College students. Killman acknowledged larceny and claimed intent to return goods, while the state questioned the scope and origin of the thefts. Several other defendants faced related charges, with jewelry store thefts and later recoveries detailed. Noell pleaded guilty to forgery after checks bore a forged doctor’s name. Sentence was reserved for Killman and others.
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Arthur D. Willard
Hood College
Samuel. Killman
Kullman
Willard
Frank Dorsey
Dorsey
Killman
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Marion Jones
Philomena Cerchiaro
Mary Lou Chorley
FBI
Towson
Edwin F. Ni
Kirk
William Thomas
Otis Diggs
Wilson J. Ambush
Landis
South Market Street
Kessler
Thomas
Diggs
Herbert Strawsburg
E. Austin James
Noel
G. Richard Noell
Frederick Man
H. PF. Kline
Noell
Zeiler
Seventh and Market Streets
More Planes Sent To Java From U S
Secretary of War Stimson announced that material air reinforcements had been sent to Java in the last week. He said the transfer of General Wavell did not change Allied resolve to aid the Dutch in the current battle and noted increased air support while withholding specifics. He declined to discuss MacArthur’s air force in the Subic Bay raid.
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Washington
Stimson
Java
Archibald Wavell
Southwest Pacific Command
Oly
Douglas MacArthur
Subic Bay
Philippines
London
Subic Bay Raid Sinks Japanese Transports Killing Thousands
General MacArthur reports that three large Japanese transports sunk at Subic Bay likely drowned thousands of troops. No American aircraft were damaged and a lone enemy plane dropped bombs near Honolulu without causing damage. War Department says reports cover Subic Bay and Hawaii with no other areas noted.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
War Department
Subic Bay
Bataan Peninsula
Philippines
Hawaii
Honolulu
War Dept
U. Philippine
MacArthur
Hawaiian Islands
May Oust Churchill May Oust Churchill
London report says Sir Stafford Cripps could replace Winston Churchill as prime minister within three months. Source notes Churchill’s waning British class support since Crete and Cripps’s rising stature from Russia duties and recent cabinet ascent.
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Drew Middleton
London
Sir Stafford Cripps
Winston Churchill
Churchill
United States
Crete
Sir Stafford
Russia
Lord Privy
Explosion Kills 16 at Iowa Ordnance Plant Blast
An earth shaking explosion at the West Burlington Iowa ordnance plant killed 16 workers and wounded 42. The blast leveled a TNT melt unit in the shell loading plant on production line 3 and followed a December 12 blast that killed 13. Major J H Edgerly attributed the disaster to amatol. several identifications are listed and over 30 remain hospitalized.
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Burlington
Iowa
J. H. Edgerly
R. Q O. Giles
Hartzell Popejoy
Fairfield
Harald Klontz
Ollie
Kenneth N. van Sickle
Rock Island
Andrew Jacques Voorhees
Rariton
Tir
William Buford England
McComb
Ill
Herschel H. Goddard
Osklaloosa
Fort Madison
Otto M. Jank
Detours On Route 40 To Last Long
Baltimore March 5 State Roads Commission officials await federal approval to replace the 132 year old Jug bridge over the Monocacy River near Frederick. Detours will continue until mid summer. A new concrete arch bridge with two lanes will cost about 500000 and later traffic will use only one lane. A second two lane bridge will be built when Frederick road becomes a dual highway under the five year program.
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Baltimore
State Roads Commission
Public Roads Administration
Monocacy River
Frederick
Ezra B. Whitman
Roads Commission
Whitman
Frederick Road
Market Day Slips as War News Clouds Trading
New York March 5 Leaders on a downward path as war news and tax doubts weighed on stocks. Early activity softened with declines near the fourth hour while some rails and Specialty shares showed relative resilience amid a generally lower market.
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New York
Fordham Drops Freshman Rule in Varsity Sports
Fordham University joins a growing list of American colleges in dropping the freshman rule for varsity athletics marking a shift in eligibility standards.
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New York
Fordham University
Remnants of Nazis 16th Army Encircled Near Staraya Russa
Soviet dispatches report Red Army tanks breaking into a Nazi defense zone as they push toward Smolensk. The 16th German Army, encircled near Staraya Russa below Lake Imen, has suffered heavy losses with 36 000 killed over about 18 days.
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Moscow
Red Army
Staraya Russa
Lake Simen
Lake Imen
Smolensk
16Th
Stockholm
London News Chronicle
Soviet Information Bureau
White Russia
Information Bureau
Russia
Dorogobuzh
London Daily Mail
Heinz Guderian
Orel
No appointment made to fill city policeman post
Officials announced no immediate action to replace Officer Paul Jones, dismissed after charges. The force remains short due to Sergt. R. O. Six illness and Officer William Patty joining the Navy. special officer H. Douglas Stup is covering Patty’s night beat.
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Paul Jones
Jones
Sergt. R. O
William Patty
Navy
H. Douglas Stup
Patty
Not A Single Pound Of Rubber For Automobiles
Washington reports that J Leon Henderson told the Senate defense investigating committee that not a single pound of crude rubber would be available for new tires or recaps on the about 30,000,000 passenger cars in the United States. Henderson called the statistic the most significant in the rubber situation and noted no rubber for new tires or camel backs for re-treads. He urged public hearings and stressed the gravity of the rubber shortfall.
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Washington
Jleon Henderson
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
War Production Board
Tate
Senate
Henderson
United Nations
Truman
D-Mo
Alexander Seeks Sheriff Post in Frederick County Race
Alexander, acting sheriff since February 1941, becomes the first Republican candidate for sheriff in Frederick County for the 1942 GO P primary. He is a Woodsboro native and former Frederick city officer with FBI and State Police training. He played football for the Frederick Athletic Club and is connected to local politics through past service. Fire breaks out in Consolidation Coal mine No. 3 at Hoffman, with miners and officials fighting the blaze amid smoke. An eight room New Market residence, belonging to Emma E. Kelly, is sold at executor's sale for $1,350 to Ervin L. Brashears.
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Horace M Alexander
Frederick County
Alexander
Guy Anders
Anders
Woodsboro
Lewis 4
Sylvia I. Alexander
Frederick
Lloyd C. Culler
Camp Meade
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Frederick Athletic Club
Robert L
Nig” Grove
Cumberland
Consolidation Coal Company
Hoffman
County
New Market
Court House
Ervin L. Brashears
Hic
Emma E. Kelly
John D. Kelly
Emmett R. Bowlus
D. Princeton Buckey
Police Patrol Car Collides With Car on North Market Street
A city patrol car and another vehicle collide on North Market Street when a curbside pullout leads to a crash. Officer Marion Carmack reports the driver Evelyn E. Stull of Frederick Route 3 pulled from the curb, causing damage to the patrol car and a parked vehicle. No injuries reported. The incident occurred about 11 o clock. no charges filed yet.
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North Market Street
Marion Carmack
Church and
Patrick
Evelyn E. Stull
Frederick
Route 3
Warner
Japanese Forces Cross Sittang River Near Wan
Japanese invasion forces crossed the Sittang River and advanced toward Rangoon, outflanking British positions near the river mouth. Reports say Wan, 15 miles northeast of Pegu, is reached with Likely rail disruption and potential Thai theatre maneuvers to sever Rangoon access.
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Mandalay
Burma
Sittang
Gulf of Martaban
Rangoon
Wan
Pegu
China
Wawa
London
Lower Sittang
Waw
Tharrawaddy
Prome
Irrawaddy
Tootouches Rise in Germany Amid War Service
In Bern on March 5, reports indicate widespread headaches as many German scientists are in military service, suggesting wartime strains affect postwar health and productivity.
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Bern
Switzerland
Germany
Japanese drive toward Batavia threaten Java defense
Dutch command reports Japanese pincers near Batavia and Bandong as the invaders push from Indramaya and Bantam zones. Kalidjati airfield, Soerakarta, Krawang, Tangerang and other positions fall or come under Japanese control amid ongoing Allied counterattacks.
Planes Attack Jap Island Near Tokyo
Imperial HQ reported 30 enemy planes attacked Minamitori Shima about 1,200 miles southeast of Tokyo, eight killed, a building burned. Japanese fighters downed seven raiders. rest driven off. Tokyo later saw its first air alarm, later identified as Japanese planes. Residents calmly prepared refuges and aided firefighting. Minamitori Shima lies 900 miles northwest of Wake Island and about 3,000 miles from Honolulu. No U.S. planes were confirmed in the raid. Washington recalled a naval task force shot down 16 Japanese planes west of the Gilbert Islands. The Gilbert and Marshall islands were attacked a month ago in an offensive sweep. Little reliable data exist on Minamitori Shima. an old British pilot book names it Marcus or Weeks Island.
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Tokyo
Imperial Headquarters
Minamitori Shima
Japan
Domeil
Wake Island
Honolulu
Washington
United States
Gilbert Islands
Gilbert Group
Maiiamitori
Shima
Gilbert
Marshal Islands
Marcus
Weeks Island
Japanese Zero Fighter Planes Rated Highly by Australians
Australian airmen who battled the Japanese over Malaya describe the navy zero fighter planes as highly maneuverable and capable of speeds up to 340 miles an hour. They are armed with cannons and machine guns, and one gunner who shot down an enemy fighter noted the opposing plane mounted four cannon.
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Sydney
Australia
Malaya
Japanese Raid on Port Moresby Reports Damage
Canberra reports the sixth and seventh Japanese air attacks on Port Moresby New Guinea in two small raids. The Australian communique says some damage occurred but no casualties were reported.
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Canberra
Australia
Port Moresby
New Guinea
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Leningrad
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Hagerstown
Hancock
Clearspring
Macarthur Boulevard
Roosevelt
Conduit Road
District of Columbia
General Douglas MacArthur
Bandoeng
N. E
Batavia
Soerabaja
Poernakarts
Soebang
Kalidjali
Defense
Krawang
Poerwakarta
Bandéeng
Tangerand
Soerakarta
Solo
Rembang
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Aneta
Kalidjati
Jap Island
U. S
Nippon Capital
Nhewepat
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