Fry Found Not Guilty On Charge Of Assault
A Frederick man, Henry Fry, was acquitted of attempting to rape a nine year old girl in an East Fifth Street home after Judge Ed ward S. Delaplaine and Judge Petrick M. Schnauffer found reasonable doubt. The verdict came despite testimony from Vergie Carty that Fry held the child in a front room as the mother worked at a canning factory. Fry claimed the girl cried over money and that the allegations were fueled by jealousy and intoxication.
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Edward S. Delaplaine
Petrick M. Schnauffer
Frederick
East Fifth Street
Henry Fry
Fry
Vergie Carty
Wilbur
Carly
Charles Masser
Jap Positions In Burma Are Raided
British relief reports RAF bombers attacked Japanese held Akyab in western Burma after daylight raids on Rathedaung and Kamai about 25 miles northwest. Bursts were seen in target areas and fires started at Rathedaung. A small British naval craft engaged five Japanese supply vessels near the Mayu river mouth, capturing one ship and prisoners without losses. RAF fighters damaged road and rail transports on the Mayu peninsula.
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New Delhi
Akyab
Burma
Rathedaung
Kamai
Mayu River
Mayu Peninsula
Injunctions Sought Against Meat Slaughterers in Four States
Cleveland March 5 The regional Office of Price Administration will seek injunctions today against more than 120 slaughterers and packers in Ohio Michigan Kentucky and West Virginia to curb practices fueling meat black markets. James C Gruener regional OPA attorney said the actions aim to stop slaughtering cattle calves steers lambs and swine.
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Cleveland
Office of Price Administration
Ohi
Michigan
Kentucky
West Virginia
James C. Gruener
OPA
Hogs Back to Corn Diet if Wheat Parity Rises
Chicago reports that hogs fed on wheat may return to corn unless Congress fixes farm feed wheat at parity. Secretary Wickard urged approving 100.9 million bushels of government wheat for livestock at 85 percent parity, while House committee backs 160 percent parity, indicating a farm bloc push for the higher price.
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Chicago
Congress
Wickata
House Agriculture Committee
New Nazi Small Bomb Warned For Wide Area Drops
The Ministry of Home Security warned Britons about a new small anti-personnel bomb used by Nazis. The device is cigarette can sized, weighs about four pounds, and may explode at the slightest touch. Authorities say several were dropped recently and could be scattered over a wide area.
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London
Ministry of Home Security
Ministry Aid
Fire gut Fort Meade Officers Club in early morning blaze
The Officers Club at Fort Meade burned down around 3 30 a m caused by an undetermined origin. Fire crews saved adjacent buildings but the frame structure was destroyed with loss estimated between 60000 and 70000 dollars. The club housed a register of notable visitors including Generals Pershing Eisenhower MacArthur and former War Secretary Newton Baker. Memorial plaques photos and trophies were also lost. The building had just been redecorated at a cost of 16000 dollars.
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Fort George G. Meade
Fort Meade
Taird
Tne
Fort
John J. Pershing
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
Third Corps
Third Service Command
Newton D. Baker
Wilson
OWI Denies Fourth Term Propaganda Claim
Washington reports OWI Director Elmer Davis rejected GOP charges that the pamphlet Life of Franklin D. Roosevelt is political propaganda to promote a fourth term. He said 500000 copies in 12 languages were printed for foreign populations, not American troops, and called Roosevelt a symbol of liberty abroad.
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Washington
Office of War Information
Roosevelt
OWI
Elmer Davis
Davis
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Rep. Taber
R-N.y
House
Taber
End of Almshouses Hailed as State Policy Move
Annapolis March 5 Governor O'Connor called passage of the bill to create chronic disease hospitals a major achievement. He said immediate plans would be made to eliminate almshouses in the state.
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Annapolis
O'Connor
General Assembly
Essex youth charged with murder in shotgun death
William Smith, 17, a plane factory worker from Essex Maryland, was charged with murder today in the shotgun killing of his father after a lengthy family quarrel. Lieut. George Hohman of the Essex police reported.
Two Deaths Listed After Blackout Last Night
Maryland reports two deaths during the first test blackout for the Army air raid warning signals. In Baltimore Mrs. Adeline Kaufman, 54, fell in darkness after opening the wrong door, fracturing her skull. In Frostburg George B. Atkinson, 57, was found dead. doctors said he died about two days earlier.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Army
Adeline Kaufman
Frostburg
George B. Atkinson
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Ehh
James P. Wharton
Milton A. Reckord
Third Service Command
Free State
OCD
Old Dominion
Philadelphia
Delaware
Cumberland
Command
Sikd
Rca
Cept
Bombing Raid Hits Western Germany Amid Ongoing Allied Offensive
Royal Air Force bombers struck targets in western Germany in a ninth consecutive night of attacks. One plane is missing as mines are laid in enemy waters and heavy industry in the Ruhr is typically targeted. Paris and German radios went off air. Allied pressure continues with raids on Le Mans Valenciennes Hamm and Rotterdam rail hubs and docks.
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London
Royal Air Force
Germany
Air Ministry
Ruhr
Paris
le Mans
Valenciennes
France
U. S
Hamm
Rotterdam
Holland
Axis Makes More Claims Of Shipping Losses
Axis radios report new Allied shipping losses in the Atlantic with no independent confirmation. Rome broadcasts claim a Brazilian troop transport of tons and a United States motor ship of 12,000 tons sunk by German subs in the South Atlantic. Berlin dispatch says long range bombers set afire three Allied cargo ships totaling 23,000 tons.
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Axis
Tue
United Nations
Atlantic
Halian High Command
Rome
South
Atlanttic
DNB
Berlin
Food shortage warned by Wickard committee report
Washington March 5 The Senate panel warned the 1943 crop outlook is the most hopeless in years and urged deferring farm labor into the army for 1944. Wickard said shortages loom and Americans must tighten belts as food production may not meet civilian and allied demands.
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Ge Us
Washington
Senate
Amiricans
United States
Ani
Wickard
Appropriations
Bankhead
Nye Ur-Ndi
Nye
Tydings
Agriculture Department
News Agencies Question Source Rights in Wartime
The Office of War Information probes how journalists obtain data from other sources amid wartime food program coverage. The dispute centers on Agriculture Department data leaks for wheat and flour price ceilings and a push for source transparency in government news.
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Washington
Office of War Information
Agriculture Department
Associated Press
OWL
Department
WEWS
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Free Press
Ray Roberts
Kansas City Star
ASNE
Ont
OWI
Bombing of Pazundaang Bridge and Rangoon Docks
The Tenth United States Air Force bombed the Pazundaang bridge and Athlone docks in Rangoon area with raids on Burma. The impact damaged rail yards near Maymyo and a car and locomotive shop, producing heavy smoke and ongoing assessments of damage.
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New Delhi
India
United States Air Force
Pazundaang
Ahlone Deck
Rangoon
Maymroi
Burma
Athlone
Strictures On Private Vehicles Show Financial Impact
Britimare March report notes Transit Company figures for January 1943 and 1945. Street car and bus line fares rose by 7,440,638 over the year, with total fare collection reaching 22,912,542 in January 1945.
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Britimare
Maren
Ba Dimare
Allied raids hit Japanese positions in Solomon Islands and Aleutians
Navy communique reports raids on four Japanese bases in the Solomon Islands and on Kiska in the Aleutians. It notes two Japanese planes bombed Guadalcanal with no damage, while U S aircraft conducted dawn and morning strikes on Munda Kahili Buin and Shortland Island areas with returns and light anti aircraft fire.
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Washington
Pacfic
Solomon Island
Kiska
Aleutians
Navy
United States
Guadalcanal
North Pacific
Esry
Wiska
Hill
South Pacific
Douglas
Wilceat
Grumman
Finest Aberdeen Angus Exhibited In Chicago
National Aberdeen Angus sale and show at Union Stock Yards drew top cattle judged by a panel. Secretary H Temhave said the event aims to establish a permanent Angus center akin to Scotland's Perth show, with animals from Maryland to Canada.
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Chicago
Union Stock Yards
H. Temhave
Ian Aberdeen-Angus Breed Association
Perth
Scotland
Maryland
Virginia
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Illinois
Towa
Minnesota
Michig ‘Gan
Indiana
Ohio
Canada
Soviet Army Clears 270 Mile Rail Corridor Near Moscow
Soviet forces press southwest and south of Rzhev and Velikie Luki, recapturing towns and narrowing German rail access. The Red Army advances threaten Smolensk and Bryansk corridors as they drive toward Olenino and Velikie Luki, near the Latvia border, while German supply lines to the northwest front weaken.
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Moscow
Tran Rehey
Velikie Liki
Viening
Rafe
Michal Semeon Timoshenko
Kharkov
Rzhev
Bryansk
Gzhatsk
Vyazma
Velikie Luki
Conntanate Vidama Eam F
Smolerisii
Hitler
Russia
Olenina
neWapaptr Pravda
Olening
British Warship Losses During Entire War 416
Britain reports 416 warships lost in the war with a breakdown: 44 submarines 5 capital ships 7 aircraft carriers 140 armed merchant cruisers 94 destroyers 14 corvettes 1 monitor 8 sloops 42 mine sweepers 156 trawlers 14 drifters 1 minelayer 3 yachts 5 gunboats 3 cutters. The navy remains stronger than last year per A V Alexander and Lord Bruntisfield.
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London
Britain
Lord Bruntisfield
The
Admiralty
House of Lords
A. V. Alexander
Royal Navy
Call Fathers Only As Last Resort Says Draft Official
Ballimorce March 5 Col Henry C Stanwood Maryland Selective Service director told family men they will be drafted only after all other manpower sources. He denied reports that single men were overlooked and said single men are a large physically fit category. Married men with no children are deferred due to essential war production roles, with deferment at the employer’s request and temporary in nature. The employer should train a successor and release the original man when replacement is found.
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Ballimorce
Henry C Stanwood
Maryland
Selective Service
Stanwood
Onii
Roads Board Bills In Hands Of Delegation
Two Frederick County Roads Board bills sit in the House of Delegates as no progress occurs. Senator Funk's Senate-passed measure would adjust appointment power and add board members. Delegate Frushour's would abolish the board and return control to County Commissioners.
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Frederick
Cotunly
Roads Board
Sedjenane Street Fighting as Allied Push Holds Axis
Allied headquarters report that Sedjenane, a key junction on the Mateur Tabarea road, withstood a determined Axis attack before British tanks led by a Churchill division forced a retreat. The communique notes four Axis ships sunk by bombers and ongoing patrols along the Mareth line with continued attacks on enemy transports.
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North Africa
Theorth
Sedjens Ang
Sedjenaie
Mateur-Tabarea
Nefta
Chott Djerid
Mareth
Sicily
Tunisia
Ojedeida
Tunis
Marth
Tunisian
E P Cahill Dies At 87 in Maryland Orchards Leader
E mund Pendleton Cahill 87 a famed eastern horticulturist and pioneer Maryland orchardist died of pneumonia in Washington County Hospital after three weeks illness. He planted one of the region's largest orchards near Hancock and later sold Tonoloway. Survived by Emma G Cahill three sons Rinehart Andrew Lea and a daughter Mrs John P Casper. Funeral services set for Hancock with burial there.
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Hagerstown
Edmund Pendleton Cahill
Maryland
Washington County
Elmira
Hancock
Cahill
Federal Reserve Bank of Baltimore
American Farm Bureau
Maryland Jorticulture Association
Eastern Fruit Growers Asociation
Hancock Bank
Knights of Columbus Lodge
Cumberland
St. Peter's Catholic Church
Emma Glover Cahill
Rinehart
Andrew
Hancock and
Lea
Near Clear Spring
John P. Casper
Pro-Fascists Dropped From New Finn Cabinet
Finland formed a new cabinet under conservative Premier Edwin Linkomies. Pro-Fascist Patriotic Peoples Party ministers were removed and the foreign portfolio given to Sir Henry Ramsay, a shipping leader. Observers noted neither Linkomies nor Ramsay seemed unacceptable to Russia, reducing hindrances to early peace talks.
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Tielinki
Finland
Edwin Linkomies
Patriotic Peoples Party
Henry Ramsay
Linkomies
Ramsay
Russia
Earth shock recorded off southern Mexico coast
Fordham University seismograph logged two earthquakes described as moderate in intensity. The events were detected late last night and are believed to occur off the southern coast of Mexico. The report notes no immediate damage or tsunami threat.
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New York
Fordham University
Mexico
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Solomons
Russ Army
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Ancient Mariner
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Atelantic Patrol
Tess
Deegate Jacob RR
Namsburg
Ramsourg
Billy
Funk
University of Maryland
Education Committee
Wwe
Vonke
First Army
Sedjenane
E. P. Cahill
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