178 Die In Crush At Entrance To Subway
A London subway shelter crush after an air raid trap killed 178 people and injured 60 as a woman with a bundle and baby fell on the stairs. The disaster, at a Fr.tunnels shelter, halted hundreds on the landing with victims including boxer Dick Corbett. Soldiers, police, and volunteers removed the dead and injured as officials explained the chain reaction that filled the stairway.
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London
Dick Corpet
England
Empire
Tere
Ministry of Home Security
Sa.c. Aul
Maistry
Women’s Volunteer Adrvice
Home Security Ministry
Corbett
Johnnny King
King
Chungking
Genoa
Marine inducts at 18 vows service and sports fame
Shweyt Tr Aanak Tatsaay Ford, son of Mr. and Mrs Raymond I Ford of Frederick, joins the Marines before 18 after leaving Massanutten Military Academy where he starred in football and baseball. He was the sole accepted recruit in his eight-person squad and aims to become a professional hallplayer like his idol Charley Keller after the war.
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Ford, Jr
Raymond I Ford
Rosemont Avenue
Frederick
Pactis Tsiard
Embroy Leatherneck
Massanution Military Academy
Charley Keller
Canal locks salvage aims to recover steel and wood
The State Salvage Committee will burn 31 of the 51 canal locks from Seneca in Montgomery County to Cumberland to recover metal for wartime use. The 18 mile route on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal once carried mule drawn coal boats, with each trip taking seven days and carrying about 200 tons of Georges Creek coal.
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Baltimore
Chesapeake and Qhin
Cumberland
Washington
Uncle Sam
State Salvage Committee
Canalians
Allegany
Frederick
Moentgomery
Washingtoon
James F Salley
State Sarvage Committee
Seneca
Montgomery County
Georges Creek
Potomac River
Fire damages Ridge Road home. main structure saved
Firefighters from Mr Airy and Westminster saved the Crawford residence off Ridge Road near Taylorsville after an overheated chimney started the blaze around 5 pm Thursday. The roof and upstairs suffered damage while neighbors helped remove furniture. The cause is under investigation and no loss estimate is yet available.
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Mr. Airy
Westminster
Francis J Crawford
Ridge Road
Taylorsville
M! Airs
OCD
State Militia Bill Signed By Governor In Annapolis
In Annapolis March 4 the state militia bill was signed by Governor OConor after Senate action on a emergency militia measure. The House approved a women’s jury bill favoring Maryland women’s right to serve in offices, while a Senate Finance review awaited a House pay amendment. The day saw 32 new bills introduced and 36 enacted as routine business continued.
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Annapolis
House
Senate
Oconor
Judiciary Committee
Oak
Althanoth Poeoches
Maryland
Seston
State Guard
Finance Committee
Earle RO Burkinus
Hartard
House Milha Committee
Shepton Ames
State Roads Commission
Senate Militia Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Life On Home Front In Russia As Hard As War Front
Henry C Cassidy reports from Moscow on civilian life during wartime. Heat, light, and food shortages dominate daily existence as 80,000 women forest crews supply fuel, rationing tightens electricity use, and workers endure 12-hour shifts seven days a week while the city remains vigilant under curfew and blackout.
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Russia
Henry C. Cassidy
Soviet Union
Red Army
Moscow
Ulitsa Shchukina
Leningrad
House
Mosscow
Eugene Onegin
No More Curtailment As Yet For Newsprint
Washington reports no further curtailments in paper use by newspapers magazines books or printers before July 1. War Production Board officials say Canada will supply 1170,000 tons of pulp this year plus an additional amount confirmed in Montreal.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPE
Montreal
United States
Canada to hold second newsprint cut in abeyance
A report by IR L Weldon notes heavy pulp wood cutting this winter in Canada and the WPB announces a postponed 10 percent newsprint cut set to start April 1. The delay aims to secure extra wood pulp for other paper grades while avoiding harm to books magazines and other print users.
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IR. L. Weldon
Remnants Of Japs Convoy Destroyed
Allied High Command reports the destruction of a Japanese convoy of 22 ships in the Bismarck Sea. About 15 000 troops bound for Lae were lost, with two destroyers sunk and 27 more enemy planes shot down. Barges lifeboats and rafts were destroyed. salvage efforts found no traces of survivors beyond wreckage.
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Austral Ma
Alled High Command
Bismarck Sea
Lae
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Robert Patterson
Japan
Finschhafen
Moon Gulf
Allied Air Strikes Hit Lae and surrounding Targets
Allied aviation described heavy blows against Lae and nearby airfields, destroying ground crews and fuel trucks. Reports note 17 Japanese planes shot down in Lae airspace, with additional strikes on Saumlaki and Markus Island and large oil fire set by airdrome attacks. First known landfall mentions Meriwether Lewis and William Clark.
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New Britain
Rabaul
MacArthurs
New Guinea
Papua
Lae
Huon Gulf
MacArthur
Saumlaki
Tanimbar Island
Markus Island
Ithe
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Carl Eugene Gorman
Cogistian
Edwin Gunther Witta
Beaton Royer
William Bryce Bond
Everett Alien Myers
RB. F. D
Harbert Korn Robertson
R. F D
New Windsor
Reginald Eugene Grose
RF D
Francis Wiltur Watson
BR. F.D
Union Bridge
David Samuel Edwerde
J &, Union Bredge
Thomas Monree Chaney, Jr
R. F. GD
Mt. Aly
Ralph Joseph Bollinger
Sterling Richard Stam- Qengh
RF. DB
Taneytown
Ray- Moad Eugene Clrpaugh
Tanneytown
Harold Stephen Is
Raymond I, Ford, Sr
Cass
Evan- Stheal Lutheran Courea
Alps Roger Evier
Rurali
Carty's
Pat St
Idano
Meriwether Lewis
William Clark
Delphey’s
West
Patrick St
Cafurst
Carty
RY Sarnnive
Erie Thes Re
Farty Tre
ASO
Potwiel St
Frederick Cloak & Suit Store
North Market Street
Ing Coats
Bennett
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