Red Cross Fund Total In City Now 20544.57
The city’s Red Cross War Fund drive total stands at 20544.57, with the goal of 35000 still distant. County chairman Lewis R. Dertzbaugh notes progress over last week and urges broader canvassing across committees including women’s and colored sections, schools, and government offices.
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Red Cross
Lewis R. Dertzbaugh
Dertzbaugh
Schools and Governmental Offices Committee
G. J. Snowball
American Fellowship Opposed To Bombings
A foreword to Massacre by Bombing by Vera Brittain, issued by 28 clergymen and leaders through the American Fellowship of Reconciliation, urges Christians to examine their participation in bombing Germany. The foreword notes World War I rules were once observed but now decencies and chivalry are largely ignored.
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New York
Joan Nevin Sayre
American Fellowship of Reconciliation
Germany
Vera Brittain
Funeral Services Held For S. Stansbury Brady
S Stansbury Brady 56 year old retired Baltimore broker died Saturday night at Union Memorial Hospital and was buried today He was a grandson of Arunah S Abell founder of the Baltimore Sun papers a Princeton University graduate Surviving are his widow three children and two brothers He had two marriages first to Muriel Kelley of New York and later to Mrs Patty Burney of Wilmington Del They lived on an estate at Easton
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Baltimore
S. Stansbury Brady
Union Memorial Hospital
Arunah S. Abell
Baltimore Sunpapers
Brady
Princeton University
Muriel Kelley
New York
Patty Burney
Wilmington
Del
Easton
Mother of Quadruplets Battles Reactions in Derbyshire
Norah Carpenter a 23 year old mother of quadruplets and widow of one infant death remained under care at Derbyshire Royal Hospital on Saturday night. Officials said she is recovering from a sudden reaction after child bearing typical of multiple births and the condition is as favorable as could be expected.
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Heanor
Derbyshire
England
Norah Carpenter
Derbyshire Royal Hospital
Four Year Old Girl Hospitalized After Sleeping Pill Incident
City police moved four year old daughter of Mrs Alexander Smith from 617 Klinehart's Alley to Frederick City Hospital after authorities learned she took sleeping pills overnight. Officer Ralph Potts stated the child had been asleep since the incident, with castor oil prescribed for a stomach ache and the pills taken without the mother’s knowledge.
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Hospital City
Alexander Smith
Klinehart's Alley
Frederick City Hospital
Ralph Potts
Empress of Japan Quiet on 41st Birthday
The Empress of Japan turned 41 today in good health per Tokyo radio reports captured for U S government monitors. The broadcast said 100,000,000 citizens are filled with deep trepidation and no public celebrations were planned due to the times.
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New York
Japan
Tokyo Radio
U. S
Small German Attack Beaten Near Beachhead
Allied headquarters report another small German attack repulsed in Italy near the Naples beachhead. Heavy rain and low clouds limited operations, while fighter bombers attacked shipping off the Yugoslav coast and gun positions on the Fifth Army front without loss. American troops repelled a German probing attempt near Cisterna as artillery and mortar fire dispersed a small force and destroyed one tank.
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Allied
Naples
Italy
Fifth Army
Eighth Army
Cisterna
Repatriates On Way Home From Europe
The Gripsholm liner heads west across the Atlantic carrying 711 North and South Americans home after internment in Germany and enemy territories. Many aboard are elated, yet several dozen World War I veterans who stayed in Europe feel sorrow at leaving spouses and children behind, some shouting they do not want to go.
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Lisbon
Gripsholm
Atlantic
Germany
Europe
AEF
France
United States
Bail Revoked Miller Jailed Pending Trial
Washington March 6 a judge borrowed from nearby West Virginia sent Robert I Miller prominent Washington attorney to jail pending his trial on a first degree murder charge in the fatal shooting of Dr John E Lind a noted psychiatrist two weeks ago Miller 67 who has practiced in DC courts appeared for arraignments before Judge Ben Moore of West Virginia sitting here by invitation After Miller entered an innocent plea Judge Moore refused to continue his 15000 bond and ordered him committed to jail His trial was set for May 15.
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Washington
West Virginia
Robert I. Miller
John E. Lind
Miller
District of Columbia
Ben Moore
Moore
Frederick Delegation Plans Evening Departure for Annapolis
Members of the Frederick county delegation to the General Assembly plan to leave this afternoon at four o'clock for Annapolis. The Democratic members will attend a caucus scheduled for six o'clock, it was reported.
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Annapolis
Frederick County
General Assembly
Vital Rail Line Menaced As Red Army Crushes Foe
The First Ukrainian Army under Marshal Zhukov cut the Odessa Lwow railway, threatening German supply lines from southern Russia. Russians advance toward Volochisk, with 6,000 Nazis slain and a 165 mile salient forming from Dembrovitsi to Belozrka as Moscow reports major drives across the Dnieper bend and gains in Poland and the Narva bridgehead.
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Moscow
Gregory K. Zhukov
Odessa-Lwow
Russia
Volochisk
Tarnopol
Romania
London
Red Army
Dnieper
Ukraine
Joseph Stalin
Stalin
Nikolai K. Vatutin
Old Poland
Dembrovitsi
Lutsk
Beloz
Rka
Berlin
Narova
Estonia
Narva
Pskov
Baltics
Navy Induction Sends Five From Draft Board Two
Five registrants from local Draft Board Two left this morning for pre induction examinations and immediate induction. They reported to the Navy Recruiting station in Baltimore. Names include Raymond Eldred Carpenter, John Franklin Knotl, Howard William Sullivan, George William Stottlemyer, and Kenneth Leon Gilbert. Ira English Eyler received immediate induction on February 9.
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Navy
Baltimore
Raymond Eldred Carpenter
Frederick
John Franklin Knotl
Thurmont
Howard William Sullivan
Union Bridge
George William Stottlemyer
Smithsburg
Kenneth Leon Gilbert
Woodsboro
Ira English Eyler
Creagerstown
Americans Enter Burma On Ground For First Time In WWII
Jungle hardened American soldiers, veterans of Guadalcanal, have begun ground action in Burma. They launched a wide leftward attack relative to Chinese forces in the Hukawng valley, striking Japanese lines about ten miles behind the front.
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New Delhi
Guadalcanal
Southwest Pacific
Burma
Hukawng Valley
Nazi Losses At Beachhead Put At 24 000
The Anzio Beachhead reports 24 000 German losses as the German attempts to drive Allies from the foothold below Rome continue. About 3 500 are captured. many others killed, with heavy tolls from Allied artillery. An American officer described piles of German bodies and a common grave being dug.
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Anzio
Maly
Rome
Gelder Smith Wedding Rites
A quiet Sunday ceremony at four o'clock united Miss Maria Lee Smith and Lieut Robert Brattan Gelder Army of the United States. The bride of Frederick is a graduate of Frederick High School and her husband-to-be will reside in Texas after the wedding. Out of town guests included noted Baltimore and Washington residents. The couple departed in a white orchid corsage going away outfit.
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Maria Lee Smith
Edward J. Smith
Record Street
Robert Brattan Gelder
Army of the United States
Gelder
Charles C. Gelder
Princess Anne
Mr. Gelder
Robert F. Brattan
Charlotte Patterson Smith
William Meredith Smith
Upper College Terrace
William F. Sauer
Samuel K. Dennis
Marjorie Lanford
Emily Dashiell
Baltimore
James Coale Sappington
Washington
Margaret Francis
Ashton
Anna Louise Sarborough
Cherry Stevens
Snow Hill
Francis M. Picher
Sewickley
Sofia Denies Bulgaria Seeking War Exit
A Sofia dispatch to the Swedish press quotes officials denying reports that Bulgaria seeks a way to quit the war. Also noted is Mrs Franklin D. Roosevelt touring two hospitals in Florida greeting hundreds of wounded soldiers after visiting Palm Beach and the Coral Gables Army hospital.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Stockholm
Miami
Fla
One Supreme Command for U S Urged in War Plan
Washington March 6 The drive for a single supreme command and unified staff in one Department of War gains support among U S military leaders and thinkers. Some favor immediate action to consolidate Army Navy and Air Forces citing efficiency while others urge caution due to lack of agreed pattern and staff time constraints. Prominent figures Palmer and Yarnell push for consolidation with Marshall Knox backing.
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Washington
Department of War
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Army
Navy
John Macauley Palmer
George C. Marshall
Palmer
H. E. Yarnell
Yarnell
U. S
Panay
China
Knox
Unemployment Crisis Seen By Committee
The Truman committee warned of an unemployment crisis unless government obstacles to civilian production are removed. They stressed monitoring war contract cancellations and ensuring factories can rapidly shift to civilian item output. The third annual report urges quick machinery removal from war plants and using surplus commodities to avoid job loss. Soviet reprints and rebuttals relate to peace terms with Finland.
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Washington
Truman Committee
Truman
D-Mo
Ferguson Rmich
Local resident buys two right shoes at shoemaker
A Williamsport resident visited a shoemaker on March 6 and had two shoes resoled only to discover both pairs were for the right foot. The episode highlights a mix up at the shop and prompts questions about inventory accuracy.
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Williamsport. Pa
30 to 50 Jap Planes Destroyed By 14th Air Unit
The 14th Air Force Mitchell bombers escorted by fighters destroyed 30 to 50 Japanese aircraft in the air and on the ground at Kingshan airdrome on Hainan Island. They also hit Chengmai in northern Thailand, destroying eight twin engined and one single engined aircraft on the ground. The Yangtze sweep sank a river freighter and a tanker, and four Japanese fighters were shot down. An Allied plane was lost amid operations near Suichuan.
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Chungking
14Th Air Force
Vo Kingshan
Hainan Island
Joseph W. Stilwell
Chengmai
Thailand
Yangtze River
Suichuan
12000 Miners Strike in Monmouthshire Over Wage Dispute
Twelve thousand Monmouthshire coal miners walked out today in a wage dispute. The strike follows a slowdown by northern miners protesting a minimum weekly wage rise from 16.75 to 20 dollars with no higher piece rates. The Ministry of Fuel warned of plant closures and transfers if output does not recover quickly.
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London
Monmouthshire
Ministry of Fuel
Easington
Durham
The
Daily Express
Court Martial For Three Army Officers
The Army announced three Air Forces officers will face a general court martial in Cincinnati on April 3 for neglect of duty tied to faulty inspection procedures at the Wright Aeronautical plant in Lockland Ohio. Lt. Col. Frank C. Gruelich of Detroit Major Walter A. Ryan of Detroit and Major William Bruckmann Clifton of Cincinnati are named defendants Brig. Gen. Lehman W. Miller is appointed president of the court.
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Washington
Army
Army Air Forces
Cincinnati
Ohio
Wright Aeronautical
Lockland
Frank C. Gruelich
Detroit
Mich
Walter A. Ryan
William Bruckmann Clifton
Collins
Fifth Service Command
Lehman W. Miller
Second arrest in early Saturday assault and larceny case
City police report a second arrest in an early Saturday assault and larceny case. Howard Steward of 247 Phobus avenue and Floyd Jones of this city were charged with assaulting Adrian Makel and stealing $37. Steward posted $500 bond and was jailed pending a Police Court hearing tonight.
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Howard
Steward
Phobus Avenue
Allen Bartgis
Ralph Potts
Adrian Makel
Floyd Jones
Makel
Germans Now Expect Invasion At Any Time
Stockholm reports Swedish correspondents in Berlin describe a new wave of anticipatory warfare stories. Hamburg papers claim invasion could come from multiple sides with feints to mislead. Germans are portrayed as believing no fortress walls are unbeatable and no sole weapon ends the war before the big proof.
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Stockholm
Berlin
Hamburg
United Press apologizes for false Churchill Teheran report
The United Press issued a statement denying a February report that Marshal Timoshenko humiliated Stalin at Churchill's Teheran reception. It said no such incident occurred and apologized to the Soviet government, confirming measures to prevent repeats and noting Roosevelt’s denial of the fiction.
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New York
United Press
New York World-Telegram
New York Journal-American
Daily Mirror
Daily News
New York Herald ‘Tribune
London
Churchill
Teheran
Timoshenko
Stalin
New York Times
Washington
Roosevelt
Marshal Timoshenk
Democrats Seek To Close Ranks In Congress
Washington reports that with White House approval national chairman Robert E. Hannegan will provide financial and party aid to several anti administration Democrats in Congress seeking re election. The push aims to unite Democrats against Republicans and includes senators not up for re election, with leaders like Tyding Clark McCarran Gillette and others identified as targets for reconciliation efforts. Senator Wheeler reportedly rebuffed overtures, while President Roosevelt endorsed the effort.
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Washington
White House
Robert E. Hannegan
Congress
Hannegan
Frank C. Walker
Roosevelt
Walker
Wheeler
Mondana
Tyding
National Committee
Clark
Missouri
McCarran
Nevada
Idaho
Gillette
Iowa
House
Germans blame British for sinking Diana, Swedish vessel
The German Information Bureau said in a broadcast recorded by the Associated Press that three British torpedo planes sank the 1,878 ton Swedish ship Diana from a German convoy yesterday north of the island of Borkum off Emden.
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British
London
German International Information Bureau
Associated Press
Diana
Borkum
Germany
Emden
American Bombers Hit Berlin in Daylight Raid
U S heavy bombers in strong forces bombed Berlin today in the seventh operation of eight days. The raid, described as precision destruction, followed by fighter escorts on the long 1 000 mile round trip from Britain. German reports claimed a major air battle and said 27 enemy planes were shot down while Liberators targeted Cognac and Bergerac in southwestern France.
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London
vPr
U. S
Berlin
Netherlands
Eighth Air Force
RAF
France
Churchill
Germany
Dingle M. Foot
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Pas de Calais
Brunswick
Zuider Zee
Heavel Lakes
Cognac
Bergerac
Hilversum
Bremen
Friesland
Ninth Air Force
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American Fellowship
Zhukov
Nikolai Vatulin
Board 2
Senate
Charles Baden
U. S. Senate
Maryland
Lead Recovery
Supreme ‘Command
U.S
Finland
14Th Air Unit
Stilwell
Britisher
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