Pomona Grange Advances Rural Road and Welfare Proposals
Pomona Grange met in New Market with 125 in attendance including all nine Frederick County subordinate granges. Resolutions urged a postwar road program funded by auto use taxes, gravel roads, and county board appointments. maintained teachers' state bonuses and opposed welfare cost hikes and draft unit changes. An emphasis on road safety, a statewide ballot for signs, and continued cooperation with the Roads Board and County Engineer were adopted.
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Pomona Grange
New Market
Frederick County
Albert O. Kuhn
Maryland Extension Service
Roads Board
County Engineer and Roads Board
The
Grange
State Welfare Board
General Hershey
County War Board
House of Delegates
Braddock Heights
Frank Darner
Henry R Shoemaker
Middletown Grange
Vada Duvall
Robert Mainhart
New Market Grange
Helen Remsberg
Henry Lakin
Jefferson
Shoemaker
Red Cross
Helen Zimmerman
Walkersville
Elsie Stone
Braddock
Mt. Pleasant Grange
Frederick Fair
Aerial Navigator Lt Crickenberger Graduates At Selman Field
Aerial navigator Lt Crickenberger son of Mr and Mrs L H Crickenberger was commissioned after graduation at Selman Field Monroe Alabama.
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Crickenberger
L. H. Crickenberger
Airy
R. FL
Selman Field
Monroe
Ala
Louis Lepke Is Executed in Sing Sing
Ossining March 5 Louis Lepke Buchalter arch criminal and head of Murder Inc was executed in Sing Sing prison last night for the 1936 slaying of Brooklyn candy merchant Joseph Rosen. His lieutenants Louis Capone and Emmanuel Weiss also went to the chair with him as the trio faced the electric chair in a historic mob case. Lepke walked to the chair at 11 16 P M appearing dazed yet defiant while Capone muttered he had been framed and Weiss showed more composure before the sentence was carried out.
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Ossining
Louis Lepke
Buchalter
Sing Sing
Murder, Inc
Louie
Brooklyn
Joseph Rosen
Louis
Boss) Capone
Emmanuel
Mendy) Weiss
Capone
Mendy Weiss
Lepke
East Side
Wartime Bonus Proposed For Maryland State Workers
Governor O Conor asked for a second wartime bonus of 120 for Maryland state employees in installments, matching the school teachers bonus and below the prior 200 payment plan. The proposal excludes workers with higher wages or full state maintenance. The move accompanies a special session to extend cost of living relief and discuss teacher bonuses and service-vote legislation.
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Annapolis
O'Conor
General Assembly
Baltimore
Mopping Up Japs On Los Negros Island
Allied headquarters report heavy fighting on Los Negros Island in the Admiralty group as American First Cavalry troops press to consolidate after landing February 29 while Japanese efforts to retake Momote airfield falter leaving hundreds dead. Rabaul and coastal targets across the New Guinea and Solomons fronts see continued Allied bombing and naval action with ships, airstrips, and barges damaged or destroyed and Japanese troop movements noted toward Lorengau Manus Island.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
Momote
Los Negros Island
Admiralty Group
Douglas MacArthur
Los Negros
First Cavalry
Rabaul
Solomon Islands
New Britain
Lorengau
Manus Island
Admiralties
Americas
Seatles Harbor
Hollandia
Wewak
Hansa Bay
Madang
New Guinea
Saidor
Herwarth Point
Mindin
Bougainville Island
Solomons
Torokina
Buka
Red Cross Girls Operate Clubs for American Troops in China
Twenty five Red Cross girls are flown to China to operate clubs for American soldiers at advanced bases. Lt Gen Stilwell initially opposed women at such bases but allowed a limit of 25 after the troops welcomed their presence.
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New Delhi
Red Cross
China
Army
Joseph W Stilwell
Salaried Jap Gunmen Hunt For U S Officers In China
Chinese authorities warn that Japan has organized a pool of 200 salaried gunmen at Chinese bases to kill American officers, especially flyers. Per diem wages total 400 Chinese dollars with a 300k to 700k dollar bonus for targeted colonels and officers, though no attacks have occurred yet.
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U. S. Air Force
China
United States
Seven Reviews At Book Hour By Dr Barnhart
Dr William R Barnhart, Hood College, reviewed seven books at the fourth Book Hour in the Totem periodical room. He highlighted Reinhold Niebuhrs The Nature And Destiny Of Man as a turning point in 20th century religious thought, and Ralph Flewellings The Survival Of Western Culture on individual freedom. Other works discussed include Fosdicks On Being A Real Person, Lin Yutang Between Tears And Laughter, Berdyaevs The Fate Of Man In The Modern World, Hutchinson From Victory To Peace, and C S Lewiss The Screwtape Letters.
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William R. Barnhart
Joseph Henry Apple
Hood College
Reinhold Neibuhr
Man
Neibuhr
University of Edinburgh
Scotland
Dr. Barnhart
Ralph Flewelling
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Lin Yutang
Nicholas Berdyaev
Paul Hutchinson
C. S. Lewis
Five Leading GOP Candidates Vie For Delegates In Prolonged Chase
Washington observers say most of the 1059 GOP delegates will go un instructed to the Chicago convention as the field narrows. Dewey and Bricker lead pledges while Willkie Stassen MacArthur Vandenberg are among early favorites with New York Oregon Ohio and Minnesota backing their campaigns.
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Washington
Chicago
Wendell L. Willkie
Thomas E Dewey
New York
Robert Taft
Ohio
Taft
Bricker Taft
John W. Bricker
Vandenberg
Rmich
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
New Mexico
Florida
Dewey
Willkie
New England
Oregon
Bricker
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
Navy
Edward Martin
Pennsylvania
Earl Warren
California
Dwight Griswold
Nebraska
Leverett Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Lieutenant Insuly Stationed in England
A Maryland National Guard enlistee in 1941 received his commission as a second lieutenant at officers candidate school in England last fall. He is a Frederick High School graduate in 1935 and brother of Mrs. G. Robert Mullican of 545 East Church Street.
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Insely
England
Maryland National Guard
Frederick High School
G. Robert Mullican
East Church Street
Legislature Deals With Soldier Vote and Teacher Bonus
The legislature opens a special session focused on soldier voting rights and teacher bonus issues. State Senator John B. Funk notes caucus plans, while County Commissioners and Frederick County legislators discuss welfare costs. William M. Storm reports on committee decisions as delegates signal sympathy with county views. The group also considers speeding magistrates paper returns to circuit clerks.
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John B. Funk
Frederick County
General Assembly
William M. Storm
Storm
Man Pleads Guilty to Drunken and Reckless Driving
Lovettsville resident George H. Graham paid 100 for drunken driving and 55 for reckless driving after pleading guilty before Magistrate Edward J. Smith via attorney D. Prince ton Buckey. State Trooper Harold Basore filed the charges following a series of hit and run incidents on Route 40 westbound.
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Edward J. Smith
D. Princeton Buckey
George H. Graham
Lovettsville
Harold Basore
Graham
Route 40
Argentina Faces Regional Shifts in Wait and See Policy
Argentina under General Edelmiro Farrell eyes neighboring Uruguay and Paraguay amid Washington’s withholding of official ties. Uruguay and Paraguay consider recognizing Buenos Aires, risking a split in Pan American solidarity as Chile and Bolivia already back Farrell’s regime.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Washington
Edelmiro Farrell
Paraguay
United States
Buenos Aires
Pan
Argentina
Chile
Bolivia
Farrell
Pedro Ramirez
London
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Stettinius
Ramirez
Associated Press
Reuters
Norman Armour
Birds of Paradise Pleasures and Perils in the Pacific
Birds of Paradise, once common to American troops in the South Pacific, are admired for beauty yet noted as unpleasant to eat. The article contrasts their striking plumage with the difficulty of preparing and consuming them, reflecting wartime attitudes toward local fauna.
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South Pacific
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U.S
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