Negro who was wanted here takes his own life
Philadelphia march 7 convict twice of robbery within the last two days and facing two murder charges william young, 34, negro, hanged himself early today in his cell at moyamensing prison elwood mcd ermott, a prison guard, found young suspended from the top bars of his cell by a rope made from torn strips of a sheet he had been rearrested yesterday on a charge of slaying 15-year-old nelder williams, described as his accomplice in a 300 robbery of a delicatessen store his real name is bowie alias leroy johnson and william bowie. authorities say he was the mysterious millard moose bowie, wanted in a 1937 murder in maryland and linked to the knight case near jamsville
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Philadelphia
William Young
Moyamensing Prison
John H. Maurer
Elwood McDermott
Young
Nelder Williams
Maurer
Frederick County
Maryland
Millard “Moose” Bowie
Centerville
Melville Knight
Chester
Horace M. Alexander
Alexander
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Bowie
Philrea
Sjamsville
Knight
Leroy Johnson
William Bowie
Rockville
Possible Shortage of Soft Coal Predicted
Washington March 7 A possible shortage of bituminous coal may force the allocation of available supplies. Howard Gray acting Director of Solid Fuels Coordination warned Secretary Ickes that consumers had failed to stockpile coal despite repeated appeals, risking an emergency requiring government allocation to protect war industries.
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Washington
Office of
Solid Fuels Coordination
Howard Gray
Ickes
Gray
United States
United Nations plan to strike Japan from Australia bases
Melbourne reports a United Nations offensive against Japan from Australian and Indian bases is being planned in Washington and London with Australian government notified. Heavy American troops and matériel are en route to Australia as New Guinea ports face renewed bombing with Japan raids on Port Moresby and Lae. Australian minister Beasley says total Pacific strategy organized to cut enemy supply lines and drive toward Tokyo, Yokohama. Australians 60 and under to be called up. coast security measures to obscure place names. all British subjects 16+ to register for ID cards.
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Melbourne
Australia
United Nations
Japan
Washington
London
Canberra
Commonwealth
United Nations High Command
Southwest Pacific
Walter Farr
London Daily Mail
New Guinea
Port Moresby
Lae
Cape York
Koepang
Dutch Timor
Gasmata
New Britain
Sydney
John Beasley
Pacific
Tokyo
Yokohama
Labor Ministry
Japs Land New Force In Philippines
Japanese forces with tanks landed at Calapan on Mindoro, Mindanao patrol clashes reported as desultory. The War Department noted little activity elsewhere with slight artillery fire and no major combat on Bataan.
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Washington
Philippines
War Department
Calapan
Mindoro
Beinan Peninsula
Zamboanga
Mindanao
Radio Output To End After April 22
The War Production Board ordered manufacture of radios and phonographs for civilian use discontinued after April 22 and announced full conversion of industry facilities to war production except for replacement parts. Manufacturers may complete sets started before April 22 within current quotas.
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Washington
War Production Board
May Get New Fire-Fighting Equipment Under OCD Plans
Civilian Defense officials predicted that the War Department would issue orders without delay for the first supply of equipment to protect people and property in target areas from bombing. The program, funded at 100 million dollars, aims to loan essential gear to cities most at risk, with allocations based on attack likelihood and industry importance.
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OCD
Washington
War Department
War Production Board
James M. Landis
Office of Civilian Defense
Landis
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf
Frederick
Independents
Juniors
Uniteds
United
Atlantic Ocean
Hagerstown
Ammunition Truck Explosion Kills Seven in North Carolina
A ammunition-laden truck exploded near Smithfield North Carolina after a roadside collision and fire. At least seven people died and more than 100 were injured as hotel filling station and tavern buildings were leveled and windows shattered in Selma and surrounding towns.
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Smithfield
N.C
North Carolina
Selma
E. N. Booker
Johnston County
Talton Hotel
Booker
George Stroup
Gastonia
Cecil Propst
Lawndale
Rocky Mount
Goldsboro
Raleigh
H. C Bobbitt
Gurkins Tavern
Luke Capps
Bobbitt
Highway Patrol
Potomac Motor Lines seeks trial extension for Frederick bus service
Potomac Motor Lines Inc notifies the Public Service Commission it is ready to continue street bus service in Frederick until May 1 on a trial basis. The plan follows petitions opposing discontinuance and reports of limited regular use. The company suggests continuing under current fares with adjusted hours if approved.
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Potomac Motor Lines, Inc
Public Service Commission
Frederick
Frank Harper
F. H. Urner
Being An All America Too Much For Dudley
Richmond papers report Virginia captain Bill Dudley overwhelmed by All America honors. He will skip examinations next week to catch up later, after trips to accept trophies and attend meetings.
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Richmond
Bill Dudley
University of Virginia
Times-Dis
Frederick City Packing to Install 25-Ton Corn Dump
Frederick City Packing Company will install a 25 ton corn dump to speed unloading of sugar corn from farmers wagons. President Samuel H. Rosenstock says the system drops wagon loads into the dump and moves corn to bins, reducing unloading time from five to ten minutes. Machinery due June 1, aimed at easing labor shortages from the draft. Weatherfish weather prophecy note follows about European weather predicting fish.
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Frederick City Packing Company
Samuel H. Rosenstock
Canning Concern
Rosenstock
Shipbuilding Program Must Come Through Says Nelson
Washington March 7 Chairman Donald M Nelson of the War Production Board said there is no possibility the war shipbuilding program will fall short of Roosevelt's goal and that the program must come through. He asserted the shipping target of 8,000,000 tons for the year may be challenging but has to be achieved for the nation, responding to recent comments by W H Harrison WPB director questioning feasibility.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Roosevelt
Nelson
W. H. Harrison
Recovery Shows Stocks Claw Back After Losses
New York March 7 Selected stocks gained a finger hold on recovery in today’s market despite war news and tax worries. The list edged down at the open with blue chips weak, then trends improved and declines narrowed or turned to advances. Numerous issues were unchanged.
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New York
Bandoeng Defenses Broken By Japanese Forces
Japanese troops breached Bandoeng northern defenses on the Tangku van Prahu slope in Java, as Aneta reported. Dutch Indies defenders, numerically inferior, faced fierce resistance and air attacks while Japanese forces pressed a breakthrough in a region famed for mountain scenery.
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Bandoeng
Java
Aneta
Tangkuvan Prahu
Bangtoeng
New York
CBS
RCA
American Telephone and Telegraph
Netherlands Indies
Free French Force Strikes Into Libya
British communique reports Free French Allied forces advancing from the east and south into Libya capturing two Axis positions and penetrating Fezzan south of Tripoli. Patrol activity continues with a garrison post taken by a Free French column. additional Fezzan fighting cited as severe.
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Cairo
Britain
Libya
Fezzan
Libyan Desert
Tripoli
Cirenaica
Equatorial Africa
Three Die In Tenement Fire on West Side
New York report says at least three burned to death in a four story tenement at 239 West 16th Street with seven taken to St. Vincent's Hospital. Firemen could not confirm additional victims or cause, while a mother and infant suffered serious injuries from the flames. Identifications included Mrs Betty Hasara, 22, and her eight month old Lucille.
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New York
Lower West Side
St. Vincent's Hospital
West 16Th Street
Betty Hasara
Lucille
Nazi Spy Ring Misses Death Penalty In U S
Six defendants led by Kurt Frederick Ludwig were convicted of espionage conspiracy in New York on March 7 but avoided the death penalty because crimes occurred before Pearl Harbor. Sentencing set for next Friday the 13th with possible 20 year terms.
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New York
Kurt Frederick Ludwig
Pearl Harbor
Long Island
Ludwig
Fremont
Germany
Helen Pauline Mayer
Rene Froehlich
Paul T. Borchard
Frederick Schlosser
Japanese Claim 219 Allied Ships Sunk
Tokyo reports Imperial headquarters claim 219 United Nations ships sunk since the Greater East Asia War. They name U S battleships Arizona Maryland California Utah and unidentified class plus British battleships Repulse and Prince of Wales. Verification from others is absent.
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Tokyo
Imperial Headquarters
United Nations
United States
Arizona
Maryland
California
Utah
Pearl Harbor
Japanese advance tightens grip on Java amid cautious Burma gains
Allied reports say Bandoeng near encirclement and Java defense collapsing within days as Japanese forces push along the northern coast and threaten Soerabaja. In Burma, camouflaged tanks aid a British counterattack near Rangoon, with 60 Japanese casualties and services continuing in the capital.
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Roger D. Greene
Associated Press
Tokyo
Bandoeng
Java
United Nations
Soerabaja
Dutch East Indies
Batavia
Indian Ocean
Tjilatjap
Burma
Pegu
Rangoon
NYA Ordered To End All But War Work
National Youth Administration head Au brey Williams orders immediate closure of NYA projects not producing war workers. In a state administrator letter he notes termination of nonessential programs like school buildings and community services, urging focus on war production and Army Navy needs.
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Nya
Washington
Aubrey Williams
National
Williams
Army Navy
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Losmino
Vyasma
Vyazma
Moscow-Smolensk
Soviet Information Bureau
Adolf Hitler
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Basel
Switzerland
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Staraya Russa
Heinz Guderian
Ore
Free French
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