Linganore Water Plant Plan Up For Wednesday
A special meeting of the Mayor and Aldermen will review Linganore water plant improvements by City Engineer Frank W. Rothenhoefer. Bids timing unclear but likely late March with 100 days to complete after award. About 15 main bidders are expected. work includes new rapid sand filters and a full superstructure.
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City Hall
Linganore
Frank W. Rothenhoefer
Rothenhoefer
Singapore
War Production Board
Home Service Corps Forming by Red Cross in Frederick
The Frederick County Red Cross Chapter plans a 50 hour six week volunteer course starting March 21 to build a Home Service Corps for aiding service and ex service members and families. Enrollment limited to 15, to be held at 17 North Court street with instructors from local executives.
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Home Service Corps
Red Cross
Frederick County
Home Service
The
North Court Street
Richard F. Nallin
Eric Lundgren
Home Service Committee
Henry R. Shoemaker
Germans Worry As Russian Drive Sweeps South
Berlin censored reports describe a major Soviet offensive south of Lwow in old Poland as the final German attempt to stop the Red Army. Moscow dispatches say Zhukov’s Ukraine Army pushes toward the Romanian frontier after breaching the Odessa Lwow Warsaw rail line, threatening isolation of German forces.
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Stockholm
Berlin
Lwow
Poland
Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau
Red Army
Lwow-Odessa
Orsha-Minsk
Adolf Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
Ural
London
Gregory K. Zhukov
Odessa-Lwow
Warsaw
Russia
Moscow
Odessa
Volochisk
Zararzh
Tarnopol
Cernauti
Rumania
Finns Await Russ Reply
Stockholm March 7 The Finnish government is momentarily awaiting word from the Soviet government on Finland's reply to Moscow regarding armistice terms. The Helsinki correspondent for Aftonbladet notes the report, cleared by Finnish censorship, is the first direct word from Finland and may indicate some acknowledgment of Russian terms. Particulars of the reply were not disclosed and expectations rise as tension grows.
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Stockholm
Finland
Moscow
Aftonbladet
Helsinki
Finlaret
Post War Education Program To Be Theme
Maryland educators set March 25 conference at Loyola College to outline a post war program for schools including veteran educational aid. Very Rev Dr Edward Bunn Loyola president and conference chairman invites county school superintendents Baltimore city officials and Maryland universities and colleges to attend.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Loyola College
Edward B. Bunn
Loyola
Baltimore City
New Draft Twist At Union SSB Signs Help Wanted
Union County Selective Service Board Two facing draft quotas hung a public sign reading Help Wanted Male Clothing maintenance and 50 monthly. Job not permanent. Apply within. The sign reflects efforts to defer childless men and boost enlistment as Pearl Harbor looms.
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Union
N. J
County Selective Service Board Two
Pearl Harbor
Induction Notices Sent 24 By Board 1
Draft Board One issued induction notices to 24 registrants, including 4 colored men, for Army and Navy service. Army reporting to Fort Meade, Navy to Baltimore Navy Recruiting Station. Groups split with 13 Army and 7 Navy to report at Winchester Hall for transport. Remaining colored and white registrants to report on a separate later date. Names include Vernon Rippeon, Albert Killingsworth, Mitchell Carter Bay, David Willard Cooper, and others.
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Army
Navy
Fort Meade
Baltimore
Winchester Hall
Draft Board For Transportation
Vernon R. Rippeon
Fairview Avenue
Albert Killingsworth
North Market Street
Mitchell Carter Bay
Walkersville
David Willard Cooper
North Bentz
Harlen William DeGrange
Frederick
Dorsey Scheetz
Point of Rocks
Alfred Rodgest Glass
Sykesville
Henry Victor Roberts
Francis William Barker
Brunswick Street
Brunswick
Wesley Francis Schaeffer
Buckeystown
William Robert Speilman
West Patrick Street
Carroll County Board
Maurice Leon Tilghman
Lawrence Brown
Gilmore Ray Flautt, Jr
East Second Street
Gerald Leo Baker
Braddock Heights
Herman Joshua Koutz
Herbert Nelson Weedon
Roger Elijah Naylor
East
Spencer Columbus Bowie
Patrick Street
James Albert Jefferson
All Saints Street
Donald John Holland
Knoxville
Joseph Wilmore Boyce
North Bentz Street
Edward Earl Hill
West All Saints Street
David Overton Berryman
West
Church Street
County Officials Urge State Pay Teachers Bonus During War
The County Commissioners sent a telegram to State Senator John B. Funk urging the State to continue the $20 monthly teachers bonus for the war duration. They oppose Governor O Connors plan to fund nine months on a 2 State 1 county split, and deny any county share for the dormant July August period. Eastern and Western Shores associations and Baltimore city officials oppose cost sharing, deeming the matter a State responsibility.
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John B. Funk
Annapolis
O'Conor
Baltimore
842 Jap Planes Lost In Long Rabaul Battle
South Pacific air forces report 842 Japanese planes destroyed since December 17 as Allied efforts to reduce Rabaul New Britain continue. Vice Admiral Aubrey W. Fitch notes American losses at 174 in the same period and cites the long air base fight in the South Pacific theater.
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South Pacific
Rabaul
New Britain
Aubrey W. Fitch
South
Daniels Advised Slattery to Leave REA
Washington March 7 iA Jonathan Daniels administrative assistant to President Roosevelt testified before a Senate investigating committee that he urged Harry E Slattery to resign as head of the Rural Electrification Administration after reviewing REA affairs at the Presidents request. He said Slattery was unwilling to quit and that the President had authorized him to testify. Daniels described he spoke with Slattery on two consecutive days in July last year and that the inquiry followed a letter Slattery wrote to the President.
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Washington
Jonathan Daniels
Roosevelt
Senate
Harry E. Slattery
Rural Electrification Administration
Hoosevelt
Daniels
Slattery
Agriculture Subcommittee
RBA
Iwo
REA
Carroll L. Reedy
Subcommittee
Harry Slattery
Fourth War Loan Totals Reach 130.5 Percent in Frederick Area
Final figures from Frederick city and county show 130.5 percent of the $1,900,000 quota, totaling $2,481,379. The Richmond Fed report for February 29 confirms the close of business, with strong bond sales and good E bond distribution noted by Chairman W. Clinton McSherry.
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Frederick City
W. Clinton McSherry
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
McSherry
Treasury
Examinations Ordered for 3 Million in Five Months
Washington March 7 Selective Service estimates show 3,000,000 men to be sent to examination stations during the February 1 to July period with about 1,200,000 expected to be inducted. Colonel Joseph B Mitchell attributes the higher figures to increased rejections and a 5 percent loss through reclassification after examinations.
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Washington
Seleciive Service
House Appropriations Committee
Joseph B Mitchell
Selective Services Finance and Supply Division
March Forecast Sparks Wedding Day Forecast Confusion
In Binghamton New York on March 7 a weather forecaster Thomas E Reed was asked about a July 14 forecast. He responded that March has just begun, while a girl insisted that July 14 would be her wedding day, highlighting a mix up between weather planning and life events.
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Binghampton
N.Y
Thomas E. Reed
Concern Over Allied Campaign in Italy Deepens
Washington reports rising worry among allies about the Italian front as spring weather slows the Russian front. A stalled advance risks losing Rome’s political gains and leaves Anzio forces exposed with sea at their back. German reinforcements loom if conditions change and air power cannot offset infantry strength. Troops at Anzio face a difficult stalemate unless relieved by decisive action.
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Washington
Maly
Italy
Rome
Hitler
Russia
Anzio
Henry Maitland Wilson
Has To Pay 307630 To Get Widener Art Collection
The United States must spend 307 630.50 in Pennsylvania inheritance taxes to complete the Widener art gift terms. Col. Harry A. McBride testified before a House panel that Pennsylvania valued the collection at 7 141 060 with works valued at 988 450 not subject to state taxes. The tax was deemed reasonable by McBride.
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Washington
United States
Widener
Pennsylvania
National Gallery of Art
House
Harry A. McBride
McBride
Marylanders cashing war bonds to pay income taxes
Figures from the Baltimore Federal Reserve Bank show a record monthly total of war bonds redeemed in March to fund income tax payments. An average of 140000 dollars in bonds was redeemed daily this month, exceeding January and February's 109000-dollar daily average.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Federal Reserve Bank
Nimitz Says U S Submarines May Decide Pacific War
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz reported from Washington that Majuro atoll has been seized with no Japanese opposition and that U S submarines are delivering heavy blows on Japanese shipping. He warned Japan remains a threat, praised submarine efficiency, and named Halsey Turner and Smith as key leaders in the Pacific effort.
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Washington
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Majuro Atoll
Marshall Islands
Pacific
U.S
Majuro
Mid-Pacific
Marshalls
Nimitz
Japan
William F Halsey
Richard K. Turner
Holland Smith
Marines
More Than 900 Ships In U S Fleet, Navy Says
Secretary of the Navy Knox announced the U S Fleet now exceeds 900 warships, excluding smaller craft, describing it as the world largest. He noted the Essex class carrier group will include more ships than originally planned and warned Germany may renew submarine activity with reserves ready for a fresh foray.
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Washington
Knox
Navy
London
Atlantic
South Pacific Seas Closed To Them Says Tokyo
Tokyo radio conceded that U S task forces have nearly closed the South Pacific sea lanes to large scale Japanese ship movements, forcing supply runs to be made by a fleet of wooden ships at night. Dengue fever and Boeing planes are cited as the wooden fleet’s worst enemies.
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New York
Tokyo Radio
South Pacific
U. S
Domei
Health Dept Inspector Callaway dies at 59 in Hagerstown
Daniel Edwin Callaway of Bradnock Heights sanitary inspector for the State Health Department stationed in Frederick died Monday night at 11 in Washington County Hospital Hagerstown after a three year illness aged 59. Survived by widow Etta F Andrews Callaway and daughters Gertrude Bugle Jeanette Callaway Audrey Callaway and Mrs Helen Mabray. three sisters. funeral Thursday at 3 30 at Coffman funeral home Hagerstown with Rev Dr Scott R Wagner. interment Rose Hill Cemetery.
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Daniel Edwin Callaway
Braddock Heights
State Health Department
Frederick
Washington County
Hagerstown
Callaway
County Health Department
Wilmington
Del
Henry
Margaret Newton Callaway
St Pauls M. E . Church
The
American Legion
Lions Club
Etta F. Andrews Callaway
Bradnock Heights
Gertrude Bugle
Jeanette Callaway
New York City
Audrey Callaway
Sfelen Mabray
Washington
Edna Nash
Miami
Fla
Hilda Weaver
Myron McCloskey
Coffman Funeral Home
Scott R. Wagner
Rose Hill Cemetery
Bombing Report From Rome and French Arrests
Rome radio reports waves of four engine bombers attacked the city with low flights over Ostiense and Trastevere districts causing high casualties. Paris radio claims 24 French patriots arrested for terrorist activities in 48 hours, with Luxembourgers reported detained by British radio.
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London
Rome
Ostiense
Tras’tevere
New York
Paris
U. S
Great American air fleets strike Berlin in major raid
U S armies report 176 German planes shot down and 68 bombers lost in daylong raid on Berlin. American defenses claim 93 enemy planes downed by fighters while 83 were shot by escorts. Berlin targets included high priority war plants with heavy destruction.
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London
Berlin
U.S. Army
RAF
Trappes
France
Paris
Germany
U. S
Schweinfurt
Regensburg
Reich
Air Ministry
U. S. Eighth Air Force
Walton L. Weltner
Yonkers
Sweden
Tempelhof
Stockholm
Gotland
Giraud Confirms Two Pucheu Statements
Gen. Henri Giraud, key witness in the Pucheu treason trial at Algiers, backs two Pucheu points on the stand and says the trial should be postponed due to lack of proofs in North Africa. He confirms Pucheu sought to persuade Petain to end collaboration before the Allied landings and that Pucheu came to North Africa at Giraud's invitation.
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Algiers
Henri Giraud
Pierre Pucheu
Pucheu
North Africa
Marshal Petain
Hitler
Giraud
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Here
Pacific Area
Tokyo
Health Dept
U.S. Berlin
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