War Worker Given Four Years For Robbery
A 29 year old Pennsylvania war worker John Eisenhour of Berwick was sentenced to four years in the House of Correction after pleading guilty to participation in the December 30 robbery and theft of 227 in merchandise from a local filling station. He testified he was induced by 17 year old James Leiby to take part in the theft and trip to Frederick. The pair loaded seven batteries 11 tires and three inner tubes then sold the articles in Berwick with most recovered. Leiby faces three indictments on release. Other cases include a one year term for Dolar M Eyler for breaking and entering a chicken house. a 17-year old Lime Kiln youth Lester Brown received a suspended sentence for pocketbook theft. Charles Ragland case postponed. and Dempsey Elmer Jackson larceny set for March 13. The petit jury was discharged after no trials.
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Pennsylvania
House of Correction
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Charles W. Woodward
John Eisenhour
Berwick
James Leiby
Harrisburg
Frederick
Leiby
Eisenhour
General Penn Refining Company
Bascom Neal
East Patrick Street
Fisen- Hour
Neal
Corp
Elwood O'Hara
E. Austin James
William M. Storm
Dolar M. Eyler
Emmitsburg
Roy Maxell
Maxell
Eyler
Walter Wilt
Albert Adelsperger
Traverser
James
Lester Brown
Helen Schaeffer
Carroll Parkway
Thomas R. Hardy
Buckeystown
Hardy
Woodward
Brown
Robert Carroll
W. Jerome Offutt
Charles Ragland
Dempsey Elmer Jackson
Pleasure Driving Ban Likely To Be Renewed
A Maryland Office of Price Administration spokesman forecast possible renewal of the eastern pleasure driving ban and further gasoline ration reductions. He cited tight petroleum stocks, Ickes remarks, western coupon cuts, and upcoming spring driving as factors, noting renewal seems logical if conditions do not improve.
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Baltimore
Maryland
OPA
Irvin S. Cobb, Author, Dies at 67 in New York
Humorous writer Irvin S. Cobb died at his Hotel Sheraton apartment after a long illness of three months with complications including dropsy. His wife Grantland Rice, a sports writer, was at his bedside. Funeral plans were not yet announced.
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New York
Irvin S. Cobb
Sheraton
Cobb
Grantland Rice
Clatterbuck Appeal Denied by Virginia Supreme Court
Richmond Virginia March 10 The Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals refused an appeal by Thomas William Clatterbuck from a death sentence imposed by Loudoun County Circuit Court last September His execution is scheduled for May 5 The appeal argued that a signed confession was improperly obtained and admitted and that insanity should have been a defense The case also involved the killing of A Morris Love Mrs Love and others on the Love farm last June The defendant was tried for Russell's murder delay due to court and counsel issues
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Richmond
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Thomas William Clatterbuck
Circuit Court
Loudoun County
Clatterbuck
George L. Browning
State Supreme Court
R. A. McIntyre
A. Morris Love
Love
James
Walter Russell
Russell
Major McIntyre
Boy Governor to be elected for Maryland boys legislature
In College Park on March 10 delegates at a training institute of the University of Maryland will elect a boy governor for the May 5 to 6 boys legislature in Annapolis. The election occurs March 18 and involves attendees from the institute.
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College Park
Annapolis
University of Maryland
Tax Return Notice Appears in Bristol Herald Courier
An advertisement invites the thief who took a coat on March 6 to check the coat inside pocket, mail the complete income tax return and attached check to the Collector of Internal Revenue, promising the vest and pants in exchange, no questions asked.
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Bristol
Va.Tenn
Bristol Herald Courier
Internal Revenue
City Red Cross fund short of goal in Frederick
City chair man Charles McC Mathias urged committees to file reports by March 13 to help Frederick city reach its 35000 share of the national Red Cross War Fund. The effort supports POW food parcels blood collection nurse recruitment and wartime hospital needs locally and abroad. 60000 dressings made by 257 volunteers in February and kit bags shipped show ongoing county Red Cross activity.
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Red Cross War Fund
Charles McC. Mathias
The
Red Cross
Army
Navy
American Red Cross
Frederick City
Frederick County
Camp Detrick
Censorship Costs Finns amid Finnish armistice turmoil
Stockholm report cites Finnish unrest as armistice terms loom. Editor Lindquist says only Marshal Mannerheim could unite a fragmented public. opposition to government war exit grows amid information blackout. Detroit payroll purge: ten Ford workers fired for Rouge plant demo with union sanction.
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Stockholm
Russia
Finland
Eric Lindquist
Morgen Tidningen
Helsinki
Moscow
Lindquist
Baron Carl Gustaf Mannerheim
Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Rouge
Belgrade puppet cabinet chief reported shot dead
A Belgrade radio broadcast said Col Miles Marsolovich, the cabinet chief in the puppet Serb government, was shot and killed on Wednesday by an unidentified assassin. The report comes as tensions rise amid wartime rumors and Allied reporting.
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New York
Belgrade Radio
Col
Miles Marsolovich
Goering To Be Removed As Nazi Air Force Head
British reports say a reorganization of Hitler's air command would place Reichsmarshal Hermann Goering in a lesser role. Swedish dispatches quoted in London papers described Goering as bewildered by Allied air power while younger officers with fighter defense expertise were set to take command.
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Goering
London
Britain
Germany
France
Marignane
Marseille
Air Ministry
Berlin
Eighth Air Force
Marignano
Limoges
Paris
Albert
U.S
Reich
Hannover
London Daily Mail
Hitler
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Mads Dirzy Goering
Wenner Wounded In Eniwetok Battle
Robert L. Wenner of near Lovettsville Virginia was seriously wounded February 19 as American troops stormed Eniwetok island in the Marshall group. A telegram to his mother from the War Department gave no other details. Pfc. Wenner has served in the Army several years and is well known in the Lovettsville community.
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Robert L. Wenner
Trovettsville
Eniwetok Island
Marshall Group
Annie Wenner
War Department
Pfc
Wenner
Charles Wenner
Lovettsville
Convicted Pastor To Be Asked To Resign
Uniontown reports Rev. George Elmer Schott 54, convicted of aggravated assault on his wife, faces 2 1/2 to 5 years in prison. Pittsburgh Methodist Conference authorizes Rev. William Scott Hamilton to seek resignation from Vanderbilt Jacobs Creek and Wesley Methodist charges.
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Uniontown
George Elmer Schott
William Scott Hamilton
Dunbar
Hamilton
Pittsburgh Methodist Conference
Scholt
Vanderbilt
Jacobs Creek
Wesley Methodist
United States Rubber unveils major step in synthetic tire carcass
Detroit March 10 The United States Rubber Co announced what it described as a major step in improving synthetic rubber truck tires through a new tire carcass construction.
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Detroit
United States Rubber Co
Leaders Suffer As Market Edges With Light Profit Taking
In New York trading on March 10 buyers showed moderate demand for rails and specialties while market leaders generally faced declines amid light profit taking. The session reflected cautious sentiment as investors weighed gains and continued to seek steadier retreats.
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New York
Russia May Get British And U S Warships
Washington reports that more than a dozen British and American surface warships plus numerous other naval craft may be allocated to Russia under a plan tied to dispersal of the Italian fleet. The aim is to equip Russia for the northern supply route to Murmansk while keeping the Italian fleet in the Mediterranean under Allied control.
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Washington
Russia
Mediterranean
Norhern
Murmansk
Black Sea
Dardanelles
Japan
Pacific
Badoglio
Italy
Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States
Britain
United Nations
Turkey
Andrei Gromyko
Mikado's Best Whipped By U S Marines On Los Negros
First Cavalry division troops fend off Japanese assaults on Los Negros Island as Marine front-line units describe fierce night charges. Eyewitness accounts report Japanese officers taunting Americans before self-inflicted wounds and bold, suicidal attacks amid grenades and bayonets. Marines from El Paso and Franklin recall the stubborn defense and the enemy's fanfare of singing Deep in the Heart of Texas.
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Mikado
U.S
Los Negros
Los Negros Island
Japan
Pfo Wilbur Resler
Dan Burnett
Franklin
N.C
Fort Bliss
Texas
Corp. J. Lilicon
el Paso
Carl Chiles
Stilwell Drive Amazes Allies Confuses Japs
New Delhi reports Lt. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell pushes through north Burma at a rapid pace. His forces 100 miles into the region threaten Japanese positions and aim to link to the Burma road for supply lines to China. Stilwell defies skepticism by claiming progress as the Ledo Road advances.
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New Delhi
Joseph W. Stilwell
Burma
Joe
Stilwell
China
Southeast Asia
India
Hukawng
Direct Hits Amaze Nazis
Stockholm reports that German observers believe American bombers possess a new weapon after precision raids on Erkner ball bearing works and a tank plant near Berlin. Witness accounts describe extensive fires, with 120 fires counted and much of the district ruined. A Wildau submarine parts plant was also hit. Goebbels convened leaders to plan Berlin evacuation if daylight raids persist.
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Stockholm
Erkener
Berlin
Goebbels
Gauherer
Mrs. Edna Adkins Dies Noted Salisbury Civic Leader
Edna Sheppard Adkins, 65, wife of Fred P. Adkins of the Adkins Co. lumber firm and head of the county war price and rationing board, dies after a life of civic and religious activity in Salisbury. She was active in the Methodist church and national temperance groups.
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F. P. Adkins
Salisbury
Edna Sheppard Adkins
Fred P. Adkins
E. §. Adkins Co
County War Price and Rationing Board
Adkins
Methodist Church i National Board of Temperance
Woman's Committee
Federal Council of Churches
Severe earthquake rattles Lima in early morning tremor
An earthquake struck Lima Peru at 428 am on March 10 causing widespread shock. The report notes numerous residents were unsettled and a local official verified the tremor but unclear phrases were noted in the interview with a reporter.
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Lima
Peru
Axis Spies In Eire Active
U S asks neutral Eire to close German legation and Japanese consulate to curb Axis espionage. A late February note from U S minister David Gray hinted at no ultimatums but rumors of demands circulated. Ireland ordered Ulster border stand to February 25 through 28 while authorities handle Axis outlets under censorship. Roosevelt reportedly assured Ireland’s envoy no force involved, only urgent action against Axis establishments.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
United States
Eire
David Gray
Southern Ireland
Ulster
Washington
London
Roosevelt
Robert Brennan
Can Nominate Service Men Could Nominate for Public Office
Washington March 10 The Army and Navy agreed with President Roosevelt that regular Army and Navy personnel may accept nominations for public office provided such nominations are tendered without activity by the service member and others may run without nomination. The pact, largely for clarification, bans active personnel from using official influence to affect elections.
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Washingtoes
Army
Navy
Roosevelt
Secretaries of War and Navy
Tank destroyer battalion halts Nazi drive at Anzio beachhead
Maj Edward L. Austin son of Senator Warren R. Austin led an American tank destroyer battalion to halt the German advance at the Anzio beachhead on February 16 and 17. The New York Herald Tribune reported this as of a copyright dispatch from Homer Bigart on the beachhead south of Rome.
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New York
Edward L. Austin
Warren R. Austin
RVI
Anzio
Italy
New York Herald Tribune
Homer Bigart
Rome
Woman Convicted in Pennsylvania Model Husband Slaying
In Norristown Pennsylvania on Martech 10 Helen M Wucherer a blonde petite woman was found guilty of second degree murder for the fatal shooting of her so called model husband she had proposed sharing with another woman.
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Norristown
Martech
Helen M. Wucherer
Nazis Quit Uman Amid Major Soviet Drive in Ukraine
London reports Nazi troops abandoned Uman a key rail hub as the southern Ukrainian front erupts with a Russian offensive. Premier Stalin revealed a new Malinovsky spearhead west of Krivoi Rog routing nine German divisions, capturing Novi Bug Grbzhany and Kazanka as German losses include tanks guns and trucks. Localities liberated and Black Sea port links threatened by the advance.
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London
Uman
Ukraine
Vinnitsa
Kirovograd
Bug River
Nikolaev
Old Poland
Moscow
Staro-Konstantinoy
Tarnopol
Black Sea
Kherson
Stalin
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Krivol Rog
Ingullets River
Novi Bug
Grbzhany
Kazanka
Malinovsky
Lower
Odessa
Lissa Landing Reported Off Dalmatian Coast
London reports British and American Commandos led by Capt Randolph Churchill have landed on Lissa Island off the Dalmatian coast of Yugoslavia. The Berlin radio said Churchill, son of the British Prime Minister, took command of Allied troops on the island. Confirmation was lacking and Tito’s 2,000 followers potential presence remained uncertain.
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London
Randolph Churchill
Lissa
Dalmatian
Yugoslavia
Berlin
Churchill
Marshall Tito
Josip Broz
Marshal Tito
Two-Way Squeeze on Imported Whoopee During War
Washington reports a two way squeeze on imported whoopee as War Production Board limits on rum gin cordials and cane sugar whiskies from Cuba Mexico Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands aim to curb drinking imports. Office of Price Administration requires a new label on a Cuba Mexico produced gin type and caps its price. The move seeks to free molasses for war industrial alcohol and to steady 1944 import levels near 1943.
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Washington
War Production Board
Cuba
Mexico
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Office of Price Administration
WPB
Beall Files As G. O. P. 6th Dist. Candidate
Annapolis March 10 Pi-Rep J Glenn Beall a Frostburg real estate and insurance man filed today for the Republican nomination to succeed himself in Congress from the Sixth Maryland District Beall who was elected to Congress for the first time in 1942 previously served as a member of the State Senate and chairman of the State Roads Commission
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Annapolis
J. Glenn Beall
Frostburg
Maryland
Beall
Congress
Tthe State Senate
Tthe
State Roads Commission
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Eniwetok
Stilwell Drive
Axis
Ven. Malinovsky
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