Permanent Blackouts Probable For Frederick Area
Frederick city and county face possible extended blackout periods lasting days. Civilian Defense urged strict enforcement of night blackout rules until War Department updates. residents should blackout interiors unseen from outside and ensure business lights do not show. Ocean City must report street light status as state Defense Council seeks rapid coastal protection.
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Frederick City
Civilian Defense Council
War Department
Corporation of
Frederick
Army
Navy
State Defense Headquarters
Ocean City
Annapolis
State Defense Council
Worcester County
Maryland
O'Conor
H. A. Drum
First Army
Worcester
Stimson Visits Canal Zone In Personal Inspection
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson arrived in the Canal Zone with 12 escort planes for a first postwar-style trip outside the United States. He viewed defenses and the vital area as a growing strategic safeguard, following a prior visit by General Henry Arnold last month.
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Balboa
C. Z
Air Force
Stimson
President Taft
Panama Canal Zone
Hitler Seeks 2,600,000 More Troops For Spring Offense
London dispatch reports Germany pressing Hungary Slovakia and Italy to provide up to 2.6 million fresh troops for spring operations after a hard winter in Russia. Berlin says industry is heavily mobilized, with two thirds of national income spent on war. Soviet reports claim Germany has lost 6 million on the front and call for replacements.
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London
Germany
Hungary
Slovakia
Italy
Adolf
Bern
Europe
Curtailment Of Gasoline Is Due Soon
Washington reports that a compulsory curtailment of gasoline consumption in the east appears imminent. Petroleum Coordinator Ickes is expected to draft the plan, to be issued via the War Production Board. Initial restrictions may cut supplies to filling stations by 15 to 25 percent and establish a 7 p m to 7 a m curfew, with possible later coupon rationing. An oil-industry committee has urged action to address shortages in the 17 seaboard states and DC due to tanker losses and transfers.
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Washington
Ickes
War Production Board
Seaboard States
District of Columbia
Soerabaja Naval Base Damaged For Japanese Warships
Dutch sources told Aneta that destruction of installations at the chief Soerabaja naval base and other East Indies stations was so thorough that heavy Japanese warships will need to return to Japan for repairs and refitting.
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London
Soerabaja Naval Base
East Indies
Japan
Aneta Today
Draft Lottery Set For 6 P M March 17 In War Time
Washiton March 11 Selective Service officials announced the March 17 draft lottery will begin at 6 p m eastern war time to determine the order of liability for about 9 000 000 men who registered February 16 The event marks the third lottery since the Selective Service law and the first since war was declared President Roosevelt who drew the first number in the initial lottery will not attend the third drawing Officials said Secretary of War Stimson had been asked to attend or to send a representative.
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Washieton
Selective Service
War Stimson
Gqliuw
Bottery
Roosevelt
Brazil Declares Wartime Powers Amid Axis Threats
Rio de Janeiro March 11 President Getulio Vargas issued a decree granting himself power to declare war or a state of emergency nationwide or in part upon foreign menace internal disturbance or conspiracy plans. The move follows Axis torpedoing of a Brazilian ship off the U S coast and allows seizure of Axis property and imprisonment of Axis subjects. Lloyd Brasileiro suspended all Brazilian sailings to the United States and ordered ships bound for U S ports to return.
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Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Getulio Vargas
United States
Atlantic
Lloyd Brasileiro
Ben B Lawshe to speak at Frederick Chamber meeting
Ben B Lawshe of the U S Chamber of Commerce will address a joint Frederick Chamber and local merchants meeting Friday at 8 pm in the Francis Scott Key hotel Blue and Grey room. He will discuss the Chamber and Retail Merchants Bureau role in national defense and the bureau's planned separate structure.
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Ben B. Lawshe
Commercial Organization Department
United States Chamber of Commerce
Frederick
Bureau 15
Bureau Wil
Lawshe
Chambers of Commerce
Strength Of Main Jap Fleet Is Not Impaired
An authoritat ive source said today the main Japanese fleet has not been impaired by Pacific victories. He noted the Indian Ocean is uncovered after Rangoon, with potential attacks on trade and transport toward Ceylon, Darwin, or Fiji. He warned Japan may not move in three directions and stressed longer supply lines limit ship operations.
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Moscow
Red Army
Lake Ilmen
Lake Imen
London
Rangoon
Indian Ocean
Ceyton
Darwin
Australia
Fiji
Marblehead Sunk Claim Report From Japan Sparks Question
Tokyo broadcasts claim the U S cruiser Marblehead was sunk by a Japanese squadron in the Indian Ocean west of Australia on March 2. The report also states the Dutch minesweeper Jan Van Amstel was sunk near Bali by a Japanese destroyer on March 9 and that Japanese units shelled Christmas Island on March 7 causing heavy damage to installations. The Marblehead is listed as a 1924 Omaha-class cruiser with a 458-man crew and 44 knot speed.
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Tokyo
Imperial Headquarters
Indian Ocean
Australia
Marblehead
Jan van Amstel
Bali
Java
Christmas Island
United States
Augusta
Houston
Oriental
Ten-Year Lease Recorded on Central Trust Site
A ten year lease on the first floor and basement of the new building at Church and Market streets is recorded in the Clerk of the Court. Peoples Service Drug Stores, Inc. will occupy the space for $51,000 total, paying $416.66 monthly for five years and $433.33 for the next five. Possession from July 1, with a new building to be erected and finished soon after May 1. Workmen advance on removing the top floor of the old Central Trust Company structure.
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Central Trust Company
Church and Market Streets
Peoples Service Drug Stores, Inc
Manuel M. Weinberg
Condition Of King Gustaf V Worsens Amid Illness
Stockholm March 11 King Gustaf V aged 83 shows signs of fatigue and a higher temperature according to physicians in a bulletin on his condition after surgery for a bladder stone Monday.
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Stockholm
Gustaf V
Nis
Dominion status for India after war ends announced
London reports Prime Minister Churchill outlined a plan for Indian self government within the British Commonwealth after the war and sent Sir Stafford Cripps as emissary to win broad Indian assent. Cripps will consult with Indian leaders and Viceroy Wavell while Eden covers his parliamentary duties.
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Churchill
Britain
India
Stafford Cripps
House of Commons
Subcontinent
Burma
Indian Ocean
Sir Stafford
Moscow
Archibald P. Wavell
Stafford
Congress
United Kingdom
Wil
Anthony Eden
US Sets Ceiling On Prices Of Used Tires
Washington March 11 government imposes price ceilings on used tires and tubes based on prices from Oct 1 to Oct 15. Effective March 16. For standard four ply 600x16 tires prices range from 8.10 to 1.50 dollars, depending on wear. Dealers are banned from charging for repairs or service not made by the seller before March 7.
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Washington
U S and Canada to Fix Newsprint Prices
The United States and Canada will set maximum newsprint prices soon, officials announced. No ceilings were specified. the current U S quota is $50 per ton, and authorities expect synchronized action by both governments.
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U.S
Canada
Washington
United States
Australian Air Force Smashes 7 Jap Ships
The Royal Australian Air Force reported seven Japanese ships sunk or damaged near New Guinea and Salamaua as heavy air attacks strike the invasion flotillas. A large enemy convoy was seen heading toward Port Moresby as Australian forces press a counter offensive.
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Canberra
Australia
Royal Australian Air Force
New Guinea
Salamaua
Port Moresby
Cape York
Australian Associated Press
RAAF
Sydney Sun
the Sun
Commonwealth
Japan
Lae
Finschhafen
Air Ministry
Jane
Australians Still Fighting in Java Despite Japanese Occupation
Melbourne March 11 The Dutch East Indies governor general Van Mook said about 3,000 Australian troops probably still fought in Java's mountain regions east and west of Bandung and in eastern Java Amidst broader battle at Java and Sumatra he noted allied forces total around 5,000 and now operate independently under no Japanese command. He soon planned to depart for Washington and London with other escaping Dutch officials to rejoin the Dutch administration.
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Melbourne
Australia
Hubertus J. van
Mook
Meutehant
Gentral
Dutch East Indies
Bandoeng
Java
BBC
New York
CBS
van Mook
Sumatra
Washington
John Curtin
Canberra
London
Netherlands East Indies
Tirpitz Attacked by Torpedo Planes Off Norwegian Coast
London reports the 35000 ton German battleship Tirpitz was attacked by Meet air arm torpedo planes on Monday off Norway. The Tirpitz, sister to the Bismarck, was seen moving north from Trondheim under smoke as reconnaissance planes spotted and bombed. No results observed.
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Tirpitz
London
Meet Air Arm
Norway
North Atlantic
Norwegian
Admiralty
Trondheim
Deadline Expires Again Warrants Coming
Plumbing Inspector Edward S. Mobley stated that the deadline for local notices to connect with the sanitary sewerage system has passed and warrants are expected to follow for those who have not complied. Fifteen property owners were notified with a 10 day grace. five or six had not yet acted. Warrants were to be issued tomorrow if no arrangements were made. Previous warrants have been issued in the past, but no trials have occurred under the ordinance.
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Edward S. Mobley
Mobley
Serial Numbers To Be Ready Thursday
Men who registered in the last Selective Service in the city and county will find their serial numbers Thursday when lists are posted at county Draft Boards in Winchester Hall. The numbers were assigned Monday by the Board. The lists determine local order numbers and will be posted only at the draft board offices.
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Winchester Hall
Court House
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