Former Local Man EnRoute Home On Gripsholm
Roscoe Murray reports his brother E Lee Murray former American vice consul in Paris is aboard the Gripsholm repatriation liner due in New York this week. Murray served 25 years in the State Department with posts in China Japan Russia and France where he was held as a prisoner of war for about a year. His wife and nine year old daughter Gail have resided in Washington state since the Nazi invasion of France.
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E. Lee Murray
Roscoe C
Carrollton M. Murray
Gripsholm
New York City
Roscoe Murray
Seattle
Wash
Murray
U. S. Department of State
China
Japan
Russia
France
Gail
New York
State Department
Washington
Woodsboro
L. F. Murray
Frederick
Roscoe
Old Central Hardware Company
A. E. Levy
Hog Pens Banned Within Frederick City Limits
Frederick residents are warned that an ordinance, effective January 1, prohibits any hog pens inside the city. Dr. E C Kefauver, health officer, says six months have passed since enactment, and only one or two pens remain. Unauthorized plans to build new pens are against the law.
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Frederick
E. C. Kefauver
Period Five Oil Coupons Become Valid Tuesday
Washington reports period five heating oil coupons become valid tomorrow in the east and far west, worth 10 gallons per unit, matching earlier periods. They are already valid in the Midwest and South and run through September 30. Period three coupons expire today in the east, Midwest and far west.
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Washington
East
Far West
Office of Price Administration
Midwest
South
OPA
Advances in stocks lift prices amid profit taking
New York March 13 select ed stocks rose as buyers pushed prices higher while some profit taking limited broader gains. Experts noted the recent swing attracted renewed demand but restrictions on advances restrained many issues.
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New York
Income Tax Line Seven Blocks Long
A seven block long line of taxpayers formed early today at the Internal Revenue Bureau seeking help to meet the income tax deadline. The serpentine queue stretched through the bureau corridors, a record attendance as the Wednesday midnight deadline approached.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Bureau
West's Gas Rations To Be Reduced In West
Washington reports that basic A gasoline rations in the mid west and west may fall from three to two gallons a week to align with the eastern seaboard. Colonel Bryan Houston of the OPA said PAW favored equalizing supplies, with an announcement expected as PAW transmits second quarter civilian allocations to GPA tonight.
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Washington
Mid-West
West
Seaboard
Bryan Houston
Office of Price Administration
Houston
Petroleum Administration
OPA
PAW
GPA
Harold L. Ickes Long
Atlantic Coast
Berwick youth faces stay in state school till age 21
James Leiby an 11 year old Berwick resident is confined to a Pennsylvania school until he is 21 after indictments accuse him of breaking into two garages a filling station and larceny of equipment. John Eisenhour of Berwick was sentenced to four years for the filling station robbery with Leiby alleged to have planned and executed the act. Leiby alone is charged in the garage robberies and detainers have been placed with state officials to transfer indictments when custody is obtained. Trial dates for several criminal cases have been shifted with the Notta Taylor bigamy case reset for Thursday and other criminal appeals set for Tuesday.
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James Leiby
Berwick
Pennsylvania
William M. Storm
Storm
John Eisenhour
Leiby
Resbery
Eisenhour
Notta Taylor
Baltimore
Hubert L. Hurley
Philip's Delight
Mountain Lodge
Lancelot Jacques
Smithsburg
Hurley
Schnanffer
Jacques
R. Paul Buhrman
Buhrman
Rex Green
Green
Hurleye
Schnauffer
E. Austin James
Robert Carroll
Mass Belen
Offull
Church Merger Plans Given Committee OK
Preliminary merger plans for the Evangelical and Reformed Church and the Congregational Christian church were approved by a joint committee. Rev Douglas Horton of New York led the Congregational Christian delegation and Rev George W Richards of Lancaster Pa led the Evangelical and Reformed group.
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Philadelphia
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Douglas Horton
New York
George W. Richards
Lancaster
Fortresses Attack Targets In France
A small formation of American Flying Fortresses bombed military targets in northern France today with no enemy air opposition. Two bombers were lost, while Thunderbolt escorts from the Eighth Air Force supported the mission. British Mosquito bombers also attacked unspecified western Germany targets without loss.
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London
France
Eighth Air Force
Germany
Jailed for hearing after disturbance at farm house
Dorothy Mae Bowie and Daisy Naomi Harris, both colored, of Chester Pa were arrested Sunday by Deputy Sheriff Paul B. Rhoads and Special Deputy Alton C. Whitmore after allegedly smashing furniture and other articles in a tenant house on the Ernest Shry farm near Urbana. They were jailed in default of collateral on charges of disturbing the peace and disorderly conduct for a hearing in Police Court tonight.
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Dorothy Mae Bowie
Daisy Naomi Harris
Chester
Paul B. Rhoads
Alton C. Whitmore
Ernest Shry
Urbana
Past Record Of Youth Too Much Gets Term In Cut
Dempsey Elmer Jackson, 19, was sentenced to 18 months in the House of Correction in Circuit Court for stealing a suitcase valued at about 45 dollars from the railroad M C A at Brunswick. He admitted taking the suitcase and had a prior record of larceny and theft. An additional indictment is pending.
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Dempsey Elmer Jackson
Patrick M. Schnauffer
House of Correction
M. E. Magaha
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
M. C
Brunswick
Charles E. Louden
Jackson
Baltimore
Magaha
William M. Storm
Martinsburg
Cumberland
W. Jerome Offutt
Schnauller
Leave Delegation Free Urges Maryland GOP
Galen L. Tait, chairman of Maryland Republican central committee, recommends that Maryland delegation go uninstructed to the Chicago Republican National Convention in June. He argues that any division over presidential preference could harm Maryland’s prospects in the 1946 state and national elections.
British Coal Strike Begins To Break Up
London reports a week-old miners strike of 100000 workers gradually loosens as early indications suggest about a third may return to work.
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London
Britain
Benson Hoists Campaign Literature in Libertyville Incident
Republican state senator Arnold P. Benson, facing primary opposition from State Treasurer William G. Stratton for secretary of state, halted a woman during a campaigning stop and offered his literature. He asked for her vote, she replied that she is Bill Stratton's mother and doubts Benson’s mother would support Stratton.
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Libertyville
Arnold P. Benson
William G. Stratton
Bill Stratton
Bill
Dies Assails Commentators
Washington reports that Chairman Dies demands a House Un American Activities inquiry into radio commentators he claims spread false statements. He cites potential subpoenas for years of scripts to prove truth or falsity and warns broadcasting firms may be aiding un American propaganda by not allowing rebuttals. He targets Walter Winchell amid a broader clash over libel and insinuation tactics.
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Washington
Dies
D-Tex
House Committee On UN
Texan
Congress
House
Blue Network
Winchell
Doolittle Nominated for Lieutenant General Role
President Roosevelt nominates Maj. Gen. James H. Doolittle to lieutenant general. Doolittle led the Tokyo raid on April 18, 1942, earning the Medal of Honor, later commanded the 12th Air Force in North Africa and returned to lead the Eighth Air Force in England at the start of the year.
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Washington
James H. Doolittle
Eighth Air Force
England
Roosevelt
Tokyo
12Th Air Force
North Africa
Victory Ships Named for Cities in New Program
Washington March 13. Names of 50 cities selected as typical and historical will be given to victory ships to be built by three Pacific coast shipyards. The city names will be followed by the word victory. For example California Shipbuilding Corp Wilmington will build Atchison Victory for Atchison Kansas and Joplin Victory for Joplin Missouri. The board will also name ships for Bluefield West Virginia and Luray Virginia.
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Pacific Coast
United Nations
California Shipbuilding Corp
Wilmington
Calif
Atchison Victory
Atchison
Kas
Joplin Victory
Joplin
Bluefield
W. Va
Luray, Va
M. Williamson Dead in New York Financial Circles
Edgar M. Williamson, 72, cofounder of the New York curb exchange, died yesterday. Born in Ridgefield, New Jersey, he began as a Wall Street runner in 1888 and was known in financial circles as Honest Ed.
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M. Williamson
New York
Edgar M. Williamson
New York Curb Exchange
Ridgefield
N. J
Wall Street
Milk Deliveries Resume After Dairy Strike Settlement
Milk deliveries in the Detroit area resume today after a weekend shutdown caused by an unauthorized strike. About 2,500 dairy workers ended the stoppage following a settlement, restoring near normal service to the region.
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Detroit
Allies Report Rapid Wins On Burma Front
New Delhi March 13 Allied forces in Burma reported multiple victories in the Arakan sector including the seizure of Buthedaung 55 miles north of Akyab. Western thrusts drove Japanese from Utindaw heights and positions near Htin Daw and Buthedaung. In North Burma Chinese American units advanced toward Chanma and Mawkm, drawing near the Hukawng valley and Mogaung area as air forces set a record for sorties.
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Arakan
Burma
Buthedaung
Bay of Bengal
Akyab
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Southeast
Htindaw
Maungdaw
Mawdok Range
Kyauktaw
Hukawng
Chanma
Walawbum
Frank Merrill
Mogaung
Kamaing
Myitkyina
China
Car Stolen on South Court Street Recovered at Belair
Police report a Chevrolet sedan owned by Homer Mitchell of 1312 North Market Street was stolen from a South Court Street parking space around 8:30 a.m. and recovered at Belair by noon. An inquiry was opened into ownership of a car with Virginia license tags parked on South Market Street after a passerby warning and the driver’s remark.
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Homer Mitchell
North Market Street
South Court Street
Belair
South Market Street
Private Rites Today For Late Irvin S. Cobb
A private funeral service for humorist and author Irvin S. Cobb will be held in New York at 4 30 p m with Dr John S Bonnell reading the 23rd Psalm and a Stevenson verse as Cobb requested no mourning or traditional funeral. Two spirituals will be played and Cobb's ashes to be interred in Paducah where he began his newspaper career.
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New York
Irvin S. Cobb
John Sutherland Bonnell
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Robert Louis Stevenson
Cobb
Harry Gilbert
Paducah
Red Army advances to 22 miles from Kherson base
Soviet communique reports the Red Army within 22 miles of Kherson after battles that killed about 5,000 Germans yesterday. Russian forces seize Tyaginka and Dolinskaya, sever the Proskurov Gulyatin line toward Romania and Hungary, and push along the Ingul river toward Nikolaev, with 60,000 German deaths claimed across eight days.
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Red Army
Kherson
Dnieper
Moscow
Proskurov-Gulyatin
Rumania
Ilungary
Gaivoron
Middle Bug River
Russia
Tarnopol
Tass
Soviet New Agency
Eareer
Amny
Red Star
Beristov
Tyaginka
Dolinskaya
Nikolaev
Black Sea
Hungary
Proskurov
Bessarabian
Ingul
Pravda
Rodion Malinovsky
Novy Bug
Privolnoye
GOP Committee On Post War Taxes Named
Washington March 13 A 25 member Republican committee on postwar taxation was accepted as a preliminary step toward drafting the 1944 GOP plank on taxes. House Republican Leader Martin of Massachusetts announced the group, headed by Rep Dan A Reed, with all members from the House. The move follows Bernard Baruch's suggestion for new revenue laws at war’s end.
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Republican Committee
House
Martin
Massachusetts
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Ruddy
Graying
Bernard M. Baruch
Congress
Two German Generals Permanently Removed
London report states on March 13 that Field Marshal Guenther Von Kluege and Field Marshal Georg Von Keuchler on the Russian front have been permanently relieved and replaced by capable officers from outside the Junkers class, according to a reliable informant.
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London
Guenther von Kluege
Georg von Keuchler
Junkers
Phillips dies at 51 in Cambridge pneumonia death
A. Ow Phillips, 51, president of the Cambridge Manufacturing Company and a director of the Dorchester County Trust Company, died yesterday in Cambridge of pneumonia. He was a former Rotary Club president and county chairman in the Fourth War Loan campaign.
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Cambridge
J. Howard Phillips
Cambridge Manufacturing Company
Dorchester County Trust Company
Phillips
Rotary Club
Eight-year-old Richard Myers Donates Eight Cents to Red Cross
In a touching scene on March 1, eight-year-old Richard Myers offered his entire eight cent fortune to the Red Cross, saying his mother wasn’t home to accept. The boy spoke with simple resolve about helping others.
North Ireland borders near closure amid war strain
News from Belfast reports the British government is near closing Northern Ireland border with Eire to enforce the travel suspension between Britain and Ireland. Allied pressure and Eamon De Valera’s refusal to close German and Japanese offices push measures, with limited transport and no immediate economic sanctions seen. Public opinion remains tempered as allies weigh strategic risks and Irish manpower in British war effort.
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Luton
Northern Ireland
Eire
Britain
Ireland
Belfast
British Home Office
Eamon de Valera
United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sjrish
Thoryhead
Kingstown
Dublin
London
Restrictions On R Coupons Soon Effective
Washington reports nationwide limits on off highway R gasoline ration coupons take effect April 1 to curb black market leakage. Five gallon R coupons will be invalid at stations and only exchangeable at bulk plants or purchaser storage sites, with limited station acceptance where bulk transfers exceed 50 percent of business. Farmers and non-highway users must switch to one gallon E coupons unless district offices approve exceptions. Regular auto rations unaffected. OPA cites past liberal issuance and resale of R stamps as causes. Milk supply threat noted in Cumberland strike warning. Yugoslav troops in Russia pledge allegiance to Tito and prepare to fight under his banner.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Florida
Georgia
OPA
Two German Supply Ships Attacked Off Spain Coast
Allied observers report two German supply ships attacked off the Spanish coast by Beaufighters in the western Mediterranean. One was driven aground and the other sunk. The Berlin agency claimed nine British Blenheims sank the 3,700 ton Kirissi with 10 dead and 15 wounded.
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Mediterranean
Berlin
International Information Bureau
Ebro
Adriatic
Neretva
Ancona
Anzio
Italy
Padua
Regensburg
Flying Fortress
Toulon
Magnesium Project Extravagance Charged
Senate Truman committee reports waste and inefficiency in a 133 million dollar magnesium project at Las Vegas Nevada. It urges canceling nonwar uses, to protect wartime investment and develop new postwar applications including photo engraving plates and automotive parts. Two hundred Bendix workers laid off in Baltimore due to contract changes. A fire-destroyed barn in Upper Marlboro holds 6,000 pounds of tobacco. Senate Leader Barkley meets President Roosevelt after tax bill clash. Farm Security Administration abolition bill advanced in House. Great Council of Maryland Improved Order of Red Men to meet in Cumberland April 26-27.
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Senate
Truman Committee Today
Las Vegas
Nev
War Production Board
Cumberland
Great Council of Maryland Improved Order of Red Men
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