Nationwide gasoline ration cut sparks counterfeiting alarm
The A card ration falls to two gallons per week nationwide effective March 22 due to critical demand and a large black market draining 2.5 million gallons daily. B coupon restrictions tighten on the Pacific Coast while occupational driving limits stay. OPA chief Bowles warns of rising wartime consumption and the growing counterfeit problem, with figures cited in several cities.
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Washington
Seaboard
Pacific Coast Area
California
Oregon
Nevada
Arizona
Office of Price Administration
Shad Polier
Milwaukee
Wis
Raleigh
N. C
Youngstown
Ohio
Baltimore
Newark
Chicago
New York
Atlanta
Cleveland
San Francisco
Germany
Polier
America
OPA
Chester Bowles
Service Ballot Bill Is Passed By Senate
The Senate approved a service ballot measure 47 to 31, moving toward House action. The bill centers on state absentee ballots with a short-form federal option only as a last resort, tied to overseas troop approval. Democrats backed 23 to 24 with mixed GOP support, while House action was anticipated. Also noted were railroad workforce impacts from selective service and Alaska salmon projections for 1943 and 1944.
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Washington
Senate
House
Barkley
McCormack
Rankin
D-Miss
Cargo Plane Crashes at LaGuardia Two Killed
Two civilian mechanics died when an unauthorized Army cargo plane, a C-47 converted for cargo use, crashed and burned at LaGuardia airport. The victims were Eugene J. Grick, 20, of the Bronx, and Rudolf Brosowski, 22, of Woddsie?
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New York
la Guardia
Air Transport Command
Army
Eugene J. Grick
The
Bronx
Rudolf Brosowski
Woodside
Deadline For Income Taxes Keeps Post Office Open Late
The Frederick post office operates extended hours to handle late Federal income tax returns. The money order window stays open until 9 p.m. and the revenue department’s second-floor office remains open until midnight. Deputies report Mondays are the heaviest filing days, with farmers needing to fill their own farm schedules using form 1040-F, which deputies cannot assist with.
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Internal Revenue Department
Frederick
Sponselter
Department of Internal Revenue
Classification Talk Before Zonta Members
Mrs. Cora Love, dietitian at Frederick City Hospital, spoke to Zonta Club about dietetics at a Francis Scott Key hotel dinner. She described training, hospital duties, patient education, and diet planning for diabetics. Miss Davena Somerville, City Hospital superintendent, attended. next year’s officers will be elected at the upcoming Monday meeting.
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Cora Love
Frederick City Hospital
Zonta Club
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Dietitian
Davena Somerville
FDR Attacks Germans Over Use of Rome as Military Center
President Roosevelt blasted Germany for using Rome as a military hub and warned it marks another Nazi assault on religion. He reaffirmed Allied aims to spare religious monuments if possible and emphasized freedom of religion as a war principle.
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FDR
Washington
Roosevelt
Rome
Holy
Hitler
Lions To Fete Connie Mack at Frederick Banquet
The Frederick Lions Club plans a banquet at the Francis Scott Key Hotel for Connie Mack and Athletics executives with over 200 guests including Mayor Hugh V. Gittinger and civic leaders. Not all players or the public can attend due to room limits. Notables from Washington Philadelphia Baltimore will attend.
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Frederick
Richard Simmons
G. Raymond Shipley
The
Lions
Ira Thomas
Philadelphia
Walter Johnson
Clark Griffith
Washington Senators
Connie Mack
Ossie Bluege
Nick Altrack
Tommy Thomas
Baltimore Oroles
Carlton Molesworth
Richard F. Nalrn
Defendants Guilty In Court Session And Camp Detrick Banquet
Five defendants found guilty in criminal court on non support and bastardy charges with weekly payments and large fines. One appellant in a criminal appeal also convicted with circuit court costs. Two cases continued. Cyrus Brandenburg fined $10. Camp Detrick honors basketball players at a banquet at the Francis Scott Key Hotel with officers and enlisted personnel as guests.
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Ira Luther
Roy W. Heffner
Joseph W Haugh
William Brooks
Paul G. Hausler
Robert Hassell
Joseph Floyd Harne
Cyrus Grover Brandenburg
Edward J Smith
E. Austin James
Brandenburg
Camp Detrick
Francis Scott Key
County Basketball League
WAC
Joseph Sears
Ralph Turner
Elise Sage
Lir J. S&s
Only Preliminary Bouts Fought Scrap Drive In War
A Frederick Legion monthly meeting notes 180000 cigarettes donated to armed forces via store display barrels. Lt Cmdr John R Fitzpatrick urges focus on main war by fighting Germans not yet Japan. AWVS Motor Corps helps salvage drive with county cooperation and female volunteers collecting paper tin and junk, aiding service members. Bob Rice tied to local baseball history.
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Speaker
Legion
Francis Scott Key
American Legion
Post
John R. Fitzpatrick
Legionnaires
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Frederick
Colorado
Chicago
Fitzpatrick
Hitler
United States
Lawrence C. Willard
Frederick Legion Post
David G. Everhart
Everhart
AWVS
Motor Corps
Frederick High School Victory Corps
Sub Corvina Lost At Sea
Washington announces loss of the American submarine Corvina, bringing U S subs lost since the war began to twenty. Built in Groton and commissioned in 1943, Corvina’s crew and skipper are listed as missing in action.
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Washington
Navy
U. S
Pacific
Groton
Conn
Club Women To Meet Thursday In Frederick County
Approximately 250 reservations have been made for the luncheon at the annual meeting of the Frederick County Federation of Rural Women's Clubs to be held in Frederick on Thursday. Dr. William R. Barnhart of Hood College will give the luncheon address on After Victory What. A wartime clothing pageant will compare styles from different periods with authentic colonial costumes among originals. pageant produced by Mrs. Wilson Runkles of Urbana. Morning session at Grace Evangelical and Reformed church. Luncheon and afternoon program at Calvary Methodist church.
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Frederick
Wilson Runkles
Urbana
Grace Evangelical and Reformed Church
Calvary Methodist Church
Baltimore War Population Drops During Wartime
War Manpower Commission officials report Baltimore’s in migrant population fell from about 200,000 at the peak of wartime production to a rapid decline. Over 100,000 were workers or their families with 15,000 to 20,000 already gone and thousands more preparing to leave as seasonal demand changes and new industries attract workers. The WMC says national trends align but do not threaten major war production.
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Baltimore
War Manpower Commission
WMC
Seven Enemy Held Islands Raided by U S Forces
U S Pacific Fleet reports seven enemy held islands in the Eastern Marshalls and Carolines were bombed in six raids. Kusaie suffered fires from the attack while airstrikes hit marshalling bases. Two Japanese fighters were damaged near Ponape.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Army
Navy
Marine
Central Pacific
Marshalls
Carolines
Chester W. Nimitz
Marshall Islands
Kusaie
Truk
Caroline Islands
Ponape
Nimit
Fleet Airwing Two
Allied Air Force downs 31 Jap planes and ships in 48 hours
Allied Headquarters reported heavy air action across New Guinea and Bougainville. In 48 hours ending Monday, Allied forces shot down 12 to 33 Japanese planes, destroyed a three-ship convoy and multiple small craft, and hammered targets from Hollandia to Rabaul. At Wewak and Weweka, interceptors and bombers claimed several air losses for the Japanese, while Marines secured Talasea area on New Britain.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
Allied Air Force
Hollandia
New Guinea
Rabaul
Speedy Navy
New Ireland
New Britain
Fifth Air Force
Wewak
Solomons
Bouggainville
Rapopo
Talasea
Willaumez Peninsula
Catalina
Empress Augusta Bay
Bougainville
Guadalcanal
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Railroad Retirement Board
Alaska
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Delphey’s
W. Patrick St
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Spain
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Philippines
League of Nations
Rice
Robert T
Bob’ Rice
Waynesboro
Blue Ridge League
Hornell Club
Pony
Corvina
U.S
U. Ss
Atlantic
South Market
Pocketbooks
Hendrickson
Burall's Cycle
C. C. Carty’s
BE. Pat. St
Ike
C.E. Cline & Son Funeral Directors
Nimitz
Pittsburgh Pirates
Pittsburgh
Buccaneers
Coca-Cola
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