Food Front In Wartime America Warns Of Starvation Parallels
A speech by Herbert Hoover at a state conference chaired by Iowa Governor Hickenlooper warned that postwar Europe’s food shortages mirror America’s own future. He stressed the home front must match military effort, noting five drains on the nation’s larder and predicting lower food production in 1943.
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Hoover
Stigton
America
Europe
Iowa
B B
Pearl Harbor
Britain
Russia
Wickard
Mickey Rooney Rejected For Army Service in 1941
Los Angeles March 13 1941 film icon Mickey Rooney was rejected for Army service after examination by Col Agard H Bailey commander at the Los Angeles recruitment station. Rooney faced further appeals as the draft board reported no definite status change and noted he would be eligible for reconsideration at a later date.
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Los Angeles
Agard H. Bailey
Los Angels
Mickey Rooney
Ba Ranney
Recently Sain
Aco
Ocal Draft Board Omembers
Three Months For Gun Toting In Police Court
Norman Richard Thompson age 19 of Lincoln Apartments pled guilty to carrying a concealed weapon and was sentenced to three months in the Maryland House of Correction by Magistrate Sherman F. Bowers after testimony by Officer Ralph Potts. The case arose from a discharge of a firearm at a West All Saints beer parlor Sunday night. Various witnesses spoke well of Thompson but the court stated the sentence should deter similar acts. Several other defendants were fined or jailed for disturbances and public place fighting in the same proceedings.
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Norman Richard Thompson
Lincoln Apartments
Maryland House of Correction
Sherman F. Bowers
Ralph Potts
West All Saints Street
Folts
Thompson
Neare
Family Ties Highlight Pacific Warrant Officer Shull
In Pacific William Luther Shull a Warrant Officer who enlisted in the United Thatnwe Aigese ae Tana FPO and now serves in the Pacific area is the son of Rev Dr and Mrs C H Shull of Buckeystown Mrs Thomas James and Mrs Hazel Taylor of Frederick and Mrs Ruth Crawford and Mrs Russell Foge of Braindack Heights his sisters.
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William Luther Shull
United Thatnwe Aigese Ae Tana Fpo
Pacific Area
C. H. Shull
Buckeystown
Thomas James
Hazel Taylor
Frederick
Ruth Crawford
Russell Foge
Braindack Heights
Local Offenders and Fines Across City and County
A list of individuals with addresses and fines for offenses including driving infractions, public drunkenness, indecent exposure, failing to stop, and possession of registration cards. Notable entries include Theodore T. Loud from Mt. Airy for reckless driving and Charles Duffy described as colored for indecent exposure.
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Atlee Blank
Frederick
John B. Wood
Rockford
Mitchell Mansfield
Charles Duffy
Theodore T. Loud
R. F. D. Mt. Airy
Clara M. Fogle
East Siath Street
Leroy L Spanger
Washington
Nuernberg Fire Noted After RAF Raid Amid War Destruction
Air Ministry reports indicate Nuernberg fires burned for two days after a raid, hitting the Diesel engine plant and Siemens electrical works. Two shops destroyed, about forty damaged, with additional factories in southern Nuernberg damaged. Photographs show damage to railways and main lines, extending toward the borders of Czechoslovakia and eastward.
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Rhoine Main
Large sales report from Johns ville and Mt Airy farms
Horses sold up to 200 dollars a head at Myurtlin Spurrier's Johns ville sale, total 57474.81. Cows and heifers reached 217 and 150 respectively, machinery and dairy gear sold well, several high prices noted. A separate Martin R. Wagner sale near Mt Airy grossed 8840, with sows, hogs, cows and heifers also fetching varied sums. Motler’s Station sale noted rough oak at 11.73 and multiple miscellaneous farm items selling strongly.
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Myurtlin M. Spurrier
Johnsville
Glenn Trout
Shoatz
Ahe Ae Kelly
Martin R. Wagner
Ins Farm
Mt. Airy
Emmett R. Bowlus
Atwie B. Etzler
John Coushon
Motler
Harry Trout
Cale
Ralph Weer‘bright
Robert Grimes
Bulgarian troops placed under German command in Serbia
London dispatch reports P Bulgarian forces in Serbia placed under German command. Yugoslav observers interpret the shift as Germany tightening control amid expectations of a possible crusade period in the Balkans during the coming months.
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Candle Nazl
London
Serbia
Balkans
Will Strike If Miners Wages Are Not Raised
New York March 135 John L. Lewis warned Northern soft coal mine operators that failure to sign a wage pact by March 31 would keep miners from the mines on April 1. The UMW president accused operators of delaying negotiations after rejecting major wage demands including a $2 basic daily raise and an $8 blanket minimum. He cited inflationary costs and urged no government intervention as the workers press for a settlement.
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John L. Lewis
Northern
United Mine Workers
UMW
Charles O'Neill
Lewis
Hotadeddere
Southerners
Edward &. Burke
Southern Coal Producers Association
Sion
Burke
U.S
Nebraska
War Labor Board
WLB
Davis
William H
O'Neill
New Price ceilings Set For Seven Fresh Vegetables
Baltimore March 15 in compliance with a regional order the State Office of Price Administration announced a dollar and cents maximum price on seven fresh vegetables at Baltimore terminal markets. The move aims to align prices among New York Philadelphia and Baltimore and shift demand from higher priced terminals. The rule sets profits and ceilings for carrots peas cabbage lettuce spinach string beans and tomatoes with varying profit allowances.
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Baltimore
State Office of Price Admiistration
OPA
New York
Philadelphia
Prices Offered For Timber Are Too Low
Baltimore reports 4-State Forester Joseph F. Kaylor warns bidders undervalue forest land through shallow appraisals. He cites Garrett County examples where offers were far less than later appraised values, notes Frederick County farmer gains after proper valuation, and states about 10 percent of Maryland’s 2.3 million acres have been appraised. The effort promotes forest farming to boost timber output for wartime needs and protect young trees.
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Baltimore
Joseph F. Kaylor
Forestry Department
Kaylor
Garrett County
Frederick
Garrett
State Department
Baltimore Man’s Sixty Sixth Habeas Corpus Bid Fails
Louis Berman a life term murderer again seeks release through habeas corpus in Howard County Circuit Court. Judge James Clark denies the petition saying no constitutional right infringement shown and that the writ cannot replace an appeal on factual issues. Berman, a former Baltimore merchant convicted in 1928 for shooting his attorney, has challenged judges for ten years, filing after each new appointment.
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Baltimore
Louis Berman
James Clark
Howard County
Berman
Maryland
Radio Repair Shops Exhausting Supplies In Baltimore
Baltimore radio repair shops report severe tube and equipment shortages as stocks run very low. One repairman with 35 sets lacks new tubes to fix, while dealers urge customers to shop around for specific tubes and test sets before replacements. Hoarders buy extra tubes, sales are halted. Parts for older models scarce, but post 1933 sets are easier to source. Some shops repurpose tubes from other radios and modify circuits to mend units.
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Baltimore
Amiens Casualties Reported After Amiens Raid
A Paris radio said 28 people were killed and 80 wounded in Saturday's Allied air raid on Amiens. The broadcaster cautioned the figure was not final, according to The Associated Press.
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Amiens
London
Paris
United States
Associated Press
May Set Size Of Meals In Restaurants
Washington discusses an Agriculture Department plan to limit courses and portions in all U S restaurants. The order aims to curb meat butter canned goods and other rationed foods, possibly forcing choices like soup or dessert and restricting beverages. Officials stress the plan is not finalized voluntary versus mandatory and may take weeks to shape.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Tomain
Value Of Ration Points To Remain Unchanged
Washington reports that 48 ration points will remain in use for canned foods from March through April 30 in War Ration Book No. The overlap period allows use of old stamps A B C until March 31 while new J E F stamps start. OPA urges budgeting to optimize remaining points and to spend lower value stamps on essential items before the next month’s stamps become valid.
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Washington
Office Price Administration
OPA
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