Temporary Bridge To Be Built In Two Months
Mayor Lloyd Culler reports Ezra Whitman of the State Roads Commission says a temporary bridge near Jug Bridge should be in place in about two months. Plans call for trestle materials and a new roadway to connect with arterial highways while a permanent bridge is built south of the present span. The commission may keep the Jug intact for viewing. final authority on repaving and WPA-related work remains unsettled.
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Lloyd C. Culler
Ezra B. Whitman
State Roads Commission
Jug Bridge
W. Raymond Welter
Frederick
Whitmar
Whitman
Commission
Jug
The
Roads Commission
Culler
Market
Patrick Streets
Jefferson Street
Mear Hagerstown
Allied ships sunk off India and Burma report
Japanese submarines in coastal waters off India and Burma have sunk 11 Allied ships totaling more than 81 000 tons thus far in the war. The ships included two merchant men and two tankers off Colombo three merchantmen and one tanker off Madras and two merchant men and a freighter off Rangoon.
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Tokyo
India
Burma
Colombo
Madras
Rangoon
Five Million Dollar Plant Planned for Maryland
The War Department announced authorization to build a new manufacturing plant in Maryland costing more than 5 million dollars. Construction will be supervised by the Washington district office of the Army engineers. No further details were released.
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Washington
War Department
Maryland
Washington District Office of the
Army Engineers
Possibility of Blackouts Looms After Civilian Defense Meeting
Frederick Civilian Defense Director Allen Y Bennett warned of possible extended blackouts within the city and county, urging wardens to prepare homes and notify residents. A rush on blackout material is expected as shops face another sellout, with plans to blackout streets factories and street lamps and to use hooded lights or special headlights as needed.
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Frederick High School
Allen Y. Bennett
Bennett
Washington
Frederick
Bes
Prisoner Steals Former Sheriff’s Car Then Is Apprehended
Paul Wakely, 21, an escaped convict from Roxbury State Penal Farm, drove to Frederick and stole former Sheriff Ingomar W. Albaugh’s sedan from the 1035 North Market Street garage. He was tracked to Baltimore, where police arrested him at the Northern Police Station. Albaugh was alerted as the car was recovered.
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Roxbury
Washington County
Frederick
Ingomar W. Albaugh
Baltimore
Paul Wakely
Fred Straley
Albaugh
North Market Street
Labor Yields Right To Strike During War
Washington reports that labor leaders announce workers have yielded their right to strike during the war. They say production and national defense demand restraint, preferring voluntary cooperation over restrictive congressional acts.
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Washington
Organized Labor
Congress
Tornadic Storm Toll Across Six States Reaches 132
Associated Press reports severe tornadoes struck Mississippi Kentucky Tennessee Indiana Illinois and Alabama causing at least 132 deaths and about 1000 injuries. Mississippi hospitals and relief crews mobilized as storms damaged towns from Leflore to Water Valley and further west toward Missouri.
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Associated Press
Mississippi
Kentucky
Tennessee
Indiana
Illinois
Alabama
Florence
Missouri
Leflore
Water Valley
Aaew
Grenada
Baldwyn
Avalon
Oxford
Tule
Michigan City
North Holly Springs
Alvin
Lacon
St. Joseph
Hope
Savoy
Mayview
Ilinois
Mississippi River
Russell's
Bolivar
Reagan
Selmer
Flying Glass
West Tennessee State Hospital
Browder
West Kentucky
Leitchfield
Porter Lasaley
Bardstown
Summit
Drakesboro
Greenville
Goshen
Shelbyville
Trapped Nazi Army Loses Strong Point
Moscow reports the German 16th Army trapped at Staraya Russa has lost a key high point in heavy fighting. The Red Army tightens its ring around Staraya Russa as Soviet air superiority grows four to one. 215 German planes destroyed March 8-14 with 57 losses.
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Moscow
Staraya Russa
Leningrad
Red Army
Donets
Red Guard
Crimea
Soviet Information Bureau
Ukraine
Semeon Timoshenko
Kharkov
London
Adolf Hitler
Japanese Prepare For Attack On Russia
Chungking March 17 Chinese army spokesman states Japan has moved two divisions from Korea to Manchukuo and shifted troops on Sakhalin toward the Russian border. He cites Chinese intelligence of staff chiefs meeting in Manchukuo and says Russia remains alert to a possible sudden Japanese assault.
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Chungking
China
Russia
Korea
Manchukuo
Sakhalin Island
Geneval Sutherland
MacArthur
Hancock
Howard Sutherland
West Virginia
Connecticut National Guard
15Th Infantry
Tientsin
Manila
Philippines
George
31St
Selfridge Field
Michigan
Lockport, N. Y
Sutherland
Gambling 2 610 000 on Salvaging Normandie
The U S Navy bets 2 610 000 on possible salvage of the fire wrecked liner Normandie from Hudson River mud. A payment was placed to cover pier 88 in New York for the ship’s salvage effort though no guarantee of lifting the vessel exists. The liner cost 60 million and toppled February 9 during conversion to a naval auxiliary.
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New York
U. S. Navy
Normandie
Hudson
Amour
ROTC Training Camps Out Until War Ends
Maj. Gen Milton A. Reckord announced discontinuing all Reserve Officers' Training Corps summer camps until six months after the war ends. ROTC graduates from senior units will attend the basic course at the relevant service school after graduation instead.
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Baltimore
Training Corps
Milton A. Reckord
Third Corps
Reckord
Nazi Fleet Readies Northern Campaign From Norway
A British source reports German naval strength in Norway with the Tirpitz and Prinz Eugen in fjords near Trondheim. He cites 150 000 to 200 000 German troops in Norway and warns of potential actions against Arctic supply routes to Russia and Iceland.
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London
North Cape
Aalesund
Russia
Iceland
Lapland
Murmansk
Trondheim
Germany
Norway
Britain
Narvik
Hood
Pacific
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Soviet Russia
English Channel
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Auto Recovered in Martinsburg After City Theft
City police report the automobile belonging to Miss Kathryn Snook of this city, stolen Saturday evening from East Second Street, was recovered in Martinsburg West Virginia Monday morning. No arrest was indicated and the car is believed abandoned.
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AUTO
City Palice
Kathryn Snook
East Secondsreet
Martinsburg
W. Va
French Intern 2 000 British In Morocco
London reports that French authorities in Morocco ordered the internment of about 2,000 British subjects aged 18 to 50 living in coastal towns. The move is said to be a reprisal for RAF bombing raids on occupied France.
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London
Reuters
Tangier
Morocco
France
Vichy
Riviera
Mediterranean
Yanks Reach Australia in force under War Secretary Stimson
Washington reports the American Expeditionary Forces have landed in Australia in force ready to fight alongside the Australians. The move, described as in considerable numbers, hints at a major troop movement with ground troops and air corps units. No details on strength or location are given, but air reinforcements are confirmed.
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Washington
Australia
Air Corps
Stimson
Northern Ireland
South Pacific
Debarkation
Pacific Coast
Antipodes
Pearl Harbor
George C. Marshall
Army
Continental
United States
Simson
Capitol Hill
Corregidor
Manila Bay
MacArthur
Hinever Bataan
Luzon
War Department
Bataan
Chinese clash leaves hundreds of Thai soldiers dead
Reuters dispatch from Bombay quotes a Burma command communique reporting hundreds of Thai soldiers killed in a clash at Tongtong near Chiang Rai Thailand. The engagement described as contact with Siamese patrols follows prior RAF incidents in the border region where China, Thailand, and Burma meet.
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London
Burma
Tongtong
Chengrai
Thailand
Reuters
Bombay
Burma Command
Chenegrai
RAF
Complimentary Dinner Planned For Trustees
A complimentary dinner will be held April 10 at the Masonic Temple honoring Joseph W. L. Carty, Jacob Rehrback, Horace C. Zacharias, A. LeRoy McCardell, Ira L. Miller and G. Hunter Bowers, Mason Temple trustees. Tickets available from the ticket committee including George B. Fout and others.
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Masonic Temple
Joseph W. L. Carty
Jacob Rehrback
Horace C. Zacharias
A. LeRoy McCardell
Ira L. Miller
G. Hunter Bowers
Temple
The
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Mason’. Domino Club
George B. Fout
Charles A. Sifford
Frank Harrington
Samuel E. Brown, Jr
Meredith Young
Merril Wachter
Raymond I. Ford
James H. Walk
Guy C Roser
G. William Stuuz
Vernon Cobleniz
Owen Mercer
MacArthur Appointed Supreme Commander in Southwest Pacific
War Department announces General Douglas MacArthur will assume supreme command in the southwest Pacific region including the Philippine Islands with headquarters moved from the Philippines to Australia. Major General Richard K. Sutherland and Brigadier General Harold H. George accompany him. Major General Jonathan M. Wainwright takes command in the Philippines.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Australia
United Nations Command
War Department
Roosevelt
MacArthur
Philippines
Bataan
Wainwright
Air Corps
War Stimson
Luzon
Wavell
Southwest Pacific
Archibald Wavell
India
Wendell L. Willkie
Congress
Wavells
Malaya
Sumatra
Burma
Netherlands
Sndies
Philippine Army
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Civilian Defense
Tom Abbott
East
North
Government of Australia
Philippine Commonwealth
Masbate
Mindanao
Tommy Manville
Jean Sutherlin
Romney W. Va
John Coerbett
Romney
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