Water Plant Plans Mailed to Contractors in Frederick
About 30 copies of plans and specifications for Linganore filtration plant additions have been mailed to contractors and sub contractors. Bids are not yet received and will be opened and tabulated at a March 29 special Mayor and Aldermen meeting. A dozen or more bids are anticipated with priority ratings from War Production Board. Representatives from major firms have visited Frederick to inspect the plant.
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Linganore
Frederick City
Frank W. Rothenhoefer
Board of Aldermen
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
New Jersey
Virginia
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Frederick
War Production Board
Late Publisher William Allen White Probate Will Disclosed
In Emporia Kansas on March 18 the will of William Allen White was admitted to probate. He leaves his half interest in the Emporia Gazette to his widow Sallie L. White and assigns a fourth to their son W L White. Mrs White owns half the Gazette building. The will also bequeaths $1000 to fourteen Gazette employees with 20 years service and a farm to the son. Probate lists assets at 68505 with 65000 in life insurance payable to Mrs White as executrix.
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Emporia
Kan
William Allen White
Emporia Gazette
Sallie L. White
Some Finns Cling To Hope Of Securing Peace
Helsinki reports Finnish political circles cling to a faint hope of rescuing peace talks with Russia amid pessimism after Parliament's Wednesday action. Some say Finland still seeks an armistice but wants a clearer view of terms before approaching the Kremlin, and that this may be Finland's latest reply to Moscow.
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Helsinki
Russia
Parliamennt
Finland
Kremlin
Moscow
Labor Shortage Holds Up Synthetic Rubber
Labor shortages delay synthetic rubber production as Rubber Director Bradley Dewey urges retention of young technicians. The report notes the industry faces trouble due to a lack of skilled workers while stock markets show buying power centered on rails and profits in strong industries.
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Washington
Bradley Dewey
RAILS
New York
Decisive Stages of War This Year
Prime Minister Churchill stated in a Salute the Soldier fund message that the war in nearly every theater will reach decisive stages this year. He said British forces worldwide will be engaged in what may prove to be decisive stages in the conflict.
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London
Churchill
Gas Ration Losses Imposed on 13 Motorists
Thirteen motorists face gasoline ration revocations from 10 to 20 days for exceeding the 35 mph speed limit, announced by the county OPA legal panel after hearings in February. Seven other motorists were dismissed. Notices mailed by the War Price and Rationing Board list the cases and durations, while several residents had their charges dropped. A separate item notes the sale of Brig. Gen. Francis Perro tto’s Rosemont residence to Lawrence V. Roughan, with possession by June 1.
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OPA
Marion B. Oland
South Market Street
William H. Garner, Jr
West All Saints Street
Emory E. Shelton
Libertytown
Roger H. Poland
Frederick
Red
Richard E. Willes
East South Street
Roy ¥. Winpigler
North Bentz Street
Staley L. Fiook
Pine Street
Roscoe K. Doub
Middletown
Maurice F. Burns
Park Avenue
Mt. Airy
Charles H. Klipp, Jr
George L. Rothenhoefer
West Church Street
John R. Wills
East Fourth Street
James H. Kepler
Dr. N. BE. Kefauver
Vernon M. Casseil
Schley Avenue
Braddock Heights
Kenneth B. Shaw
Patrick Street
Albert R. Hull
Reuben Hale
East Street
Curtis W. Robinson
West Patrick Street
Charles L. Castle
Catoctin Park
Francis Perrott
Rosemont
Lawrence V. Roughan
Adrian, Mich
Price Brothers Company
Perrott
Maryland
Soldiers inoculated at Fort Meade after rabies death
Twelve soldiers at Fort George G. Meade were inoculated after a puppy mascot died of rabies. Officials announced today.
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Fort George G. Meade
Daylight Bombing Attacks Renewed Over Europe
Allied daylight bombers and fighters press renewed offensive across France and Germany with hundreds of aircraft led by American and British formations. Berlin reports clashes as Mosquito night sorties preceded the daylight strikes and Vienna targets form a central focus amid heavy air defenses.
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London
Berlin
Germany
RAF
France
Basle
Switzerland
Britain
Strait of Doyler
Boulogne
Alps
Vienna
Austria
Holland
Vichy Radio
U.S
Naples
Paris
Oise
Creil
Hamburg
Duesseldorf
Frankfurt
Italy
Behberg
Sibenik
Cacena
Monte Pescara
Atlantic Wall
VU. S. Thunderbolts
Russian Troop Movements Reported on Finnish Front
Berlin dispatch notes heavy Soviet troop movements near Kandalaksha behind the Finnish front. Finnish reports say truckloads of troops and materiel head to the Russian line. In the north, fighting flared around Nevel Ostrov Pskov and Narva as Germans tally 82 Soviet tanks destroyed yesterday.
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Stockholm
Kandalaksha
Finland
Berlin
Svenska Dagbladet
London
Nevel
Ostrov
Pskov
Narva
Baltic States
Kereh
Crimea
Head Of AWVS Guest Of Local Organization
Mrs. Alice T. McLean founder president of the American Women's Voluntary Services arrived in Frederick to inspect the local AWVS. She toured the canteen sewing rooms thrift shop and inductee room on East Patrick street and spoke to workers at the Section A canteen on All Saints street. A tea at Prospect Hall with AWVS members followed and her daughter in law accompanied her.
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Frederick County
Alice T. McLean
American Women’s Voluntary Services
McLean
Edward McLean
Monkton
Washington
AWVS
East Patrick Street
AWVVS
Joseph H. Himes
Prospect Hall
Awvs I
Himes
Frederick Awvs Group
Britain
England
Another Three Power Conference Possible
London reports note Roosevelt and Churchill may meet after Edward R. Stettinius Jr visits to iron out questions. A three power conference with Joseph Stalin was suggested by non British diplomats amid Balkan and Finnish discussions and Germany's satellites. Groundwork may be laid in Stettinius' talks with British leaders.
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London
Roosevelt
Churchill
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Joseph Stalin
Finland
Germany
Stettinius
Three More Burglaries Reported In Baltimore
Baltimore reports three burglaries totaling over 5400 dollars as police and FBI searched for a masked bandit who yesterday robbed Pimlico Union Trust Company of more than 6000. Sidney L. Sachs, lounge owner, reported his safe broken into with 4054 dollars stolen. An assignee sold four and a half acres north of the National Pike at the White House for 955 dollars. Alton Y. Bennett was assignee.
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Baltimore
Joot
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Pimlico
Union Trust Company
Sidney L. Sachs
White House
Frederick
Court House
Gilmore R. Flautt
Alton Y. Bennett
WU. Grant Hooper
Allies Build Air Strip Back Of Jap Lines
Allied engineers and British infantry behind Japanese lines in north central Burma have carved an air strip and strong base, linking northern and southern supply routes. Flown in by gliders and transports, Col. Philip G. Cochran’s unit established a surprise air base southeast of Myitkyina, aiding Stilwell’s southward drive toward a new China supply line.
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India-Burma
Burma
Joseph W. Stilwell
China
India
Quebec
Roosevelt
Churchill
Philip G. Cochran
Erie
United States Army Air Force
Myitkyina
Clemsonville Flyer Is Reported Missing
Mr and Mrs Frank Coleman of Clemsonville near Union Bridge were notified by the War Department that their son Charles Coleman serving with the U S Air Corps has been reported missing in action since February 24 after failing to return from a bombing mission over Germany. He was twenty one and had served about three years.
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Davis D. Graves
San Antonio
Tex
Italy
Army Air Forces
Mediterranean
Army
Frank Coleman
Clemsonville
Union Bridge
War Department
Charles Coleman
U. S. Air Corps
Germany
Youn Coleman
Break Into Candy Machine At City Opera House
City police report a candy machine on the second floor near the City Hall entrance was broken into late Thursday night. No money was taken from the cash box, though some candy may have been removed. The incident reportedly occurred around the time the last show ended.
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City Opera House
City Hall
Japanese War Burden Shift Acknowledged by Tokyo
New York reports on March 18 that Tokyo radio stated the Japanese government will shift more of the wartime financial load onto workers. The announcement said it cannot be helped if the burden distribution is not just.
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New York
Tokyo Radio
Ulus predicts failure of Barbu Stir Bey mission to Cairo
Ankara dispatch reports Ulus predicts the mission of Prince Barbu Stir bey to Cairo will fail as Romanian political efforts seek armistice terms from the Allies for Romania. The writer notes the mission’s prospects amid wartime diplomacy.
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Ankara
Turkey
Ulus Today
Barbu Stirbey
Cairo
Rumania
Nazis Driven From Cassino as Fifth Army Attacks Anzio Beachhead
Allied bombers pounded German defenses around Anzio and Cassino as the Fifth Army pressed along the southwest edge of Cassino. Indian and New Zealand troops spearheaded the advance through rubble and caves, with tanks entering Cassino and heavy fighting continuing in the hills west of the town. Allied headquarters reported German forces holding in the far corner near the monastery while time and air bombardment tested Nero’s Gustav line. Anheuser indicted in St Louis for alleged draft-dafment fraud.
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Fifth
Anzio
Rome
Naples
Passing
Cassino
Tihe
Eighth Army
New Zealand
Forke-Wolff
Associated Press
Lynn Heinzerling
Via
Casilina
Gustav
Heinzerling
Hitler
Planter Sentenced In Peonage Case At Helena Arkansas
Albert S. Johnson a Cross County cotton planter pleaded guilty in Federal Court to two counts of peonage and was sentenced by Judge Harry J. Lemley to two and a half years in prison in Helena Arkansas on March 18.
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Helena
Ark
Albert S. Johnson
Cross County
Harry J. Lemiey
No procedure changes in Maryland deferment rules
Baltimore March 18 Colonel Henry C Stanwood Maryland State Selective Service director said there will be no changes in industrial deferment procedure pending further clarification of the President's young army declaration.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Col
Henry C Stanwood
Selective Service
Baby Bonus Bill reshapes marital tax exemptions
Washington on March 18 reports a new tax simplification measure dubbed the baby bonus bill. It would reduce the married couple exemption to 1000 dollars and add 500 dollars per child, yielding 1500 dollars with one child and 6000 dollars with ten. The proposal suggests exemptions could rise indefinitely based on children.
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Washington
City Red Cross Goal In Sight
City Red Cross War Fund drive nears top with $34,000 received of a $35,000 city quota and over $3,000 in county districts. General chairman Derribaugh urges canvassing all contributors to reach about $50,000 city and county total, as broadcasts begin with plasma and Blood Donor unit visits set for Frederick.
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Red Cross
Lewis R. Derribaugh
Derribaugh
Frederick
Tell Civilians Leave Tallinn
New York March 18 large-scale evacuation of civilians from Tallinn the capital of Nazi occupied Estonia recently bombed by the Russians was ordered today by Tallinn's mayor in an Estonian broadcast recorded by U S Government monitors. As those who are not absolutely compelled to remain in Tallinn must leave town. Tallinn town may be burning. Stockholm March 16 offshore in the sky believed to be from fires started in Reval Tallinn capital of Estonia seen in Helsinki last night. It was believed Russian planes may have made a new attack on the city.
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New York
N. Y
Tallinn
Estonia
U. S
Stockholm
Reval
Helsinki
Young King Peter of Yugoslavia may wed Alexandra soon
London reports persistently that twenty year old King Peter of Yugoslavia and Princess Alexandra of Greece, aged 23, betrothed last August, may marry within a few days amid ongoing rumors.
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London
Peter
Yugoslavia
Alexandra
Greece
Konev’s forces push deep into Dniester valley frontier
Soviet forces under Marshal Konev surged into the Dniester valley advancing toward Bessarabia, within 11 miles of the Dniester line and 12 miles from a major highway near Mogilev Podolski. Zhukov’s drive from Dubno neared the Bug headwaters as Dubno fell under heavy Russian shelling and rail links into Lutsk and Lwow opened.
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Dalestar Valley
Moscow
Irwin S. Konev
Dniester
Bessarabia
Rumania
Tomashpol
Mogilev Podolski
Czechoslovakia
Gregory Zhukov
Dubno
Poland
Bug
Curzon Line
Lutsk
Lwow
Cobb estate leaves most to widow and daughter
Paducah writer Irvin S. Cobb who died eight days ago left most of his large estate to his widow Mrs Laura Baker Cobb for life from five sixths of the residuary estate. After her death the daughter Mrs Elizabeth Cobb Rodgers would receive income and 25 000 cash with principal to Rodgers's children. A one sixth trust for Cobb's sister Mrs Hewitt Howland. If she dies before Mrs Cobb the widow gets the income. If not it reverts to Rodgers and her children. No value given.
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New York
Irvin
Cobb
Paducah
Laura Bakeer Cobb
Elizabeth Cobb Rodgers
Hewitt Howland
Rodgers
John, Cobb
Memphis, Tenn
Injured Soldiers and Wave Brought From Schiey Park Incident
Two soldiers and a Wave were injured when their car struck a stone pillar at the entrance to Schiey Park in western Frederick. They were initially treated at Camp Detrick, then sent to Walter Reed Hospital in Washington and a Bethesda hospital. No definite condition details were released by Camp Detrick officials today.
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Schiey Park
Frederick
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington
Bethesda Hospital
Camp Detrick
Post Hospital
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