Weekend Auto Crashes Kill Two In County
Two youths died in separate late weekend crashes in Carroll County. Marcellus Eugene Wade III, 20, was found on Route 240 near Frederick Junction after a hit-and-run incident following a beer run with a companion. Wade’s body showed a fractured skull and other injuries. William Francis Welsh, 16, of Winfield, died when his car struck a stone wall and two power poles on Main Street in Mt Airy. George Alfred Conaway, 16, escaped with facial lacerations and shock. State Police report the driver remains at large and notes indicate high speed prior to the Mt Airy crash. Funeral arrangements for Welsh set for Tuesday. Wade’s body removed to local funeral homes.
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Marcellus Eugene Wade
MM. Eugene Wade, Jr
Buck Lodge
Frederick Junction
William Francis Welsh
Earl Welsh
Wingeld
Elva Glaser
Baltimore County
Main Street
Mt Airy
Carroll County
George Alfred Conaway
Winfield
Welsh
Wade
Corp
Elwood O'Hara
Harold Basore
Ambrose C. Kingsbury
Buckeystown
Evergreen Point
Kingsbury
Harry Lloyd’s
Old Germantown
M. R. Etchison & Son
William B Hilton
Barnesville
J C. Badger
H. L. Williams
Conaway
Taylorsville
Stanley Grabill
Mt. Airy
Young Welsh
Melville Woolen Mills
Oakland
Margaret Welsh
Winfeld
Charles L Wallace
Morgan Chapel
C. M. Waltz
Paramushiro Bombed Again In Pacific Strike Pattern
Navy reports a third bomb strike in three days on Paramushiro in Japan’s Northern Kuriles. Ventura search planes hit the island base, with fires started and light anti aircraft fire, none damaging returning crews. Seventh Air Force Liberators bombed Ponape and Kusaie, while air wings attacked three eastern Marshalls atolls. one dive bomber was lost.
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W.S
Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Paramushiro
Japan
Kobe Islands
Chester W . Numuitz
Ventura
Navy Fleet
Aleutians
Seventh Air Force
Ponape
Kusaie
Truk
United States
Marshalls
Fourth Marine Air Wing
Vichyite Murdered In Patrol Incident
Jacques Pericard vice chair of the Vichy Legion of Combatants was shot and killed Friday night when his car passed a patrol stop. The Legion is a war veterans organization. The news comes from a Vichy radio report broadcast via the U S Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service.
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New York
Jacques Pericard
Vichy Legion of Combatants
Vichy
U. S. Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service
Legion of Combatants
Lorengau Captured by U S Allied Push Across Manus
Allied forces completed the capture of Lorengau town on Manus Island after rapid advances from Los Negros. American cavalry units overran bunkers, seized airfields, and secured perimeter access to Seadler harbor. Widespread raids targeted Wewak, Rabaul, Kavieng, and Soerabaja, with bombers dropping 200 tons on Wewak and other strikes along the New Guinea coast.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
Lorengau
Admiralty Islands
Douglas MacArthur
Cavalry
Manus Island
Manus
Los Negros Island
Los Negros
Mosnote Airodrome
Seadler Harbor
Lorengan
Bismarck Sea
Netherland, East Indies
Wewakim
New Guinea
Rabaul
New Britain
Kavieng
New Ireland
Soerabaja Java
East Indies
Soerabajya
Wight Air Patrols
Wewak
Bombers From U S Arriving In Britain In 10 Days
London reports four engined American bombers will reach Britain within ten days after leaving U S factories. The Daily Mail quotes an American commander saying traffic volume in one recent month was fifteen times higher than a year ago, with the North Atlantic route used regularly this winter.
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London
Atlantic
Germany
Britain
London Daily Mail
Sayi ‘Ing
North Atlantic
Auto crash injures three. one dies in Walter Reed
In Schley Park near College Avenue and Rockwell Terrace a car struck a stone pillar, seriously injuring Corporal Peter J. Kaat and a WAVE. Kaat later died at Walter Reed Hospital from a fractured skull. Soldier Thomas J. Reilly and WAVE Michelena Masterbone were reported recovering at Walter Reed and Bethesda, with Masterbone denying amputation. Firefighters Williamson and Dick helped avert a worse outcome by extinguishing a post-crash fire.
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Schley Park
College Avenue
Rockwell Terrace
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington
Corp
Peter J. Kaat
Pottstown
Camp Detrick
Camp Derrick
Thomas J. Reilly
Michelena Masterbone
Naval Hospital
Bethesda
Wave Masterbone
Reilly
Kaaf
North College Parkway
Camp Detrick Post Hospital
Eugene Williamson
Pfc
William Dick
Said Corp
Williamson
Pfe. Dick
Finland's Last Chance For Peace Slips Away
Stockholm reports that Finland's bid for peace with Russia failed as Parliament backed continued war despite Field Marshal Mannerheim warning that Finnish lines could not hold if the Red Army attacked. Government censorship kept Mannerheim's views from the public and MPs.
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Stockholm
Finland
Russia
Baron Carl Gustaf von Mannerheim
Helsinki
Mannerheim
King Peter and Princess Alexandra to wed in London
Washington dispatch reports King Peter of Yugoslavia and Princess Alexandra of Greece will marry in London. Attending royals include King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, King Haakon and Crown Prince Olaf of Norway, Queen Wilhelmina, Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, and Yugoslav figures. Queen Marie unable to attend due to illness.
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Washington
Peter
Yugoslavia
Alexandra
Alexander
Greece
London
George VI
Great Britain
George II
Elizabeth
Haakon
Norway
Olaf
Wilhelmina
Bernhard
Netherlands
Duke
Duchess of
Gloucester
Duchess of Kent
Tomislavy
Andrew
Dozidar Purich
Marie
Anthony Eden
Purich
B. Jevitch
Lukachevich
Generaja Mihailovic
Drunken Driving Charge Against Grantsville Man
Charges of larceny drunken driving peace disturbances and assault and battery filled the weekend arrest docket. Ridgley King Frederick was arrested on complaint by Rufus E. Thornton who said King took $15 from him at a South Market street apartment. The money was recovered on King's person. Sergt Frank Dorsey and Officer Martin Kanade made the arrest. Clyde A. Voramer Giantsville is held on 1000 bond after a drunken and reckless driving citation by Officer Ben Phebus. Five held for peace disturbance include John Blackston. Klinehart's alley, Cumberland officers Elis Carts H B Weller and Estel W. Reed. George M Gaver Blue Ridge Summit and Walter Hallman Urbana were arrested for drunkenness by Officers Charles Butler and Kanode.
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Ridgley King
Frederick
Rufus E. Thornton
King
South Market Street
Sergt Frank Dorsey
Martin Kanade
Clyde A. Vornmer
Giantsville
Ben Phebus
John Blackston
Klineharts Alley
Elis Carts
H. B. Weller
Estel W. Reed
Cumberland
Sergt. Dorsey
George M Gaver
Blue Ridge Summit
Walter Hallman
Urbana
Charles Butler
Kanode
More New Equipment For Railroads In Wartime
Washington reports wartime transport needs are met faster with railroads adding 5174 new freight cars and 180 new locomotives in the first two months, doubling earlier year figures. By March 1, railroads had significantly more new equipment in service than a year ago.
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Washington
Association of American Railroads
Four Hundred Forty German Planes Lost In One Week
London reports Allied announcements show 440 German planes lost in air and ground battles the week of March 13 through March 19. Allied air fleets from Britain the Mediterranean and the Middle East accounted for 287 enemy aircraft shot down and 74 grounded planes destroyed by Mediterranean forces.
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London
Brita
Mediterranean
Middle-East
Europe
RAF
Middle East
Germany
Britain
Rail equipment figures from March first comparison
Freight car totals stood at 19,329 and locomotives at 499 on March 1, 1943, while the year earlier tallies showed 33,012 freight cars and 779 locomotives, indicating a substantial reduction in both categories. The figures reflect wartime adjustments in rolling stock inventories.
Five British Sloops Sink Six U Boats
Five Royal Navy sloops achieved a record patrol in the Battle of the Atlantic by sinking six German U boats in 20 days. Only one ship, HMS Woodpecker, failed to return, but all crew were saved. Capt. F. J. Walker led the 6,000 mile patrol from Liverpool, earning high praise from First Lord A. V. Alexander.
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London
Admiralty
Trafalgar
North Atlantic
H. M. S. Woodpecker
Liverpool
The
A. V. Alexander
Kite
Magpie
Starling
Wildgoose
Hitler
Alexander
F. J
Johnnny) Walker
Royal Navy
Ireland
Atlantic
Lava Threat Advances Burning Scenic Railroad Near Bosco Trecase
Lava streams along the mountain slopes threaten Bosco Trecase with the village possibly evacuated as lava flows continue toward the south slope. The molten river reportedly rolled miles downslope, endangering the famed scenic railroad within striking distance.
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Bosco Trecase
Evacuation Ordered for Women and Children in Sofia
The Bulgarian Cabinet has ordered the evacuation of all women and children from Sofia, leaving only men mobilized for government work. The decree makes leaving the city compulsory as Allied bombing hits the capital, which has already been largely evacuated.
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Bern
Switzerland
Sofia
Budapest
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M-G-M
Cape Town
South Africa
King Peter
Princess Alexandra
U. S. Capitol
William Thornton
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West Indies
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Atlantic Ocean
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Bay of Biscay
Augier
North Sea
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Mediterranean Sea
Baltic Sea
Poland
Black Sea
Turkey
Malta
der Fuhrer
James Climaldi
American Red Cross Prisoners of War Food Packing Center
Philadelphia
Vincent F. Climaldi
39Th Infantry
Stalag 2
Red Cross
Grantsville
ALLEN
Market ST
His
Side
C.E. Cline & Son Funeral Directors
Naples
Mt. Vesuvius
Burall’s
Kear C C Carty
St. Brke
Esso
Weor
Usly
Delphey’s
W. Patrick St
Blanks
Hendrickson
Aberle
Rayon
Moin
Royon
Tim Welt
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