Was Once In Command Of Gunboat Now Lost By U S
The Asheville gunboat in Chinese waters during 1937 1938 was commanded for about fifteen months by Captain Allen G Quynn U S N now with the Navy in Pacific waters The ship carried about 200 crew was built in 1918 and operated in Swatow Amoy and Fuchow ports rescuing Americans during bombings Officials say the loss occurred south of Java early this month with Captain Kenneth M Hoeffel commanding the Asiatic fleet unit
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United States
Asheville
Java
Navy Department
Allen G Quynn
U.S.N
Quynn
Navy
Pacific
Frederick
China
South China
Japan
Swatow
Amey
Fuchow
Amoy
Ching
Charleston
S C
Special Service Squadron
Asiatic Fleet
Kenneth M. Hoeffel
Oconic Wis
Port Moresby Under Its Heaviest War Attack Yet
Port Moresby endured its heaviest air assault of the war as 19 Japanese bombers accompanied by fighters attacked in two waves. Bombs were dropped from high altitude and machine gunning followed from about 200 feet. Casualties and damage totals were not announced.
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Los Angeles
Marc
Aghte
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Canberra Radio
NEC
Japan Forms Army For Attack On Russia
Chungking dispatch reports Japan plans a massive mobilization for an assault on Siberia. A 10 million man force from Japan Formosa Korea and occupied China would join the Siberian border army already in Manchukuo and Inner Mongolia. Also listed are 100000 white Russians amid an international situation seen as favorable to Japan.
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Chungking
China
Japan
Formosa
Korea
Siberia
China Daily News
Siberian
Manchukuo
Inner Mongolia
Russia
Germany
Britain
Europe
United States
Penny and nickel meters give limited time in Market Space
Parking Meter Collector Elgin Hemp reports motorists found pennies beyond the first did not add time in Market Space meters. The penny and nickel machines here register no extra time after the first penny unless a nickel is inserted, unlike Market and Patrick streets where each penny adds twelve minutes.
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Elgin Hemp
Hemp
Market
Patrick Streets
Lieut Frank S Stiertz Killed in Far East Air Mission
Lieut Frank S Stiertz 22 year old Army Air Corps aviator is dead in a Far Eastern air action. He was the son in law of John M DeLashmutt of Woodbine and married a year ago to Mary Eliza Stieriz who lives in Baltimore. He entered the Air Corps in May 1941 and hailed from Baltimore where his parents reside.
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Frank S. Stiertz
Army Air Corps
John M. DeLashmutt
Woodbine
Stierts
Mary Eliza Stieriz
Baltimore
Stieriz
Air Corps
Knudsen Sees No Need to Suspend 40-Hour Week
Lieut. Gen. William S. Knudsen, Army production chief, says there is no evidence of a labor shortage and sees no reason to end the 40 hour work week. The statement was reported from Houston on March 23.
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Houston
Tex
William S. Knudsen
Army
Uni
Japanese Commander Takes Over Forces in Philippines
General Tomoyuki Yamashita, famed conqueror of Singapore, is named to lead Japanese land forces in the Philippines. The new offensive aims to seize Bataan as part of broader operations against Allied positions in the Pacific.
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Bataan
Tomoyuki i Yamashite
Singapore
Jap I
Philipnines
Accredited First Aid Instructors Organize in Frederick County
The Red Cross first aid instructors in Frederick County met in the Evangelical Lutheran church to form a permanent organization and plan promotions. Officers include F Russell Young as chairman and Beatrice Summers as treasurer. The group aims to standardize teaching, form mobile units, and establish first aid stations with an examining board to certify future classes. Thirty-two new instructors completed the course, joining existing accredited teachers, with plans for monthly meetings and demonstrations.
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Red Cross
Frederick County
Boy Scout Room
Evangelical Lutheran Church
F. Russell Young
Robert Bowlus
Middletown
Harriett Kreh
Beatrice Summers
C. W. Magaha
W. Barry Everett
Paul B. Kalla
Dorothy R. Carty
Daisy Mae Baumgardner
Lucille Harbaugh
Red Cross County
First Aid
Charles KE. Taylor
J. Walker Carty
Mr. Young
Red Cross First Aid
Bowlus
Hin Frederick
O. G. Sola
Edward D. Storm
Eleanor Elizabeth Albright
Lorraine Cubitt Baker
Helen Louise Bell
Katharine Lucille Biehl
Laurens Nelson Bow
Dorothy Riordan Carty
Catherine LaVanche Duncan
Katharine
Elizabeth Dutrow
Grace J. Everett
William Barry Everett
Hamilton Adams Gale
Naomi Gearinger
Helen Bader Johnson
Rhoda Grace Kallaway
Paul Benjamin Kallaway
Horace F. Kline
Margaret Lillian Ko
When Thieves Fall Out-Among The Axis
Intense diplomatic activity focuses on the Balkans as Romania Hungary dispute surfaces with Axis backing. Reports from Bucharest say Hungary and Bulgaria agreed to support each other to retain gains Romania received in 1940 while Bulgaria's king’s envoy travels to Germany for a state visit.
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Bern
Switzerland
Balkans
Romania
Hungary
Bucharest
Bulgaria
Kins Bers
Germany
British Sink Eleven Italian Ships Within Sight Of Shore
British submarines torpedoed and shelled Italian vessels off Sicily and the southern toe of Italy, sinking two Italian submarines, two supply ships, six schooners and a damaged troop carrier. The attacks targeted approaches to the Strait of Messina amid coastal fire from Italian and Albanian batteries. The Italian submarines Milla and Aragonauto class craft were sunk in southern waters. Survivors were hindered by shore fire and aircraft during rescue attempts.
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London
Maly
Admiralty
Italy
Strait of Messina
Ialy
Sicily
Britain
Mipsolini
Nemney
McRe Aby Leruen
II Duce
Argonauto
Italian Navy Attacks British Convoy Off North Africa
Report from Rome and Berlin describe a heavy naval engagement off the North African coast as Italian warships press a convoy in the Gulf of Sirte. Berlin says a 6000 ton merchant ship was sunk and two more damaged in a German bomber attack on the convoy.
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Rome
North African
High Command
London
Gulf of
Sirte
Bengali
Berlin
Africa
Cripps Arrives in New Delhi for War Cooperation Talks
Sir Stafford Cripps, Britain s Lord Privy Seal, lands in New Delhi from Karachi to press for India s full wartime cooperation. The Council of United Provinces reportedly backs independence for India, while Gandhi urges against a scorched earth policy and calls for clear rejection of such tactics.
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New Delhi
India
Sir Stafford Cripps
Britain
Karachi
Allahabad
India National Congress
Council of United Provinces
Congress
Stafford Cripps
Gandhi
Bombay
Moatandas K. Gandhi
Harijan
Chimney Fire Extinguished at 412 Middle Alley
Early morning report states the Juniors Univers and the Citizens Truck Company extinguished a chimney fire at 412 Middle Alley around 10 30 o clock. The property is said to belong to Marshall Staub. Berlin 23 March 177 German broadcasts note a Minstry proclamation banning spring travel for pleasure by civilians.
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Univers
Citizens Truck Company
Middle Alley
Marshall Staub
Berlin
Zwoelf Gar Blatt
Ceiling On Pork Prices Now In Effect
National wholesale pork price ceilings began today amid uncertain effects on retail costs and farm returns. Industry experts say ceilings, varying by item and brand, may stabilize markets but keep strong competition among sellers. Retail butcher pricing remains guided by existing factors, with ceilings only on purchased pork. Lard remains controlled and a temporary 60 day ceiling is in place pending permanent rules. A Japanese broadcast notes Tokyo’s war plans envision a long conflict with supply drawn from overseas.
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Chicago
Office of Price Administration
OPA
MacArthur Bosses Vast Army But His Wife Runs The House
Melbourne reports that General Douglas MacArthur oversees allied forces in the region while his wife manages home affairs. Today Mrs. MacArthur took their son Arthur for a haircut, saying the General is busy and Arthur needed a trim.
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MacArthur
Melbourne
Douglas MacArthur
Arthur
Genral
Courageous Defense Is Promised On Bataan
War Department reports American Filipino troops in the Philippines pledged loyalty to General MacArthur and would defend the islands with the same courage. Communiques note Allied air raids from Australia destroyed enemy planes, with nine on the ground at Lae and Rabaul incursions previously reported. On Luzon, Lieutenant General Wainwright’s forces dug in as Japanese demands for surrender loomed, while patrols and artillery fire intensified.
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Washington
War Department
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Australia
United Nations
Pacific
War Departments
Philippine
Jonathan M Wainwright
Supreme Command
South Pacific
Americas
Rabaul
New Britain
Lae
New Guinea
Jonathan M. Wainwheat
Luzon
Bataan
Teland
Manila
Nippon
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Singapore
Masaharu Homma
Homma
Hara-Kiri
Philip
General MacArthur
Sai
Chiang Kale Shek
Salamaua
New Gainea
Seven British Spitfires join U S Forces
Havana reports seven British Spitfires arriving to join United States air patrols operating from Cuba. British officials say the aircraft are en route from a British base for overhaul in Washington, with formal discussions continuing in London.
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U.S
Havana
Cuba
Todiy
United States
Bac
Washigton
Ate Department
Tony Tee
London
Reuters
Paten
Campaign in Libya to Be Resumed Soon
British and Axis forces prepare for renewed large scale warfare in Libya as June to August are seen as prime campaign months. Major Attlee cited 300 ships moving 1,000,000 tons of material and 30,000 vehicles aiding eastern Mediterranean efforts. British mobile columns with British and American tanks forged into Axis lines in the Tmimi Martaba area, taking prisoners and returning to base.
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Pritish
Libya
Mediterranean
Erwin Aummel
Ans
Clement Attlee
Dominions
Liverpool
Britain
Tmimi- Martaba
Ain EL Gazala
Sydney man offers to become human bomb against Japan
T A White of Sydney offered to serve as a human bomb in a letter to Air Minister A S Drakeford. He described himself as 42, married, a highly paid automotive executive, and proposed being allowed to steer a plane or speedboat loaded with explosives into a Japanese carrier. He also appealed for 20 others like him joining the plan.
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Sydney
Australia
T. A. White
Tle
Air
A. S. Drakefourd
No Machines For Ordnance Contracts
The Evening Sun reports that ordnance contracts are delayed at the Crown Cork and Seal Company because milling machines are unavailable. David B. Stone says the machines resemble those listed among National Youth Administration stocks at Beltsville Maryland as cited by the Evening Sun.
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Baltimore
Evening Sun
Riy Ordnance
Crown Cork and Seal Company
David B. Stone
National Youth Administration
Beltsville
Japanese carrier torpedoed off Bali confirms strike
A Daily Telegraph dispatch from Perth reports an Allied submarine in friendly waters hit a 27,000 ton Japanese aircraft carrier with torpedoes on the night of March 3 near Bali. If not sunk, the carrier’s status remains uncertain and represents a significant action in the war at sea.
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London
Daily Telegraph
Perth
Australia
Bali
American Units Break Through on Bétaán Peninsula
Fragmentary report notes American defense lines on the Bé taan Peninsula with several units said to be offset or poised to advance as fighting continues and lines shift under pressure.
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Bé@taan Peninsula
Allied Bombers Smash 44 Japanese Planes In Pacific Offensive
Melbourne reports Prime Minister Curtin lauds a weekend air assault as among the most successful in the Pacific. MacArthur in Australia plans defenses and a UN drive. Lae base hit as U S and Australian bombers claim heavy losses for Japan, with several planes destroyed and a daring Australian patrol at Salamaua gathering useful intelligence.
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C. Yates McDaniel
Melbourne
Americing
John Curtin
Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Australia
Lae
New Guinea
United States
Darwin
Dominion
Soldier joins Caterpillar Club in wartime letter
Pvt. Willard Money, a son of Mr and Mrs N W Money of Point of Rocks, reports from a war zone that he survived bombing and strafing and now belongs to the Caterpillar Club. He did not specify his current station but says the parachute club membership saves lives.
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N. W. Money
Point of Rocks
Pvt
Willard Money
Pvt. Money
Philippines
Caterpillar Club
State draft officials estimate 190000 in 45 to 64 age group
State Selective Service officials estimate about 190000 men aged 45 to 64 will register in the fourth draft on April 25. The registration is expected to mirror prior rounds with men in the 45 year group assigned to non military duties.
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Baltimore
Selective Service
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