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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1944
Page
10
Washington reports growing power of the U S submarine fleet with 11 more Japanese vessels sunk or damaged. Navy says 653 Japanese ships by submarines including 503 sunk, and 23 American submarines lost since the war began.
Middletown residents nominated two candidates for Burgess and ten for Commissioners at a biennial convention in Memorial Hall. Burgess E Walter Beachley was renominated opposing Ray C. Gradhill. Commissioners named include Earl M Kepler Floyd Main George C Rhoderick Jr R E Keeny Howard A Gross Wilson Robinson Floyd Stine Albert Ahalt Dr J Elmer Harp and Frank Darner. Polls open April 3 from 1 to 7 pm.
The badly burned body of Daniel Jackson, a former enslaved Black man, was found in his one room dwelling near Forest Grove church around 10 30 p.m. Friday by passerby Glenn Stunkle. State Police and county officials investigated while neighbors blamed a chimney fire and noted Jackson was likely asleep when the blaze started. The structure was nearly destroyed and witnesses said Jackson, about a hundred years old, had been a slave before the Civil War and later a pensioner.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine dean says Army overrode AAMC and Surgeon General in cutting pre medical training to 15 months from 18. Navy retains two years. He questions service disparity and notes good relations with medical schools. Also discusses penicillin potential for gas gangrene and wartime injury patterns with Lt. Col. Wise. Plus a note on land mine injuries and amputations and a regional briefing on curfew in Charles Town and Jefferson County to address juvenile delinquency.
The war analysis notes limited Japanese incursions in India's Imphal region with no major action west of the Burma Assam border. It cites Allied New Delhi reports that Indian Army forces are superior to the Japanese in the Assam cone and describes monsoon delays and strategic aims under Mountbatten. It mentions amphibious operations as a prospect and outlines a juvenile jewelry theft case in Washington and South America’s hydroelectric plans.
The correspondent reports on Kwajalein and nearby atolls in Micronesia during World War II. Natives show mixed reactions to Japanese occupation and American bombardment, with limited fighting capability and cautious optimism toward U S forces as homes are rebuilt under military control.
In Los Angeles, a court ruling blocked questioning of Joan Berry about a romance with another man in Charlie Chaplin's Mann Act trial. Prosecutors closed Berry's testimony after cross examination, with Berry crying during letters read from Tulsa and Mayo Hotel stationery that reveal personal tensions amid the high profile case.
The text questions why the men are not yet employed and hints at soon having a chance to gain fortunes as mess boys for American officers, with shell necklaces gaining value.
The War Price and Rationing Board will begin issuing non highway gasoline to farmers for a six month period starting April 1. A new form R 537 is required with back page farm details. Only farmers or tractor owners may apply, and custom work requires a list of farmers served. Applications available at multiple local outlets listed, ending with a note on the origin of the word alphabet from alpha and beta.
Maj H L Vennell head of the Am munition Section of the Termina tion Branch of the Philadelphia Ordnance District will discuss Termination of War Contracts and their Effect on Post War Plans at a Francis Scott Key Hotel dinner hosted by the Frederick County Committee for Economic Development. The event marks the CEO’s first anniversary and will feature reports by John Ed Schell Jr and Robert L Smith plus a showing of Target for Peace and The Grass Roots Approach. The Blue and Grey Room dinner starts at 6 15 pm.
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