All Counties Delegates Move to Abolish Roads Board
The Frederick County House delegation sponsors a bill to abolish the Frederick County Roads Board and transfer duties to the Board of County Commissioners effective October 1, 1943. The eight-member board would be replaced by county engineer oversight under the commissioners. The measure follows a grand jury recommendation and prior similar proposals, with broad delegation support and some opposition from State Senator John B. Funk.
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Frederick County
House of Delegates
Frederick County Roads Board
Board of County Commisioners
Robert L. Grove
W. Jerome Olfutt
Gary L. Utterback
Richard E. Zimmerman
Harold A. Feushour
Jacob R. Ramsburg
John B. Funk
Funk
Roger H. Willard
Baltimore
Frushout
Roads Board
Stat
Senate
House
Board of County Commissioners
Suspension of NLRB urged for war production
John P Frey AFL Metals Trade Council president asked Senate War Investigating Committee to suspend the National Labor Relations Board for the war duration. He argued halting Wagner Act operations would boost war material output as CIO unions faced raids in West Coast shipyards. The hearing precedes John L Lewis’s appearance to aid four points. RAF Blenheim bombers attacked the Katha railway junction in central Burma and hit an enemy airdrome near Meiktila after dark.
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Washington
John P. Frey
AFL
Metals Trade Council
National Labor Relations Board
Tam
Frey
Senate
NLRB
CIO
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Truman
D-Mo
New Delhi
Katha
Burma
Meiktila
Mandalay
Rangoon
Land Army To Boost U S Food Production
President Roosevelt announced plans for a land army to boost the nation's food supply. Chester Davis will lead the Office of Food Production and Distribution, coordinating with Wickard. Deferments for farm workers total about 3 million this year, with 400000 single and 2000000 married workers in the 18 to 37 age range.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Chester C. Davis
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
War Production Board
Office of Food Production and Distribution
Davis
Agriculture
Wickard
Agriculture Department
Britain
Americans And British Taken To Germany After Occupation
Swiss report from Bern on March 26 states British and American citizens in the former French zone under German control, about 3600 people, were arrested and said to be moved to Germany. The U S legation had no confirmation but was notified of the arrests as a precaution against trouble-makers amid possible Allied invasion.
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Bern
Switzerland
Vienn
France
Germany
United States
Legation
Guadalcanal
Ask
Munda F
MacArthurs
Bismarck Sea
New Guinea
Bishop Set for World War Frontline Tour
Bishop Adna Wright Leonard to travel for three weeks with War Department approval to visit Protestant chaplains and American troops. Planned stops include Iceland Ireland Scotland England North Africa and possibly India and China. Return route may include Liberia and South America.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War Department
Adna Wright Leonard
Methodist Church
Leotard
Iceland
Ireland
Scotland
England
North Africa
India
China
Liberia
South America
Heavy Bombers Raid Moesina Port In Sicily Night
Allied heavy bombers raided Moesina Sicily Wednesday night with bursts near the harbor power station and other targets. A daylight US raid earlier in the day set fires in railroad yards near the ferry terminal and in naval storage areas. RAF said the ferry terminus, key for Axis supply to Tunisia, was attacked again.
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Cairo
Moesina
Sicily
RAF
United States
Tunisia
Jakatta Fredhwaray Legit
Nazis Hold Fast Amid Red Army Push On Western Front
In Moscow and western sectors the Red Army pressed ahead today while German resistance stiffened. Russians fought bitterly near the northern Donets as large German units attacked, the Belgorod area saw recapture of two lost settlements, and Soviet artillery reportedly smashed German tank and infantry columns east of Kharkov. Fresh German forces were evident at the front as river crossings and bloody battles continued.
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Moscow
Red Army
Sacheiss
Donets River
Belgorod
Donets
Kharkov
Chugaev
Victory Speed Cases Tried by Frederick County Board
The Freder ick County War Price and Ration ing Board heard many cases charging violations of the Victory speed limit of 35 miles an hour. Twenty four motorists were summoned to appear before the panel, with five State policemen present to present the cases. Hearings faced partial attendance as four summoned motorists were absent. several others were in the Army or sent notices. Proceedings were continued with several decisions expected to be announced soon.
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Frederick County
George Thomas Lewis
Knoxville
Wilfred Howard Johnson
New Market
John F. Kennedy
Frederick
Francis J. Thompson
Evelyn C. Wellen
Buckeystown
Tony Howard
Holand H. Flohr
Benton Jesse Forney
Liberty
Lanoy W. Andrews
Charles I. Turner
Walter Fogle
Walkersville
Nelson Cockrell
Charles E. Schili
Lettie Viola Cline
Reno Warren Linton
Thurmont
William Meredith Dash
J. Austin Whitehill
Maron J Whittier
Middletown
Paul C. Hausler
Clarence W. Gernand
Myera
Crisis Near In Laval Regime Reported In Madrid
Madrid dispatches report an imminent crisis in Pierre Laval’s Vichy government as 14 diplomats and consuls resign from the Spanish service, heightening tensions in Vichy circles.
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Laval
Madrid
Pierre Laval
Vichy
Spain
Navy Preparing New Blows Against Japan in Pacific
Reports from Washington indicate the U S Navy is strengthening forces for decisive offensives in the Solomons and Bougainville while Japan’s fleet is battered. Analysts say renewed strikes aim to seize strategic positions and curb Japan’s sea power before it recovers.
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Washington
Pacific
Solaman
Aleutian Islands
United States
Japan
South Pacific
Guadalcanal
Solomons Archipelago
Munda
Bougainville
Big Island
Kiska
Inno
Eden To Speak At Annapolis Address Set For Tonight
Washington observers await Anthony Eden’s address before the joint Maryland and State Assembly in Annapolis. The speech is expected to shed light on postwar UK diplomacy and future American collaboration. Broadcast over CBS at 9 p.m. Eastern Time.
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Washington
Anthony Edens
Annapolis
Eden
M Tand State Assembly
CBS
Graduates Complete Camp Lee Quartermaster School
More than 600 cadets graduated from Camp Lee Virginia last week. Among them were twelve Marylanders including Lanc Eugene Broadburet of Germantown and William Raimond Slemmer of Frederick Route 5. A new glass type was developed for airplane cabins to shield airmen from dangerous ultraviolet rays.
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Camp Lee Camp Lee
Maren
Camp Lees Quartersmaster School
Lanc
Eugene Broadburet
Gersmantown
William Raimond Slemmer
Frederick
Eighth Army Batters Enemy Resistance Gains Ground
The Iron Age reports that the Eighth Army broke enemy resistance and gained new ground amid heavy fighting. It notes Allied advances, improving war effort, and strategic pressure in occupied zones during March. The piece highlights manpower shifts and provincial impacts on home front labor markets.
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Eighth Army
New York
Magasine Iron Age
Scranton
Lroni
Measles Epidemic Reported In City And County
Health officer Dr. E C Kefauver reports an outbreak of German measles or rubella across the city and parts of the county. Adults and students are affected, with several industries noting workers ill. Some cases occur alongside mumps and chicken pox, and a young draftee was found to have measles during induction exams.
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E. C. Kefauver
Alta
Kefauver
Counhan
Kefsover
Speaker Signals Push to Adjourn Senate Session
March 26 report says Speaker Canton D-Ballo 3th urged the House to press for adjournment of the Senate 143 and complete the session by Saturday April 1, two days early. The note mentions Canadian census records for 1941 photographed in a method similar to email.
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House
Thomas
Canton D-Ballo
Deans Watte
Senate
Senate Coalition Clears Farm Parity Bill In Senate
A bipartisan Senate coalition overcame farm bloc opposition and sent to the Agriculture Committee a House approved parity bill. The measure would require all farm labor costs to be included in parity price ceilings, aiming to align farm prices with input costs.
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Senate
Washington
Agriculture Committee
Meat rationing hits families as points tighten food plan
Washington on March 26 analysis by James Marlow and George Zielke notes meat, cheese, and butter rationing will force sharp eating-habit adjustments. A three-person family with 48 points weekly would need to trim red meat or cheese, with six dinners worth six points or five points per meal. Army rationing also cuts meat, butter, and substitutes, reshaping civilian and military menus.
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James Marlow
George Zielke
Washington
Miet
Murulay
OPA
Wickard
Sumac
Heated Exchanges Mark Lewis Testimony Before Committee
United Mine Workers leader John L. Lewis clashed with senators in a tense Senate War In Washington hearing. He denied stalling and argued miners faced dietary shortages while accusing lawmakers of demagoguery, prompting Chairman Truman to interject and reaffirm protection of witnesses.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Ball
United Mine Workers
Senate
Brewster
R-Me
Lewis
Truman D-Mo
Truman
Committee
Kiska Again Raided By U S Forces
United States Army bombers and escorts conducted four attacks against the Japanese base at Kiska in the Aleutians, targeting airfields and installations. Communique 424 reports hits in the target area and all planes returning safely. The raids bring the month’s total aerial assaults on the Kiska outpost to about one per day.
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Washington
Kiska
Alewtian
Navy
Nuri Pace 'T
Army Liberator
United States
Pakce
Salary Increase For Carroll County Magistrates
A bill would raise the roving Carroll county magistrate salary from 1200 to 1800 dollars yearly and authorize a 1500 dollar yearly clerk for both magistrates Taubman and Weon. Justices of the peace and trial magistrates in Carroll would receive 229 per year instead of 20. Ben Lindsey died in Los Angeles at Good Samaritan Hospital.
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Carroll County
Vincent Tubman
Mt. Airy
Tareytown
Union Bridge
Sykesville
Manchester
Magisrate Taubman
John Weon
Westminster
Diegate
Benson
Dodrer
Rere
Judiciary
Ben Lindsey
Los Angeles
March of
Ben B. Lindsey
Rado
Good Samaritan Hospital
Decision Not Yet Near In Battle For Tunisia
Allied forces report progress near Mareth Line in southern Tunisia with British Eighth Army pushing ground gains while Rommel counters. Patton-led American units repulse smaller German attacks near Djebel Berda and El Guetaria Pass as air superiority grows for Allies. A Brunswick charter bill advances to the governor after passing both houses.
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North Asia
Sir Bernard Montgomery
Marath
Eighth Army
Mareth Line
Erwin Rommel
Licus
George 8
Patton
Djebel Berda
Gafsa
el Guetaria Pass
Bou Hamran
Gifsa
Mareth
el Hamma
Gabes
Maknassy
Rommel
Melidooy
Asis
Orbata Range
Sened Station
Tunisia
van Algiers
Africa Corps
Algiers
el Guetar
Communiqte
First
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Sicilian
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Ohio
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Mich
Iron Age
Tore Atthey
Federal
Anthracite Coal Commission
Army, Navy and War Production Board
Army
WPE
Mark Lewis
Carroll
Greece
Haiy
Porugar
Montgomery
Morocco
Wthas
Reuters
Tunis
Berlin
Brunswick
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