New Fleet Chief Declares Victory Days Are Near
Admiral Ernest J. King as Chief of Naval Operations warns no miracles, says days of victory are in the making and hard blows will be needed. Navy reports 48 US merchant ships sunk and five damaged along US shores. Coast Guard cutter Acacia shelled and sunk in Caribbean waters. Governor Broughton petitions for Atlantic coast defense coordination amid submarine threats, proposing immediate talks with Knox and Stimson.
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Washington
Ernest J. King
Navy
United States
Atlantic
Coast Guard
Acacia
Caribbean
J. M. Broughton
North Carolina
Army
Capital
Knox
Stimson
Broughton
Adolphus Andrews
Eastern Sea Frontier
Hugh A. Drum
Eastern Defense Command
Raleigh
Court News: Marriage Licenses and Property Deeds
Court notices show Glenn F. Bowers and Esther E. Harris obtaining licenses, along with several other couples from Maryland and Virginia. Property deeds record transfers including Jennie May Geisler to Calvin E. Sturtz and wife, and others in Frederick and surrounding counties. Lindbergh accepts Ford position in engineering research at Willow Run bomber plant, with War Department approval.
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Glenn F. Bowers
Frederick
Esther E. Harris
West South Street
James
Lightner
Harrisburg
S. Elizabeth Bahn
Mechanicsburg
Wilbur E. Shipley
Sykesville
Ethel M. Brauning
Finksburg
Lee Wilson Henderson
Elliott City
Edith Virginia White
New Market
David Holland
Rachel Hack
Jennie May Geisler
Calvin E. Sturtz
Reno S. Harp
Et al
Charles L. Forrest
Harvey E. Smith
Grayson B. Fogle
Foster A. Bayer
Eva C. Rowlus
William M. Storm
Helen Rhoads Wachter
Lindbergh
Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Charles A. Lindbergh
Henry Ford
Willow Run
Washington
War Department
Johnson to Head U S Mission Bound for India
Louis Johnson former undersecretary of war travels to India as head of an American mission to coordinate resources between the United States and India in the wartime fight against Japan. The assignment aims to align supply lines and strategic support across allied nations.
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India
Louis Johnson
U. S
Japan
All Able Bodied Young Men To See Service
Baltimore March 264 Brig Gen Lewis B Hershey announced top priority rating for all healthy young men in the nation. He warned major manpower shortages in six to nine months and said every able bodied man presently will eventually enter the war. He spoke to the Federal Business Association in Maryland about no manpower available for nonessential work.
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Baltimore
Lewis B. Hershey
Armed Forces
Selective Service
Federal Business Association
U. S
Maryland
Government should prune war effort to essentials says Hershey
Hershey urges government to lead in eliminating unnecessary functions and reduce manpower. He calls for brains in management to replace excess workers, the abolishment of red tape, and prioritizing essential roles to support the armed forces. He cites future needs and denies farm deferment concerns.
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Hershey
United States
Scouts to Use Police Whistles in Collecting Newspapers
Boy Scouts in Frederick will blow police whistles while collecting newspapers and magazines for defense in the western district. Norman Ford announces reorganization has yielded nearly eight tons of waste paper. districts lie within Carroll Creek, Court Street, Klinehart's Alley, Sixth Street and city limits. Housewives may leave bundles on doorsteps if unavailable. collections occur each fourth week. Ford notes strong home support for the plan and fire hazard reduction. DISCUSS OPERA The Monday Musicales met at Mrs. Robert K.B. Clapp to discuss opera and its composers. James Etchison led a paper on operatic developments and discussion.
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Frederick
Norman Ford
Carroll Creek
Court Street
Klineheart
Ford
Robert KB. Clapp
Paul B. ‘“Beckheim
James Etchison
Concert and meeting program closes with refreshments
The program featured vocal solos, piano and violin pieces by students, and group performances led by Mrs Ruth Dixon Thomas Miss Beverly Molesworth and others. Refreshments followed and the meeting adjourned to Mr George Dourlas Clifton on April 13. A note explains whaler spouts help identify whale species at great distances.
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Erhebung
Exaltation
Schoenberg
Eve
Moussorgsky
Stephen Langley, Jr
Richard Ross
Beckhelm
George Dourlas
Clifton
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Frederick Iron & Steel Co
Frederick, Md
America
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Tion
Tess
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Sears
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Jay D
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Spulton
Postmaster
HUY
Woods Yard
Ponderosa
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