Many Frederick registrants hit by new draft rule changes
Officials estimate 160 to 170 Frederick city and county registrants will be affected by a new Selective Service order requiring pre induction physical examinations for all men under 26 with occupational deferments who have not been examined in the last 90 days. Local boards received the order with no comment pending study, and the change could shift scheduling toward Baltimore for the second pre induction call.
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Frederick City
Selective Service
Baltimore
Board One
350 Italian Hostages Murdered By Germans On Frontier
A Swiss Telegraphic Agency report from Rome states German forces shot 320 Italian hostages in Rome and mass arrests followed the slaying of 32 Nazi troopers during Fascist anniversary events. Naples reports claim massacres of 300 Italians in Rome, including Vittorio Emanuele Orlando and Mario Badoglio, though Badoglio denies confirmation.
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Rome
Orlando
Naples
Vittorio Emanuele Orlando
Mario Badoglio
Pietro Badoglio
Badogli
Italy
Ten Flyers Killed In Army Bomber Crash
Bay Gallic Florida March 27 ten flyers were killed and one injured when a four engined bomber crashed through wires and exploded on Florida East Coast railroad tracks. The lower east coast lost telephone and telegraph service for over an hour and trains were delayed hours. Melbourne Naval Air Station said the plane was from Chatham Field Savannah Ga. Eau Gallie lies about 100 miles north of Palm Beach. The northern lights were seen in Frederick last night though late for most to enjoy. Mrs William Kreh reports eight or ten rays at midnight while on duty at Emergency Hospital.
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Bay Gallic
Fla
Hugh DeWitt
Florida East Coat Railroad
Florida East Coast
Melbourne Naval Air Station
Chatham Field
Savannah
Eau Gallie
Palm Beach
Frederick
William Kreh
McMurray Street
Roscoe Pulliam Dies at 48 In Carbondale Appointment
Roscoe Pulliam, 48, president of Southern Illinois Normal University, died last night in Carbondale. He had led the school since 1935, shaping its early growth and academic programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe Pulliam
Carbondale
Southern Illinois Normal University
Commando Landing North of Rome Reported
London reported that German high command said an American commando force landed northwest of La Spezia on the Gulf of Genoa about 200 miles above Rome but was wiped out. Berlin claimed two officers and 13 men formed the force. no Allied confirmation available and the communique aired later than usual without explanation.
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London
la Spezia
Gulf of Genoa
Rome
Berlin
Thousands Seek Maryland Absentee Ballots From Servicemen
About 3,700 absentee ballot requests have reached the Maryland Secretary of State from servicemen. Most requests come from Baltimore city and the surrounding counties, with many abroad. Ballots would be sent to registered voters for the May 1 primary. unregistered applicants' cards held until general election mailings.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Thomas Elmo Jones
Baltimore City
Jones
Secretary of State
Montgomery County
Charles County
Queen Anne's
Wicomico
Prince George’s
Baltimore
Anne Arundel
Allegany
New Postage Rates In Effect
Mail volume over the weekend was small as new rates took effect at midnight Saturday. Local first class mail depended on postmark time two cents for pre midnight mail and three cents for post midnight mail. Carriers collected the extra penny from addressees for Sunday postmarks with no return address while return addresses sent letters back for the extra stamp. Air mail rose from six to eight cents per ounce and was returned if postage was incorrect. Some mail dropped after Saturday night was not received until Sunday and required three cent postage.
Portal To Portal Pay Ruling Upheld
The Supreme Court ruled 7 to 2 that underground iron ore miners are entitled to portal to portal pay for travel time from mine mouth to the ore site. Justice Murphy delivered the decision applying to employees of Tennessee Coal Iron & Railroad Company Sloss Sheffield Steel and Iron Company and Republic Steel Corporation operating 13 Jefferson County Alabama mines. The case asked if workers under the Federal wage hour act must be paid for all underground time excluding lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Murphy
Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company
Sloss-Shhofield Steel and Iron Company
Republic Steel Corporation
Jefferson County
Alabama
Federal Circuit Court
New Orleans
Food Stamp Expiration Dates To Be Eliminated
Washington March 27 The Office of Price Administration said it will remove expiration dates from red and blue food ration stamps to prevent buying rushes and token hoarding. The move aligns with earlier shoe and sugar policies and follows concerns over unspent stamps drained for token currency. Some field offices announced the change prematurely, but the official order is expected soon. Current stamps will remain valid indefinitely with no stated end dates for red and blue issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Hail Storm Strikes Memphis Causing Wide Damage
Memphis reels from a freak hail storm described as a freight train, striking citywide overnight. Hailstones seven to eight inches battered windows roofs and autos, injuring eight people including a six year old with a concussion and a man with a fractured ankle. Damage runs to hundreds of thousands with power lines severed and floods in streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Weather Bureau
F. W. Brist
Brief Churchill Radio Address Praised Stalin and Red Army
Pravda reports Churchill’s radio address praised Premier Stalin and the Soviet armed forces. He reviewed the war and spoke on domestic issues with no detailed quotes. He called the Stalingrad to Prut advance the greatest cause of Hitler’s undoing.
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Moscow
Pravda
Churchill
Stalin
Stalingrad
Prut
Body Found in Glen Burnie Near Chesapeake Bay
County authorities report the body of Lt. Dale Co. Kercher of Indianapolis Ind. found near Tydings-On-The-Bay by Capt. Frances Finch a retired naval officer while walking on the beach. He was killed January 22 when a plane he was testing crashed in Chesapeake Bay.
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Glen Burnie
Pi— County
Dale Co. Kercher
Indianapolis
Ind
Chesapeake Bay
Tydings-On-The-Bay
Frances Finch
Sergeant Vaccinated At Bryan Army Air Field
Sgt. August Wolff told officers at the station hospital he was reporting for a shot but before he could explain he had been assigned to photograph an ambulance driver for the post newspaper he was jabbed in the arm with a needle and vaccinated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan Army Air Field
Tex
August Wolff
Post
Wolff
Rent Control Law Upheld by Supreme Court
Washington March 27 The Supreme Court 8 1 held constitutional the OPA rent control program Justice Douglas delivered the decision in Mrs Kate C Willingham Macon Ga Justice Roberts filed a dissent Chester Bowles OPA Administrator had sought in the Federal District Court at Macon to restrain Mrs Willingham from prosecuting state court actions seeking to enjoin a rent ceiling order The District Court had ruled the legislation unconstitutional delegation of legislative power The OPA appealed directly to the Supreme Court
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
OPA
Douglas
Kate C. Willingham
Macon
Roberts
Chester Bowles
Federal District Court
Plea For Peace Less Vengeance
Allies should avoid a vengeful peace while ensuring Germany cannot threaten again. A joint statement by Archbishop of Canterbury and two professors outlines eight postwar goals for Europe including relief, rule of law, restored institutions, human rights, full employment, and secure European security. It singles out Germany for atonement without punitive collective harm.
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London
Germany
Britain
Archbishop of Canterbury
John Baillie
General Assembly
Church of Scotland
R. D. D. Whitehorn
Free Church Federal Council
Europe
United States
Russia
Great Britain
Essen Air Raids Crush Krupp Works In Germany
Allied air forces blasted Essen in western Germany with about 2000 long tons of bombs, aiming to wreck the Krupp armaments complex. RAF planes also attacked Hannover and Courtrai, while U.S. bombers struck targets along the French and Dutch coasts, with several aircraft losses reported.
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Lendon
France
Essen
Krupp Works
London
Air Ministry
Churchill May Have To Reshuffle Cabinet
London report says Prime Minister Churchill plans a cabinet reshuffle amid rising criticism. Anthony Eden may leave the Foreign Office and Lord Beaverbrook could move from Lord Privy Seal. If he steps down, Lord Cranborne is named as likely successor. Churchill defends the coalition in a Sunday address.
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London
Churchill
Anthony Eden
Foreign Office
Lord Beaverbrook
Lord Privy Seal
Eden
Lord Cranborne
Dominions
House of Lords
British Isles
British Commonwealth and Empire
Firefighters extinguish chimney blaze near White House Braddock Springs
The Middletown Volunteer Fire Company answered a Saturday alarm to put out a chimney fire at a property near the White House in Braddock Springs after noath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Volunteer Fire Company
White House
Braddock Springs
Carroll County Suit Before Local Court
In Carroll County Circuit Court Judge Patrick M. Schnauffer heard the case involving a dispute over a contract for a soda fountain. Edward W. Piper Company of Baltimore seeks about 1278 dollars plus interest from defendant Earl W. Hawn of Westminster, who also holds a counter-claim. Attorneys for the plaintiff are Rohrback and Clemson. for the defendant Storm and Walsh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Edward W. Piper Company
Baltimore
Earl W. Hawn
Westminster
Jacob Rohrback
Charles O. Clemson
William M. Storm
D. Eugene Walsh
Probe quotes spark push on draft and AAA pressure
Washington March 27 Rep Harness Ind demanded officials from the Office of Price Administration the Agriculture Department and Selective Service tell Congress what they know about using the draft and rationing to coerce farmers into joining the AAA He vows to prosecute this thing to the very limit and seeks full disclosure from the agencies involved
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rep. Harness
R.ind
Office of Price Administration
Agriculture Department
Selective Service
Congress
AAA
Assault On Cassino Is Changed To Gun Duels
Allied forces shift from a direct assault on Cassino to an artillery duel aiming to knock out German fortifications in the town area. Observers report bombardment of the Continental hotel and Hotel des Roses while patrols renew activity at Anzio. Air forces strike targets in northern Italy with mixed losses for both sides.
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Naples
Cassino
Allied Artiery
Hotel Des Roses
Partillery
Anzio
Italy
Continental Hotel
Castle Hill
Rome
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Air Medal For Missing Flyer
A day after First Lieut. John Kenneth Phelps failed to return from a mission over Bremen Germany in England a November 26 citation announced he earned the Air Medal for meritorious achievement. The decoration was sent to his parents near Jefferson while he remains missing in action since December 9. The award was signed by Col. A. t. Kissner and will be presented by an officer at a nearby Air Corps installation. Also noted is the Adriatic island capture of Hvar by Yugoslav Partisans with Allied support.
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John Kenneth Phelps
England
Bremen
Germany
U. S. Army
Benjamin Orman Phelps
Jefferson
A. T. Kissner
Air Corps
Army Air Forces
Europe
United States
H. J. Peckhaen
Materiel Command
Fairchild Aircraft
Hagerstown
P. F. Cummings
Phelps
J. A. Ulio
Adjutant General
John K. Phelps
Third Service Command
Baltimore
Storm Tumbles Home In Path Of Train Near Jackson
A wind storm toppled the Mullins family home in Jackson, injuring Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mullins and their five year old son. They were at the supper table when the ground shook, Thomas pulled them from the wreckage before a freight train crushed the house on Illinois Central tracks. All three received treatment for cuts and bruises.
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Jackson
Miss
Thomas Mullins
Illinois Central
Mullins
New Russian Offensive In North Likely
Berlin reports expect a large Russian offensive aimed at Warsaw. Red Army forces mass east of Kovel, 170 miles southeast of Warsaw, with fighting near Kovel. Moscow dispatches describe a weather impact, Korsun encirclement, and renewed push toward the Prut border with Romania as Red Army nears Bogaccesses around Jassy and Odessa.
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Stockholm
Berlin
Warsaw
Scaminavian
Kovel
Moscow
Red Army
Prut
Romania
Bessarabia
Pravda
Ivan S. Kone
Japs Progress In Kohima
New Delhi reports Japanese advances in their India invasion, moving toward Kohima just inside the border about 60 miles north of Imphal. Allied forces report heavy fighting near Ukural and on the Tiddim-Imphal road with several Japanese tanks destroyed and strong Allied countermeasures in Burma and Manipur.
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New Delhi
India
Kohima
Imphal
Naga Hills
Ukural
Lord ‘Louis Mountbatten
Assam
Tiddim-Imphat
Burma
Mandalay
Myktkiana
Sumprabum
Tingpai
Imphal-Tiddim Road
Gaither Back On Anzio Beachhead Duty
Sgt. Francis F. Gaither Jr. has rejoined his outfit on the Anzio beachhead after recovering from leg injuries sustained in Italy. Wounded November 8, he was hospitalized in Africa and Italy and now reports to his parents that he feels well and is with his old unit in the Fifth Army Allied Beachhead Forces at Anzio.
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Italy
Francis 5. Gaither, Jr
Anzio
Africa
Francis Gaither
Elm Street
Gaither
War Department
Fifth Army Allied
Transportation Lines In London Overtaxed
London faced severe strain as crowds swarmed to the jetty for Salute-the-Soldier week, leaving thousands of visitors stranded. Bus and train services proved inadequate and many spent the night on newspapers in subway stations while numerous women fainted from long queues.
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London
George VI
Jap Planes Destroy Rail Installations In Asia
In Chungking on March 27 a U S war communiqué reports American Mitchells attacked three points north of Vinh in Indo China destroying a line of cars and buildings. Liberators hit a fuel dump and a motor pool at Mangshih in Burma with numerous strikes.
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Chungking
Indo-China
Burma
U. S
Vinh
Indo- China
Mangshih
Attract Buyers Push Stock Market Mixed in New York
In New York on March 27 buyers were drawn by a few tails and liquors while air transports gold mines and mass leaders faltered amid a mixed stock market session with several sectors sliding.
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New York
New Jap Tactic On Rabaul Ineffective
Advanced Headquarters in the South west Pacific reports that Japanese defenders at Rabaul tried a barrage balloon variation to hinder Mitchell medium bombers and fighter-bombers. About 20 small white parachutes with tangled wires were seen, likely released from the ground. The tactic proved ineffective.
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Southwest Pacific
Rabaul
Romanian Division Lost When Russians Hit Convoy
New York report says Russian submarines attacked a Romanian Black Sea convoy evacuating troops from the Crimea Thursday night and practically an entire Romanian division was lost. The British radio broadcast claimed the information and CBS recorded the source.
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New York
Black Sea
Crimea
CBS
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RAF
Archibald Sinclair
Krupps
Hannover
Low Countries
Occupied
Auwloye
Lyon
Netherlands
Lieut. Phelps
Marshal Tito
Josip Broz
Hvar
Split
Storm
vPi
Rumania
Adolph Witler
Dniester
Red Star
Byeltsi
Last
Jassy
Odessa
Nikolaev
Hitler
Hungary
Ploesti
Bucharest
Rumanian
Ukurul
Rarnae
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