Navy Controls Army Planes In U-Boat Hunt
The Army air units hunting U boats off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts were placed under Navy command to unify anti submarine efforts. The move, ordered by General Marshall and Admiral King, follows a Governor Broughton complaint and aims to remove jurisdictional uncertainty and strengthen the sea war. The Western and Northwest Sea Frontiers direct coast defense, while the Navy reports sinking submarines and damaging others in early 1943 coastal operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Atlantic
Pacific
Navy
George C. Marshall
Army Chief of Staff
Ernest J. King
War and Navy Departments
Imal Wonpetalia
Army
Sea Frontiers
Atlantic “Sea Frontier
Canadian
Caribbean
Adolphus Andrews
North Carolina
J. M. Broughton
Stimson
War Department
Knox
Hawaiian Islands
United States
John W. Greenslade
C. S. Freeman
Army Air Forces
County Lime Producers Oppose Farm Bureau Prison Labor Plan
Frederick County lime producers oppose a Farm Bureau plan to use convict labor for limestone quarrying at a State Board of Correction hearing in Baltimore. The session highlighted county interests and debated a July jury of accusations, with Willis R. Jones setting April 10 for a continuation and leading figures from M. J. Grove Lime Co. and S. W. Barrick & Sons voicing concerns about open competition with private enterprise and job losses for free workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Frederick County
Jon Friday
Maryland
Bureau
Bruce T Campbell
Harry T. Campbell & Sons
Townsee
Campbell
Mr. Jones
Mr. Campbell
Robert B. Crothers
M. J. Grove Lime Co
Frederck County
Harry W. LeGore
J. P. Feiser
LeGore Lime Company
Harry W. Barrick
Claude H. Barrick
S. W. Barrick & Sons
Washington County
Produ
Campbell Company
North American Cement Company
Baltimore
Rosenstock
Benjamin B Rosenstock
Maryland Farm Bureau, Inc
C. Delano Ames
Baltimore Criminal Justice Commission
Phillip C. Turner
Maryland Farm Bureau
W. B. Kemp
University of Maryland Agronomy Department
Correction Board
Jap Planes Not Good As Ours
Washington dispatch quotes Captain Felix B. Stump who returned from Java. He says Japanese pilots are very good but Japanese planes are inferior to the United States. The officer notes Japanese naval forces have strong organization and stay-power despite losses. Reporters in Washington detail the defense of the Dutch East Indies and the Battle of Macassar Strait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Java
United States
Ance
Felix B. Stump
High Command
Stump
Clarksling
W. Va
Navy Department
Dutch East Indies
Macassar Strait
Answers To War Quiz On Page Five
Answers to the quiz identify a Navy torpedo bombing plane as the machine. Curacao liqueur is made on the island from a bitter orange unique to that locale. The original Cliveden set formed in England, composed mainly of peers and social elites aiming to influence high society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curacao
England
Hitles
Divorce Decrees Granted By The Court
Mrs. Catherine S Murphy won a partial divorce from Arthur E Murphy after an ax attack at their home 127 West South street. Ida E Barnes of near Frederick received an absolute divorce from Robert E Barnes with custody to the mother and future alimony to be determined. Carlton Toms of Lewistown seeks divorce from Bertha Toms, claiming inability to pay support and costs due to income about 40 a week from a Baltimore plant. proceedings filed by Edwin F Nikirk and Alfred R Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine S. Murphy
Arthur E. Murphy
Arthur D. Willard
Equity Court
Edwin F. Nikirk
Murphy
House of Correction
West South Streets
Willard
Ida E.barnes
Frederick
Robert E Barnes
E. Austin James
Alfred R. Jones
Carlton Toms
Lewistown
Bertha Tom
Weather figures for a period and related values
The 24 hour precipitation ending at 8 am today was 0.09 inch. March precipitation to date stands at 2.77 inches, with normal March expected at 3.48 inches. 1941 March total recorded as 2.13 inches. Deficiency through March 1, 1942 is 2.03 inches. Yesterday’s high reached 60, last year 38. Low last night 36, last year 35. Sun set at 7:29 pm, sunrise tomorrow 7:01 am. Moon rises tomorrow 4:40 pm, moon sets tomorrow 5:21 am.
Lindbergh To Start Work For Ford Monday
Charles Lindbergh will begin work Monday for Henry Ford at the Willow Run bomber plant. The job, likely supervisory, follows his acceptance offered last week after Ford and Lindbergh toured the site. War Department approval pending. Lindbergh, a frequent Ford visitor, previously flew with Ford in earlier years and advised on aviation goals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Charles A. Lindbergh
Henry Ford
Ford
Willow Run
Lindbergh
Harry Bennett
War Department
New York
Paris
Allegany and Garrett Democrats to Host Lane and Cash
Allegany and Garrett counties Democrats will host William Preston Lane Jr. of Hagerstown and Truman B Cash of Westminster at an official visitation Sunday night at 8. Joseph H. Griffin announced the gathering, inviting Democrats from both counties and women's groups to attend the meet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Allegany
Garrett Counties
William Preston Lane, Jr
Hagerstown
Maryland
Truman B Cash
Westminster
Democratic State Central Committee
Joseph H. Griffin
Allegany County
Garrett
Service at Brunswick Good Friday at First Methodist Church
Following a long tradition the Brunswick Ministerial Association sponsors a three hour Good Friday service from 12 to 3. Various community ministers will speak at the First Methodist Church Maryland Avenue near Potomac Street in Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Brunwick Ministerial Association
First Methodist Church
Maryland Avenue
Potomac Street
Auto Graveyards Emptied For Scrap Metal Demand
Automobile graveyards in the city and county are being cleared as junk dealers move scrap to a local plant for war material production. Frank Gastley and Sons expect most yards to be cleaned by May 1 with half a dozen yards involved and all owners cooperating except one. War Production Board officials ordered the purchase of all contents by April 1 and removal of most items by May 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Gastley and Sons
Bernard Winkel
Patrick Street
Junk Company
War Production Board
Senate clears Langer seat after ethics vote
Washington March 27 The Senate rejected 52 to 30 the claim that Senator William Langer was not entitled to membership and allowed him to retain the seat for North Dakota, despite charges of moral turpitude. The Election Committee had found merit in three main accusations, but a separate vote established a two thirds majority is needed to bar him. Langer proclaimed that charges were false and the case followed 15 days of debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
William Langer
R-Nd
North Dakota
Langer
Chamber
Frank L. Smith
Illinois
William $8. Ware
Pennsylvania
OPA Clips Used Tire Price Violations In Maryland
Baltimore March 27. Leo H McCormick acting regional director of the Baltimore Office of Price Administration said violations of the OPA ceiling on used tires are in the hands of the OPA legal division. Inspectors found potential wilful breaches in the last 10 days and will be pressed in court. Federal Control Act penalties include up to $5000 fine and two years imprisonment. dealers were required to post OPA price ceilings in their stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Leo H. McCormick
Office of Price Administrator
OPA
Maryland J
OPA Legal Division
McCormick
Idealers
Maryland Farmers Earn Record Income in 192X Season
Maryland farmers reported total income of 91 009 000 dollars from sales, government payments, and other sources, a 23 percent rise from the previous year and the highest since 1920. Livestock yielded 46 314 000 dollars, crops 43 107 000, and government payments 1 588 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
B Hamilton
University of Maryland Experiment Station
Women Voters Back Jaycees Sewer Drive
Frederick County League of Women Voters endorses the Jaycees effort to connect Frederick homes to the city sanitary sewer. President Edith H. Shank signed and verbalized support, praising the campaign for better sanitary conditions and urging public action against apathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County League of Women Voters
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycee
Frederick
Junior Chamber
Women Voters
League
Edith H. Shank
County League of Women Voters
Chamber of Commerce
Melvin H. Derr
Jaycees
Frederick Chamber of Commerce
Frederick County
Uncle Sam Benefits in Trade Secret Swap with Germany
New York dispatch says Standard Oil of New Jersey and the German firm I G Farben Industrie swapped secret processes. Germany supplied aviation gasoline octane formulas and Buna synthetic rubber details, while Standard Oil received German Buna manufacturing data and toluol production formulas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wide World
Sam
Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
I. G. Farben Industrie
Standard Oil
Germany
Standard
Buna
United States
OPA Ready To Crack Down On Meat Prices
The Office of Price Administration urged butcher shops and meat markets not to raise ham bacon chops and pork products above mid March levels and warned of a prompt crackdown on price gouging. Dan A West of the OPA consumer division spoke urging consumer reports of any marked increases as wholesale prices remain under a temporary ceiling based on March 3 7 levels and supplies stay tight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
Dan A. West
OPA
Labor And Management Not Making Sacrifices March Hearing
During Congressional wartime labor talks Chairman Vinson and Rep. Mott charged that neither labor nor management was sacrificing for the war effort after learning William P. Witherow of the Blaw-Knox would receive an $8,333 raise to $50,000. Witherow defended hours worked as a heavy workload. The lawmakers noted small businessmen, especially auto dealers, as having sacrificed, while also referencing the Smith bill to outlaw closed shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warrington
Vinson
D.-Ga
House Naval Committee
Rep. Mott
R.ore
William P. Witherow
National Association of Manufacturers
Blaw-Knox
Pittsburgh
Witherow
Congress
Smith
Mott
Grantsville Man Fined By Police Court
Grantsville man Jacob Raymond Cnagey was found guilty of operating under the influence and reckless driving with a total fine of 105 dollars and costs after failing to refute witness testimony. Other docketed cases included fines for speeding and related offenses across several towns with various forfeitures noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Raymond Cnagey
Grantsville
Alton Y. Bennett
United
Truman Moon
M. M. Puncke
Harry Holsinger
R. Richard Mercer
Lawrence Marcus
Baltimore
John Getzendanner
Frederick
Holsinger
Floyd Leo Miller
Martinsburg
W. Va
Corporal Puncke
Middletown Nominates Incumbents for Re Election Without Opposition
At a sparsely attended biennial Middletown convention in Memorial Hall the incumbent Burgess and five commissioners were renominated for two year terms with no opposition. The meeting, presided by George W Kefauver and with Walter L Remsberg as secretary, did not consider a sewerage proposal though prior reports had suggested one might be-tabled. Nominees include Burgess E Walter Beachley and commissioners Floyd Main Ray C Gladhill George C Rhoderick Jr Earl T Kepler and R E Keeny. Election set for April 6 from 1 pm to 7 pm with Mary Fulmer and Myrtle Kefauver as election judges. Voters 21+ residing within town limits for a year may register by next Wednesday noon to 8 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Memorial Hall
George W. Kefauver
Walter L. Remsberg
Burgess E. Walter Beachley
Floyd Main
Ray C. Gladhill
George C. Rhoderick, Jr
Earl T. Kepler
R. E. Keeny
Mary Fulmer
Myrtle Kefauver
Foxville man fined for not aiding after fatal hit and run
Charles W. Marker of Foxville was fined 500 dollars after being convicted of failing to render aid in a fatal March 15 hit and run that killed Charles Anthony Toms. Marker acquitted of involuntary manslaughter and appealed to Magistrate William J. Stoner in Thurmont. Toms, a WPA sewer project worker and Foxville neighbor, died of a fractured skull at Washington County Hospital. Marker testified of two bumps and foggy darkness, said he stopped to check the car and highway, and claimed he did not see the body. He surrendered to state police four days after the death and was released on bond pending appeal. State Troopers Coady and Lewis testified. State's Attorney Schnauffer prosecuted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Marker
Foxville
William J. Stoner
Thurmont
Marker
Joseph J. Coady
Raymond F. Lewis
Charles Anthony Toms
Toms
Washington County
Clyde Brown
Brown
Hagerstown
Smithsburg
Stoner
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Coady
Lewis
Fricks Company
Waynesboro
Sara Fox
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East
New London
White Elephant
Allegany and Garrett Democrats
Kenneth King
Myersville
Richard Stottlesheyer
Moses CC. Stewart
Gaithersburg
Walter K. May
Luke Cavanaugh
Cleveland
Ohio
West Patrick Street
Pettigrew
Caldwell
N. J
Wilt
Julius Lencioni, Jr
Chicago
Thomas V. Yanchus
Masontown
Donald Milford Schroyer
East Street
Dan Swomley
Howard Tregoning
Route 1
Frank Dorsey
Robert Hamilton
Stup
al Depot
Market St
Qur
Delphey
West Patrick ST
Burall
Cartys E Pat St
Co. E. Cline
C. E. Cline, JR
E. T. Whitmore
A. L. Michael
C.E. Cline & Son
Patrick St
Allen
N. Market ST
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
North Court Street
Frederick, Maryland
E. Patrick St
Niger
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