Indian Leaders Debate Freedom Plan In Secret
New Delhi March 30 British Cripps proposals for dominion status after the war dominated discussions by All India Congress and Muslim League leaders. Cripps urged acceptance as Sir Archibald Wavell and a future Indian representative in a war cabinet were discussed. He warned no action could occur until after the war if rejected.
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H. R. Stimson
New Delhi
Great Subcontinent
Stafford Cripps
India
British War Cabinet
All-India National Congress
Sir Stafford
Great Britain
Britain
Stafford
Indias
Archibald P Wayell
German Supply Ship Is Hit By British Planes
London reports British patrols over Norway and Denmark torpedoed and probably sank a German supply ship and set a smaller vessel afire. Air Minister noted two other German ships were attacked though results unseen due to heavy anti aircraft fire. An American Hudson bomber damaged the smaller ship by hitting its mast and nose.
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London
Norway
Denmark
Massive Snowfall Paralyzes Maryland Towns With Record Depths
A historic blizzard dumped up to 35 inches in some areas, the largest 24 hour snowfall since records began. Frederick, Middletown, Walkersville, Westminster and Camp Ritchie reported extreme depths. road closures, stranded cars, and canceled church services followed. An estimated heart attack fatality occurred as residents shoveled snow near Thurmont. Army Navy and Marine Corps personnel faced travel disruptions returning to posts.
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Atj
Minda Oe
Frederick
Middletown
Walkersville
Westminster
Camp Ritchie
Fishing Creek
Thurmont
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Guy Anders
Fort Meade
Brunswick
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Robert F L Putman
State Roads Commnion
Roger H Willard
County Roads Board
Putman
State Roads Commission
Licksville
Tydings Says Labor Reforms Hard to Achieve
Senator Tydings urged that unless President Roosevelt shifts stance on labor legislation it will be difficult to change prewar labor practices. He noted administration witnesses urging no action, called for economy to reduce postwar debt, and criticized curbs on budget-cutting efforts amid government wartime peacetime overlap.
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Baltimore
Senator Tydings
Tydings
Congress
NVA
CCC
WEA
Thunderstorm and Snow Halt Traffic Across Frederick Area
Point of Rocks traffic detoured via Urbana to Route 40 as Route 240 remained open. Fallen trees blocked Route 15 and roads between Woodsboro and New Midway. The Thurmont-Sabillasville highway opened early Sunday. Frederick City light circuits were damaged but repaired. Mayor Stoner and Harmon L Staley reported multiple breaks repaired by Sunday evening. Classes canceled across Frederick County as snow and rain weighed on trees and power lines. State Police aided marooned motorists. one bus driver and passenger rescued on Fingerboard road. one minor collision reported in Middletown Saturday night.
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Point of Rocks
Urbana
New Market
Woodsboro
New Midway
Thurmont
Sabllasville
Frederick City
Harmon L Staley
William J Stoner
Frederick
E W Pruitt
Baker Park
Maryland School For the Deaf
Hood College
Hospital Park
Middletown
Emmitsburg’s War Effort Anchor of Maryland Town
Emmitsburg Maryland reports 101 residents serving in the armed forces, about 9 percent of its 1100 population. Of those, 69 are Army privates, others in Navy and Marines, with 19 officers from corporal to lieutenant colonel. The 1101st includes Second Lieutenant Helen E Pryor, Red Cross nurse with the Army at Camp Forest Tennessee.
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Emmitsburg
Maryland
Army
Navy
Marines
Helen E Pryor
Red Cross
Camp Forest, Tenn
Power Sources To Be Bombed Power Sources To Be Bombed
Washington march 30 allied war planners pursue economic bombing to cripple enemy production by targeting power plants and key infrastructure. U S and British intelligence coordinate with the Board of Economic Warfare and Ministry of Economic Warfare to map German and Japanese basic industries. Officials say striking power supply first can cripple aluminum and other critical sectors more than blasting finished plants.
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Washington
Boridges
United Nations
Germany
Japan
Board of Economic Warfare
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Great Britain
Snowbound Through Maryland and Washington Roadways
Heavy snow crippled travel across the state from Washington to Maryland with traffic crawling along the Baltimore Washington Boulevard and the Washington Frederick road. Passenger buses were hours late and stalled in deep drifts as hundreds of private cars struggled, including a bus en route from Harrisburg to Baltimore.
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Washington
Maryland
Baltimore-Washington Boulevard
Washington-Frederick Road
Harrisburg Pa
Snowbound Maryland Roads Halt Traffic Across Regions
Umore on Route 32 stalled six and a half hours near Emmitsburg while hundreds of cars lined Monocacy Hill. Along Ritchie Highway traffic barely moved between Annapolis and Baltimore as ferry officials noted only six crossings by noon Sunday. At a Hagerstown Fairchild plant, 300 workers were sent home after snow weight caused roof beams to crack, with repairs delaying operations. Public schools across Baltimore City and surrounding counties closed or delayed. Baltimore merchants planned noon openings. Transit faced delays with buses and streetcars. 39 rotary broom sweepers and 28 snow plows were deployed. The storm replenished reservoirs and prompted Maryland agricultural officials to call it beneficial overall. State officials extended auto tag deadlines by seven days and urged police to defer penalties until after April 7.
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Annapolis
Baltimore
Annapolis-Claiborne Ferry
Bay
Fairchild Engine and Aircraft Corp
Hagerstown
Baltimore City
Neward
Baltimore Retail Merchants Association
Baltimore Transit Company
T B Symons
University of Maryland Extension Servic
Vistor
Maryland
Lee Elgin
Elgin
Mrs D F Koontz Suffer Nervous Breakdown in Washington
Word from Washington reports Mrs D F Koontz of Shepherdstown West Virginia is ill with a nervous breakdown. She is in Washington where her daughter Miss Mary Osbourn lives, and her brother Dr J Knott and sister Miss Bessie K Knott will be near her.
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Washington
Shepherdstown
W Va
D F Koontz
Mary Osbourn
Dr J . Knott
Bessie K Knott
Three Tax Deductions Proposed by Treasury in Income Tax
Washington march 30 the treasury proposed three changes to income tax deductions including an ordinary medical expense deduction limited by a percentage of net income aiming at extraordinary expenses. a dependent child credit would extend to ages 8 to 21 in school and a wife head of household credit would allow 10 percent of the wife’s earnings up to 100 dollars, with a similar rule for a head of family such as a widow who works. additional note mentions the treasury’s view on medical expenses and a caution against broadening ordinary medical costs.
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Treasury
Randolph Paul
Morgenthau
House
Ways and Means
Paul
Trea‘uy
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