Barkley Delays Labor Law Debate Amid War Production Concerns
Senate Majority Leader Barkley said he would not permit swift consideration of Connally’s labor bill, arguing it raises unacted issues like suspending the 40 hour week and could threaten war production. Connally defended the measure as essential in this emergency, while Reed urged action against compulsory union membership on federal projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Barkley
D-Ky
Senate
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Judiciary Committee
Reed
R-Kan
International Hod Carners Union
AFL
Lew Ayres Classified As Conscientious Objector
Lew Ayres was granted conscientious objector status by Local Board No. 246 in Los Angeles and left for a camp in Oregon or Washington. Chairman A. H. Peir said Ayres' case endured through required channels and noted the difficulty of the decision.
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Los Angeles
A. H. Peir
Selective Service
Lew Ayres
Oregon
Washington
Ayres
Ginger Rogers
Peir
OPA freezes Pennsylvania anthracite prices
The Office of Price Administration orders an immediate freeze on Pennsylvania anthracite prices at October 1 15 levels. The ceilings remain in place and seasonal discounts for domestic sizes must stay. Discounts begin 50 cents per ton in April 40 cents in May 25 cents in June and 10 cents in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
Pennsylvania
OPA
Answers to War Quiz From Page Five
The quiz lists military figures and places: the insignia shows army chemical warfare service, Baron Mannerheim is a Finnish army field marshal, and Tmimi and Kekili are in Libya.
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Army Chemical Warfare Service
Baron Mannerheim
Tmimi
Kekili
Libya
Bill Before Congress Would Cripple State Roads Programs
County Commissioners consider a State Roads Commission warning about a congressional bill that would exempt defense related gasoline use from taxes. The measure, supported by Rep Doughton and approved by the Ways and Means committee, would slash funds for highways nationwide and locally, risking loss of four cent gasoline tax revenue and county road maintenance.
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State Roads Commission
Conugres
Evita B Whitman
Whitman
County Roads Board
Doughton
Ways and Means Committee
House of Representatives
Roads Commission
Bnll
The
Maryland
Local Aid To War Prisoners Authorized By Frederick YMCA
Frederick YMCA leaders say no local fund drive will be held for War Prisoners Aid. Rames Hendrickson and Alvin Quinn note the program operates in 600 camps across 28 foreign countries and complements Red Cross roles by offering spiritual and educational support rather than direct prisoner contact.
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Frederick
Rames Hendrickson
Hendrickson
Geneva
Switzerland
Bs Mail
Alvin G Quinn Yoom
Quinn
Red Cross
Uendrickson
International Red Cri
U.mca
Frederick Y. McA
Agriculture Prices Rise Sharply On March 15
The Agriculture Department says farm product prices on March 15 averaged 43 points higher than a year earlier while prices of commodities purchased by farmers rose 24 points. Both prices received and prices paid by farmers increased one point over the February 15 level, lifting the index to 99 percent of parity.
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Washington, Maren
Agriculture Department
Tims
Riom Trial Suspended in Vichy France
The Riom trial of officials responsible for France's defeat is to be suspended from April 2 to 15 and may not resume. Vichy officials reportedly chose to pause the case amid diplomatic negotiations and mounting political uncertainty surrounding Laval and Petain.
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Vichy
France
Rome Radio
New York
CBS
Marshal Petain
French Republic
Supreme Court
Edouard Daladier
Leon Blum
Generalissume
Maurice Gameilin
Guy la Chambre
Pierre Jacomet
Defense Industries
Blum
Daladier
Petain
Scarlet
Ermine
Fernand de Brinon
Paris
Riem
Pierre Laval
Three Sons In Army and Draft for Weddle Family
E Vernon Weddle of Mountaindale reports three of his sons serve in the regular Army and three more are registered for the draft. Vernon C, John C, and James E Weddle are in action while Pearl Harbor survivors return home uninjured. Other sons Henry H, Charles G, and Raymond E are listed as registered or serving in various capacities. Weddle expresses mixed relief and pride as he awaits news from the family.
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E Vernon Weddle
Mountaindale
Frederick
Weddle
Pearl Harbor
Vernon C Weddle
John C Weddle
James E. Weddle
Vernon
John
Jpttss
James
United States
Henry H. Weddle
Baltimore
Charles G
Raymond E
Schreysville
Prosecution Of Two Sewer Delinquent Warrants Halted
City officials halted prosecution of two sewer delinquent warrants served Saturday. Clarence and Mrs. E Fogle agreed to install proper sewerage service on Water Street and abandon an outside toilet. Inspector Mobley said materials were obtained and a connection promised. No further warrants are pending.
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Clarence [E. Fogle
Water Street
City Plumbing
Edward Mobley
Fogle
Herbert Strawsburg
Police Department
Strawsburg
Cly
Mobley
Armory convoy and guard report amid heavy snowfall
Lt. Erwin R. Kump of Western Maryland State Guard reports a convoy of over fifty personnel bivouacked at the state armory during a blizzard. Regulars moved out at daybreak Monday as military police doubled posts and weather did not delay relief operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erwin R. Kump
Maryland
State Guard
Kump
Two on the Aisle Please Survey Reveals Movie House Seats
In New York on March 30 Film Daily Yearbook surveys show the nation has 117,919 operating movie houses with 10,812 534 seats nationwide. The finding underscores the breadth of cinema access across theaters.
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New York
Film Daily Yearbook
Nazis Claim U. S. Tanks Lost At Sea
Berlin said a Murmansk bound transport loaded with American tanks and munitions was sunk in a combined sea and air attack off the Arctic coast. The report claimed a Nazi destroyer was sunk and a British cruiser torpedoed, as RAF planes hit German ships off Norway and Denmark.
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Middleton
London
Russia
Air Ministry
RAF
Arctic
North Cape
Murmansk
Berlin
Tirpitz
Scharnhorst
Gnesenau
Brest
German Claim Onslaught Deepens Naval War
The German communique reports destroyers attacked an Allied convoy protected by cruisers and destroyers after the Tirpitz endured a forced return to port. Weather prevented observing torpedo effects on the British. Germans say a sunken destroyer crew was rescued, and a second Allied ship possibly hit in prior air attack. Property transfers follow with several farm and real estate deeds and prices.
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United States
Burkittsville
William M. Storm
John S. Zecker
Nora W. McKinney
Mt. Pleasant
Thomas Davis Gardner
Walnut Street
Linden Hills
Frederick Properties, Inc
Jack Santangelo
Former Mount Player Killed in Limestone Quarry Blast Near Easton
William Lanahan 33 a Mt St Marys baseball star and Hercules Powder salesman died when 20 tons of dynamite exploded at a Lehigh Portland Cement quarry near Easton Pa. A car with two other men was crushed. their necks broken. Lanahan a Bronxville N Y native, played for Mountaineers 1926 1930 and was briefly with the Yankees. He left baseball for sales and is survived by wife Isabelle Keaveney Lanahan, a son and two brothers.
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William Lanahan
Mt. St. Mary's College
Iava Limestone
Lehigh Portland Cement Company
Easton
Lanahan
Wilmington
Del
Hercules Powder Company
George B. Hadesty, Jr
Allentown
Ernest Ray Garnett
Bronxville
N. Y
Mt. St Mary’s
Mountaineer
New York Yankees
New York
Isabelle Keaveney Lanahan
St. Joseph's College
Emmitsburg
Henry
Jack Lanahan
Mt. St. Mary’s
Arthur H. Malloy
Emmitsburg Institution
Special Meeting on War Contracts Progress in Frederick
A special meeting of the Mayor and Aldermen at City Hall heard G Horton Pette report on progress toward bringing war contracts to Frederick. Mayor Lloyd Culler and all aldermen attended. no other business was discussed. A regular board meeting is scheduled Wednesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Horton Pette
Frederick
Ship for Turks in Ankara broadcast ar rivals second Turkish destroyer
A British built destroyer has arrived in Turkey for the Turkish Navy. The Ankara radio broadcast, heard in New York via CBS, said the ship was turned over to the Turks at Alexandretta this morning.
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New York
Ankara
Turkey
Britain
CBS
Alexandretta
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G-Men
Atlantic
U. S
German Seamen‘s Institute
Hoboken
N. J
Peter Perri
Philadelphia
F. Gudac
Fort Meades
State Armory
Fort Bragg
N. C
Delphey
West Patrick ST
Monty
Allen
Herger’s
Mount
la. S. Market St
C. E. Cline
C. E. Cline, JR
E. T. Whitmore
A. L. Michael
C.E. Cline & Son
Funeral Home
East
Patrick St
C. C. Carty, Inc
E. Patrick St
Frederick, Md
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