American Forces Engaged in Violent Tunisia Battles
Algiers radio said American forces fought violently in Tunisia near Ousseltia and Faid with French advancing on Sedjenane and German troops retreating toward Sfax. British navy shelled retreating Axis along the coast north of Gabes as Berlin and Rome reports differed on the day’s actions.
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London
Algiers
Ousseltia
Faid
Tunisia
Reuters
Sedjenane
Sfax
Gabes
Axis
Bse
Rama Sadiq
Berlin
Associated Press
No Essential Changes On Russian Front
Moscow reports no major action on the fronts as spring thaw worsens weather. German high command says Soviet thrusts near Kuban bridgehead and southwest of Vrazma were repulsed while defense near Lake Ladoga continues. fighting near Smolensk yields limited progress for Soviet scouts. In the south, a Soviet attack south of Bely gains trench captures and inflicts losses on German defenders.
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High Command
Kuban
Vrazma
Lake Ladoga
Lake Ilmen
Smolensk
Bely
Tragedy at West South Street Gas Incident
Mrs. Robert E. Zimmerman was found on the kitchen floor with the gas stove on at 204 West South Street. Rescue crews took her to Frederick City Hospital around 1 PM. she had been in poor health and recently despondent.
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United Fire Company
West South Street
Robert E. Zimmerman
Frederick City Hospital
System of temporary gasoline rationing ended for trucks
Washington reports the system granting temporary gasoline rationing to commercial motor vehicle operators will be discontinued tomorrow. The Office of Defense Transportation announced the program ended while noting a small number of appeals remain to be resolved and limited additional allotments may still be granted locally.
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Washington
Defuu-e Transportation
ODT
Ceiling Prices Set For Used Trucks and Busses
Washington March 31 The Office of Price Administration announced ceiling prices for used trucks ambulances buses and other commercial leases to curb war price inflation. Effective April 26 the top price will be a set percentage of original delivered cost varying by age and reconditioning. Exemptions cover autos taxicabs station wagons and farm tractors. Officials aim to free held units and curb speculators.
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Washington
Office of Price Admin
Petoc Vectt
OPA
Need Not Post Ceiling Prices On Pork Cuts
Washington March 31 butchers need not post ceiling prices on pork cuts under the new task of posting ration point values. The Office of Price Administration said the ceiling price may be dropped as selling prices will fill the counters with ration values, making separate ceiling marks unnecessary.
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Washington
OPA
Labor Organizations Seek Reconciliation Between AFL and CIO
Washington March 31 peace emissaries of the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations met for a renewed attempt at reconciliation. The gathering marked a resumption of talks from December 1 and 2 when the joint committee drafted an agreement establishing arbitration procedures for resolving jurisdictional disputes.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Two Shipyard Workers Injured In Auto Crash
Two Mt Airy men, Paul Frizzell and Edwin Stitely, were hospitalized early today with injuries not believed serious after the car they rode in crashed into a tree west of West Friendship on the Na Wong T Highway. Driver William H. Lare, also from Mt Airy, and other occupants were uninjured. the other car was driven by Everett Hollenbaugh of Ellicott City. Trooper Mortis said the investigation continues with no charges at this time.
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West Friendship
Nawong T Highway
Frederick City Hospital
Paul Frizzell
Edwin Stitely
Mt Airy
Frizzell
Sutely
William H. Lare
Mt. Airy
Bethlehem-Fairfield
Baltimore
Lare
Everett Ray Hollenbaugh
Ellicott City
Mortis
Hollenbaugh
J. Stanley Grabil
Morris
Eight Motorists Lose Rations For Violating Vietors
The local War Price and Rationing Board revoked gasoline ration books for eight motorists for speed violations up to 33 miles per hour. Notices ordered surrender of books for 10 to 30 days after panel hearings at the Court House. Four other motorists received reprimands. twenty more cases pending. Names and addresses of affected motorists listed.
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OPA
Court House
James M. Boone
Libertatien
Gordon
Smith
Frederick
Rowe
John P. Farsht
Middletown
C. Vernon Roderick
Mt. Airy
Eutgene Bowers
Brunswick
Planer L. Reed
Braddock Heights
Paul ©. Duckett
South Beni. Street
James R. Sleee
Toila Boulevard
Baltimore
Daniel S. Ketterman
West Patrick Street
Ira Kelbaugh
Thurmont
Noam S. Jenkins
Carroll Parkway
John T. Kreimer
East Ninth Street
Russian Guerrillas Wreck Enemy Trains
A Moscow radio broadcast reported by Mae Savice Monitor claims Soviet guerrillas derailed enemy trains in Ukraine, destroying six locomotives and 87 cars, beating troops and supplies. The report says 147 Germans were killed in the actions.
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Lindon
Mossow Radio
Mae Savice
Pepuil
Ukraine
Yne
Hull And Litvinoff Conferences Local Bills Follow Those Of Roosevelt Eden
Washington March 31 Secretary Hull and Soviet Ambassador Litvinov met with aim to exchange information after talks with Eden. Hull planned to confer with Soong later. In Maryland Brunswick bills moved through Senate and House increasing mayoral and council salaries for August election. Frederick county proposed tax revenue boost for Citizens Truck Company. A bill to sell unclaimed merchandise for repair passed Senate, now to the Governor. Taneytown tax rate increase possible if needed.
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Hull
Litvinoff
Roosevelt-Eden
Maryland
Washington
Roosevelt
Maxim Litvinotl
Anthony Eden
State Department
Informaton
Litvinoll
Eden
China
T. V. Soong
Canada
Mr. Roosevelt
Frederick County
Citizens Truck Company
SIG
Senate
Vodiag
Bruewick
House
Brunswick
Richard Zimmerman
Taneytown
No Clues To Murderer Of Storekeeper
Authorities admitted a standstill in the Gillis storekeeper murder case as no motive or solid evidence emerges. A man held for questioning offers conflicting statements, but no link is established. About $490, plus $250 in groceries and real estate, are noted. the missing weapon is a pipe or similar item. Funeral plans set for Mt Olive Church Friday at 11. Burial beside his wife in the adjoining cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Henry Gillis
Plane No. 4
Gillis
Horace M. Alexander
Frederick teen wins principal West Point appointment
Pierce H. Gaver Jr son of Mr and Mrs Pierce H Gaver 257 West Fifth Street was notified by telegram from Congressman J Glenn Beall that he earned the principal appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point from this district for 1944 This marks a rare awarding from Frederick County He is senior at Frederick High School editor of The High Flier and active in basketball and baseball He was backed by the Republican State Central Committee and will enter college or prep school next fall before West Point matriculation in 1944
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Pierce H. Gaver, Jr
Pierce H. Gaver
West Fifth Street
J. Glenn Beall
United States Military Academy
West Point
Frederick Counhan
Young Gaver
Frederick High School
Republican State Central Committee
Deadline for men in essential work under wartime draft rules
Baltimore March 31. The War Manpower Commission sets today as the deadline for men in nondeferrable jobs to enter essential work or face possible induction. Col. Henry C. Stanwood, state Selective Service director, stated the rule applies regardless of marital or parental status.
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Baltimore
War Manpower Commission
Henry C Stanwood
State Selective Service
Maryland Seeks Farm Labor Plan For Wartime Needs
Maryland faces a farm labor shortfall with 63 000 year round workers statewide while demand rises to 86 000 by harvest. Dr H Devault notes shortages and Dr T B Symons proposes rapid use of high school volunteers women workers and a women land army plus conscientious objectors prison labor urban manpower and armed forces help to avert an agricultural Dunkirk. Extension Service will repeat training to place youths from Baltimore and Washington on farms.
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College Park
Maryland
H. Devault
Devault
University of Maryland Department of Agricultural Economics
T. B. Symons
University of Maryland Extension Service
State Labor Advisory Committee
Women’s Land Army
Baltimore City
Washington, D. C
Symons
Last Day For Old Maryland License Plates 1943-44
The deadline tonight ends the rush for the single 1943-44 Maryland tag. The 1942 plates stay on the car, with the final 1943 plates attached to front and rear of them. Local plate dealers report long lines and the busiest period since tags began being issued, as county applicants scramble to secure the new tag.
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Maryland
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
J Paul Delpher
Blackout Test Satisfies Maryland Officials
The Associated Press reports a surprise blackout across Maryland from 9:30 to 10 pm, with Maryland Defense officials deeming it satisfactory. Third Service Command withheld comments while Barrett noted excellent preliminary county results on the Eastern Shore. Annapolis lawmakers left chambers briefly due to air conditions.
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Associated Press
Third Service Command
Maryland
W. Frank Roberts
Maryland Council of Defense
Col
Henry S. Barret
Barrett
General Assembly
Annapolis
Bombers Blast Japs on Kiska and Solomons
The Navy reports United States Army bombers struck Kiska runways camps and gun positions for the 29th raid this month. Flying Fortresses also attacked Vila in the Solomons and Kahili near Shortland Islands. all US planes returned safely.
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Washington
Navy
Kiska
Aleutian Islands
Vila
Solomons
Kabili
Shortland Island
Sout Pacific
United States
North Pacific
Army Liberator
South Pacific
Kahili
No Special Busses For Baseball Teams Washington
The Office of Defense Transportation ruled today that special busses may not be used for transportation of baseball teams during the coming season. Director Joseph B Eastman said teams could use existing public transportation facilities instead.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
Joseph B Eastman
Ascension Festival of K. T. Cancelled in Gettysburg
The annual Ascension Festival of the Knights Templar in Gettysburg, planned for the first Sunday in May for 11 years, has been canceled amid wartime factors. Report notes 17 ships sunk claim from Berlin and unconfirmed Allied sources, via Associated Press.
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Gettysburg
The
Knights Templar
Ye ‘Victory
London
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Berlin
Tle Associated Press
Allied advance presses Rommel north of Gabes in Tunisia
Allied forces in North Africa report Montgomery’s Eighth Army pushing north from Gabes with Oudret and Metouia captured. Sedjenane retaken by British First Army, Patton’s Americans cross minefields near Gafsa and seize 200 prisoners as Rommel’s retreat tightens. Air forces pound La Fauconnerie and El Mounaia as allies close in on Tunisian front.
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North Africa
Eighth Army
Erwin Rommel
Oudret
Gabes Gap
British First Army
Sedjenane
K. A. N. Anderson
Bizerts
Djehel Abeid
George S. Patton, Jr
St Guetar
Oudres
Metouia
Chott Dierich
Fighth
Gabes
Bernard L. Montgomery
Cassing
Metollia
George §. Patton, Jr
Rommel
Gafsa
von Arnim
Jurgen von
Djebel Abiod
Bizerte
Lintts
la Fauconnerie
Patton
Maknassy
Desert Air Force
el Maou
Sfax
el Guetar
Jurgen von Arnim
Tunisia
Tunis
Algiers
Stax
London
Twenisia
Libya
Gulf of Gabes
Halfansy
Mareth Line
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Africa
Oudref
Tunisian
Moscow
City Hospital
Pierce Gaver, Jr
U.S
Montgomery
Metolla
Eighth
Dwight D. Eigenhower
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