U S Forces Begin Palau Assault as Japanese Flees
U S Pacific Fleet troops, possibly including new carriers, launched a strike on Palau Island within 460 nautical miles of the Philippines. Japanese warships withdrew from the area as Adm. Chester W Nimitz said the attack continues, marking a major blow near Truk and the Marianas.
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U.S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Palau Island
Philippines
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Nimitz
Palau
Carolines
New Guinea
Truk
Marianas
Babelthuap Island
Ponape
Korror
Babelthuap
Caroline Islands
Seventh Air Force
Marshalls
South Pacific
Natural Resources Meeting on April 12
Annapolis March 30 The executive committee of the Maryland Conservation Forum completed plans for an all day program in Baltimore on April 12 to promote wise use of natural resources. The event is sponsored by state and Baltimore civic groups with Boy Scouts 4 H Clubs and Maryland Academy of Sciences. Speakers include Hugh Bennett Lyle Watts Charles E Jackson Governor O Conor and Louis Bromfield among others.
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Annapolis
Maryland Conservation Forum
Baltimore
Baltimore City
Boy Scouts of America
Maryland Academy of Sciences
John W. Sherwood
Hugh H Bennett
US Soil Conservation Service
Lyle F Watts
Police detain 16 year old Mary White at request of Montgomery County
At Brunswick on Thursday Chief Lee R. Merriman held Mary White a 16 year old Negro girl and her infant at the request of Montgomery County Police and turned them over to neighboring county authorities. Local officials gave no explanation for why the pair were sought.
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Montgomery County
Lee R. Merriman
Mary White
Brunswick
Russo Japanese Fisheries Agreement Renewed for 1944
New York reports the renewal of the Russian Japanese fisheries accord granting Japan fishing rights along the Siberian coast after three months of talks. The annual pact, dating from 1936 and expiring December 31, usually reflects Moscow Tokyo relations. 1943 terms not yet disclosed.
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New York
Japan
Siberian
NBC
Moscow
Kuibyshev
Russia
Martinsburg Pilot Rated Eighth Among Marine Aces
Lieutenant Frank C. Thomas Jr of Martinsburg West Virginia is credited with downing 16 Japanese planes, placing him eighth among Marine Corps fighter aces in the current war. Top honors go to Major Gregory Boyington and Major Joseph Foss with 26, followed by Major Boyington and Lieutenant Robert Hanson with 25. two top aces are listed as missing in action. Thomas has served in the South Pacific with a crack fighter squadron and has been praised for gallantry in several dispatches. his family ties link to Puckeystown and Hood College graduate Nell Chantler.
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Frank C. Thomas, Jr
Martinsburg
W. Va
Marine Corps
Thomas
Gregory Pappy Boyington
Joseph J. Foss
Eddie Rickenbacker
Boyington
Robert Hanson
South Pacific
Puckeystown
Nell Chantler
Hood College
Fifty-Two Call-Ups From Frederick Board Two Induction List
Fifty two additional countians and seven transfers are named for pre induction physicals and armed force induction. The notice to report for transport to Baltimore is mailed to fifty white and two colored registrants of Frederick County Draft Board Two and to transfers from other counties. Most are 1-A and Fre-Pearl Hathor fathers, part of a large roster called from the old active 1-A list, contrasting with a Tuesday call under new 2-A and 2-B reclassifications for under 26 defense workers. Listed recipients to report within ten days include Charles James Cramer and many others from Frederick, Thurmont, Emmitsburg, Mt. Airy, and nearby towns.
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Baltimore
Frederick County
Charles James Cramer
Rt. 1
Frederick
Charles Casper Moore, Jr
Rt. 3
James Lloyd
Gaver
Lantz
Elmer Asher Weisel
Philadelphia
Morris Lee Martin
Thurmont
James Anthony Wills
Emmitsburg
George Hamilton Fox
Rt. 2
Union Bridge
Paul LeRoy Baxter
Lewis Nelson Winpigler
Monrovia
Norman Francis Moxley
Mt. Airy
Laurence Gale Harne
John Oliver Ramsburg
Thomas Theodore Forrest
Smithsburg
Garth Leroy Packard
John William Newton
Glen Walter Baugess
Jarrettsville
Jacob Augustus Ely
John Elmer Harbaugh
New Midway
Ray James Sherman
John Arthur Unger
Francis William Welsh
Earle Robert Gelwicks
Bruce Edward Wachter
Daniel Elmer Andrew
Jay Henry Wolfe
Thurimont
John Richard Bowers
W. Patrick
Edward Craig Esworthy
Julian Upton Harris
John Hamerick
Norman Elwood Shank
Myersville
Harold Edward Ramsburg
Rocky Ridge
William Glenn Renner
James Randolph Jackson
Maurice Branson Ambush
Dickerson
Charles Bernard Thomas
Washington, D. C
Grayson Leroy Grange
Sjamsville
Roy Waybright
Taneytown
Herman Donald Davis
LeGore
Ralph William Morgan
Stanford Theodore Hearrell
Harry Columbus Kemp
Rt. 5
Cramer
Moore
Thurmont Emmitsburg draft list and libel suit dismissal
The piece lists selectees and transfers for Board Two with many names and hometowns in Thurmont Emmitsburg and surrounding areas. It notes first two men Cramer and Moore volunteering for examination and remarks on heavy calls from western county. A separate Chicago libel suit by three CIO Union Maritime members against the Chicago Tribune and Col Robert R McCormick is dismissed by Federal Judge Philip L Sullivan.
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Chicago
Philip L. Sullivan
CIO National Maritime Union
Chicago Tribune Company
Robert R. McCormick
Paul T Smith
Stanley J. Wilson
San Francisco
J. L. McKibben
Los Angeles
Children Being Pressed Into Nazi Factories
Lisbon reports Nazi authorities press small girls and grandmothers into war production. A German appeal seeks women over 45 to replace male workers, with part time hours. News notes bombed factory operations use elderly women and children as young as 9 or 10, singing while they work, grandmothers up to 72 on payroll.
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Lisbon
Germany
Hamburger Fremdenblatt
Home work shifts from cities to country cottages
The article notes millions urged to accept home assignments as sewing tasks move from large scale garment shops to rural cottages, often aiding evacuated workers. A specific report from the Muenchner Neuste Nachrichten cites 31 women repairing 1,200 army overcoats in 12 days. In a separate case, a Circuit Court jury returned a $350 verdict for Edward W. Piper Company against Earl W. Hawn over a disputed soda fountain contract.
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Muenchner Neuste Nachrichten
Jacob Rohrback
Charles O. Clemson
D. Eugene Walsh
William M Storm
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