Large staff to aid sugar enrollment across four days
About 600 registrars including many volunteers will assist family unit sugar registration from 2 to 9 pm Monday through Thursday at county schools except Frederick and Brunswick high schools. Books expected for 56 000 registrants. Local League of Women Voters volunteers aiding at Elm Street and Parkway schools.
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Eugene W. Pruitt
Frederick
Brunswick
Pruitt
League of Women Voters
R. R. Shank
Elm Street
Parkway
War will pinch shoes for six months predicts shoeman
New York May 2. For the next six months the average man can buy good shoes but after that it is a guess what he will walk on. Jesse Adler, New York shoeman and director of the National Retailers Association, says leather goes to the Army and Navy. Stock-on-hand may cover until late fall. Afterward, shoes will be of inferior quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jesse Adler
National Retailers Association
Army
Navy
Allied Naval Strength To Overwhelm Axis
London May 2 Admiral Harold R Stark, commander of U S naval forces in European waters, voiced confidence at his first press conference that Allied naval power would rise despite losses until it overwhelms the Axis. He warned this year would be tight but that eventually the Allies would be ready to strike and carry through despite setbacks.
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London
Harold R. Stark
U. S
European
Relief From Unseasonable Heat Comes To Maryland
The Associated Press reports a retreat from a spring heat wave across Maryland. Cumberland reached 97 degrees with a 56 degree low, while Frederick topped 95 and Snow Hill 94. Baltimore hit 89, with 70 at 11 am, and Hagerstown cooled to 57 after a 93 high. The coast eases, interior stays warm. water use rises as baths fill city pools.
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Associated Press
Maryland
Cumberland
Frederick
Mercury
Snow Hill
Salisbury
Municipal Park
Sailsbury
Clarke Gardner
Mt. Savage
Baltiimore
Baltimore
Hagerstown
Escaped Nazi Flyer Caught in Texas
Detroit FBI chief John S. Bugas announced Lieut. Peter Krug, an escaped Nazi flyer from a Canadian camp, was captured Friday in San Antonio. He fled Bowmanville camp with Erich Bohle, swam across the Detroit River, stayed with Detroit restaurant operator Max Stephan, and was sent toward Chicago. Stephan is jailed on harboring an enemy alien charges with a $25,000 bond.
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Detroit
John S. Bugas
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Peter Krug
United States
San Antonio
Tex
Krug
FBI
Burgas
Bowmanville
Ont
Erich Bohle
Bohle
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Windsor
Detroit River
Marguerita Bertelmann
Max Stephan
Stephan
Chicago
Quint’s Guardian Chief Guardian Weds Nurse Beatrice Provencher
In North Bay Ontario on May 2 judge J A Valin aged 85, guardian of the Dionne quintuplets, married Beatrice Provencher aged 29 formerly a nurse for the five girls. The ceremony linked the long time guardian with a younger caregiver central to the quintuplets care.
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Quint’s
Nurse
North Bay
Ont
J. A Valin
Beatrice Provencher
Utilities Favored In New York Stocks May Day Trade
Buying in today's short stock market stretch again centered on utilities and specialties. Activity was broader than last Saturday transfers, approximating 175000 shares in the two hours, with most industrials and rails ignored.
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New York
Simple Rule To Follow For Gasoline Enrollment
Total gasoline rationing cards issued rose to 34,266 as 7,600 more arrived. The B 3 type with 19 unit squares, A cards with seven units, and B 1 and B 2 with 11 and 15 units respectively define the early rationing framework. Registration days May 12 to 14 precede a May 15 start with A cards eliminating the need for extra forms for average car owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eis C. Wachter
Court House
Board of Education
Jap Propaganda Report on Angristroi Sinking
Tokyo radio claimed the 4761 ton Russian merchant ship Angristroi was torpedoed last night by a U S submarine or ally and left sinking off Kyushu with 50 crew rescued by a Japanese merchant ship. It also said the 2539 ton Calcutta Maru was sunk nearby. No independent confirmation exists from Russia or other non Axis sources.
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Tokyo
Angristroi
Kyushu
17 Killed In Crash Of Transport Airliner
A United Airlines sleeper transport crashed into a stormy ridge near Salt Lake City airport killing 14 passengers and three crew. Rescue teams recovered bodies as observers recalled the plane circling before the impact. Officials noted good visibility and a rain drizzle at the time, with investigators from the Civil Aeronautics Board ordered to scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
George Benton Gearhart
United Airlines
Ensign Peak
Gearhart
San Francisco
Civil Aeronautics Board
Washington
US Troops Enter East Mediterranean Region
Major General Russell L Maxwell announces United States service personnel are in the eastern Mediterranean to support Allied combat troops. A RAF training school for American aircraft maintenance has been handed to the RAF and Eritrean development projects progress, with American presence long anticipated in the Middle East.
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Cairo
United States
Eastern Mediterranean
Russell L. Maxwell
Maxwell
Mediterranean
Roosevelt
RAF
Middle East
Camp Pickett grows as 13000 workers rush building work
13000 men under Col. Markey race to finish Camp Pickett near Blackstone Virginia. An artillery range an airport and housing to serve thousands are planned with a 20000 seat stadium for baseball and football. A vast dam on the Nottoway River will form an 11 mile lake stocked for fishing. Col. Markey promotes sidewalk cafes strict no smoking in bed and outdoor recreation including baseball swimming and movies. Jeeps and CCC fire-fighting teams guard the forests amid continuing construction and delays.
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Camp Pickett
Blackstone
D. John Markey
Frederick
Nottaway River
Col. Markey
CCC
Planes Over Townsville Fire On Suspect Aircraft Over Australia
Allied headquarters disclosed two unidentifed warplanes flew along Australia east coast near Townsville and were fired upon by anti aircraft batteries while bombings continued against Gasmata New Britain. The Melbourne Herald warned Allied air power must be bolstered to protect Port Moresby as air and artillery strikes hit Corregidor Mindanao Cotabato and Rio Grande river area.
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Allied
Australia
MacArthur
Townsville
Gasmata
New Britain
Melbourne Herald
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Cape York
Gasmain
Lae
United States
Philippines
Corregidor
Mindanao
Cotabato
Rio Grande River
Weather Halts Massed Air Attacks Over Nazi Targets
British bomb squadrons struck Nazi centers along the French coast at dusk then returned to bases to endure a second night of poor weather. Coastal command aircraft damaged shipping off Norway and hit a destroyer, while dromes in northern France faced bombing by fighter command. One coastal plane is missing from nocturnal operations as hundreds of planes attacked Calais St Omer rail yards and ports to follow up smaller sweeps.
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London
Coastal Command
Norwegian
Air Ministry
France
Fighter Command
English Channel
Calais
St. Omer
115th Axis Transport Sunk By Russians
Kuibyshev May 2 U P The Red navy Baltic fleet sank its 115th Axis transport a 9000 ton German craft Soviet land and air forces battered Adolf Hitler's war machine The Soviet Information Bureau said in a Moscow communique broadcast This followed Mas Day radio announcement that 447 German vessels including a battleship and two cruisers had been sent to the bottom of the Baltic to sever German Finnish communications and cut troopflow to northern fronts
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Kuibyshev
Russia
Red Navy
Adolf Hitler
Soviet Information Bureau
Moscow
Baltic
Tornado Anniversary Marks County Disaster Remembrance
Tod marks the thirteenth anniversary of the county’s most destructive tornado that struck May 2, 1929, tearing homes and barns, destroying buildings, cutting communications, and paralyzing roads. Two people died and six were injured in the wreckage.
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Wereckjage
Navy Losses In Four Months Total 6 393 Men
Washington May 2 1 The Navy announced today the loss of 5 486 dead and missing in the first four months of worldwide naval warfare covering Dec 7 to April inclusive. The four month total was half again the casualty figure for the entire World War, with Pearl Harbor the heaviest incident. Officials said most casualties came from direct action but some from accidents at sea air or war duty. Missing largely reflects vanished vessels such as the Houston and destroyers Edsall Pillsbury and Pope. Casualty lists will be released by state and by area with dead missing and wounded tallies scheduled for publication May 5 and in the following days.
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Washington
Navy
Marine
Coast Guard
Pearl Harbor
Roosevelt
Java
Houston
Pope
Edsall
Pillsbury
Philippines
Navy Department
Countians urged to back Byrd bill in Washington
Frederick county residents join statewide delegation to urge Maryland senators and congressmen to support the Byrd bill aimed at cutting war time government expenditures. The meeting is set for 2:30 p.m. in the Senate building, organized by the Maryland Public Expenditures Council. Charles H. Feete, president of the County Taxpayers Association, plans to attend and expects a large turnout. Petitions are circulating demanding Maryland representatives back the Byrd bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Maryland
Washingon
Senate
Maryland Public Expenditures Council
Charles H. Feete
County Taxpayers’ Association
Quickie Commissions Decried By Faddis In Army Bill
Washington May 2 Rep Charles J Faddis chair of a House subcommittee on Army matters said the growing practice of granting quickie commissions to unqualified civilians must stop. He urged the full House Military committee to amend the Army pay bill to require commissions only for graduates of officers training schools National Guard and ROTC officers or those who completed military courses at approved schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles J. Faddis
D.-Pa
House
Army
Navy
Congress
Faddis
Full House
National Guard
Mandalay Taken by Japanese Forces Claim
Imperial headquarters announced Japanese troops captured Mandalay Burma's former capital and key Burma Road hub. British and Chinese sources offered no confirmation while reports from the Burma front said Allied defenses were retreating north of the Irrawaddy as Japanese advances intensified.
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Tokyo
Imperial Headquarters
Mandalay
Burma
China
London
New Delhi
India
Kipling
Irrawaddy
Lashio
Myitnge
Ava
Song
Free China
Onywa
New Subscription Rates for The News and The Post
Effective May 18 1942 Frederick papers raise prices for carriers and mail. Single copy three cents. one month fifty cents. With advance payment three months 1.25 six months 2.50 one year 5.00. Rates changed after about 25 years due to higher production costs. New prices remain lower than many dailies.
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Frederick
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Donald W. Brown
Harold Miner
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Kdale Avenue
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U. S. Army
Wichita
Kas
J. Kershisnik
Cheyenne
J. A. Lloyd
J. A. Lloyd, Jr
Burlingame
Calif
C. R. Dreak
Fruitvale
Armand D. Herb
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Mass
M. L. Patterson
New Jersey
F. B. Voce
Brooklyn
R. P. Barrett
St. Louis
J. Palermo
Cleveland
Co. M. Cole
International Business Machines
Buffalo
John G. Burrow
U. 5
W. G. Claire Tucker
East Mediterranean
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Virginia
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115Th Infantry
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