Governor vetoes Frederick city bond bill at request
Governor O Connor announced he would veto a Frederick city bill allowing up to 27000 in serial bonds to redeem a 60000 storage reservoir issue. The veto follows a telegraphed request from the mayor and aldermen and a Stax Law Department finding that the bonds may be legally questionable and marketable. The action concerns only the reservoir bonds, with potential veto considerations for a County Roads Board bill pending.
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O'Conor
Frederick
Associated Press
General Assembly
Stax Law Department
State Law Department
Edward J. Smith
May and June Selective Service Calls Lighten Ahead
Local Draft Board One expects lighter calls in May and June than April, with June possibly exhausting Category 3 childless married men. The board has begun May calls and anticipates further June requirements, including city and county high school seniors who may finish school before service. Clarifications on procedures when the childless married class runs out are expected soon as the summer draft approach.
Freeze Lifted on In Transit Coal Shipments
Washington May 3 The Office of Fuels Administrator Ickes announced the freeze on in transit coal shipments has been canceled in view of a truce that assures production will resume for at least two weeks. The suspension covered both bituminous and anthracite coal in railroad cars and was ordered last week by the War Production Board to ensure distribution to war production needs.
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Washington
Office of Fuels
Ickes
War Production Board
Fala Presented By Guarded Roosevelt Visit
Secret service took cautious steps at Amarillo Texas as President Roosevelt arrived. Soldiers flashed bayonets and a tense crowd waited. Out walked Fala the President’s Scottie dog to the car scene.
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Amarillo
Tex
Secret Service
Roosevelt
Fala
Jap Aleutian Base Bombed 13 Times
Washington reports American aircraft bombed Japan’s Aleutian base at Kiska thirteen times, causing a heavy explosion near North Head and damaging the runway. Attu raid also noted, with results not reported. Navy communique No. 363 covers Munda raids in the central Solomons and other May operations.
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Washington
Japan
Aleutians
Kiska
Navy
North Head
Kiska Harbor
Attu
Munda
Central
Solomons
South Pacific
Wigeott Grusman
Central Solomons
North Pacific
Liberator
Lightning
Hoitz Bay
Chichagof Harbor
Attu Island
Red Artillery Rakes Germans In Kuban Front
Red Army artillery raked German positions in the Kuban sector through the night as Berlin said German attempts to expand the bridgehead failed after a six day drive with 7,000 Nazi casualties. The Soviet midnight and mid day communiques reported 200 more enemy deaths and silencing of 16 batteries, while German defenses near the bridgehead were broken. Overnight air battles continued along the front as Soviet bombers and fighters sought to thwart any German offensive.
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Moscow
Red Army
Kuban
Caucasus
High Command
Berlin
Associated Press
East Prussia
CIO Stands By Pledge To Nation Not To Strike
CIO President Phil Murray reaffirms no wartime work stoppages by unions. Addressing United Steel Workers of America reps in the West, he vows not to break the no strike pact with the President. He warns against labor standing over a dying soldier and stresses duty to country. Local Draft Board One lists Charles B. Forney entering Army OT training and Harry E. Hutts accepted for service this week.
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CIO
Oakland
Colf
Phillip Murray
Congress of Industrial Organizations Unions
United Steel Workers of America
Murray
United States of America
Draft Board
Charles B. Forney
Harry E. Hutts
Board
Baltimore Mayoral Vote Promises Light Turnout Tomorrow
Rival candidates in Baltimore's mayoral election made last minute appeals as observers expected one of the lightest turnouts in decades at the polls tomorrow May 31 7).
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Baltimore
Coal Output To Be Normal Tomorrow
Gallitzin Pennsylvania miners resume production at a slow pace as 480,000 workers halted Friday and only a small portion expected back by Tuesday as John L. Lewis calls for resumption under a 15 day truce. Frick Company reports about 52 percent of workers back at Fayette county operations while union leaders say most return by Tuesday. Government orders and flag displays accompany the back to work effort with miners in Uniontown and surrounding areas resuming under new management oversight.
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Piligpurga
Gallitzin
John L. Lewis
Pennsylvania Coal and Coke Company
H.C. Frick Coke Company
Fayette County
Harold Ickes
Filbert
Frick Company
Uniontown
Icker
John Rosnik
Fairbanks
Africa
Steve Granchi
Scott Umbel
Lewis
Wilkes-Barre
Pennsylvania
Ber
John Cal Lewis
United Mine Workers
Japs In Aleutians Too Long, He Says
Father Bernard R Hubbard Arctic explorer on leave from Santa Clara University denounces censorship as obscuring the war’s truth. He told the Explorers' Club that Germany first policy invites Japanese actions, and warned longer Aleutian stays could allow Japan to pursue citizenship papers.
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San Francisco
Bernard R Hubbard
Santa Clara University
All Year
Explorers’ Club
Japan
Aleutians
Supreme Court Overrules Itself on Religious Literature Tax
The Supreme Court, in a 5 to 4 decision led by Chief Justice Stone, reversed a June ruling and held municipal ordinances taxing religious literature sales unconstitutional. Justices Reed Roberts Frankfurter and Jackson dissented, while Stone Black Douglas Murphy and Rutledge found the ordinances unconstitutional.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Stone
Reed
Roberts
Frankfurter
Jackson
Black
Douglas
Murphy
Rutledge
St Marys Forest Fire Described as Worst in Maryland
Leonardtown May 3 A massive forest fire in St Marys County burned over 5 000 acres of timberland during a four day blaze started last Wednesday Firefighters about 1 000 men fought the flames though not fully out forester Joseph F Kaylor warned a sudden wind could rekindle damage is estimated around 600 000 dollars warming officials say the blaze set back conservation work by decades A nine by six mile strip between Indian Bridge Road and Point Lookout Road was burned out and the cause was careless brush burning.
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Leonardtown
St. Mary's County
Joseph F. Kaylor
Kaylor
Maryland
St. Marys County
Indian Bridge Road
Point Lookout Road
Substantial Over Subscriptions in Second War Loan Drive
The second war loan drive raised about 17 million dollars, roughly four billion more than the target, largely from non banking sources. Treasury plans to announce final totals around May 10 as banking houses were capped at four million dollars in participation. Morgenthau praised the drive’s vigor while signaling higher goals for future campaigns. The Supreme Court ruling upheld a conscription exemption denial appeal in a case involving a conscientious objector whse claim was denied by a draft board and upheld on presidential appeal.
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Washington
Treasury
Morgenthau
Conenentiaus
West Mnart
Stone
Whrtney Bowles
Newfoundland
New Jy
Jackson
Reed
High school buys three more jeeps in war bond drive
The school bought three jeeps that morning as part of a war bonds sale. They now own four jeeps. Since April 5 they invested a total of 2,701.10 into bonds and notes, including varied denominations such as five $25s, six $100s, a $590 note, and a $1,000 note.
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Ing Iesamen A Creacnen Twigh School
Hiss Snoring
Traders Licenses Issued for New Year Amid War Effects
Issuance of traders licenses for the new year began May 1 and runs only slightly under last year’s pace despite wartime conditions that caused some businesses to close. The report came from the Clerk of the Court office where licenses are issued.
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Hia
Washington officials to inspect rubber plants to ease bottlenecks
Under secretary of War Robert P. Patterson and Rubber Director William Jeffers plan a personal plant inspection to settle a priorities dispute and break bottlenecks in rubber and Rosling plants. They aim to speed production and resolve scheduling conflicts amid wartime needs.
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Washington
Robert P. Patterson
William Jeffers
Jap Shipping Losses Heavy in New Guinea April
Allied report from New Guinea states MacArthur’s Liberators and Flying Fortresses sank or damaged 93,000 tons of Japanese shipping in April amid poor weather. Heavy bombers fighters and anti aircraft batteries destroyed 68 enemy planes, with 28 more likely- destroyed. None of our heavy bombers was lost in combat.
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New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Unionville Forest Fire Extinguished
Two miles southeast of Unionville a forest fire burned about 20 acres of first class timberland before being extinguished on Saturday. District Forest Wardren Herman Toms said he fought the blaze alone, directing it to a creek and road, with an estimated $300 damage on Murray D. Nicodemus’s property. The fire likely originated from a campfire lit the night before and was spotted from Salamander Tower at eight Saturday morning. It was the largest of three fires in the area, with dry conditions persisting despite recent showers.
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Unionville
Herman Toms
Toms
Murray D. Nicodemus
Strass
Referenda Petitions Circulating for Sunday Movie and Sports Ballot
Sponsors of petitions for Sunday movies and sports said signatures may already meet the required threshold to force the measures onto the upcoming municipal ballot. They plan to keep circulating petitions through the week and hoped to gather 1000 to 3000 names, with each question needing at least 1250 voters' names. Petitions must reach election supervisors by Saturday May 8, with 30 days before the election.
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Hsis
Board of Election Supervisors
Three Tax Proposals In House For Final Vote
The House returns after a ten day Easter recess to debate three tax plans aimed at pay-as-you-go income taxation. One plan would erase parts of tax liabilities to ease the transition, another favors delaying cancellation, and a compromise would cancel portions of normal rates. Enactment would shift to year by year income earned, with no tax holiday in 1943.
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Iti
Alsn
Miners Return to Work Under UMWA Truce Terms
Miners in Pennsylvania Illinois Ohio and West Virginia trickled or returned to pits after Roosevelt radio appeals and a truce announced by John L Lewis. Some mines operated at reduced force while others neared normal staffing as workers awaited full implementation tomorrow. Meanwhile a note lists Earl and Mary Bartholaw celebrating their 37th wedding anniversary.
Wounded Captain Kenny Hills Rumor Dismissed
A letter from Captain Kenneth Bille of Western Marginal College class of 1941 clarifies that Captain Hills was wounded, not killed, during North Africa operations. The missent reports and confusing phrases are addressed, noting Hills remained in action and endured heavy fighting.
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Kenneth Cretinut Bille
Bills
Wills
North Africa
British Mediterranean Fleet launches bold daylight raid
A flotilla of British motor torpedo boats cruised 60 miles along the Tunisian coast from Ras Mahhmur to Zem Zemth Island penetrating the Gulf of Tunis. They sunk a 60 ton merchantman after torpedo strikes and harbor raids, while planes and coastal batteries engaged. One boat, after expending torpedoes, launched a diversionary attack on a leading destroyer amidst anti aircraft fire.
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Tuenisiaiy
Ras Mahamur
Zembretha Island
Gulf of Tunis
Thenwo
Descoyers
Kebilia
Cape Bon
Tunis
Industrial Targets In Coastal City Attacked
Royal Air Force bombers and fighters attacked industrial targets in the Dutch coastal city of Wilhelmshaven yesterday and followed with a heavy assault by American bombers on the German submarine base at St Nazaire, France. Mosquito bombers later hit railroad shops at Thionville in Lorraine, a key iron ore and coal hub, as seven American bombers were reported lost in the St Nazaire raid.
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London
Royaol Air Force
Teerman
Wrmald
St. Nazaire
France
Thionville
Lorraine
Paris
Brussels-Saarbrucken
Marylander Natcd as Surgeon General
Washington May 3 Brigadier General Norman T Kirk nominated by President Roosevelt to become Surgeon General of the Army. He succeeds Major General James C Magge and currently commands Percy Jones Hospital in Baltiomore. born Rising Sun Maryland and a 55 year old medical corps veteran who earned his degree at the University of Maryland in 1910s.
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Washington
Norman T. Kirk
Roosevelt
Army
James C MaGee
Kirk
Percy Jones Hospital
Vibe
Army Medical Center
Walter Reed Hospital
Rising Sun
Medical Corps
Regular Army
University of Maryland
Funeral Services For Lt Delaplaine Tuesday
The body of Lieut William T. Delaplaine USN, killed in Oakland California, will be transported to Harpers Ferry West Virginia. Funeral services for the family will be held at 4 PM tomorrow at 273 Dill Avenue, with further services at Memorial Park Mausoleum and military honors at the mausoleum. Flowers are omitted as requested.
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Wiliam T. Delaplaine
U.S.N
Oakland
Cal
Tad Tech
Plang
Atarpers Ferry
Wy Va
Tueday
Dill Avenue
Memorial Park
New York Market Pauses After Early Gains On Good News
New York stocks moved to halt an early advance as traders priced profits after upbeat news. The market showed hesitation amid mixed sentiment as investors weighed rising costs and potential earnings.
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New York
Allied push slows Axis in Tunisia north of Bizerte
Allied forces beat back two Axis attacks and advanced toward Bizerte in Tunisia after a two week pounding. Algiers radio claimed a key junction near Bizerte was captured, while Allied patrols consolidated positions in northern Tunisia hills and mopped up isolated pockets of resistance before Mateur and Bizerte. Fighter-bombers hit Axis transports, two enemy aircraft were shot down, and an American patrol killed eleven Germans at Bald Hill.
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Mllied
Athes
Tunisia
Matour
Bizerte
Djebel Tahient
Mateur
Axis Unite
Gulf of Hammamet
Enfidaville
Bald Hill
Axia
Jenna
Farher
Sedjenane
Joint Meeting By OPA FDA On Maryland Meat Trade
The Office of Price Administration and the Food Distribution Administration will hold a joint meeting at Winchester Hall in Frederick to brief all retail meat dealers wholesalers slaughterers and livestock handlers. Holmes D. Baker announced the event and said state and city officials will discuss price ceilings meat regulations and point rationing to curb black market operations in Maryland.
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Office of Price Administration
Food Distribution Administration
U. S
Baltimore
Baker
Costly plan eyed to cut week to steel payrolls rise
Sources say Wat Munpowdt Commissioner Paul McNwit's push to a 48 hour week would lift steel payrolls by about 108 million dollars annually, a move seen as costing millions more and drawing debate over industry impact.
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Wat Munpowdt
Paul
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