Battleships And Cruiser Out Of Action
London reports the German battleships Gneisenau and Scharnhorst and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen are out of action and require extensive repairs. The ships were damaged by torpedo and air attacks in the English Channel and by minefields, limiting Hitler’s fleet ambitions for a global strike.
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London
Gneisenau
Scharnhorst
Prinz Eugen
United Nations
English Channel
Admiralty
Royal Air Force
Channel
United States
Adolf Hitler
Trondheim
Tirpitz
Admiral Scheer
Admiral Hupper
Gdynia
Kiel
RAF
Brest
Trie
Thei
Atlantic
Prinz Lugen
Germany
Kristiansund
Norway
Trident
Hitler
North Atlantic
Russia
Mussolini
Hideki Tojo
Indian Ocean
Australia
Pacific
Far East
Answers To War Quiz Ponders Nations and Rivers
A page five item lists quiz questions about Haiti’s flag, deserts hindering Australian settlement, and Burma’s Irrawaddy River. A stray line about valve caps and valve less pots appears as garbled text, indicating OCR noise amidst the readable facts.
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Haiti
Irrawaddy River
Burma
Senate Won't Stabilize Farm Prices
Washington May 34. Senator Bankhead says Senate sentiment shows President Roosevelt cannot win a revision of the farm price formula under the price control act. He doubts any serious attempt to alter them will be made. The president asked parity based ceiling flexibilities but Congress has not moved. Senate also debates TVA fund handling and an independent agencies appropriation as House moves to raise lowest military pay and bar quickie civilian commissions.
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Washington
Senator Bankhead
D-Ala
Senate
Roosevelt
Bankhead
Senate Farm Bloc
Congress
Congressional
Brown
D-Mich
TVA
McKellar
D-Tenn
Treasury
New tInd-Neb
Unidentified Freighter Beached Off New Jersey
In Sea Bright New Jersey an unidentified freighter with a hole in its side ran aground 200 yards offshore after a foggy collision at the mouth of New York harbor. No injuries were reported and Coast Guard crews prepared to tow the ship away while the mayor noted the crews remained aboard and a visible ship remained beached.
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Sea Bright
N. J
New York Harbor
Walter L. Sweeney
Fort Hancock
Ocean Drive
Atlantic Ocean
Coast Guard
Mayor Sweeney
Sweeney
Local Road Oiling Begins in Frederick County
Surface treatment of 175 miles of Frederick County highways to start within a day after asphalt supply approved by Robert E. L Putman Resident Engineer of the State Heads Commission. Weather will dictate completion in four to five days with a prior halt on asphalt due to War Production Board orders. a 15 day limit applies to pre April 24 projects. Schedule lists specific routes and mileage across the county from Braddock Boulevard to Thurmont and surrounding roads.
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Frederick County
Robert E. L Putman
State Heads Commission
War Production Board
County Roads Board
W Raymond Walter
Frederick
Putman
Braddock Boulevard
Jefferson
Brunswick
Burkittsville
Rosemont
Air raid drills planned in Berlin and major cities
German dispatches from Lisbon say May air raid exercises will involve large scale realism. The entire population must participate and violators of regulations face heavy fines.
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Berlin
Lisbon
Four destroyers launched in fifty minutes at Kearny yard
In Kearny New Jersey four destroyers slid into the Hackensack River in 50 minutes setting a world record. Governor Edison praised wartime effort while warning that ship production must rise to meet war needs. The ships honored Rear Admirals Fletcher Radford and Mervine and Sergeant Major Quick with Quick named for John Henry Quick.
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Kearny
N. J
Charles Edison
Hackensack River
Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Edison
Federal
United States Navy
United States Marines
Fletcher
Frank Friday Fletcher
Vera Cruz
Radford
William Radford
U. S. Ironsides
Quick
Mervine
John Henry Quick
William Mervine
Berlin
Tokyo
Navy Department
Theological Seminary Commencement Opens at Westminster
Westminster May 3 The Westminster Theological Seminary prepares for its 59th graduating class as Dr Charles E Forlines urges the candidates to keep religious and spiritual values central in ministry. The three day program begins with a morning sermon at Westminster Methodist Church.
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Westminster
Westminster Theological Seminary
Charles E Forlines
Christian Kingdom
Forlines
Westminster Methodist Church
John Albert Trader
Trinity Methodist Church
Salisbury
Lewis Guy Rohrbaugh
Dickinson College
Adna Wright Leonard
Washington
The
Methodist Church
Farlines
Car Upsets On Lawn Near Mo St Mars College Theatre
Miss Mary Keepers of Emmitsburg awoke Sunday to find a car overturned on her front lawn along Rowe 15 near Mars College Theatre. No one was seen in the vehicle, occupants fled on foot, lawn and shrub damage noted. No injuries reported. Also mentions two eclipses a year as a note.
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Mary Keepers
Emmitsburg
Rowe 15
Mo St Mars
City Officer Is Injured In Assault Case
Officer A Norman Dietz was injured by Winfred Perkinson on West All Saints street about 1130 Saturday night. Dietz treated at Frederick City Hospital with five stitches to a forehead wound and back on duty. Perkinson released on $1000 bond awaiting night court. Robert H Cline held for interfering with an officer. Additional weekend offenders include Boyle Shoemaker Hargett Shane Gray awaiting trial. Other larceny cases involve Johnson and Baumfardner with bonds set.
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Winfred Perkinson
Mt Airy
A. Norman Dietz
Alton Bennett
West All Saints Street
Perkinson
Dietz
Frederick City
Robert Harry Cline
Cornelis F Boyle
Ernest Shoemaker
Edward Hargett
Joe Shane
Sgt
Dasey
Lieut
Straley
J Brachey
Kanode
Marsh
Bell
Tyergar
Hoffman
Allen S Baritgis
Germans Tired Of Fighting Says Prisoner Ernst Friedrich
Soviet Information Bureau quotes Ernst Friedrich of the 58th Infantry Division describing surrender after Red Army intrusion into a dugout. He says winter was hellish, spring brings mud and cold water, and soldiers fear another brutal winter, expressing widespread weariness with the protracted war.
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Moscow
Soviet Information Bureau
Ernst Friedrich
58Th
Red Army
Hell
Lana
Russia
County Towns Week Brings Elections Across Carroll County
Voters in Walkersville Myersville and Mt Airy cast ballots for town offices with seven candidates vying for five council seats in Carroll County. Woodsboro re-elected incumbents including Dr G F Smith. Emmitsburg plans a lively contest among five new Burgess candidates. Calvin Keeney and Charles A. Ogle are unopposed in Walkersville and Mt Airy respectively. Dorsey remains the lone incumbent in council field amid withdrawals.
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Walkersville
Myersville
Mt. Airy
Carroll County
Woodsboro
G. F. Smith
Ira Houck
Jacob P. Feiser
L. Cramer Powell
Emmitsburg
Richard M. Zacharias
Calvin Keeney
Burgess
Kent C. Nicodemus
Clayborne Zimmerman
Charles A. Ogle
Harry W. Bellison
Lindsay L. Browning
Nathan G. Dorsey
Norman E. Etzler
Carl W. Smith
Walter L. Spurrier
C. M. van Poole
Watkins
Mr. Dorsey
Iran Watkins
Myersville Officials Expected to Win Re-Election
Testimony notes Dr. J. Stanley Grabill and William E. Wagner in the race. In Myersville the incumbent trio looks secure with Burgess John W. Eldridge and Commissioners Avery R. Browning, John M. Grossnickle, and William S. Wachtel all expected to be returned.
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J. Stanley Grabill
Wiliam E. Wagner
Myersville
John W. Eldridge
Avery R. Browning
John M. Grossnickle
William S. Wachtel
Tornado Toll Mounts in Oklahoma and Midwest
Pawhuska Oklahoma May 3 reports say 22 dead or missing after storm battered Northeast Oklahoma with tornados. The disaster area spans about 100 by 50 miles from Pawnee to Tulsa County with extensive injuries and property loss.
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Pawhuska
Okla
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Ilinois
Pawhuska and
Dewey
Okemah
Pawnee
Tulsa County
Pryor
Actress Barbara Lynn Weds California Officer in Vegas
Las Vegas report says screen actress Barbara Lynn aged 21 married James Roche 35, supervising inspector of the California Highway Patrol, who handed her a traffic ticket two years ago. The ceremony was performed by a justice of the peace.
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Las Vegas
iSccreen
Barbara Lynn
James Roche
California Highway Patrol
Roche
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