Schoolboy Killed Waiting for Bus Near Frederick
Charles Ross Zimmerman 11 died at Frederick City Hospital from injuries after being struck by a car on Route 340 about one mile west of Feagaville near Cherry Lane. The sixth grader waited with peers for a school bus to Elm Street School. Funeral set for Thursday at 2 PM.
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Charles Ross Zimmerman
Frederick City Hospital
Feagaville
Cherry Lane
Roger E. Zimmerman
Frederick
Route 4
Corp
Truman Moon
McClure H. Haupt
Elm Street
John W. Null
Earl P. Looker
Haupt
George H. Seiler
M. R. Etchison and Sons
Frederick Community Chest drive gains early momentum
Red feathers appear on Frederick streets as the Community Chest targets 16520 for charity religious and youth activities. A. C. Stine says early returns show Navy forces led by Edward D. Storm, with Army under G. William Stultz expected to boost results as the thermometer rises and totals are released Wednesday.
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Frederick
A. C. Stine
Stine
Federated Charities
South Market Street
Navy
Edward D. Storm Arej
G. William Stultz
New York May Stock Market Edges Through Narrow Path
In New York on May 5 buyers showed cautious confidence as leaders moved on a narrow, irregular course. Early dealings were light with waning interest in utilities and rails. Small rains appeared near the fourth hour while many issues held steady or were slightly off.
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New York
Vichy Scare as Unidentified Planes Drop Flares Over City
Unannounced planes over Vichy and Clermont Ferrand dropped observation flares and leaflets amid anti aircraft fire. Sleepers were awakened around 130 am by engines and explosions, though no bombs were reported. Residents watched flares and heard roars from overhead as questions rose about RAF operations in the provisional capital.
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Vichy
France
Clermont- Ferrand
RAF
Japs Reach Wanting After Burman Road Breakthrough
Japanese troops drove up the Burma Road into Yunnan Province crossing the Wanting River near the border town Wanting as fighting rages. The advance from Lashio followed a 90 mile push along the supply route toward Chungking 670 miles away amid reports of air strikes and a burning town.
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Chungking
China
Yunnan i
Burma
Wanting
Yunnan
Yungchang
Mekong River
Tokyo
Asahi
Rangoon
Lashio
United States
Joseph W Stilwell
Commissioners To Attend Property Sale In Prince George County
The County Commissioners with attorney William M. Storm will attend the public sale of real estate belonging to Jack T Brown in Upper Marlboro to satisfy a $2,500 bond forfeited in the George J. Blake criminal cases. State's Attorney Patrick M. Schnauffer and Sheriff Horace Mlexander inspected the property yesterday.
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William M. Storm
Jack T Brown
Upper Marlboro
Prince George's
George J. Blake
Blake
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Horace Mlexander
Naval Reserve Ensigns Commissioned at Academy Exercises
Edward Combs of Emmitsburg was among 574 reserve midshipmen commissioned as Naval Reserve ensigns during morning exercises at the United States Naval Academy. Vice Admiral 8 M Robinson delivered the principal address.
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Edward Combs
Emmitsburg
United States Naval Academy
8. M. Robinson
Sugar ration book registration tops one fifth of city population
Approximately 11 000 residents registered on Monday with 10 131 applying and 9 861 ration books issued. Officials clarified stamp use from No 1 through No 4, noting only No 1 valid this two week period. Heaviest registration occurred at North Market Street School.
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Family
Eugene W. Pruitt
Frederick
Brunswick
Attacks In Three Sectors Hint Major Russian Offensive
Russian assaults in the Kursk Khar kov and Taganrog sectors of the southern front were reported as signaling a large Soviet push. The actions, led by Marshal Semeon Timoshenko, come as Moscow reports massed forces and a message to Ukrainian residents declaring the Red Army is approaching to liberate them.
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London
Kursk
Kharkov
Taganrog
Semeon Timoshenko
Stockholm
Timoshenko
Russia
Moscow
Pulitzer Winners Highlight The News Staff
The News features Larry Allen AP correspondent as Pulitzer prize winner for international reporting and Herblock cartoonist also honored. Allen’s naval Mediterranean war coverage stood out. Block’s cartoon British Plane earned praise and daily appearance on page 4.
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Larry Allen
Associated Press
Mediterranean
United States
Herbert Lawrence Block
Herblock
The
News
NEA
Generals Tell Hitler To Win Or Get Out
London reports a group led by Field Marshal Von Brauchitsch warned Hitler that if the 1942 campaign in Russia fails they will press for an alternate plan to abolish the Nazi system. They may seek to replace or reform Hitler and potentially push for a negotiated peace. Goering is mentioned in connection with political frictions.
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Hitler
London
Adolf Hitler
Walther von Brauchitsch
Fuehrer
Russia
Germany
von Brauchitsch
Supreme Command
Moscow
Fedor von Bock
Franz Halder
Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
Europe
Gestapo
von Brauchitsch Clique
Champeon
Bombers Hit Mingaladon Air Base Near Rangoon
U S Army Air Forces bombers attacked Mingaladon airfield just north of Rangoon amid a thunderstorm. They dropped 250 and 500 pound bombs on runways and hangars, causing large fires and explosions. Flyer's Lieuts. Fountain and Kennan led the missions. all aircraft returned safely.
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New Delhi
United States
Rangoon
Lewis H. Brereton
Mingaladon
Willard A. Fountain
James H. Kennan
Fountain
United States Army Air Force
First Day of War Bond Pledges Satisfactory
The first day of the war bond pledge campaign passed satisfactorily, with local chairman W. Clinton McSherry noting ongoing efforts through Thursday to collect regular pledges. Canvassers distribute stickers for households supporting bond purchases as part of the sugar registration drive. Meanwhile the Navy announced a medium sized United Nations merchant vessel and a British merchant ship were torpedoed off the Atlantic coast with survivors landed at an east coast port.
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W. Clinton McSherry
Toda
KcSherry
Washington
United Nations
Atlantic
U S Builds Up Army to Six Million Men
Washington May 5 The Army is building to a strength of 600000 men. Undersecretary of War Patterson testified for extending War Department powers to commission civilians as Army officers. He urged the House Military committee not to hinder the war effort with tight commissioning restrictions.
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Washington
Patterson
War Department
House Military Committee
RAF Attacks Skoda Armament Works and Stuttgart Raid
RAF strikes hit the Skoda armament plant at Pilsen and the Stuttgart manufacturing city in southwest Germany, marking a second raid on Pilsen within ten days. The night operation involved Stirling bombers carrying heavy loads, while RAF fighters patrolled nearby waters. Four German planes were shot down, and Czech pilot credits highlighted multiple air victories.
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London
Skoda
Pilsen
Stuttgart
Germany
Nantes
Great Heights
Czecho- Slovakia
Air Ministry
RAF
France
Bosch
Daimler and Benz
Hirth
Hhich
Sharphern
Cowes
Channel
Portsmouth
Eastbourne
Dover Strait
Bath
Exeter
York
England
French Submarine And Tender Sunk At Madagascar
British forces landed at Courier Bay on Madagascar in a dawn operation aimed at Diego Suarez. Vichy broadcasts claimed French troops resisted. Berlin reports said a French submarine and tender were sunk while fighting continued.
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London
Madagascar
Vichy
Diego Suarez
Courier Bay
France
Jules Brevie
Laval
Brevie
Indian Ocean
Reuters
Petain
Darlan
Berlin
DNB
Fernand de Brinon
Paris
Guilleumet
Special Service
Admiralty War Office
R. G. Sturges
Royal Marines
Gallipoli
E. N. Syfret
Madagas
Car
United Nations
Axis
United States
Washington
North Carolina
Theme i
Jap Island Bases Again Are Smashed
Allied air forces hit Japanese island bases above Australia and repelled a raid on Port Moresby. Five Japanese planes were shot down by Allied fighters as nine heavy bombers escorted by ten Zero fighters attacked. Bombers hit Lae and Rabaul targets, damaging aircraft and supply dumps. Corregidor and Mindanao also saw action. The Australian war cabinet created the Allied Supply Council with Beasley Mekin Keane Dedman and a US representative named.
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Australia
Port Moresby
United Nations
Lae
New Guinea
Rabaul
New Britain
Philippines
Corregidor
Mindanao
Corregidor and Mindanao
War Department
Washington
Supply Council
Australian War Cabinet
Canberra
Allied Supply Council
John A. Beasley
Herman J. M. Mekin
RR. V. Keane
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U.S
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