City and County Cancel All Public School Field Meets This Year
Superintendent Eugene W. Pruitt announced cancellation of all athletic field meets in city and county public schools due to added duties from rationing registration programs. Several division meets were called off including elementary meets in Thurmont Woodsboro and Middletown, plus the high school meet at Frederick High School.
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Eugene W. Pruitt
Thurmont
Woodsboro
Middletown
Elm Street
Pruitt
Frederick High School
Frederick County Fair Grounds
Bombers Smash Jap Bases From Australia to New Guinea
Allied bombers struck Japanese bases above Australia in ongoing efforts to curb enemy buildup. Attacks hit Lae in ten days and Rabaul in four days, with hits observed in the target area. Canberra also named Air Commodore George Jones as chief of air staff and reported the death of Squadron Leader J F Jackson in a New Guinea air battle.
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Australia
Toay
Lae
New Guinea
Rabaul
New Britain
John W. Curtin
Canberra
George Jones
Royal Australian Air Force
Jones
Australian Flying Corps
Australian Air Department
RAAF
J. F. Jackson
Akyab Airfield Captured in Japanese Broadcast
Japanese broadcasts claim the capture of Akyab airfield south of the Burma India border, 300 miles from Calcutta, noting Akyab was a former British Burma port. The report says the airfield fell on Monday after heavy Japanese raids.
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Tokyo
Imperial
Akyab
Burma-India
Calcutta
Burma
Jap Time Table By The Associated Press
A concise wartime chronology listing key Japanese advances in the Philippines and Pacific theaters with dates for Hong Kong Manila Singapore Batavia Rangoon Bataan and Corregidor.
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Associated Press
Philippines
Hongkong
Manila
Singapore
Batavia
Rangoon
Bataan
Corregidor
Half Of City County Signs In 2 Days For Ration Books
Frederick city and county reported brisk sugar ration book registrations over two days with 28 600 applications filed. North Market street school led with about 2 000 registrants, Parkway School about 1 300, and 27 539 books issued overall. Registrants were urged to arrive early to avoid late rushes and stamps for sugar purchases began to be issued.
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Frederick City
Board of Education
Frederick
North Market Street
Eugene W. Pruitt
Parkway School
Bombers destroy 40 Japanese planes at Mingaladon airbase
U S bombers from India struck Mingaladon airfield north of Rangoon destroying 40 Japanese planes and badly damaging 25 more in a second successive raid. Major Gen. Lewis H. Brereton led three flights, starting fires visible 70 miles away, with RAF support targeting barges and materials on the Chindwin river amid heavy anti aircraft and fighter opposition.
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New Delhi
India
Mingaladon
Rangoon
Lewis H. Brereton
Burma
RAF
Chindwin
U.S. Army Air Force
Monywa
China
Yunnan
OCD To Give Gas Defense Instructions At Monday Meeting
A general meeting of all protective services of the Office of Civilian Defense in the city and county is set for next Monday at six at Frederick High School auditorium. Maryland Extension Service will conduct the lecture and demonstration on gas defense, with Chief J W Just possibly attending to speak and assist. A moving picture titled Warning will show bombing scenes from England and gas defense work by British Defense Corps. Clopper will demonstrate gas masks and gas warfare principles. All OCD units are urged to attend. admission is by ticket distributed from the OCD office.
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Protective Services
Office of Civilian Defense
Frederick High School
of Maryland Extension Service
J. W. Just
OCD
England
Defense Corps
Clopper
Peice
Ambulance Corps
UMW Buys $1 Million Treasury Bonds in Boost to Aid
The United Mine Workers of America CIO bought a new issue of Treasury bonds worth $1,000,000 in Washington on May 6. Secretary-treasurer Thomas Kennedy presented a $5,000 miners’ treasury check to the Army Emergency Relief Association, duplicating a recent donation to the Navy Relief fund.
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Washington
United Mine Workers of America
CIO
Treasury Bonds
Thomas Kennedy
Miners’ Treasury
Army Emergency Relief Association
Navy Relief Fund
New York
British Drive on Madagascar Reaches Diego Suarez
British forces face heavier casualties as they advance in northern Madagascar toward Diego Suarez and Antsirana. Admiralty reports continued operations with naval aircraft support while French resistance remains stubborn, with airfields and coastal bases under threat.
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Diego Suarez
Madagascar
London
Admiralty War Office
Indian Ocean
Antsirana
Courrier Bay
Tulear
Crete
Boy Bicyclist Struck By Auto On Route 40
Walter Edward Wallace, nine, son of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Wallace of King avenue, was struck by an automobile while riding a bicycle on Route 40 near King avenue east of Frederick. He was among schoolchildren awaiting a bus. he was taken to Frederick City Hospital in not serious condition, mainly shock. Trooper William M. Houck said the driver, Austin C. Schultz of Mt. Airy, swung across the road as the car approached in the opposite direction. No charges yet. investigation ongoing.
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King Avenue
Frederick
Walter Edward Wallace
John H. Wallace
Parkway School
William M. Houck
State Police
Austin C. Schultz
Mt. Airy
Frederick City
Marblehead cruiser sails home torn but afloat after war bombs
The US light cruiser Marblehead arrived at an eastern port badly damaged and doused in water as she completed a 13,000 mile voyage from the Dutch East Indies. Bombed twice and hit underwater once, the ship remained afloat with steering gear disabled and crew praised for refusing to abandon ship. The Navy called the voyage a testament to captain and crew's resolve to bring wounds of war home for healing.
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Washington
United States
Marblehead
Navy
Dutch East Indies
Macassar Strait
Hull says Vichy to receive US reply on Madagascar stance
Secretary of State Hull stated that Vichy s rejection of the American note backing Britain over Madagascar would elicit a reply. He did not specify whether the response would be a note or action. Hull avoided commitments on diplomatic sentiment or potential moves against Vichy bases near the Panama Canal.
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Washington
Hull
Vichy
Madagascar
United Nations
United States
Rail Wreck Triggers Oil Tollgate WV Blaze
A wreck of a 30 car Baltimore and Ohio oil train near Tollgate West Virginia on May 6 released 13 derailed tank cars, each carrying 10 000 gallons, igniting flaming oil that destroyed three homes and a grocery store and threatened two more residences and the Tollgate post office. No injuries reported as crews battled the fire and the state road commission closed the highway while a bridge burned. The Pennsboro fire department fought the flames but made little headway as oil flowed along the railroad right of way and toward Hughes River.
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Tollgate
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio
Tollgate Post Office Railroad
Hughes River
State Road Commission
Pennsboro Fire Department
Jap Advance into Yunnan Continues
A Chinese army communique says Japanese troops which crossed from Burma are pushing northeast into Yunnan along the Burma road. The status of Wanting, a frontier station on the Burma road, remains obscure.
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Chungking
Burma
Yunnan Province
Contributions To Chest Total 3229 On Second Day
Contributions to the Community Chest reached 3229 by close of the second day of the annual drive as A C Stine chairman notes. Navy forces led with 23 percent of quota, Army at 14 18 percent. Prizes will be awarded Thursday night at the Key hotel with caps, team and individual categories, and items from Union Manufacturing and Sears among others.
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Community Chest
A. C. Stine
Navy
Edward D. Storm
Army
G. William Stultz
Stine
Francis Scott Key
Naval Division
Union Manufacturing Company
Everedy Company
Economy Oil Company
Ox Fibre Brush Company
Young Men's Shop
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Physical Tests Planned Soon
Both local Draft Boards plan physical examinations for men registered in the February third registration and expect some to be inducted in June or shortly after. Questionnaires have been sent to many registrants with several placed tentatively in Class 1 pending exams. May calls will come from lists of the February and third registrations as boards prepare for possible dependency deferment restrictions and begin mailing occupational forms.
Corregidor Falls to Japanese After Siege at Manila Bay
Japanese forces capture Corregidor after 28 days of bombardment and a day of intensive shelling and air attacks. Lt. Gen. Wainwright reported heavy casualties among American and Filipino defenders, with barbed wire and machine gun positions destroyed and island forts on Manila Bay surrendering. Japanese forces also landed reinforcements near Mindanao while bombing operations continued elsewhere.
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Washington
Corregidor Fortress
War Department
Manila Bay
Corregidor
Manilla Bay
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Wainwright
Bataan
Malangang
Cotabato
Mindanao
Pulangi River
Digos
Davao Gulf
Brereton
India
Mingaladen
Rangoon
Fort Mills
Drum
Hughes
Frank
Russia's Spring Reserve Division Wins Over Germans
Moscow reports that Russia's first spring division, pulled from Siberian reserves, scored a victory over Germany and captured a key river valley. Red Star says the vanguard, formed in winter, reached the front last month and showed strength in its first combat. Dispatches note German counter-attacks near Kharkov and Taganrog failed to regain lost ground.
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Moscow
Russia
Siberia
Red Star
London
Semeon Timoshenko
Ukraine
Kharkov
Taganrog
Uncle Sam May Get Your Car
Senator Hill said Henderson and Patterson endorsed in principle a bill to authorize government requisition of private automobiles with payment. A second measure would set a 40 mile speed limit and allow confiscation of cars for violations. The remarks came in a Senate Military Committee session.
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Washington
Hill
D-Ala
Price
Leon Henderson
Robert P. Patterson
Senate Military Committee
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Ameripol
Goodyear
North Market St. School
U.S
All Protective Services
Treasury
UMW
Island
France
Beveziers
Orient
Uncle Sam
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