Milk price boost sought for Frederick market amid shortages
Frederick milk producers and dealers awaited word on extended OPA price increases after similar boosts in Baltimore Annapolis and Washington areas. Local market officials hoped subsidies from the Commodity Credit Corporation would keep consumer prices steady, while state OPA and national offices reviewed the situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beederick City
OPA
Frederick
Maryland
Washington
Baltimore
Baltimore-Annapolis
Commodity Credit Corporation
Baltimore-Annagelis
Tne
New York
Brakes Fail Damage on West Patrick Street Fence
A parked dump truck failed to hold and rolled backward across West Patrick street smashing a fence at 427 West Patrick Street. The Howard Soser Inc truck driven by Clarence L Justus caused the damage and an agreement to pay 10 dollars was reached with no charges filed by Officer Earl Sittig.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Patrick Street
S. L. Stuay
Howard Soser
Earl Sittig
Leetown Merchant James W. Strider Dies at 76
James W. Strider 76 a Leetown merchant and brother of Bishop R E L Strider of the West Virginia Episcopal Diocese died today at his home in Leetown He was born at Rose Hill Leetown in 1863 8 and long served as president of the Bank of Charles Town as well as secretary of the Jefferson County Democratic executive committee He is survived by his widow five sons three daughters and a sister Mrs Andrew Willis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Town
W. Va
James W. Strider
Leetown
R. E. L. Strider
West Virginia
Strider
Rose Hill
Bank of
Jefferson County
Democratic Executive Committee
Andrew Willis
Should Have Been A Jap Los Angeles Item
Curtis Shetish, 20, a restaurant kitchen worker in Los Angeles, talked about attacks on enemies. He acted out with a butcher knife, slashing imaginary foes and nicked his own thigh, then rushed to the hospital with the accidental wound. Shel ton was present during the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Curtis Shetish
Shelton
Devers Named New Commander In Europe
General Jacob L. Devers was appointed by Secretary Stimson to command American troops in the European theater, succeeding the late General Frank Andrews who died in a plane crash in Iceland. Devers has led the Armored Force from Fort Knox and will soon move to England after study across European and North African theaters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jacob L. Devers
Stimson
Frank M. Andrews
Andrews
Iceland
Devers
England
London
York
West Point
Fort 51
Oklo
Europe
United States
Panama Canal Department
Washington Provisional Brigade
D C
Bombing of Attu Island by Navy heavy bombers and fighters
Navy communique reports Liberator heavy bombers and Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighters bombed Japanese installations on Attu Island in western Aleutians on May 4 and 6. Bomb hits reported at Holtz Bay and Chichagof harbor with no new action at Kiska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Attu Island
Aleutians
North Pacific
Liberator
Holtz Bay
Newspaper Association Protest on Right to Gather News
In New York on May 1 a fire man committee of the American Newspaper Publishers Association was named to protest the right of newspapers to gather and disseminate information. Linwood I. Noyes of Ironwood, Michigan, as a station president, was announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Linwovl
Pay As You Go Income Tax Plan Analyzed By Commentators
James Marlow and George Zielke dissect the Pay-As-You-Go plan noting its disparate effects across taxpayers. The plan shifts some taxes to future years, retains upper-bracket surtaxes, and imposes penalties for poor estimates while detailing wage earner impacts and farm-specific rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Ime Viclonya
Stalin Signals Polish Independence Postwar
Stalin in a letter to Ralph Parker of the New York Times advocates a strong independent Poland after World War II. He states U S S R aims for solid neighborly ties or a mutual defense alliance against Germany. London reports Sikorski says the Polish government-in-exile will respond positively to Soviet initiatives aiding Poland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mey
Joseph Stalin
Russia
New York Times
Moscow
Ralph Parker
Parker
Stalin
U. SS. A
Poland
Hitler
Anedine
Transactionahie
Soviet Union
London
Premie Wladyslaw Sikorski
Times
Sikorski
The
Wounded Co Soldier Arrives In New York
A letter from Pvt Charles E. Leatherman says he is recuperating at Halloran General Hospital on Staten Island New York. He notified his mother Mrs Annie K Leatherman of Middletown that he arrived recently but could not say when he might return home. Leatherman was wounded March 29 while in action on the Tunisian front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Leatherman
Halloran General Hospital
Staten Island
New York City
Annie K Leatherman
Middletown
New York
Pyi Leatherman
Baltimore Executives Convicted of Mail Fraud in Triumph Explosives Case
Conviction handed down for Gustav H. Kann of Pittsburgh and Joseph B. Decker of Elkton. Federal jury found them guilty on five counts of using the mails to defraud Triumph Explosives Inc. of over 84000 dollars. Jury deliberated about an hour after a two hour judge's charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Triumph Explosives, Inc
Elkton
Gustav H. Kann
Pittsburgh
Joseph B. Decker
An Hou
W. Calvin Chesnut
And She Did Oakland. May Pi-Price Fray in Public Theft
Cal matron Augusta Farley questioned a pickpocket suspect in Oakland. The suspect coughed and yielded a $10 bill as the scene unfolded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Cal, May &Pi—Price
Augusta Farley
Plane Crash in Bad Weather Kills General Andrews
The Iceland crash that killed Lieut. Gen. Frank M. Andrews and 13 others occurred in rain and low clouds near Grindavik. The rear gunner Lt. Sgt. George A. Eisel survived. Also among the dead were Bishop Adnan Leonard and other U.S. and allied officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Iceland
Frank M. Andrews
United States Army
Grindavik
Tne
George A. Eisel
Andrews
United States
Adnan Leonard
Episcopal Church of Washington
Pec
Public Works Plan Urged For Postwar Employment
Maj. Gen. Philp B. Fleming, FWA administrator, urged today that plans be laid now for a national program of public works to stimulate employment in the postwar period.
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Chicago
Philp B. Fleming
Federal Works Agency
Red Army advances in Caucasus and Kuban frontier fights
The Moscow radio reported Red Army gains in the Caucasus near Krymskaya and near Novorossisk as Soviet forces storm new German defenses. Siege battles, heavy artillery, and bombing attacks disrupted Axis lines and jeopardized supply routes toward the Black Sea port of Novorossisk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Red
Krymskaya
Caucasus
Moscow Radio
Moscow
Red Army
Naot Letty
Novorossisk
Hay
Krymekaya
Kuban
Black Sea
Dava
Stemaing
Hitler
Berlin
Kubsu
Protoka
Young Student Pilot Dies Near Hagerstown Flight
A Marine Corps student pilot in training at Hagerstown airport died after his plane crashed on a Greencastle Pennsylvania farm. He was pulled from the wreckage by George Swisher and others. the solo flight began at 6:45 a.m. and the pilot did not return, prompting a search. The Henson Flying Service trained the students under a government contract.
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Hagerstown
Marine Corps
Washington County
Greencastle
George Swisher
Henson Flying Service
Ayer
Widow Accepts $10 In Full Settlement Of Son Death
Orphans Court disclosed that Mrs Estella Zimmerman of this city has been authorized to accept $10 in full settlement for any pain and suffering Roscoe D Zimmerman may have sustained in a February 9 automobile crash near Catonsville. The vehicle driven by Augustine Wickless collided with a truck owned by R and R Express Company Inc and Bird and Son Inc, killing the passenger. The petition asks approval of the settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans Court Recouin
Estella H. Zimmerman
Roscoe D. Zimmerman
Frederick
Catonsville
Zimmerman
Augustine Wickless
Cllision
William Stinch+comb
R Express Company, Inc
Bird and Son, Inc
Allied continental operations planned this summer says OWI chief
Director Elmer Davis of the Office of War Information states there will be Allied operations on continental Europe this summer. He notes a possible temporary hold at Bizerte to finish off Axis resistance while invasion plans proceed, and stresses continuous pressure on Germany from British French and American troops. He cites Axis propaganda as fear of invasion grows.
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Washington
Elmer Davis
Ofice of War Information
Europe
Davis
Conline
Bizerte
Dil
Tunisia
Germany
Rome
Berlin
Italia
Eourt
Dejebel Chemtj
Lake Achkel
Djebel Achkel
Sidi Salem
Ferryville
Lewis Stays Out Of Meeting Over Coal Wage Dispute
Washington May 6 Jonn J Lewis and the United Mine Workers again did not send representatives to War Labor Board hearings on the coal wage dispute. The panel resumed behind closed doors with about 30 operators present. Anthracite operators announced they would appear in Washington tomorrow before the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jonn J. Lewis
United Mine Workers
War Labor Board
UMW
WLB
Charles O'Neil
Appalachian
New York
John Lewis Umw
Hood Graduate Is Made Post Librarian
Miss Eleanor K. Hocker of Sherman Tex appointed post librarian at Fort Adams. Hood College graduate 1908 and Simmons Library School 1939, formerly at Elmwood Public Library Providence two years. First civilian to head fort library. native of Portland Oregon.
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Fort Adams
Eleanor K. Hocker
North Woods
Sherman
Tex
Carl FE Hocker
Hocker
Winling al Tut Adams
Hood College
Frederick Md
Simmons College Library School
Elmwood Public Library
Providence
American Library
Fori Library
Portland
Ore
British First Army Breaks Through To Tunis Plains
British First Army and U S troops push toward Bizerte in Tunisia driving from Djebel Achkel and Djebel Bou Anukaz. The advance along the Medjerda river valley includes mopping up the 1,687 foot peak and tightening the pincer toward Tebourba with heavy air and artillery support.
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Tunis
U.S
Bizerte
Cheniti
Naval Base
Djebel Achkel
Djebel Cheniti
Lake Achkel
Mediterranean
North Africa
i—American
Tun
Djebel Bou Aoukaz
Medjez-El-Bab
Northwest African
Axi
Sicilian
Flying Fortresses
la Goulette
U. S
First Army
K. A. N. Anderson
Djebet Bou Anukaz
Medjerda
Tebourba
United States
Eddekhila
Tunia
Miss Helfenstein to Sponsor Destroyer Named for Countian
Miss Helfenstein, alumna and secretary of Hood College, travels from Frederick to Bath Maine to christen the destroyer Stembel. The vessel honors Civil War Rear Admiral Roger Nelson Stembel, a Frederick County hero born in Middletown.
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Miss Helfenstein
Countian
Boston
Uncle Sams
Maine
Mass
Farm Labor Supply Expected Sufficient for 143 Million C...
Washington May reports that Farm Labor Administrator Chester C. Davis says the labor supply should be sufficient to produce and harvest a 143 crop up to the levels of the announced goals.
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Washington
Chester C. Davis
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U. S. Infantry
Leetown, W. Va
Gen. Devers
Armored
Gen. Andrews
Gen
J. L. Devers
James Marlow
George Zielke
Owe
Lewis
Californis
Helfenstein
Stembel
France
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