Final Physical Examination Called for 33 Baltimore Men
Draft Board One released a list of 33 white men from Baltimore and surrounding areas called for final physical examinations and probable induction. The group includes four volunteers and many from the childless married class or the 18 year old registrants. Nineteen locals are named, with addresses across Baltimore and nearby towns, including police officer Earl E. Sittig and several Brunswick, Frederick, Knoxville, Middletown, and Union Bridge residents. The compilation covers multiple streets and routes, reflecting a broad draft call for military service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Armed Services
Earl E. Sittig
Richard Melvin Allison
North Market Street
John William Stewart
West G Street
Brunswick
Paul Arlington Rockwell
Jacob Worthington Shinnick
East Church Street
The
Volunteers
Vernon Theodore Bear
West South Street
Charles Clinton Grove
Union Bridge
Leroy Sylvester Baker
Adamstown
Irvin Levi Kinsey
South Street
Samuel Elwood Crone
Middletown
Michael Joseph Mulcahey
East Fifth Street
Franklin Eugene Rohrback
Maple i Avenue
Bernard Victor Kreh
North Bentz Street
Melvin Leroy Lindsay
East Sixth Street
Paul Franklin Bohn
Kenneth Michael Sharrer
Lionel Leighton Burras
Motter
John Samuel Wesley Spur- Tier
East Seventh Street
William Filmore Shafer
Knoxville
Edward Fern Mull
Patrick Street
Earl Ellsworth Sittig
Donald James Morgan
Fifth Street
Paul Daniel Higdon
South Market Street
Clarence William Kennan
Luther Sylvester Lynn
Lawrence Henry Walsh
East Patrick Street
Edward Benjamin Jones, Jr
Richard Atlee Beachley
Main Street
Henry Hoffman Delauter
Guy Floyd Stockman
Frederick
Remsen
Sixteen Small Forest Fires in Frederick and Eastern Washington
District Forest Warden Herman Tome reported sixteen spring fires across Frederick and eastern Washington counties. Estimated timberland damage stands at $750.95 with 210 acres burned in total. The largest blaze near Boonsboro consumed over 134 acres before crews from a local campers group and Potomac Edison workers contained it. Average burn per fire is about 13.2 acres. most fires started from brush and grass. none linked to arson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Washington
Herman Tome
Boonsboro
Conscientious Objectors
Potomac Edison Company
Frederick County
Boonstoro
Tom
Prisoners To Reach into Five Figures
Allied Headquarters in North Africa announced that many thousands of prisoners have been captured in the Tunisian offensive. The total will be disclosed later and is expected to reach five figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied
North Africa
Avergutes
Report Three British Merchant Ships At Gibraltar Torpedoed
At Gibraltar Bay in La Linea Spain three British merchant ships were beached after a sequence of explosions at 6 a m. An Axis submarine attack was reported but not immediately confirmed by officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibraltar
la Linea
Spain
Gibraltar Bay
Flowers Strewn On U S Tanks By Happy French In Bizerte
French crowds greeted American tanks as they entered the Mediterranean port of Bizerte Tunisia on May 7. The British First Army moved into Tunis at 2:50 p.m. while U S forces reached Bizerte at 4:15 p.m. American and French troops pressed the Axis stronghold amid cheering scenes as combat engineers set off explosions further inland and remnants of German guns opened fire from across the canal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Bizerte
Tunisis
Biserte
Talltical
Mediterranean
Tunis
Bizert
Artul
Speedy Shattering Of Axis In North Africa Delights AUU.S. Washington
Allied troops quickly shattered the Axis bastion of Northern Tunisia with rapid advances to Mateur and Bizerte. Patton’s Second Army Corps seized key peaks near Tunis, paving the way for Tunis and Bizerte’s fall. British First Army captured Djebel Bou Aoukaz, opening the road to Tunis as Rommel’s Afrika Korps faces a tightening Allied grip. Estimates place Axis strength around 150,000 in Tunisia with most cut off north of Tunis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Axis
North Africa
Auu.s
Tunis
Bizerte
U. S. Army
George S. Patton
Djebe] Tahent
Mateur
Vital
Tunisia
Mateus
Ferreville
First Army
Djebel
Cap Bon
Erwin Rommels
Russ Polish Rift Widens
The rift between Russia and Poland deepened as both sides issued sharp state ments and London sources said reconciliation seemed unlikely. Moscow radio reported Premier Stalin met British ambassador Sir Archibald Clark Kerr with Foreign Commissar Molotov in a conference, as the Davies mission to Moscow was awaited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Russia
Poland
United Nations
Moscow
Stalin
Archibald Clark Kerr
Molotov
Joseph E. Davies
U. S
Bradley Led Second Corps Into Bizerte, Allies Win
General Dwight D. Eisenhower disclosed that Major General Omar N. Bradley commanded the 1st 5th Second Corps drive into Bizerte taking over from Lieutenant General George S. Patton Jr. when Americans moved north on April 7. Eisenhower hailed Tunis and Bizerte fall but warned the fight would continue until all German forces were removed from African soil. The 994th Tank Destroyer Battalion led entry into Bizerte at 4 15 p m yesterday, shortly after Ferryville was seized by First U S Armored Division forces and the British entered Tunis. The Derbyshire Yeomanry and Eleventh Hussars with Eighth Army followed in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Africa
Dwight DB. Eisenhower
Omar N. Bradley
Bizerte
George S Patton, Jr
Eisenhower
Tunis
Igi
Bradley
Patton
Maknussy
Deligh
Ferryville
Derbyshire Yeomanry
Eleventh
Hussars
Eighth Army
el? Alamein
Seven More Raids From New Base On Attu And Kiska
Washington reports American air forces from new Aleutian positions attacked Attu seven times on Thursday and hit Japanese base on Kiska five times. The attacks came from a base on Amekka Island, 63 nautical miles from Kiska and 233 from Attu, as disclosed by the Navy amid ongoing campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Aleutian Islands
Attu Island
Kiska Island
Ameaitka Island
Kiska
Ana
Attu
Mystery Marriage Message Spurs Deed Office Probe
In Charlotte on May 8 the Register of Deeds office received a postcard asking if a marriage license exists under the sender’s name. John R. Renfrow, serving as Register of Deeds, sent the card to the postcard sender requesting more identifying data before tracing the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
N.C
Farmer Seiler killed by bull near Owings Mills
May 8 report from Dr Wyse, Baltimore County medical examiner, states 73 year old farmer Seiler was fatally gored by a bull at his farm in Owings Mills while guiding cows to a barn after others tending the herd were momentarily away tending a woods fire. Verdict ruled accidental death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owings Mills
Oscar HL. Seiler
W. Ple Wyse
Baltimore County Medical Examiner
Seer
Seiler
Wyse
Use Financial Crutch To Roll Back Prices
Washington May 8 M The article explains food subsidies as a financial crutch to lower or stabilize consumer prices and curb inflation. It outlines direct payments or government purchases to offset added costs in production and distribution, with comparisons to subsidies in transportation and Canada, and notes potential tax-funded long-term benefits and risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marlow
George Zlelke
Washington
U. S
Canada
Three Nazi Planes Shot Down Over Britain
London reports a German raid with three planes taking part, forced back by dawn alarm as anti aircraft defenses claim a craft in flames at Benficet Essex near the Thames. Additional enemy machines were downed during raids over Britain and one over northern France. A Baltimore clothing maker faced OPA charges for overcharges and settled by contributing 88.50 to the Treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
London i
Cty
Violent Battle Near Novorossisk In Progress
A report from May 11 describes a fierce battle southwest of Ne Berdjevskaya as German forces attempt to halt the Soviet advance toward the Black Sea port of Novorossisk. Red Army units push south, countering German and Romanian lines with tank counterattacks while Soviet air forces bomb Axis troops and artillery, creating a temporary setback for the Axis counteroffensive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Neberdjevskaya
Niles
Novorossisk
Black Sea
Red Army Trnils
Kaban
Nosornssisk
Government Men Strike Pittsburgh
Fourteen hundred string mine workers returned to work near California Pennsylvania while 500 men at another Pennsylvania mine quit, leaving more than 2,000 still idle as President Roosevelt signaled no expected strike since miners are government employees. A Jones and Laughlin Steel spokesman said workers at Shannopin mine Bedtown did not report for the 7 am shift. Vesta No. 4 at California resumed after a late night district 5 United Mine Workers meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
California
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Jones& Laughin Steel Corporation
Shannopin
Bedtown
Vesta No
Cour J. & L
District 5
United Mine Workers
Allied North Africa Victory Sparks Global Reactions
Chinese quarters cheer Allied Tunis Bizerte victory as turning point in war. Informed sources hope Africa opens aid to China and shifts focus to defeating Japan. Moscow hails fall of Bizerte and Tunis as a second front advance. U.S. senators say the victory could ease Mediterranean shortages and aid war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Chungking
Tunis
Bizerte
Japan
Ine Racine
Changsha
Motor Corps Meets in Frederick County Chapter
The Motor Corps of the Frederick County Chapter held an evening sale at the Y M C A. Mrs William M. Storm way was appointed adjutant and Mrs Charles S. Houck Jr. Mrs Manuel M. Weinberg and Mrs Sam W. Maples were named lieutenants. The corps annual report of activities was presented by Captain Mrs F Earle Shriner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Motor Corps
Frederick County
Y. M. CA
William M. Stormway
Charles 5. Houck, Jr
Manuel M. Weinberg
Sam W. Maples
F. Earle Shriner
Allied forces sweep toward Tunis in North Africa drive
Allied troops pushed from conquered Tunis and Bizerte as Gen Eisenhower said the pursuit would continue while any German resistance remained on African soil. French and British units seized Pont Diabs and high ground east, rolling up the Axis southern front as Tunis and Bizerte fell. Air forces sank vessels in Tunis harbor and along the Straits of Sicily, signaling a major success days short of six months since the initial landings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Africa
Tunis
Bizerte
Dwight D. Eisenhower
French North Africa
Pont Diahs
Eisenhower
Africa
Mediterranean
Europe
Harold Alexander
Maison
Bitembe
First Army
la Goulette
Sicilian
Cap Bon
Rome
London
Associated Press
Straits of
Sicily
Axis
Pont du Fahs
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Djebel Zaghouan
Tunisia
Reuters
Bir M’cherga
Brunswick Students Voted Most Popular in Poll
Brunswick seniors Miss Sieh Wilson of Moore herd College was named Queen of Shep herd by Alpha Psi Omega with John OConnor as the most popular man. A separate sale notice records the farm sale of 2 of MNA acres on Old Orchard road, $7,600, Lillian Baker Long and John Wood executors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shepherdatay
Sieh Wilson
Mooreherd
Queen
Shepherd College
John Oconnor
Brunswick
National Dramatic Society
Alpha Psi Omega
Wilson
O'Connor
Tinganore
Old Orchard Road
Lillian Baker Long
John Wood
John W. Baker
Carrallt County
Anna E. Roop
Careroll County
Garbage foreman named for Frederick city cleanup drive
Nelson C Cottrell of this city was appointed garbage foreman in Frederick to curb early morning moves and sprinkling of trash. He previously did city work and recently was at Hagerstown. The aldermen aimed to reduce street litter and improve collection efficiency. The Gem Laundry sale to Josepha Snyder and Byron Wingert in Hagerstown was ratified with new ownership taking possession April 1 and continuing laundry and dry cleaning under the same trade name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson C Cottrell
Frederick
Board of Aldermen
Cockrell
Hagerstown
Gem
West Patrick Street
John H.krantz
C Lea Krantz
Josepha T Snyder
Byron E. Wingert
Tew
Winder
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Lord Halifax
Richard Wood
Lieutenant Wood
Santing
Butigsh
Washngtea
Gen. Bradley
Attu Islands
Wines Mills
Wolf
Britain
Office of Price Administration
United States Treasury
OPA
Avs
Red Army
Mere Gil
Font
Pont
du Fahs
Bir N’cherga
Tunis Road
Poot du Fahs
Ksar Tyr
Bir M'Cherga
Medjez-El-Bab
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