Berlin Hints State Ready To Begin Dual Axis Lines Road
Ezra B. Whitman chairman of the State Roads Commission says the Frederick Hagerstown dual highway is ready to start as soon as the Federal government approves. A Myersville committee and local officials urge immediate action this summer, with contact planned to Governor O'Conor and congressional leaders. The project has faced eight years of delays and costs around 2 million dollars. no current cost estimate is available. The road would rely on Federal and State funds pending War Production Board approval.
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Ezra B. Whitman
State Roads Commission
Frederick Hagerstown
Myersville
O'Conor
Avery Browning
U. S
Millard E. Tydings
George L. Radcliffe
J. Glenn Beall
Mr. Browning
Harvey Miller
Hagerstown
Roger B. Wolfe
John W. Eldridge
John Langdon
William §. Wachtel
Dawson Horine
Whitman
Commission
Public Roads Administration
Frederick-Hagerstown
War Production Board
Japs Say They'll See Prisoners Get Supplies
The Tokyo radio reported Japan is prepared to send a vessel to Vladivostok to collect supplies from the United States for American prisoners and civilian internees held by Japan. A plan was conveyed to the United States via the Swiss minister. Supplies have piled up in Vladivostok due to transport issues to Japanese ports.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Curtail Passenger Trains In France
In a Vichy radio broadcast the curtailment of passenger train services across France was announced for May 15 as a precaution to clear civilian traffic for military movements. The report cites heightened military needs and mentions 27 000 planes in nearby Sheffield, with Allied production totals totaling 127 000 aircraft in 1943.
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London
Vichy Radio
France
Sheffield
England
the Admiralty
Arel Alexander
United States
Britain
British Empire
Marriage at St John's Catholic Church in Philadelphia
Miss Harriet Lebherz, daughter of Mr and Mrs William Lebherz, wed Cpl John Joseph Donovan at St John’s. The double ring ceremony was performed by Rev Arthur C Slade. The couple planned a short wedding trip before Mrs Donovan returns to Philadelphia and Mr Donovan to his Idaho base.
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St. John's Catholic Church
Harriet Lebherz
William B. Lebherz
East Second Street
Cpl
John Joseph Donovan
Arthur C. Slade
Dennis Donovan
Minooka
Mr. Donovan
Kenneth Cooney
Donovan
Cooney
Thomas RB. Leichert
Anna Marie Budde
St. John’s
Heavy Weekend Rains Bring Light Frost in City
After a weekend of showers and thunderstorms that dropped about an inch of precipitation, a light frost formed as temperatures fell to 38 F. The frost caused no damage to early vegetables and flowers, appearing more as heavy dew. Rains began Saturday noon with multiple storms through the night, a light thunderstorm yesterday followed by a rapid temperature drop and strong winds. light hail was reported in some areas.
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Puthing
Draft Directors Meet in Washington for 3 Day Conference
State draft directors gathered in Washington for three days of closed conferences to report progress in the current drives aimed at getting men under 26 into uniform.
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Washington
Sub-Normal May Night Temps Hit Deep South Cities
A winter-like spell gripped the Deep South. Fayetteville Arkansas saw a 32 degree low, its first May freeze in 34 years. Atlanta recorded its coldest May 7 in four years at 38, Birmingham 35 with frost, Nashville 37 near its May low, and Memphis 38, about 30 degrees below normal.
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Atlanta
Fayetteville Ark
Binningham
Nashville
Weather Bureau
Memphis
Lutherans Install New Pastor Rev Wouter Van Garrett
Rev. Wouter Van Garrett, formerly of Immanuel Lutheran Norwood PA, was installed at Evangelical Lutheran Church before a full congregation. Dr Abdel Ross Wentz gave the charge to pastor and flock, urging strength in ministry, humanity, and faithful leadership. A reception for the Garrets is set for Wednesday at 7:30 in the old chapel. he succeeds Rev Dr Amos J Traver who moved to Hamma Divinity School.
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Wouter van Garrett
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Norwood
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Abdel Ross Wentz
Lutheran Theological Seminary
Gettysburg
Timothy
Wentz
God
God.” Pointing Out These Three Aspects of His Responsibility, Dr. Wentz
Mr. Garrett
St. Paul
C. William Sprenkel
Spirit of God
Humason
Mendelssohn
Rhoderick Named To Frederick County School Board
G C Rhoderick Jr of Monrovia qualified before the Circuit Court clerk today as a member of the Frederick County Board of Education by Governor OCon, succeeding John C Derr. The six year term begins now. Rhoderick is a former board president and a Republican appointed in 1936 by Gov. Harry W Nice. Board members serve without salary with a travel allowance. Other members include Claude A Stottlemoor Wolfsville, Mrs John N Howick, Robert L Warfeld, E Paul Magaha, Mrs Kent C Nicodemus.
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George C. Rooderick, Jr
Middletown
Frederick County
Claude A. Stottlemoor
Wolfsville
John N. Howick
Robert L Warfeld
E. Paul Magaha
Kent C. Nicodemus
Walkersville
British Forces Attack German Channel Convoy
Light coastal forces with French crews led a strongly escorted German convoy in the English Channel early today and probably sank a supply ship and a trawler, the Admiralty announced.
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London
English Channel
Admiralty
R F Wachter Dies Early Today After Long Illness
Ralph Franklin Wachter a Frederick businessman died at 5 am at his home 10 East Third Street after about six months illness. He was 36 years 4 months 20 days and survived by wife Helen Gosnell Wachter three children and one grandchild. He served as vice president of Independent Hose Company No 1 and was active in church and Moose. Burial in Mt Olivet with services at funeral home 8 East Patrick Street Wednesday at 3 pm tentative.
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Ralph Franklin Wachter
Frederick
East Third Street
Frederick City Hospital
Charles N. Wachter
Ida Mac Michael Wachter
Helen Gosnell Wachter
Eutha Irene Huching
Elmer E. Wachter
Woodward Field
S. C
Seaman C. Richard Wachter
Emory
Henry Callene
Darwin Thomas Hueting
Charles Wachter
East Patrick Street
Mt. Olivet
C. E. Cline and Son
Allied bombing cuts Romanian oil output to a quarter
Naples May 8 P Lt Gen Ira C Eaker announces Romanian oil production reduced to one fourth of normal due to Allied bombings. He says American and RAF bombers disrupted eastern front supply routes, with total Mediterranean theater bomb tonnage over 200000 tons since Nov 8 1942. Eaker praises 15th Air Force commander Maj Gen Nathan F Twining as results noted.
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Allied
Naples
Ira C. Eaker
Mediterranean
Eaker
15Th Air Force
Nathan F. Twining
Balkan
Plpes
Syvstem
Supreme Court Denies Rehearings On Texas Voting Rights Petitions
Washington May 8 The Supreme Court rejected requests for rehearings on petitions asserting Negroes have the right to vote in Texas Democratic primary elections. Grover Setter, Texas attorney general, and two Houston election judges involved in the case filed separate requests for a rehearing. The court denied the petitions.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Texas
Electio Grover Setters
Houston
Cudensary Mide
Court Admits 12 Of 15 Applying For Citizenship
Twelve city and county residents were admitted to citizenship before Associate Judge Patrick M Schnauffer in the Circuit Court this morning after hearings examining applicants born in Germany and Austria. Two cases continued for further investigation and one due to the applicant's lack of necessity. The judge warned that adverse actions could strip citizenship. Several applicants cited destinations and relations abroad, including Germany, Poland, Denmark and England, with mentions of WWI and WWII contexts.
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Jude Patrick M Schnauffer
Circuit Court
Germany
Austria
Schnauffer
United States
Henry J. Koehler
Sabillasville Hospital
Koehler
Ralph Wolfgang Ballin
Sabillasville
Cologne
Poland
Alfred Haroth
Woodsboro
Berlin
John Hans Hirschfeld
Erna Liebermann Hirschfeld
Vienna
Nathan Mannis
Frederick
Rebecca Baumwald
Karl Emil Rabe
Denmark
Emma Olife Lamb
England
Salvatore Sicura
Knoxville
Hedwig Miller
Irene Vaciliou
Max Wagenberg
Eva Wagenberg
Wagenberg
Holland
U. S
wWo
Gind
Marsland
Eteven
Tydings
Post Office Seeks Higher Special Delivery Rate
The Post Office Department requests a rate increase to 14 cents for two pound or lighter first class special delivery mail. Special consultant Charne AL H states the department has been losing about Varée cents per piece.
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Washington, Max &8
Post Office Department
Congresso
Les
Charne
AL H
Hesse Postoffice Committee
Vision of Jesus on Cross Seen Over Ipswich During Air Raid Siren
Rev Harold Godfrey Green, vicar of St Nicholas Ipswich, verified by discussions with hundreds of residents that a vision of Jesus on a cross appeared in the sky during an air raid alert. He described the vision lasting about 15 minutes, forming as a large white cross then Jesus, remains stationary while clouds moved. Some residents doubted while others suggested light on ice crystals as a possible cause.
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Jesus
Dpowieh
England
Harold Godfrey Green
St. Nicholas Church
Ipswich
Anglum
St Nicholas
Herthas Arene
Santo
Bucharest Bombed Repeatedly by Allied Forces
Allied bombardment of Bucharest continued for a third straight day with heavy U S Army Air Forces and RAF targets in the capital. Bombers hit rail yards and industrial sites while Pancevo bridge in Yugoslavia drew raids. German losses were heavy with 20 fighters down and 29 aircraft claimed by the Allies. two US heavy bombers were lost.
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Allied
Naples
Bucharest
RAF
Headquarte
Pancevo
Yugoslavia
Orient Express
Rickenbacker Record Falls by US Ace in Europe
Capt. Robert S. Johnson of Lawton Oklahoma, flying a Thunderbolt, shot down two enemy planes over Germany to raise his total to 27 and become the first American ace in the European theater to beat Rickenbacker’s wartime record of 26. He ties Richard Bong’s Southwest Pacific record of 23, while Don Gentile leads in Europe with 31 kills, seven on the ground, on home leave.
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U.S
England
Robert S. Johnson
Lawton
Okla
Germany
Edward Rickenbackers
Johnson
Richard I. Bong
Poplar
Wis
Don Gentile
Piqua
Ohio
U S Air Force Closer To Bomb Japan
Berlin reports quote Tunis newspaper Aschi Shimbun that Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennaults 14th U S Air Force in China is reinforced from India and moved 450 miles closer to Tokyo for an air assault. Base shifted from Kunming East to Kaelin as part of building up air raid bases on the Chinese mainland for strikes on Japan.
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London
Berlin
Tunis
Aschi Shimbun
U. S Air Force
Claire L. Chennault
China
Beng Strang
India
Bemrs
Tokyo
Japan
Kunming
Kaelin
Allied Patrols Land At Bougainville Bay
An Allied patrol reported landings at Bougainville Bay near Bougainville in New Guinea two miles east of a point, via a CBS broadcast quoted by a British radio report from correspondent Carasson. The alert notes locations and timing as part of ongoing war coverage.
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Bougainville Bay
York
Bougain
New Guinea
Carasson
CBS
Japs Drive Stalls as Allied Push Advances in India Front
Allied communique reports Japanese forces pushing on the Manipur Hill front with heavy losses as Allies advance 28 miles north of Imphal along the Kohima road. Two hills north east of Palel reportedly captured while 350 Japanese were killed in the Arakan front.
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Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Manipur
India
Kohima
Imphal
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Palel
Buthedaung
Arakan
Debt Ceiling Trim Approved by Ways and Means
Washington May 8 The House Ways and Means committee approved a bill raising the public debt ceiling from 210 billion to 240 billion dollars after GOP opposition trimmed the administration’s initial 260 billion request The plan foresees a higher ceiling early next year with Under Secretary Daniel W Bell noting it would be acceptable to cap at 240 billion until March and then seek a new limit.
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Washington
House Ways and Means Committee
Daniel W. Bell
Dewey
R.-U
Bell
Congress
Treasury
Local Soldier Marched 122 Miles In Five Days
Private Robert Ramsburg of 253 Washington street and Private Austin Rippeon of Woodbine were among 34 members of a United States infant division headquarters company in England who marched 122 miles in five days. The hike covered 21 26 28 26 and 21 miles with nightly bivouacs. Volunteers trained in digging in map reading chemical defense and air attack protection while averaging an eight pound weight loss.
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Robert Ramsburg
Washington Street
Cits
Austin Rippeon
Woodbine
United States
England
Two Thousand U S Planes Hit Berlin and Brunswick
Allied air forces struck Berlin and Brunswick with nearly 2000 U S bombers fighters and liberators in heavy daylight raids supported by night operations against France Romania and the Balkans. The raid followed intense German fighter defenses over Brunswick with reports of rammed aircraft and near misses as crews pursued targets around Berlin.
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London
Berlin
Brunswick
Iwo
France
Germany
Bucharest
Britain
Mediterranean
Fringe
Balkans
Romania
Ninth Air Force
Rouen
Lt. L. Houston
Helena
Mont
George van Hersett
Spokane
Wash
Italy
Hitler
Wilbur Sigler
Smithsburg
Allied air strike pincer targets Crete and Med destroyer
An Allied communique said Cairo May and P Middle East aircraft set fire to a destroyer in the Mediterranean and attacked enemy installations on Crete and in the southern Aegean regions including Ilands and southern Greece.
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Cairo
Middle East
Mediterranean
Crete
Ilands
Greece
OUSTED BY FIRE HIllcrest Country Club Fire Ravages LA
Fire at Hillcrest Country Club in Los Angeles last night drove about 300 guests from dinner. Several notable attendees from the music and entertainment fields were among those displaced as emergency crews battled the blaze. Fire officials are investigating the cause and the extent of the damage to the club facilities.
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Los Angeles
Hillcrest
Obachive
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P.O
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