Preinduction Call Orders 138 Registrants to Report in Baltimore
Local Draft Board One ordered one hundred thirty eight registrants to Baltimore for pre-induction examinations. Two calls cover 1-A and 2-A/2-B groups. details include ages, fathers, transfers, and numerous named registrants from Maryland and nearby states. Induction prospects extend into June with possible older-bracket calls if needed.
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Baltimore
Army
Navy
Board One
Sevastopol Battle Near End As Russians Press City
Russian storm troops advance on Sevastopol as Red Army forces break through fortifications and close in from multiple axes. Red Star reports heavy German losses, 56 German planes destroyed, and imminent fall with Germans attempting last evacuation efforts amid fierce artillery and air bombardment.
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Moscow
Upi
Sevastopol
Crimea
Sevestia
Black Sea
Red Army
Red Star
Mackenzie Heights
Inkerman
Fingerprints Show Woman Linked to Trunk Shipment
FBI disclosed fingerprints from a woman’s body found in a trunk shipped from Chicago to Los Angeles. The deceased woman used the name Louise Chestine Wright alias Louise C Myers, with prior arrests in Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Illinois during 1941 to 1945.
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Chicago
Los Angeles
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington
Weman
FBI
Louise Chestine Wright
Louise C. Myers
Helena
Ark
Baton Rouge
Wright
Memphis
Precedents No Longer Lawyers Assurance
Justice Robert H. Jackson reports a decline in lawyer confidence that a given case will predict victory or defeat. He cites the Supreme Court and the trend toward relaxing precedent authority, noting it reflects a broader rise in the number of precedents and the changing legal landscape.
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Philadelphia
Mass
Supreme Court
Robert H. Jackson
American Law Institute
Churchill to set up royal commission on equal pay
London May 93 Prime Minister Winton Churchill announced a royal commission would examine equal pay for equal work by men and women. The issue arose during a parliamentary debate last March.
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Commission
London
Winton Churchill
Man asks cab for time as house burns nearby
Pi Motorman Harold Landau enters a St Louis restaurant and asks a coffee drinker how long to finish. The cab driver says three or four minutes. Landau responds that he wants to get home because his house is on fire. The fire was real and present.
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St. Louis
Harold Landau
Landau
Invasion Weather Favorable For Western Europe Landing
London reports a dry sunny spring boosts invasion readiness for western Europe. An operational weather expert says continued May and June dryness aids river crossings, fordable fords, and intact bridges amid Allied planning. But a storm on D day could erase months of favorable weather and cost thousands of lives on the beaches.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Italy
France
Hood's Fresh Lose Flag Hunt at Hood College
Hood College juniors and seniors orchestrate the Pipe of Peace ritual as freshmen and sophomores hunt rival flags. The sophomores won the flag pursuit and issued a playful campus hazing edict for 24 hours requiring freshmen to wear robes, carry books in a bag, and obey pillowcase luggage rules.
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Hood College
Grace Heiser
Georgia Dyer
Hunt
Campus
Roosevelt Proclaims June 14 As Flag Day
President Roosevelt proclaims June 14 as Flag Day and urges Americans to display the flag proudly. He describes the flag as both a flag of peace and a flag of battles, symbolizing unity, freedom, and democratic ideals allied with the United Nations.
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Roosevelt
Washington
United Nations
Amy
Allied forces gain in Imphal area as Japanese strike in Burma
Allied troops report advances on all sectors around Imphal plains in eastern India. In Burma’s Fort Hertz valley Japanese forces attack while Lt. Stilwell’s units press in Mogaung valley near Myitkyina. Comm unique notes 750 Japanese dead near Kohima May 4 to 6. An Allied notice corrects a prior error claiming Japanese offensives in Manipur Hills.
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Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Imphal
India
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Fort Hertz
Burma
Myitkyina
Kohima
Nsopzup
Mogaung
Bishenpur
Patel
Palel
Manipur Hills
Howard County Criminal Case To Be Tried Here
Howard County jurist agreed to move a criminal assault case to Frederick county for trial. Andrew J. Gattus faces charges of assault with intent to rape and assault and battery for an alleged January 17 incident. State’s Attorney William M. Storm said the case will be heard in the current Circuit Court term, with C. F. Sybert prosecuting and J. A. Loughran and Wm. Linsky for the defense. No other cases are expected to be tried this term.
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Howard County
William M. Storm
Andrew J. Gattus
Grand Jury
J. A. Loughran
Wm. Linsky
Frederick County
James Clark
C. F. Sybert
Storm
First World War era Girl Scout founder honored in Savannah
In Savannah on Friday May 9 the world's first Girl Scout Juliette Low will be honored as the founder's relative Mrs Samuel C Lawrence of Charleston W Va niece of the founder and Mrs Bruce McIntosh of Miami Fla chairman of the Juliette Low Region will be principal speaker. Also a missing pet cat of Mrs Louis C Forney of 134 West Third Street was rescued after being entombed behind chimney masonry by Sergt Frank Darses and volunteers following a Friday disappearance.
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Savannan
S. S
Juliette
Ization
Samuel C. Lawrence
Charleston
W. Va
Scouts
Bruce McIntosh
Miami
Fla
Juliette Low
Girl Scouts
Carolinas
Georgia
Florida
Louis C
Jack Forney
West Third Street
Sergt Frank Darsex
George Ade Improvement Reported In Indiana Heart Attack
Doctors note a slight improvement in the condition of Hoosier humanist George Ade who suffered a heart attack last Saturday. Ade could not make his annual trip to Florida last winter and remains at his home near Rook, Indiana.
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Rook
Ind
George Ade
Ade
Florida
Britain Cuts Age Limit for Overseas Service
Britain has reduced the age limit for overseas service to nineteen years, lowering the previous threshold of twenty. The change expands manpower for the planned attack, with Britain pressing to bolster forces abroad.
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London
Britain
Tougher Pacific operations foreseen by Admiral Barbey
Advanced Allied Headquarters New Guinea May 9 Admiral Daniel E Barbey who led the Hollandia amphibious strike foresees tougher opposition as Allied forces push into Japan's inner Pacific defenses. He credits careful planning and air superiority over beaches for the Hollandia success and urges use of landing craft like LSTs to hit shores directly while noting Japan's defenses and supply limits.
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New Guinea
Pi—Bear Adin
Daniel E. Barbey
Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
Japan
Pacific
Southwest Pacific
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Barbey
Joss
Tarawa
Truk
Rabaul
Barbe
Hellandia
Clarification Aimed at Men Over 26 by Selective Service
Washington May 9 The Selective Service is finalizing a policy to clarify the status of men over 26 and will likely announce it by week’s end The plan seeks to tell when or if they may be called and to outline occupational deferment standards Discussions with state officials are ongoing and a press briefing is expected Thursday by Gen Lewis B Hersh Shelr Selective Service chief
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Washington
W—Select Service
State of Signal
Porcy
Lewis B. Hershel
Selective Service
Successful Counter Drive By Chinese Forces Near Loxang
Chinese troops launched a counter-offensive across Honan provinces near Loxang driving back Japanese advances. Front dispatches say forces reached within about 15 miles south of Leixiang after several days of rapid movement, with three mule trains reported in the last 24 hours.
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Sauit
Arcent Honal
China
Rive
Chinee Field
Leixiang
School Board Names Officers
Claude U Stottlemyer of Wolfsville re elected president of Frederick county Board of Education at the annual meeting in East Church street school. Robert L. Warfield was re elected vice president and Eugene W. Pruitt reappointed for a four term as secretary treasurer. Leslie N. Coblentz reappointed attorney and clerk staff named. Ruth Trout clerk Pauline Bowlus secretary Mrs Fiorence Shober clerk. The full board attended, including George C Rhoderick Jr of Middletown who qualified for a star term succeeding John C Derr. Routine business was transacted before adjournment at noon.
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Claude U Stottlemyer
Wolfsville
Frederick County
Ruth Trout
Pauline J. Bowlus
Fiorence Shober
George C Rhoderick, Jr
Middletown
John C. Derr
Monrovia
Rhoderick
Conference on aiding returning service men in Baltimore May 7 18
A national conference on the ministry to return service personnel will be held May 7 through 18 in Baltimore. Sponsored by four interdenominational commissions, the meeting aims to provide information on government plans and agency work and to address the needs of returning servicemen and women.
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Baltimore
International Council of Religious Education
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
The
Home Mission of North America
United Chuncil
Church Women
Marion £. Creeger
Ne York
Chistian Commission
Taisterine la Returanas
Indicted for treason in diary tale of American of Japanese ancestry
May 9 reports by Vt Attorney General Biddie describe an indentured diary noting an American of Japanese descent accused of treason for aiding German soldiers to escape from a war-ravaged area near Trinidad. The piece mentions related actions and electoral context as governor comments on absentee ballots.
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Biddie
Horn
Trinidad
Cale Teat
Denver
Annapolis
Matsiard
Conor
Foremen at War Plant Study NLRB Decision
Mr Biddle Detroi reports that on May 9 foremen at a war plant studied an NLRB decision protecting them against discrimination while awaiting recognition of their bargaining agency.
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National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
CIO Head For Fourth Term
Cleveland May 94 CIO President Philp Murray urged a fourth term at a United Steelworkers of America convention. He framed unity at home and with the United Nations as key to defeating the Axis and securing victory for the Four Freedoms, backing Franklin D Roosevelt as a candidate for re election. He noted labor’s push against the steel wage formula and suggested a candidacy declaration could not wait.
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CIO
Philp Murray
United Steelworkers of America
Murray
United Nations
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Four Freedoms
Franklin D Roosevelt
United States
Aristalian
Washington
Aston
Ling
Buckerstown Soldier Wounded In Action
Private Bernard Myers of Buckerstown slightly wounded in action in Waly per War Department telegram received by his wife in Buckerstown. No further details provided.
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Buckerstown
Bernard Myers
Bucketown
Waly
War Department
Air offensive peaks as war approaches invasion day
American air forces, with 20000 planes in operation, strike France Belgium and Luxembourg, rail yards and military targets. RAF and Mediterranean units continue round the clock bombing, aiming at Berlin and railway hubs as 119 German planes are destroyed and U.S. losses rise.
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Air Cavour
Turd Lowe
Berne
France
Germany
Radi
Namin Oa
Reich
Berlin
Ferengon
Channel
Folkestone
Mediterranean
Balkan
RAF
Brunin
Brunswick
U. S
Allies Continue Pursuit After German Withdrawal in Italy
Allied forces followed a surprise German withdrawal in central Italy near Palena on the Eighth Army left flank. The Germans demolished bridges and a tunnel in retreat. In the Fifth Army sector near Cassino, shelling increased south of Cassino and a patrol probed positions near San Appolinaire while GIs shelled vehicle movements in the Garigliano valley. Civilians were evacuated 20 miles deep in the sector, and an unexplained explosion was reported near Ausonia.
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Naples
Italy
Palena
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Holls
Leto Palena
Sulmona
Maiilla
Fifth Army
Ermans
Cassino
San Appolinaire
Gargliano
Minturno
Ausonia
Thief Loses Colorado Springs Car Theft Foiled
A thief abandoned a car in Colorado Springs after attempting a push start. The vehicle stalled in front of a store on May 9 and was found four blocks away with no motor under the hood, revealing the futility of the trick.
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Colorado Springs
Scot
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