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Frederee
United States Strength Grows Across Oceans and Fronts
The United States increases combat power and manpower, building depots overseas and expanding base access. It plunges into Pacific battles off Northern Australia, sinking or damaging Japanese ships, while rallying public resolve against Axis forces and expanding two front efforts.
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United States
AEF
Basel
Australia
Vichy
Uncle Sam
South Pacific
Russia
RAF
Bataan
Corregidor
Philippines
Honolulu
Goebbels
France
United States Navy
Donors Rally as Treasury Announces April Contributions
Henry Morgenthau Jr. cites 2,401 donors giving 65,151 dollars in April, the largest monthly tally since France fell. Since June 1940 gifts total 61470 from 13,895 people, with most after Pearl Harbor. a single check reached 75,000 dollars, signaling strong citizen support for the nation in peril.
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Sam
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
the Treasury
France
Pearl Harbor
White House
Strange Procedure Delays Worthwhile Labor in Policy
A letter from N. A. Luf burrow laments lengthy debates over minor issues and the slow pace of policy decisions. The writer argues committees study small matters at length while more pressing problems remain unsolved, urging policy makers to settle such items or abandon them.
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N. A. Lufburrow
Labor Board foes check-off as union dues device
Washington dispatch discusses the War Labor Board stance against the payroll deduction of union dues, arguing the check-off infringes worker freedom. It cites a 1936 U S court ruling upholding Congress power to regulate premised interstate commerce and the closed shop, with implications for existing contracts.
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Washington
War Labor Board
Congress
Railroads of America
Brotherhood of Railroad Shop Crafts
Rock Island Railroad
Union
Cong
Railroad
Bourina
John Dickinson
Leo F. Tierney
Wedel Berge
Robert L. Stern
U.S. Court of Appeals
Tenth Circuit
Bratton, Phillips
McDermott
Bratton
United States
New Mexico
Roosevelt
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Fifty Years Ago Local Kems From The Columna Of The News
The column notes C J Sinn found a purse on North Market Street. owner identified and purse returned within hours. John Ritchie appeared before a bar admission committee and was admitted by motion of W P Maulsby. A genuine cave struck at Cannon Hill by Elevator Company diggers. described as a major discovery. Closing exercises at East Church Street Public School praised. May party crowned Miss Mullinix. Isaiah Butts of Myersville holds a valuable Harpers Ferry relic hammer moved to Chicago.
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C. J. Sinn
North Market Street
John Ritchie
Messrs
C. M. Gilpin
E. 8. Eichelberger
Wm. P. Maulsby
Cannon Hill
East Church Street
En Mullinix
Imr
Isaiah Butts
H Myersville
Harpers Ferry
Chicago
Butts
Munshower Files for Frederick Mayor Nomination
Major Elmer F Munshower announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination as Mayor of Frederick. He met with Mayor Gilmer Schiey who also seeks the office, signaling a contested race. Farmers and gardeners welcomed heavy night rains, while the baseball season opens tomorrow with Frederick hosting Hagerstown and Hendrickson's offering prizes.
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Elmer F. Munshower
Frederick
Munshower
Gilmer Schiey
Tyre Concern
Trailel
Hagerstown
Hendrickson’s
Alayer
Man About Manhattan stray beggars and their fates in New York
In New York May 14 a column portrays street beggars like Frank and Annie, detailing their lives, crimes, and hidden wealth. It notes Frank’s $3000 stash and Brooklyn property while Annie once owned four Jersey houses, now in the house. The piece recalls Tony of the Battery who slept on the pavement while banking thousands and receiving tributes after death.
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New York
Frank
Brooklyn
Tony
Battery
Booblack
The War Interpreted Kerch Offensive Claims Debated
The Russians deny Hitler’s claimed decisive Kerch victory while admitting retreat to new positions. Nazi reports portray a massive Kerch drive with 40 000 prisoners and rich booty, suggesting a broader turning movement from Kharkov to Taganrog. Observers note a potential campaign toward the Caucasus and Volga, with Kerch Strait’s defenses crucial to delaying action.
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Kerch
Hitler
Crimea
Bern
Kharkov
Donetz
Taganrog
Sea of Azov
Rostov
Don
Kerch Isthmus
Don River
Caucasus
Volga
Kerch Strait
Strength For Today by Earl L Douglass
A devotional compares minds to cisterns and artesian wells, urging believers to let knowledge and faith overflow into actions. It contrasts stagnant learning with outwardly active spirituality, urging persistent testimony of the gospel through conduct and service.
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Earl L. Douglass
D. D
Paul
Ian Wells
Babson Newspaper Synd.y
Weather Summary and Anecdote From Wall Street
The report notes 24 hour precipitation to 8 a.m. and May total 3.44 inches with year totals shown. It mentions sunset and sunrise times for today and tomorrow. A separate anecdote recalls a Wall Street note finder who became insane after a reward, with doctors citing a vitamin-induced blood surge from rich meals as a cause.
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Wall Street
Tire crisis a national issue with rubber shortages noted
Babson warns no new rubber tires for 30 million pleasure cars as Japan dominates rubber supplies. He outlines possible wooden and cotton fiber tire ideas, urges 30 mph driving and rationing measures, and suggests a traffic fine system to preserve tires during wartime. He stresses personal discipline and government limits on tire use.
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Babson
Roger W. Babson
Akron
Washington
Guayule
Webber College
Babso
John Q
America
Pub. Financial Bureau
Surprise Roosevelt son Elliott flies home from Africa
Edson reports Mrs Roosevelt was surprised by Elliott Roosevelt returning home from Africa by a fast flying boat under emergency orders. The flight, not a normal troop movement, may have been rate and route unusual, with possible hospital stay rumored. The column notes wartime campaigns to save rubber and gasoline.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Elliott
Africa
Eleanor
Army Air Corps
United States
Frederick street lights fail after cable cut
Northern Frederick street lights were out Tuesday night and Wednesday morning due to a cable break found on West Thirteenth Street. City lineman Hiram Staley said workers laying a concrete driveway likely cut the cable, disabling one municipal circuit until service was restored Wednesday.
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Frederick
Hiram Staley
West Thirteenth Street
Mind Your Manners: Social Etiquette Quiz Answers
A prioritizes concise business letters, 2 favors making places sound engaging, 3 yes consider the reader, 4 respond to a greeting, 5 no avoid blaming staff. In dress searches, best to thank and not compare prices.
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Brown's
Bible Verse and Crusade Myths in Ancient Warfare
A fragment cites Exodus 20 26 about altar approach and mentions a claim of Greek incendiary bombs mixing petroleum and quicklime that supposedly deterred invaders of Constantinople for a millennium. The text combines a biblical quote with a historical rumor about siege technology.
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