Grounded Jap Planes In Allied Air Attacks
Allied war updates report Japanese planes grounded in a broad air campaign over New Guinea and Celebes. Allied bombers hit Vunakanay Rabaul and Lae while raids on Kendari and Waria River aimed to disrupt Japanese bases. At Salamaua Bobdubi and Wau battle with limited Japanese success amid heavy air activity. Private Rudell A Mullinix injures toe at Camp Shelby hospital.
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Austeetia
Lac
Abed High Command
Cape Ward Hunt
New Guinea
Vunakanay
Rabaul
New Britain Island
Gasmata
Oand
Kendari
Celebes Island
Papuan
Waria River
Rudell A. Mullinix
Airy
Shelby Wier
London Bombing Alarm Cripples Homes In 1943 Raid
A 1943 London air raid by Nazi planes caused heavy shelling over the Thames area. A bomb hit a large apartment building injuring an elderly widow and a baby while fires and damage affected several houses and hotels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Sovie Weifi Poants
Edo
Puline
Chambers
Thames
Fannca
Broskive
Heav
Howe
Grunes Enter Active Service with WAAC
Ausilany Grunes of 138 West Third Street has been commissioned in the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps on March 29. She begins basic training at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, and is the daughter of Mrs Mary L Morgan of 132 West Fifth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ausilany Grunes
West Third Street
Women’s Army Auxiliery Corps
Fort Ogiethorne
Grunes
Mary FL Morgan
West Fifth Street
President May Veto Skip Year Legislation
Washington reports that President Roosevelt may veto the bipartisan pay as you go bill while Treasury supports a payroll tax plan. Senate leaders push to begin collections by July 1 to avert inflation, with discussions on timing and revenue impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pan
Ragsee
House
Senate
Raml Pan
Roosevelt
Treasury
Maryland 4-H Club Banquet Highlights War Support Efforts
Mrs Timberlake of Chevy Chase urged Americans to give their best as she spoke at the Maryland All Stars banquet in Vindobona. The event recognized 4-H leaders Thomas Ligpincott and Joha Kemp joined by state and regional members, including John Jenkins as honorary chief for life. Army Signal Corps inspection staff noted 40 percent women in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turner Dg
Tracberlake
America
Maryland
Vindobona
Brandak Hytenis
Thomas Ligpincott
Cecil County
Joha Kemp
Montgomery County
Jack Tyree
West Virginia
Teesburg
Thelma Line
Industrial Committee of the
Bay i
David Jens
Prince Georges Sallied
Miss Dorath Emers
Downey
Army Signal Corps
Abe
Glessner Grandson Inducted into Army at Fort Lewis
Fort Lewis Washington receives new inductee Py Glessner grandson of Mr. Alice Glessner from 21 East Sixth Street. He was inducted on February 22 and is now stationed at Fort Lewis.
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Pri. Powell
Fod
Braved Stein
Aed
Luther &. Tubing
Py Glessner
Alice Glessner
East Sixth Street
Army
Fort Lewis, Wash
Continuous Assessment Machinery Is Set Up in Montgomery County
A state act sets up a permanent assessment system in Montgomery County, the first of 23 counties to adopt the method. Seven assessors are appointed for indefinite terms and can be removed only by the State Tax Commissioner for cause. Ward, secretary of the Tax Commission, notes steps toward similar setups in Cecil and Wicomico counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery County
Albery W. Ward
Tax Commission
Ahuelevinel
Luwey
Ramplebre
Cecil Aivert
Wocomico
Soldiers Picked Up In Baltimore AWOL Arrests
One Frederick City and one county soldier were taken to Baltimore by Military Police after arrest on AWOL charges. Subjects include Thomas Edward Carty of East Fifth Street and William F. Thompson of Walkersville, identified by Sergeants Mefiner Potts and Dorsey. The text also mentions a giant Douglas fir, common in Canada, reaching about 300 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick City
Baltimore
Thomas Edward Carty
East Fifth Street
Austin L Mefiner
Ralph Potts
William F. Thompson
Walkersvie
Frank Dorsey
Italy Wobbles On War Front As Tunis Falls Unsettle Nation
Italian reports say Mussolini tightens control and purges party rivals while troops brace the peninsula. The fall of Tunis and Bizerte shocks Italy, shifting morale and signaling tougher wartime measures as Italy struggles to defend its coast with a vulnerable air force and a stretched fleet awaiting Allied air superiority.
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Bern
Switzerland
Mussolini
Maly
Figtine Fascist Party
Tunia
Bizerte
Italy
France
Tunis
Biserte
Daly
Dunkerque
England
Stalingrad
Germany
Weltwoche
Zurich
Hitler
Musolin
Taly Pd Se
Tony Lapeeh
Carlo Scorza
Fascist Party
Die Nation of
High Command
Cape Matapan
Sas
Satdy
Wellwoche
Talia
Air
Mateur
Ker
Mediterranean
Watai
Tebeurba
Tuwsis
Tebourbi
First Army
Tebourba
Eighth Army
Ture
Brothers In Army And Navy Serve Their Nation
The Hawes brothers of Brunswick are pictured sons of Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Hawes. Eugene G Herne served in the Army Air Force, training at Miami Beach Scott Field and Boca Raton, becoming a radar instructor before a furlough marriage to Ruth Minnick. Buck Hawes, a Fireman Second Class, serves aboard the USS Williamsburgh after naval diesel training in Richmond and is assigned to the USS Williamsburgh, Fleet Post Office New York.
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Charles G. Hawes
Lil West Street
Brunswick
Eugene G Herne
Cormnan
Miami Beach
Fla
Scott Field
Boca Raton Field
United States Army Air Force
Hawes
Ruth Minnick
Daugh
Romer Minnick
Eugene G. Hawes
UB A
Arsdamin
Parellel
Ras Raton Field
Charles Calvin (Buck) Hawes
U.S S. Williamsburs
Navy
Naval Diesel
Richmond
Charles Calvin Hawes
U.S. S Wuliambure
Fleet Post Offices
New York
United Nations County Red Food Parley Opens in Hot Springs
At Hot Springs Virginia the first United Nations food conference opens, with about 200 soldiers guarding the 17 000 acre estate hotel complex housing 43 nations delegates and the conference secretariat. Delegates live and work under one roof as reporters view from guarded verandas amid rocking chairs of this secluded postwar gathering. Separately, Frederick County Red Cross reports on local activities and a Middletown Grange meeting highlighting nursing and blood donation outreach, while Westminster issues marriage licenses to four couples.
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Hot Springs
Homestead
United Nations
League of Nations
Geneva
Allegheny Mountains
Wet Springs
Frederick County
The
American Red Cross
Middletown Valley Grange
Memorial Hall
Middletown
E. H. McBride
Helen Bader Johnson
E. E. Currens
Bernard Davis
W. M. Storm
Dwight McCain
Frederick
McBride
Red Cross
J. Homer Remsberg
Page Gardner
Donald Brake
Frank Darner
John Seachrist
Homer Remsberg
Philip Saylor
Robert Russell
Middletown High School
No Man’s Land
Grange
Merhle Iferl
Rail Head Of Burma Road Pounded By U S Bombers
U S heavy bombers struck the Lashio rail head on the Burma Road at Lashio and other targets in central Burma while Allied air units attacked enemy rail lines at Namkin and Sedaw. RAF bombers hit the Kangaun airfield with a daytime raid and a night follow up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delhi
Burma
Lashio
US Air Force
Sedaw
Mardalay
Namkin
Katha
Alon
Mongwit
Arakan
Kangaun
Meikiila
Japanese air raid on Kunming Chinese air base defeats U S force
In China on May 16 the AAF repelled a major Japanese assault on Yun nan airdrome near Kunming. Sixty Japanese planes attacked. 15 confirmed shot down and 10 damaged beyond use. One Liberator wrecked on the ground and one American was lightly wounded. Lieutenant Colonel Bruce Holloway of Knoxville led the P-40s, expanding his China ace total to eight after Captain John Hampshire’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Salamaua
New Guinea
Japan
Huon Gulf
Bobdubi
Arfmen
Tenenace
Misha
Salamaus
Salagua
Lac
Bobhdule
Wau Mountain
Wittersun
Mink
U.S. Aaf
China
Yunnan
Kunming
Bruce Holloway
Knoxville
Teno
Holloway
John Hampshire
Grants Pass
Ore
President Roosevelt pledges aid to Chiang Kai-Shek
Roosevelt sent a message to Chiang Kai-Shek expressing hope that Allied armies, cooperating with the Chinese, would soon launch an Asia offensive. The note came in response to Chiang's congratulations on Tunisian victory, Reuters reported from Chungking.
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London
Roosevelt
Chiang Kai-Shek
Asia
Reuters
Chungking
Chiang
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Kalamaua
Fort Benning
Raymond T. Fewell
Stembel
Budi Tran Works
Bath
Mary Grate Helfert
Mabey 6
Cava
Helfento
Ela
Archibald M. Main
Iron Work
Dl Hunphries
Af Andover
Mass
St of Mis Viptferstein
Cantus Shpounding
Maine
Miss Helfenstein
WAACS
Aux
Eleanor M. Grimes
U. 8
George
iSenate Finance Committee
Fort Lewis
Millard Glessner
Canada
Tunisian
Miles
Beja
Loke Achkel Et
Emunchar
Mediez el Bab
Roba
Moteur
iLoke Bizerte
Nee Tjerrwille
Nees
Prot
Toun
Pn Djesel Kerachoun
Cyprien
Tohrou
Gulf of Tunis
Carthage
Hamman
Sou Fich
iGrombalia
Nabfi
Biol
Kelibia
Set. Ewgenie
G. Hawes
Chas
Calvin
Buck) Hawes, F
Middletown Grange
Westminster
Nathan A. Dorsey, Jr
Evelyn L. Eader
Mt Airy
Raymond D Clary
Mary V. Farver
Mt. Airy
U. S
Hell
Carty
Cafurst Mattress
C. C. Carty, Inc
E. Patrick ST
Frederick, MD
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