Big American Convoy Lands Troops in Northern Ireland
The U S troops arrive in Northern Ireland in a large convoy equipped with tanks and artillery to reinforce the garrison. Canadians and air force support follow, with disembarkation described as smooth and secure. Private Marvin O Neal, an Irish American from South Dakota, is among the first ashore.
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Rice Yabner
AEF
Northern
Ire- Jami
Ireland
United States
Britain
Germany
7 Y
Adta
Movement 45
Air Force
Saling
Macy
Ulster
Midwestern
North Central
Far Eas
United States Navy
Atlantic
Marvin O'Neal
South Dakota
Northern Ireland
O'Neil
O'Neal
Junior Miller
Rapid City
S.B
Leutenant
Fation
Exchanged Axis Agents Continue Spreading Lies
Lisbon May 18 An American and an Axis national in the current diplomatic exchange met and exchanged taunts about confinement and treatment. Americans described tense encounters with the Axis spies, while some German detainees lamented jail conditions, insisting they were well treated despite Gestapo claims.
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Lisbon
United States
Germany
Four Hagerstown draftees reprimanded and released
Baltimore May 18 United States Commissioner James K Cullen today reprimanded then released four Hagerstown men listed as Glen W Buhrman 33 Benjamin G Smith 32 Leonard E Gearhart 30 and Hubert W Hutson 33 who were arrested Friday for reporting for induction in an intoxicated condition and warned that such acts violate the Selective Service Act The men apologized and said they did not intend to evade or delay military service.
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Baltimore
United States
James K. Cullen
Hagerstown
Cullen
Glen W. Buhrman
Benjamin G. Smith
Leonard E. Gearhart
Hubert W. Hutson
Sub Attacks On Convoy Beaten Off
JOHN A. MOROSO reports from a Northern Ireland port on May 18 detailing a massive Atlantic convoy journey. Destroyers and planes repelled submarine depth charge attacks while the troop ships pressed onward. Soldiers arrived confident, equipped with new helmets, better weapons, and scientifically planned rations, despite homesickness and seasickness aboard. One freighter was nicknamed Berlin Express.
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John A. Moroso
Hia
Northern Ireland
Atlantic
Hell
America
More Questionnaires Soon To Be Mailed
Baltimore May 18 Colonel Henry C Stanwood State Selective Service Director announced questionnaires would be mailed soon to all Maryland men in the first and second draft registrations not yet called. Earlier weeks questionnaires went to men aged 36 to 44. Local boards will send to registrants aged 20 to 35. The government seeks current and potential skills for war production and not just current work. Handling of first and second registrations’ questionnaires will be separate from the third registration.
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Baltimore
Henry C. Stanwood
State
Selective Service
Maryland
Stanwood
Free French freighter battles U boat in Atlantic engagement
An Eastern Canada port reported that a Free French freighter fought a three hour battle with an enemy submarine in the Atlantic. The vessel limped into port damaged by dud torpedoes and shellfire, with one crew member lost. The crew claimed a direct hit on the submarine but visibility was poor. The ship was struck twice by torpedoes that failed to explode and dodged a third torpedo.
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Atlantic
Prison Terms For Rolling White Men Case Shocks City Court
Police claim to have cracked the practice of white men being rolled by black men in a city court with the sentencing of Juggy Thompson Bubbles Lee and Viola Binks Brown to prison terms. Witnesses Saunders and Castle testified to robberies and assaults near Five and a Half street with a white man fending off a third attack near Sixth street. The courtroom heard confessions by suspects while Sergt. Six and Officers Dietz and Stup led the prosecutions amid widespread drunkenness and disorderly conduct cases in Monday night court.
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Thompson
Bubbles” Lee
Viola “Binks” Brown
Thomas Hill
Sergt
R. O
D. L. Saunders
Route 5
Thomas J. Castle
Frederick
Alton Y. Bennett
Lee
House of Correction
Henrietta Lee
Bennett
Klinehart’s Alley
A.N. Dietz
D. Stup
Saunders
Castle
Sixth
Market
Ridgely King
Frost Penn
Washington
Nolle
Adrian Maker
John Henry Watts
Denver Watts
Pauline Stallings
Maude Deck
Jordan Wiliams
John Doe
Walter Hallinan
J. N. Ramsburg
Leon Machsel
Melvin Carter
George Bablian
Philip Swann
James Pendieton
Richard Sirbaugh
Cumberland
John Ruebeck
Jefferson
New Tires For City's Parking Meter Collector
Frederick City parking meter collector C Elgin Hemp reports four brand new tires installed on his wagon used to haul nickels and pennies along the meter line. He says the tires were supplied Monday without a certificate or question from the dealer as the heavy coin load required replacements.
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C. Elgin Hemp
Frederick City
German Farmer Told To Grow More Vegetables With What
German farmers lag behind on 1942 crops and were ordered to boost production of vegetables, fats, and potatoes. Goering urged maintaining 1941 grain and beet acreage while fertilizer and labor shortages hinder sowing. War demands press fertilizer, seeds, power, and labor, with 60,000 rural workers needed and wide use of foreign workers and POWs in agriculture.
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Lisbon
Reichsmarshal
Herman Goering
Reich
United States
Germany
Russia
Orient
Japan
Manchukuo
Goering
Goeting
Anti-Racketeering Act May Be Broadened
Washington reports a House Judiciary Sub-committee approved legislation broadening the 1934 anti racketeering act to prosecute labor organizations for interference with interstate commerce. The bill, introduced by Rep Hobbs, defines robbery and extortion to include force or fear and sets penalties up to twenty years and $10,000. It adds a section prohibiting interference with interstate commerce by physical force or intimidation. Truckers and farm groups say it is needed to prevent unions from stopping shipments and enforcing union requirements.
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Washington
House Judiciary
Rep
Hobbs
Ala
Joseph B. Eastman
Defense Transportation Coordinator
More Minute Men Inducted Into Service
Three more Minute Men companies were inducted Monday night at the State Armory. Two Price Brothers Manufacturing Company volunteers and one Braddock Heights unit were sworn in by Brig. Gen. Francis Perrott and Col. Brooke Lee, commander of the Seventh Battalion State Guard. Instructions list drill nights, command lines, and training staff. Applications for membership continue, with Frederick units expected within weeks.
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State Armory
Price Brothers Manufacturing Company
Braddock Heights
Francis Perrott
Coli
Brooke Lee
Silver Springs
State Guard
Walter G. Crowther
Charles Ramsburg
Price Brothers
W. Jarboe Grove
Harry Mask
Perrott
Col. Lee
Minute Men
Erwin R. Kump
Frederick
Use Of X Card Rules On Roads In War Time
Washington May 18 Holders of B gasoline ration cards may use the excess for pleasure trips or any purpose they desire Leon Henderson ruled to clear up misunderstandings. If necessary spot inspections will be made along highways by OPA regional and State offices to check XK card use. Local ration boards in the Eastern area will recheck applications for X and B-3 cards to catch improper approvals.
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Puplic
Latvia
Lithuania
Estonia
Ruthenia
Goering
Washington
Leon Henderson
Henderson
OPA
Office of Price Administration
New ambassador named from Moscow to Tokyo
Moscow announces P1 Y Malik is appointed Russian ambassador to Japan succeeding Constantin Smetanin who left Tokyo three months ago. Smetanin’s Moscow visit was deemed routine, and he was expected to return to Tokyo, but instead received another appointment.
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Moscow
Y. A. Malik
Japan
Constantin Smetanin
Smetanin
Tokyo
Pipeline Plan To Relieve Eastern Oil Shortage Revived
Washington reports revived efforts to move oil to the East through a new or reworked pipeline. President Roosevelt and congressional leaders discussed options including rebuilding idle lines or a Texas to Florida line, with agency surveys needed before action. Major General Eugene Reybold backed a Texas to Jacksonville project, claiming six months could complete it with prompt material access.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Florida
Qliio
Barkley
D-Ky
Interior Department
War Production Board
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Spring
Ickes
National Defense
Texas
Louisiana
East Texas
Mississippi River
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Jacksonville
Fla
Gulf Coast
Carrabelle
Florida Gulf Coast
Atlantic
Eugene Reybold
Army Engineer Corps
Mrs Jeanette Dennis Burned In Oven Explosion At O F Home
Suffering from shock after an oven exploded at the I. O. O. F. Home where she worked, Mrs. Jeanette Dennis of 324 North Bentz Street was moved to Frederick City Hospital Monday afternoon for treatment. Her condition was reported satisfactory after initial burns to the head. She was later sent home as her condition worsened and then transported by M. R. Etchison and Son ambulance to the hospital.
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Jeanette Dennis
North Bentz Street
Frederick City Hospital
M. R. Etchison and Son
Farmers Will Need All Help Available
Chicago May 18 Ameri can farmers must seek help from cities and high schools and use all available horses. AAA chairmen from 48 states discussed plans to adjust 1943 production for the nation, Allies, and armed forces. Edward White noted more farm labor, with women and children boosting numbers while hired hands declined. He urged training for students and city workers and predicted high horsepower use next year. White urged more soybeans peanuts flax and cotton seed for oil. Fred S. Wallace estimated current weekly production of milk eggs hogs beef and veal, with peak demand still ahead. Betty Grable hospitalized after strains from dancing in a movie.
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Chicago
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Edward White
Arkansas
AAA
White
Fred S. Wallace
Agricultural Adjustment Agency
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