Flood Waters Loosed From Dams Rage Unchecked
London reports new aerial photos show vast flooding from the Mohne Eder and Ruhr dams as RAF blasts breach Germanys water barriers. Kaisers Kassel and Duisburg flood, industries crippled, rail links submerged, and vast valley destruction warned as the Ruhr valley waters advance toward central industrial targets.
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London
RAF
Germany
Ruhr
Hitler
Reese
Mohne
Ruhe
Duisburg
Rhine
Weser
Kassel
Air Ministry
Eder
Fedake i Dppardacis
Coblenz
Frankfurt
Munich
Leipzig
Dresden
Berlin
Wabern
Felsberg
Civilian Air Patrol Set For June 5 6 Mobilization
Westminster hosts about 250 CAP members for a State wing mobilization and Westminster airport dedication on June 5 and 6. Squadrons from Baltimore Washington Cumberland Taneytown and Hagerstown join in drill competition with Major Arthur Hyde awarding the squadron cup. Lieut Col Earl Johnson national CAP commander attends along with Governor O Connor Baltimore Mayor McKeldin Westminster Mayor Mathias and Westminster Chamber members Stewart Bair Crawford and Arthur Scott.
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Westminster
Civilian Air Patrol
Baltimore
Washington
Cumberland
Taneytown
Hagerstown
CAP
Arthur Hyde
Maryland
Earl Johnson
O'Conor
Theodore R. McKeldin
Joseph L. Mathias
Scott 5. Bair
Carroll L. Crawford
Arthur P. Scott
Westminster Chamber of Commerce
Building Assn Elects Directors at Fredericktown Meeting
The Fidelity Building and Loan Association elected directors at its annual shareholders meeting held recently at the Fredericktown Savings. Officers named include T Deilaplaine as vice president and Gillmore R. Plautt and Roger R. Rice as secretaries. George W. Myers replaces F. W. Weitzel who left for Army service. The board plans issue of new series No 29 to start Saturday.
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George W. Myers
F. W. Weitzel
Fred
Chiang Praises Christian Church Work In China
Chiang Kai-shek praised the Christian Church and missionaries in China at the opening of the first National Christian Conference since the war began. He said the war freed the church from foreign imperialism, yet welcomed missionaries and foreign Christians serving with true sympathy and devotion to help China. He and his wife are Methodists.
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Chungking
Chiang Mai-Shek
Christian Church
China
Chiang
Roosevelt Addresses Postwar Food Conference Openin Session
Roosevelt told the United Nations food conference that no hindrances in trade transport or internal distribution must block access to food necessary for health. He urged obligations to ensure minimum adequate nutrition for all, and noted the Atlantic Charter aims guiding postwar food policy.
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Hot Springs
Roosevelt
United Nations Food Conference
United States
Empire
Homestead
Rio de Janeiro
Marvin Jones
Edwin Gorsuch Held by Italians in Prison Camp
Parents of Edwin Gorsuch report he was captured by Italian forces and is held in a transit camp. A letter written three days after capture says he was treated fairly well. Earlier, Mrs. Allie Gorsuch had received a letter from Baltimore asking assurance of his safety and well being in a prison camp in Italy.
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Westmins
Edwin Gorsuch
Allie Gorsuch
Chicery
Ardg Ia
Baltimore
Washington
Mary Father
Gorsuch
Aly
Rumi Plan Is Knocked Out In Vote In House
The Rumi plan to skip a year in taxation was defeated in the House by a 202 to 194 vote as Democrats won what was described as the most impressive victory of the current Congress. President Roosevelt signaled a veto and the House maintained its pay as you go approach, aiming to abate about 75 percent of 1942 taxes and impose a 20 percent withholding on wages. The outcome followed a four month battle amid sharp party divides and uncertain tax policy going forward.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Franklin Roosevelt
United States
Doughton
D-Nc
Congress
Mouse
Conference
Coughton
Soi
Ieller
George i D-Gat
OPA Abandons Plan for Canned Good Grade Labels
The Office of Price Administration announced May 18 that grade labeling on the 1843 pack of canned fruits and vegetables will not be required. Instead price ceilings will rely on grades or invoices, with methods for consumers to ascertain grades. OPA says the change preserves enforcement advantages while avoiding trade labeling. Consumer groups had urged labeling to inform buyers, but producers opposed the extra cost and labor. The dispute drew Congressional interest and caused internal disagreements within OPA.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
House of Committee
Postal policy limits overseas soldier packages
The Frederick post office will require written commanding officer approval to inspect overseas soldier packages. Until officially authorized, the policy restricts acceptance of packages with unverified contents and mandates a documented authority before delivery or inspection.
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Garth
Sudiers
Pamontan Gene
Frederick Post Office
Kiwanis Club hears talk on a just and lasting peace
At a Francis Scott Key Moss meeting in observance of Liberty Week Kiwanis members heard Lt Col Elmer Y. Munshower and speaker Mr Storm outline paths to a world peace. Storm urged compulsory global education, language unity, selective immigration, a United Nations style army, and free trade while urging nations to follow the wartime creed with malice toward none.
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Aloud
Francis Scott Key Moss
Stanie
Storm
Brazil
Russia
United Nations
United States
Stern
Georgia
Philadelphia
Alexander Hamilton
Jams’ Madison
Francis B. Sappington
Clarence C. Carry
Elmer Y. Munshower
A. P. Hill Military Reservation
Ava
Harper
Frederick
Army Clothing Exhibit At Key Hotel In Frederick
Capt John G Volz and Arthur Marshall arrange an Army clothing exhibit at the Francis Scott Key Hotel basement lobby in Frederick. The display, supplied by the Army Quartermaster Corps, covers draft uniforms nurses WAACs Arctic gear and jungle dress along with rations and field household items. It highlights Class C D and K rations and a new gasoline field range with a WFMD broadcast planned for day one.
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John G. Volz
Richmond Quartermaster Depot
U. S. Army
Arthur Marshall
Frederick Retail Merchants Association
Francis Scott Key Hotel
United States Army Quartermaster Corps
Tropics
Arctic
Quartermaster Corps
Davies
WFMD
N’viegk
Ems of Me
Balinmatre
Night air raid over London prompts multiple alerts
An air attack over London seeps into the night as enemy planes cross the metropolitan area. The first alert rings before midnight with aircraft barrages and a single bomb reported in one area but no damage or casualties. A second alert follows as authorities continue the defense measures.
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Texas
London
Davis Urges Congress to Extend CCC Borrowing Power
Davis asked Congress to extend the Commodity Credit Corporation borrowing authority amid signs of a subsidy fight. An exchange with Rep. Wolcott during the House Banking Committee session was cut short as Howeon on the axis was planned. Davis resumes testimony tomorrow, calling the CCC credit agency the easiest way to contract with farmers to support prices.
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Ington
Chester Davis
Congress
Commodity Credit
Davis
Rep
Wolcott
R-Mich
House Banking Committee
Howe
Cengre
War Labor Board must approve coal contract deals
Settlement talks hinge on War Labor Board approval as Ickes presses United Mine Workers leader Jona Lewis to back any new pact. The energy and fuels chief urged a return to collective bargaining with government supervision, amid tensions over board independence and a pending fact finding report on the coal dispute.
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Ickes
Jona L. Lewis
Roosevelt
WLB
United Mine Workers
James F
William H Davis
Operau
Lewis
New York
Parr
UMW
United Mine Workers of America
Uhe United Mine Vineloans
Misene Bey
Byrnes
Wayne L. Morse
Frank P. Graham
White House
Marvin McIntyre
Tacis
Peoulitate Aidl Getloivh
Facis
Yestterday
Tekes
Tokers
Doneloyine
Lewix
Private Antenucca arrives for Marine training at Parris Island
Private Ptiree Antenucca of Wisner Street arrived recently at Parris Island, awaiting advanced training base assignment for further instructions. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Danel Antenucca and is under board auspices as a new recruit. In other news, discussions around the coal dispute and War Labor Board actions were noted, with President Roosevelt weighing in on the UMW position. Separately, pianist OConor of the Milt Herth Trio died in Baltimore shortly after arriving for a club engagement, after falling at the night club.
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Ptiree Antenucca
Wisner Street
United States Marine Corps F
Parris Island
Wats of Leon
Antenucca
Danel Antenucca
Lewis
WLB
Morse
Sie
National Defense Mediation Board
Roosevelt
War Labor Board
United Mine Workers
Milt Herth
Baltimore
Oconor
New York
O'Conor
McKeldin Becomes Mayor Of Baltimore
Theodore R. McKeldin was sworn in as Baltimore mayor in City Hall Plaza becoming the third Republican mayor this century. He pledged wartime cooperation with a Democratic City Council and economic restraint while aiming to restore Baltimore as a major port and trade center. He attended church services at St Pauls before the oath and wore formal but nontraditional attire.
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Baltimore
Theodore R. McKeldin
City Hall Plaza
Howard W. Jackson
McKeldin
City Hall
Old St Paul's
Protestant Episcopal Church
Francis Hay Staples
St. Pauls Chapel
Guild House
Homberg
Breening
Meyor
William F. Broening
Broening
Mccheldin
Jackson
Riall Jackson Company
FW Berandt
Mweirs
William T. Norris
State Senate
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Insat Opa
National Petroleum Coordinator
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Toronto Board of Contra
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Frederick News & Post
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