Youth Who Stole Seven Cars Given 18 Months
Lawrence Jenkins 23 of Point of Rocks, a rejected Army selectee, was sentenced to 18 months in the House of Correction on two charges petty larceny and unauthorized use of an automobile. He allegedly stole at least seven cars in about a month, with incidents spanning Montgomery and nearby counties before being recaptured after a series of evasive moves.
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House of Correction
Manuel M. Weinberg
Lawrence Jenkins
Point of Rocks
Jeakins
Montgomery County
Rockville
Jenkins
Doubs
Maurice Coleman
Coleman
Luther Heffner
Paul B. Rhoads
Weinberg
Dickerson
George Orrisman
West Virginia
Hagerstown
Myersville
Martin M. Puncke
Rhoads
Bomb Germany To Assist Russ In War Debate
Sir Stafford Cripps told the House of Commons bombing Germany is the best way to aid Russia until a planned attack on the European continent. He said the government would face a confidence vote if needed, while Hore-Belisha urged a separate Ministry of Defense and a defense minister with strong experience.
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London
Germany
Russia
Europe
Stafford Cripps
House of Commons
Churchill
Stafford
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Britain
Ministry of Defense
War Cabinet
Sir Stafford
OCD To Protect Essential Facilities Plans Outlined
On May 20 the Office of Civilian Defense was given overall control to develop plans protecting essential facilities from sabotage. Included are communications, air transport, highways, railways, forests, mines, utilities, public buildings and storage sites, supplementing Army and Navy efforts guarding war materials. Britain’s Malta faces frequent bombing as Italy joins the war.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Office of Civilian Defense
OCD
Army
Navy
War Production Board to limit stocks held by retailers
The War Production Board is likely to limit how much goods retailers and wholesalers may stock. The plan, being considered to ensure equitable consumer supplies despite wartime cuts, would cover a broad consumer field similar to the universal price ceiling that began for retail sales.
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Washington
War Production Board
Himmler Named Police Chief in Nazi Occupied Netherlands
Report from Stockholm via Tass and Anda cites Himmler as supreme chief of police in the Netherlands. Dutch exile government warns of a move to make the country an autonomous Niedermark province under Dutch Nazi leaders. German reprisals include executing 96 accused plotters and detaining 460 prominent citizens.
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Londo
Heinrich Himmler
Germany
Gestapo
Netherlands
Stockholm
Tidvngen
Anda
Tass
Niedermark
Anton Musseri
London
Himmler
Walsh Exonerated By Dept of Justice
Senator Walsh is said to be completely exonerated by a Justice Department inquiry regarding allegations of visiting a Brooklyn house of degradation. Senate Leader Barkley reported the agency found no guilt over claims tied to liquor aided information about ship movements, with Walsh stating he never visited the site and had only brief Brooklyn appearances for public speeches.
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Washington
Barkley
Senate Today
Biddle
Justice Department
Walsh
D.-Mass
Brooklyn
Senate
New York Post
McNary
Oregon
Leading steels heavy pull on midweek stock market
The stock market showed weakness in leading steels with only scattered gains among merchandising farm equipment and utility groups. Declines outpaced advances in late trading as investors eyed dividend cut fears, though American Telephone kept its usual 225 cent quarterly payout, easing some nerves.
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New York
Will Rogers Jr Leaves Hollywood for Fort Sill Oklahoma
Hes his father's son and heads from Hollywood to Fort Sill Oklahoma for officers' training and a Nepy school assignment. The move marks the journey of Will Rogers Jr in stepping into military duty under his father's legacy.
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Will Rogers, Jr
Hollywood
Fort Sid Okla
nePy School
Bombers Hit Mannheim and St Nazaire in Night Raids
Hundred of bombers attacked Mannheim and St Nazaire in coordinated raids. The Air Ministry reported 14 planes missing and noted heavy fire bomb use on Mannheim, a major inland port hosting Badische Anilin, Lanz armament, and Daimler Benz plants. A second raid targeted St Nazaire while fighters struck enemy airfields in France and Holland.
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London
Mannheim
Germany
Air Ministry
St. Nazaire
France
Holland
Europe
Badische_anilin chemical works
Lanz Armament Works
Daimler- Benz Engineering Works
Italy
England
Serious Threat If Germans Succeed in Counter Offensive
A British source warned that if German forces reach Izyum and Barvenkova near Kharkov it would threaten a key Red Army flank. He said Soviet progress was slow and German breakthroughs could upset the Soviet drive, dismissing a 149000 prisoner claim as absurd.
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London
Izyum
Barvenkova
Kharkov
Red Army
Kerch
Timoshenko
Nominate Martin And Ross In Pennsylvania
Major General Edward Martin and F Clair Ross were nominated for Pennsylvania governor in the November election. Martin, backed by the Republican organization, defeated rivals with U S Senator James J Davis present. Ross won the Democratic race as state auditor general and led slate wins for other statewide offices.
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Philadelphia
Edward Martin
F Clair Ross
Pennsylvania
Martin
Republican Organization
James J Davis
U 5
Ross
Ralph H. Smith
Pittsburgh
Luther A. Hart
Hull sees UN victory sooner than expected
Secretary of State Hull said there are grounds for hope that the United Nations victory may arrive earlier than previously expected. He noted U S power has grown for offensive and defensive operations and discussed immobilizing French warships at Martinique and completing fuel removal to prevent sea movement while maintaining minimal ship systems.
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Hull
United Nations
Washington
United States
Martinique
Bids Open For Bridge Approaches On June Two
The State Roads Commission will open bids on Tuesday June 2 at 3 oclock for the approaches to the relocated Jug Bridge. The project covers grading drainage and concrete surfacing from two miles east of Frederick on Route 40 for about nine tenths of a mile toward the east. Negotiations with property owners are under way on the western Monocacy river side. The M J Grove Lime Company has submitted a bid of 244385 for the new structure but the contract has not been awarded. The work is a federal aid project with labor provided by the Maryland State Employment Service in Winchester Hall.
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The
State Roads Commission
Jug Bridge
Frederick
Pearl Bargain House
John H. Staley
Pearl
Roads Commission
Monocacy River
M. J. Grove Lime Company
Maryland State Employment Service Office
Winchester Hall
Nazi Kerch Attack For Propaganda Only
Major General Nikolai Zhuravlev stated the Kerch Peninsula operation was driven more by propaganda aims than strategic gain. He claimed German troops lack confidence and that the leadership seeks even a small early spring victory to restore it. He cited the Kharkov setback as disproving winter withdrawal myths and warned of heavier Soviet blows ahead.
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Kuibyshev
Nikolai Zhuravlev
Kerch
Crimea
Zhuraviev
Red
Kharkov
Tanglefoot Nightshirts For Men Next
Washington May 20 Restoration of old fashioned nightshirts for men was one idea at a WPB and Men s Clothing Industry Advisory Committee conference as they discuss regulating male pajamas to conserve cloth and control fabrics styles and features.
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Washington
WPB
Men's Clothing Industry Advisory Committee
Defendant collapses in New York murder trial
New York May 20 co defendant 1 El Shan brun collapsed in his chair at the counsel table during the murder trial of Madeline Webb and another man and was carried from the courtroom by attendants.
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New York
el Shanbrun
Madeline Webb
U S Navy Tests Bombing Feat By Marine Corps Planes
In 1921 Marine Corps pilots demonstrated aerial bombing by attacking the U S Iowa class battleship. The decisive test showed aircraft could threaten capital ships, influencing future naval aviation strategies and ship defenses.
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USS
Marine Corps
U. S
Iowa
Japanese Continue Sweep In Chekiang
Japanese forces push south in Chekiang province near Shanghai with aerial support, capturing Chuki and advancing toward Hangchew as Chinese resistance inflicts heavy losses. Other Japanese columns seize Chenghsien and Chang Jochen while Chinese forces regroup along the Burma Road preparing for flood season and border defense.
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Chungking
China
Chekiang
Shanghai
Japan
Chuki
Hangchew
Tung River
Chenghsien
Chang- Jochen
Hangchow
Henan
Linyang
Yunnan
Burma
Allegany County Cases Removed Here
Three damages suits totaling 17 500 are placed on the current Circuit Court docket after removal from Allegany county on venue motions. Plaintiffs Eleanor M. Smith Alice Fisher and John L. Smith sue Steward Transport for injuries from a May 19 1940 truck collision on the Hagerstown Greencastle road near Hagerstown. Smith seeks 10 000 for injuries including a fractured leg and facial wounds. Fisher seeks 5 000 for arm leg and knee injuries. Smith also seeks 2 500 for loss of his wife's services.
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Allegany County
Washington County
Allegany
Eleanor M. Smith
Alice Fisher
John L. Smith
Steward Transport Company
Smith
Hagerstown
Greencaste
Reappointed To State Board Nurse Examiners
Annapolis announces the reappointment of two Baltimore nurses to the State Board of Examiners of Nurses for three years. Miss Life Rooke of Baltimore University Hospital and Miss M Ruth Moubray of Maryland General Hospital will serve until early May 1945.
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Annapolis
Baltimore
State Board of Examiners of Nurses
O’conor
Life Rooke
Baltimore University Hospital
M. Ruth Moubray
Maryland General Hospital
Miss Hoke
State
St Josephs College
Emmitsburg
University of Maryland Hospital Nurses’ School
University Hospital Nurses’ School
Miss Moubray
Columbia University
Teacher's College
Mayland General Hospital
Allied Planes to Raid Nazis Nightly, London Says
An authoritative source reports Allied air command plans to expand raids against Germany. The aim is to increase from 800 to about 1900 aircraft with favorable weather, enabling nightly operations though not every night.
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London
Allied Air Compmands
Britain
Supreme Test in Australia Foretells War Strain
Prime Minister John Curtin warned that the war’s tempo is rising as Australia prepares the second Liberty Loan opening June 2. Allied air reconnaissance and RAF raids against Japan’s Burma front are reported, with ongoing British movements along the Chindwin near Mandalay.
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Melbourne
Australia
John Curtin
Curtin
United States
Douglas MacArthur
In Laws Not To Benefit From Soldiers Pay
Washington May 2014 Mothers in law fathers in law and grandchildren receive no benefits from soldiers or sailors pay or from government aid to dependents The House Military Committee sent the bill to the full House for action next week as Congress weighs private and seaman minimum pay options. Rome From Italian Broadcasts May 204 The high command said an Italian submarine was lost after failing to return.
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Washington
House Military Committee
Congress
Rome
High Command
Red Army Presses Toward Kharkov as Kerch Reports Rise
Soviet dispatches say Red Army forces close in on Kharkov with fierce battles along the southern front. Pravda denies Kerch Peninsula cleanup, while Soviet forces halt German attempts and capture prisoners, guns, ammunition, and materiel in ongoing fighting.
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Moscow
Red Army
Kharkov
Pravda
Communist Party
Kerch
Crimea
Caucasus
Bataan
Philippines
Barvenkova
Izyum
Red Star
Kaarkov
Kharkov Front
Berlin
Soviet Information Bureau
Caucasian
Donets
Donets River
Ilzyum
Bachive
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Heinrich the Butcher
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Time and Steel Aid
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Alan Kirk
Naval Intelligence
Harolds. Stark
Nippon
State Board
District of Columbia
Hitler
Akyab
New Delhi
Myitkyina
Chindwin
Chindwin River
Mandalay
Bill
Willam
Knudsen
Jack Fleming
Schenectady, N. Y
Kerch Peninsula
Communist Organ
Simeon Timoshenko
Baron von Richthofen
von Richthofen
Belsrade
Crete
Baron Manfred von Richthofen
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