Durgin Recalls Tokyo Raid and Japanese Society
Russell L. Durgin longtime American and Canadian YMCA representative in Tokyo discusses the Tokyo air raid, Japanese civilian life, and wartime shifts from 1936 to 1942. He describes civilian rationing, the rise of the military clique, and acts of Christian goodwill amid shifting tensions before Pearl Harbor.
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Konour
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Durgin
Rotary Cruix
Ducgin
Alvin G. Quinn
Y.M.C. A
Niemann A. Beuck
Mr. Quinn
KR. Ames Bendrickton
William Moore
Glenn &. Benstrer
Firemen Name Officers At Annual Meet
Carroll County Volunteer Firemen's Association held its annual convention in Union Bridge with officer elections and endorsements. James Burke was named president to succeed Emory Minnica, and Gordon Warthime and C Greisenstein were elected vice president and treasurer. The nine companies attended and Taneytown won the convention with a $94 prize.
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Carroll County
Gordon Warthime
Lineboro
C. ¥. Greisensten
Manchester
Ralph Yingling
Mr. Airy
Mt Airy
Union Bridge
Westminster
Taneytown
Bineboro
Pleasant Valley
Sykesville
Hampstead
H. H. Bond
F. L. Anderson
Baltimore
Alvin Hood
H. A. Myera
George M . Hoffman
Charles
Snyder
Howad
O T
Shoemaker
Mt. Airy
M. H. Gosnell
Lewis Baker
Warfield Babyton
Wantzen
California Colonel Washington Stationed in Los Angeles
Col Washington son of Mrs Clara D Washington of Tuscarora and the late Glenn Washington is stationed at Los Angeles. He entered the service July 17 1942 and is associated with a telecommunication invention noted in California.
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Col. Washington
Clara D. Washington
Tuscarora
Glenn
Ton
Los Angeles
X Invention
Calif
Axis Prisoners At Work In U S War Effort
Secretary of War Stimson said a limited number of Axis prisoners are already at work in the United States under Geneva convention terms. Prison camps have been set up nationwide with capacity to handle expected prisoners from Tunisia and future campaigns. Workers may be assigned to war industries, with humane treatment emphasized for all POWs.
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Washington
Stimpson Wald
United States
Tunisia
Stimson
British Raiders End Burma Jungle Raid After Three Months
A mixed force of British Burman Gurkha and Indian troops concludes a three month jungle campaign in central Burma along a 300 mile front. The operation led by Brigadier Wingate destroyed railroad targets, slowed Japanese moves, and trained Allied troops for jungle warfare.
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Indo-Burma
Burma
Orly
New Delhi
Chindwin
Rrawaddy
Mandalay
Myitkyina
Tindra
Britain
England
Dhaiee
Woom
Salween
Charles Orde Wingate
Wingate
Break May Come In Income Tax Deadlock
Washington reports revived hope for a tax deadlock break as Treasury orders 120 carloads of forms to establish a current system by July 1. A Senate House conference committee met to bridge differences on the Ruml skip-a-year bill and the House tax plan. Senator George of Georgia said payroll withholdings at 20 percent could begin within weeks after a signature, with more time desired if possible.
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Washington
Treasury
Senate House
Senate
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
OPA Orders Milk Price Increase Aimed at Harford Region
The Office of Price Administration announces a price rise of 3.79 dollars per hundredweight for milk to producers in the Harford Maryland area to curb diversion to Baltimore. The area covers Baltimore County north of 39 30 and the counties of Harford Carroll Cecil Howard and Kent. Retail prices are not expected to rise.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Harford
Maryland
Baltimore
OPA
Carroll
Cecil
Howard
Kent
Une
Fog-fed California redwoods thrive along coast
California redwoods cling to the coastal range near sea level and depend on fog from the sea for moisture rather than summer rains.
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California Redwoods
Stone Sent to Texas Station in Wallace Assignment
Pvt. Stone son of Chester Stone is stationed in Wallace Texas for Adamstown Route 1.
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Pvt. Stone
Chester Stone
Adamstown
Wallace
Tex
Stalin Given Letter From Roosevelt
Joseph E Davies delivered President Roosevelt's secret message to Joseph Stalin in the Kremlin after meeting Molotov. The note followed Churchill's Washington statement about a possible future summit with Stalin and Chiang Kai-shek. Davies planned to discuss the letter with Stalin before returning home.
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Moscow
Joseph E. Davies
Roosevelt
Joseph Stalin
Kremlin
Vyacheslav Molotov
United States
Davies
Henry Casablanca
Churchill
Washington
Marshal Stalin
Chidhg Kai- Shek
Stalin
Hom
Russia
Germany
Churchills Washington
Dwight Eisenhower
Tunisia
Attu Island
Resignation of Rev Norman F Ford Shifts Church and Scout Roles
Rev Norman F Ford of the Church of the Brethren resigns his ministerial post by mail. He has served in Frederick and Beaver Creek districts while also holding a Bay area YMCA role and prior Scout executive positions in Washington. He remains ordained in the Brethren church and has ties to Pleasant View Ossur Middistons and other communities. Harvard reportedly hosts the nation’s largest law school with about 1450 students from 216 colleges.
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Norman F. Ford
Frederick
Church of the Brethren
Edward C. Bixler
New Windsor
Wilmington
Dei
Bays
Y.mc.a
Ford
National Capitol Area Council
Boy Scouts
Washington
Pleasant View Ossar Middistons
Beaver Creek
Boonsboro
Ichuren
Harvard
United States
Democrats Nominate Magaha For Mayoralty
At a large Frederick City Democratic convention in the Court House on Thursday night the party nominated a full ticket for the June 8 election led by Alderman E. Paul Magaha for Mayor. Louis E. Eichelberger was nominated for re election as City Register, with Harvey B. Edwards Francis M Kennedy Alvey V Renn Wilbur M Seeger and Charles W Stup named aldermen. Culler praised Magaha and others while noting Frederick City’s tax base has risen from seven million in 1923 to twenty three million today and water rent income from seventeen thousand to over eighty five thousand. A tribute was paid to the late Dr Ira J McCurdy, former Democratic Chairman.
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Court House
Democrats
Frederick City
E. Paul Magaha
Lincoln Custer City
Charles W. Stup
Magaha
Culler
City Register
Eichelberger
William M. Storm
Edward J. Smith
Democratic City Executive Committee
Teou Unel
Tiungiat
Schroeder
Stup
John S. Renn
Charles "T Butcher
G. William Shipley
Democratic convention marks campaign roles and nominations
W Clinton McSherry praised Dr McCurdy service to the party as convention opens with Rev Johnston giving the invocation. Zimmerman leads "America" while Mrs Marken and Mrs Etlison are named secretaries after Storm is named permanent chairman.
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Francis Scott Key Hotel
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America
Manchuria
Blemeneen
Serban
Carroll County Assn
Erb
California
Cpl
Robert L. Washington
U.S
Quints
NEA Telephoto
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S. S. Watson Ferris
Superior
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Chindwin River
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Cumberland
Texas
Robert Stone
Edwards
Kennedy
Renn
Seeger
W. Clinton McSherry
McCurdy
Democratic Party
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Johnston
Eeetor
al Sainte Enennial Church
Richard E. Zimmerman
House of Delegates
Mmrs
Victor M. Marken
M. Riley Etcison
Storm
William B. Bennett
Magada
C. Clifford Doll
W. Jerome Offutt
Charles T. Butcher, Sr
Alermanic
Clifford M. Yinger
Ralph W. Boyer
Sherman P. Bowers
George F. Abrecht
John W. Grove
Gary L. Utterback
Milton BE Akers
Charles W. Smith
Pati
Stith
Rooney
Ava Gardner Rooney
Mickey Rooney
Mickey
Miss Gardner
Wilson, N. C
Thurmond Clarke
C. C. Carty, Inc
E. Patrick St
Scott Key Hotel
The
Frederick Merchants Association
Seersucker
Sueer Bemberg
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