Gas Shortage Hits Frederick In Critical Stage
Frederick faces a severe gasoline crunch as new rationing rules cut supplies. Distributors report near total depletion with Washington and Baltimore also dry, while the War Price and Rationing Board orders one coupon only for A B and C holders to aid farmers and essential war work. Public services remain intact though drivers curb travel. police monitor traffic as stations close.
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Frederick
Washington
Baltimore
U. S
Millard E. Tydings
OPA
Leg H. McCormick
Maryland
Mr. McCormick
McCormick
Office of Defense Transportation
Ther
Blue Kids
Eugene W. Pruitt
Nans
Florida
Fire alarms at Catholic theater halt Gay 30s revue
In Richmond on May 24 theater workers rehearsing There’ll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight for a Gay 30s revue failed to notice smoke spreading through the hall. They evacuated down three flights as flames and smoke forced a swift exit amid a false alarm and rapid response.
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Richmond
Old Town
Revus Catholic Theater Guild
Perann
Violations Reported In Gasoline Ban Across Maryland
The Associated Press notes a surge of suspected violations as gas stations in Maryland report dwindling supplies. OPA inspectors logged 473 suspected violations on Sunday, including 39 at the Annapolis ferry and 121 at Havre De Grace bridge, with a total of 941 cases to date. Driving to church or for shopping is limited unless public transport is inadequate.
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Associated Press
Lst
Baltimore
OPA
Church Driving Limited
75th anniversary exercises at Maryland State School for the Deaf
The Maryland State School for the Deaf marks its 75th anniversary with a Sunday baccalaureate by Rev Samuel S Johnston rector of All Saints Episcopal. Commencement follows Tuesday at 2 pm in the gym with a pageant and military exercises on the front lawn. Seven graduates named including Ruth Virginia Long and George Alan Nach.
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Maryland State School For the Deaf
Samuel S. Johnston
All Saints Episcopal Church
Staf
William S. Bacon
Camp Detrick
Mr. Johnston
David
Goliath
Alton Bover
Ignatius Bierlee
John Eeward Hook, Jr
Attu Bombers Shot Down in Second Raid
Washington reports five of sixteen Japanese twin engine bombers were shot down by US fighters near Attu in the Aleutians. One US fighter missing and another shot down but rescued. Navy notes ambiguous success and unclear bomber objective amid ongoing ground combat on Attu Island.
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Washington
Uup
Attu
Aleutians
United States
Navy
North Pacific
United States Army
Attu Island
Army Lightning
Wreck on Jersey Line Kills 14 and Injures 89
A Pennsylvanian passenger train carrying nearly 1300 homebound weekend travelers from Atlantic City to New York crashed on a curve near Delair New Jersey. Fourteen dead and 89 injured as rescue crews, aided by cranes and acetylene torches, recovered victims amid tangled Pullman cars. Police, railroad officials and for likely FBI inquiry probe the cause, while identification of mangled bodies continues.
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Delair
N. J
Pennsylvania Railroad
Atlantic City
New York
New Jersey
Camden
Delain
C. H. Bohr
H. N. Becker
Christian P. Horn
Trenton
Bennie Shapiro
Montclair
Civian Defense
Davies proposes memorial Stalingrad site after war
Joseph E. Davies urged Premier Stalin at a Kremlin state dinner to leave Stalingrad ruins as a memorial and to build a new city five to six miles away along the Volga. He disclosed the idea after earlier discussing it with Marshal Voroshilov during a four and a half hour gathering. Admiral Standley emphasized U.N. friendship and a peace to follow victory.
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Moscow
Joseph E. Davies
Stalin
Kremlin
Stalingrad
Volga City
Volga
Davies
Hie
Klementi Voroshirov
Grand Palace
William H. Standley
United Nations
Standley
Chrysler Strikers Return To Work In Detroit
Chrysler production bosses aim for a rapid return to normal output after CIO strikers decide to resume work. A company spokesman said full production could be reached soon as the day shift reported for duty at about full strength with absenteeism just above normal following last Thursday’s walkout.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corporation
CIO
Corporation
Akron Rubber Plants Resume Work Amid CIO Walkouts
Production resumed at two of four Akron rubber plants after CIO United Rubber Workers protests over a War Labor Board wage decision. Goodyear reported 50 to 75 percent of Gistnift workers back at 6 am Eastern War Time. Firestone noted 16,000 idle. B F Goodrich about 14,000 idle. W T Vaught said about 4,000 returned, while a Goodyear spokesman cited an unbalanced workforce as a cause of low output.
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Akron
Akron Rubber
CIO
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Gistnift
General Tire & Rubber Co
Firestone Tire & Rupper Co
B. F Goodrich Co
William T Vaught
United Rubber Workers
Goodwest
Vaught
Goodyear
Bomb Raids Compared as RAF Strikes Dortmund
The Associated Press notes London quarters report that the night’s raid on Dortmund by the RAF totals no more than 2,000 tons, the greatest air attack in history, roughly five times the 450 tons dropped on London in April, eight times Coventry’s 250 tons on Nov. 14, 1940, which killed 390 and injured hundreds.
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Associated Press
London
Dortmund
RAF
Whitch
Coventry
Name Not On Ballot First Time In 30 Yrs
The coming city election will be unusual as Lloyd Culler will not appear on the Democratic ballot. Culler, mayor since 1922 with multiple terms, will retire with no opposition. Veteran alderman Herbert Schroeder, who would have sought a fifth term, also announces he will not run.
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Lloyd C. Cutler
Frederick
Mr. Culler
Culler
Board of Aldermen
Lewis Fraley
City
Elmer F. Munshower
Col
Munshower
Herbert S. Schroeder
Schroeder
May
Maryland Junior Chamber elects new leaders at fifth convention
The Maryland Junior Chamber of Commerce concluded its fifth annual convention with about 40 delegates. C. Vernon Stone Jr. of Hagerstown was elected president. Vice presidents named include C Eugene Howell Cumberland F Russell Young Frederick and Van Velsor Watt Baltimore. Walter MacKay Frostburg and Leslie Hemers Cumberland were elected treasurer and national director.
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Hagerstown
Maryland Junior Chamber of Commerce
Offerve
C. Vernon Stone, Jr
C. Eugene Howell
Cumberland
F Russell Young
Frederick
van Velsor
Taft's Wife to Be Buried Beside Him in Arlington
The body of Mrs. William Howard Taft wife of the 27th president will be buried tomorrow beside her husband in Arlington National Cemetery.
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Washington
William Howard Taft
United States
Arlington National Cemetery
Pantelleria raids tally heavy Allied air success
Allied forces claim 305 enemy planes destroyed in five days in the Mediterranean theater. U S medium bombers and fighters hit Pantelleria three times in five hours, RAF bombers strike docks and air field. Ground losses include two Allied planes. Sardinia raids and San Giovanni ferry terminal attacks complete the latest campaign reports.
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North Africa
U. S
Pantelleria
Malian
Cap Bon
Mediterranean
Middle East
Malta
Sardinia
San Giovanni
Sicilian
Te Air Field
Birouar Areca
RAF
Floods Force Mass Evacuations as Wolf Lake Levee Breaks
Levee breaks along the Mississippi drive hundreds of families from their homes and flood thousands of acres in the Middle West. The Wolf Lake break along five miles of the Illinois riverfront floods western Union county and threatens Alexandria County near Cairo. About 4,500 residents flee as the area fills with water. A separate break between Ste Genevieve and St Marys adds another 12,000 acres to the inundated zone.
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Associated Press
Mississippi River
Middle West
Wolf Lake
Illinois
Muddy River
Union County
Office of Civilian Defense
Alexander County
Ohio River
Cairo
Claryville
Perry County
Belgique
McBride
Menfra
Ste. Genevieve
St. Marys
Citys Defenses Unable To Withstand Great Weight Of 2000 Tons Of RAF Bombs
London reports the RAF dropped over 2000 tons of bombs on Dortmund and other Ruhr targets in the largest air raid in history. The raid destroyed vast blazes, damaged industry, and cost 38 British bombers. German claims of enemy losses and air defenses are noted amid dramatic fire and smoke.
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London
RAF
Dortmund
Ruhr
Germany
Duisburg
Essen
Iit
Winston Churchill
Italy
North Africa
Middle East
Mr. Churchill
Eder
Moyenne
Weser
Dortmund-Ems
Berlin
Associated Press
Grant-Quynn Nuptials In All Saints Church
Miss Virginia McLean Quynn and Sec ond Lieutenant Samuel Pershing Grant wed at All Saints Episcopal church on Sunday afternoon. The bride, a Hood College senior, wore a white marquisette gown with a tulle veil and gardenia bouquet. Guests included out of town relatives such as Mrs. M. G. Tyler of Baltimore and Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Campbell of Towson. The groom, stationed with Army Engineers at Fort Benning, was represented by best man Bernard M. Davis Jr. The ceremony featured Wagner and Mendelssohn marches and O Perfect Love.
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Virginia McLean Quynn
John W. Quynn
Rosemont Avenue
Samuel Pershing Grant
Army of the United States
All Saints’ Episcopal Church
Army Engineers
Fort Benning
J.T. Grant
Atlanta
Anne Compton
Annapolis
Hood
Bernard M. Davis Jr
Rockwell Terrace
Hheather
Grant
Indianapolis
Ind
Wagner
Mendelssohn
Barnby
Marshall Etchison
Quynn
Frederick High School
Lieut Grant
Georgia School of Technology
M. G. Tyler
Baltimore
Bruce Campbell
Witte Con, Bil
Towson
False general fire alarm reported with no blaze
Firemen investigated a 3.15 am alarm at an alleged Middle Alley house. Police noted no blaze aside from a small brush fire, and witnesses said they traveled north through the alley meeting others coming south.
Russians May Launch Attack On Germans Near Kursk
Soviet forces claim heavy action in the Sevsk area near Kursk with 44 German planes shot down and two German infantry battalions dispersed after a large air and ground assault. Four more Nazi planes reported downed as troop movements northeast of Kursk are noted. Berlin radio suggests a heavy Russia assault may target Orel from Kursk Hot Springs.
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Moscow
Sevsk
Kursk
Berlin
Fandon
Russia
Orel
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U.S
Paramushiro
Pennsy
Crack Flyer
Chrysler
State
Mid-West States
Grant-Quynn
All Saints
Hot Springs
World Agricultural Authority
United Kingdom
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