Rent control extends to Frederick County area
Frederick county becomes a wartime rent control area effective June 1 1944 under Office of Price Administration regulations. Landlords must register all housing and operating lodging types. Rents will be rolled back to July 1 1943 levels, with enforcement aimed at curbing inflation during World War II.
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Baltimore
Lucien E. D. Gaudreau
Frederick County
Office of Price Administration
Washington
Frederick Defense
O'Sullivan Building
Eisenhower Returns From Ground Forces Inspection In England
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower came back from a visit to British ground forces at Supreme Headquarters England and praised their thorough training. He then met King George VI at Buckingham Palace. It was reported that Allied vehicles including tanks and jeeps would bear a white star insignia for the invasion, while RAF units would keep the red, white and blue target.
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Supreme Allied Headquarters
England
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Supreme
George VI
Buckingham Palace
London
RAF
North Africa
Italy
Bad Weather Halts Allied Air Attacks Across Continent
London reports bad weather limits Allied pre invasion air offensive. Vichy radio notes Lyon and St. Etienne districts were drawn from activity this morning with alerts across central France. Paris radio cites a reported incursion near Scissor and violent battles over eastern France, but Allied confirmation is lacking.
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London
Continent
Vichy
Lyon
St. Etienne
France
Germany
Nam
Paris
Scissor
Memorial Day furloughs urged by defense transportation chief
Director J. Monroe Johnson of the Office of Defense Transportation asked people to stay home on Memorial Day and offered a chance at furlough visits, urging citizens to observe the holiday from their homes and avoid travel.
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Washington
J. Monroe Johnson
Office of Defense Transportation
Army Officer Guilty of Shooting Four Persons
Lt. Beaufort G Swancutt was convicted by an Army court martial today on a charge of murdering four persons in a shooting affray at Camp Anza California on March 5. A Northwest labor strike and wage dispute brewed as loggers left the woods to join off duty mill and boom workers in protest of the WLB denial of wage increases.
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Camp Anza
Calif
Beaufort G Swancutt
Portland
Ore
WLB
Specialties Attract Snow Yute Maygob Market Buyers
Specialty stocks drew strong interest in today’s market while scattered teachers offered a decent showing. The session saw a mix of gains and notable activity across sectors as traders priced several niche offerings.
Disengaging Movement Now Called Retreat
In a Berlin broadcast Lumen May sucay Tie Nacis said German troops had to retreat the Cis enna area in Italy under heavy attack. The Anglo American push to dislodge German defenses in Velletri was frustrated, the report claimed.
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Lumen
Sucay Tie Nacis
Berlin
Cisenna
Italy
Velletri
Boyds Flyer Missing In Action In Europe
War Department reports Staff Sergeant Lloyd E. Sanbower from Boyds Montgomery County is missing in action over Europe. He is 23 and served as radio operator and gunner on a bomber. He enlisted June 1942 with training in Mississippi and Phoenix. He last wrote April 9 saying he was well after several missions.
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War Department
Lloyd E. Sanbower
M. J. Sanbower
Boyds
Montgom
County
Budapest
Sergi
Sandower
Tce
Air Corps
Mississippi
Phoenix
Ariz
Las Vegas
Nev
Sioux Falls
S. C
Salt Lake City
New Mexico
Charleston
S. CC
Japanese Losses Reported in Manipur Battle
Pi Allied headquarters estimated 8 500 Japanese troops killed in Manipur area as heavy fighting continued in Bishenpur southwest of Imphal. Japanese forces failed to penetrate Allied lines on the Imphal southwest edge and were thrown back on the Tamual Palel road, with about 200 killed and eight machine guns abandoned.
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Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Manipur
India
Bishenpur
Imphal
Imphalain
Tamu- Palel
Roosevelt Willkie Speak At Same Meeting In New York
Mrs Roosevelt and Willkie shared a stage at a New York dinner honoring Walter White of the NAACP. Willkie, quitting the Republican race, joked about discrimination and urged unity while praising civil rights efforts. The event noted as a peak gathering for public figures amid a broader wartime food outlook and global events.
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New York
Wendell I. Willkie
Ming
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Willkie
Walter White
National Assocation For the Advancement of Colored People
Association
America
Soldier's Wife Blames Defendant For Attack
In Baltimore Circuit Court, Grace G. Engles testified she was slugged unconscious while waiting for a streetcar on a snowy January morning and awoke ten miles away in Howard County. She accuses Andrew J. Gattuso of assault with intent to rape and assault and battery. the case moved here for venue, with proceedings before Judges Delaplaine and Schnauffer, no jury. Evidence included a ration book and tire inspection slip linking Gattuso, a Baltimore shipyard worker, to the incident. The defense contends Engles rode with Gattuso and later claims improper advances occurred. The witness alleges lasting injuries. Gattuso pleads not guilty as prosecutors outline the charge and future steps.
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Baltimore
Howard County
Grace G. Engles
Andrew J. Gattuso
Edward S. Delaplaine
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Gattuso
Ferdinand Sybert
Engles
Chester Road
Syberty
Sybert
Baltimore City
Eagles
Elkridge
Ether Gattuso
Eufaw
William M. Storm
James Loughran
Wm. Sinsky
Wife Offered Child for Dog in Custody Case
Clifford Stanton Heinz II testifies in Los Angeles court that his wife Elizabeth offered to trade their unborn child for a Cocker Spaniel. He says she kept the dog after birth and that both seek custody of their son, now living with Heinz’s mother in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Cliford Stanton Heinz II
Food Packing
Elizabeth
Heinz
Clifford II
Superior Court
Sara MacLean
Post-War Monetary Conference Planned at Bretton Woods
President Roosevelt announced an international monetary conference to convene July 1 in Bretton Woods New Hampshire with 42 nations invited led by Morgenthau. The United Nations monetary and financial conference aims to craft postwar finance and world trade restoration, with a proposed 4 billion dollar stabilization fund and a 10 billion dollar world bank discussion.
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Washington
Roosevelt
International Monetary Conference
French Committee of National Liberation
Bretton Woods
N. H
Treasury
Morganthau
United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference
Australia
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Chile
China
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Czechoslovakia
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
el Salvador
Ethiopia
Greece
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Iceland
India
Iran
Iraq
Liberia
Luxembourg
Mexico
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Norway
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Philippine Commonwealth
Poland
Union of South Africa
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
United Kingdom
Uruguay
Venezuela
Yugoslavia
Stephen Early
Morgenthau
John G. Winant
Great Britain
Hardy D. White
Congress
United States
Russia
White House
World Bank For Reconstruction and Development
Three Phillies Held For Disorderly Conduct
Philadelphia May 26 Three Phillies Jimmy Wasdell Ron Northey and Charlie Letchas were booked for a magistrate hearing after a disorderly conduct incident stemming from a minor auto accident. Patrolman Harry Fryman said Northey's car was involved and the men became abusive when questioned. Northey, Phillies right fielder, reports for a pre induction physical here today.
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Philadelphia
VPI
Jimmy Wasdell
Ron Northey
Charlie Letchas
Phillies
Harry Fryman
Northey
Walker dies in electric chair at Virginia Penitentiary
Richmond Virginia May Howard B R Walker, a Negro convicted of attacking a Winchester man, was executed in the electric chair at the Virginia penitentiary. Superintendent Major W Franklin Smyth said Walker died at 841 am. In Charles Town West Virginia Dr G P Morrison was elected mayor defeating Frank R Cockrell 429 to 7 despite a write-in campaign circular.
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Richmond
May Howard
Walker
Winchester Mairan
Virginia Penitentiary
W Franklin Smyth
Charles Town
W. Va
G. P. Morrison
Frank R. Cockrell
Need For All-Out Effort To Make Surgical Dressings
A Tuesday evening meeting at the Frats ves Scotti Key hotel Red Cross workroom in Frederick drew more than 40 women from about as many local organizations to stress the goal of producing surgical dressings by the end of September. Mrs Holmes D. Baker urged county residents to support the drive, noting 5,000 local service members in uniform and calling for widespread participation. the workroom operates weekdays and Saturdays to meet the target.
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Frederick Uy
James Ho Gambril
Frederick Counts
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Frederick County
Gambit
St Bredi Ick County
Ins EP
Frederick
Woman's Bible Class
All Saints’ Episcopal Church
Ladies’ Guild of
St. Timothy's Episcopal Chapel
United Brethren Church
Evangelical Lutheran Church
American Legion Auxiliary
Needle Art Club
Carroll Albaugh
Presbyterian Missionary Society
S$. E. Brown
Presbyterian Mile Society
Margaret Engle
Junior Fire Company
W. A. Riddell
Charles McC. Mathias
Garden Club of
Samarian Rebekah Lodge
Jesse B Ande
Daughters of the American Revolution
Mary Grace Helfenstein
Leo Weinberg
Council of Jewish Women
Thelma Rhoderick
Eastern Star
Margaret Ro Molter
Labrador Needlework Goal
H Dunbar Darby
Des Gu
Sto Timothy's Ecopal Chapel
Wilbur WI
Frederick Needle Art Club
Paulie Z Kroek
Evangelical Reformed Chth
Katve Dyer
Helen Ither
Fraternal Order of Eagles
Mrusta Kemp
Wormens Guild
Grace Evangelical and Reformed Wit
Courkrooms
AG Bourne
Asbu
Ain Frederick
Kent Ninus
Hiary Boyle
Jober
Esmitt
Maer Kantor
Buus
Pursuit of Japanese Forces After Tatangtzu Loss
Chinese communique reports Japanese troops who escaped the Tatangtzu stronghold are being pursued westward toward the Burma border. It notes over 1,000 enemy casualties as Chinese forces press the Salween front while nearby garrisons are mopped up. Loyang may have fallen, radio contact lost, according to Maj. Gen. C. Tseng.
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Chungking
Yuenan
Tatangtzu
Burma
Tyne
Mamien Pass
Loyang
Henan
C. ©. Tseng
No Authority for Seizure
Washington reports a Judiciary subcommittee led by Senator McCarran ruled the President had no constitutional or statutory authority to issue the executive order used to seize Montgomery Ward and other firms last month. The panel faulted Attorney General Biddle while noting Commerce Secretary Jones supported troops seizing the Chicago mail order house and ejecting Sewell Avery.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary
McCarran D-Nevi
Roosevelt
Montgomery Ward
Compan
Chicago
Biddle
Commerce Jones
Solders
Sewell Avery
Ward Board
Canollation Services
Department of Labor
The
War Labor Board
National Labor Relations Board
Thirteen Local Men Cleared to Enter Navy from Board No. 1
Thirteen men from the area served by Local Draft Board One are destined to enter the Navy. Officials noted most are under 26, listing names including Howe, Shafer, Bowie Lee, Jacobs, Shafer Jr, Mastring, Staley Jr, Banks Jr, Emory Shafer, Coffman, Hummer and others.
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Draft Board
Jess Lo Cla Huiace
Gynt
Edward Ro Bowie Lee M, Jacobs
Oscar J. Shafer
Clarence J. Shall
Philip M Mastring
Robert M. Staley
Charles W. Banks
Emory W Shafer
Robert R. Coffman
J. Elwood Hummer
Toscanini Concert Attracts Record 18 000 Patrons
Nearly 18,000 people paid more than 100000 dollars for a Red Cross benefit concert led by Arturo Toscanini in New York at Madison Square Garden. The NBC and Philharmonic Symphony Orchestras combined with a 60 member chorus and five vocal soloists performed Wagner Verdi works.
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New York
Arturo Toscanini
Red Cross
NBC
Philharmonic
Seven Days To Go From Berlin To Paris
May 26 reports from Bern Switzerland note seven days were required to travel from Berlin to Paris. Allied air raids damaged railroads widely and caused delays. A Geneva bulletin cites ongoing bombings in France with a weekly toll of over 7 400 killed.
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Bern
Switzerland
Berlin
Paris
Gavette de Lauanne
Frances
Hitler Line Smashed By Swift Allied Gains
With the Fifth Army, May 26, Allied forces broke the German line near Anzio, capturing Cisterna and advancing toward Velletri and the Appian Way. Eighth Army seized Aquino and Piedimonte while Canadian troops crossed the Melfa river. More than 12,000 Germans captured. 1,750 enemy vehicles damaged as retreat continued.
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Daniel DE Luce
Fifth Army
Plom
Amt
Anziobes
Cisterna
Velletri
Vellet
Appian W. Highway 7
Rome
United States
Yesterdo
Naples
Raonic
Anzio
Eighth Army
Aquino
Piedimonte
Melfra
Liri
Cassino
Fifth
Littoria
Mussolini
Terracina
Monte Vaglia
Pica
Monte Civitella
Vallecersa
Pontine
Sabaudia
Pontina
Cori
Nela
Sevafb
Laad
Navy
Arzio
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Level Memorial Day
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Uwinois
Francis Scott Key
American Legion
Francis Scott Key Monument
Stelle
George S. Rodock, Jr
Legion Home
East Church Street
State Guard
Lawrence Willard
Illinois National Guard
St Louis
MacLeansboro
Ill
Ilino
Legion
Heights
Braddock Heights
Seie Heights
Eisenhower
Sergt
Sanbower
Hungary
Office of War Information
Bombay
U. S
U.S
Winchester
Roosevelt, Biddle
Jones
Toscanini
Hitler
Madrid
Churchill
Commons
Spain
Fachive
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