Gas Stations Exhausted as Memorial Day Gas Rationing Bites
Gas supplies at many stations are exhausted or near empty ahead of Memorial Day. Operators report rationing, three-gallon limits, and no expected replenishment until June. Some stations near shutdown as tank cars delay deliveries. Tourists limited to three gallons. others expect shortages across the region with quotas restored Monday.
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Baltimore
Elkton
Philadelphia
Washington
Hagerstown
Frederick
Four Jap Planes Downed in Allied Air Attacks NE of Australia
Allied airmen destroyed four Japanese planes and damaged several others while losing three of their own in operations over islands northeast of Australia. MacArthur said raids hit Lae New Guinea with good effect starting three fires at Rabau New Britain. Two enemy interceptors destroyed, five damaged, one Allied loss. A heavy battle over Port Moresby saw two Japanese planes shot down with others damaged, and two Allied planes lost.
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Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Lae
New Guinea
Rabaul
New Britain
United Nations
Port Moresby
Nazi Armored Force Beaten Back In Libya
Cairo reports a German armored force was repulsed after slipping around British positions toward Sidi Rezegh in a 50 mile belt between there and Ain El Gazala. Italian tanks attacked Bir Hacheim but were repelled by Free French forces who destroyed at least 35 Italian tanks. The RAF said Axis air activity was reduced and raids targeted enemy airfields and vehicles.
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Cairo
Sidi Rezegh
Ain el Gazala
Bir Hacheim
Tobruk
Churchill
Battaillon du Pacifique
Tahiti
Pacific
RAF
Memorial Day Carillon Recital Program
Henry T. Wade will perform a Memorial Day carillon recital at 12 30 PM featuring the America Battle Hymn of the Republic Three Cheers for the Red White and Blue Land of Hope and Glory March of the Men of Harlech America the Beautiful Faith of Our Fathers Soldiers Farewell Abide With Me Awake My Soul God Bless America Star Spangled Banner.
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America
Harlech
Henry T. Wade
Don't Get Excited About Bombing Landis Urges
James M. Landis national director of the Office of Civilian Defense urged calm about bombing threats. He advised residents to stay put and prepare, noting possible sectional evacuations for the homeless and vulnerable in case of invasion or ongoing bombings during his Pacific coast tour.
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Los Angeles
James M. Landis
Office of Civilian Defense
Landis
Pacific Coast
Water ban lifted as Brunswick rainfall restores springs
A ban on water use in Brunswick was lifted after heavy recent rains revived the springs. Sprinkling and car washing had been restricted during April due to dry weather. The springs are nearly normal now and residents are urged to conserve water.
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Brunswick
Army Planes Battle Submarines Off St Lucia Coast
United States planes engaged a pack of Axis submarines a mile off Port Castries late yesterday as the destroyer Blakeley, torpedoed days earlier, limped from Martinique to St Lucia. Hundreds ashore watched the action.
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Lucia
British West Indies
United States
Port Castries
U. S
Blakeley
Martinique
St. Lucia
Housewives Flood Ration Board Office for Sugar
Housewives crowded the county rationing board office this morning seeking sugar for canning and preserving. Four staffers handled sugar requests while lines formed for gasoline tires and tubes. To speed service the office set an earlier closing time of 4 pm on weekdays and 11 am on Saturdays. Applicants must bring ration books or be sent home.
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County Raioning Board
Changes In Catholic Pastorates Announced
A list of clergy transfers in Frederick county effective Friday June 12 announced by Archbishop Michael J. Curley. Rev Francis P. Ryan moves from Brunswick St Francis to St Gregory Baltimore as pastor. Rev Michael J. Finnerty from Gaithersburg St Martin to Brunswick St Francis. Rev Edward H. Roach from Thurmont Our Lady of Mt Carmel to Hyattsville St Jerome. Rev James C. Murphy from St Marys Lanconing to Thurmont Our Lady of Mt Carmel. Rev Carl F. Hess from Barnesville St Marys to Church of the Ascension Bowie. Rev James I. Bifield from Dunalk St Rita to St Marys Barnesville. Rev Robert A. McCormack from Mt St Marys College to St Dominic Baltimore as assistant. Rev Francis P. Kearney from Catholic University to the Cathedral Baltimore for summer and Mt St Marys Seminary Emmitsburg in fall.
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Frederick County
Michael J. Curley
Francis P. Ryan
St. Francis Church
Brunswick
St. Gregory’s Church
Baltimore
Michael J. Finnerty
St. Martin's
Gaithersburg
St. Francis
Edward H. Roach
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Thurmont
St. Jerome's
Hyattsville
James C. Murphy
St. Mary's
Lonaconing
Carl F. Hess
St. Mary's Barnesville
Church of the Ascension
Bowie
James I. Bifield
St. Rita’s Dundalk
Barnesville
Robert A. McCormack
Mt. St. Mary’s College
St. Dominic's, Baltimore
Francis P. Kearney
Catholic University
Cathedral
Mt. St. Mary’s Seminary
Emmitsburg
Jackson's Aide Walter Hough Dies in Baltimore
Walter R. Hough aged 64 of Baltimore died after a brief illness. He had served as an aide to Mayor Howard W. Jackson since 1931 waiting in City Hall and supported many civic initiatives. He is survived by his family and colleagues in city government.
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Jackson
Baltimore
Walter R. Hough
Howard W. Jackson
Executions In Prague Commenced By Germans
London reports say Adolf Hitler's vengeance actions include six executions in Prague following the Heydrich attack. The Berlin radio announced the killings while Czech officials warn of broader reprisals and mass arrests of officials and academics. Heydrich remains gravely wounded with reports of spinal injuries.
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Prague
London
Adolf Hitler
Reinhard Heydrich
Bohemia and
Moravia
Gestapo
Germany
Hitler
Berlin
Istanbul
Fuehrer
Walther von Brauchitsch
Walther Daree
Stockholm
Sotra
Bergen
Norway
France
Heydrich
Heyrich
Zurich
Switzerland
Carroll Sentenced To Four Years In Maryland Penitentiary
LeRoy Carroll a Frederick man was sentenced to four years in the Maryland penitentiary by Judge Joseph D Mish at Hagerstown after being convicted yesterday of carnal knowledge of his 11 year old niece.
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LeRoy Carroll
Frederick
Maryland
Joseph D. Mish
Hagerstown
Associated Press
Struck By Bicycle Injures Plumber in Market Street
Frank J. Wachter of N. J. Wilson and Son was struck by a bicycle yesterday in the first block of North Market street, sustaining a lacerated head. He walked away, received physician treatment, returned home, and went back to work today. Police had no report of the accident and the bicyclist’s name was not learned.
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Frank J. Wachter
N. J. Wilson and Son
North Market Street
Wachter
West South Street
Himmler En Route to Prague for Heydrich Inquiry
Reports say Heinrich Himmler head of the Gestapo was en route to Prague to assume personal charge of the Heydrich assault inquiry and oversee reprisals. A state of emergency has been proclaimed across Bohemia and Moravia.
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Himmler
Hacker
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Europe
Prague
Heydrich
Bohemia
Moravia
Chinese Still Hold Kinhwa and Ichang Sectors Breakthrough
Chinese High Command says Kinhwa remains in Chinese hands after night attacks. Japanese bypassing forces reach 25 miles west of Langyi. Report also notes ten more positions on the Ichang outskirts fell to Chinese strikes begun three days earlier near the Yangtze river stronghold above Hankow.
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Chungking
Kinhwa
Chekiang
Kinhwe
Langyi
Ichang
Yangtze River
Hankow
Successful Defense By Russ Army In Izyum Barvenkova Sector
Moscow reports Nazi pressure near Izyum Barvenkova in the Donets basin front was repelled as Red Army units held Kharkov area. Soviet dispatches note only one official claim of a successful defense on Thursday with no other significant front activity.
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Moscow
Izyum
Barvenkova
Donets Basin
Red Army
Kharkov
Semeon Timoshenko
Louis Needs $117,000 To Pay Income Tax
New York May 29 Joe Louis, the heavyweight boxing champion, faces a 117000 income tax payment due June 15. He contacted Joseph T Wiggins, collector of internal revenue for the second district, and obtained a deferral.
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New York
Joe Louis
You and I
Joe
Joseph T Wiggins
Internal Revenue
Second District
Memorial Day Bank and Store Holiday Noted in Baltmere
Banks and stores will close for Memorial Day while war plants like Bethlehem Steel will stay open continuing operations. Plans for the Fourth of July mirror this pattern with Saturday observance. Bethlehem Steel officials say operations will not halt for holidays.
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Baltmere
Bethlehem Steel Company
Marshall predicts 4.5 million U S Army by year end
West Point May 29 General George C. Marshall told the graduating class that American troops are landing in England and will land in France. He said the Army would total nearly 4.5 million by year end, with 390,000 added in the last four weeks, and urged total national resolve to defeat Germany and Japan.
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West Point
George C. Marshall
Army
England
France
London
Marshall
Congress
Italy
Germany
Africa
Far East
Siberia
Russia
Pacific
Burma
China
India
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Philippines
America
British bombers hit Axis convoy off Dutch coast at night
British Air Ministry reports four Axis ships in a convoy off the Dutch coast were fired on in wide night operations. RAF relocations swept the Strait of Dover to northern France. several ships damaged. Coastal Command Hudsons attacked German targets in northern France. One Coastal Command aircraft is missing. Hurriances and Boston bombers caused damage to railway engines and freight cars, and cratered airfield runways.
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London
Strait of Dover
France
Air Ministry
Trondheim
Petsamo
Coastal Command
Ministry
Three Who Broke From Jail Are Recaptured
Washington reporters say two youths escaped from Rockville Md jail after assaulting an assistant warden were arrested in the city. James A Anderson 17 awaiting trial next Monday in Hagerstown Md on a statutory offense charge and Andrew Foster 21 serving a sentence for unauthorized use of an automobile were identified at a Water street address. A third fugitive Clifton Yakley 23 was nabbed in Germantown Md. A taxicab driver tipped police after two men hired his taxi and later surrendered.
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Washington
Rockville
James A. Anderson
Hagerstown
Glen Echo
Andrew Foster
Clifton Yakley
Germantown
Robert Barrett
Anderson
Foster
Water Street
No Further Word Of Statewide Blackout
Local OCD officials said nothing further about the approximate date of a statewide blackout reported last week for early June. A Baltimore city blackout is planned next week with no clear indication of a statewide lights out order. Director Isaac S. George did not address the matter when speaking with local defense officials. Some people fear a sudden surprise move to test all areas.
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OCD
Baltimore
Isaac S. George
RAF Attacks Jap Positions In Burma
New Delhi May 29 RAF attacked Japanese positions and transport in northern Burma yesterday. Targets included a jetty on the Chindwin river north of Kalewa and motor launches moored there. Other river craft in the area were damaged and warehouses near Thaungdut north of Sittaung on the Chindwin were machine gunned from low level. All aircraft returned safely.
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New Delhi
India
RAF
Burma
Chindwir
Kalewa If
Sama
Thaungdut
Sittaung
Chindwin
Merchant Vessel Torpedoed in Atlantic Survivors Landed
Washington May 29 The Navy announced the torpedoing of a medium sized United States Merchant vessel in the Atlantic. Survivors have been landed at an east coast port.
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Washington
Navy
United States
Atlantic
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