07 Apr 1944
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1944
Page
1
The plan aims for 150000 recruits monthly to sustain military strength while pursuing a permanent system for armed forces. Hershey estimated 150000 monthly needed to cover battle gaps and normal discharges, with the Army warning draft boards to maintain maximum output through continued pressure on industry and agriculture.
The document outlines essential deferments for ages 18 to 26 and provides Navy strength projections. It states the present force including Marines and Coast Guard is under 3.5 million, with 300,809 inductions planned to July 1, or 106,000 monthly, to reach 3,500,000. Net strength excluding replacements would reach 3,660,000 by September 1, plus 100,000 more.
The petitioners deny signing a separate Trout fishing ban and urge fair access for fly and worm anglers alike. A protest meeting at Hotel Hamilton discusses forming a permanent, dues free group to push for better enforcement of fish and game laws. Beaver Creek received 1,500 brown and rainbow trout with 1,000 brook trout added nearby, while Tonoloway Creek stocking is planned next week. fishermen are advised to seek landowner permission to fish on farms along streams.
In Wichita Kansas on April 7 a tailor named Bar gel K. Stanley killed fire inspector Gail F. Braden 41 during a shop inspection. Officers fired bullets and tear gas for an hour before subduing Stanley who was wounded seriously. Elgin Wood, assistant fire chief, said Stanley resisted an order to clean his shop.
Contined remarks from the invasion chief warn soldiers to fight to the last ammunition. He says 50 percent death rumor is tommyrot and praises the troops with superior equipment. He urges leadership, warns the German will play dirty and may booby trap the dead.
A lonely mother begs the commander for a few days with her son Charles, the first enlisted soldier awarded the Medal of Honor in this war for a daring rear guard action that destroyed about 40 Nazis during a withdrawal. Her plea asks the President to grant a home visit before her sight fails.
The service men’s waiver law, active since June 1, allows prospective grooms in any armed force to skip the 48 hour wait if they show proper credentials. It has been used 442 times overall and 133 times this year, while licenses in January through March dropped slightly from 1943 to 1944 but clerks say the variation likely reflects chance, not a wartime decline.
Washington April 7 Japanese booby traps are found on dead American soldiers in New Guinea. Col J Sladen Bradley reports at Saidor dead are wired with explosives and rifles strapped to them to mislead advancing troops.
Soviet forces under Malinovsky push from Razdelnaya toward Odessa, seizing rail hubs and advancing to Karpova Grosulova and Maryanovka while a northern column nears the Black Sea port. German and Romanian troops retreat toward the Dniester estuary as a crushing ring tightens.
N & W signal man H S Frye of Bluefield Virginia claims World's Tonite and World's Tonic improved his constipation and related ailments. He reports better eating, fewer bilious spells, headaches easing, and renewed energy after using the laxative stomachic. Ad urges purchase at local drug stores with caution to use as directed.
For the fourth straight day the Moscow communique made no mention of Marshal Ivan S. Konev s second Ukrainian army, last reported across the Prut river nine miles above the Romanian city of Iasi.
Allied headquarters report light night activity at Anzio with a German patrol driven back near Carroceto aided by Fifth Army artillery and tank destroyers. In Cassino German probing and a tentative push were halted by Allied artillery while bombers and Spitfires attacked airfields at Banja Luka, destroying many planes.
Governor O Conor announced plans to release about 1000 Maryland Minute Men and shift them to the State Guard. Eastern Shore and Anne Arundel County units are affected with possible action on remaining 4735 Minute Men if Selective Service continues to deplete guard strength. The move mirrors New York State guidance by Lt Gen Drum on maintaining guard strength.
Starrett stars in Sundown Valley at Henry's Theatre as a gunsight factory opens in the Valley. Jeanne Bates persuades him to help, with Dub Taylor joining the swing shift. Wheeler Oakman and Jack Ingram run a crooked gambling hall as workers desert the plant after being cheated.
Maryland Republican League charges Galen L. Tait is hopping to the Dewey camp after Willkie's exit from the presidential race. Baltimore officials McKeldin and Jeney discussed strong support for Dewey, while Levin promotes Dewey on radio. McFaul accuses Tait of promising support to Bricker and notes Levin as the driving Dewey advocate in Maryland.
In Maryland a split persisted between the Tait McKeldin faction and allies as the Presidential preference primary remained a muddled choice between Willkie and an uninstructed delegation. Willkie's name stays on the ballot since withdrawal deadlines passed, while delegates may ignore a candidate they deem unlikely to win the nomination.
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