Japs Retreat To Rabaul For A Final Stand
Allied report says Japanese forces are retreating eastward to Rabaul for a last stand as MacArthur notes heavy Allied pressure. Since December, Japanese casualties include 282 prisoners and 4,679 dead, with broader losses from wounds, disease, and starvation. Air and naval bombardment have crippled Rabaul’s airfields and supply dumps.
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Rabaul
New St Douglas Macaday
Hur
Cepe
Rahaul
Arawe
Cape Gloucester
MacArthur
Amefifth
Zst
Walter Krueger
6Th Army
Bismark
New Britain
Solomons
Gamata
Correction: fire damage at Ror Hennesy property corrected
Erroneous report in yesterday's Herald claimed baby chicks died in a fire at the Hennesy stable in Bridgeport. It should read Harold Wibberly, next door to the Hennesy home. Also notice a rummage sale Thursday April 13 at the Women's Club Auditorium, with $30 advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ror Hennesy
Bridgeport
Harold Wibberly
Women’s Club
Deaths and funeral notices span several local figures
Obituaries report Mrs. Laura V. Ricketts dying in Washington County aged 57, with a church connection and funeral Thursday. Jerry M. Dutrow, 77, of Blue Ridge Summit, retires from a long livery career, with services planned in Relay, Md. Abram Brinton, 67, York County-born railway conductor, funeral Thursday in Le Moyne after viewing at home. Mrs. Phoebus Margaret Cline, 78, dies at daughter Annie Moats home with services in Pleasant Valley United Brethren Church. Bertha J. Cast mourned. multiple family survivors listed and services at Isbury Street Lutheran next day. Burial plans and viewing details vary by individual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry M. Bdutrow
Otlock
Relayium
Relay
Dutrow
Burkittsville
Frederick County
Samuel and
Mary Jane (Crone) Dutrow
Blue Ridge Summit
Stanley L. Dutrow
Church of the Transfiguration
Acacia Lodge
A. F
A. M. Waynesboro
Pen Mar
Laura G. Crowhart
John A. Beck
Hagerstown
Harrison Grove
Chambersburg
Irol Ward
Charles Town
W. Va
Stanley L
Calvin Stein
Fannie Seigler
Harrisburg
Abram
Brinton
South Locust Street
York County
William and
Susan (Sehrall) Brinton
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Trinity Lutheran Church of
Lemoyne
Bertha Brinton
George Duvall
Baltimore
Helen Floy
M ¥Dith Brinton
Clair C
Charles S
Paul L. Washington
D. C
D. Milton Brinton
Arlington
Edward Miller
Mary Zimmerman
New Cumberland
Suter
Roy L
Rest Haven Cemetery
Phoebus
Margaret Cline
Annie Moats
Buena Vista Avenue
Thomas
Albert
Smithsburg
Roscoe
Oregon
Ill
Alice Ehems
Franklin Grove
Tragerstown
Joseph Williard
Highfield
Hoover Funeral Home
United Berethren Church
Pleasant Valley
Brown Graveyard
Foxite
Attempt on Mexican President Camacho by Nazi-linked officer
A young Mexican lieutenant attacked President Avila Camacho at the National Palace, firing one shot and wounding his coat and vest. He was seized, disarmed, and later detained. documents from Nazi sources were found with him. Camacho called it an isolated incident and urged calm as Mexico remained aligned with the Allies.
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Mexico City
Many Avila Camacho
la Jose Antonio de la Lama Rojas
Lama Rojas
National Palace
Francisco Urquizo
National Défense
Avila Camacho
Mexico
Samuel C. Rojas
Fidel Velasquez
Mexican Workers Confederation
Ani
Axis
Pascual Ortiz Rubio
Bahaman Vanguard Arrives In Maryland
Forty Bahamas Islands natives arrive in Maryland as vanguard of about 3000 islanders to work on free State farms this season. Eighteen escorted by War Food Administration will farm about 650 acres in Baltimore county Bay Shore lands for F Ridgely Todd. Twenty others are quartered near Cockeysville. Islanders came to the United States over a year ago and stayed to work in Florida this winter.
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Baltimore
Bahamas Islands
Maryland
Free State
War Food Administration
Baltimore County
Bay Shore
F. Ridgely Todd
Cockeysville
United States
Florida
Clarence Jackson Dies After Brief Illness at 31
Clarence Jackson died Sunday at Henryton Hospital after a brief illness at 31. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs Edward Jackson, sisters Mrs May Porterfield of California, two uncles Albert Jackson of Mandtela Md and Robert Jackson of this city, and other relatives. Funeral Wednesday at 2 pm from Caldwell Funeral Home with Rev W Hi Manokoo officiating. Interment in Sharpsburg cemetery. Body may be viewed Tuesday 7 to 9 pm.
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Clarence Javkson
Henryton Hospital
Mid
Edward Jackson
May Porterfield
California
Albert Jackson
Mandetla
Robert Jackson
Caldwell Funeral Home
W. Hi. Manokoo
Sharpsburg
Card of thanks from Adv. Stottlemyer family
Card of thanks expresses gratitude to friends and relatives for cars and flowers following the death of their son and brother. Signed by Mr. and Mrs. Luther Adv. Stottlemyer and Family.
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Hrir
Luther Adv
Stottlemyer and Family
LeCompte Announces Beaver Creek Open to All Fishermen
State Game Warden E Lee Le Compte reports that amid protest the Maryland Game and Fish Commission revoked a 1948 regulation. Beaver Creek now allows fly and worm fishing along 1.5 miles from Donad's mill dam to Upper Tom's meadow, opening the area to all anglers. Washington county streams were stocked last week, with Beaver Creek and St James run heavily stocked and Marsh Run receiving rice trout. Tonoloway creek will be stocked this week.
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E. Lee LeCompte
Daily Mail Today
Game and Fish Commission of
Maryland
Beaver Creek
Donad
Tonoloway Creek
Hancock
Commission
MacArthur And Stassen Popularity Measured In Primaries Today
Voter appeal for General Douglas MacArthur and Lieut. Commander Harold E. Stassen is tested in Illinois and Nebraska primaries. Delegates remain unbound in both states, with light expected turnout as rain and poor weather dim the forecast for participation.
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MacArthur
Stassen
Prev
Douglas MacArthur
Illinois
Mac
Nebraska
Harold E. Stassen
Snowbound Atop Rockies Sentinel Rescue Drama
A Colorado avalanche slice traps motorists on a mountain road as Lt. Helen Barr Durfee and Lt. Catherine Cockburn endure injuries and cold. Edith Foster, a Carig schoolteacher, digs free from eight feet of snow with a screwdriver, surviving despite the peril. A snowy relief mission carries the wounded to Denver hospital.
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Helen Barr Durfee
Los Angeles
Army
Denver
Durfee
Catherine Cockburn
Bethesda
Spars
Cockburn
Martin Lund
Edith Foster
Carig
Colo
Desperado Charles Bird Eyed for Trans-State Trial
Maryland Governor O Conor weighs a conditional commutation to allow trial in Ohio Missouri or Massachusetts for Charles Bird once public enemy No 2. Bird, now blind, faces a 43 year sentence on armed robbery and assault crimes after capture in Baltimore on August 7 1938. Detainers from three states exist and FBI Director Hoover labeled him a notorious offender.
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Annapolis
Herbert R. O'Conor
Desperado
Maryland
Heroman M. Moser
Charles Birth
Bird
Ohio
Missouri
Massachusetts
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Middle West
Baltimore
County boat owners may apply for gas
County boat owners may obtain gasoline for non-occupational use of their gas powered boats as announced by the OPA. Ration amounts for a three month period depend on motor horsepower with up to 125 gallons allowed for inboard boats and up to 20 gallons for outboard boats. Harman Fall seeks return of his homing pigeon missing since Good Friday bearing band AU MT C 1304.
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OPA
Harman
Singanore Avenue
L. L. Bowers
Full
Drive To Enlist Farmers In AAA
The AAA announced a drive starting next week to enlist more Washington county farmers in the farm production and conservation program. About 40 percent of the roughly 1,500 participants from last year have joined this season, with organizers aiming to recruit about 60 percent of last year’s total and community committees to sign up the remainder. The 1944 program offers benefits for soil and farmland conservation and for increasing production of designated crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
AAA
No Wedding Gift From State Board Advised
Des Moines reports the State Board of Social Welfare declined to issue wedding money to a 70 year old woman who said she was marrying and leaving welfare rolls but requested a final check as a marriage gift. The board advised against sending the funds.
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Des Moines
State Board of Social Welfare
No Coffee No Work Overtime Protest At Bethlehem Shipyard
No Coffee No Work Overtime says Bethlehem Steel shipyard workers protest a coffee ban on the job. Local 15 president Flaherty reports night shift halted at 3 30 am and day workers may refuse overtime again without permission to drink coffee. Company spokesman Brown cites contract limits yet notes added time losses due to meals. Navy and War Production Board promised steps to settle.
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Hoboken
N. J
Bethlehem Steel Company
Thomas J. Flaherty
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers, Cio
Max L. Brown
Flaherty
Navy and
War Production Board
War Production Board boosts farm machinery quotas
Washington April 11 WPB raises quotas for plants able to take more pressure as farm machinery manufacture lags 22.7 percent behind schedule. Officials say catching up to 1944 crop goals is unlikely but aim to reduce much of the deficit before harvest.
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Washington
War Production Board
WFR
WPB
Canada
United Kingdom
WPA
Local service members report for Army air service training
Three local boys arrive at Fort Bragg for basic training while others are assigned to batteries in the 4th Field Artillery Group and a cadet transfers from West Point to Garner Field Texas. Additional updates note promotions, overseas arrivals, and good conduct awards for several Maryland and Hagerstown servicemen.
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Field Artillery Replacement Training Center
Fort Bragg
N. C
John C. Garman
East Baltimore Street
Joseph R. Stotelmyer
West Franklin Street
F. A. Tag
Odig R. Line
Hagerstown
Tth
Joseph R. Byron
Co. G, 1St Regiment
West Point
N. Y
Garner Field
Uvalde
Texas
Hershey Names Draft Deferment For Critical Jobs
Washington April 11 Selective Service Director Lewis B Hershey issued a list of critical activities allowing state draft directors to defer key men under 26 Pre professional students are deferred if they enter recognized medical dental veterinary osteopathy or theology schools before July 1 Internes may defer if internship lasts nine months and undergraduates in listed engineering and scientific courses who graduate before July 1 will also qualify The coal industry exclusion notes special authority for coal producing areas to defer individuals whose induction would severely curtail coal production
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Giant transport Coolidge sinks after mine strike
The 19 36 ton army transport President Coolidge, long reported lost in the South Pacific, struck an Allied mine and sank on a reef near Espirito Santo in the New Hebrides, northeast of Australia. The sinking location is now disclosed as fronts moved beyond the base. A small ad for wedding rings follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
President Coolidge
South Pacific
Espirito Santo
New Hebrides Islands
Australia
Coolidge
Sergeant Whipp Wounded In Action In Med Theater
War Department announced yesterday that Staff Sergeant Earl C. G. Whipp of Williamsport Route 1 was wounded in action in the Mediterranean theatre. No details were released. Eight other Marylanders wounded in action were named yesterday, with all but one from Baltimore City.
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Earl CG. Whipp
Ruth E. Whipp
Wilamsport
Route 1
Mediterranean
War Department
Batlimore City
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Cape Hoskins
Talasea
Valley Inn
Bill and His Melodiers
Kraiss Funeral Home
NS. Potomac
So Phona No. F
Ecalse
Hagerstown Lumber Co
Froferjuk Itoad
TNT
Laura V. Ricketts
Willow
James KR. Ricketts
Trea Church
United Brownas
Ywil
Burts
Berthaville
Daisy Main
John
Wileerstown
Mt. Clerick
Bertha J
Isbury
Green Lantern
North
Potomac Street
Dixie Supply, Inc
Camacho
Bahaman Vanguard
Clarence Jackson
J. S. Snowberger & Sons
Washington St
Privitese
Community Finance Service
West
Satm’'S
Jonathan St. Adv
Goodyear Service
Balto, & Loenet Sts
Zenitit
C. A. Brown
Public Square
Washington Co
Yingling Auto Sales & Service
Pontiac - Gmc
Frederick Street
Hagerstown Industrial Loan
Jonathan St
D. Earl Neikirk
W. G. Turner
Sharpsburg Pike
8Th Aap
England
Roy W. Byers
Sergeant Byers Is
Pearl Byers
East
Washington Street
Hagerstown, Md
Maxwell Field
Ala
Irvin W. Daugherty
Williamsport
Daugherty
Army Air Forces
AAF Training Command
Floyd Gorman
Pelt
Pvt
Charles W. Gorman
R. C. Harbaugh
Hagerstand
Route 2
Cpl
Russell Harbaugh
Carl V. Smith
Ida Smith
Sgt. Smith
Fort Jackson
Hershey
Saum's
Jonathan St. Ady
New York Central Tron Works
Hamilton Hotel
Exide Batteries
Reichard
W. Antietam St
Hollander
Franklin Street
East Washington Street
Summit Avenue
West Washington Street
Whipp
Central Garage
Summit Ave
Tip Mecca Steak House
Franklin ST
SAUM
Jonathan
General Ins
Agey
Dealers In Sound Insurance
Protassinoal Arte Alde
Arthur F. Detrow
Gen Mer
Wilhelm
Thumma Motor Co
Consumers Credit Service First
Consumers Credit Service, Inc
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