Allied air assault across northern France and beyond
London reports American Marauders and Havocs leading a major cross channel attack on northern France, with RAF Spitfires and Thunderbolts covering. The operation follows a raid on Cologne and includes additional bomber formations targeting German supply rails and front lines.
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London
France
Britain
Cologne
RAF
Dominion
Germany
Russia
Mediterranean
Bucharest
Turiu-Severin
AP Writer Turns Up With Sumatra Beat
AP correspondent Eugene Burns reached Southeast Asia headquarters in Ceylon after a three and a half month voyage from Pearl Harbor. He covered Sumatra air raids from an American carrier with his copy filed 16 hours before rival reporters. Burns endured hunger and fatigue, but pressed on with dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Associated Press
Eugene Burns
Pearl Harbor
U. S
Sumatra
Burns
Kwajalein
Wotje
Eimwetok
Majuro
Hungry Spaniard Who Left $100 Tips Is Penniless
Emilio Cavanno, 39, a Chicago-born Italian carpenter posing as a Spaniard, left $100 tips at New York restaurants. He was found in a hotel room four days after disappearing, penniless and dazed, with $2,100 saved from Chicago work. He planned to visit Italy but could not grasp money value. Bellevue physicians describe him dazed but coherent, due to sudden financial ruin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Emilio Cavanno
Chicago
Cavanno
Italy
Bellevue Hospital
Mrs Roosevelt Visits Son's Grave in Guatemala Letter
Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt wrote to Mrs S Page Cline of North Mulberry Street after a Guatemala visit. She described the cemetery as dignified on a hillside with a monument from the Guatemalan president and well cared for graves. The First Lady conveyed deep sympathy for the loss of Lt Stewart Page Cline Jr, 23, the Liberator pilot killed January 31 during patrol duty in the Guatemala area.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Guatemala
Stewart Page Cline
Washington
Page Cline
North Mulberry Street
Cerely
Eleanor Roosevelt
Cline
Hig
Voice Of Beachhead To Be Heard In U S
On the ANZIO beachhead in Italy Army radio station JIRP Voice of the Beachhead goes on air tomorrow at 9 a m Eastern War Time with a full program airing soldier interviews and spot news reports All major American networks will participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anzio
Italy
JIRP
Voice of the
County Board Announces Voter Eligibility In May Primary
The Board of Election Supervisors states 35,481 county residents are eligible to vote in the May 1 primary. Of these, 20,110 are Democrats and 15,371 Republicans. The county shows the highest registration ever, with Democrats leading by 4,739, a drop of 199 from last year. During the year 476 registered as Republican and 277 as Democrat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Election Supervisors
Washington
Father Of Quints Seeks Court To Register All Births
Franco Diligenti asks court for permission to register all five of his nine month old Argentina quintuplets. He previously registered two births last July and gave fictitious addresses to locations, hoping to avoid publicity, as births must be registered within three days.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Franco Diligenti
Diligenti
Swallows Return Relieves Peach Growers in Maryland
Peach growers in Western Maryland welcomed the return of chimney swallows as signs of end to frosts. J A Miller Keedysville weather observer notes swallows stay south until after last frosts, with a history of missing only once during a killing frost in June. The birds feed on gnats and insects, and recent 43 degree minimum and southeast wind hint at more rain delaying farm work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Miller
Heedysville
Southland
Maryland
Keedysville
Washington County
War Making World A Main Street War Making World A Main Street
Lt. Edison Glaser from Hancock and Sgt Sam Greenspoon, a hometown friend, shared a unexpected moment in New Guinea. Nearby Machinist Edgar Myers met his brother Sgt Lauran Myers in a U S lounge in Trinidad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main Street
Edison Glaser
Hancock
New Guinea
South Pacific
Sam Greenspoon
Edgar Myers
Dam No. 6
Trinidad
Sgt
Lauran Myers
Migrating Gulls and Ducks Dropped by Dense Fog
Heavy three day fog over Maryland and Chesapeake Bay forced migrating gulls, ducks, and grebes to seek refuge in Washington county reservoirs and parks. About 100 mallard ducks at Smithsburg, 50 at Edgemont, and 12 canvasback ducks plus 12 horned grebes at City Park were observed resting on waters as birds awaited better flying conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesapeake Bay
Maryland
Washington County
West End
Smithsburg
Edgemont
South Mountain
Hagerstown
Hitler Paper Warns This May Be Last Bloody War Summer
Stockholm report cites Voelkischer Beobachter headline warning Germans of a possibly final bloody summer as Nazi presses face a western invasion and a renewed Soviet offensive. NBC's Bjornson notes factors fueling Allied invasion talk before May, including tides, lull in ground fighting, and air assaults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Stockholm
Adolf Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
Bjorn Bjornson
NBC
Anzio
Plan Clinic At One Local School For First Graders
Health Department urges parents of children entering school next fall to arrange thorough summer medical exams with family doctors due to doctor shortages. Winter Street will host the sole clinic on May 19 for students of that school only. nine clinics were planned previously but only this one remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health Department
Winter Street
Draft Board Balks At Reclassifying Key Cheese Workers
Fred Lakosky chair of Clark county Selective Service said the board refused to reclassify 24 young men under 26, deemed key to cheese factories. Induction could close 20 Clark county cheese plants, prompting possible resignations if state and national SS directors do not uphold the action. The board sent a letter to Col. John Mullen outlining the stand and stressing the need to keep factories running for food for the armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loyal
Wis
Fred Lakosky
Clark County Selective Service Board
Lakosky
Clark County
Col
John Mullen
Pope Pius XII Blesses Cardinal Oconnell Amid Illness
Pope Pius XII granted his "very special apostolic blessing" to William Cardinal O'Connell, dean of the American Catholic hierarchy, who is gravely ill with bronchial pneumonia at his Briggton district residence in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Pius XII
William Cardinal O'Connell
Roman Catholic Heirarchy
America
Brigitton District
U S Carrier Force Participated in Sumatra Raid
Allied naval units including American, British, French and Dutch forces carried out a dawn raid on Sabang Island in northern Sumatra on April 19. American planes led the attack from carriers, with British and Dutch air units providing support. Diversions hit Port Blair in the Andaman Islands as Indian-based Liberators drew off Japanese planes. The 15 minute strike destroyed planes, ships, docks and oil facilities. fires raged twelve hours later reported by a nearby British submarine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
United Piers
Sumatra
Sabang Island
Lhonga
Andaman Islands
Sabang
Ready Picture Booklet For Mailing To 6000 Servicemen
A picture booklet featuring scenes from Hagerstown and Washington County will be mailed to about 6000 county servicemen as a gift from the Hagerstown Chamber of Commerce. Proofs are approved and six Hagerstown Girl Scouts are addressing envelopes stamped From the Hagerstown Chamber of Commerce Hagerstown Maryland. The project is sponsored by Panghorn Corporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Washington County
Local CAP To Fly To Church
Six members of the Hagerstown Civil Air Patrol unit will fly to Taneytown for Reformed church services led by Rev. Reifsnider, a CAP member and aviation enthusiast. The formation from Municipal Airport at 8 45 a m will also aid Taneytown CAP cadet recruitment. Summer meetings in Hagerstown move to Thursday evenings at Hagerstown High School, combining with classroom work.
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Hagerstown
Civil Air Patrol
Taneytown
Reifsnider
CAP
Williamsport Girl Enlists In Army
Evelyn I Pryor daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Harry Pryor has enlisted in the WAC through the local army recruiting station and will be stationed with the Army Air Forces as a medical technician She attended Williamsport high school and has been employed since 1942 with the Glenn Martin Company in Baltimore Miss Pryor makes her home with her sister Mrs James Young Williamsport LABOR LEADER DIES JELLICO Tenn April 22 William Turnblazer president of District 19 United Mine Workers of America Ind and widely known labor leader died last night at his home here
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Evelyn I. Pryor
Harry Pryor
WAC
Army
Army Air Forces
Williamsport High School
Glenn Ju. Martin Company
Baltimore
Miss Pryor
James Young
Williamsport
Jellico, Tenn
William Turnblazer
United Mine Workers of America
Ind
Sub Rescues Lone U S Flier Downed by Japanese Guns
A British submarine rescued American Lt. Commander Dale Christian Klahn after his plane was shot down near Sabang and Shonga in a raid. Twelve Hellcats provided air cover as the submarine closed on a Japanese destroyer, with fighter pilots strafing and threatening runs when ammo ran low.
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Sabang
Sumatra
J. G
Dale Christian
Klondike
Klahn
Shonga
Laramie
Wyo
Robert G
Bob) Dose
Coronado
Calif
Allies Ready To Meet Japanese Threat In India
Allied headquarters said forces were prepared to meet any Japanese threat in Imphal Kohima areas of eastern India. Infantry and tanks press outward from the Manipur plain as the situation develops favorably with no new Japanese activity reported near Kohima.
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India
Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Imphal
Kohima
Manipur
Bengal- Assam
Meeting Postponed by Williamsports Recreation Committee
The Williamsports Recreation Committee meeting planned for the town hall tonight has been postponed to next Saturday evening. An executive committee will be appointed and future activities planned at that time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsports
Plane That Stopped Here Crashes In Fog Kills One
An Army two-ship flight from Courtland Army Air Field Alabama crashed in fog in Steuben county New York between Prattsburg and Pulteney while en route to Hartford Connecticut. One crewman died as two fliers were wounded and taken to Bath Veterans Facilities. The other occupant’s condition was not released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Upstate
New York
Courtland Army Air Field
Courtland
Ala
Hartford
Elmira
N. Y
Albany
Real Estate Transactions Add Up to Seventy-Five Thousand
The weekly local market shows average activity with total sales around 75000 dollars. Notable transfers include Chester A Price to Mary L Osborne Campion for seven thousand on Leitersburg district. Brewer to Cruickshanks for seven and a half thousand. Bible to Ridenour for 117 acres in Smithsburg district at eight thousand. Iseminger to Rudesill for seven thousand on South Cannon avenue. Harris to Porterfield for 170 acre Wagaman farm at twelve thousand five hundred. Kretsinger to Bowman for land at eight thousand eight hundred. Garvin to Embree for eighty acres at ten thousand. Lloyd to Armstrong for Dale street property at eighteen hundred. Fike to Row for 283 acres in Indian Springs at thirty-three thousand. Ovelman to Jackson for Concord street parcels at four thousand six hundred eighty.
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Chester A. Price
Mary L
Osborne Campion
Leitersburg
David Brewer
Frederick William Cruickshanks
Brown
Phillip M. Bible
David M. Ridenour
Smithsburg
Robert K. Iseminger
Lewis S. Rudesill
Cannon Avenue
Margaret W. Harris
Charles J. Harris
J. Harlan Porterfield
Funkstown
Bernard P. Kretsinger
Earl H. Bowman
Public Square
Harry C. Garvin
Hdward E. Embree
S. F. Lloyd
John C. Armstrong
Dale Street
Clarence E. Fike
Charles E. Row
Indian Springs
Helen M. Ovelman
Richard L. Ovelman
William G. Jackson
Concord Street
Three-fifths of Yugoslavia freed from German control
In Bari Italy on April 18, the Rev Vlade Zechevich minister of interior for the Partisan provisional government said three-fifths of Yugoslavia has been freed from German control and normal activities are being resumed as quickly as possible in an interview delivered by the delayed wire service report.
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Bari
Italy
Yugoslavia
Vlade Zechevich
Minute Men Stage Small-Scale War On Random At City Dump
The Minute Men of Maryland stage a night raid on a city dump using .22 rifles to thin a rat population estimated in the thousands. Captain Floyd Stine leads twenty marksmen under damp, muddy, windy conditions as they dispatch about five rats each before midnight. The effort draws state ammunition support but local police offer no approval for the firearm discharge.
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Minute
Company
Maryland
Floyd Stine
Siege of Sevastopol Deepens as Red Fleet Attacks
Soviet forces tighten the siege of Sevastopol with Crimean armies and the Red fleet massing to drive the German and Romanian defenses into the sea. Russian flank advances, hills captured, and a screen of enemy air and artillery fire shape a fierce battle near the city while in Poland the Carpathian foothill fighting intensifies and German losses mount.
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Moscow
Russia
Red Fleet
Sevastopol
Dimitri Nikolaev
Old Poland
Red Army
Stanislawow
Carpathian
Elks Plan Mothers Day Exercises in Hagerstown
The Hagerstown Lodge of Elks announces Mothers Day exercises at City Park on Sunday May 14 starting at 3 PM Judge Joseph D Mish will introduce U S Senator Millard E Tydings as the principal speaker The program includes music a short address by John B France and lodge services with officers Hugh S George Richard C Munson George W Fisher Ralph C Bair Charles L Mobley and James McGuffin taking part Public attendance is invited and a large turnout is anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Hugh S. George
Richard C. Munson
George W. Fisher
Ralph C. Bair
Charles L. Mobley
James McGuffin
Conciliators Seek To Settle Ford Strike In Canada
Federal conciliation officers opened talks to settle a labor dispute at Ford Motor Company of Canada in Windsor Ontario where more than 14 000 workers have struck. Picket lines remain as the walkout began Thursday amid grievances over the bargaining agreement. The company calls it a general strike and canceled the collective bargaining agreement with TAWA, while the union demands its restoration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor
Ont
Ford Motor Company of Canada
Loval
United Automobile Workers of America
CIO
TAWA
Six Maryland Drydock workers held in payroll scheme
Baltimore April 22 six employees of the Maryland Drydock Company were arrested by FBI agents on charges of conspiring to defraud the federal government of 2000 dollars through a payroll-padding scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Maryland Drydock Company
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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S. Page Cline
S. Page Cliny, Jk
Beachhead
U.S
Board of Supervisors
Draft Board
Shirley
Hollywood
Shirley Temple
George Temple
By Eddy Gilmore
Elks
City Park
Ford Canadian
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