Roosevelt says war production program working well
Washington April 24 President Roosevelt stated the war production program is operating extremely well and suggested another program might be added on. He cited 1942 1943 goals of 185000 planes 120 tanks 55000 anti aircraft guns and 18000000 tons of shipping. He cautioned capacity may require expansions and stressed civilian steel use is being checked.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
United Nations
War Production Board
Real estate trading shows moderate activity last week
Real estate activity in the city and county was only moderately good with scarce large transactions totaling about $25,000. Notable transfers include Hazel George Reese to John E. Rosenberry for 236 acres in Indian Springs district at $1,200 and multiple other parcels priced from $500 to $4,000, including properties on Mulberry avenue Artizan street Main street Gay street and East avenue.
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Hazel George Reese
John E. Rosenberry
Indian Springs
William C
Richard G. Wolfinger
Byron E. Winxert
Mulberry Avenue
Gertrude Cole Blickentaff
David A. Blickenstaff
Charles N. South
Artizan Street
Williamsport
Foster B. Kephart
Edgar L. Shaffer
Main Street
Boonsboro
Adolph A. Keyser
George C. Buxton
Gay Street
Halfway
Emory O. Flook
Paul N. Wyand
Wheedysville
Lula A. Brown
William Whitmore
East Avenue
Mulberry
Locust Streets
Robert L. Phillips, Jr
George Lee Deaner
Sandy Hook
Turning Out for Clinics for Pre-School Students
Children entering school this fall are flocking to pre-school clinics. The Health Department reported 55 children attended the Winter Street School clinic yesterday. Upcoming dates include April 28 St. Marys, April 30 Broadway, May 1 Clearspring, May 4 Lincoln, May 5 Downsville, May 6 Smithsburg with Cavetown, Pleasant Valley, Greensburg, May 7 Hancock and Washington Street including Ridge Avenue.
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Health Department
Winter Street
St. Mary’s
Broadway
Clearspring
Lincoln
Downsville
Smithsburg
Cavetown
Pleasant Valley
Greensburg
Hancock
May
Washington Street
Ridge Avenue
Public School Heads Meeting in Western Maryland
A regional conference at the Senior High School gathers about 65 principals and school officials to discuss the public school role in the war emergency. Joseph Spitznas presides as state supervisor of high schools, aiming to improve organization and expand school service if needed.
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Maryland
Joseph
Spitznas
Woman under locomotive saves limb in daring amputation
Marina Diez-Rivas, a Puerto Rican nurse, crawled beneath a locomotive at a Richmond rail yard to amputate a yard worker’s mangled leg. Using a flashlight and a pocket knife after a hospital scalpel failed, she saved the man’s life. The patient is recovering.
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Richmond
Marina Diez-Rivas
Puerto Rico
Medical College of Virginia Hospital
Miss Diez-Rivas
Vessel Shelled Off Atlantic Coast Survivors Landed
The Navy reports a small United States merchant vessel was shelled by an enemy submarine off the Atlantic coast. Survivors have been landed at an east coast port.
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Washington
Navy
United States
Atlantic
Stocks Up For Rainy Day Then Takes Leave
In Salisbury Maryland on April 24 a man charged with illegal liquor sales testified he stocked up on spirits ahead of a county dispensary closure. He received 90 days and a $200 fine and was placed on a prison road gang as a cook. He escaped after one day, still owing $200 and 52 days.
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Salisbury
P. S
Wheat quota vote set for May 2 nationwide referendum
County A A A committee prepares to announce polling places for a May 2 referendum on wheat marketing quotas for the 1942 crop. About 2,000 Washington county farmers with 15 acres or more may vote. those under 15 acres are exempt from penalties. Government loans depend on a nationwide two thirds approval. loans disappear if quotas are rejected.
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A.A.A
United States
Washington County
Trains Rerouted After B&O Martinsburg Derailment
A number of Baltimore and Ohio passenger trains were diverted to the Western Maryland routes through Hagerstown after a derailment on the B&O main line at Martinsburg blocked tracks. The Capital Limited and several B&O trains used Cherry Run to reach Washington County line before returning to the B&O main. Martinsburg main line reopened later in the morning and traffic resumed.
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Baltimore & Qhi
Maryland
Hagerstown
Martinsburg
Capital Limited
Western Maryland
Cherry Run
Washington County
Weverton
Louella Little Sues for Divorce from Charles Little
Louella M. Little through attorney Bruce C. Lightner filed for divorce from Charles Paul Little alleging desertion. The couple married in 1926.
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Louella M. Little
Bruce C. Lightner
Charles Paul Little
Cooler Summer Forecast For Washington DC
Washington forecasts point to a cooler July and August in the capital. Smithsonian scientist Dr. Charles G. Abbot told a Senate appropriations subcommittee his long range 1941 forecast varied by only 0.47 to 0.100 of a degree and predicted about two degrees below normal in July and August. Senator Bankhead commented on the outlook.
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Washington
Smithsonian
Charles G. Abbot
Smithsonian Institution
Senate Appropriations
Senator Bankhead
D.-Ala
Dixie Forest Fires Rage Across Four States
Dixie forest fires spread across 32,000 acres in four southern states with suspected arson. North Carolina Gov. J M Broughton ordered investigators into Pisgah National Forest where 14,000 acres burned since last Sunday. Virginia, Georgia, and Kentucky also faced major blazes as rangers and CCC units battled the fires.
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Brevard
N. C
North Carolina
J. M. Broughton
State Bureau of Investigation
Pisgah National Forest
Virginia
Forest Rangers
C.C.C
Parade Forming At 3 30 Sunday In City
Civilian Defense parade officials announce gathering at the State Armory on North Potomac Street at 3 30 p m Sunday for unit line formation. Al Salia Club marshals will assign spots and issue instructions before a 4 p m start. A revised schedule due tomorrow reflects additional Home Guard companies.
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Charles W. Hoffman
State Armory
North Potomac Street
Alsalia Club
Hoffman
Schools To Close For Registration Holiday
Public school children of the city and county will enjoy a holiday Monday, April 27, because school buildings will be used for draft registration purposes. Superintendent B. C. Willis announced that registration for men between 43 and 65 starts tomorrow and continues through Sunday and Monday. Tomorrow’s hours are 9 to 5 and Monday from 7 until 9.
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B. C. Willis
Bottling Plant Burns in Pocahontas Fire
Two buildings destroyed by early morning fire in Pocahontas Virginia with estimated owners’ losses at 105600. The two story frame Spur bottling works dwelling owned by Nick Crist caught fire around 420 a m. The second structure housed a hardware store and garage and was owned by Charles Butt.
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Pocahontas
Spur Puttling Works
Nick Crist
Charles Butt
Flying Tigers Celebrate Victory With Steak After Slim Japanese Losses
In Burma the American Volunteer Group hosts a post-encounter dinner led by Brig. Gen. Claire L. Chennault. AVG pilots report destroying at least 15 Japanese planes with no losses and celebrate with a heavy steak meal and morale-boosting films. One pilot, Fred Barrack, was injured but recovering, after another flier was shot down.
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Burma
Marion Davidson
U.S. Army
Calcutta
Claire L. Chennault
AVG
Chennault
Allies Could Knock Japan From Air With One-Third Planes
Cairo April 24 William D Pawley co founder of the American Volunteer Group now in Burma said the Allies need only one third as many planes as Japan to win strategic air superiority in vital Pacific theaters. He noted the AVG Flying Tigers show that numerical parity is not essential and stressed rapid production and steady spare parts flow. he praised the AVG pilots and Chinese fliers while pointing to superior American and British aircraft.
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Cairo
Egypt
Pacific
William D. Pawley
Burma
AVG
Flying Tigers
Pawley
China
India
Intercontinent Aviation
United States
Britain
Ask Dealers To Get Sugar Forms
Washington county retail wholesale institutional and industrial sugar users were urged by the local Ration Board to secure registration forms from the Ration Board or county high schools. Forms are available at Williamsport Samuel Plummer Principle Boonsboro Homer Guyton Principle Smithsburg Rexford Hartle Principle Clearspring Walter Peterman Principle Hancock Douglas Bivens Principle and the Hagerstown office for commercial users. Forms must be filled except for signatures which occur at the registration next Tuesday and Wednesday. The board urged early pickup due to data filling time.
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Washington County
Ration Board
Williamsport
Samuel Plummer
Boonsboro
Homer Guyton
Smithsburg
Rexford Hartle
Clearspring
Walter Peterman
Hancock
Douglas Bivens
Hagerstown
Maryland hits record cash balance at thirty one million
Annapolis Maryland April 24 state comptroller J Millard Tawes said the cash balance rose to 31 026 034 the highest ever recorded in state history due to recent income tax receipts boosting cash on hand
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Annapolis
Maryland
J. Millard Tawes
Pledge at York luncheon vows to say damn before Axis names
Judges attorneys and prominent business men in York sign a pledge at the Yorktowne hotel luncheon table. Anyone mentioning Jap or Germany must prefix with the word damn, or pay 25 cents. All proceeds go to the U.S.O. monthly.
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York
Yorktowne Hotel
Germany
Sirens Shipped Will Be Placed On Schools
City officials announce the last two of four air raid sirens have shipped. Two arrived earlier and were installed at Hagerstown High School and City Hall. The remaining sirens will be mounted at Winter Street School and Howard Street School in coming days.
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Richard H. Sweeney
Hagerstown High School
Winter Street
Howard Street
Tug and three barges sunk off U S coast
Berlin reports from German broadcasts that in new U-boat ops off the American east coast and Caribbean six merchant ships totaling 35,000 tons were sunk. One Nazi sub reportedly sank a tug and three barges by gunfire just outside an American port.
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Berlin
High Command
American
Caribbean
Soviets Take Stronghold Golden Range in Crimea
Red Star reports Russian forces captured the Golden Range a German stronghold in Crimea after four days of fighting. German losses include 300 killed, big guns, 50 machine guns and dozens of trench mortars. Some Finns reportedly moved south to bolster Nazi divisions on Kalinin front. Thawing fields yield war loot, with many weapons and equipment recovered or salvaged for reuse or scrap.
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Kuibyshev
Russia
Red Star
Golden Range
Crimea
Kalinin
Japs Launch New Attacks In Burma
British communique from Burma says Japanese forces approach Mandalay within 100 miles and press new assaults in Taunggyi as they advance northward. Western front reports indicate Japanese digging south of Yenangyaung, the oil town retaken by Allied counterattack.
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Burma
New Delhi
India
Mandalay
Taunggyi
Macdalay
Yenangyaung
Baltimore Greenlight Sought for Early City Blackout
Pi-Col. Henry St. Barrett announced he had asked for a prolonged blackout in Baltimore City at an early date. The state air raid precautions director queried George Carter on how soon Baltimore could read for a blackout of one and a half to two hours or longer. He wishes to extend the blackout across Maryland, Washington and much of Virginia but delays until Baltimore proves readiness.
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Baltimore
Henry St. Barrett
Baltimore City
George Carter
Maryland
Washington
Virginia
RAF Bombers Hit Rostock in Heavy Baltic Raid
London reports say a strong RAF force heavily attacked Rostock, creating widespread fires and damage. Four RAF planes missing. The attack linked to the March 28 Lubeck raid on shipping hubs Rostock lies on the Warnow estuary near Warnemuende and connects to Denmark by rail. Over a dozen Britons killed. damage spread to southeastern England with several deaths and injuries. A German bomber crew was captured. two German planes reportedly shot down over Britain. Continued on Page 12.
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London
Royal Air Force
Baltic
Rostock
Air Ministry
Luebeck
Germany
Stettin
RAF
Soviet Russia
Warnow River
Warnemuende
Swallows Back Bring Hope of End to Frost
Washington county orchardists hear good news as swallows return signaling fewer killing frosts. Keedysville observer J A Miller credits the swallow with warning of last frosts while noting a 36 degree minimum today after a 30 degree night. Peach blossoms remain unscathed after several frosty weeks.
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Washington County
J. A. Miller
Keedysville
John F. Reese
Furnkstown
Mr. Miller
Students Feast On Cleanings of Lawn at Eastern High
In Baltimore on April 24, 1915 the Eastern high school pupils cleaned up their campus collecting 20 bushels of dandelions. They ate dandelion leaves with ham hocks for luncheon in the school cafeteria.
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Baltimore
Eastern High School
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Anthony Haden Guest
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England
Anthony
New York
W. M
Grack
DIXIE
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Kentucky
U. S
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Daniel DE Luce
Toungoo
William McGaffin
Red Front
Laval
Baron James
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