Swedes Predict Invasion Within Two Weeks
London dispatch reports new travel restrictions aimed at protecting invasion plans as Britons regulate outbound movement. Swedish naval commentator Falkman predicts assault may occur between May 2 and May 17, with daylight likelihood and possible parachute drops behind German lines. Reports from Denmark and Bern hint at German troop activity and foreign workers, but skepticism remains about disclosures and motives.
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London
Britain
United States
Russia
British Commonwealth
Karl Henrik Falkman
Berlin
Die Tat
Moscow
Pravda
Falkman
Denmark
Sweden
Bern
Switzerland
Das Reich
Germany
Zurich
Japs Organizing To Combat Air Attacks
New York April 28 reports say Tokyo has formed home guard corps in 13 key Japanese centers to guard and alert during Allied air raids. The units will undergo periodic inspections by the home ministry and include a communications training program for post office and telegraph staff for duties in emergencies.
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New York
Tokyo
Japan
U.S
Earthquake Shock Reported From Bombay Observatory
An earthquake of great intensity was recorded at the Bombay observatory shortly after 9 o'clock last night. Officials said the epicenter was about 4,290 miles from Bombay and near New Guinea, where Gen. MacArthur's forces are engaging the Japanese.
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Bombay
Bombay Observatory
New Guinea
MacArthur
Democratic Club At Williamsport To Meet
Williamsport Democratic Club will meet tomorrow night at the Community Hall to plan for the primary election on Monday May 1. A full attendance of Williamsport Democrats was requested. Forty nuns saved advanced Allied headquarters New Guinea April 1 1944. One hundred foreign missionaries including 40 nuns were rescued at Hollandia Dutch New Guinea General Douglas MacArthur announced today.
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W. D. Byron
Democratic Club
Williamsport
Democrats
New Guinea
Aprl
Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Invasion Vessels Attacked as Berlin Edges Toward War
Berlin reports mass invasion vessels assembling in western England harbors were struck by German bombers. Berlin Stockholm dispatches say invasion might be under two weeks away. German authorities in Holland threaten to flood Zuider Zee area to protect Rotterdam and Amsterdam. A German communique claims sinking British ships totaling 9,100 tons in a convoy attack off Hagland and that raids on shipping off Britain's southwest coast last night were effective.
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London
England
Berlin
Stockholm
Aneta
Holland
Zuider Zee
Rotterdam
Amsterdam
Hagland
Primaries Near But No Interest
Apathy dominates Washington county primaries with polls opening 6 p m and closing 7 p m as election officials prepare supplies for chief judges. Expectation is a very light turnout, possibly 15 percent, with party organization candidates favored amid weak independent participation.
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Board of Election Supervisors
Washington County
Operation Saves Life Of Child Martha Louise Stottlemyer
Seventeen month old Martha Louise Stottlemyer of Lantz Maryland was treated after peanuts lodged in her right lung. An emergency operation at Fleming hospital Williamsport followed by three days in an oxygen tent left her improving and out of danger this week.
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Martha Louise Stottlemyer
Lester Stottlemyer
Lantz
Fleming Hospital
Williamsport
Clearspring To Elect Officials In Town and State Votes
Clearspring voters will cast two ballots on Monday with state primaries at TL O F Hall and town election at the fire hall. Polls run 2 to 6 pm. Incumbent Burgess J Donald Ankener faces John Hoffman. Robert Roach runs unopposed for assistant burgess. Three council seats contested by Clyde G Ankeney, Dr David R Brewer, Dr Archie Z Cohen, Enos Seibert, Harold Snyder, and H Alvin Kelley.
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TL O. O F
Burgess J. Donald Ankener
John Hoffman
Robert Roach Ls
Burgess
Clyde G. Ankeney
David R. Brewer
Archie &. Cohen
Enos Seibert
Harold Snyder
H. Alvin Kelley
Knox Dies Of Heart Attack
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, 70, died at 1:98 p.m. today at his Washington home from a heart attack. He had been ill since last week after attending the funeral of J. A. Muchling in Manchester New Hampshire. Acting Secretary James V. Forrestal announced the death to Navy personnel.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Frank Knox
Navy
James V. Forrestal
Knox
Manchester
N. H
J. A. Muchling
Forrestal
Department
Cafferias
Fifteen Die in Navy Yard Fire At Portsmouth
At the Norfolk Navy Yard in Portsmouth Virginia fifteen civilian workers died from suffocation and twenty were injured when a fire broke out in the hold of a ship under repair. The blaze began about 6 20 p m and within two hours rescuers carried unconscious workers from the vessel. Authorities said the ship suffered minor damage and a court of inquiry would investigate the cause.
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Portsmouth
Norfolk Navy Yard
Navy Base
Norfolk
Navy Yard
Navy
Edgar B. Johnson
USNR
Buzzards Bay
Mags
David J. Kieselbach
Canned Vegetables Get Point-Free Status in May Ration List
The Office of Price Administration adds tomatoes corn beets asparagus and four other vegetables to the point-free list for May. Spinach leafy greens and garbanzo beans receive zero points. Changes also raise or cut points on soups jams jellies cranberry sauce ketchup and tomato juice to manage supplies for the new packing season.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Chester Bowles
Freezing Temperatures Steady With Frost Reported
The mercury fell to 30 last night with frost in low areas and little damage. Keedysville observer J A Miller cited a 20 degree reading and said frost at that temperature would cause only slight damage. He noted subfreezing readings are common this time of year and recalled 27 degrees last April. A stronger north wind could drop temperatures tonight, aligning with the official forecast for cooler weather and frost.
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J. A. Miller
Keedysville
Lawyers Busy Checking Law In Sedition Trial
Washington April 28 Prosecution and defense lawyers in the sedition trial debated whether the jury could be retained if not seated by midnight Monday when the current term of jurors ends. Defendant James True 66 of Arlington Va and juror Mrs Caroline Singleton Garman caused a delay, pushing the final session to Monday.
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Washington
O. John Rogge
James True
Arington
Caroline Singleton Garman
Summer Store Closing Dates Decided By Hagerstown Retailers
Hagerstown retailers meet at Hotel Patterson to set summer closing hours for Wednesday afternoons. Vernon Stone is installed as chairman with new executive board members Ross D. Copley Frank S. Leiter M. S. Grassman C. Vernon Stone F J. Byron and W Harry Warne named to the board.
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Hagerstown
C. Vernon Stone
F. J. Byron and
Wharry Warne
Martin Workers Threaten To Quit If Camp Removed
MIDDLE RIVER Md April 28 The Glenn L Martin Aircraft Company may lose workers who threaten to quit and vacate 700 trailers if the government proceeds to remove the trailer park. May 15 is set as the deadline for vacating the trailers by all families except those with high school students who may remain until June 20. Government housing is available, but one in three workers said they would not buy household goods for new homes, citing draft uncertainty as a main reason for their stance.
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Middle River
Glenn L. Martin Aircraft Company
Facts About Hagerstown Annual Chamber Edition
The Hagerstown Chamber of Commerce released its annual Facts About Hagerstown edition summarizing city and county activity. It lists 15 city auditoriums golf courses and pools along with 6.6 square miles of city area 60 miles of paved streets and 20 unpaved. Auto registrations total 17 820 for 1943 plus bank clearings of 43 958 552. Bonded debt 4 438 000 for the city and 1 182 200 for the county as of Jan 1 1944. Temperature 33.9 F rainfall 37 inches. Pari mutuels at the Hagerstown Race Track totaled 1 449 425 in 1943 and ten hotels with 1 000 rooms are listed in the city.
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Hagerstown
Keedys-ville
Washington County Free
Flood Dangers Mounting Fast In Middle West
Flood threats rise as the Missouri and Illinois rivers swell and breach levees near Cupe and Harrisonville Illinois. Evacuations ordered for lowland districts while Missouri crests near Jefferson City. In Oklahoma and Kansas, Arkansas river floods add to damage with militiamen and volunteers aiding levee defenses and rescue efforts.
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Middle West
Associated Press
Missouri
Illinois
Mississippi
Cupe
Harrisonville
Ill
Arkansas River
Oklahoma
Wichita
Kans
Red Cross
Petticord
St. Louis
Jefferson City
Russians Report Persistent Offensive Near Iasi Front
A Romanian bulletin from Bucharest says Russians press a determined offensive with tank supported forces north of Iasi as fierce fighting continues for a second day. It reports local penetrations sealed off while Moscow gives no notice of such an offensive.
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London
Iasi
Bucharest
Moscow
Stanislawow
Carpathian
Women Following Hunch In Search For Lost Army Plane
In Gatlinburg Tennessee two Ohio women Mrs. Thomas B Wheeler and Mrs H G Gill searched the Smoky Mountains for a plane missing since January 31 with their husband and brother aboard They pressed beyond ten miles into rugged terrain guided by a veteran. The missing flight was from Charlotte to Nashville or Memphis.
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Gatlinburg
Tenn
Ohio
Smoky Mountains
Thomas B. Wheeler
H. G. Gill
Ripley
National Park
83 yearold held as counterfeiter in Fairmont
Marion county jail holds Charles T. Kline an 83 yearold lodger at a Fairmont mission home on counterfeiting charges. He pleaded innocent at arraignment and was held under 2000 dollars bond awaiting federal grand jury action.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Pj. I. S
L. T. Eddy
Charles T
Daddy) Kline
Fairmont Mission
Marion County
Eddy
Kline
Tokyo Admits Allies Moving In After Hollandia Take
Tokyo acknowledged Allied landings on Dutch New Guinea six days after American forces went ashore and said enemy strength is increasing. The broadcast noted U S forces in the area are fighting and that MacArthur announced American infantry seized the last Hollandia airdrome and the operation is complete.
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New York
Tokyo
Dutch New Guinea
U. S
Douglas MacArthur
Hollandia
Congress to probe seizure of Montgomery Ward plant
In a heated session, Democrats and Republicans united to push House Rules Committee for action on Dewey's resolution to investigate the government seizure of the Montgomery Ward Chicago plant. Rep Dewey testified calling the seizure un-American as a special congressional panel would be created to examine the action.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Chicago
Cox
D-Ga
Smith
D-Va
Republican Committee
Dewey
Rep
Congress
British Step Out And Slap The Japs
Southeast Asia front bulletin from Kohima reports a tank supported British battalion driving Japanese invaders from several strong positions in northern India. Allied reinforcements continue to pour into Kohima from Dimapur as the assault to push the Japanese back toward Burma appears imminent.
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Asta
Kandy
Ceylon
Kohima
India
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Dimapur
Burma
Annapolis Lawyer Named Maryland Secretary of State
Annapolis attorney William J. McWilliams aged 40, former president of the Anne Arundel County Bar Association, was appointed Secretary of State of Maryland by Gov. Herbert R. O Conor. He fills the post after Thomas E. Jones took a leave for the U S Maritime Service. McWilliams also chairs the Annapolis draft board.
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Annapolis
William J. McWilliams
Anne Arundel County Bar Association
Maryland
Herbert R. O'Conor
McWilliams
Thomas E. Jones
U. S. Maritime Service
Proposal to bury WW2 unknown in Arlington beside WW1 tomb
Rep. Fish introduces a resolution to create a second unknown World War II soldier tomb at Arlington Memorial Amphitheatre, placing it beside the existing unknown WWI tomb. The measure requests burial of the WWI unknown and extends to the WW2 unknowns.
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Washington
Arlington Memorial Amphitheatre
Fish
Navy Opposes Immediate War Department Consolidation
Washington April 28 The Navy flatly opposed today immediate action to consolidate the Army Navy and Air Forces into a single department of war and urged Congress to give careful study to post war consolidation proposals.
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Washington
Navy
Army
Air
Department of War
Congress
Allies Batter Away In Europe In Major Air Offensive
Allied air forces hammered invasion targets across occupied Europe. RAF dropped about 3 500 tons on Friedrichshafen radar plants and northern France Belgium railways. American bombers hit French airfields including Avord south of Paris. Over 24 hours some 13 500 tons were dumped by Allied air fleets. In two weeks total climbed to 65 000 tons. The campaign neared the 14th day as heavy fighting continued, while Russian and Italian fronts remained quiet and invasion timing drew speculation from Berlin and Moscow.
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Europe
RAF
Friedrichahafen
France
Belgium
Paris
Avord
Eisenhower
Britain
Berlin
Pravda
Moscow
England
Denmark
Sweden
Montzen
Aulnoye
Old Poland
Stanislawow
Stockholm
Finland
Salla
Italian Front Quiet Despite Allied Probing Attacks
Allied headquarters report activity along the Italian front with no ground changes. 180 Allied sorties were flown, fighter-bombers hit an ammo dump at Magliana, Spitfires raided a radio station near Durazzo, and Allied patrols probed Anzio. Artillery supported Cassino as tanks engaged enemy units near Cisterna and in the Carane area.
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Naples
Magliana
Durazzo
Albania
Allier
Anzio
Cisterna
Carane
Alford
Cassino
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