Roosevelt warns Axis against using Vichy bases in war
President Roosevelt told a national radio audience that United Nations will act to bar Axis use of Vichy French bases and that American warships are in combat in the Mediterranean. He outlined a vast war mobilization, calling for universal sacrifice and a $73 billion annual effort by 1942, as price controls take hold at home. Abroad, several hundred thousand American soldiers are deployed at bases and battlefronts far from home.
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Washington
Hitler
Mussolini
Mediterranean
Roosevelt
United Nations
Near East
Middle East
Pierre Laval
Vichy
Germany
Italy
Japan
All
America
North
South
Expect Orchard Labor Shortage in Washington County
Washington county farmers and orchardists foresee a definite labor shortage by late summer, according to a survey by the agricultural division of the local office of the U S Employment Service. Farmers doubt the shortage will be as severe as elsewhere.
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Washington County
Agricultural Division
U. S. Employment Service
Juvenile Officer Injured In Crash On Sharpsburg Pike
Juvenile Court Officer Edward L. Rowland suffered a sprained shoulder when the automobile he rode in as a passenger was sideswiped on the Sharpsburg pike yesterday afternoon by Harry Hoffman of Rhode Island. Officer Rowland was with John B. Huyett investigator for the Board of License Commissioners. Huyett escaped injury but his car was damaged about $200. Hoffman said his steering gear locked. he posted $25 and costs as a forfeit.
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Edward L. Rowland
Sharpsburg Pike
Harry Hoffman
Rhode Island
Rowland
John B
Bren) Huyett
Board of License Commissioners
Huyett
Hoffman
Trace Of Rain Seen In Forecast Later Tonight
Only .02 inch fell overnight bringing April total to .80 inch, still .01 inch below the driest April on record in 1915. Keedysville weather observer J A Miler notes indications of more rain by tonight.
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J. A. Miler
Keedysville
Praise for Hero Is Surprise on Radio
President Roosevelt praised Captain Hewitt T. Wireless on the radio for flying a fortress through a 73 mile chase by 18 Japanese planes. Wireless, 28, and his wife Raymonda Jean Wheless with six month old daughter listened at home in Fresno, while his parents in Menard, Texas, also heard. He declined to speak, saying he merely did his duty after earning the Distinguished Service Cross. Wireless Senior chairs the Menard county draft board and served in World War I as a sergeant with the 345th Field Artillery.
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Fresno
Cal
Roosevelt
Hewitt T
Wheless
Raymonda Jean Wheless
Menard
Tex
Wireless
Menard County Draft Board
345Th Field Artillery
Forts Guns Blast Japs Near Cavite and Bataan
The War Department said artillery from Manila Bay forts sank a medium Japanese vessel and disrupted troop concentrations on Cavite and Bataan shores. MacArthur HQ reported reduced enemy air raids on Corregidor and forts, while Japanese artillery continued shelling. Panay defenses near Alibunan and San Remigio held, and enemy naval strength rose near Panay and central Philippines.
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Ashington
War Department
Manila Bay
Cavite
Bataan
Douglas MacArthur
Australia
Department
Corregidor
Panay
Alibunan
San Remigio
San Jose
Philippines
Marines begin studying Japanese language in Philadelphia
Five farsighted Marines expect to sandwich Tokyo between the halls of Montezuma and the shores of Tripoli. Their instructor, Sanosuke Yamamoto, here since 1905, teaches basics and responds to a cheeky query about how to say Tokyo here we come.
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Philadelphia
Tokyo
Montezuma
Tripoli
Sanosuke Yamamoto
Murrey Marder
Seaton Held On Larceny Charge At City Court
Rex Seaton, 33, of George Street, arraigned before Magistrate Harry B. Snyder on a larceny charge for allegedly taking 29 dollars from Joseph Rickrode. He was held for action at the May term. offense said to have occurred April 25.
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Rex Seaton
George Street
Joseph Rickrode
Harry B. Snyder
Crowell Texas Wiped Out by Tornado and Fire
A tornado followed by a major fire devastates Crowell Texas, killing at least six people and injuring many more. Vernon area deputy says no undamaged buildings remain as hospitals in nearby towns fill with victims. The town loses power and water, hindering firefighting efforts.
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Vernon
Tex
Crowell
Quanah
Chillicothe
Jerry Loper
Milk Truck and Car Collision Near Wagner's Crossroads
A milk truck driven by Keller T. Smith age 20 of Middletown collided with Edna MM Mills Dodge sedan from Sharpsburg Rt. 2 near Wagner's Crossroads on the Cave town Boonsboro pike at 6 this morning. No injuries but both vehicles were badly damaged. Deputy Sheriff Kenneth A Stangle investigated and summoned both drivers to appear before Justice E G Miller in Smithsburg tomorrow morning.
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Keller T. Smith
Middletown
Edna MM
Mills
Sharpsburg
Rt. 2
Wagner’s
Cavetown-Boonsboro Pike
Kenneth Aloysius Stangle
E. G. Miller
Smithsburg
Water use in town reaches record for year ending April 1
Albert Heard, superintendent of the Water Department, said annual consumption rose to 2,189,000,000 gallons, surpassing the previous high of 1,900,060,000 gallons. Increased demand from defense industries, railroads, and a surge in new houses drove the rise.
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Mhngerstown
Albert Heard
Water Department
Labor Leaders OK Mediation Of All Disputes
AFL and CIO presidents agreed on a wartime procedure to mediate jurisdictional disputes through the War Labor Board. If mediation fails, arbitration will follow. The plan, developed with CIO's Philip Murray and AFL's William Green, directs labor board members to attempt adjustment before escalating to the leaders if unresolved.
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Washington
AFL
CIO
War Labor Board
Philip Murray
William Green
WLB
William H. Davis
Labor
Murray
Green
Japanese Forces Occupy Cotabato Port in Mindanao
Tokyo cites Japanese headquarters reports that troops landed this morning at Cotabato on Mindanao’s western coast and completed the occupation in four and a half hours. The advance follows prior moves to seize strategic locations in the Philippine Islands.
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Tokyo
Cotabato
Mindanao
Philippine Islands
Philippines
12 Prizes for Cleanup Week in Hagerstown
The Clean Up Salvage for Victory drive opens May 4, with 12 prizes awarded to the top 12 city schools submitting the best Report Sheets. Proceeds go to a national service organization to be announced next week, per W Paul Settles and Samuel E Phillips Jr.
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Hagerstown
Three Suits For Divorce Docketed
Three suits for divorce were filed in court bringing to 70 the total number filed since January 1. Gladys T. Clipp, through Attorney H. H. Hoffman, filed suit against Herbert L. Clipp, and Iva G. Hartman, through Attorney J. J. Allen, filed suit against Harry F. Hartman, Russell M. Rawls, through Attorney Charles W. Wolf, filed suit in court today for a divorce from Ethel J. Rawls. J. W. Lester Hoover has been granted an absolute divorce by Judge Joseph D. Mish from Elsie Lorraine Hoover. He was represented by Attorneys J. J. Allen and Wagaman and Wagaman.
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Gladys T. Clipp
H. H. Hoffman
Herbert L. Clipp
Iva G. Hartman
J. J. Allen
Harry F. Hartman
Russell M. Rawls
Charles W. Wolf
Ethel J. Rawls
J. W. Lester Hoover
Joseph D. Mish
Two Suspects Detained Near Fairchild Aircraft Plant
Captain William H. Peters announced the arrest of two suspicious men found loitering near the Fairchild Aircraft Corporation Wilson boulevard plant. A 28 year old Newark New Jersey man and a 16 year old Oil City Pennsylvania youth are jailed awaiting FBI questioning. Guards spotted them around 4:30 am and federal agents were notified. Peters praised guards for vigilance while noting the men could be innocent yet the arrest was justified.
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William H. Peters
Wilson Boulevard
Fairchild Aircraft Corporation
FBI
Newark
N. J
Oil City, Pa
Pangborn Corporation
Peters
Thief Steals Fifteen Pennies From Local Stores
A small thief or boy entered Fred G. Reed's store on Virginia avenue through a side window and stole fifteen pennies from the cash drawer. Police suspect a child did the robbery. An attempted break in at The People's Market on Jonathan and North Streets left a torn screen but no entry.
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Fred G. Reed
Virginia Avenue
People’s Market
Jonathan
North Streets
Lair Of German Battleships And Trondheim Bombed
Canberra reports stronger Allied reinforcements in Australia as American troops and equipment rise in number. Curtin says an offensive is being prepared amid feared Japanese assault with heavy air raids likely within a fortnight. Allied HQ notes destruction of a Japanese ammunition dump at Lae and a Port Moresby raid interception.
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Canberra
Australia
John Curtin
House of Representatives
United States
Lae
New Guinea
Port Moresby
Arthur S. Drakeford
Curtin
Allied Forces Struggle To Slow Japs In Burma
Allied and Chinese forces race to blunt a Japanese spearhead thrust advancing toward Lashio and Mandalay. Reports from Chungking and London cite heavy tank and air support, with estimates of about 100,600 Japanese troops in Burma and Allies scrambling to harass and block advancing columns as monsoon rains near.
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Burma
Chungking
China
Lashio
London
Monghai Ping
Mandalay
Chamber Map Theft Sparks Local Uproar in Hagerstown
Chamber of Commerce officials were stunned when a man in uniform borrowed the Chamber map of Hagerstown and attempted to leave with it. A soldier seen in the Chamber office carried the map on a large cardboard before disappearing, later observed leaving the hotel lobby with the item. An officer, registered at the hotel, may have been involved.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Hagerstown
Troops Guard Negroes Moving Into Sojourner Truth Project
In Detroit under more than 1,500 state troops and city and state police, negro families began moving furnishings into the Sojourner Truth housing project, scene of rioting two months earlier. Troops stood watch as the first family arrived around 9 a.m., with plainclothes officers nearby and no disturbance reported.
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Detroit
Sojourner Truth
Light Showers Do Not End Forest Fire Danger
Western Maryland forest fire danger remains critical despite morning showers. District Forester H C Buckingham urged a soaking rain to curb the menace and cautioned against brush burning as moisture from light rain evaporates quickly. No fires were reported in Washington County today.
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Maryland
H. C. Buckingham
Buckingham
Washington County
Former Native Fatally Hurt At Dayton Restaurant Owner Dies
Glenn W. Smith, 29, a native of this city and Dayton resident for five years, died Saturday from injuries suffered when he fell on April 17 at his Dayton home. He owned a Dayton restaurant and is survived by his wife, a daughter, his mother Mrs. Viola Smith, sisters Mrs. Ruth Price and Mrs. Leah Hammaker, and Mrs. Helen Gardner of Baltimore. He was a Loyal Order of Moose member. Funeral and burial occurred in Dayton on Tuesday.
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Glenn W. Smith
Dayton
Ohio
Viola Smith
Ruth Price
Leah Hammaker
Helen Gardner
Baltimore
Loyal Order of Moose
No More Cruising War-Era Taxi Craving Traffic Halt
The nation’s taxicabs must stop cruising for the duration of the war. Joseph B. Eastman, defense transportation director, announced today after reporting nearly one billion passengers carried by cabs last year.
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Washington
Joseph B. Eastman
Defense Transportation Director
Britain Bombs Kiel and Trondheim In New RAF Raids
British warplanes struck Kiel and Trondheim in fierce two night raids as part of a week long offensive against German targets. Great fires burned at Kiel while the Nazi high command claimed civilian casualties and listed RAF losses. Russians report a 45 mile advance across a large river as they press across the Volkhov front toward Moscow.
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Germany
Kiel
Lair
Trondheim
Norway
RAF
High Command
Russia
Volkhov
Rzhev
Moscow
Oka
Donets River
Revenged Loss Of Their Ship
Five young American seamen said they scored a probable hit on an Axis submarine with the deck gun of their rescuer three days after a U S merchant vessel was torpedoed and sunk off the Atlantic coast. Twenty three crew members including the captain were rescued the next day. 24 others remain missing. The gun crew aged 17 to 22 spoke at Third Naval District Headquarters.
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New York
Navy
U. S
United Nations
Atlantic Seaboard
Frank M. Keathley
Corsicana
Tex
Third Naval District Headquarters
Roosevelt Signs War Bill to Curb War Profits
President Roosevelt signed a war appropriation bill totaling 19.15 billion with directives to renegotiate war contracts seen as excessive profits. The measure funds 31,000 new Army planes and a broad slate of agencies. A separate 348.9 million appropriation covers civil functions of the War Department including river and harbor development.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War Department
Mental Hygiene Clinic Date Moved Up by Health Dept
The Health Department moved the mental hygiene clinic from May 20 to May 13 due to an unexpected change of the psychiatrist. The notice informs patients and staff of the earlier appointment date and the reason for the schedule change.
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Health Department
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FDR
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Edwin Stout
Seaton
Elizabeth de Haven Towle Wood Kiskadden
California
C.P
Vernon, Tex
Philippine
C. F. Stehlin
Free French Air Force
Stehlin
Lafayette Escadrille
France
England
Wilson Blvd
Fairchilds
F. G. Reed
Britain
York
Roger D. Greene
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