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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1942
Page
1
Japanese mini submarines slipped into Sydney Harbor late at night and were met by gunfire and depth charges. The raid likely sank three midget boats, while an old ferry was sunk by the action. The event marked the first direct strike on Southern Australia with Sydney reacting to heavy explosions and searchlights.
The State Game and Inland Fish Commission requested an opinion from the State Law Department after the May 1 arrest in Washington county of two fishermen using two hooks on one line. The Commission held that more than two hooks are unlawful and enforceable with a penalty of 25 to 100 dollars per offense.
Assistant Attorney General Thurman Arnold told a Senate defense committee that Standard Oil New Jersey attempted to mislead the inquiry. He said the company sought to frustrate the U S synthetic rubber program and misled the panel about its ties to German Chemical Trust I G Farben.
Brooklyn police recovered John Walsh's stolen car and found it undamaged and full of gasoline. The vehicle also held two new tires and tubes not present when it was stolen, suggesting the thief left it intact and prepared for use.
Union City police questioned Vincenzo Piazza who confessed to five murders across Ohio and New Jersey. Chief Peter Raffo cited Piazza admitting three deaths in Ohio and two in Union City, including the 1933 Jandik couple killings, 1939 Trizzino brothers deaths in Cleveland, and the 194? Geneva slaying of James Dama.
A knife attack in Back Bay killed 18 year old Fidella Briand as she fled along a parkway by the Charles River. Boston University students Harold Breski Henry Gates and Lyle Wilson, with Harry Adams captured the attacker, identified as a Somerville man.
Boston announces the outright cash sale of first baseman Jimmy Foxx to the Chicago Cubs of the National League. Owner Tom Yawkey secured waivers from American League clubs after Foxx, nicknamed The Beast, led the league in batting twice in 1933 and 1938 and had five seasons with Boston since joining from Connie Mack’s Athletics.
The Army Pennsylvania football game will be played October 31 at Franklin Field instead of West Point due to fire and gasoline rationing. H Jamison Swarts, University of Pennsylvania athletic director, announced today.
The War Manpower Commission announced today the labor mobilization program to defend irreplaceable craftsmen and ensure urgent production needs have first call on skilled workers. Administrator Paul V McNutt called it a great opportunity for a democracy to discipline itself. The Selective Service System will consult with Federal Employment Service offices before drafting any individual skilled in a critical war occupation.
In Hagerstown and Washington County about 10,000 registrants since Selective Service began, only 325 have occupational deferments. War Manpower Commission begins today but is not expected to alter the scene. Local officials say no crafts workers in defense industries have been deferred and that 199 and 126 were deferred by Boards 1 and 2 respectively. One defense plant reported 100 percent commitment with no deferments, while 35 of the 219 registrants aged 20 work in local defense industries.
Washington county men appear in Navy Depart ment casualty list No 4. It notes the deaths of two Maryland men, the wounding of Lieut Col Samuel W Freeney USMC, and 11 officers and men missing. The total dead wounded and missing exceed 8500. The period covered is April 16 to May 10. It includes Navy Marine Corps and related personnel.
Gen Hartle in Ireland endorses the local campaign and makes a substantial contribution to the U S O Navy Relief fund set by Washington county. A mass meeting at Hotel Alexander will read the cablegram tonight as the drive opens.
Ralph S. Tagg Jr., a 21 year old Army Air Corps member from Hagerstown, is listed as missing in action. He departed the United States in November 1941, reaching Manila later that month, with parents Ralph S. Tagg and wife reported in the North Mulberry street block. The War Department cites communication disruption after Bataan and Corregidor as delaying personal news. Tagg had served at Bolling Field and Savannah Air Base before overseas duty.
Washington county hospital reports a May birth record with 63 babies born 31 male and 32 female. hospital authorities note monthly records are constantly broken and compare May figures to 40 births last year and 28 in May 1940.
The Office of Emergency Management reported that the Fairchild Aircraft Division of Ha vers t own was one of two Maryland War Industry plants to form labor-management committees in connection with the War Production Board drive.
Beverly Hills June 1 Singer Bing Crosby sustained a badly cut lip in an auto crash today. Doctors said the injury would not impede his singing and Crosby is reported resting at home after the accident.
An investigation began to determine the cause of the explosion that set fire to the new automatic kiln at Mt. Savage Brickyard early Saturday, destroying the building. The total loss was estimated at 250000 dollars.
James Anthony Anderson 18 of Glen Echo Montgomery County is being tried before a Washington County jury for alleged rape of Amy Harrison 36 a government worker at her Glen Echo home Feb 21. Harrison testified detailing the assault and Andersons threats while brandishing a revolver.
The local U S Employment Service reports 159 persons placed in private industry in May, leaving 1,100 on active files versus 2,766 a year ago. WPA rolls fall from 290 to 250. Officials say more workers will be placed in defense industries as expansion programs finish this summer.
Lt Gen Henry H Arnold head of the United States Army Air Forces says conferences with British leaders aim to maximize combined air strength against Germany. He praises the RAF Cologne raid, expects American planes to join similar raids soon, and emphasizes a balanced European force while ensuring aircraft production for Britain.
British forces under Lieut Gen Nejil M. Ritchie press a multi-front battle to crush Rommel's two Africa Corps tank divisions in Libya. Cruewell reportedly captured as the axis withdrawal stalls near Ain El Gazala Bir Hacheim, with minefields, anti tank guns, and air bombardment pinning the retreating units.
John C. Fleagle a 47 year old resident of Smithsburg Rt 2 fell from a horse he was riding while teaching a youth horsemanship. He sustained a fractured right ankle and was admitted to Washington County Hospital for treatment.
A competitive examination for a public tuition scholarship to the University of Maryland will be held tomorrow morning at Hagerstown Senior High School starting at 9 o'clock. State Senator E. Stuart Bushons will certify the final results.
Sheriff officers plan a citizen posse to scour the Potomac from Taylor's Landing downstream for miles to locate Harold Battee's body, believed to surface within two weeks after a drowning. High water last week delays but increases the search area.
Local attorney J. Cleveland Grice, stricken last night with a heart attack, was reported this afternoon to be slightly improved. The update notes his condition without details.
Allied air offensives surge as British actions in Libya and a 90 minute Rhineland raid fuse with a large Cologne night operation. The bombing binge, including more than 6 million pounds dropped by RAF and 1,250 planes in Cologne, signals intensified pressure on Axis as Western Allies aim at Italy and a second front.
Andy Nahalka, 29, captured south of the city near Norfolk and Western trains after police learned he is wanted in Keyser W Va for escaping from a chain gang. He admitted to officers he was one of seven fugitives and the only one to reach this distance.
The Supreme Court held an Oklahoma statute authorizing sterilization of habitual criminals unconstitutional because it classified stealing chickens as a crime and excluded embezzlement. Justice Douglas delivered the unanimous opinion in the case involving Jack T. Skinner of Pittsburgh, convicted once of stealing chickens and twice of armed robbery.
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