Lepke Seeks More Delays On Execution Eve
Albany dispatch reports possible sixth reprieve for Louis Buchalter Murder Inc chief sentenced to die that night. Governor Dewey's counsel says court action could trigger further action while denying confirmation of Lepke's alleged confession implicating prominent figures. Breitel cites habeas issues and notes talk aimed to coax Lepke to reveal more.
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Albany
N. J
Louis
Lepke) Buchalter
Murder, Inc
Dewey
Lepke
Charles D. Breitel
Buchalter
Jeader
Louis Capone
Emanuel Weiss
Joseph Rosen
Brooklyn
Becker
the News of Brooklyn
War Fund Drive Advances In Washington County
The Red Cross War Fund campaign enters its second day with four local firms already surpassing initial donation goals. The county’s $61,500 target nears, and the first report meeting at the Hamilton Hotel tonight is expected to reveal strong results from additional industries across Washington County.
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Hed Cross War Fund
Hamilton Hotel
Washington County
Red Cross
Vol
Confessed Rapist Held For Jury
Daniel Lester Jones 42 of Corbett street waived preliminary hearing in city court this morning and confessed the attempted rape of a nine year old East Wilson Boulevard girl last Thursday night. He is remanded to Washington County jail on a $5,000 bond to await the May grand jury on a rape charge. Police said he was nervous and talked of hanging after arrest Monday night. Jones claimed he was drunk and unfit to stand trial. He was arrested by Patrolmen Karns and Castle with State Trooper Houck and sheriff's officers, located at a relative's home in Burkittsville after clues. Jones admitted walking with the girl along the Baltimore and Ohio tracks.
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Daniel Lester Jones
Corbett Street
M. W. B. Bistetler
East Wilson Boulevard
Washington County
Jones
Martin L. Ingram
Baltimore and Ohio
Battle Cry at Cape Gloucester Aimed at Babe Ruth
Marine correspondent reports Japanese forces near Cape Gloucester shouting the phrase To hell with Babe Ruth during an assault that failed, as thirty enemy fighters were struck down. Babe Ruth in New York responded with a sharp retort about dwarfed by the war news and expressed contempt for the Nipponese taunt.
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Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Jeremiah A. O'Leary
Marine Corps
Babe Ruth
New York
OPA Checks Merchants In Williamsport Price Review
The Williamsport Price Panel of the Ration Board reported prices in the county town as fairly satisfactory after surveying local merchants. Ninety nine percent cooperated with the OPA price control, while the public remained the most uncooperative element in the anti inflation effort.
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Ration Board
Williamsport
Russians Close In On Three German Bastions
On March 2 1944 Russian forces pressed the advance on Narva Pskov and Vitebsk along a 350 mile northern front. Govorovs Leningrad army secured a Narva bridgehead cut westward rail link and threatened the city. Pskov markets fell after heavy fortifications were overrun and rail lines south from Pskov to Polotsk were cut. Bagramians Baltic army moved toward Vitebsk as Red troops widened control in the region.
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Narva
Pskov
Vitebsk
London
Moscow
Estonia
Leonid A. Govorov
Leningrad
Narova
Reval
Baltic
Nevodisty
Polotsk
Russaki
Ivan
Bagramian
Held For Grand Jury On Larceny Charges
Roy Colbert about 25 of Woodpoint was held for the grand jury under 500 bond for alleged theft of a radio from May Bell Adams of the Hotel Costello. Ervin Davis 24, a former local cook, also held for the grand jury on two larceny charges after waiving preliminary hearings.
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Roy Colbert
Woodpoint
M. W. B. Bostetter
Maybell Adams
Costello
Ervin Davis
Bostetter
Davis
Baltimore Street
Some Motorists Must Put Two Tag Numbers On Coupons
Motorists will inscribe both old and new license tag numbers on ration books. The local ration office says to write the old number on the front cover of the gasoline ration hook and the back of each gas coupon if space allows. After April 1st new books will carry the new tag number only when issued.
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OPA
Ration Ifice
River Maples Bloom Amid Warm February Spells
J A Miller government weather observer at Keedysville notes river maples are in full blossom while fruit buds remain dormant. He cites recent mild days as typical March weather with today’s 17 above and warmer temps expected tomorrow per the Weather Bureau.
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J. A. Miler
Keedysvile
Miller
Weather Bureau
Cavalrymen Invade Admiralty Isle To Boogie-Woogie Tune
Cavalrymen from the first division stormed Los Negros in Admiralty Islands at 8 15 am and captured Momote airfield within ninety minutes with light losses. Japanese casualties were tallied at 75 in the first hours as the armada shelled shore positions and a destroyer flagship endured a near-miss shelling. The operation proceeded under overcast skies, with naval gunfire support turning the island into a shadow of smoke and fire.
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Admiralty Isle
Clen Clements
Admiralty Islands
Texas
Los Negros Island
Admiralty Group
Momote
Rabies Outbreak In Danger Stage In Williamsport Area
Dr Howard Baker reported another rabies case in Williamsport area as a collie owned by William Polley on Williamsport Route 1 was humanely destroyed. No new canine cases. real danger period arrives and quarantines remain strict as vets intensify monitoring through area visits.
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Howard Baker
Williamsport
William Polley
Polleys
Dodds
H. 8. Wood
Downsville Road
Dogs Poisoned In Mountains Near Washington Frederick Line
Lewis F Nusbaum reports wholesale poisoning of dogs and other small animals in South Mountain near the Washington Frederick county line. After one dog was poisoned he found three dead dogs and four dead skunks along a fireline toward Catoctin Furnace. A piece of frankfurter laced with white powder caused his dog to convulse and die minutes later. Further details to follow on page 16.
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South Mountain
Washington-Frederick County
Lewis F. Nusbaum
CCC
Catoctin Furnace
Nusbaum
New Zealand Natives Meet at Idaho Special Session
Representatives George Brunt and Arthur Porter, seated together at a Boise special legislative session, shared memories of their boyhoods. Both men are Christchurch, New Zealand natives now residing in neighboring Idaho counties.
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Boise
Idaho
George Brunt
Arthur Porter
Christchurch
New Zealand
Stuttgart Bombers Hit German City in New Allied Raid
London reports a powerful Allied attack on Stuttgart with U.S. Flying Fortresses and Liberators joining RAF heavy bombers in a two night and day assault. The raid damaged the German industrial center while Mosquito bombers struck Munich and targets in France and the Low Countries. Four RAF aircraft were lost as dawn raids continued.
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London
U.S
Germany
RAF
Stuttgart
RAK
Air Ministry
Munich
France
Low Countries
RAP
Augsburg
U. S
Regensburg
Augspure
New Attempt To Wreck Train Traced To Teens In Natick
Boston reports a second attempt to derail trains near Natick ended when railroad workers found a tied piece of timber on the westbound tracks. Two 14 year old boys reportedly confessed to placing the tie on Monday to see what would occur. FBI official Soucy said the Southwestern Limited narrowly avoided tragedy as the tie lodged in the cowcatcher and stopped the train about 25 minutes from Boston. Juvenile court action was planned with assurances from Natick police to prosecute the youths.
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Boston
Albany
Natick
Southwestern Limited
A. Soucy
FBI
St. Louis
Soucy
Natick Police
U.S
Edmund J. Branden
Chamber of Commerce Forms Aviation Committee
The Hagerstown Chamber of Commerce has formed an aviation committee to guide airport improvements and assess which major airline may stop in the city. Acting manager Paul Horst announced J W Jamison Jr as chair as the group researches needs at the Municipal airport and surveys airline options.
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Hagerstown
Last Harper Dies at 79 in New York Publishing Leader
Henry Sleeper Harper, 79, director of Harper & Brothers and last family member connected to the 132 year old firm, died yesterday. He was the grandson of Joseph Wesley Harper, founder of the publishing house in 1812.
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Last Harper
New York
Henry Sleeper Harper
Harper & Brothers
Joseph Wesley Harper
Publishing L Company
Arms Shipments To Turkey Halted Reflecting Policy Shift
London march 2 reports said lend lease arms to Turkey had been stopped. A responsible source stated the arms were sent to kill Germans but have not been used, implying Allied efforts to win Turkish military action against Germany failed. Eden may address Commons on Turkey relations.
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London
Turkey
Germany
Anthony Eden
Commons
Maryland State Guard praised after federal inspection
Governor Herbert R. O Conor announced that the Local State Guard Headquarters and Detachment of the Sth Battalion led by Lieut. Col. William Preston Lane Jr with Companies A and B of Hagerstown were fully prepared to take the field. The officers and NCOs were commended for their intelligent disciplined and eager performance in the annual federal inspection report.
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Sth Battalion
Mary and State Guard
William Preston Lane, Jr
Hagerstown
Herbert R. O’conor
United States Army
O’conor
State Guard
Berlin Defenses Breached and Rome Policy Clarified
Secretary of War Stimson stated the Allied policy toward Rome aims to spare culturally and religious sites, unless German use of monuments endangers American soldiers. He noted no large German concentrations in Rome, but rail lines and yards remain crucial. Bombing focuses on rail corridors and local airfields while Vatican City is to be respected.
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Washington
Rome
Stimson
Abbey of
Monte Cassino
War Department
Italy
Vatican City
Librarian slain in Cathedral Library mystery deepens
Catherine Cooper Reardon a 37 year old assistant librarian at Washington Cathedral was beaten found in the library stacks after going missing from home. She had eight years service at the Cathedral library and was a native of Alexandria Virginia a William and Mary College graduate.
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Washington
Washington Cathedral
Catherine Cooper Reardon
Miss Reardon
Cathedral
Japanese Carrier Torpedoed by British Submarine
London reported British submarines fired torpedoes in western waters and probably sunk a Japanese aircraft carrier of about 7000 tons. The fleet vessel was hit and another torpedo strike wounded a Japanese cruiser, according to the Admiralty.
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London
Tar Castlern
Admiralty
War watchers see Bulgaria and Hungary seek peace
London reports strong reactions in Bulgaria and Hungary as Finnish-Russian peace talks prompt speculation they may exit the war. Dispatches note Sofia premier Rosiloy will speak, Hungary’s Kallay to address parliament, and Cairo’s Knatchbull-Hugessen arriving after Rahahanoff’s talks. Main fear is Russian army advances toward borders raising peace hopes.
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London
Bulgaria
Hansgary
Middle East
Berlin
DNR
Sofia
Dohri Rosiloy
MTL
Nicolas Kallay
Budapest
Jas
Ankara
Cairo
Hungary
Hughe Knatchbulliusxessen
Turkey
Rahahanoff
Rumania
Three-Division German Attack Hurdled At Anzio Beach
Allied forces at Anzio repelled a major three division German assault on the center of the beach head defense lines. American troops reported advancing 1000 yards after fierce fighting as Germans lost about two thirds of their initial gains and faced stubborn resistance near a road junction south of mid between Carriceto and Cisterna. More than 590 German prisoners were taken as the battle continued amid heavy artillery and tank actions marked by fluctuating fighting along the front.
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Naples
Anzio
Carriceto
Cisterna
Lonergan Case Mistrial Delayed For Legal Authority Review
New York General Sessions Judge Freschi adjourned Wayne Lonergan’s first degree murder trial to tomorrow to rule on whether he had authority to declare a mistrial. Assistant DA Gramet sought dismissal of the special juror panel and a mistrial amid defense counsel Broderick’s conduct. The judge ordered reconsideration of a prior ruling amid concerns of possible double jeopardy.
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New York
General Sessions
John J. Freschi
Wayne Lonergan
Asst. Dist
Jacob Gramet
Edward Y. Broderick
Broderick
Gramet
Freschi
Mondey
Freschisia
Mr. Broderick
Flu and Cold Wave Strikes Hagerstown Once More
A renewed surge of grippe influenza and colds hits Hagerstown. Local doctors report rising respiratory cases after a December outbreak, likely tied to weather swings. Officials urge rest, moderate diet, and avoiding crowds. patients should stay in bed and maintain liquid intake to prevent spread.
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Hagerstown
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