Students May Aid on Farms in Maryland Summer
Older local and county high school students may be recruited for lighter farm tasks this summer as labor shortages grow due to defense industry employment. The idea emerged as mayor Howard W. Jackson of Baltimore proposed a program at the Maryland League of Municipalities meeting. The plan would ease farm labor shortages and serve as a model for evacuating children from danger zones during air raids.
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Maryland League of Municipalities
Baltimore
Howard W. Jackson
Hagerstown High School Builds 500 Model Planes
Vocational wood shop students under G W Gustafson plan to finish 500 scale model planes by June 1. The 50 designs include U S Army fighters and bombers, British Spitfires, German Heinkels, and Japanese bombers for Navy training and civilian recognition use. Certificates from the U S Naval Bureau of Aeronautics rewarded for high production.
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Hagerstown High School
G. W. Gustafson
U. S. Army
Navy Department
OCD
Hagerstown
Gustafson
U. S. Naval Rv of Aeronautics
Americans Shell Out Willing To Pay For War
Treasury collectors across the country report wartime Americans readily paying income taxes. Stories include a laundry worker who overpaid and then confessed a 50 cent error, an Army Air Corps member choosing to pay now, and veterans pride in contributing. Some confusion over depreciation on large families and quarterly payments shows where the tax front meets daily life.
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Washington
America
Treasury
Army Air Corps
Ohio
Iowa
Illinois
Dreiser Critiques American War Complacency
In Indianapolis on March 6 Theodore Dreiser condemned American complacency in wartime. He criticized perceived lack of results from expenditures and warned that Europe could not be counted on to save the United States. He urged stronger resolve to defend the nation and its way of life.
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Indianapolis
Theodore Dreiser
America
Sheet Metal Students Aid for Defense at Hagerstown High
At Hagerstown High School sheet metal students under John C. Long unite defense and education by building metal stretchers for first aid stations in Washington county. More than 70 students are crafting tubular steel framed beds, riveted metal strips forming the beds, with thirty splint sets finished for the local Red Cross.
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Hagerstown High School
John C. Long
Washington County
Red Cross
Long
Drought Costs Frederick City Water Supply
Last year's eight month drought dried Frederick's mountain water source and forced nonstop use of the filtration plant for over six months. Officials estimate costs exceeded 15000 dollars as Frederick, like Hagerstown, relies heavily on the mountain supply and pumps from Fishing and Tuscarora creeks when needed. The long dry spell this year kept the pumps running constantly, raising expenses.
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Frederick City
Frederick
Hagerstown
Tuscarora
Youth Killed in Curtis Bay Collision
Edward L. Heil, 16, was killed and his mother Emma Heil, 54, seriously injured when struck by a car while walking to mass at Curtis Bay. The driver was held for a hearing.
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Baltimore
Edward L. Heil
Emma Heil
Mass
Curtis Bay
Hialeah Crowd Faces Overflow in $50,000 Leap
March 6 report notes two entries including Alsoby yesterday’s champion Al Sabath, with the contest at Hialeah drawing an overflow field.
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al Sabath
Hialeah
MOVE TO CUT BIRTH DEATHS PROGRAM FOR INDIGENT MOTHERS
The Health Department announced a plan to provide prenatal advice and free medical attention at birth for indigent mothers lacking a physician at confinement. Health officer Dr. W. R. Willard cited recent deaths and said the program aims to further reduce childbirth fatalities in Washington County.
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Health Department
W. R. Willard
Washington County
Doctor Wilson Is Given Three Years In Penitentiary
Dr. Allen B. Wilson, a colored physician, was convicted on abortion charges in circuit court last month and sentenced today by Judge Joseph D. Mish to three years in the Maryland Penitentiary. An appeal was filed via attorney Calvert F. Hartle, and Wilson was released on $5000 bond. The indictment was returned last November, with a retrial now finalized on the second count. The alleged abortion involved a young white woman who testified for the state.
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Allen B. Wilson
Maryland
Joseph D. Mish
Calvert F. Hartle
Wilson
Smithsburg Man Held For Hearing
Fred Besore aged 32 of Smithsburg is jailed awaiting a hearing after a Wednesday night liquor store disturbance where he allegedly flashed a revolver. He is charged with drunk and disorderly conduct and carrying concealed weapons. The gun was found under his mattress. Besore admitted ownership but said he meant no harm. A hearing is set before Magistrate E G Miller.
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Fred Besore
Smithsburg
Besore
E. G. Miller
U S House OKs Debt Limit Increase To 125 Billion
The Ways and Means Committee unanimously approved a bill to raise the federal debt limit from 65 billion to 125 billion dollars. Treasury Secretary Morgenthau warned of April borrowing needs and urged rapid passage to fund war materials while outlining technical debt law changes. He said debt would reach about 70.6 billion by end of June and 110.4 billion by June 1943, and proposed substituting defense savings stamps for post office stamps.
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Washington
House Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Morgenthau
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Post Office Department
Couple Held For Grand Jury Action
Donald Lynn 27 and wife Margaret 30 of this city were held under 250 each for May Grand Jury action after arraignment before Magistrate Harry B Snyder in city court this morning. Police officers testified at the arraignment.
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Donald Lynn
Margaret
Harry B. Snyder
January Tire Quota Exceeds Demand in Washington County
Certificates issued for 221 tire and tube purchases in Washington county in January, well below the 358 monthly quota. The local Ration Board noted many certificates issued for obsolete tires and tubes outside the quota. State Administrator Burr said unsold tires are not carried over, returned to the common pool.
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Washington County
Louis C. Burr
Wool Storage Fire Destroys Boston Building
A six story National Wool Marketing Corporation storage plant housing 1,000,000 pounds of wool burned in Boston on March 6. Fire officials estimate damage to the building and contents at 250000 dollars, but most of the wool clip could be salvaged, keeping total loss comparatively low.
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Boston
National Wool Marketing Corporation
Samuel Pope
Roosevelt comments on rumor of Stimson leaving cabinet
President Roosevelt said he read reports in a certain type of newspaper that Secretary of War Stimson might resign from the cabinet and noted that the paper’s coverage was a good answer to requests for his comment on the rumor.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War Stimson
Tom Mooney Dies at 58 in San Francisco
Labor leader Tom Mooney aged 58 died in St Luke's hospital after a fourth major abdominal operation. Convicted of first degree murder for the 1916 Market Street blast that killed 10 and injured 40, he had been released from San Quentin in 1939. His sister Anna and brother John were at his bedside.
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San Francisco
Tom Mooney
St. Luke's Hospital
Mooney
San Quentin
P.W.T
Anna
John
Warren K. Billings
Market Street
Wilson
Furloughs to adjust affairs in Selective Service procedure
Maryland Selective Service announces a change to speed induction after passing local board screening. Registrants report for induction directly to Army medical examiners, and furloughs to adjust civilian affairs are granted only by the Army, not local draft boards. Col. Henry C. Stanwood explains the shift shortens the process while maintaining Army control over rulings.
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Selective Service
Army
Henry C. Stanwood
Maryland Selective Service
Army Medical Examiners
Peach Trees In Excellent Condition Statewide Report
Government weather observer J A Miller reports the county peach trees are in excellent condition after a favorable winter. No warm spells caused buds to swell and they remain dormant. temperatures only briefly rose above 51 degrees on several occasions during winter.
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J. A. Miller
Weary Defenders Withdrawing to Hills For MacArthur Stand
War Department reports the Su bic bay air attack has disrupted Japanese plans against General Douglas MacArthur. In Bataan, enemy activity in the last 24 hours was negligible. A Japanese order to Filipino occupied areas to surrender guns and blades is seen by MacArthur as fear of a popular uprising, depriving farmers of the bolo.
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Washington
War Department
Subic Bay
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan
Department
MacArthur
Ing
Strong Jap Drive Against North Australia Forecast As Next Move
Washington reports a powerful Japanese offensive plan to knockout Darwin and seal the north coast of Australia as the next move in a broader campaign to dominate the southwest Pacific. Experts also expect intensified drives into Burma and potential invasion moves toward India, signaling a grim wartime outlook despite some Allied counteraction signs in Britain, Washington, and Java.
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North Australia
Washington
Australia
Darwin
Japan
Southwest
Pacific
United Nations
Burma
China
India
Miss Grove Appointed Public Health Nurse
Miss Frances Grove, already with the Infant and Child Health Clinic, is appointed public health nurse for the Health Department and will serve a district soon. She has been pursuing graduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania to prepare for the role following Austin Bible’s resignation.
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Frances Grove
Austin Bible
Miss Grove
University of Pennsylvania
Peach Growers to Meet Monday on National Peach Plan
Peach growers from the county will meet at the county agent's office at 8 o'clock Monday night March 9 to learn what the National Peach Council plans in cooperation with national defense for marketing the peach crop. Directors Stanley Fulton Hancock and G William Gardenhour Smithsburg call the meeting with the University of Maryland Extension Service. The discussion aims to help growers organize crews to benefit the national emergency.
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National Peach Council
National Defense
Stanley Fulton
Hancock
G. William Gardenhour
Smithsburg
Wave
Extension Service
University of Maryland
German Submarines Sink 12 More Ships in Waters
Berlin reports German submarines have sunk 12 more ships totaling 82 500 tons in North and Central American waters in a special communique The ships include a large United States destroyer and seven large tankers highlighting continued naval losses for the Allies during the war
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Berlin
Central American
High Command
United States
To Seek Supply Base In India For UN War Effort
The United States will dispatch a mission to India to explore building a major supply base for the United Nations. The State Department cited India's strategic position and resources and said the team would go as soon as possible to bolster cooperation and aid in the war against aggression.
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Washington
United States
India
State Department
United Nations
Department
Egypt Threat Is Lessened by British Campaign
London reports Oliver Lyttelton says the German threat to Egypt has diminished due to the Cirenaica campaign. He notes 50,000 to 100,000 tons of German ammunition captured and a desert barrier that strengthens defense. He praises the Eritrean base and U S cooperation and aid as highly effective.
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London
Egypt
Cirenaica
Oliver Lyttelton
Mediterranean
Lyttelton
United States
Eritrea
Battle of Burma Report Notes Limited British Change
In Burma the British report no change as Japanese positions shift in Java show Dutch forces driving Japanese from a plains section near Bandoeng. Heavy artillery in northern mountain defenses heard from Bandoeng as eastern Java sees some Japanese retreat with a main battle expected near Bandoeng.
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Burma
London
Bandoeng
Reuters
Java
Japanese seize Batavia as Dutch defenses crumble
Allied forces on Java report heavy bombardment and outnumbered U N defenders retreating to mountains around Bandoeng. Tokyo confirms occupation of Batavia by Japanese troops, as battles rage across the island and the war effort looks increasingly dire.
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Associated Press
Batavia
United Nations
Java
Imperial Tokyo
Bandoeng
Secret Japanese Groups Targeted in California Raids
In San Francisco and across Northern California, FBI agents and police conducted dawn raids on March 6 to arrest members of two Japanese secret societies and a Japanese association. The actions, the broadest since February raids, targeted groups aiding military service for Japan and funds for its army and navy. Thirty officers raided the Sacramento area near the Army Air Corps depot and municipal airport, marking the third such sortie in a month, with operations extending to multiple communities.
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San Francisco
F.B.I
California
Japan
FLBL
Sacramento
Army Air Corps
Government mobilizes glass industry for can replacement program
Washington, March 6. The government moves to mobilize the glass industry on a large scale to replace tin cans with millions of jars bottles and cups.
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Glass Industry
Washington
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