Armada Bombing Berlin Breaks Month Record in March
British and American air forces pressed raids on Berlin and other targets in Germany and occupied areas. Night operations over Berlin followed daylight blows on Frankfurt and Schweinfurt, Nancy, and St Dizier as the 19th Air Force mission in March set a new monthly record of 18 operations. About 500 bombers and 509 fighters took part, with three bombers and five fighters lost. The German return fire downed two Nazi aircraft on the ground and a third as it took off.
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Ceadishes
Berlin
Germany
Leipzig
Wiemar
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Frankfurt
Schweinfurt
Nancyard St. Dizier
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Frankfort Eid Schweinfurt
Lon
Paper Demand for Shipping Boxes Aids Troop Supply
Citizens urge quick paper procurement to produce shipping boxes for munitions food clothing medical supplies and other aid for troops. The appeal calls for government action to ensure timely delivery of essential materials to support armed forces.
London Raid Causes Fire Damage to Churches and Hall
A large air raid last night burned and blasted churches and homes, with one church known as a world sightseer site losing its tower and nave while the altar remained intact. A raider died in a house crash, with many injured and rescuers digging for missing. Royal Albert Hall suffered damage from a nearby high explosive blast.
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Don
London
Royal Albert Hall
Vacation Homes Exempt From Rent Regulation
The Rent Control Office announced that seasonal summer vacation houses are exempt from rent regulation under amendments No 17 and No 14 covering June 1 to September 30 1944. Dwellings rented between November 1 1943 and February 29 1944 remain governed by existing rules. 1943 summer exemptions do not apply to this period.
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Rent Control Office
Draft Of Young Men Speeded Up Check Data On Manpower Needs
Washington March 25 The mass movement of men under 26 from jobs to battle lines was speeded today as Selective Service began calling them up for immediate physical examinations and postponed its consideration of older men to meet the Army demand for vigorous young fighters. A central interagency committee will allocate deferments, reviewing 1-A classifications and occupational deferments to support war production. McNutt created the committee to ration deferments for key workers in railroading, coal mining, and other war industries, with agencies to submit lists by March 27 and budgets for deferments.
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Washington, Mareh 25
Inter-Agency
WMC
McNutt
Supreme New Committee
Army-Navy
Army
Europe
War Production Rank
Office of Defense Transportation
Fibber McGee’s off air as six week illness hits show
Radio schedule notes Fibber McGee and Molly off NBC program for up to six weeks as he recovers from rubar pneumonia. Molly and the cast continue Tuesday nights. Hal Peary returns to sub for Fibber. Churchill and Winchell broadcasts highlight a busy Sunday lineup across networks with multiple guest spots and programs.
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New York
Molly
NBC
Hal Peary
Great Gildersleeve
Husband and wife die same day in Cumberland
William Arthur Kimble 74 and Annie Elizabeth Kimble 73 died within hours of each other, former Williamsport residents and Maryland State Senator Robert B. Kimble’s parents. Both were long time Methodists. memorial double funeral planned at Davis Memorial Church Cumberland with burial in Hillcrest Park. Surviving children include Al Thomas, Zachariah Seibert, Senator Kimble, and Guy New.
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Annie Elizabeth Kimbie
Maryland
Robert B. Kimble
Cumberland
Williamsport
Kimble
Memorial Hospital
North Branch
Davis Memorial Methodist Church
Old Town Road
Hillcrest Park
Methodist Church
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Rebekah Lodge
al Thomas
Flint
Mich
Zachariah
Seibert
Senator Kimble
Guy C. New
York
Doctor Crisis By Fall Is Forecast
In Baltimore on March 23 1944 Army medical spokesman Dr Arthur M Shipley forecast a real crisis in doctor scarcity by next fall. He said a peak would come July through October as death rates among older doctors rise and war needs grow. He urged doctors under 45 to offer services to the armed forces.
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Baltimore
Army
Arthur M. Shipley
Third Service Command
American College of Physicians
Work Starts In New Fairchild Plant Here
Fairchild Aircraft workers begin inside the giant new plant as construction advances. A temporary parthian 200 feet from the south wall hosts jigs and fixtures. Entrance canopy forms started last week and expected to finish in ten days. North doors to operate this week, side walls near completion, roof due by April 1. The basement ceiling is nearly in place.
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Fairchild Aircraft
Fairchild
William “Amby
Shiloh Church Schedules March Services And Society Officers
Shiloh letter Bauon notes church services for Sunday March 26 with Sunday school at 9 30 morning worship at 10 45 and Junior Intermediate and Senior Christian Endeavor at 7 p m The Women s Missionary Society met in the social room electing officers for the year including President Miss Dora Fouke and others Attending were listed among them Mrs Myrtle Holmes Mrs Alice Keller and Miss Dora Kouke with Mrs Bessie Itneyer as leader.
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Helen Hemphill
Ethel Miller
Katie Staley
Mary Stevens
Myrtle Holmes
Alice Keller
Ruth Fouke
Mary Waters
Frances Gaylor
Nellie Uytton
Bessle Itnyer
Dora Kouke
Erma Itnyer
Bessie Itneyer
Local Market Prices From Furnished Listings
Market notes show prices for farm goods including wheat at the barn 70 cents per unit, butter 40 cents, onions 4 dollars, potatoes 3 dollars, cabbage two dollars, chickens young and heavy hens listed, lard, pork products, and various staples with OPS and OPA price tags indicating wartime price controls and farm store terms. The fragmented list names multiple items, quantities, and price points, reflecting a constrained local trade snapshot.
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Mites Bros Banevol
Addics
Gas Case Heard By Ration Board
A War Price and Rationing Board hearing yesterday considered a local businessman's alleged unauthorized use of supplemental gasoline rations. The case involved a January round trip from Hagerstown to Miami in a passenger car, with the board promising to publish his name if found guilty.
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War Price and Rationing Board
Hagerstown
Miami
Florida
California
Focal
OPA
Penalties and Appeals in Fuel Rationing Violations
Jurisdiction allows penalties in most cases with right to appeal to the district board. Typical penalties include suspension of gasoline rationing for a period and surrender of all books by the violator. A minstrel show for Smithsburg Volunteer Fire Company fund is planned.
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Smithhsburg Volunteer Fire Company
Oklahoma Name Origin and Missouri Seams Fact
Oklahoma derives from an Indian nema meaning land of red men. The battleship Missouri has 4,000,000 feet of welded seams.
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Oklahoma
Missouri
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