Bold Bandit Sought After Robbery At Local Office
A wide search is under way for a 45 year old man who robbed Lois Jane Askew, an 18 year old clerk, at the American Federation of Yahor office on Wrest Franklin street noon yesterday. She described the suspect as 5 feet 4 inches, 145 pounds, who choked her and left after asking for her boss. Askew lives on Hamilton boulevard. Yankee Doodle note appears in text.
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Lois Jane Askew
American Federation of Yahor
Wrest Franklin Street
Miss Askew
Migs Askew
Hamilton Boulevard
Night Vision Lessons and Ancient Embroidery Tale
A fragment notes that men are taught to see better at night by using the side of the eye. It also mentions historians citing embroidery as early as 1491 B C in ancient times.
Traitor Admits He Dealt With Germans
ALGIERS March 28 Accused of treason Col Pierre Cristofini admitted he came to Tunisia in December 1942 to recruit troops for service against U S forces He testified he dealt with high German officers and recruited 400 French men though only 130 enlisted after learning they might have to fight Frenchmen He is being tried in hearings under a purge of suspected Vichy partisans by the French National Committee.
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Algiers
Pierre Cristofini
Tunisia
U. S
Cristofini
French National Committee
21 Meet Death In Hotel Fire
A deadly hotel fire traps and kills residents in a New Amsterdam hotel. Fire officials say the blaze spread too quickly for an ordinary origin, with eighteen men and three women among the identified dead. Sailors report a man fleeing in a car after seeing someone run down a fire escape.
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Sullivan
Oakland
San Francisco Bay
New Amsterdam
Jean M. Speed
Charles Wasner
Invasion Jitters Begin as Dutch Underground Reports Rise
Underground Dutch sources relay alarming details on German plans and defenses. Reports claim floods of coastal lowlands, possible dike breaches, and Rommel fortifying Breda. A new “special services” drill allegedly forces citizens to dig trenches at night. Eisenhower likely receives such intelligence from western Europe sources.
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Germany
Aneta
Erwin Rommel
Breda
Holland
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Fugitive Krebs Sought After Escape From Maryland Facility
Police report Melvin Krebs of Norway Avenue Hagerstown escaped yesterday from Maryland House of Correction. Krebs, previously sentenced in Baltimore for larceny, fled per officers. The note ties his escape to a recent manhunt.
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Melvin Krebs
Norway Avenue
Hagerstown
Maryland House of Correction
Krebs
Baltimore
Romantic Waylay Ends in Probate Court Case
In Cambridge Middlesex probate court Mrs. Mary Ann Bridges Mulligan 18 accuses Joseph Patrick Mulligan Jr 16 of being hijacked on their honeymoon by his father and held behind a padlocked door. The senior Mulligan petitions to void the marriage on lack of parental consent. The court ordered the appearance of both Mulligans.
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William Shake
Cambridge
Speare
Middlesex
Mary Ann Bridges Mulligan
Mulligan
Joseph Patrick Mulligan, Jr
Final Steps for Invasion Report from French Committee
The French National Liberation Committee says Germans are evacuating Dunkerque and Calais civilians. Civilians may take limited luggage while troops clear homes and load furniture onto trucks marked gifts of the French people for bombed out Germany. Adolf Hitler’s Voelkischer Beobachter calls for a British and American invasion.
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Don
French Committee of National Liberation
Dunkerque
Calais
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
War fears mix with rumors on Stalin and Europe
The piece notes the Western powers preparing a strong push into Europe while fearing setbacks. It reports a German front correspondent describing a retreat in southern Russia as terrible for troops and mentions broad war context including the Marianas, Dutch land below sea level, and puppet shows linked to China and India.
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Stalin
Europe
Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau
Russia
Marianas Islands
Japan
Carolines
Netherlands
China
India
Hagerstown Hosts Vocational Clinic For Disabled Residents
The Vocational Rehabilitation Service conducts a clinic at 45 East Washington Street to identify and place employment disabled residents. Kenneth Stoner notes many are on file, with others seeking attendance, as staff interview, test, and evaluate disabilities, work experience, and aptitudes to determine best employment options.
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Page
East Washington Street
Kenneth Stoner
Western
Maryland
Rehabilitation Service
Vocational Rehabilitation Service
Thompson
Vocational Training Offered for Those Lacking Skills
Thompson states that others without skills may be offered definite vocational training. The remark implies a structured program to equip non skilled individuals with practical job preparation.
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Thompson
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