Indian Chiefs Expect to Reject Plan In India
New Delhi March 31 Mohandas Gandhi and Maulana Abdul Kalim Abad presented views on British dominion status proposals to the All India Congress working committee amid signs the party may reject Cripps terms. A resolution was expected in reply to the proposals. observers doubt acceptance. If rejected, a public statement of reasons could be issued for the United Nations watching India's reaction. Sir Stafford Cripps said there would be no revision of Britain's decision to retain defense control during the war.
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New Delhi
India
Mohandis Gandhi
Maulana
Abdul Kalan Abad
All-India Congress
Congress
Stafford Cripps
United Nations
Cripps
Sir Stafford
Britain
Canada To Use Fairchild Planes
The Fairchild trainer PT-19, praised for its superior flight characteristics, will be used to train Canadian pilots under a licensing agreement with Fleet Aircraft Ltd. The Canadian version, named the Fairchild Cornell, will provide both basic and primary training, aligning with U S and Allied aviation development.
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Fairchild
New York Times
Fleet Aircraft, Ltd
J. Carlton Ward, Jr
Fairchild Corporation
Richard A. Henson
Air Corps
Civil A Aeronautics Administration
Fairchild Cornell
Actress Carol Landis To Wed Gene Markey
Actress Carol Landis flies to Washington to marry Gene Markey the screen writer and Navy lieutenant commander. She leaves studio officials surprised and noncommittal on timing, planning to return to work next week opposite George Montgomery amid reports of Montgomery's engagement to Hedy Lamarr.
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Los Angeles
Bionde
Carole Landis
Washington, D. C
Gene Markey
Screen Whiten
U.S. Navy
Miss Landis
United Air Lines
George Montgomery
Hedy Lamarr
Markey
Collision damages two fenders of Harry Smith’s car
Two fenders of the automobile of Harry Smith of Hancock were damaged yesterday in a collision with another car.
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Harry Smith
Hancock
Pearl Creek Is Their Watchword on Rail Run
Baltimore and Ohio railroad engineers on the Salamanca Rochester run use the watchword Remember Pearl Creek as they stop daily at a tiny hamlet to pick up 17 year old Mary Eileen Griffith who attends school in Rochester and says she enjoys the train stop.
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Rochester
N. Y
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Pearl Creek
Mary
Eileen Griffith
Potomac River Levels Rise Near Hagerstown
Water at the Hagerstown pumping station runs seven feet above normal with only a one foot rise in 24 hours and flood risk in the river valley appears remote. Rivermen warn higher water below Williamsport from Conococheague and Antietam creeks and other streams draining snow. Snow around Cumberland Hancock and Potomac headwaters was light, few inches, unlike the north county. J A Miller notes half the snow melted today and first quarter rainfall near normal. March precipitation 5.12 inches, total first quarter 8.34 inches.
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Hagerstown
Williamsport
Antietam
Cumberland
Hancock
Potomac
J. A. Miller
Keedysville
County Fruit Trees Escape Snow Damage
Washington county orchards weathered the heavy snow with minimal damage. A survey in Hagerstown area orchards found few broken limbs and little harm. Hancock and Frederick county growers reported only light snow and no anticipated damage to trees.
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Washington County
Hagerstown
Hancock
Frederick County
Women accuse each other in tangled triangle case
In Clarkesville Georgia two farm women, Australia Baker and Flossie D Thomas, are jailed after each accuses the other of killing Baker’s husband William Baker. William died in 1941. his body was exhumed for examination though murder was not proven. Dennis Thomas, husband of Flossie, is jailed as a material witness.
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Clarkesville
Lew Allen
Australia Baker
Flossie D. Thomas
Baker
William Baker
Habersham County
Dennis Thomas
Worden Resigns Martinsburg Pastorate for Arkansas Call
Rev. Ernest S. Worden, eight years pastor of the Christian Church at Martinsburg and a well known figure here, has resigned to accept a call to the First Christian Church at Hot Springs, Arkansas.
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Ernest S. Worden
Christian Church
Martinsburg
First Christian Church
Hot Springs
Ark
Man Confesses Prison Terms and Food Gripes in Assault Case
John M. Dean 60 of Cumberland was sentenced to three months in the Maryland House of Correction by Justice J. Andrew Cahill after being convicted of assaulting a Park Head housewife. Police say he panhandled Hancock homes, was expelled, then entered a Park Head home to threaten occupants. Dean claimed multiple prior terms in Maryland, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania prisons, citing work or food quality.
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Maryland House of Correction
John M. Dean
Cumberland
House of Correction
J. Andrew Cahill
Park Head
Dean
Hancock
Parkhead
Equipment Arrival For Emergency Hospital Unit
Dr W R Willard says linen and blankets and medical gear for the emergency hospital unit will arrive by May. William Hartshorne named custodian to inventory arriving equipment stored at the local hospital and central equipment building and Penal Farm. The unit would serve if the local hospital is out of action due to a raid.
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State Penal Farm
W. R. Willard
Civilian Defense Emergency Medical Service
Willard
William Hartshorne
Uit
Girl Dies as Roadster Overturns Near Berkeley Springs
Aldine Golden, 18, of Berkeley Springs, was fatally injured when a roadster she rode in skidded on the highway, climbed an embankment and toppled, crushing her skull against the pavement. Russell Eaton of Great Cacapon and other occupants survived with no serious injuries.
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Aldine Golden
Berkeley Springs
Russell Eaton
Local Soldier Earns MacArthur Citation in 1926
A Hagerstown soldier, Sgt. John Chop, received a MacArthur citation for a job well planned and well executed while serving under General Douglas MacArthur in June 1926. The award, based on CMTC recruitment efforts and district procurement, highlighted his work at the Third Corps Area with headquarters in Baltimore, later overseen by Major General Milton Reckord.
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Hagerstown
Douglas MacArthur
Macarthur
John
Chop
Third Corps
Baltimore
Milton Reckord
CMTC
Three Killed When Locomotive Explodes
REDEEY Ind March 31 Three railroad workers from Lima Ohio were killed when a Nickel Plate freight locomotive boiler exploded east of Redeye. Coroner Donald Spahr identified the victims as engineer Er L Benner fireman Werscheberger and brakeman J E Schietter. The water level in the boiler was reportedly low and the engineer was blown about 100 feet from the engine while the fireman and brakeman were found in or near the locomotive cab and cars behind.
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Redeey
Ind
Lima
Donald Spahr
Er. L. Benner
Werscheberger
J. E. Schietter
Manila Rope Scrap Sought by Maryland Official
James F. Solley Jr Maryland representative of the Industrial Conservation Bureau War Production Board said there is an acute need for manila scrap after a thorough search in Baltimore area.
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Baltimore
James F. Solley, Jr
Maryland
Industrial Conservation Bureau
War Production Board
Hints Battle to Block End 40 Hour Week Law
Washington reports indicate the administration will fight to the end against suspending the 40 hour week or curbing war profits except by taxation. Senate Leader Barkley opposed new restrictive labor measures and favored taxing excess war profits over a six percent cap. He warned that suspending the 40 hour week could cause chaos in war industries.
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Washington
Senate
Barkley
White House
Treasury
House
Ration Board Sets April Tire Recap Certificates
The local Ration Board will start accepting retread tire applications tomorrow with a limit of 261 certificates for April. Over 200 applications have already been filed, most requesting two tires each. If one certificate remains for a month and two applicants are eligible, the board will grant the retread to the one deemed in greater need and defer the other to next month.
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Office of the
Ration Board
Fire destroys Eliason Body and Fender Works in Maryland
In Chestertown Maryland a $5 000 fire of undermined origin destroyed the Eliason Body and Fender Works and ruined two cars a new tractor tools and equipment early today
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Chestertown
Eliason
Local Police Attend Final FBI War Traffic School
M. W. Rickard and John A. Knode of the local police department are at the closing FBI War Traffic school, which opened yesterday in Cumberland.
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M. W. Rickard
John A. Knode
Police
FBI
Cumberland
American fliers claim three Japanese planes down per one lost
Col. Eugene L. Eubank, head of U S Bomber Command in the Philippines and the Netherlands East Indies, reports 50 enemy pursuit planes shot down and 46 transports plus 16 warships sunk or seriously damaged through March 1. He notes only two plane losses in action from pilot error. The record challenges Japanese claims of air superiority and highlights the bomber command’s heroism in the Philippines and the Netherlands East Indies.
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Vern Haugland
United States Army
Australia
Eugene L. Eubank
U. S. Bomber Command
Philippines
Netherlands
East Indies
Pacific
Java
George H. Brett
Col
Eubank
Port Arthur
Texas
Albuquerque
N. M
Bomber Command
Netherlands East Indies
Air Support Inadequate Hammer Jap Base At Lae
United States flying fortresses over New Guinea repelled Japanese fighters five miles high and scored direct hits on Lae airfield hangars and runways amid bad weather. Prime Minister Curtin praised Allied forces and noted the return of part of the Australian contingent from the Middle East without incident. Seven Japanese raiders struck Darwin but caused no damage or casualties.
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C. Yates McDaniel
Melbourne
Lae
New Guinea
United States
Townsville
Queensland
Thos. Blamey
Allied
Australia
John Curtin
Middle East
Darwin
Fewer Fire Alarms After Weekend Snowstorm
The city reports only one fire alarm in the last four days as heavy snow limits calls. Prior to the storm the bell and siren rang several times daily, and Sunday morning a Hamilton Boulevard alarm was answered with the fire truck maneuvering through deep snow.
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Hamilton Boulevard
Judge Drops Alimony for Thomas E. Cook to Eight Dollars
Judge Arthur D. Willard orders reduction of alimony from 25 to 8 dollars weekly for Thomas E. Cook a Maryland governor hopeful, Frederick patent medicine maker, well known in Hagerstown where he had a booth at the fair last fall, now in limited earning capacity and ill health.
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Thomas E. Cook
Maryland
Frederick
Hagerstown
Hagerstown Fair
Arthur D. Willard
Former Mount athlete killed in limestone quarry blast
William Lanahan, 33, ex Mt St Marys College baseball star and Hercules Powder salesman, died in a 29 ton dynamite explosion near Easton Pennsylvania last Thursday. His body was not recovered after the blast. He had talked with two explosive experts in a car minutes before. The two experts were found dead in the car with broken necks. He is survived by his wife, a former St Joseph's College student.
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William Lanahan
Mt. St. Mary’s College
Easton
Lanahan
Hercules Powder Company
St. Joseph’s College
Emmitsburg
Russians claim advances toward Leningrad front
The Russians report new successes before Leningrad with the Soviet army pushing to open a land route to the Russian interior. They say German and Finnish forces are being rolled up along the front as the Soviet forces advance.
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London
Leningrad
Bataan Hospital Bombed by Japs Reported
Washington reports a base hospital at Bataan was bombed by Japanese at noon yesterday with casualties. The unit had been avoided by enemy bombers until then. Manila Bay defenses faced heavy bombardment by night and day, with little damage to batteries and an enemy launch destroyed by Fort Hughes fire.
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Washington
War Department
Bataan
Manila Bay Harbor
Fort Hughes
Manila Bay
Standard Oil Denies Delaying Synthetic Rubber
W S Farish, president of Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, told the Senate defense committee that testimony accusing the firm of delaying synthetic rubber development in the United States has no foundation. He asserted that facts support the opposite and rejected charges of cartel influence with I G Farben prior to U S entry into the war. Continued on Page 10.
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Washington
W. S.farish
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
United States
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
I. G. Farben
Germany
Standard Oil Company
Two Drivers Charged After Hospital Road Accident
Fred W. Bell 19 of Clearspring and Morgan Zarros 29 of South Potomac street face city court hearings tomorrow on charges from a rear of Washington County Hospital crash just before 8 this morning. Bell is charged with unreasonable speed and Zarros with failing to yield. Passenger John Fisher 86 of Hancock suffered cuts and bruises. City Officer Leroy Crist investigated the wreck.
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Fred W. Bell
Clearspring
Morgan
Zarros
South Potomac Street
Washington County Hospital
Bell
Zarfos
John Fisher
Hancock
Leroy Crist
More Measles Cases Reported Here
Health Department reports about six new measles cases daily, mainly among young children, with no fatalities due to precautions. This year’s caseload roughly doubles last winter’s outbreak, and several scarlet fever cases have also occurred.
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Health Department
April Fool Prank Risky as Operators Intercept Calls
Chicago officials warn April Fool pranks may backfire as telephone operators will intercept calls to the morgue dog pound and zoo to tell pranksters whom they are calling. The plan aims to keep lines open and prevent long call tying.
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Chicago
British Forces Face Difficult Plight in Burma War
British and Allied units in Burma struggle as Japanese forces threaten flank positions around Mandalay and Toungoo. Chinee defenders hold the eastern UN line near Sittang road while Paungde area offensive advances cut mobile units off. A counterattack to reopen roads is underway despite heavy resistance.
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Chinee
Ancho
United Nations
Mandalay
Burma
Toungoo
Santee
Promo
Paungde
Irrawaddy
Tonbo
Shwedaung
Lau
Runaways Keep Officer On Jump
State Officer Joseph Coady, stationed here, has been busy corralling runaways. Five cases in five days include 15 year old Charles Riggles from Frederick, who left home in February and sold papers locally. Also detained were Doris St. Clair and Betty Jane Hutchinson from Virginia, found in a Security house. Hutchinson planned to marry upon arrival. Jerome Gheddotti, 15, and Joe Martin, 16, from Detroit left home weeks ago. Martin’s parents sent funds for his return.
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Joseph Coady
Charles Riggles
Frederick
Charles
O. K
Coady
Doris St. Clair
Betty Jane Hutchinson
Virginia
Montross School
Hutchinson
Jerome Gheddotti
Joe Martin
Detroit
Martin
Gheddotti
Giant Pressure Ball To Be Scrapped Soon
A 14 year old giant steel ball used for di labetic pressure treatments and built at a cost of about 1.9 million dollars will be dismantled in Cleveland. The five story structure, 64 feet across, housed 40 rooms and baths with an elaborate compressor system. three smaller gloves will also be razed.
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Cleveland
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Col. Eubank
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Mount
Bataan Hospital
Standard Oil
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