Tydings Victory Seen as Election Augury for Maryland
United States Senator Millard E. Tydings, a long time foe of the Roosevelt administration, won a decisive victory in Maryland's Democratic light primary for a fourth term. He defeated four rivals, setting up a likely November showdown with Baltimore banker Blanchard Randall Jr. Willis R. Jones trailed after pushing strong antiadministration sentiment, but Tydings claimed no clear antiadmin sentiment emerged.
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Baltimore
United States
Millard E. Tydings
Roosevelt
Maryland
Tydings
Blanchard Randall, Jr
Mr. Roosevelt
Tydings Is Easy Winner Here While Robertson Upsets Dope
United States Senator Millard E Tydings swept this county in yesterday's primary election. He carried 875 to 350 for Willis R. Jones with six precincts missing. Paul Robertson defeated Blanchard Randall Jr 430 to 244, supported by a small group led by Ernest W. Miller. Rives Matthews received 129 votes. 501 voted uninstructed for the Republican convention. 84 for Wendell Willkie. a few write ins went to Governor Dewey.
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United States
Millard E Tydings
Willis R. Jones
Paul Robertson
Blanchard Randall, Jr
Ernest W. Miller
Robertson
Randall
Miller
Baltimore City
Central Committee
Rives Matthews
Eastern Shore
Wendell Willkie
Dewey
New York
Tydings
Hagerstown
Willis Jones
U S Submarines Sink Japanese Cruiser and Destroyers
The U S Navy announced that submarines operating deep in enemy waters sank a Japanese light cruiser and two destroyers. They also destroyed seven cargo vessels, one large tanker, and a large naval auxiliary, bringing total Japanese losses to 695 ships sunk probably sunk or damaged.
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Washington
Navy
Warmest Night Of 1944 With 62 Degree Low
Weather observer J A Miller at Keedysville notes last night 1944 held the warm low not below 62 after yesterday’s high of 83. He says the day was sultry but not a record, recalling March temps near 111 and many May days in the nineties over the years.
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J. A. Miller
Keedysville
Mr. Miller
Taxpayers Lose In Primary Fight
The county’s primary elections cost about $7600 for around 2,400 voters, roughly 7 percent of 25,000 registered. Each vote thus ran about $3.00, marking the lightest turnout and highest per vote cost in county history.
Receipts Up But Bonds Fall Off
Post office receipts for last month reached 27062.31 dollars, up from 26090.34 in April last year by 971.97. Bond sales slumped to 40837 dollars, down from 147560 last April and 50718 in March this year, with several denominations including 2600? details noted.
Charge Rome Still Used By Germans LONDON May 2 1944
Germany continues to use the surroundings of Rome for military purposes. The British government has not committed to declaring Rome an open city, the Foreign Office told the Commons in response to Edgar Granville's question.
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London
Germany
Rome
Foreign Office
Commons
Edgar Granville
Fatally Burned Man Fighting Woods Fire Near Frederick
William R. Morgan of near Frederick was fatally burned yesterday while battling a newly acquired woodlot behind his house. He became exhausted and his clothing caught fire, leading to his death.
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William R. Morgan
Frederick
Morgan
Flood Waters Spread Through Breached Levee
Flood waters from a breached Preston levee spread behind the dike over 51000 acres as the Mississippi nears stabilizing crest at 100 years. Illinois tributary remains destructive below Beardstown, with Meredosia levee named critical. Coast Guard cutter Oleander and eight small boats dispatched for evacuation work.
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Associated Press
Mississippi River
Preston
Illinois
Beardstown
U. S. Army District Engineer's Office
St. Louis
Chateau
Nameoka
Venice
Ilinois
Meredosia
Illinois River
Coast Guard
Oleander
Synthetic tires near natural rubber in performance
New York May 2 Synthetic rubber tires are 96 percent as good as natural tires, says Robert S. Wilson vice president of Goodyear. He notes ongoing research offers extensive opportunities for synthetic development and cites 10,000,000 passenger tires made to date with total annual production approaching prewar levels.
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New York
Robert S. Wilson
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Wilson
Baby Attacked by Bluejays In Yonkers Yard
Mrs Elizabeth Fyfe’s three month old daughter Carol was bitten on the nose and cheeks by a flock of bluejays believed angered when food was not left for them. The birds attacked as the child lay in a carriage. the mother frightened them away after running to the scene.
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Yonkers, N
Elizabeth Fyfe
Carol
Daily Mail's Ernie Pyle wins Pulitzer for war correspondence
The Daily Mail replaces the late Raymond Clapper with Ernie Pyle on its editorial page and announces that Pyle has won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished war correspondence. Pyle had written many human interest columns on the war and gained a strong readership among Daily Mail readers.
Veteran Flyer DeSales A. Glover Sent Home
Pittsburgh teen Sgt DeSales A Glover once listed as 16 years old served six missions over Germany. In England officials confirmed his age and ordered his return home, ending his flying days for the next couple of years.
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DeSales A. Glover
Pittsburgh
Germany
England
Airmail Express Service Proposed for Hagerstown Area
All American Aviation filed with the Civil Aeronautics Board to add direct air mail and air express pickups for Hagerstown and Williamsport on a route linking Washington DC and Harrisburg PA. The plan also covers Annapolis Baltimore Westminster Frederick Martinsburg and Waynesboro with two daily round trips, connecting at Chambersburg to Harrisburg and Philadelphia routes.
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Hagerstown
Williamsport
Washington
D. C
Harrisburg
Civil Aeronautics Board
All American Aviation, Inc
Washington County
Annapolis
Baltimore
Westminster
Frederick
Martinsburg
Warynesboro
All American
Chambersburg
Shippensburg
Carlisle
Alr
Many Seek Used Recapped Tires After Ban Lift
The county ration office reports a heavy flow of applications for Grade III used and recapped tires from motorists who previously could not obtain them. The May quota for Washington county is two bikes, down from six last month. Five new car applications were received last month. new car approvals go to the Baltimore district office for certification.
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Washington County
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
AAA
Baltimore
Possum Tree On Farm In Miltrie Ga May Report
Norman Thomas claims a possum bearing tree on his farm near Moutrie Georgia. Since January first he has collected twenty two opossums from a hollow in the tree. Gandhi Relapse Report From Bombay Leaders condition worsened after recent improvement. Specialists to reexamine him as fever continues to trouble Mohandas K Gandhi.
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Moultrie
Norman Thomas
Thomas
Gandhi
Bombay
Mohandas K. Gandhi
India
Spanish Wolfram Shipments To Germany Cut To Token Quantity
Washington reports a U S Spanish compromise cutting wolfram exports to Germany to token levels. May and June limit 20 tons monthly, rest of 1944 limit 40 tons. Allied expelled agents. Tangier closures. five of seven Italian ships released. oil embargo lifted. Caribbean oil quotas restored. Portugal talks continue.
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Washington
State Department
Spain
France
United States
Germany
Spanish Morocco
Tangier
Spanish
Caribbean
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Portugal
Britain
Namesake Fairchild Lake in Alaska by bush pilot
Sam White, a veteran Alaskan bush pilot for Wien Alaska Airlines, reported to Fairchild Aircraft Division that while flying unsurveyed territory 300 miles north of Fairbanks, he named a lake after Fairchild. He operates a Fairchild 71 from lakes and glaciers sleeping in a tent, noting 55 below zero in March and a smooth takeoff at Ft Fulton.
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Sam White
Ft. Fulton
White
Wien Alaska Airlines
Few Farmers Seek Labor As Spring Season Starts
Ben H. Solliday of the State Extension Service says county farmers have largely solved spring labor needs among themselves despite several days of ideal weather. He notes demand will rise later in the season and that farm labor applications are practically non existent now.
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Iron
Ben H. Solliday
State Extension Service
Solliday
Snow blankets Colorado and Wyoming with heavy May thaw
Snow hit Denver and southern Wyoming as a belated winter storm thrashed the region. More than seven inches of wet snow burdened trees and crops, hampering wartime traffic and delaying early farm work across the area.
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Colorado
Denver
Wyoming
Farm man hurt as runaway horses drag him near Tilghmanton
J L Hammond suffered severe injuries when a runaway team of horses dragged him across a field on his farm near Tilghmanton. The team swerved, overturning the wagon and crushing his chest with multiple left ribs broken.
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J. L. Hammond Sunere
Tilghmanton
Mr. Hammond
Local soldiers promoted in War Department notice
The War Department announced two promotions from Hagerstown. Thomas Nolan Dickens of 321 Mitchell Avenue rises from first lieutenant to captain, and Francis Edgar Stultz of 3089 The Terrace advances from second to first lieutenant.
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Hagerstown
War Department
Thomas Nolan Dickens
Mitcell Avenue
Francis Edgar Stultz
the Terrace
Draft boards to call 26 29 age group after 18 26
State headquarters ordered local boards to fill pre induction quotas from the 26 29 age group after exhausting the 18 26 group. The plan calls for those aged 26 29, including deferment cases, to be called for pre induction exams first, regardless of family status, with non essential industry workers treated the same as younger essential industry men.
Bitzer Pioneer Cameraman Dies In Hollywood
Hollywood mourns G W Billy Bitzer, a pioneer cameraman whose career spanned over 30 years of film history. His work with producer D W Griffith helped shape the art of motion pictures, though later obscurity found him in poverty. Continued on Page 2.
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Hollywood
G. W
Billy) Bitzer
Bitzer
D. W. Griffith
Northern France Hit By U S Air Armada
London reports a Soviet communique saying about 1 500 Axis troops were killed yesterday in fighting in Romania and old Poland while the eastern front shows no major changes. The bulletin notes 600 Germans killed near Iasi and 800 to 1 000 Axis attackers wiped out southeast of Stanislawow in old Poland.
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London
Romania
Old Poland
Iasi
Romanian
Stanialawow
Schenley Ten Are Indicted by Federal Grand Jury
The Justice Department said a sealed indictment charging Schenley Distillers Corp New York a Bayonne New Jersey wholesale liquor firm and ten persons with conspiracy to violate price ceilings and keep false records was returned by a Newark N J Federal grand jury Acting Attorney General Charley Fahy announced the indictment involving alleged price ceiling violations in Georgia Texas and Louisiana was returned April 26 So
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Washington
Ijustice Department
Schenley Distillers Corp
New York
Bayonne
N. J
Newark
N. 3
Charley Fahy
Georgia
Texas
Louisiana
Indictment of 14 In Michigan Bribery Probe
LANSING May 2 A one man grand jury led by Circuit Judge Leland W Carr indicted 14 persons for conspiring to corrupt the 1939 Michigan legislature. The blanket warrant named five alleged briders and nine lawmakers as bribe takers in a case involving thousands of dollars in exchanges for tax legislation on intangible personal property such as stocks and bonds.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
Leland W. Carr
Kim Sigler
Arraign Local Driver Following Collision
Daniel E. Seibert age 29 of Hagerstown was arraigned before a Green Castle magistrate on charges of driving on the wrong side of the highway after a collision near Green Castle with Martin Shirk of Lewisburg. Damages were estimated at 459 dollars. Seibert Bowman Haekerstown and Shirk were treated at the hospital.
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Daniel E. Seibert
Hagerstown
Green Castle
Martin Shirk
Lewisburg
Seibert
Catherine Bowman
Haekerstown
Shirk
Fifty Years Ago Coxey's Army Invaded Town On Way To Capital
Fifty years ago Coxey's Army marched through Hagerstown on the way to Washington, D. C. Jacob Coxey, now ninety, plans to appear again this week, following his annual custom. The crowd remembered the ragged Army of the Commonwealt h and its mock crusade for work on roads. The Daily Mail criticized Coxey's mixed crowd as it entered the city, and local dignitaries shared the unflattering view.
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Coxey
Jacob
Washlington
D. C
Hagerstown
Washington
The
Daily Mail
Pacific
Pally Mail
Air War In Europe Reaches 18th Day With Broad Allied Bombardment
Allied air forces pressed the invasion effort as 400 U S planes bombed northern France after a night where 1 000 heavy bombers struck Belgium France Italy and Germany. British and Canadian heavies hit Ludwigshafen Mechlen St Ghislain and targets near Brussels while attacks reached Lyon Tours Toulouse and Chambly. Italy based air power hit Genoa Livorno Alessandria Florence and rail targets around Rome. Yugoslavia and Adriatic targets were struck by planes from both coasts. ten bombers were lost.
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Europe
U. S
France
Belgium
Italy
Germany
Ludwigshafen
Rhineland
Brussels
Mechlen
St Ghdislain
Lyon
Tours
Toulouse
Chambly
Paris
Genoa
Livorno
Alessandria
Milan
Florence
Rome
Adriatic
Yugoslavia
Britain
British Submarines Sink Jap Destroyer And Four Other Vessels
British submarines attacked Asiatic waters sinking a Japanese destroyer and four other vessels. Two supply ships and an escort were damaged. one submarine bombarded Port Blair in the Andaman Islands and escaped after a brisk duel with shore batteries. A medium supply ship with motor transport cargo and two smaller vessels were also destroyed in the Malacca Strait.
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London
Asiatic
Admiralty
Port Blair
Andaman Islands
Indian Ocean
Malacca Strait
Malaya
Sumatra
Mmits
Artina
Film Actor Garfield Soon To Enter Army
Hollywood Massachusetts reports actor Garfield, 31, father of two, passed preinduction physicals as studio confirms he may be called for army duty within a day after returning from a second overseas entertainment tour.
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Garfield
Army
Hollywood
Mass
Dol Garfeld
Pepper Leading Florida Primary Reported Early
Tiny Brown precinct on Florida's lower east coast reported first in the Democratic primary. Senator Claute Pepper, seeking renomination, led with a single vote count against Medard Conktin and other Pepper supporters, while Judgeville and other areas reported small totals.
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Pepper
Jacksonville
Fla
Tiny Brown
Uanal
Florida
Claute Pepper
Axamat
Judgeville -4- Yerade
Fay Medard Conktin
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