Nazis Claim British Cruiser Torpedoed
Nazi and British press at war over sea actions. Germany claims a 10,000-ton British cruiser was sunk by a submarine and six convoyed ships totals 37,500 tons, while RAF raids hit Hamburg St Nazaire and targets along the English Channel as Allied and Axis forces press a long running sea battle in Europe and the Mediterranean.
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Associated Press
RAF
Hamburg
St. Nazaire
Alexandria
Mediterranean
Europe
Russia
English Channel
County Seeks Employment Figures Hit 1565 in Area
The U S Employment office reports 1565 people on the active file seeking work in the county and nearby areas. About 29 percent are already employed but seek better positions. Many come from Pennsylvania and West Virginia counties. WPA workers in Washington county included. In April 363 placements were made in Hagerstown and Washington county.
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U. S
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Washington County
W.P.A
Hagerstown
Births at Washington County Hospital Reach April Double
Washington county hospital saw sixty births in April this year, evenly split with thirty boys and thirty girls, compared with thirty births in April last year. Superintendent C. J. Cotter reported the figures, noting the doubling year over year.
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Washington County Hospital
C. J. Cotter
Cotter
Prize tips in Daily Mail tip contest divisions
The Daily Mail notes tip prizes are divided for the week. A tip on a Clear Spring resident’s death by self injury and another on four injured in an auto accident split the first prize. a tip on two killed at Brunswick and a tip on county forest fires share the second prize. Tips are accepted weekdays 7:30 to 1:30.
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Clearspring
Brunswick
Daily Mail
Nazi flyer Krug captured in San Antonio after 16 day search
Nazi bomber pilot Lieut Hans Peter Krug, 22, who escaped a Canadian concentration camp, was seized in a San Antonio hotel by FBI agents and local detectives after a manager spotted him. The arrest ended a nationwide 16 day manhunt for the fugitive.
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Hans Peter Krug
San Antonio
Texas
FBI
Two Hooks on Line Banned in Local Fishing Crackdown
Fishermen face prosecution for using more than one hook per line after magistrate E G Miller of Boonsboro convicted Guy Frushour and Bixford Liser at Wolfsville for fishing with extra hooks near Harpers Ferry. Each man fined $25 with suspended sentences, as leniency ends here and the law allows two rods two lines and two hooks only within immediate control.
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E. G. Miller
Boonsboro
Wolfsville
Guy Frushour
Bixford Liser
Harpers Ferry
Miller
Many Arraigned In Police Court
Two reckless drivers and nine intoxicated or disorderly defendants appeared in city court this morning. R A Myers of Smithsburg paid fines for reckless driving and spotlight use for traffic violations on North Potomac street. R C Neal faced fines for reckless driving and horn blowing after neighbors reported alley driving and provocation. R K Woodring and J J Lavley forfeited speeding fines. George Robert Burns, 24, of Harmon's Alley, held on a robbery warrant from Saturday night, while Hines, colored, faced possible May court action on a $1000 bond.
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R. A. Myers
Smithsburg
North Potomac Street
R. C. Neal
Bay Street
Neal
R. K. Woodring
J. J. Lavalley
George Robert Burns
Harmon's Alley
Fred Rickard
Stonewall
Hines
Harry Bb. Snyder
Axis shipping losses high in Mediterranean tally
Alexandria Egypt May 4 British announce 1,273,000 tons of axis shipping sunk in the Mediterranean since Italy entered the war. RAF planes conducted another raid Saturday night scoring a direct hit. Axis planes over Alexandria last night but night fighters using electric eyes shot down one Heinkel bomber and damaged others.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Mediterranean
Italy
Cairo
Pair Seized as Kidnapers in Brooklyn Rubber Formula Case
New Jersey men Samuel Paris and Julius Sukoke were charged with assault robbery and kidnapping of Samuel B. Sklar a Brooklyn research chemist who claimed to have perfected a synthetic rubber process. Sklar escaped after being struck lured to a car believed headed to police headquarters. He was taken to Jewish Hospital. suspects detained after car was spotted near Manhattan.
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New York
New Jersey
Brooklyn
James
Kane
Samuel B. Sklar
Sklar
Jewish Hospital
Manhattan Bridge
Manhattan
Herman Lowenstein
Samuel Paris
Bradley Beach
N. J
Julius Sukoke
Paterson
Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Kearny
Selar
Brave Officer Awarded Distinguished Service Cross
The War Department announced that First Lieutenant Robert F. Augur of Portland Oregon received the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism during a heavy artillery bombardment of Manila Bay island fortresses. He rescued wounded men and extinguished fires under shelling amid perilous conditions.
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Manila
Washington
War Department
Robert F. Augur
Portland
Ore
Manila Bay
Department
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Philippines
Augur
Baker Trial Delayed by Demurrer in Maryland Court
In Cumberland Maryland on May 4 preliminary proceedings for the trial of Hagerstown attorney C Walter Baker on embezzlement charges totaling 25000 were stalled as defense counsel Leo Weinberg of Frederick moved to dismiss the indictment and bill of particulars. The eleven counts allege embezzling 2000 as executor of Henrietta M Albert's estate and three counts of larceny in the office of agent for Cessie Albert, with bonds described as City of Hagerstown water bonds. Weinberg argued the ownership status of the bonds was not clarified by the indictment or particulars. The matter continued on page 12.
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Cumberland
C. Walter Baker
Hagerstown
Leo Weinberg
Frederick
Baker
Henrietta M. Albert
Cessie Albert
City of
Weinberg
Uure
Voter Registration Totals For 1942 Reported At Hancock
The county’s two permanent registers at Hancock, Indian Springs, and Clearspring processed about 12 new registrations and six transfers during a Saturday session. In the first four months of 1942, 59 new voters joined, 178 transfers issued, 119 declarations of intention filed, and 990 certificates issued. Of the new registrants, 49 were Democrats and 10 Republicans. 11 new Democrats and 3 Republicans were registered on April.
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Hancock
Indian Springs
Clearspring
Board of Election Supervisors
Mayor To Speak On Clean Up Campaign In Waynesboro
Mayor Richard H. Sweeney will speak on local radio tonight at 8 about launching the Clean-up and Salvage drive led by the Hagerstown Junior Chamber of Commerce. Dr. Robert Brown, Burgess of Waynesboro, co sponsors the effort as Waynesboro undertakes a weeklong junk collection with city trucks serving northeast, northwest, southwest and southeast sections and households urged to place junk in accessible containers. Proceeds from the junk sale will benefit a national service group.
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Richard H. Sweeney
Hagerstown
William H. Peters
Peters
National Service Organization
Junior Chamber
Start Of Food Rationing In U S Finds All Necessities Obtainable
Washington May 4 Americans setting out to obtain their first war ration books for sugar still live the life of Riley compared with 1939. All necessities and most luxuries are obtainable now but that may not last. Price Administrator Leon Henderson predicts per capita output will dip to 1935 levels by end of 1942 and to 1932 levels by 1943. Official estimates show 1941 prices base 1941 output at 563. 1942 projected 500. Dec 1942 around 436. Some shortages loom as autos tires sugar and possibly gasoline are rationed and the program widens.
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Washington
Riley
Leon Henderson
Oil stocks still drop fuels curtailment urged by Ickes
Petroleum Coordinator Ickes told a House committee that non essential motoring boating and flying must be cut to preserve stocks. He said east coast gasoline curtailment recommendations would be made and noted inventories were well below a year ago, with reserves drawn down heavily and risk of total depletion if continued.
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Washington
Ickes
Congressional
House
Pro Wrestler Abbott Dies After Fatal Wound in Hartford
Hartford police say Christopher Abbott 38 of Charleston West Virginia known as Silent Abbott died from a temple shot after his father in law Ignatz Kosinski 64 was shot in the thigh at the Kosinski home. Abbott was deaf mute and his wife had just left him.
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Hartford
Conn
Ignatz Kosinski
Kosinski
Cornelius Cunningham
Christopher Abbott
Charleston
W. Va
Abbott
Aboott
Hartford Hospital
Filling Station Ransacked in Saturday Night Break In
Thieves forced a side window at Merle Barlup's filling station on 18 South Potomac street and robbed cash and cigars. A vending machine was emptied. Police are investigating the burglary.
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Merle Barlup
South
Potomac Street
Brazilian Ship Is Torpedoed Near Trinidad Sinks
The Brazilian freighter Parnabyba, 6692 tons, torpedoed and sunk on May 1 near Trinidad, was Brazil’s sixth loss in three months, apparently by Axis action. A Spanish liner picked up one lifeboat with 23 survivors. two lifeboats and an unknown number of men remain missing while the ship was en route to New York.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Trinidad
New York
Keedysville Town Election Ends In Dead Heat Between Two Candidates
In Keedysville Saturday, Roy Eavey and George Miller tied with 23 votes each for commissioners, triggering a possible rerun unless one exits. Mayor Charles K. Taylor and assistant mayor Lester Hines won re elections, with Clarence Smith and Carl Rowe elected as commissioners in one of the town's quietest ballots.
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Roy Eavey
George Miller
Keedysville
Charles K. Taylor
Lester Hines
Clarence Smith
Carl Rowe
Murder Charge Against Youth in Kansas City
George W. Welsh Jr. faced a first degree murder charge after a circuit court judge dismissed an indictment accusing him of the butcher slaying of his sister Leila, a 24 year old, in her home. Welsh, held since January 28, pleaded innocent at arraignment amid prosecutor plans to file new charges.
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Kansas City
George W. Welsh Jr
Leila
Young Walsh
Emory H. Wright
George W. Welsh, Jr
Michael O'Hern
Welsh
Wright
Move to Knock Out Port Moresby Second World War Costs Tops First
Fiscal officials disclosed that the United States has already paid out more cash for this war than in World War I. From 1917 to 1921 World War I cost about 25.73 billion, while since July 1, 1940 war spending has reached about 26 billion. The Treasury spent 24.509 billion and defense-related cash about 1.5 billion, with monthly outlays over 3 billion. Including pensions and bonuses, World War I total rose to about 45 billion. WWII costs are rising toward that level.
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Washington
United States
Treasury
R.F.C
Roads Resurfacing Planned in Washington County
The State Roads Commission will begin resurfacing in Washington County mid next week subject to War Production Board approval. Western Maryland projects accelerated due to asphalt ban with Frederick County work starting today. The commission interprets the asphalt ban as allowing completion of started projects and notes 25 miles in Washington County slated for resurfacing.
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State Roads Commission
Washington County
War Production Board
Maryland
Frederick County
The
Roads Commission
Electrician Suffers Injuries After Fall at Garage
C. L. Forsythe, an electrical contractor, fell from an eight foot stepladder at Sharrett Motor Co. on East Baltimore street at 9 this morning. He sustained bruises and shock and was transported to the hospital by Good Will Ambulance.
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C. L. Forsythe
Sharrett Motor Co
Baltimore Street
Forsythe
Good Will
Local firemen save residence on Western Pike
Ha gerstown firefighters saved a dwelling this morning after a washhouse fire spread and the blaze toppled toward the home. Firemen arrived, used poles to remove the burning structure from the residence, preventing further damage to Roger Burgan's house along Western Pike, five miles from town.
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Hagerstown
Roger Burgan
Dremon
Alexandria Bombed by German Air Force Broadcasts
German high command said its air force raided Alexandria yesterday targeting the British Mediterranean fleet base in Egypt. The report cites German broadcasts dated May 4. No further details on damages or casualties are provided.
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Berlin
Alexandria
U S Army Bombers Hit Rangoon Rear In Burma Drive
United States Army bombers struck the rear of the Japanese thrust through Burma setting Rangoon docks afire. Heavy raids were aimed at disrupting the Japanese advance as Chinese and American forces prepared for stiff resistance against invasions inland across New Guinea and toward the Burma front.
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Mandalay
Burma
China
Yunnan Province
New Guinea
Coral Sea
Australia
United States
Rangoon
99 French Hostages Executed By Nazis
New York reports May 4 that 55 French hostages were executed in Lille by German occupation forces. Details were sparse. The tally of Frenchmen ordered killed in reprisal actions against resistance rises to at least 777, per Vichy sources, though the figure is incomplete.
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New York
Lille
France
Vichy
Showers Return Across County With Heavy Rains
The southern county saw only traces while Hagerstown area had heavy showers late Sunday and around 5 am. Keedysville observer I A Miller logged 0.65 inch on brief showers. Thunderstorms and warm night conditions followed, lifting fire danger for a few days. Allegany reports mention a severe thunderstorm near Cumberland last night.
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Hagerstown
I. A. Miller
Keedysville
Miler
Allegany County
Cumberla
Many Out Of State Fans Go To Game At Hagerstown
Out of state fans flock to Municipal Stadium as 74 Pennsylvania, 15 West Virginia, and single cars from New York District of Columbia Virginia Ohio and North Carolina are counted in the crowds.
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Gam
Hagerstown
Municipal Stadium
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
New York
District of Columbus
Virginia
Ohio
North Carolina
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Nazi
Fler
Demurrer
Burgess
Waynesboro
Office of Price Administration
Henderson
Port Moresby
Roger Lurgan
Western Pike
U. S. Army
Plaster Rangoon
James M. Long
AP War Editor
J. A. Miller
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