Halts Road Resurfacing in Western Maryland
Western Maryland highway resurfacing halted as asphalt remains unavailable. State Roads Commission paused 25 miles planned for Washington county this summer due to Priority Board orders. Frederick county work suspended after one day. asphalt releases limited by Public Roads Bureau. Two small projects completed using on hand asphalt near Sideling Hill and Cumberland.
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Maryland
State Roads Commission
Washington County
War Priorities ‘Board
Frederick County
Priorities Board
Public Roads Bureau
Washington
Sideling Hill Mountain
Cumberland
Quits CIO To Jon With Rival Union
Detroit May 9 A labor controversy that drew national attention last year resurfaced as CIO workers at Currier Lumber Company voted to join the American Federation of Labor. Local officers cited dissatisfaction with the United Construction Workers organizing committee. Ed Thal secretary of the Detroit Building Trades Council said about five percent of Currier’s 700 CIO workers severed affiliation.
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Detroit
CIO
Currier Lumber Company
American Federation of Labor
United Construction Workers Organizing Committee
Currier
Ed Thal
Detroit Building Trades Council
AFL
Vuawoc
Fourth Circuit Denies Rehearing in Hyattsville Bank Heist
In Richmond Virginia on May 9 the Fourth U S Circuit Court denied a petition for rehearing by Williard Sanders and William Leo Keefe who were convicted of holding up two Hyattsville Maryland bank messengers and stealing about $50 000 Each man was sentenced to twenty years in prison.
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Richmond
Fourth United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Williard Sanders
William Leo Keefe
Hyattsville, Md
Seven Axis Planes Destroyed Over Malta and Libya
An RAF communique reports seven Axis aircraft destroyed in air battles over Malta and eastern Libya. Also noted is a local oddity: a double egg laid by a hen owned by Lowell Faith near Woodpoint, now on display at the Herald-Mail office.
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Cairo
Malta
Libya
Lowell Faith
Woodpoint
Herald-Mail Office
Dopey the cat survives 11 days hidden in wall
In Indianapolis on May 9 the cat Dopey, trapped inside a house wall since April 29, was found alive after workmen damaged walls and a fireplace. Rescue efforts included a furnace man, a carpenter, dogs, and a mason who finally began brick removal. Dopey’s intermittent meows misled rescuers while he enjoyed a catnap.
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Indianapolis
Tamm
Steam Shovel Watchers Club
Glen Louck
Dopey
Pipe Shortage Found at Green Ridge CCC Camp
Press dispatches report a critical shortage of corrugated metal pipe. Carloads lie in piles at the abandoned Green Ridge CCC camp near Hancock. The pipe, used in road and forest trail construction, was left behind when the CCC boys departed weeks ago.
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Green Ridge C.C.C
Hancock
C.C.C
C. Cc. C
Co. C. C
Maryland
Green Hill
Leg Breaks in Fleeing Police Chase
Albert Lapole aged 33 of South Foundry Street was fleeing police when he fell and broke a leg around 2 30 this morning. He was taken to the hospital by Good Will ambulance. Details of the accident were not disclosed.
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Albert Lapole
South Foundry Street
Good Will
RAF raiders cripple large Warnemuende aircraft works
British bombers delivered low level strikes on Warnemuende Baltic port and seaplane base, setting the Nazi aircraft works in flames. Air Ministry said 19 planes were lost in the heavy night raid as RAF resumes a campaign to crush Germany’s air force at bases and sources of machines. The operation followed Sir Archibald Sinclair’s push to pave the way for invasion by destroying air power.
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London
Warnemuende
Baltic
Rostock
Air Ministry
Archibald Sinclair
RAF
Williamsport Navy Recruit Commended for High Marks
Norman Henry McElroy of Williamsport has graduated from Naval Training School at Norfolk with the highest marks in his platoon for all around efficiency. The commendation notes his conduct, duty, and quick learning. He enlisted in February in Washington D C and is now with the Fleet Sound School at Key West Florida.
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Norman Henry McElroy
Williamsport
U.S. Naval] Reserve
Naval Training School
Norfolk
William H. McElroy
Navy
McElroy
Washington, D. C
Fleet Sound School
Key West
Florida
Stolen license tags report from Ha gerstown area
Ray C. Miller of 125 Ray street reports last night theft of license tags from his 1936 Ford coupe, rear of the Hagerstown Shoe and Legging Co. Tag numbers 529 480. Charles Rabasco of Stadium Tavern reports theft of a $10 steel porch chair from tavern porch.
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Ray C. Miller
Ray Street
Hagerstown
Miller
Charles Rabasco
Stadium
South Cannon Avenue
Urging Crack Down on Cocktail Saboteurs
CHICAGO May 49 High balls on the highway the National Safety Council reports are hindering wartime traffic accident prevention efforts. Cocktail saboteurs is the label the council's committee on tests for intoxication uses for drinking drivers and it urged city and state enforcement to crack down. Don F Stiver Indiana State Police Superintendent and committee chairman said a council survey of 22 states showed a 27 percent rise in fatal accidents caused by driving while drinking in 1941.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Council
Don F. Stiver
Indiana
Stiver
Highway Over Ice Saved Leningrad From Starvation
London reports a motor highway across Lake Ladoga kept besieged Leningrad fed last winter and maintained its front line. Moscow broadcasts claim the ice route supplied essentials and reserve stocks as spring thaw begins while German losses on the front reached over 60,000 in March and April.
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London
Ladoga
Leniningrad
Moscow
Leningrad
Storing Gas Held Risky Hoarding gas warned by insurers
Hoarding gas for rationing could risk fire damage and insurance claims. Local gas station operators report talk of storing gasoline in home cans, though homes are not permitted to keep large quantities. Some motorists already carry reserve gasoline in cans in cars for weekend trips, but rationing is expected to curb this practice.
Charge Nazis Using Poison Gas Mines
Moscow May 9 Tass reports from Krasnodar on May 7 claim German troops used several mines with poison gas on the Crimean front. The gas affected respiratory organs and disabled men, marking the first formal Soviet assertion of poison gas use and suggesting an experimental incident.
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Moscow
Tass
Krasnodar
Northern Caucasus
Crimean Front
Marines Train as Commandos In London Camp
United States Marines arrive in London for a commandos training camp studying tactics of Britain’s toughest fighting men. The program aims to prepare selected Marines for special operations duties.
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London
United States Marine Corps
Britain
Four Special Officers Named for M. P. Moller Company
The commissions of Harold M. Long Thomas S. White Preston K. Bostetter and Paul M. Horst as special state policemen for the M. P. Moller Company were received from Annapolis today. Governor Herbert R. O'Conor issued the commissions.
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Harold M. Long
Thomas S. White
Preston K. Bostetter
Paul M. Horst
M. P. Moller Company
Annapolis
Herbert R. O'Conor
U- Boats Sink Two In Gulf First Losses Reported
The Eighth Naval District announced the first Gulf of Mexico torpedo actions by very fast submarines in shallow waters. Two merchant vessels were sunk, one a Medium sized United States ship and the other a small Honduran registered vessel. No casualties were reported and all survivors were landed at a gulf coast port. A separate report from Georgetown, British Guiana noted 53 survivors of torpedoed ships.
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New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Eighth Naval District
Gulf
Washington
Navy
United States
Gulf Coast
Georgetown
British Guiana
Hancock Ready for Blackout in Town Trial
Hancock Civilian Defense officials announced full readiness for the first trial blackout scheduled tomorrow night from 9 30 to 9 50 p m. Chief Air Raid Warden Leroy Carter projected a 100 percent success with senior wardens appointing district patrols and auxiliary police. Residents were advised of precautions as nine blasts of the fire warning siren will mark the start and one blast the end, with traffic halted on the two highways into town at blackout start.
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Hancock
Leroy Carter
Six Die In Two Car Collision At Mercer Intersection
A truck and an automobile collided at a highway intersection in Mercer Pa early today killing six people. The victims include Hugh Davis 29 of New Castle and his three sons John 5 Fred 3 and Edward 1. Also killed were Mrs Maxine Bartlett 31 of New Wilmington and her six year old daughter Geraldine. Davis wife and another passenger were seriously injured.
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Mercer
Pennsylvania
Roy Wyatt
Hugh Davis
New Castle
Davis
John
Fred
Edward
Maxine Bartlett
New Wilmington
Geraldine
Famine in Hupeh Province Claims Thousands Lives
Chinese dispatches report a northern Hupeh famine killing over 4,000 people and afflicting about 700,000, with severe distress across the region.
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Chungking
Hupeh
Sunk 11 Jap Warships Report Claims by Macarthur
New Delhi May 3 Japanese bombers attacked the Chittagong coast of eastern India for the second time in 24 hours as the last British forces in the Chindwin valley withdrew toward the Indian frontier. A communique called the withdrawal successful despite air attacks, claiming little military damage but possible civilian refugee casualties.
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New Delhi
India
Chittagong
Chindwin
Mandalay
Mharnaphuli River
Bay of Bengal
Akyab
Burma
Assam-Bangal
Police Alert Targets Violators In Local Crackdown
A weeklong police campaign netted nearly a dozen violators who paid fines this morning. Roger B. Eddy of Hancock received the heaviest penalty, 25 dollars for reckless driving through Clearspring. Others fined include Frederick Fogelsanger of Shippensburg and Algott Knaff of Greencastle at 6.45 dollars each for exceeding limits, Adolph Batz of Lebanon 6.45 dollars for 30 over, and Kenneth Hutzell and Benjamin Lewis at five dollars and costs for passing stop signs. State Officer Holsinger led most arrests.
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Roger B. Eddy
Hancock
Clearspring
Frederick A. Fogelsanger
Shippensburg
Algott Knanff
Greencastle
Adolph Batz
Lebanon
Kenneth E. Hutzell
Hagerstown
Benjamin J. Lewis
Holsinger
New German U boats may use rocket motor says Sea Power
Sea Power magazine reports German U boats raiding the Atlantic Coast are believed to employ a new rocket motor that increases range and effectiveness. The motor reportedly powers boats on the surface and submerged, eliminating the need for electric batteries and motors.
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New York
Sea Power
The
Navy League
Atlantic Coast
Severe hail adds to strawberry losses in Crisfield area
In Crisfield Maryland on May 9 reports say strawberry fields damaged earlier by the strawberry weevil suffered further harm from a recent thunderstorm hailstones. Parsonville farmer Ralph Morris described plants cut as if with a knife, highlighting extensive damage.
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Crisfield
Ralph Morris
Parsonville
Maryland income tax receipts exceed Tawes estimate
Maryland officials said on May 9 that income tax revenue will definitely top the $3,440,000 estimate by Comptroller J Millard Tawes and may reach above $9,100,000 for the state fiscal year.
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Annapolis
Maryland
J. Millard Tawes
Allies claim victory in Coral Sea six day battle
General MacArthur’s headquarters report at least preliminary Allied success after six days of fighting off Australia's northeast coast. Allies say 11 Japanese ships sunk, six damaged, thousands lost. Tokyo claims several Allied ships sunk and damaged. Japanese sources report damage to a heavy cruiser and a destroyer.
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Douglas MacArthur
Coral Sea
Tokyo
Imperial Japanese
U.S
MacArthur
U. S
Japan
Australia
United Nations
Chinese Press Hails Coral Sea Naval Victory
Chinese press hails the Coral Sea naval battle as an Allied victory and says a Japanese effort to sever Australia United States lines has been crushed Sao Tang Pao, army organ, notes the democratic world awaited the news since Japan was bombed April 18.
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Chungking
Coral Sea
Australia
United States
Sao Tang Pao
Army Organ
Japan
Britain notes Madagascar resistance and air losses
Paris radio reports two resistance centers in Madagascar hills south of Diego Suarez with 12 British planes shot down in interior fighting. News is scarce but resistance continues, aided by French forces retreating from Diego Suarez. Churchill to discuss Britain Vichy ties in a Sunday broadcast marking two years since the lowland invasion.
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London
Paris
Madagascar
Diego Suarez
Churchill
Britain
Vichy
France
State Police Undermanned Need 40 Recruits and 350 Roll
Baltimore May 9 State Police Superintendent Col Beverly Ober said the force is badly undermanned and needs 40 new recruits to raise the present 1141 men. She will seek a legislature boost to 350 immediately, noting the agency performs many new duties in the war emergency and could use 2000 men.
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Baltimore
Beverly Ober
Ober
Former patron asks hotel official to locate lost book
Noble Mc Farland, a Chicago hotel official, received a letter from a former patron asking him to recover a book he had forgotten. The note suggests the volume may be in the man’s room or possibly lost in the lobby. The work is Robert J. Coskey's "It Can't Forget."
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Chicago
Cleanup Drive Is Successful
The Junior Chamber of Commerce cleanup campaign ended with 120 tons hauled to the city dump. City trucks made 185 trips and about 10 tons were salvage, mainly paper bags rubber and metals. The drive drew strong local support as residents called at the chamber, with school reports from Hagerstown due Monday and prizes for top contributors.
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Chamber of Commerce
Paul Settles
Hagerstown
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New York City
Bulkeley
C.P
Jon
Paul A. Porter
OPA
Leon Henderson
Roger D. Greene
Associated Press
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