Submarine Slips Into Canada From Atlantic Waters
Details emerge of an enemy submarine penetrating the Gulf of St Lawrence and the St Lawrence River to sink a freighter. Casualties and survivors are being reported from isolated fishing hamlets as 41 crew members of the sunken ship are confirmed, with other survivors linked to a separate vessel. May 13 update.
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St. Lawrence
Canada
Gulf
Gulf of St. Lawrence
St. Lawrence River
Huge Plane Carrying Blimps Aimed at Sub Warfare
Congress debated building huge plane carrying dirigibles to hunt and destroy submarines near U S shores. The House Naval committee removed a non rigid limit from a bill approving 24 blimps to augment coastal patrols, with push to allow rigid airships as well. Captain Rosendahl led Navy blimp program, saying a large airship could serve as an airplane carrier for patrol missions.
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Alex H. Singleton
Washington
St. Lawrence River
Congress
House Naval Committee
Senate
House
Rep. Maas
Minnesota
Charles E. Rosendahl
Navy
Defer Vocational Teachers Shortage Stirs Draft Debate
Washington May 13 A serious shortage of vocational teachers was reported by D H Dennis executive secretary of the American Vocational Association and a committee urged draft deferment for teachers and students. They urged local draft boards to consider each case on its merits and oppose blanket deferment. Thousands of rural vocational agriculture and industrial education posts may go unfilled as drafts and war industry jobs pull qualified staff.
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Washington
D. H. Dennis
American Vocational Association
Selective Service Boards
Vocational Association
National Selective Service
Dennis
Armed Services
New Runways Nearing Completion at Hagerstown Airport
The WPA announced that extended hard-surfaced runways and extensions at Hagerstown airport are nearing completion. Black-top paving will begin this week with project completion in the next month or six weeks. About 100 workers are employed on the runway project.
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Hagerstown
W.P.A
Windstorm kills four and destroys farm buildings in Nebraska
NORFOLK Neb May 13 Four persons were killed by wind storms ripping through farming sections in northeast Nebraska near Ewing Elgin Osmond and Foster last night Many farm buildings and livestock were destroyed The dead include Mr and Mrs John Leahy and two daughters Elaine 10 and Barbara 6 killed at their home seven miles southwest of Ewing Another daughter Shirley Anne 8 was injured
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Norfolk
Neb
Nebraska
Ewing
Elgin
Osmond
Foster
John Leahy
Elaine
Barbara
Shirley Anne
Confesses He Slew Mother In Corpus Christi Shooting
Roanoke Rapids N C May 13 Sixteen year old George Clyde Henry Jr told officers he shot his mother to death in the Corpus Christi Texas home last Friday He fled with his three year old sister Zina and the family dog in an automobile wreck Patrolman H W Rothrock quoted him I dont know why I did it I just walked into the house and saw my mother sitting there I had a shotgun in my hand I shot her twice in the head and covered her up with a blanket Then I got a .22 rifle and shot her again He and Zina had been sought since the body of their mother wife of a construction firm executive was found in the family home
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Roanoke Rapids
N. C
George Clyde
Henry, Jr
Corpus Christi
Tex
H. W. Rothrock
Young Hengy
Zina
Rothrock
Army Doctors Rejections Hit Fifty Percent in Induction Batch
About half of the large group of Hagerstown Selective Service registrants sent to Baltimore for induction were returned as physically unfit. Army physicians will re-examine and may hospitalize many 1-B and 4-F cases, with possible reclassification after treatment and tests.
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Hagerstown
Selective Service
Baltimore
Army
Draft Board
Selective Service Administration
Suspended Sentence In Larceny Case
Joe Johnson, 27, charged with larceny of seven penknives from Montgomery Ward Co. store, received a suspended sentence of three months from Magistrate Harry E. Snyder in city court on promise to return to Ohio. Johnsons wife testified they were eager to return to their Ohio home. Officers found the knives in his possession at arrest. value listed at $11.50.
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Joe Johnson
Montgomery Ward Co
Harry E. Snyder
Ohio
Johnson
Epidemics reduce attendance in April across schools
Measles and colds lowered public school attendance in April despite mild weather. W M Phillips reports April averages across districts: Pinesburg led with 96.2 percent, Sandy Hook 95.4, Mt Briar 94.4. High schools averaged 93.1 with Smithsburg at 95.2. graded schools 89 led by Sandy Hook. two and one teacher schools variances noted.
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W. M. Phillips
Pinesburg
Sandy Hook
Mt. Briar
Smithsburg
North Street
Chinese forces disrupt Japanese supply lines in Burma
A Chinese communique reports Chinese units attacking Japanese supply lines in northern Burma are interrupting communications between the Mandalay Lashio area and Bhamo and Myitkyina to the north.
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Chungking
Burma
Mandalay-Lashio
Bhamo
Myitkyina
Laval Sello ut to Hitler Has Struck a Snag
Confused maneuvers in Vichy and Paris spark speculation that Pierre Laval faces new hurdles in France’s move to full Axis collaboration. Laval held talks at Vichy with Otto Abetz after returning from Moulins, but no decisive announcement followed. Uncertainty centers on Petain or Darlan and the path of Laval’s demarcation plan.
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Bern
Switzerland
Vichy
Paris
Pierre Laval
France
Laval
Moulins
Otto Abetz
Adolf Hitler
Marshal Petain
Jean Darlan
Bombings Hit Paris Hotels Used as German Barracks
Reports from occupied Paris say two more restaurants used by German troops were bombed. Earlier dispatches noted a wave of attacks on Paris hotels housing Germans, amid anti-German demonstrations over the past ten days. The strife follows the appointment of Major General Oberg, a top aide to Heinrich Himmler, as head of police for the Paris region.
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Bern
Switzerland
Paris
Oberg
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Checks On Work Law Of Maryland During War Mobilization
Annapolis Maryland May 13 Governor OConor said he asked Paul V McNutt Federal Manpower Commission Chairman if Maryland s compulsory work law fits with the national manpower mobilization plan The law can require able bodied men aged 18 to 50 not in regular occupations to register and be assigned by the Governor to tasks necessary for state safety The move aims to ease Maryland labor shortages and align state policy with federal war effort goals
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Annapolis
O’conor
Paul V. McNutt
Federal Manpower Commission
Maryland
Youths Arrested After Complaint at Boonsboro Tavern
Three local young men Edward Russell Rex Kershner and George Miller were taken into custody near Funkstown after a disturbance at the Yellow House tavern on the Boonsboro Pike. Each posted 11.45 for trial tomorrow evening before Magistrate E. G. Miller at Boonsboro. Deputy Kenneth Stangle said they caused damage and are charged with being drunk and disorderly.
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Boonsboro
Funkstown
E. G. Miller
Edward Russell
Rex Kershner
George Miller
Kenneth Stangle
Yellow House
Gas Card Registration Surges At 20 Percent In County
About 20 percent of auto owners registered for gas rationing on the first day. Officials warned that liberal ratings were improper and cards will be recalled for adjustment with a potential $10,000 fine for false statements. First day issued 3111 cards by class. special morning hours at Senior High for defense workers tomorrow, while public uses usual 4 to 6 pm today and 2:30 to 6 and 7 to 9 pm tomorrow.
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Ration Board
Rome Reports Gort Wounded In Malta Arrival
The Rome radio said Lord Gort, new governor and commander of Malta, had a bomb splinter pierce his left arm as he arrived last week. No British confirmation appeared. He took the oath of office Sunday before a bleeding chief justice amid bombs during the ceremony.
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London
Rome Radio Today
Lord Gort
Malta
Mediterranean
Letter from UAW to ex CIO chief Lewis
Detroit May 13 The official CIO publication dated May 15 prints an open letter criticizing John L. Lewis. It calls his course wrong and dangerous and says the war against dictators abroad demands decisive action at home. The letter accuses him of sulking in silence and urges leadership in rallying workers for the war effort.
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Detroit
United Automobile Workers (Cio
CIO
John L. Lewis
United Automobile Workers
U S Ship Torpedoed And Sunk Off Africa
A medium sized United States merchant ship was torpedoed and sunk off the west coast of Africa. Survivors were landed at an eastern United States port. The navy said this marked its first loss in the current German submarine campaign in African waters.
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Washington
United States
Africa
Navy
Government Threatens Striking Coal Miners
CANBERRA Australia May 15 Prime Minister John Curtin urged groups of striking coal miners to return to work by tomorrow or face government action. He said the government shall stand or fall by the issue and authority will be invoked to compel them if the pits stay idle. Curtin told a cheering House that a majority of miners support the war crisis amid wage and seniority disputes across ten mines.
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Canberra
Australia
John Curtin
Curtin
Thirteen German troop planes shot down near North Africa
Cairo May 13 The RAF announced that thirteen Junkers 52 troop carriers and two Messerschmitt fighters were shot down yesterday into the sea off North Africa. One British plane is reported lost. The fate of the German planes’ loads remains uncertain.
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Cairo
Egypt
North Africa
RAF
Malta
Mediterranean
Child bride Marshalling murder charge shocks Morristown
In Morristown Tennessee 14 year old Mattie Manning is jailed on a first degree murder charge for the shooting of her 35 year old husband Damon Manning. Jailer John Long says she will face a preliminary hearing at noon the next day in juvenile court after authorities postponed today’s session. Sheriff Ben A Creech says the girl confessed after prolonged questioning. The shooting occurred at the farm home of Mattie Pearl’s parents near Lowland community.
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Morristown
Tenn
Mattie Manning
Hamblen County
John Long
Fred Hartman
Mattie Pearl
Ben A. Creech
Daymon W. Manning
Frank Morgan
Lownland
Minute Men unit organized at Hancock meeting
A 33 member Minute Men unit was organized last night at Hancock in the American Legion Hall. Robert J. McCandlish was elected captain, with Stanley Fulton as 1st Lieutenant and Daniel Heller as 2nd Lieutenant. The group will meet Sunday afternoon for its first drill exercises.
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Minute Men
Hancock
American Legion Hall
Robert J. McCandlish
Stanley Fulton
Daniel Heller
Eight Maryland Soldiers Die in Philippines Names Not From Washington
The War Department today listed eight more Maryland soldiers killed in action or dying of wounds in the Philippine Islands. None of the victims hail from Washington county.
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War Department
Maryland
Philippine Islands
Washington County
Two Thousand Stukas Hit Soviet Front In Crimea
London May 13 German war correspondent says more than 2,000 Stuka dive bombers smashed the first Soviet lines and opened a path for the infantry assault in Crimea. He cites a Berlin broadcast recorded by Reuters noting a wall of powder and vapor and bomb-cratered front lines.
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London
Crimea
Berlin
Reuters News Agency
Move Against Bund Members in Denaturalization Sweep
Newark, May 13. The government filed denaturalization proceedings against seven native Germans identified as members of the German American Bund. August Klapprott, a Bund president and Camp Nordland resident, is cited as a chief leader. He took part in a Hitler birthday celebration raided by the FBI in Union City on April 20.
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Newark
N. J
August Klapprott
Camp Nordland
Andover
Klapprott
Bund
FBI
Union City
U. S
Charles M. Phillips
Two Trespassers Pay Heavy Fines
Ralph M. Baker and Marvin L. Bower were fined 15 dollars and costs for trespassing on private land along the dual highway. Magistrate Martin V. B. Bostetter noted the law protects property rights as they faced a warning for possessing guns during the incident. Deputy Kenneth Stangle and Sheriff Baker commented on preventing shooting and trespassing.
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Ralph M. Baker
Marvin L. Bower
Martin V. B. Bostetter
Baker
Bower
Kenneth Stangle
Workers Needed Urgently at U S Employment Office
The local U S Employment service announces immediate openings for woodworkers laborers guards and sheet metal and mill workers. Interested persons should apply now at 45 East Washington Street Employment Office.
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U.S. Employment Service
U. S
East Washington Street
RAF Bombers Hit Akyab Airdrome in Burma
New Delhi May 13 British communique reports RAF heavy bombing raid on Akyab airdrome in Burma. High altitude bombs struck dispersed Japanese aircraft with at least two likely destroyed and one damaged according to the release.
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New Delhi
India
Akyab
Burma
Berlin Claims Victory in Kerch Battle as 40000 Prisoners Reported
Berlin declared a decisive breakthrough on the Isthmus of Kerch with 40000 Soviet prisoners captured and heavy fighting ongoing. Moscow disputed changes, stating no substantial gains as German and Soviet forces clash across the Crimean panhandle and Kerch peninsula.
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Adolf Hitler
Kerch
Crimea
Caucasus
Kerch Peninsula
Kerch Strait
Hitler
Penisula
Moscow
Crimean Panhandle
Cay
Expect Japs To Resume Battle
Allied observers in Australia predict an early resumption of air battles over the outer island defenses as Japan may regroup to renew the Coral Sea fight. The remnants of the invasion fleet are said to hide among islands, with the main fleet possibly north of New Guinea and New Britain, using the Caroline and Marshall Islands as screens near Truk.
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Allied
Australia
Coral Sea
New Guinea
New Britain
Japan
Marshal
Caroline Islands
Truk
Three Charged in Indictments for May Term
Indictments by the May grand jury name Paul Wakely for escape Charles Henry for larceny of a taxicab and Irvin C Forduies for forgery. Henry allegedly stole a Mayflower taxicab Wakely escaped from the Penal Farm and is at the penitentiary. The criminal docket for the May term opens Thursday May 21 and the petit jury has been told to report Monday March 18.
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Paul Wakel
Charles Henry
Irvin C. Forduies
Henry
Wakely
Injury Report From Fall At 341 South Street
Albert J. Bowers aged 15 of 341 South Street sustained a fractured writs in a fall yesterday. He was admitted to Washington County Hospital for treatment.
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Albert J. Bowers
South Street
Washington County Hospital
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