Brenner Pass Sealed Sealed Air Blitz In 32nd Day
London May 15 The 31st straight day of the Allied air offensive saw American Flying Fortresses and Liberators attack German invasion defenses in Pas de Calais near Britain. One Mustang escort was missing and a Fortress crew reported no German planes sighted. RAF and US forces followed up with night raids on Cologne and continued minelaying and raids in France and the Low Countries with no losses reported. Continued on Page 2.
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London
Pas de Calais
Britain
U. S
Sth
France
Cologne
Brenner Pass
Italy
Berlin
Bristol
England
Low Countries
Five Infant Deaths At Hospital No Criminal Negligence
Norwich May 15. Coroner McKay ruled no criminal negligence in the deaths of five infants at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital New London from boric acid mistaken for dextrose in April. The acid in a jar used for formulas caused illnesses. the coroner could not identify who placed it there. Miss Paula Machnie the hospital pharmacist was exonerated. her duties were excessive and she lacked adequate help.
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Norwich
Conn
Lawrence and Memorial Hospital
New London
Edward G. McKay
Paula Machnie
Contractor Jesse L. Staley Stricken With Cerebral Hemorrhage
Williamsport building contractor Jesse L. Staley remained in serious condition at his home after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage on Saturday. He is a member of the May court jury and was reported to have been stricken suddenly.
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Jesse L. Staley
Williamsport
Court Prisoners To Be Arraigned On Monday
Prisoners under indictment and in jail awaiting trial at the May criminal court will be formally arraigned before Judge Joseph D. Mish in court tomorrow morning at 10 o clock. Criminal court will open Thursday morning at 9 30 o'clock.
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May Criminal Court
Joseph D. Mish
Criminal Court
Navy Chief Would Have Been Aboard
Allied Headquarters Naples May 15 U S Navy Vice Admiral Hewitt said naval craft in northwest African waters would have been aboard if he had his way during an inspection trip. He noted alcohol bans on American vessels since before Prohibition and said sailors complain they cannot ashore often enough for a beer.
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Allied
Naples
U. S
Northwest African
H. K. Hewitt
Hewitt
Northwest Africa
Russians Regroup For Major Drive
London May 15. The Red army regroups for a major assault timed with Allied blows from the west. Moscow says Soviet air raids hit the Brest Litvosk rail junction and targets at Polotsk Narva in a push behind German lines. German reports claim a successful river bend attack near Ciobuciu Rascaeti and a counter at Dnestr.
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London
Red Army
Moscow
Red
Brest Litvosk
Poland
Polotsk
Russia
Narva
Estonia
Dnestr
Crimea
Ciobuciu-Rascaeti
Dairy Reports Theft Of Milk From Truck
The Eldridge Dairy Company complained to police this morning about the theft of milk from one of their trucks parked in the rear of the Peoples Drug Store. A spokesman said a quantity of milk has been disappearing each weekday morning around 7:45 while the driver is delivering in the vicinity.
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Eldridge Dairy Company
Peoples Drug
Elkton Considers 10 P.M. Curfew for Minors
Elkton town counsel will discuss a proposed city ordinance to close streets at 10 p.m. to unaccompanied children, with adults allowed. City Attorney E D. Rollins said Cecil county officials proposed the curfew and the council is reviewing similar laws in other cities to gauge effectiveness.
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Elkton
E. D. E. Rollins
Cecil County
Rollins
Mother's Day Tragedy Strikes Philadelphia Family
Mrs Kathleen McCarthy received a Mother's Day card and a $50 money order from her son William an aviation cadet in training at Waco Tex Ten minutes later a telephone call told her he had been killed in a plane crash The report notes the widow’s name and the son’s status as a cadet and marks the tragedy as a wartime loss with personal impact in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Kathleen McCarthy
William
Waco
Tex
Indiana humorist George Ade gravely ill after two heart attacks
Brock Indiana May 15 George Ade 78 a renowned Indiana author and humorist was reported in very grave condition last night after suffering two heart attacks within 24 hours James I Rathbun who has managed Ade properties for 25 years said Ade had been in a coma since Saturday night
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Brock
Ind
George Ade
Indiana
James I. Rathbun
Ade
Disney pudding tale warm with wartime food tribute
Hollywood May 15 The Red Cross ambulance corps veteran Walt Disney recalls baking a custard pudding at a base hospital near Paris in 1918 He found British fliers polishing the last of his pudding Then Wing Commander Harcourt and Dr St Joseph visited with three puddings titled From the Royal Air Force in Lend Lease payment from World War I.
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Hollywood
Walt Disney
Red Cross Ambulance Corps
Paris
Disney
L. V. Harcourt
J. K. S. St. Joseph
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Perfect Weather Forecasted To Persist For Two Days
The Weather Bureau predicts fair and warmer daytime conditions with cool nights for at least the next two days. After a 91 degree Saturday and 85 at Keedysville yesterday, the temperature fell to 48 last night. Keedysville observer J.A. Miller reports the unseasonably calm spell continues as farmers, with nearly all corn and potatoes planted, view crop prospects with optimism amid the week's fine growing weather.
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Weather Bureau
Keedysville
Mercury
J.A. Miller
Sky Dragons Lead Chinese Drive Toward Stilwell Link
The Chinese high command reported a major offensive in western Yunnan beginning May 10 with a Salween crossing over 100 miles aimed at linking with Lt. Gen. Stilwell’s troops in northern Burma. Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault’s Sky Dragons supported the attack as Mitchells and Warhawks hit targets across border areas and supply facilities. The operation, led by Gen Wei Li-huang known as 100-victory Wei, marked the first big Chinese offensive of the war to open a route via Ledo and Burma roads and break the Chinese blockade. Casualties were heavy on both sides as clashes continued with Japanese counterattacks.
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Chungking
Chinese High Command
Yunnan Province
Salween River
Joseph W. Stilwell
Burma
Claire L. Chennault
Sky Dragons
Wanpahsa
Burma-Thailland
Mangshi
Lungling
Hannan
Warhawks
Tengchung
Tatang
China
India
Ledo
Wei Li-huang
Wei
Suspect Thieves Fire Henhouse at Porterstown Farm
A fire at George Pry farm in Porterstown destroyed the henhouse on Saturday around 8 p m. Suspected chicken thieves may have stolen birds before setting the fire. Harvey Hess’s family was away in Sharpsburg. Boonsboro fire company helped confine the blaze.
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George Pry
Harvey Hess
Porterstown
Hess
Sharpsburg
Boonsboro Fire Company
Bayley and Holloway Mentioned for Bishopric Seat
Dr Francis R Bayley former pastor of St Pauls Methodist in this city and Dr Fred G Holloway president of Western Maryland College are named as candidates for a Methodist bishopric. The two clergy discussed ahead of the June 7 Northeastern Jurisdictional Conference at Ocean City New Jersey to elect four bishops. The Washington area bishopric laired after the death of Adna Wright Leonard in an air accident in Iceland last year. Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes has served interim. Holloway has led Western Maryland College since 1936 and previously headed the seminary. Bayley has been a Baltimore district superintendent and five time general conference delegate.
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Francis R. Bayley
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Maryland
Bayley
Baltimore
Wilson Memorial Church
Fred G. Holloway
Western Maryland College
Seminary
Unaware Here Of Fake Gas Coupons
The Ration Board reported it was unaware counterfeit gas ration coupons circulated in Hagertown after a local station owner reported last month that his records showed counterfeit coupons for 890 gallons. The OPA state office is scrutinizing all coupons, with plans to deduct the dealer’s quota for losses. The office urged reports leading to arrests of those responsible.
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Ration Board
Hagerstown
OPA
Navy Recruiter Has Lucky Week End
John H. Millard a Navy recruiting officer stationed at City Hall won $46 and a $25 war bond during a weekend in Baltimore He appeared on the coast to coast broadcast of Correction Please on Saturday night Five winners on the program were all servicemen Millard said he stopped at the Belvedere hotel where he was selected for the show.
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John H. Millard
Navy
City Hall
Baltimore
Millard
Belvedere Hotel
Murder trial of attorney set to start in DC
Washington May 15 The murder trial of Robert I Miller a prominent attorney accused in the fatal shooting of Dr John E Lind is scheduled to start in a District of Columbia court today Dr Lind a noted psychiatrist was shot after Miller's wife Marguerite entered a automobile with Dr Lind at a downtown street corner February 21
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Washington
Robert I. Miller
John E. Lind
District of Columbia Court
Dr. Lind
Miller
Marguerite
Chinese Drive Near Japs Burma Base
Allied communique reports Chinese traps have captured Tarongyang nine miles north of Kamiang and Burmese forces raiding Tangpu near Myitkyina in Northern Burma. Kamaing is the target of Stilwell's pre monsoon offensive as Chinese troops move down the Mogau ng valley toward Manpin. Mopping up continues southwest of Kohima in northeast India as Japanese invaders regroup.
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Southeast Asia
Kandy
Tarongyang
Kamiang
Tangpu
Myitkyina
Burma
Kamaing
Joseph W. Stilwell
Mogaung
Manpin
Kohima
India
Canadian Frigate Valleyfield Sunk In North Atlantic
Ottawa reports the Canadian frigate Valleyfield was torpedoed and sunk on escort duty in the North Atlantic. Five dead, 121 missing, and 38 survivors. Missing include Captain Lt Commander D T English of Halifax. his wife resides in New Bedford, Massachusetts. No Americans were listed among casualties.
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Ottawa
Valleyfield
North Atlantic
D. T. English
Halifax
New Bedford
Mass
Ike praises WACs on their second anniversary
London dispatch reports American WACs in Britain celebrated their organization’s second anniversary with a London parade and ceremonies planned for today. General Dwight D. Eisenhower sent a cable to WAC leader Col. Oveta Culp Hobby praising the corps and calling for continued excellence as more than 4,000 WAC members were in England.
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London
WACS
Britain
Dwight D. Eisenhower
WAC
Oveta Culp Hobby
Women’s Army Corps
England
Blaze at Huyett Bakery on North Potomac Street
Firefighters were called just after 9 15 this morning to extinguish a blaze in the rear of Huyett Bros bakery caused by a kettle of doughnut fat igniting. The fire damaged flooring and a partition before being extinguished, with loss covered by insurance.
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Huyett Bros
North Potomac Street
Gandhi Ill With Malaria And Hookworm In India
A medical bulletin from Bombay on May 15 reports Mohandas K. Gandhi, Indian nationalist leader, is ill with malaria fever and also diagnosed with amoebic dysentery and hookworm. He is receiving treatment for these conditions newly identified.
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Bombay
Mohandas K. Gandhi
French Contingent Advances 7 Miles in War News
May 15 London dispatch reports German broadcasts observing Allied invasion moves. Berlin concedes possible penetration of west wall defenses as fighting could spread beyond Atlantic defenses. Underground reports cite reinforcement of west, reliance on air transport, and reduced frontline fighters. Tojo backs German morale as BBC urges European residents to evacuate near rail and industrial targets ahead of anticipated invasion.
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London
West Wall
Berlin
Atlantic Wall
Germany
Continental Underground
Britain
Hitler
Hideki Tojo
Tojo
Occupied
Europe
BBC
Order Coal Now Dealers Suggest
Dealers urge Hagerstown residents to secure part of next winter's coal now per government guidance. Run of mine coal offered with fewer restrictions. anthracite and Pocahontas limits apply until October 1 with post October 1 deliveries possible. Customer needs must be documented on government forms to prevent hoarding.
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Solid Fuels Administration
Hagerstown
Hagerstonians
Circus Aerialist Hurt In 30 Foot Fall At Madison Square Garden
Patricia Carter, 21, circus aerialist, fell 30 feet during a matinee at Madison Square Garden and is in fair condition at PolyClinic hospital. She sustained ankle and wrist fractures and internal injuries after misjudging distance to a trapeze while performing for Ringling Brothers.
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New York
Patricia Carterr
Madison Square Garden
Ringling Brothers
Barnum and Bailey Circus
Pennsy to Sue to Collect Huge Tax
Harrisburg May 15 Attorney General James H Duff said the state will file suit to collect in taxes 24 000 000 of the 30 000 000 Philadelphia snuff fortune of Mrs Henrietta Schafer Garrett The action relies on 1943 laws allowing the state to take 80 per cent of unsettled estates after seven years if heirs are not proved and the balance may be escheated if no heirs are found
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Harrisburg
James H. Duff
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Henrietta Schafer Garrett
Duff
Wrens Return to Pants at Illinois Professor's Yard
In Decatur on May 15 wrens again occupy gardening shorts left by Dr. B L Flyxell head of James Milli kin University's English department. The birds accepted an invite to reuse the same nesting pair, with the prior year’s nest still inside the trousers hanging on a line.
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Decatur, Ill
B. L. Flyxell
James Millikin University
OPA Tokens Found in Hagerstown Vending Machines
Food ration tokens appeared in vending machines in Hagerstown with reports of 50 to 75 blue and red tokens found in recent weeks. Tokens work only in certain machines and are believed to have been used by curious individuals or those with excess tokens. Local operators, members of a national association, say efforts exist to urge the OPA to redesign token size to between a nickel and a quarter.
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Hagerstown
National Automatic Machines Association
OPA
Canary Recaptured After Night Club Mayfair Incident
A tired canary recuperating at the Animal Rescue League after an unsuccessful attempt to crash the Club Mayfair in Boston escaped during treatment. Three hours later workers said the concerted bird performed outside the kitchen door. Hospital attendants ended the audition and recaptured the stage-struck canary.
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Boston
Animal Rescue League Today
Mayfair
Animal Hospital
Washhouse Fire Damages Keedysville Residence
Fire damaged the washhouse at the rear of Mrs Mae Reichs Keedysville home early Sunday morning. Owner suspects sparks from a rubbish fire the night before started the blaze. Brick building with a metal roof.
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Mae Reich
Keedysville
Enlists in Navy Volunteer From Baltimore Recruit Office
Charles E. Mowen, 17, of 327 West Washington Street, enlisted in the Navy as a volunteer after passing a physical examination at the Baltimore Navy recruiting office, officials announced today.
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Charles E. Mowen
West
Washington Street
Navy
Baltimore
Navy Recruiting Office
Germans Begin Streaming To Bear In Italy Front
Allied reports say German prisoners flooding into a Bear area as French and American-British forces push from Cassino to the sea. Ausonia fell, 6 battalion chiefs captured, heavy casualties on the Gustav line, Monte Riuchiuso and Colle Agrifoglio seized, San Ambrosio and Ausonia secured.
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France
Italy
Gustav Line
Cassino
Spigno
Rome
Minturno
Rapido River
Liri
Ausonia
Stalingrad
5Th Army
San Ambrosio
Villa Maia
Fromia
Santa Maria Infante
San Pietro
Monte Cerri
Monte Bracchi
Ausente
Monte Riuchiuso
Colle Agrifoglio
San Andrea
San Ambrogio
San Appolinare
Alphonse Juin
Chamber President to Visit Russia for Trade Review
U. S. Chamber of Commerce president Eric Johnston plans to depart within days to Russia to inspect Soviet industrial plants. He travels at Premier Stalin invitation to assess postwar trade impact on American business, accompanied by Wood and Joyce O Hara.
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Washington
Eric Johnston
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Russia
Johnston
Stalin
Wood
Canadian tennis star Pedigar missing on Burma mission
Vancouver May 15 Bill Pedigar 22 former Canadian junior tennis champion is missing in action over Burma. Parents Mr and Mrs G W Pedigar have been notified. He joined ICAP in 1941 and was named to the Canadian Davis Cup team in 1925, winning the Canadian junior crown twice in 1987 88.
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Vancouver
Bill Pediear
Burma
G. W. Pedigar
Pedigar
ICAP
Bicycle Stolen From Oak Hill Residence
Donald Beaver of 960 Oak Hill Avenue reported his bicycle stolen yesterday from the rear of his home.
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Donald Beaver
Oak Hill Avenue
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Robert Rankin
Washington, D. C
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Stilwell
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Gandhi
Circus
Wrens
Richard McMurray
AP War Editor
Chamber
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