Nazis Face Bottlenecks in Tank and Aircraft Production
At Lisbon May 20, Edwin Shanke reports Germany struggles to keep pace with Allied output. Five bottlenecks hinder war production: raw materials shortages, manpower, sabotage, transport, and electric power. Estimates place German aircraft output at 2,200–2,500 planes monthly, with total planes around 25,000, while Goering orders more focus on production for the eastern front. An average of one quarter of engines from a plant is sent back for rework, illustrating persistent bottlenecks.
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Germany
Edwin Shanke
Berlin
Associated Press
Wnazis
Ater
Shanke
Lisbon
Hitler
Hermann Goering
Eastern Front
U S Help Will Mean 3 A Call For 3 A Group
Draft boards expect a wave of 3 A calls as pay increases and aid for dependents clear the way for service. Officials anticipate transfers from 3 A to 1 A for those with dependents, especially wives or parents. Henry W Ford of Corriganville Md was fined 750 for false dependency claims about his son Leo, who knows nothing of his father’s bank accounts. the son is in military service.
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Selective Service Administration
Henry W. Ford
Corriganville
William C. Coleman
Leo Ford
Ford
Associated Manufacturing and Supply Corp Incorporation Approved
The Associated Manufacturing and Supply Corporation in this city was granted authority by the State Tax Commission to deal in explosion resisting housing and issue 10 060 shares of capital stock at 310 par value. Incorporators are Roger C Robinson Howard E Conrad and Robert H Stott.
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Associated Manufacturing and Supply Corporation
State Tax Commission
Roger C. Robinson
Howard E. Conrad
This City
Robert H. Stott
Blue Ridge Summit
Substitutes for shoe laces and everyday German ingenuity
Lisbon dispatch details how Germans improvise in wartime by using paper clips for clothes pins and soap soda baking powder mix as toothpaste substitutes. Ingenious fixes extend to lacing toasters for canaries, using leather scraps for laces, and milk bottles as coffee pot tops amid material shortages and fuel rationing.
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Alvin J. Steinkopf
Lisbon
Hausfrau
Germany
Austria
Minute Men Plan Drill Meet At State Armory
Hagerstown four Minute Men companies sworn in Sunday by Lieut Col William Preston Lane will meet at 1 30 Sunday at the State Armory to plan drills and form separate companies. Smithsburg unit to meet Thursday at Smithsburg High School for same purpose with room remaining for new volunteers.
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Hagerstown
William Preston Lane
State Armory
Smithsburg
Smithsburg High School
Traffic Toll in Maryland Falls in April
Maryland Traffic Safety Commission reports April traffic deaths drop to 24 from 39 in March and 33.3 percent below 1941 totals. Despite 1,450 accidents and 795 injuries, pedestrian fatalities remain the leading cause of deaths. multiple-vehicle collisions also contribute to the toll as gas rationing and speed limits under 40 mph are urged.
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Baltimore
Maryland Traffic Safety Commission
Maryland
Safety Commission
Court costs filed for Baker trials total $1 056 55
Allegany county clerk Robert Jackson reports the Baker trials two weeks ago incurred 1056 55 in jury service stenographer and actual court costs. Hotel expenses for witnesses are not yet tabulated.
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Allegany County
C. Walter Baker
Robert Jackson
Board of County Commissioners
County Site Chosen For Federal Hospital Location
Washington county is one of two sites selected for a 1000-bed federal hospital. Mayor Richard H. Sweeney announced after meetings with federal officials, Senator Millard E. Tydings and Congresswoman Katherine E. Byron. The other site is near Staunton, Virginia.
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Federal
Washington County
Richard H. Sweeney
Washington
U. S
Millard E. Tydings
Katherine E. Byron
Staunton
Thomas Parran
U. S. Public Health Service
Smithsburg
Allied air command eyes 1000 bombers per night on Germany
London reports heavy RAF raid on Mannheim, Germany with a large bomber force. Fourteen aircraft missing from the operation including two fighters. Bombers also targeted St Nazaire in occupied France while RAF fighters struck French and Dutch airfields. Mannheim, Europe’s second largest inland port, hosts Badische Anilin, Lanz Armament, and Daimler-Benz works.
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London
Mannheim
Germany
Stt. Nazaire
France
Holland
Europe
Badische Amlin Chemical Works
Lanz Armament Works
Daimler-Benz Engineering Works
St. Nazaire
Baltic Sea
Warnemuende
Rostock
Italy
Gestapo Head in Holland Takes Command
Heinrich Himmler has assumed command of Dutch Nazi stormtroopers alongside German forces in the Netherlands. A Stockholm dispatch reported plans to incorporate the Netherlands as an autonomous province of the Reich under Dutch Nazi leader Anton Mussert. Dutch exile authorities warned of likely developments, amid German reprisals including executions, rearrests, and mass hostage seizures in the past week.
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London
Heinrich Himmler
Germany
Gestapo
Netherlands
Stockholm
Vidingen
Aneta
Tass
German Reich
Gzuiedermark
Anton Mussert
Himmler
More Showers Forecast Tonight With May Rainfall Update
Weather report notes further showers tonight. May rainfall reaches 2.12 inches so far, with 10 days remaining and a May average of 3.19. J A Miller, government weather observer at Keedysville, records today's rainfall at .32 inch.
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J. A. Miller
Keedysville
Maryland AFL votes to double per capita tax
The Maryland and District of Columbia Federation of Labor unanimously approved raising members per capita tax. Robert J. Buxbaum of Baltimore was elected president unopposed as six vice presidents were chosen from eight candidates. Tax increases range from two to four dollars quarterly depending on local union size, with aims to expand activities while staying below peers.
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Maryland
District of Columbia Federation of Labor
Robert J. Buxbaum
Baltimore
Buxbaum
Joseph P. McCurdy
AFL
Japs Strike at Bomber Bases in Chekiang Province
Chinese authorities say Japan continues a southward sweep in Chekiang province south of Shanghai. A communique reports Japanese forces captured Chuki 40 miles south of Hanchow and advanced further with air support bombing Chinese positions along the rail line.
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Chungking
China
Chekiang
English battle airman captured at Beachy Head
London May 20. English police captured a German flier who bailed out of his Messerschmitt after it was struck by anti aircraft fire. He parachuted to Sussex near Beachy Head but was taken into custody.
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London
Beachy Head
Sussex
Doolittle Hoots At Jap Claim Of Nine Lost Bombers
Brig. Gen. James H. Doolittle, leader of the April Tokyo raid, dismisses Japanese claims that nine bombers were shot down. He states all crews reached their destinations safely and mocks reports of a damaged plane on display, suggesting the claim may be propaganda or a painted fake.
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Roosevelt
James H. Doolittle
Air Corps
U. S. Army
Japan
H. H. Arnold
Air Force
Doolittle
George C. Marshall
Army
Tokyo
Washington
James H
Jimmy) Doolittle
Women Here Seek Army Enlistment WAAC
At least six Hagerstown women have applied for WAAC enlistment though no formal instructions have arrived. Sgt John Chop said the local office expects guidance soon. Women on the waiting list will be first to be recruited from the county once authorized.
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Army Recruiting Office
Women's Army Auxiary Corps
WAAC
Hagerstown
John Chop
Deadline For Sugar Ration No 2 May 30
The No 1 sugar ration stamp is now dead and the No 2 stamp good for one pound of sugar for two weeks may be accepted by grocers May 17 through May 30. Grocers must return No 1 stamps to the local rationing board before replenishment.
German air raids strike Hull and southern coast factories
Berlin reports overnight strong German air formations raided Hull on the Humber estuary, while eight bombers conducted a daylight attack on factories along the British south coast.
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Berlin
Hull
Humber
General Hartle Leads American Forces In Ireland
Washington county’s Major General Russell P. Hartle is praised as well qualified to command American troops in northern Ireland. Described as a man of few words, he is noted for his decisive, direct remarks and frequent field inspections of camps and conditions amid the invasion training centers.
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Hartle
Ireland
Washington County
Russell P. Hartle
Northern Ireland
Ulster
Harile
Russians Close on Kharkov as Tanks Rage Across Field
War front dispatches report Red Army forces driving toward Kharkov with heavy 52-ton tanks amid intense fighting along a 125 mile southern front. German counterattacks failed to break the advance as Soviet troops reported destroying dozens of German tanks in close combat and planes avoided supporting their ground forces.
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Russia
Ukraine
Kharkov
Red Army
Red Star
Gas Ration Card Holders Scramble for Proper Status
Gas ration card holders race to resolve X and B card eligibility as the Ration Board reviews all cards. Police and firemen who held X cards have surrendered them, while officials prepare to publicize names of X and B card holders after allowing adjustments and further investigations.
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Ration Board
OPA
Defense co defendant collapses in courtroom trial in New York
In New York on May 20 Eli Shonbrun, co defendant in the murder trial of Madeline Webb and another man, collapsed at the counsel table and was carried from the courtroom. His attorney cited a heart condition, and Webb, a 28 year old model, rushed to his side as the trial involving Webb Shonbrun and John D Cullen was recessed following the incident.
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Shonbrun
New York
Eli Shonbrun
Madeline Webb
Miss Webb
Shonbran
John D. Cullen
Susan Flora Reich
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U.S
Armory
Cavetown-Hagerstown
RAF
Jap City
Washington Countian
A.E.F
Roger D. Greene
Jacques Buttenkant
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