Stilwell calls Burma must be retaken from Japan
Lieutenant General Joseph W. Stilwell, still fighting after a brutal Burma campaign, says Burma can and must be retaken from the Japanese. He trekked 140 miles through jungle after refusing an air lift, then flew to India to discuss reentry into China with Chiang Kai-shek and Allied leaders.
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William McGaffin
New Delhi
India
Burma
Joseph W. Stilwell
United States Army
Montho
Stilwell
China
Archibald P. Wavell
Chiang Kai-Shek
Expect Record Wheat Harvest in Washington County Next Month
Washington county farmers report a potential record wheat crop despite April's dryness. Wheat is in full bloom and heads show many with up to sixty grains. Warm spring has advanced growth. harvest may begin in mid June in parts of the county.
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Washington County
Many Youths to Register in Maryland Draft June 30
Maryland officials estimate more than 50 000 youths aged 18 to 20 will register for service on June 30 under Roosevelt's proclamation. Eighteen and nineteen year olds cannot be drafted under current law but may be used in war plants, while those who turned 20 since January 1 could be summoned for active duty. Registrations will follow the same procedure as prior drafts.
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Baltimore
Drowning Tip Wins Weekly News Tip Contest
A tip about the drowning of two local boys in the Potomac, submitted by a Taylor's Landing resident, wins first prize in last week's news tip contest. The second prize goes to a tip about a proposed federal hospital in the county. Tips are accepted weekdays by the Daily Mail from 7 30 a m to 1 30 p m.
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Potomac
Taylor’s Landing
The
Daily Mail
No X cards denied clergy as ration rules clarified
The local Ration Board reports no clergy or other entitled members have been denied X cards. Several ministers voluntarily returned their X cards for smaller quota cards while the board applies gasoline eligibility rules. Some may exchange cards if unlimited gasoline is unnecessary. Continued on Page 10.
Draft probe into Tartaglione case sparks questions
Selective Service officials opened an inquiry into Louis Tartaglione a 27 year old selectee whose wife claims he is the father of six dependent children. Tartaglione on leave from Pendleton Field Oregon returned to Brooklyn as his wife pregnant fears he was overseas. An official noted a possible draft mixup since six dependents would exempt him.
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New York
Selective Service
Louis Tartaglione
Roosevelt
Pendleton Feld
Pendleton
Brooklyn
Tartaglione
Grounded Jap Planes Wiped Out by Allies
Allied headquarters in Australia reports a week end push against Japanese concentration centers, including a 1300 mile Amboina bombing raid. The action left Japanese planes and ships damaged, with an Allied destroyer later sinking a crippled vessel after rescuing 100 survivors.
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Australia
Amboina
Dutch East Indies
MacArthur
Apples Hit By Hailstones In Washington Orchards
Western Washington county fruit growers report heavy hailstorm last Friday afternoon damaged orchards. Stanley Fulton R M Daniels and R S Dillon sustained damage while other nearby orchards escaped. Some apples show five hail marks and small trees were uprooted by accompanying wind.
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Washington County
Stanley Fulton
R. M. Daniels
R. S. Dillon
Otter
Asphalt Released for Route 40 Resurfacing Plan
The State Roads Commission announced sufficient asphalt has been released to resurface four miles of Route 40 on Sideling Hill in Washington County. Work starts June 1 weather permitting with no detour but periodic delays. resurfacing of main arteries in the district resumes after a prior asphalt ban, including Frederick County roads.
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Sideling Hill Mountain
Washington County
State Roads Commission
Roads Commission
Frederick County
Rains damage highways across Frederick County area
The State Roads Commission reports heavy rains last week damaged state highways. The worst damage occurred on Liberty Road near Unionville in Frederick County where 124 inches of rain in 20 minutes washed out road shoulders and damaged private property.
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State Roads Commission
Liberty Road
Unionville
Frederick County
Government in U S at Peak of Unequalled Magnificence
The American Journal of Sociology reports that U S government has reached a peak of magnificence unequalled in modern times. Editor William Fielding Ogburn notes the war state unites economic and political systems into a new order. The piece says executive expansion during the war may make the government feel total.
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Chicago
American Journal of Sociology
United States
William Fielding Ogburn
F D R Proposes WPA Cut and 1943 Relief Plan
President Roosevelt asked Congress to appropriate 280000000 for work relief for the year starting July 1 plus 2767000 for administrative costs, about 185000000 less than the prior estimate. He cited war conditions and projected 400000 average monthly workers while acknowledging up to 3000000 unemployed and signaling possible Social Security extensions and WPA elimination talks.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Ration Office Hours Published for Public Adherence
Local Ration Board officials reminded residents of official hours from 10 a.m. to 12 noon and 2 to 4 p.m. daily. The office closes Saturday afternoons due to heavy recording and filing workload tied to rationing.
Insanity Plea Filed In Montgomery County Rape Case
James Anthony Anderson, 17, facing rape trial in local circuit court, had a written insanity plea filed this morning by attorneys Walter A. Dawson and John R. Reeves. Indicted by a Montgomery county grand jury and moved to this county, Anderson is jailed at Rockville and has twice clashed with officers. A separate Frederick County rape case set for May 28 involves LeRoy Carroll, accused of attacking his 11 year old niece.
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James Anthony Anderson
Walter A. Dawson
John R. Reeves
Anderson
Montgomery County
Rockville
Frederick County
LeRoy Carroll
Wage Increase Reveals Higher WPA Pay in War Industries
Richmond May 25 John L Vaughan Greene county WPA superintendent reports to state headquarters that workers who earned 15 cents per hour on WPA projects now show pay checks up to 96 dollars weekly in war industries.
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Richmond
John L. Vaughan
Greene County
Bond quota for June set at 800 million
In Washington on May 25, the Treasury urged Americans to invest 800 million in war bonds next month. Quotas were set for states, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands with county targets to follow. May bond sales reached 437.99 million, up 24 percent from April, as management and labor agreed to devote 10 percent of payrolls to war bonds. Maryland's share of the June quota is 12.00 million.
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Washington
Treasury
District of Columbia
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Maryland
Flash flood toll hits 33 in Northeastern Pennsylvania
In Honesdale Pennsylvania the resort town mourns 33 dead and many missing after weekend floods. The Lackawaxen Lehigh Schuylkill and Delaware rivers subsided over mud as Red Cross feeds 3000 homeless in improvised canteens. Thirteen deaths reported in Honesdale.
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Honesdalle
Pennsylvania
Chester County
Wayne County
Lackawaxen
Lehigh
Schulylkill
Delaware
U S Hospital Site Near Staunton Emerges As Likely Choice
A proposed 1000 bed federal hospital costing several million dollars appears set for Staunton area. Army engineers scoped sites between Chewsville Cavetown and near Staunton, and Virginia interests have pushed to land the hospital, authorities said today.
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Washington County
Staunton
Army
Chewsville
Cavetown
Virginia
Gas Rationing Cuts Marriage Licenses and Sales
The first week of gas rationing reduced marriage licenses to 32 from 59 the prior week. Courthouse records show a drop in conditional contracts of sales since the installment buying ban.
Bomb hits British naval base on English south coast
German broadcasts report a night raid on a light British naval base on the English south coast with high explosives and incendiaries. British officials say the Germans attacked several localities overnight, causing damage and casualties.
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Berlin
Laval May Resign As Vichy Chief In Paris Talks
In Paris Pierre Laval meets German leaders amid growing criticism of his pace in pursuing full collaboration. Rumors in Vichy link Jacques Doriot to potential entry or a new collaborationist regime. Observers note Laval’s hesitancy rises with US status talks on Martinique and Italy pressure to seize Nice and Corsica.
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Bern
Switzerland
Asg
Pierre Laval
Paris
France
Axis
Vichy
Jacques Doriot
Doriot
Laval
United States
Martinique
Russia
Nice
Corsica
Italy
Armistice Commission
Germany
Webb Girl Is Exonerated Expects No Jury Verdict
New York May 25 Eli Shonbrun testified that his 28 year old lover Madeline Webb had no knowledge or part in the slaying of Mrs Susan Reich but he and his uncle Murray Hirschl murdered a woman entirely alone They were alone in the Hotel Sutton suite on March 4 when the Polish refugee died He claimed they did things that resulted in her death and Webb had been sent out to shop that day urging he would have died if she had known
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New York
Eli Shonbrun
Madeline Webb
Susan Reich
Murray Hirschl
Showbrun
Miss. Webb
Murray and I
Sutton Suite
General Sessions
Jonah J. Goldstein
Shanbrun
Miss Webb
Strike Hits Cleveland Transit On Monday Morning
Dozens of street cars and buses halted across Cleveland as workers protested overdue paychecks on West Side Lines. City takeover last month issued bonds totaling 17.5 million dollars, with officials promising all West Side workers would receive pay by tonight after clerical delays.
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Cleveland
City
West Side Lines
West Side
Stores to Close Saturday in Hagerstown Memorial Day
Hagerstown merchants and Retailers Bureau members will close stores all day Saturday May 30 Memorial Day and will close at closing time Friday. The Chamber of Commerce announced the Barber Association backs closing on Memorial Day and the Retailers Bureau supports a Saturday shutdown. Other merchants not in the Bureau will also close on Saturday.
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Hagerstown
Retailers Bureau
Hagerstown Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Hagerstown Barbers Association
Airacobras Flown To World Fronts
Buffalo May 24 President Lawrence D Bell disclosed that Bell Airacobra fighters are being flown to their stations worldwide. The planes are speedy maneuverable and more heavily armored than other fighters, with special equipment enabling long hops to fighting fronts.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Uncle Sam
Bell Aircraft Airacobras
Lawrence D. Bell
Seven Drivers Forfeit Fines In Gas Rationing Era
Police caught seven auto violators yesterday despite gas rationing. Five were fined for speeding, one for reckless driving, and one for driving with an expired chauffeur license. Individuals including Wilbur Smith and Ralph Knabuhn faced fines totaling $6.45 to $11.45.
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Wilbur Smith
Samuel J. Thomas
Serafina Marchelletta
Russell C. Eversole
Wm. J. Rotolo
F. J. Kroger
Ralph Knabuhn
Mills Sues For Divorce From Mary Mills
James Leo Mills filed a divorce suit in court today through attorney H. H. Hoffman against Mary H. Mills.
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James Leo Mills
H. H. Hoffman
Mary H. Mills
Local inductee enjoys millionaire life in Florida
George R. Hoffman drafted May 11, assigned to Air Corps in Miami Beach. He lauds hotels vacated by millionaires, ocean drive, air conditioned cafeterias, private beaches, pools and cabanas, calling his Army life a millionaire experience while awaiting a 22 week government training course. He notes a four day stint at Fort Meade.
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George R. Hoffman
Hoffman
Air Corps
Miami Beach
Fla
Millonaires
Uncle Sam
Miami
P. S
Fort Meade
Russians Shatter Wedge Driving Into Their Lines
Russian Kharkov offensive advances as Soviet forces push through a German flank wedge near Kharkov. The Red Army seizes ground after inflicting enormous losses and consolidating gains on the 14th day of the battle, threatening the Taganrog corridor toward the Caucasus.
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Russia
Kharkov
Red Army
Moscow
Taganrog
Caucasus
Induction quota doubled for 3-A registrants this month
The Army will induct monthly 3000 selective service registrants in 3-A class for voluntary officer candidate induction, up from 1500, due to high applicant volume. Those eligible must be dependent and not in key industrial positions. program aims to expand officer recruitment nationwide.
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Army
War Department
Revenue Office to Close for Three Days
The Internal Revenue Collectors office in the post office building will close Wednesday through Friday because the deputy collectors are absent. The two deputies will travel to Baltimore to study miscellaneous taxes and collection methods.
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Internal Revenue Collectors
Baltimore
Gets Thirty Days For Stealing Tire
Robert Fisher, 19, Aramanth, Pa., was sentenced to thirty days in the Washington county jail by Magistrate J. Andrew Cahill at Hancock for the theft of an automobile tire. Fisher pleaded guilty to taking a tire from an automobile owned by Herbert McMullen of Hancock several weeks ago. He was arrested by State Policeman Charles Madda.
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Robert Fisher
Aramanth
Washington County
J. Andrew Cahill
Hancock
Fisher
Herbert McMullen
Charles Mad@a
Perfect Churchgoer Sees Medal For Missing One Service
Baltimore May 25 An extra attendance medal was pinned on Charles C Russell at West Baltimore Methodist church for missing only one service in 43 years. Russell said his sole lapse was the morning of the great Baltimore fire in 1904 when a fire hose broke, drenching him and sending him home.
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Baltimore
Charles C. Russell
West Baltimore Methodist Church
Russell
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Red Cross
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