Dempsey Divorce Trial Opens Second Day
In White Plains New York on May 26 the Jack Dempsey divorce case moved into its second day in State Supreme Court. A witness testified that two men named as co respondents frequently visited the Dempsey apartment, identified as Lew Jenkins lightweight champion and his former trainer Benny Woodall. Dempsey, a Coast Guard lieutenant commander, accuses his wife Hannah of intimacies and has named Jenkins and Woodall as co respondents.
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White Plains
N.Y
Jack Dempsey
State Supreme Court
Dempsey
Lew Jenkins
Benny Woodall
Coast Guard
Hannah
Jenkins
Woodall
Ohio Man Held For Grand Jury
Ernest Drury, 55, returned from Ohio to answer a larceny of an automobile charge. In city court he was held under his own recognizance for the November grand jury. He was fined 10 dollars and costs for using fictitious tags after the unauthorized use charge was dropped. He was represented by D. A. Wolfinger and J. J. Allen.
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Ernest Drury
Ohio
Harry EB. Snyder
Snyder
Drury
D. A. Wolfinger
J. J. Allen
Should Apply To P. O. For Application Blanks
Persons who have not received a War Ration Book 2 application should apply to the post office rather than the Washington County Ration Board. The ration office reports daily inquiries from people with missing blanks and directs all such inquiries to the post office, as the ration office does not handle distributing application blanks.
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Post Office
Washington County Ration Board
Ration Office
Ofce
Broadcast Alerts On Air Practice Suspended
Local Civilian Defense officials announced that Tuesday and Thursday broadcasts at 11 30 am over the local radio network will not include practice alerts. The programs are transcribed from an actual English alert to show how Civilian Defense units respond during raids.
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C.D
Hagerstown Race Meet Dates Confirmed by State Commission
The Hagerstown Fair Association received formal approval to stage its two week race meet in July. The State Racing Commission verified July 1 to 10 and July 13 to 17, with Harold F. Bester directing the annual event. The local track, inside city limits, will host top horses after Charles Town meets.
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Hagerstown
Charles Town
West Virginia Oval
Foxes hoard from chicken houses on Minnesota farm
Four farmers near Little Rock Minnesota searched night raids on chicken houses and found a den with a mother fox and seven cubs. The cache included 25 chickens and a hoard of pheasants, an owl, a hawk, a muskrat, several gophers, a small pig, a weasel and two toads.
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Little Rock
Minn
Curtail Civilian Defense in Maryland to Save Gas
Baltimore May 26 An order to reduce Civilian Defense activities in Maryland to an absolute minimum to conserve gasoline will be issued immediately Col Henry S Barrett state director of air raid precautions announced Some counties have already suspended practice mobilizations of motor corps and emergency medical services A statewide blackout test was planned but not called due to the gasoline shortage Barrett added
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Baltimore
Maryland
Henry S. Barrett
Barrett
R Barrett
City Bus Service Cuts Planned by 20 to 25 Percent
Potomac Edison will cut city bus service by 20 to 25 percent within days under orders from the Office of Defense Transportation. Blue Ridge Lines may face eliminations or reductions. Live Ridge service trips will be dropped and extra sections canceled where least inconvenience. Mornings after rush and afternoons before evening rush will see reductions, with evening trips largely cut. Sunday service will shrink though morning and evening church service runs remain.
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Potomac Edison City
Office of Defense Transportation
A. F. MacDonald
MacDonald
Blue Ridge
Live Ridge
Troops Deployed to Halt Racial Disorder at Shipyard
MOBILE Ala May 26 Federal and state troops stood guard to prevent a repeat of racial clashes at the Pinto Island yard of Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co where at least eight people were injured and about 10 000 black workers were idle. The disturbance followed rumors that black welders would join white crews. Brig Gen James A Mollison ordered troops to protect government property and ensure the war effort.
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Mobile
Ala
Pinto Island
Alabama Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co
D. R. Dunlap
Guid
James A. Mollison
Mobile Air Depot
United States
Gasoline Supplies Arrive to Ease Maryland Shortage
Two barges and 175 tank cars loaded with gasoline were en route to Maryland. Petroleum Administrator Harold L. Ickes advised Governor O'Conor that redistributing stocks is underway to alleviate shortages in critical areas including Maryland. Barges due to arrive today.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Harold L. Ickes
O'Conor
Washington
Tekes
All Clear Will Be Given In Advance
Col. Henry S. Barrett Maryland state director of air raid precautions says wardens and defense authorities will be notified seven minutes before the radio all clear signal in raid tests. He also asked Army Third Service Command to approve broadcasting the first bine signal and to sound it on whistles to end current confusion.
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Baltimore
Henry S. Barrett
Maryland
Barrett
Army
Third Service Command
Bishop Wyatt-Brown Resigns Harrisburg Diocese
The Rt Rev Hunter Wyatt-Brown aged 60 resigns as bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Harrisburg due to ill health. Dean Thomas Heistand of St Stephen's Cathedral was elected bishop coadjutor to succeed him when retirement takes effect, likely in October.
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Harrisburg
Hunter Wyatt-Brown
8 Cents An Hour Boost For Railway Workers
The emergency National Railway Labor panel recommends an across the board 8 cent per hour increase for more than a million railroad workers. The 16 non operating unions sought 20 cents and a 70 cent minimum, but the board rejected those demands. In a war stabilization context the raise is seen as a minimum non inflationary adjustment. The order would take effect 30 days after filing, with payroll costs rising about 204 million yearly.
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Washington
National Railway Labor Panel
War Labor Board
WLB
Emergency Board
James F. Byrnes
Huge Powder Plant and Generating Station Menaced by Flood Waters
In Southern Illinois and eastern Missouri a flood threatens major industrial sites. The Atlas Powder plant near Wolf Lake covers 2000 acres and faces rising Mississippi waters. Officials fear levee breaches have worsened flooding, endangering the plant and surrounding communities.
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Prem
Illinois
Missouri
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Wolf Lake
St. Louis
Atlas
Preston
Aldridge Clarence Campbell
0.C.D
Union County
County Farmers In Gas Drouth
Washington county farmers were named the hardest hit by a gas drouth that threatens eastern areas and may worsen. Gas suppliers reported farm equipment idle as farmers sought gas, with a ration office noting 35 percent of one firm’s business involves farmers and efforts to source fuel from other distributors. Deliveries to farmers follow a route similar to gasoline stations.
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Washington County
Local Rations Board
Ration Office
Fined For Shipping Uninspected Meat
Realph W. Miller of Lantz Maryland pleaded guilty in U S Court for the District of Columbia to transporting pork across state lines without proper inspection markings. He was fined 50 dollars after failing to obtain an exemption from the Agricultural Department for the Washington market shipment.
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Realph
Death in Family Prompt Manhunt for Roy Bratzel
Police seek Roy Bratzel who arrived yesterday from Essex Maryland to find work. A death occurred in his family shortly after he left home and authorities were asked to locate him and notify him to return home at once.
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Roy Bratzel
Essex
Bratzel
Former St James Student Revealed As Voice Of War Taunts
The Army identified Col. William Earackson, 42, deputy chief of staff of the air force in the Aleutians, as “The Voice” who booms threats at Japanese on Kiska Island. A St James School alumnus (1911–14) and Kent Island descendant, Earackson vows morale boosting through loudspeaker taunts during bombing runs, carries antiaircraft shell fragments, and travels with his unit alongside his mascot, a husky.
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St. James
Kiska Japs
Kiska Island
St. James School
Army
William ©. Earackson
Aleutian Islands
Col
Earackson
Maryland
Kent Island
Fareckson
Tojo
Aleutians
Eareckson
St. James ' School
St. John’s College, Aninanolis
Edsel Ford Dies at 49 in Michigan Suburb
Edsel Ford, son of Henry Ford and long time chief executive of the Ford Motor Co, died at 1 30 am at his home in Grosse Pointe Shores. He was 49. Cause linked to a former stomach ailment with undulant fever present. He had been ill since returning from Florida a month earlier. His four children were at the estate, Henry Benson and William home from war service, and Josephine living locally. Edsel oversaw wartime production efforts for Ford.
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Detroit
Edsel Ford
Henry Ford
Ford
Grosse Points Shores
Ford Company
Edsel
Florida
Henry
Benson
William
Armed Services
Josephine
Alleged Bookie To Face Court
Paul R. Diffenderfer aged 42 of Foundry Street barber shop faced arraignment on bookie conduct charges after a police raid that yielded gambling paraphernalia. He is held on $1000 bond for circuit court action. Six inmates were arraigned and released on their own recognizances for circuit court action. Chief Peters headed the raid with city and state officers and reported receiving letters naming the establishment. Others named include Charles W. Kirby James A. Godhenour John H. Russell P. V. Riffe John Heil and M. S. Hager.
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Paul R. Diffenderfer
Foundry Street
Harry E. Snyder
Martin Lingram
Diffenderfer
James A. Godhenour
John H. Russell
P. V. Riffee
John Heil
M.S. Hager
Another Purse Is Stolen Here In Summit Avenue Area
Rena Strickler of Summit Avenue reported her purse stolen this morning. It contained $7 in cash and social security cards. Police note a continuing string of purse thefts in recent weeks in the area.
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Rena Strickler
Summit Avenue
Raid Equalled One That Hit Dortmund
Nazi purge talk from Germany prompts discussion of eliminating possible weaklings on the home front. Berlin radio cited by Robert Wagner warns against burdening the party with members likely to mislead the German people about the party’s value. The remark stresses the party’s responsibility for the country’s present and future.
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Associated Press
Germany
Finland
Berlin
Robert Wagner
Alsace
Baden
Germany Pressures Romania to Send Army to Russia
Ankara May 15. Germany exerts strong pressure on Romania to deploy another large army to the Russian front this year. Baron Manfred von Killinder leads the effort, with observers predicting 18 to 25 Romanian divisions could enter the Soviet Union by late fall amid heavy winter casualties at Stalingrad.
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Ankara
Germany
Rumania
Manfred von Killinger
Soviet Union
Russia
Stalingrad
US Troops Wipe Out Key Japanese Position on Attu
United States forces reported wiping out the major Japanese position in the Chi Chagof valley on Attu island. The Navy announced a follow up drive against a second main position around Chichagof harbor as efforts continued to press the Japanese on Attu.
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Washington
United States
Chichagof Valley
Attu Island
Navy
Chichagof Harbor
Mine Workers Policy Committee Hopes for Settlement
FAIRMONT W VA May 26 Secret ar y Harry Bennett of United Mine Workers District 1 announced a full policy committee meeting for 11 am Saturday in Washington. He was hopeful a definite recommendation to settle the coal dispute would emerge. President C Fremont Davis of District 1, a sub committee member on the miners side, left Fairmont to resume negotiations in Washington with operators under terms of the case.
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Fairmont
W. VA
Harry Bennett
United Mine Workers District $1
Washington
C. Fremont Davis
District $1
OConor to name Baltimore police chief this week
Governor O Conor said he will announce a new Baltimore City police commissioner this week. He has not released candidate names, and Maj. Gen. Milton A Reckord is ruled out as he cannot be spared from his Army post. The $10,000 annual position remains open with several possibilities under consideration.
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Annapolis
O'Conor
Baltimore City
Milton A. Reckord
Third Service Command
War Department
Reckord
General Reckord
O'Coner
Allied Bomb Blasts Hit Italian Theaters in Major Raids
Allied air fleets including 900 planes attacked Italian fault lines and Sicily as RAF bombers pounded Dusseldorf in a fourth raid of the month. Messina and other southern targets faced heavy blows, while refugee concerns rose amid Europe’s widening bombardment.
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Adolf Hitler
Italy
London
Africa
Dusseldorf
Rhineland
RAF
Dortmund
Sicily
Sardinia
Pantelleria
Messina
Churchill
France
Germany
May Not Invade Italy This Year
Diplomatic observers in Washington doubt Italy would be invaded by Allies this summer though invasion threat would remain a constant risk for the peninsula. They expect the major European drive to target Germany with Italy as a secondary factor in planning, suggesting easier routes through other countries than Italy.
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Richard Maslock
Associated Press Bureau
Rome
Washington
Italy
Europe
Berlin
France
Reinforcements Of Canadians Arrive In Britain
Fresh reinforcements for the Canadian army overseas have arrived in Britain to join Dominion troops awaiting the opening of a European front. The disclosure came today at a British port on May 26.
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Britain
Former Grid Star Lee Kinsamore Listed Missing In Action
Flight Officer Lee Kinsamore, once a star at Allegany High and a rival of Hagerstown High, is reported missing in action in the European War Zone. Word came to his father from the War Department, after a prior mission in which two crew members were killed and his craft sustained heavy damage.
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Lee Kinsamore
Allegany High
Hagerstown High
War Department
Kinsamore
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