Byrnes Named To Direct War On Home Front
President Roosevelt creates the Office of War Mobilization to be led by James F. Byrnes with powers over home front efforts. It will unify programs for resources, manpower outside the armed forces, and civilian economy adjustment. Vinson becomes Economic Stabilization Director.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War Mobilization
James F. Byrnes
America
Burney
Fred M. Vinson
Kentucky
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Vinson
Congress
Thieves Switch To Motorcycles In Mechanicsburg
Thieves switched from autos to a motorcycle last night stealing Francis S. Butler’s machine on Walnut Street between Franklin and Church. Chester L. Weaver reported a wheel and tire taken from a Ford trailer on West Washington Street.
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Francis S. Butler
Mechanicsburg
Walnut Street
Franklin
Church
Chester L. Weaver
West Washington Street
Sunday Beer Sales End After June 1 In City
The Board of License Commissioners discussed Sunday closing for taverns hotels and clubs and will instruct investigators to enforce the ban after June 1 Private clubs and taverns must not sell beer on Sundays after June 1 The last Sunday for beer sales is May 20 ahead of a two day Memorial Day holiday with stiff penalties for violations
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Board of License Commissioners
Taw
Poison Weeds Threaten Children On Summit Avenue
Police received complaints about poisonous weeds and vines along Summit Avenue 900 block. Residents say several school children were poisoned. Street Department ordered removal and eradication of the weeds. Greek submarine sinks two German ships off Crete in the Mediterranean, government-in-exile reports.
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Summit Avenue
London
Crete
Mediterranean
War Manpower Commission Approves Hagerstown Group Plan
The War Manpower Commission approves placing the Hagerstown great group IT under its authority. Local committee chair Brewer L. Stouffer announces the new group log takes effect Tuesday June 1. The easing of small-industry restrictions follows persistent committee effort. Lawrence B. Fenneman Maryland director urges Washington County employers to apply for WMC pact membership.
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Hagerstown
War Manpower Commission
War Manz,power Labor Management Committee
Brewer L. Stouffer
Stouffer
Lawrence B. Fenneman
Maryland
Washington County
WMC
War Production Board Boosts Ash and Garbage Can Output
The War Production Board shifted focus to waste by raising ash and garbage can quotas. Steel usage limits rose from 50 percent to 75 percent of 1941 levels, but officials doubt enough steel will be available.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Can't Use Vehicles In Holiday Parades
Edward R. Gisburne says Washington directs that buses trucks fire engines and other public vehicles cannot be used in Memorial Day parades. No non essential driving is allowed over the holidays and commercial vehicles may lose gas ration allotment for such use.
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Edward R. Gisburne
District Office of Defense Transportation
Washington
Mr. Gisborne
Woman Steals Rationed Corn From Grocery Truck
A wholesale grocery truck dumped rationed corn onto the street in Oklahoma City. The driver stopped to recover the load, but a woman grabbed the corn, loaded it into her car, and drove off, prompting a theft report.
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Oklahoma City
Long Time Fee On Sales Tax May Favor It
Chairman Doughton of the Ways and Means Committee said he might favor a federal retail sales tax as a last resort to finance the war. He stressed no other member shares his view and warned against wrecking the economy to meet a specific tax target.
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Washington
Doughton
D-Nc
Tax Framing House
Ways and Means Committee
Coughton
Capitol Hill
Roosevelt
Ways and Means
House
Senate
Realty Market Taking A Rest
Realty activity slowed last week but not grimly. Dealers expected a pause and point to pending deals ready for quick closing. Residential sales stay steady with cautious investors, while medium priced homes show strong demand. totals reach about $60,000 for the week ending today.
Pleads Guilty To Theft Of Drill From Employer
Richard Kidwell age 25 of 2000 block Virginia Avenue pleaded guilty to stealing an electric drill from a former employer during arraignment before Magistrate Harry E. Snyder in city court. He offered to enter the army if granted a suspended sentence. The case was left open. Police say Kidwell previously served a burglary term.
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Richard Kidwell
Virginia Avenue
Harry E. Snyder
Snyder
Kidwell
Girls Jailed On Disorderly Charges
Three girls aged 11 to 19 were picked up by city police on disorderly conduct charges. They were arraigned before Magistrate Harry F. Snyder and sentenced to 30 days in default of $25 fines. Police say the youths cavorted with soldiers and two are known to be suffering from a social disease.
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Harry F. Snyder
Victory garden finds coins as harvest grows in Duanesburg
Floyd Chamberlain’s garden yields a cache of silver coins dating to 1929 with a current harvest value of 67 dollars. In a separate item, actor Charles Boyer and wife Patric Paterson expect their first child next December after ten years of marriage.
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Duanesburg
N. Y
Floyd Chamberlain
Victory Garden
Houulywoow
Charles Boyer
Pat Paterson
Shipyards Threatened By Conflagration
A large blaze in Oakland on May 28 swept a city block and threatened the Moore Drydock Co. shipyards. Firefighting equipment was mobilized as the lumber mill Western Paper and Box Co. yards and the Grandma Baking Co. warehouse burned. The Moore shipyards, adjacent to the blaze, are noted for Liberty Ship construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Calif
Moore Drydock Co
Western Paper and Box Co
Gtandma Baking Co
Fifth and
Magnolia Streets
Moore Shipbuilding
House to Probe Middlemen in Food Costs
The House agriculture committee moves to investigate the food marketing system under a unanimous mandate. Chairman Fulmer cites wasteful middlemen and hopes for better farmer and consumer conditions. Subcommittees may visit marketing centers to study distribution, with broad subpoena power. Fulmer claims the gap between farm price and retail bread is driven by middlemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
House Agriculture Committee
Fulmer
D-Sc
Haire Preliminary Hearing Set For June 4
The hearing for Otho M. Haire charged with manslaughter by auto in the March 11 death of Leo French was scheduled for Friday June 4 at 1 30 p m. The crash occurred near Clearspring when Haire's car hit a telephone pole. Haire denies driving at the time and the car moved the pole about 21 inches with a spring fragment embedded in the pole.
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Otho M. Haire
Auto
Leo French
French
Haire
Maryland Marriage License Rules Expanded for Armed Forces
Clerks of the Court and Circuit Court Judges may waive the 48 hour waiting period for marriage licenses when one party is in the armed forces, with rigorous disclosure of rank and posting. Licenses will be issued 9 to 4 daily, Saturdays until noon, and soliciting couples for marriage is banned with strict enforcement.
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Court of
Maryland
Circuit Court
Slerk
Edward Oswald
Husband Given Suspended Sentence for Assault
William Barnhart twenty two was charged with assault on his wife the mother of three children. Magistrate Harry E Snyder in city court gave a suspended sentence of thirty days on the promise to let his wife alone. The alleged assault occurred on Lanvale Street last evening and the magistrate urged the couple to seek harmony and discuss their differences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Barnhart
Harry E. Snyder
Sana
Snyder
Lanvale Street
Mass Prayer Commended by National Leaders in WPB Link
telegrams of commendation were received from Donald M. Nelson WPA chief Governor Herbert R. O Conor Senator Millard E. Tydings and Representative J Glenn Beall praising the mass prayer for the Armed Forces at City Park on Decoration Day sponsors Fairchild Employees Recreation Association. Nelson said the sponsorship stirred him by uniting workers from over 30 war plants in devotion to troops. O Conor urged devotion to preserve democratic ideals against Axis slavery and praised patriotic cooperation. Tydings noted the MPA meeting of workers in Hagerstown and Washington county backing service members.
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Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Herbert R. O’conor
United States
Millard E. Tydings
J. Glenn Beall
Fairchild Employes Recreation Association
WPA
Donald Nelson
O’gonor
Tydings
Hagerstown
Washington County
Freight car derailment injures two in New York incident
A freight car jumped the tracks in New York on a siding and struck two box cars that crashed into a watchman's shanty. A wrecking crew freed two men from the wreckage as voices from the battered shanty were heard. One man quipped about the spill saying, Well, that's that Spilled a quart of beer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Themen
Curtailment Of Buses Ordered
The Office of Defense Transportation orders a 20 percent reduction in both the city and Blue Ridge Lines. A F MacDonald says reductions begin next Monday with tapering off of P E city buses and heavy curtailment of rush hour and Sunday service. Some routes to Baltimore and other eastern cities will be entirely removed or reduced to a single section.
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Office of Defense Transportation
Blue Ridge
A. F. MacDonald
Bus Company
Blue Ridge Lines
P. E
Baltimore
Heavy Apple Drop Reported At Western Washington Orchards
In western Washington county several orchards report an unusually heavy drop of young apples this year. J Andrew Cahill notes his orchard shed many apples reducing thinning needs. Another orchard in the area confirms a heavy drop while Tonoloway in Hancock reports normal crops with good prospects for the year.
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Washington County
J. Andrew Cahill
Tonoloway
Hancock
Jap Diet summoned in three day special session June 15
The Japanese Diet is summoned for an extraordinary three day session starting June 15. The broadcast notes this is the fourth extraordinary session since General Hideki Tojo became premier on November 18, 1841.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Mosquito Bombers Strike at Germany and Italy
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden declared that Britain would bomb Germany and Italy until the Nazi and Fascist regimes are utterly defeated. He said Italy lies wide open to air attack and that the action will be passed home by all means in our power.
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Portsmouth
England
Anthony Eden
Germany
Italy
Allied bombers batter Lae garrison in New Guinea
Allied air units led by General Douglas MacArthur unleash a heavy raid on Lae New Guinea striking directly at the garrison after months of bombardment along shipping routes and coastal roads. The operation aims to strangulate Lae until ground forces can overrun the weakened defenders.
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Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Lae
New Guinea
Bismarck Sea
Huon Gulf
Sala
More Bikes Will Be Available In Eastern Shortage Areas
The Office of Price Administration ruled that June rationing certificates will be issued without state quotas in 16 eastern states due to a gasoline shortage. West Virginia remains partly quota bound with eight counties in the shortage area. Any employed person or worker essential to the war program may obtain a bicycle, and school pupils are eligible.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
West Virginia
No Wonder So Many Are Empty
Kansas City reports over 700000 people in the metropolitan area with 60 dollar dwelling units for rent. Half lack heating, gas or electric light, or running water according to the National Housing Administration.
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Kansas City
National Housing Administration
Americans Attack Third Jap Position at Attu Island
United States troops attacked the third main Japanese position on Attu Island south of Lake Nories, with Navy reports indicating the entire enemy force on the island was breaking into small pockets of resistance.
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Washington
United States
Attu Island
Lake Nories
Four AP war correspondents cited by National Headliners Club
The National Headliners Club named 18 winners of journalism achievement awards and honored 14 war correspondents including AP reporters Henry Cassidy Vern Hangiend Charles McMurtry and E H Crockett. Cassidy is cited for exclusive foreign reporting from Moscow.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Henry Cassidy
Associated Press
Moscow
National Headliners Club
Vern Hang]iend
Charles McMurtry
E H. Crockett
Bombing Raids Hit Essen and Jena Industries
London reports a large RAF night raid on Essen targeting Krupps Munition Works and other Ruhr targets with heavy losses and substantial damage. Earlier Mosquito aircraft struck Jena’s Carl Zeiss plants in a dusk raid, part of intensified Allied bombing against German war industries.
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London
Essen
Ruhr
Jena
Dortmund
Duesseldorf
Berlin
Associated Press
Krupps
RAF
France
Carl Zeiss
Sharpsburg P C Rank Increased
The Sharpsburg postoffice will be advanced to presidential rank July 1 by order of Postmaster General Walker. Presidential postmasters are appointed by the President and Senate and receive a lifetime civil service position with a salary of at least $1,000. The Sharpsburg postmaster's annual salary will be $1,100.
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Sharpsburg
Walker
Senate
Civil Service Commission
No Holiday For Postmen Monday At Hagerstown Post Office
Postmaster Thomas M. Simpson reports Washington says Monday will be a regular workday at the Hagerstown post office. Two city deliveries, one rural delivery and regular collection trips proceed with weekend hours.
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Hagerstown
Thomas M. Simpson
Washington
Revoke Ration Books Of Pleasure Drivers
Three Baltimore residents suspected of pleasure driving on Sunday May 23 consented to revocation of their ration books for specified periods. Cornelius P. Mundy, an enforcement attorney with the Office of Price Administration, announced the action.
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Baltimore
Cornelius P. Mundy
Price Administration
Tombstones Damaged Reported In Local Cemetery
Vague reports describe tombstones being damaged at a local cemetery. The fragment notes possible acts of vandalism with references to dates, stones, and china ware as context. Authorities have not released a full statement.
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Great Krupp Works
Byrnes
W. M. C. Group
Realty Market
Kremlin
Joseph E. Davies
Josef Stalin
Mr. Davies
O’conor
MacDonald
Jena Instrument and Glass
Sharpsburg P. C
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