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rWtalkerModerately cofcLHigh, 4®; low, 35.he ¥r?dtrick PosiGoW Jforautf?| Its always *ood weather alut ; good fellows get together—but I there's oftea a storm wheat they IJ get Lome.!!Vol. XXXIII—No. 76.m LJEASCD W1K*FREDERICK, 3ID-* TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 10, 1012.TEN PAGES TODAYPRICE TWO CEXTSBIDDING BRISKAT HORSE SALE49 FRENCH WARSHIPS ARE GIVEN GERMANYFIGHT AGAINST lAdmmd King Is Appointed! RANGOON LOSTRussia* KtjMMrt CUiats New Battle-INFLATION AS ! Supreme Commander Of All j TO JAP FORCESBYRD COMMITTEE IS | AFTER INFORMATIONTWO JAP SHIPSHERE YESTERDAY5skip Aai Ma*y Sttb*uuri*e*Taraed Over My VickyCeunty Bredlers Griss $7 ,•560 On 33 Percher-ons OlereiAVERAGE OF $230ABOVE LAST YEARTen of the thirty-three head ofPercherons sold Monday at the an*nual consignment sale of the Perch-cron Association of Frederick County at the Fairgrounds here were sold to local bidders.The top mare and stallion, both consigned bv Mortocaey Farms, went to out-of-State bidders, however. Cabbage.” the choice 3-year old mere was sold to Charles J. Lynn. Lynwood Farm. Carmel. Indiana. for S575. Kim Monoc.” the top stallion went to James K, Robinson. West Chester. Pa. for 5290.Sale Totals 57,550 With buyers on hand from neighboring and distant States as well 37 from most sections o£ Maryland, •bidding was brirk and the 33 animals brought $7,553. They averaged 5230 a head, or $55 more aj London, March 9 (JP*—The Russian news agency Tass reported I from Cairo tonight that about 49 .French warships stsli building at• the time of the French armistice -ef June, 1940, have been handed over by the Vichy Government to Germany.Among them, said the account ; from Tass' radio correspondent, ; was the battleship Clemenceau, ’which was a: Brest, and an 8,000-• ton cruiser.Many submarines also have been transferred to the Germans.” :it reported.I An agreement between Vichy I and the Germans for gradual transfer of a large part of the French '■ Xavv to the Germans was reachedr ■*la long time ago,” it said.• Under this plan, tAdmlral ^Jean) Darlan recently undertook to• turn over to them the battleship 'Dunkerque alter repairs at Toulon.”VITAL AS WAR! American Naval Operations! BRITISH ADMITLoufll MelieiE, Director Of OGB, Is Asked To Submit A Usl Of Eiep!o\SalariesDESTROYED BYU. S. U-BOATSRMWvck Say* Rubous|Adlniral Hir#U R 1 * Trawftrred To London ; 93 000 D|ltdl An(j 5000Prices Will Hamper Nation's Victory AimsNO REFERENCE TO SENATE FARM BLOCId Charge Of U. S. Forces Operating In European Wa ters; Emphasis On Naval Aviation Seen*, £Allied Toops Captured In JavaIWashington. March 9 v?j—Tall.j:aci:um Admiral Erne^z Jo■ n tvalready boss of the United!States Fleet, assumedcommand of a!! navalsupreme Io aerations1toaay. eomommg witn•.Is duties1Washington. March 9 —President Roosevelt told the nation tonight that a fight against, inflation was z.s vital as the fighting on theas fleet caiei me powers Heretofore exercised oy Admiral Harold R. Stark $ Chief of Naval Operations.war fronts and that i: 'calls forBefore this change was mace.iITOWN FAVORSNEW BOND ISSUE62 Of 82 Participating Incooperation and restraint or. the part of every group.”It esiLst” Mr. Roosevelt said in an address prepared for radio broadcast in connection wiji theninth annversary of the national farm program for mu’tra! good will and a willingness -o believe in the other fellow's stood faith. It calls for unflagging vigilance and effective action by me Government to prevent profi‘earing and unfair returns, alike for services 2nd for goodsThe President made no direct reference to demands by the Congressional farm bloc th: Government-held crop surpluses not be dls-2s commander-in-chief of the J fleet had charge primarily of}rungfighting activities, while Stark was. iresponsible for keeping the fleetin condition for any emergency and for long-range planning Now ail these functions are combined under one man.The High Command shakeup was announced by Secretary of the Navy Knox in a formal release disclosing creation of the position of commander, U. S. naval forces operating in European waters” andthe assignment of Admiral Star*to tr.at command.Streamlining Process| AUSTRALIA FEARS INVASION ATTACK*!i!iAdmiral E. J. KingiI“■ pro-1!authorities as a stream! mist _ cess comparable to the: by legation, of his powers to King. 63. i the War Department recently wasHc.iC.I tii SlS-Tcx. Oa.2 •**ne ce-aBy WILLIAM SMITH WHITEAssociated Press War EditorThe Japanese enemy in effect completed the conquest of ail the Dutch East Indies yesterday with the substantial fail o: Java and Allied disaster spread as well far to the northwest, where the British acknowledged the loss of Rangoon and appeared in great danger o£ losing all the Southern Burma approaches to India.It was again, a day of seemingly irresistible advance by the enemy, and yet it brought new evidence or the great and growing price he is paying, new evidence of the grinding process o: attrition against him.The United States Navy announced that American submarines had sunk a Japanese destroi.’er anda naval tanker srr? hsoWashington. March 9 '-^'.—Chairman Byrd ID-Va *, said today the joint committee on non-esstntia! expenditures had asked Director Lowell Mellett for a list of salaries of persons employed In the Office of Government Reports and a:: explanation of the financing of a new $600,000 information building being constructed in downtown Wash-Byrd said he had been informed that funds for the buildings were zo come out of a special lump sum defense appropriation tr.rde to the President. The Senate Appropriations Committee recently declined to increase by 5258.000 the present $300,000 limit ir. the amount the OGR. could receive from this special appropriation.The non-essential expenditures committee also is preparing. Byrd said, a questionnaire to other Government agencies which have obtained funds from the special lump sum appropriations.Aircraft Carrier And ThreeCruisers Are Also Bad*ly DamagedACTION OCCURRED IN PACIFIC AREA\- Washington, March 9 —United States submarines steadily slashing av.ay at Japan's long supplyIHEARING HELDIN AUTO CASEtIline in the Western PaciSc have sunk a large destroyer and naval tanker, and put an aircraft carrier and three cruisers out of action with torpedo hits, the Navy reported today.Tiis bag of enemy warships resulted from actions during the week ending March 6, and made up probably the most successful seven-day period for American undersea craft since the war in the Pacinc began three months ago.Naval authorities here noted especially that every ship sunk or damaged except one was 3 warship. The general area of the sinkingswas not given, but these authoritiesIf I-t t— UJNLL.l n_speculated that it probably was in.
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