General Andrews Bishop Leonard Killed In Iceland Crash
Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews commander of U S Army forces in Europe and Methodist Bishop Leonard Ad ht Leonard were killed when an Allied transport plane crashed in Iceland. The War Department confirmed the bishop’s death and said one enlisted man survived.
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General Andrews
Bishop Leonard
Iceland
Stephy
Allied Northern Air
Atlantic
War Department
Wash
A. W. Leon Jr
Pittsburgh
Bishopard
Andrews
U. S. Army
Special Service At Ebenezer Church May Ninth
Ebenezer Christian Church holds a special service next Sunday evening May 9 at 8 p.m. Baptism rites will be administered to several Capon Bridge youths. Pastor S. J. Goode presents a brief message and unity to others wishing to join. Special music and familiar hymns featured. all parishioners warmly invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ebenezer Christian
Capon Bridge
S. J. Goode
Key assumes command of American army troops in European theater
Major William S. Key, 53, of Alabama, becomes temporary commander of American army troops in the European theater, succeeding Lieut. Gen. Frank M. A. Key has served as provost marshal of the command since last January. He is married with three children and resides at 600 Culbertson Drive, Oklahoma City.
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Idon
William S. Key
United States Army
European Theater of Opera
Frank M. A
Ral
Key
Alabama
Faos
Culbertson Drive
Okla City
Okla
Exempt Firemen and Municipal Matters At Council Meeting
Council discussed exempting firemen and proposed ordinance requirements. A hog-keeping request from C. E. Babb for a 20 acre Millwood Avenue tract was referred to the Sanitary committee. Fire and Finance committees may repair Friendship Fire Company Hall with a low bid of 1 648 by Marion Anderson. North Kent street redesign discussed. B&O Railway note on Bruns wick to Strasburg Junction schedule and milk traffic. Treasurer Baker reports revenue drop totaling 9 101.46 versus last year with licenses and state aids down and May 1 receipts totaling 94 240.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Babb
Babb
Millwood Avenue
Friendship Fire Company
Marion Anderson
Henry
North Kent Street
Baltimore & Ohio Railway
Brunswick
Strasburg Junction
W. A. Baker
Askmenow Captures Pimlico Oaks Ahead of 12000 Crowd
At Pimlico Race Course on May 5 the juvenile filly Askmenow won the Pimlico Oaks for Hal Price Headley's stable, Navy blue and white silks. Too Timely finished second, Pemrose third, with Who Me fourth in a field of 10 three year olds headed by Askmenow.
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Baltimore
Askmenow
Hal Price Headley
Pimlico Race Course
King Ranch
Too Timely
George D. Widener
Pemrose
Askmenov
Who Me
Great RAF and US Bomber Raids Strike Dortmund Antwerp
A great fleet of four engined bombers reportedly hit Dortmund with hundreds of tons of explosives. The raid targeted an industrial hub with inland port status and key oil facilities. The same day RAF forces also bombed The Hague electric plant and Abbeville yards as U S bombers attacked Antwerp with full American fighter escorts. Three escort planes did not return and several enemy planes were shot down.
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Antwerp
United States
Dortmund
Ems
Dortmunden Union
Germany
Berlin
RAF
Hague
Netherlands
Abbeville
France
Erla Airplane Repair Works
U. S
Europe
Unified Farm Service Setup Proposed by Davis
A planned consolidation would bring all federal food production programs under one state and county administrator. The old county farmer committees would remain only in advisory roles with limited duties. Critics say AAA committees previously failed to lead, merely following headquarters directives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agriculture Department
Davis
AAA
Congress
Washington
Monroe Testimony Highlights War Contracts Inquiry
Head Of Mystery Monroe testifies after attorney William Harris sought adjournment for more prep. Chairman May overrules delay and stresses focus on war contracts not social life. Monroe admits arrest related to Norman Bolles matter but says the angle wasn’t pursued. He clashes with committee counsel Burton as questioning continues.
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Monroe
William Harris
Newark
N. J
Smith
Harris
May
D-Ky
H. Ralph Burton
Norman T. Bolles
Narrangansett Machine Company
Pawtucket
R. I
Burton
Russians drive near Krymskaya as Kuban front shifts
Soviet communiques from Moscow reported by London monitors say Red Army forces move west of Krymskaya with potential German setbacks at the strategic Temryuk area. German claims allege heavy air defenses and losses of 75 aircraft amid contested Temryuk bay as Russian landings target rear areas.
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Krymskaya
London
Moscow
Red Army
Novorossisk
Krasnodar
Kuban
Kerch Strait
United States
Tran
Red Star
Temryuk
Baltimore Grain Market Closing Report May 5
Baltimore grain market closes with Wheat No 2 red winter at 1.61 per bushel May 1 1.61 and Winchester Market Wheat at 1.60. Corn priced at 1.10 per bushel. Prices based on deliveries at mill.
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Baltimore
Winchester
Axis Attacks Beaten Off in Tunisia North Africa Push
Allied forces repelled Axis tanks infantry and heavy artillery as the battle for Tunisia intensified. The British First Army reported 5,000 Axis soldiers captured since April 21 while air operations continued with no Allied aircraft losses. A Tunis bound merchant ship carrying munitions was destroyed east of Cap Bon and an Italian torpedo boat sunk.
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Cap Bon
North Africa
Tunis
Bizerte
First Army
Medjez-El-Bab
Pont du Fahs
Naples
Eisenhower
Tunisia
Berlin
Associated Press
Mateur
Tebourba
U.S. Army
CBS
Bone
Algeria
Taranto
Reggio
Calabria
Ickes Likely to Remain in Coal Office Through War
President Roosevelt asserts there is no way to bypass the War Labor Board in the coal dispute while Ickes stays in the coal office for the war. The WLB panel will resume hearings tomorrow without UMW representation as the administration defends the board''s jurisdiction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WLB
UMW
Roosevelt
Ickes
War Labor Board
US Air Strikes in Solomons and Santa Isabel May 4
On May 4, Warhawk and Wildcat bombed Japanese positions at Vanga Ganga and Ringi Cove on Kolombangara while Avenger and Dauntless aircraft with Corsair escort followed with further bombing. B-17s attacked Vila and Rekata Bay starting fires. On May 3, nine attacks by Army planes hit Kiska with B-24s B-25s P-38s and P-40s. fires started in main camp area and other sites.
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South Pacific
Warhawk
Vanga Ganga
Ringi Cove
Kolombangara
Solomons
Kings Cove
U. S
Flying Fortress
Vila
Rekata Bay
Santa Isabel Island
North Pacific
Kiska
Liberator
Mitchell
North End
Axis Destroyer Sunk Off Cap Bon Reported by Rome
Allied air action near Cap Bon Tunisia is claimed to have sunk an Axis destroyer. The Algiers radio broadcast cited by Reuters in London offered few details, following April air battles that downed many Junkers transports.
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Rome
Associated Press
Algiers
Reuters
London
Cap Bon
Tunisia
Gulf of Tunis
Junkers
Rums Plan Proposes Broad Tax Abatement and Withholding
The plan seeks to tax all taxpayers while erasing about seven and a half billion of ten billion in total liability. It abolishes 1942 liability for singles up to 2500 dollars and married couples up to 3200, with partial relief for higher incomes. It introduces a 20 percent wage withholding for most earners, mandates estimated payments for nonwage income, and sets final returns due by March 15. Victory tax falls to 3 percent after July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armed Services
Robert Rogers Dies In West Virginia
Robert F. Rogers 68 a carpenter by trade died at his Summit Point West Virginia home at 12 55 this morning of paralysis He was a son of the late Ezekial and Anna Stump Rogers of Clarke County Survived by sister Mrs Nettie Hulver Summit Point brother William Rogers of New York and four nephews and nieces Francis Rogers Catherine Hashill Sam Chiles and French Ramey Services Friday morning from John H Enders Funeral Home Berryville and interment in Green Hill Cemetery Berryville
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Robert F. Rogers
Summit Point
W. Va
Rogers
Ezekial
Anna Stump Rogers
Clarke County
Nettie Hulver
William Rogers
New York
Francis Rogers
Catherine Hashill
Sam Chiles
French Ramey
Charles Town
John H. Enders
Berryville
Green Hill Cemetery
Eleven Juveniles Named To Run In Pimlico Oaks
In Baltimore on May 5 1942 eleven juvenile fillies were named for the Pimlico Oaks the 21st running of the $10000 added race at Pimlico Race Course a mile and three sixteenths event valued at $10475 if all start Hal Price Headley entry Askmenow and Who Me lead early wagering Pimrose trained by George D Widener is second choice after winning fashion stakes at Belmont Park last year Belair Studs Vagrancy the prior Oaks winner is referenced as a benchmark for the field.
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Baltimore
Pimlico Race Course
Maryland
Belair Stud
Little Racer
Hal Price Headley
Askmenow
Who Me
Count Fleet
George D. Widener
Belmont Park
Willard Johnston Died Thursday in Martinsburg Hospital
Willard Johnston died Thursday in a Martinsburg hospital. Survived by his wife six children and his parents. Mrs Marcus Stottlemyer and family returned from Charles Town W Va after her brother’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcus Stottlemyer
Charles Town
W. Va
Soldiers Brief Home Visits From Winchester
Pvt. Douglas Allen, son of Dr and Mrs L M Allen, arrived Sunday at 6 AM for a brief leave with his parents in Winchester before returning to Fort Eustis Va. Pvt. George M Kelchner, at Fort Monmouth NJ, spent Sunday with his parents and accompanied to Washington by Edgar White, Allen Kelchner, and Misses Pauline Louis and Mary Louise Kelchner.
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Pvt
Douglas Allen
L. M. Allen
Winchester
Fort Eustis
George M. Kelchner
Fort Monmouth
M. J
J. C. Kelchner
Washington
Edgar White
Allen Kelchner
Pauline Louis
Mary Louise Kelchner
Davies May Ask Stalin To Confer With Roosevelt
New York May 5 Davies former U S ambassador to the Soviet Union will lead a second Moscow mission to invite Stalin to meet President Roosevelt in a discussion of mutual wartime and postwar questions. The invitation would be for a meeting between Stalin and Roosevelt alone with Davies as special representative of the President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
The
New York Times
Washington
Joseph E. Davies
U. S
Soviet Union
Moscow
Stalin
Roosevelt
Times
White House
Davies
Wcn
the Times
Answers to the Daily Quiz Printed on Page One
Correct quiz results list Rexford G Tugwell and J Edgar Hoover among the answers. Other entries include Captain Edward V Rickenbacker and the Irvin plant in Pa. The tallies show three million two thousand fifteen three hundred and three.
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Rexford G. Tugwell
J. Edgar Hoover
Edward V. Rickenbacker
Irvin, Pa
Thomas W. Smoun
National Gallery of Art
Washington, D. C
Abraham Lincoln
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George W. Kurtz
G, H
Good
B. F. Goodrich
Silvertown
East Piccadilly St
Mystery
Teaman
Sea of Azov
Cammer Tire CO
Handley School
Axis
Foe
Coal Office
Tagoy
Ige
Giatn
Octagon
the Food Center
Eran
Coca-Cola Company
Coca-Cola Bottling Works, Inc
Valley Avenue
Ellis E. Harbaugh
Mgr
Rums Plan
Robert Rogers
Willard Johnston
Gt A Gaming
Hether
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