Trapped Germans Near Staraya Russa Amid Supplies Dwindling
The Red Army advances near Staraya Russa, with about 90,000 German troops reportedly trapped as supplies dwindle. Russians push toward Smolensk and Dnieperopetrovsk while Britain reports Hurricanes aiding the front and RAF training missions in support of Soviet air forces.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Red Army
Staraya Russa
Smolensk
Dnieperopetrovsk
Britain
Red Air Force
London
Russia
Arctic
England
16Th Army
Star Eya Russa
Leningrad
Lake Hmen
Red
Smorensk
Criamea
Kerch
Whitney Weds Betsey Roosevelt in New York Home
John Hay Whitney married Betsey Cushing Roosevelt in a simple ceremony at the bride's mother’s home with Secret Service on hand due to Roosevelt grandchildren. The couple, then to Greenwood Plantation and Washington, where Whitney heads the motion picture division of the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs.
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New York
John Hay
Jock)Whitney
Betsey Cushing Roosevelt
James Roosevelt
Secret Service
Kate
Sara Delano Roosevelt
Whitney
Elizabeth Artemus
Liiz) Whitney
Roosevelt
George Stewart
First Presbyterian Church
Stamford
Conn
Vincent Astor
Greenwood Plantation
Thomasville
Washington
Motion Picture
Office
Inter-American Affairs
County office sees record license plate sales 2029 sets
The county distributor reported 2029 license plates sold Saturday marking the biggest day on record. A long queue formed from 10 30 a m to mid afternoon as the March 1 deadline approached. Discrepancies in envelope and plate numbers caused about 50 plates to be reissued. The largest single order was 250 plates for a large company. police will not arrest drivers with 1941 plates before Tuesday if they are en route to obtain new licenses.
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Budd Goodwin
Louis F. Germond
Adrian
View of Whipple Comet With Lunar Eclipse Across Time Zones
New York observers can glimpse the Whipple Comet as the Moon undergoes a total eclipse. In the eastern zone the eclipse lasts about two and a half hours, central one hour seventeen minutes, and mountain about half an hour. The comet should reach naked eye visibility and can be seen with field glasses.
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New York
United States
Earth
Amai
MacARTHUR'S LOST BATTALION ROUTS JAPANESE
A detached American Filipino unit north of Manila forced the Japanese to abandon a 15 mile Abra River valley stretch from Cervantes to Bangued using guerrilla tactics. The action, while of uncertain military value, demonstrated continued native and allied resistance beyond the Bataan peninsula, as Quezon urged undaunted spirit.
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Washington
Douglas
MacArthur
Batsan Peninsula
Abra River
War Department
Abra
Cervantes
Bangued
Convoy Attacked in North Atlantic by U Boats
Survivors recount a night raid in mid Atlantic as a westernward convoy suffered multiple torpedo hits. Eleven men from four ships were rescued, with losses and exact numbers still unclear. A Panamanian tanker, Antiope, reached Montevideo after a torpedo strike off Venezuela, carrying oil with minimal crew injuries.
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Tost
P Rae
United States
Atlantic
Antiope
Venezuela
Montevideo
Uruguay
FNAL assault on Rangoon expected in Burma war
London dispatch reports Rangoon, once a busy Oriental port, is abandoned except for weary British troops and looters. Japanese forces press patrols seeking a bridgehead on the Sittang River west of Rangoon as reinforcements threaten an assault. News from Manda lay says Japanese bombs hit oil stores near Toungoo along the Rangoon Mandalay line, with fires burning in the town center.
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London
Oriental
Rangoon
Sittang
Pegu
Burma
Philip Jordan
London News Chronicle
Mandalay
Toungoo
Rangoon-Mandalay
Crash Claims Life of William Drefke
William Drefke 41 of Riga township died at 11 30 am at Bixby hospital from injuries suffered in a 7 30 pm Saturday collision at Berkey and Ogden Center roads south of Bissfield. Driver Paul Gordon Adrian injured lightly. both cars wrecked. State Police investigated. Drefke, never married, left mother Mrs Adolph Drefke and several relatives. Funeral Wednesday at home 2 pm and St John s Lutheran Riga 2 20 pm. Burial Riga cemetery.
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William Dreme
Ini Riga Township
Blissfield
Bixby Hospital
Berkey and
Ogden Center
Bissfield
My. Drefke
Berkey Road
Ogden
Andrew Thompson
Riga Township
Albert Kolz
Adrian
Frank’ Houfmaster
Millersburg
Mich
St. John's Lutheran Church
Riga
C. Schmelzer
Riga Cemetery
Adrian laundryman hangs self in back room
Yee Hung Fot a 5 year old Chinese man and distant Yee Sing cousin, committed death by suicide this morning in the back room of the Adrian laundry at 218 West Maumee Street. Coroner Dr. Mott and city police found him about 7:30 a.m. hanging from a rafter with an electric cord. Fot was fully dressed except shoes, having jumped from a low box. No inquest will be held. funeral plans await locating relatives in Detroit. Fot had lived at the laundry for about three months and slept with Yee Sing. authorities taking steps to contact family. The body remains at Mott Funeral Home.
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Yee Hung Fot
Yee
Sing
West Maumee Street
Yee Sing
Paul Mott
Mott Funeral Home
Plan Tongrease Pay For Men I Service Comes Up Washington
A new issue on the Congress agenda proposes pay increases for armed forces. Senate hearings consider boosting basic pay from privates to generals with changes in enlisted grades. Top Army and Navy pay would rise to $138 monthly, altering current increments and eliminating the one year 10 percent boost.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Johnson
D-Cole
Senate Military Committee
Senate
Army
Navy
Short Kimmel and Short to Face Court Martial
Major General Walter C Short and Rear Admiral Husband E Kimmel were ordered to stand trial by court martial for dereliction of duty over Pearl Harbor. Trials may be delayed until public safety allows. They may retire on $6,000 annual retirement pay. Roberts inquiry findings influenced the action.
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Washington
Walter C. Short
Husband FE. Kimmel
Pearl Harbor
War Stimson
Secretary of the Navy
Knox
Army
Navy
Roberts Iniquiry Commission
Roosevelt Announces Army Reorganization For Air Power Emphasis
President Roosevelt ordered a major army reorganization to emphasize air forces. The plan creates three units under the chief of staff: Army Ground Forces, Army Air Forces, and Service of Supply. Lt. Gen. Henry H. Arnold heads the air arm with semi autonomy while Gen. George C. Marshall oversees all. The measure aims to boost efficiency amid expansion and wartime needs. The order takes effect March 9 and lasts through the war and six months after.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Army Ground Forces
Army Air Forces
Service of Supply
George C. Marshall
Henry H. Arnold
Army
Navy
Secretary of War
Infantry
Cavalry
General Headquarters Air Forces
Airforce Combat Command
Air Corps
Chief of Coast Artillery
Agriculture Department Funds Cut By House Committee
The House appropriations committee recommended 695,565,859 dollars in new funds for the Agriculture Department for the coming fiscal year, 458,267,881 less than current. The measure includes parity price limits on Commodity Credit Corporation stocks, probes parity policy, bans large loans to rural rehabilitation farmers, and cuts millions from soil conservation, surplus disposal, Rural Electrification loans, and land resource programs.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Agriculture Department
Commondity Credit Corporation
Roosevelt
Congress
Farm Security Administration
Russia
Soil Conservation Service
Rural Electrification Administration
Lenawee Pomona Grange Meets at North Rome Hall
The Lenawee County Pomona Grange meets March 5 at North Rome Grange hall. Glenn R. Larke of the Farmers and Manufacturers Beet Sugar Association will discuss The Story of Sugar. The program includes readings, music, a skit, and a vocal solo, with the fifth degree conferred in the evening. James Marr presides. meals are served by North Rome Grange members.
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Glenn R. Larke
Farmers & Manufacturers Beet Sugar Association of
Saginaw
Lenawee County
Pomona Grange
North Rome Grange
War brief from Rangoon to Java and U S politics
British command reports unchanged lines along the Sittang River facing a growing Japanese threat near Rangoon and Pega while Batavia notes Allied counter strokes in Java. U S Senate fights parity price measures and a large FBI raid nets 124 alleged enemy aliens in Tampa with confiscation of contraband.
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Rangoon
Sittang
Pega
Havoc Wrought in Japanese Ranks at Java Beachhead
From Bandoeng Java March 2 Allied and Dutch forces repel Japanese landings as a taxi army counterattacks near Rembang and Soc Bangkok. Dutch and American planes pound landing barges and tanks while torpedo boats and submarines chase further Japanese ships. Air defense remains active with two alarms as traffic is restricted toward the front.
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Associated Press
Bandoeng
Java
United Nations
Fidest Island of the Indies
Netherlands
Reuters
London
Socbang
Bandoengt Aneta
High Command
Rembang
Rem‘bang
Saerabaja
Acion
Sumatra
Bali
Borneo
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