Towboat Disaster Kills 16 On Ohio River Near Newport
The G W McBride towboat broke in two after striking a pier during a high Ohio River flood near Newport Kentucky. Sixteen people died including three Henderson West Virginia residents. Thirteen men and three women were missing believed inside the wreckage as divers prepared to renew recovery efforts.
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Henderson, W. Va
Newport
G. W. McBride
Ohio
Henderson
W. Va
Kanawha River
Point Pleasant
Kenneth Pack
Charles Sayre
Morley Burchfield
Harry Woomer
Ross Smith
McBride
The
Ohio River Co
Cincinnati
Kentucky
Louisville & Nashville
Ohio River
Younger Man Becomes Bishop of Canterbury
The Archbishop of York Dr William Temple was nominated by King George VI to succeed Dr Cosmo Gordon Lang as Archbishop of Canterbury. Lang, aged 78, resigned a month ago to permit a younger man to take the post.
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London
York
William Temple
George VI
Cosmo Gordon Lang
Canterbury
Church of England
Lang
Lost Helmet of Fire Department Found and Returned
Charles Dalton of the Fire Department misplaced a black leather helmet with goggles last week. A reader who saw the Lost ad in the Messenger returned the helmet after learning the name. The notice urges more Lost and Found ads and provides a phone number for weekend losses.
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Charles Dalton
Fire Department
Pees
Messenger
Mason County Man Killed In Train Auto Crash
Charles Edward Edwards 22 died after his car left State Route 62 near Homer Smith home and plunged into a ravine. Passengers Miss Anna Louise Sherman 20 and Miss Madeline McConshay 20 were injured. Edwards body struck by a southbound Baltimore and Ohio train severing his left leg.
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Point Pleasant
Charles Edward Edwards
Mason
Homer Smith
Lakin State Hospital
Edwards
Anna Louise Sherman
Madeline McConshay
Sherman
Marietta Manufacturing Co
McConshay
Six Die in Akron Hotel Fire at Eleanor Hotel
Fire swept the Eleanor Hotel on High and Market Streets in downtown Akron killing six people. Peter Kniple of Doylestown bought the hotel. about 25 to 27 occupants were in the building when the blaze began around 2 a.m. Preston Beal, returning from work, saw smoke from a closet under a stairway. Firemen found the stairwell blocked by flames. the hotel occupied the upper floors with a wallpaper shop on the ground floor.
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Akron
Market Streets
Peter Kniple
Doylestown
Preston W. Beal
One-Time Contractor Charles Chapman Shot Dead by Officers
Meridian Mississippi police killed 43 year old Charles Irving Chapman after a gun battle on a highway near his Philadelphia home. Once a prosperous contractor and Public Enemy No 1, Chapman had escaped prison twice in 1939 and left a seven state crime record before his death.
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Meridian
Miss
Charles Irving Chapman
FBI
Chapman
Philadelphia
Ammunition Criticized For U S Warship Use
NBC correspondent Martin Agronsky cited Sydney Australia reports that old anti aircraft rounds from 1930 and 1931 were issued to a U S warship convoy. An unnamed navy air lieutenant said the ammunition proved only about 30 percent effective when tested last year.
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Los Angeles
NBC
Martin Agronsky
U. S
Agronsky
Sydney
Australia
Navy
Young Motorist Killed At Crossing in Toledo
Leonard F. Messer of Detroit, 23, was killed when the car he rode struck the 20th car of a 73 car Chesapeake and Ohio freight train at Matzinger Road Crossing, Toledo. Three others injured in the crash.
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Toledo
Leonard F. Messer
Detroit
Chesapeake & Ohio
Matzinger Road
Here
Death of Gen Franco’s Father at 86 in Madrid
General Nicholas Franco aged 86 and father of Francisco Franco died in Madrid today after more than a year of illness. He had lived in retirement for over ten years.
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Madrid
Nicholas Franco
Francisco Franco
Mt Gilead Plan Aims at Fullest War Production
In Mt Gilead Ohio three hundred Morrow County citizens form Production Now to boost farm and industrial output for national food and equipment needs. Frederick Sweet leads the drive with a county wide plan to locate combines, catalog vacant buildings, create a farm machinery repair center, recruit volunteers, and explore an automobile pool for workers.
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MT. Gilead
Morrow County
Sam
Frederick Sweet
Tice
Stalin Urges Complete Victory in War of Liberation
Stalin, amid Red Army anniversary celebrations, pledged complete victory over Germany and a hard fought war. He warned the enemy was not beaten and outlined aims to liberate White Russia, Ukraine, and Crimea while urging workers to support advancing forces. MacArthur praised Soviet resistance from Bataan as the world watched for a fuller victory report.
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Moscow
Red Army
Joseph Stalin
Germany
Soviet Union
Stalin
Leningrad
Russia
Ukraine
Crimea
Hitler
MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan
Philippines
United States
Moscow Radio
Red Navy
Soviet Information Bureau
Berlin
Warns of Peril in Use of Vitamin for Teeth
Dr. Herman Becks of the University of California Medical Center in San Francisco warned dentists that indiscriminate use of Vitamin D preparations to treat dental ailments harbors a potential danger of permanent harm to patients. The warning came during a nationwide competition by the Chicago Dental Society for original scientific investigation of value to dentistry.
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Chicago
Herman Becks
University of California
San Francisco
Chicago Dental Society
Genestry
Third Draft Lottery Set March 17 for New Registrants
Washington AP report outlines a March 17 194? draft lottery for 8 to 9 million men registered February 16. New entrants will be numbered T-1 onward and caps contain drawn numbers to determine order on possible service. Late registrants may await calls after existing lists are exhausted.
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Washington
St. Patrick's
Selective Service
Goldfish Bowl
District Flood Control Urged In Washington
The board of army engineers for rivers and harbors was urged to approve flood control works on the Hocking River in southeastern Ohio at a total cost of 1.165 million dollars with local and federal shares. Senators Burton and Taft and Rep Jenkins joined Glouster officials in appealing the reversal of the division engineer’s recommendation that local interests pay 295 thousand dollars.
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Washington
Board of Army Engineers For
Hocking River
Ohio
Burton
Burton (R
Taft
Jenkins
M M. Bryson
Glouster
C. F. Wallace
C. F. Handley
W. E. Owens
Ohio Conservation Divison
Coast Guard Cutter Alexander Hamilton Sunk Off Iceland
The United States Navy reports the Coast Guard cutter Alexander Hamilton was torpedoed by an enemy submarine off Iceland. While being towed to port the vessel capsized and was sunk by gunfire. Loss of life described as moderate with no exact figures released. Built 1937 in New York, 327 feet, 2,141 tons, top speed 20 knots.
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Washington
Coast Guard
Iceland
Navy
New York
Jones Fighting Ships
Government Acts To Check Egg Price Rise
The Office of Price Administration issued a temporary price ceiling on used egg cases effective immediately. The ceiling sets maximums to the levels prevailing between Feb 17 and Feb 21 to forestall proposed dealer increases that would have raised egg quotations.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Farmers Urge Time Shift to Central Time
MARYSVILLE Ohio The Union County Farm Bureau asks Gov Bricker to shift Ohio clocks to Central time claiming wartime changes left Central Ohio far ahead of sun time by an hour and thirty three minutes and that livestock must be fed on sun time.
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Marysville
Union County Farm Bureau
Ohio
State
John W. Bricker
Reorganize Plans for Collecting Scrap Metal
Chicago reports a reorganized plan to collect scrap metal to meet the War Production Board target of 28 million tons for 1942. George Sturm of Middletown was elected secretary as the Institute of Scrap Iron and Steel announced the plan.
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Chicago
War Production Board
Institute of Scrap Iron and Steel
George Sturm
Middletown
Roosevelt seeks $596.8 million for Army clothing and gear
President Roosevelt asks Congress to provide immediately $596,836,000 for Army clothing and equipment. He urges this emergency money be attached to the existing $32.07 billion military funds bill, aiming to raise total clothing and equip appropriations to about $1.526 billion.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Corporal Collects Paper Matches On Army Draft Line
At Fort Leavenworth a corporal orders draftees to line up for physicals and to pass up papers. He asks for paper match folders, joking that he is building a collection and did not get much variety until joining the army.
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Fort Leavenworth
Kas
Racine Man Killed by Auto Saturday Night
John Wesley Clark a 49 year old Racine resident was struck and killed by a car driven by Ralph Johnson 19 of Racine near Syracuse Saturday night Johnson said he was blinded by another car’s lights and hit Clark as he returned to his car Investigating officers expect charges against Johnson pending A Dorothy Warner 17 of Harrisonville Road accompanied him Clark leaves a wife Alice four children and several siblings Funeral services set for Tuesday at Racine Baptist Church with burial at Graham Station cemetery
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Racine
John Wesley Clark
Syracuse
Ralph Johnson
Johnson
Clark
Cliff Decker
David Jenkins
George Lee Beahrs
Ronald Grindley
Dorothy Warner
Harrisonville Road
Alice Clark
Mabel
Floyd
Paul
Mildred
George Clark
Will
Homer Clark
Broad Run
W. Va
Desta Grimm
Graham Station
Lena Oliver
Uruguayan Senator Exiles Over Baldomir Clash
Senator Luis Alberto Herrera, head of the opposition, left Uruguay for Argentina in self-imposed exile after President Baldomir dissolved congress and postponed the March 29 election. Herrera criticized the pro United States policy and will remain abroad for an undetermined period.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Alfredo Baldomir
Luis
Alberto Herrera
Herrera
Baldomir
United States
Argentina
England's Grant of Self Government to India Seen as Historic
The piece argues that Britain's move to grant more self rule to India could be a major global development. It cites three reasons: securing Indian support against Japan, reshaping imperial status toward a commonwealth, and advancing a vast empire of 389 million people toward development and ability to contribute to the war effort.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
England
India
Nippon
Germany
British India
British Commonwealth of Nations
Dutch Planes Hit Japanese Ships Near Bali and Java
United States and Dutch aircraft attacked Japanese forces aiming at Bali and Java. Dive bombers damaged a transport over 10,000 tons and strafed other ships in Bangka Strait about 250 miles northwest of Batavia. Four Japanese planes were reported downed while Bali fell to invasion forces.
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Bali
United States
Java
Bangka Strait
Batavia
Sumatra
United Nations
Soerabaja
Roosevelt Speech Scheduled at 10 Tonight in US War Briefing
President Roosevelt will address the nation at 10 p.m. Eastern Time on the Pacific war, outlining efforts to hold the enemy at bay until war production and manpower enable counter-offensives. The report discusses Bali Bali Bali Bali. The text notes Java and Bali risks as Dutch and American forces fight to repel Japanese landings and protect Java's western water jump. The report mentions Bali airdrome and Den pasar, with Batavia and London governments offering tempered updates. A separate item notes Ohio State Sen Otto J. Bartunek’s death from heart disease.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Java
Bali
Batavia
Netherlands
London
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Ron
Woomer
Union
E. J. Gutzwiller
Huntington
Arch L. Long
Bureau of Marine Inspection
Bureau
Peck
Eileen Fisher
Marcella Peck
Charleston
Bobby Peck
Lora Burks
Engineer Sayre
Virgie Sayre
Homer
Robert Sayre
Thelma Stone
Pauline Sayre
Birchfield
Geo. Woomer
Guardians OF West
California
Mason County
Franco
Ohio Town
Marshall Islands
Auto
Solon
Britain
By Clyde A. Farnsworth
Denpasar
Far Pacific
Burma
Japan
Cleveland
Otto J. Bartunek
Dcuyahoga
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