Russians Hope To Block Nazi Flight By Black Sea
Red Army gains reported by Moscow radio say Soviet forces smashed north of Kursk and captured Kupyansk, narrowing the Rostov circle and threatening a Black Sea Dunkerque. Six sturdy towns fell as the offensive pushed toward Novorossisk, with a 110 mile winter advance northeast of Voronezh.
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London
Red Army
Zolothukhino
Fursk
Orel
Stalingrad
Voronezh
Ukraine
Krasny Liman
Kharkoky
Voroshiloverod
Epic Rescue In Alaska Sparks Hope After Plane Crash
Ketchikan Alaska February 4 two of six aboard a Seattle Ketchikan flight vanished four weeks ago are found on an isolated beach by a Coast Guard patrol boat. They report the lone woman aboard the plane died and three men including the pilot Harold Gillam remain missing but alive since last seen.
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Ketchikan
Alaska
Northland
Coast Guard
Harold Gillam
The Avenging Rider Double Bill At Dixie Strand
The Grafton Sentinel invites D H Lawson of 228 Pearl Street to tonight's presentation featuring Tim Holt in The Avenging Rider and Bruce Bennett in Submarine Raider at the Dixie theatre, alongside Street of Chance with Burgess Meredith at the Strand theatre.
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Grafton Sentinel
D. H. Lawson
Pearl Street
Tim Holt
Bruce Bennett
Dixie Theatre
Burgess Meredith
Strand Theatre
Neely Veto Of Bill On War Statute Suspension
Charleston February 4 The senate debated a measure granting the governor and other state officials power to suspend or modify statutes affecting the war effort The bill would require federal requests and unanimous approval of the attorney general speaker of the house delegates and senate president It was amended by the judiciary committee to vest approval in the acting attorney general and the president pro tempore if the elected officials are absent The house approved the amendment and sent the measure forward.
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Charleston
State Senate
Legislative Interim Committee
House of Delegates
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Johnston D.mercer
Sena
House
H. L. Potts
R.taylor
Spen
E. Amos
Committee On Humane Institutions and Public Buildings
Potts
Rush D. Holt
D-Lewis
Seven perishable foods under OPA pricing plan
Charleston February 4 seven perishable food products were placed under the Office of Price Administration dollar and cents pricing plan. Retailers must post fixed percentage markups weekly in all stores. Affected items include potatoes onions poultry bananas cheese butter and fresh citrus fruits. Standardization aims to include most food items in the regulation.
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Charleston
Opa
State Office of Price Administration
George H. Hand
Hand
Recruiter’s Wife Enlists in WAACS After Sales Pitch
In Clarksburg on Feb. 4 Sergeant Burley C. Clark, a local army recruiter, extolled the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps at work and at home. He succeeded in enlisting his wife, Mrs. Vanetta G. Clark, formerly of Gary, who decided to wear a uniform herself.
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Clarksburg
Burley C. Clark
Clarkburg
WAACS
Vanetta G. Clark
Gary
Robbery Hinted Motive in Estelle Carey Slaying
Charleston dispatch reports police tying a possible robbery motive to the death of model Estelle Carey. A witness says a man exited her apartment carrying two fur coats, fueling inquiries into robbery, jealousy, a rival, or revenge as potential causes.
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Chicago
Estelle Carey
Miss Carey
William Drury
Gunnery Sergeant Lang Receives Navy Cross at Hospital
Master Gunnery Sergeant Lawrence A. Lang, wounded in the Makin island raid rescue effort, was awarded the Navy Cross yesterday in a ceremony at the Naval Hospital in Seattle. The modest Marine from Wheeling West Virginia did not announce the honor to fellow patients until the surprise presentation.
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Seattle
Lawrence A. Lang
Makin Island
Naval Hospital
Wheeling
W. Va
Flynn Lawyer Attacks Teen Accusers in Flynn Testimony
Los Angeles February 4 Flynn's attorney argued for acquittal by contending the two teenage girls accusing him admitted acts punishable by law and thus testified for the state Betty Hansen aged 17 of Lincoln Nebraska testified the actor was intimate with her in a Bel-Air upstairs room after a dinner party Giesler described her as uncertain and vague and unworthy of consideration.
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Los Angeles
Ty Berol Flynn
Flynn
Jerry Giesler
Betty Hansen
Lincoln, Neb
Fignis
Giesler
Two Women Get Life in Kanawha Murder Case
Betty Conley and Elizabeth Crum were found guilty of first degree murder in Kanawha County for the fatal overdose of John Arthur and the killing of Harry Stevens. They faced life imprisonment with the jury recommending life terms. Co-defendants Shamblin and Webb already received life sentences after confessing.
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Charleston
Kanawha
John L. Arthur
Betty Conley
Elizabeth Fink Crum
Arthur
Harry L. Stevens
Gallipolis
Willam Shamblin
Theodore Webb
Olive drab replaces white underwear for soldiers
Major General C. L. Corbin announces olive drab underwear for soldiers replacing snowy white undergarments. He notes white fabric is an easy target for enemy planes, stating the change aims to reduce exposure during combat and improve camouflage.
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Philadelphia
C. L. Corbin
Spain Denies Peace Sought Amid Hitler Mediation Try
Diplomatic circles in Buenos Aires report Spain denied reports that Hitler asked General Franco to act as intermediary for a peace offer. The Rio de Janeiro embassy statement cited no such proposal and said Spain would act on its own initiative and directives if any future peace offer arose.
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Buenos Aires
Rio de Janeiro
Santiago
Adolf Hitler
Francisco Franco
Spain
South America
Hitler
Franco
Brazil
Young Negro Is Selected Research Foundation Head
In Tuskegee Alabama February 4 193? a 31 year old black scientist Austin W Curtis Jr who had been Dr George Washington Carvers assistant since 1935 is chosen to carry forward Carvers scientific work. Curtis known for his work to vigorously revitalise southern land worn by single crop cotton and aid its people is backed by the elderly professor who rose from slave parents and helped shape the foundation.
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Tuskegee, Ala
George Washington Carver
Tuskegee Institute
Carver
Austin W. Curtis, Jr
Jland
Bill to Make Tygart Park Is Approved
Charleston February 4 The senate judiciary committee approved a bill to allow the state to take over about 3 000 acres around the Tygart dam reservoir for recreation. The measure would let the road commission relinquish roughly $30 000 in claims against the federal government for flood control damages to permit land transfer to the conservation commission.
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Charleston
Senate Judiciary Committee
Big Tygart Dam
Graftan
Road Commission
Conservation Commission
Harrison County
House Committee On Municipalities
House
Doddridge
Pleasants
Ritchie
House Municipalities Committee
Monongalia
Upshur County
U S Role in World War II Urged by Sumner Welles
Sumner Welles told Maryland graduates the United States must accept its responsibilities to prevent a repeat of past mistakes. He urged the class to recognize America as a beacon of freedom and a key force in defeating Hitler, tying national prestige to global victory efforts.
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College Park
United States
Sumner Welles
University of Maryland
Welles
Hitler
U.S
United Nations
Ruml Plants Up For Study In Manpower Plans
Washington February 4 A senate move to coordinate investigations of the nation s manpower requirements was launched as the house ways and means committee again examined a New York banker s proposal to wipe out last year s levies to finance the plan Vice President Wallace who normally assigns senate bills to committees touched off the proceedings.
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Washington
Senate
House
Ways and Means
New York
Wallace
Former Marine To Die For Killing Detective
Walter Robert Avery, 34, who served in 1928-29, will be shot to death at sunrise tomorrow in Utah state prison for killing Hoyt L. Gates, an Ogden police detective, during a grocery store holdup on February 11, 1941. A pardon board denied commuting his sentence to life, despite pleas from his wife, mother, and sister.
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Salt Lake City
Walter Robert Avery
Utah State
Hoyt L. Gates
Ogden
Utah
More Thai Troops Sent In Place Of Japanese
Chungking February 4 A Chinese army spokesman said Japan had sent more gunfodder Thai troops to reinforce three Thailand divisions on the Yunnan Burma border where fighting continues He added Japan faces manpower shortages and resource shortages while using Thai troops to conserve its own strength and respond to Allied successes.
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Chungking
Japan
Thailand
Yunnan-Burma
Lutheran Ladies Aid Meeting and February Social
Lutheran Ladies Aid meeting and February social set for Friday at 8 p m at the home of Mrs W H Shafferman 305 Virginia All members and friends invited Admission 25 cents.
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Lutheran Ladies Aid Meeting
W. H. Shafferman
Virginia
Axis defense line tested in Tunisia fight
Allied reports detail heavy blows to Axis supply ships in the mid Mediterranean while British forces seize hill 648 near Bou Arada in a limited success operation. The American force captures Sened and detains an Italian general as Allied bombers strike Gabes Maknassy, with losses among pilots. Strong German forces hold inland positions near Sfax as Eighth Army prepares new moves.
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London
North Africa
Mid - Mediterranean
Tunisia
Bou Arada
Jebel Mansour
Medje el Baba
Robaa
Sened
Maknassy
Gabes
Tunisian
Sfax
Eighth Army
Enemys planes attack fleet near Guadalcanal
The U S Fleet in the South Pacific reports a first night bombing by Japanese planes on American surface vessels near Guadalcanal. Details of the attack on January 20, including outcomes, were not released, but the strike suggests renewed enemy air activity in the Solomons area after a quiet period.
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U. S
South Pacific
Guadalcanal
Solomons
U.S
Savo Island
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Secret Service
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Strand
Dixie
Neely
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Olve
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Young Negro Is Selected Research Foundation
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Robert P. Patterson
Joint House Naval and Military Affairs Committee
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William Jet
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Addison Street
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