RAF Large Scale Attacks Hit Cologne and Milan
Royal Air Force squadrons mounted large scale night raids on Cologne in the Rhineland and Milan in Italy, with a heavy concentration of explosives. Eleven bombers failed to return, while Cologne’s defenses were weaker than usual and Milan’s industrial district was set ablaze. This was the 113th Cologne raid, first bombs dropping after 8 pm.
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London
Royal Air Force
Germany
Italy
Rhineland
Cologne
Milan
Three Merchant Vessels Sunk In Western Atlantic
The Associated Press reports three merchant vessels sunk in the Western Atlantic last week, part of Allied and neutral losses in enemy action since Pearl Harbor. It marks the second straight week with Western Atlantic sinkings far below the 1942 weekly average of ten ships.
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Associated Press
Pearl Harbor
Appointments Up In Senate during 1943 session
Charleston February 15. A bill to strengthen Senate control over executive appointments clears the Senate and moves toward final House action as the 60 day legislature enters its second half. The measure bars a rejected appointee from serving in any other confirmation post. The Eddy bill on dog care trains the public to hire a special deputy sheriff as dog caretaker. Also up in Senate are proposals to create an advisor in the Public Assistance department for blindness prevention and treatment. At halfway, four bills have been introduced in both chambers with six pending.
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Charleston
Senate
House
Eddy
Eddy D.mononauliat
Public Assistance Department
Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs Lake to Strand or Dixie shows
The Grafton Sentinel extends an invitation to Mrs C F Lake of 11 East Knotts Avenue to attend tonight's cinema offerings. The Strand Theatre presents The Forest Range starring Fred MacMurray and Paulette Goddard while The Glass Key starring Brian Donlevy and Veronica Lake plays at the Dixie Theatre.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
C. F. Lake
East Knotts Avenue
Forest Range
Fred MacMurray
Paulette Goddard
Strand Theatre
Glass Key
Brian Donlevy
Veronica Lake
Dixie Theatre
Dozen Armed Convicts At Large In Mississippi Escape
Jackson Mississippi February 15 officers from four states hunt a dozen armed convicts who escaped from Parchman prison leaving a trail of blood and stolen cars across North Mississippi. Seven of the 19 fled were recaptured near Clarksdale Friars Point and by a citizen posse. two officers were wounded in the incident.
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Jackson
Miss
Parchman
Mississippi
Clarksdale
Sippi
Arkansas
Citizens
Friar’s Point
Mississippi Highway Patrol
Dozen Armed Absent Welders Fired in Quincy Shipyard
In Quincy Massachusetts Bethlehem Steel announces the discharge of 130 welders for absence without excuse at the Fore River yards. CIO official James Manon cites poor planning as the real cause, while workers meet with wartime labor officials to protest the action.
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Quincy
Mass
Fore River
William H. Collins
Bethlehem Steel Company
James F. Manon
Industrial and
Gail Smith
War Production and Board Labor
William Poley
Distre War Manpower Commission
Morgenthau Plans Radio Address On Income Tax
Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau will address the nation on the necessity of paying at least the first installment of 1942 income taxes by March 15. The speech will be carried by the Columbia Broadcasting System starting at 6 15 p.m. Eastern War Time.
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Washington
Secretary of Treasury
Morgenthau
Columbia Broadcasting
Security for Armed Forces Planned Soon
Social Security board to extend coverage to armed forces and others outside the program. Proposal may include hospitalization costs and cash benefits for disabled workers, potentially reducing need for veteran legislation. Pending bills in Congress could be affected. board’s annual report expected soon.
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Charles Molony
Washington
Social Security Board
Congress
The
Security Board
Republicans Hold State Rally In Capital City
Charleston Feb 15 West Virginia Republicans will host a Lincoln anniversary observance with two national figures addressing the rally Governor John W Brickley of Ohio and Clarence Buddington Elland will speak State Chairman Robert H C Kay says about 350 party leaders including U S Senator Chapman Bevercomb and three Republican congressmen will attend The banquet marks the sixth of the week long series with events in Williamson Logan Wel en Huntington and Bluefield.
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Charleston
West Virginia
John ,W. Brickley
Ohio
Clarence Buddington Ielland
National Republican
Williamson
Logan
Welen
Huntington
Bluefield
Sawmill Destroyed by Night Fire in Sundial Plant
WHITESVILLE Feb 15 The two year old Sawmill and operations building of J Napwick and Company lumber plant at Sundial burned last night causing an estimated loss of 10000 to 15000 dollars. EF C Smith general manager said Buckley fire department arrived in time to save about 1 25 million feet of lumber. The Napwick company a Baltimore concern began the mill about two years ago with a daily capacity of about 20000 feet. The origin of the blaze is undetermined but the mill was ablaze before the alarm.
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Whitesville
J. Napwick and Company
Sundial
EF. C. Smith
Buckley
Napwick Company
Baltimore
Smith
House Balks at Plans for Heavy Draft
Washington February 15 The House military committee advances legislation to curb deferments for men with dependents amid plans to call 12 000 daily. Rep Kilday insists quotas be statewide and that boards first call those without dependents before those with wives or children. May protests that the War Manpower Commission aims to ignore Congress by drafting men regardless of dependency. The debate centers on preserving the American home as the volume continues to grow.
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Pat O'Brie
Washington
House Military Committee
May 'D.ky
Tud. Kilday 'D
War Manpower Commission
Congress
Paul V. McNutt
WMC
Hiccoughing Shoe Clerk Suffering 23 Days
Phyllis Scrofan a 25 year old Braddock shoe clerk hiccoughed for 23 consecutive days at Montefiore hospital. Friends tried home remedies and even scares but failed. Angeline Lucente 23 of Elizabeth also hiccoughed for 14 days recently.
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Pittsburgh
Phyllis Scrofan
Braddock
Miss Scrofan
Montefiore Hospital
Angeline Lucente
Elizabeth
Koppers Company Aims to Exceed Record Year in 1943
Koppers Coal company, winner of last year's 14 1/2 million ton output as the top single bituminous producer, seeks 15 million tons in 1943 General Manager L C Campbell told the annual foremen dinner Campbell said the six day week will continue beyond the war and most producers can maintain the rate He noted manpower problems but noted Koppers operates mines in Western Pennsylvania Northern and Southern West Virginia and Eastern Kentucky.
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Koppers Company
Fairmont
Koppers Coal Company
L. C. Campbell
Campbell
Koppers
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Kentucky
Federal tax due reminder remains unchanged for WV residents
In Parkersburg on February 15, U S internal revenue collector F Roy Yoke warned West Virginia taxpayers must file federal income tax returns by March 15 and make at least a quarter payment. He said repeal of the state income tax does not alter federal obligations and penalties apply to single earners over 600 and married over 1,200. Wood County Clerk Earl Wolfe noted many residents request state tax forms unaware that 1942 taxes were repealed.
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Parkersburg
West Virginia
Roy Yoke
U.S. Internal Revenue Collector
Yoke
Wood County
Earl 8. Wolfe, Jr
Weston Artillery Technician Receives Silver Star Medal
Edgar F. Heater, formerly of Weston West Virginia, in the U S Army Artillery corps, earned the Silver Star for gallantry in action near the north coast of New Guinea on December 6 1942, the War Department announced.
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Carl C. Cranmer
Associated Press
Red Army
Kharkov
Rostov
Don
Tunisian
Axis
Faid Pass
Berlin
Sid Bouzid
Faid
ENE
London
Koolochev
Chugulyev
Washington
Edgar F. Heater
U. S. Army Artillery Corps
Weston
W. Va
War Department
New Guinea
Dutch Nazi Slain Amid Occupation Terror Reign
London reports a third target in a week among Dutch figures in the Nazi-occupied government. Aneta cites a Zurich dispatch naming C. Van Ravenzwaal, Utrecht minister of social affairs and mayor, as slain. slayer fled. Earlier, Lieut. Gen. Hendrik Seyffardt died on Feb 8, and propagandist H. Reydon and his wife were said shot last Thursday.
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London
Netherlands
Aneta
Zurich
Stockholm
Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau
C. van
High School Newspapers Judged At University
Morgantown Feb. 15 The West Virginia University School of Journalism began judging 40 high school newspapers in the 21st annual scholastic press contest today. Dr. P I Reed director said winners would be announced early next month.
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Morgantown
West Virginia University School of Journalism
P. I. Reed
Teachers to register for new ration book in WV
Charleston February 15. West Virginia teachers resume registrar duties for the Office of Price Administration. They will devote five days February 22-26 to issue ration book No 2. State OPA Director Carl M. Frasure and State School Superintendent W W Trent outline distribution. County plans vary by area as counties set days, hours, and places for registration. Holders will not be required to ros
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Charleston
Office of Price Administration
West Virginia
OPA
Carl M. Frasure
W. W. Trent
Trent
Bill to Abolish Scrip Introduced Once Again
West Virginia mining camps debate scrip use as company tokens paid from miners’ wages, redeemable at company stores. Critics say traders buy at discount, cutting wage value. Abolition bill first introduced this session by Delegates Blankenship and Neely.
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Charleston
West Virginia
House of Delegates
Blankenship
D.mcdowell
Neely
Dfayette
Small stores face trouble from rationing push
The House committee on small business warned the forthcoming point rationing program could force tens of thousands of food shops to close. It attacked bureaucratic back-passing and said little had been done to use small business in civilian essential production. The panel criticized overemphasis on military production and underemphasis on civilian needs.
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Washington
House Committee On
Dynamite Explosion Fatal to Five in Dawson Creek
Five people died in a fire and dynamite blast in Dawson Creek B C on Saturday night. Four were missing and between 125 and 150 injured. The dead include an unnamed U S soldier, two civilians, and two unidentified persons. Flames spread from a fire to a livery stable housing dynamite.
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Dawson Creek
B. C
United States
President Ryti Reelected To Lead War Finland
HELSINKI February 15 The President Risto Ryti was reelected to head Finland's wartime government by a nearly unanimous vote The decision followed a tense selection process which included discussions of Field Marshal Baron Karl Gustav Mannerheim as a potential candidate without his consent The move aims to stabilize leadership during the ongoing conflict.
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Helsinki
Risto Ryti
Finland
Baron Karl Gustav Manderheim
Five Airmen Rescued From Idaho Mountain Wreck
Eight Army airmen vanished January twenty ninth in a twin motor bomber. Five of them were rescued after sixteen days in snow bound Idaho terrain. Civilian pilot Penn Stohr located wreckage on frozen Lake Loon and landed to retrieve the five unharmed survivors. Army planes supplied food. two were injured. Three crew members remained missing, having ventured on foot twelve days earlier seeking help.
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Boise
Idaho
Idaho Mountain
Penn Stohr
Lake Loon
Stohr
Robert B. Orr
Tacoma
Wash
James V. Kelly
Warren
Atk
Paul G. Loewen
Forrest B.hoover
Earl J. Beaudry
Catherine M. Beaudry
N. E
Wasco St
Portland
Ore
Hoover
Adgate B. Schermer|horn
Giles Schermerhorn
Edward M. Freeborg
Marvin C. Preeborg
Boren Ave
Seattle
R. Pruttt
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Arsenal
Lorient
France
Rommel
New Rail Mediator
Roosevelt
William M. Leiserson
National Railway Mediation Board
Leiserson
National Labor Relations Board
Mediation Board
International
Atlantic
RENCH
French
Morocco
French North Africa
U.S. Signal Corps
Strand
Dixie
Capital City
Hershey
McNutt
Lee House Balks
Weston Artillery
Army
USL Peachers
U.S
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