Curtin Urges Full Mobilization To Defend Australia
Sydney February 17 Prime Minister Curtin announced the war cabinet ordered full mobilization of all manpower and material for Australia’s defense against Japan. He said every citizen must serve the war effort while an Allied Works council, led by E Theodore, will coordinate civilian and industrial mobilization under the Director General of the Allied Works Council.
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Sydney
Australia
John Curtin
Euralia
Curtin
Allied
E. Theodore
Allied Works Council
Munitions
War funds seek 82 billion for arms and ships
Washington reports an 82 billion dollar war appropriations bill, the largest in history, would push total war funding since Pearl Harbor to 606 dollars per person. It aims to arm 3.6 million, including 1 million in the air force, by year’s end, with manpower strains noted by Undersecretary Patterson.
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Washington
Congress
Pearl Harbor
Robert P. Patterson
House Appropriations Committee
Donald Nelson
Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs Patton to Dixie or Strand shows
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs W. W. Patton of West Washington Street to attend tonight's theatre presentation. The program features Never Get Rich with Astaire and Hayworth at the Dixie and Johnny with Taylor at the Strand. Ticket price is $11.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
W. W. Patton
West Washington Street
Never Get Rich
Astaire
Stits Hayworth
Dixie Theatre
Johnny
Robert ‘Taylor
Tumer
Strand
RAF Man Held For Slayings In London West End
Frederick Cummins a 28 year old RAF aircraftsman was charged at Bob Street police station with money for the Jack the Ripper slayings of three women in the West End. He was remanded until Friday amid a crowd of women at the scene. The victims named are Mrs. Marget Florence Lowe 43 Mrs. Doris Jouannet 32 and Mrs. Evelyn Gately.
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London
Bob Street
Frederick Cummins
West End
Cummins
RAF
Marget Florence Lowe
Doris Jouannet
Evelyn Gately
Many Women May Quit Red Cross Leader Says
Mrs. Dwight Davis national director of Red Cross volunteer services told associates that wives sisters and women friends of America's fighters must be given a voice in Red Cross affairs or they will join other organizations. She noted this has already happened and blamed the organization. Her prepared address was for the national committee on volunteer service.
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Chicago
Dwight Davis
American Red Cross Volunteer Special Services
Friends of America
Red Cross
Davis
National Committee On Volunteer Service of the
American Red Cross
Attendance Drop May Cause Personnel Cut
Huntington February 17 The Cabell County school district faces retrenchment as enrollment falls by 300 and average daily attendance drops 66.2. Superintendent Olin C. Nutter warns that state basic teacher salaries, tied to ADA, could mean pay for about 25 fewer teachers if the trend continues.
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Huntington
Cabell County
Colinity
Olin C. Nutter
Nutter
Heating Gas Ban Ordered In Major Cities
War Production board ordered the halt of distributing gas for heating to new homes stores and factories in West Virginia and 16 other states. Real estate men in Huntington and Charleston expressed astonishment with dealers saying they were dumbfounded and the Charleston Board of Realtors planned to study the ruling at a Thursday meeting as enforcement could alter building.
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Charleston
War Production Board
West Virginia
Huntington
N. W. Pritchard
Charleston ‘Board of Realtors
Pritchard
Matinee Idols Register For Draft Age
Hollywood report lists actors aged 36 and over who registered for conscription yesterday. Among names are Preston Foster James Cagney Pat O’Brien Spencer Tracy Clark Gable Bing Crosby Bob Hope Nelson Eddy Johnny Mack Brown Ralph Bellamy Jack Oakie Humphrey Bogart Chester Morris Lloyd Nolan Edgar Buchanan Buddy Rogers Joseph Cotten plus Mickey Rooney who is 21 and newly married.
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Hollywood
Preston Foster
James Cagney
Pat O'Brien
Spencer Tracey
Clark Gable
Bing Crosby
Bob Hope
Nelson Eddy
Johnny Mack Brown
Ralph Bellamy
Jack Oakie
Humphrey Bogart
Chester Morris
Lloyd Nolan
Edgar Buchanan
Charles Buddy Rogers
Joseph Cotten
Mickey Rooney
Old-Time Screen Star Robbed of Furs and Jewels
Beverly Hills police report Anita King McKenna, silent screen star and race stable owner, robbed of furs, jewels, and perfumes valued near 100000. masked gunmen, about 30, spoke softly, fled in her touring car after she confronted them and noted they were race touts.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Anita King McKenna
McKenna
Thomas Morrison McKenna
Pittsburgh
Jon
A. J. Gebhart
D. P. Hefitierson
Fi Kenna
Vast Nazi Troop Slaughter Reported by Soviets
Moscow reports from the Soviet information bureau that 3,650 Germans were killed across four winter-front engagements, with 2,500 in a single day. Red Army actions in the Leningrad region included captures of two mortars, 12 machine guns, 620 mines and many automatic rifles and hand grenades.
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Moscow
Soviet Information Bureau
Leningrad
Red Army
FBI Seizes U S Uniforms From Aliens in California
Federal raids on Japanese alien areas in northern California yielded uniforms and secret documents. In Sacramento authorities confiscated coal truckloads and arrested 14 aliens. In Monterey four more Japanese aliens were seized as a special House committee prepared to visit San Francisco for evacuation hearings.
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San Francisco
FBI
California
Pacific Coast
Sacramento
Nat Pieper
United States Army
Monterey
Congressional
House of Representatives
Paciffi Coast
John H. Tolan
Calif
New Credit Granted for Russian Lend-Lease
Officials said a new lend-lease credit of about 1 billion dollars was being negotiated for Russia. A prior 1 billion credit in the fall had been nearly allocated, with more needed to sustain production of weapons Russia requires. The status of delivered materials is kept secret, and U S entry into the war has created shipping difficulties.
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Washington
Russia
United States
German battleships knocked out in Dover Strait clash
London says the 26 000 ton German battleships Gneisenau and Scharnhorst were damaged and out of action for now after last Thursday’s Dover Strait fight from Brest to home waters. A government spokesman said the naval position in the Atlantic is eased and Britain will reinforce the fleet with high quality units as the ships recover.
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London
Gneisenau
Scharnhorst
Dover Strait
Brest
Atlantic
Royal Naval Arm
Doctor Shot During Ice Curling Contest Mystery Deepens
Toronto police probe the mysterious hip wound of Dr Henry Hudson after a .22 caliber bullet struck him during a Royal Canadian Curling Club match on the ice. The dentist cried out in shock as blood spurted, yet spectators heard no shot and searches found no gun or unexploded cartridge.
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Toronto
Henry Hudson
Royal Canadian Club
Tink Ice
Churchill Refuses To Appoint Defense Chief
London reports say Prime Minister Churchill declined to create a separate defense minister role. The official spokesman stated Churchill still holds the post, despite calls to delegate duties due to wartime reverses. The crisis talk diminishing, critics urged a devoted defense chief to ease his heavy admin load.
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London
Churchill
Dundee Readies for War in Peaceful Dundee Township
In Chicago dated February 17, Dundee township plans civilian defense with a mass registration of all able bodied men and women. Residents are asked to list vehicles and keep sandbags ready. The 48 square mile area near Chicago hosts about 5000 people, including shopkeepers and farmers. Mayors Tallman Ortmann and Andersen spearhead the effort, claiming a nationwide first.
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Chicago
Dundee Township
Prairies
John M. Tallman
West Dundee
William Ortmann
East Dundee
Henry J. Andersen
Carpentersville
Dundee
Nazi U-Boats Reported Sunk By U.S. Bombers Off Aruba
United States bombers were believed to have sunk German submarines after raids that damaged seven tankers and left 59 sailors dead or missing off the Venezuelan coast. Aircraft from Aruba and Curacao escorted by General Frank Andrews reported on the attack near Aruba harbor. Survivors described fiery scenes and sinking ships, with losses including the Monagas tanker and Lago shipping company tanker.
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U.S
Aruba
Chandler Diehl
Balboa
Panama Canal Zone
United States
Netherlands West Indies
Old Slave Feels 108th Birthday Will Be Last
In Los Angeles on February 17 a former body servant to Civil War General John H Brantley celebrated what was reported as his 108th birthday He, born a slave in Salem Alabama, said he would see the general before Christmas and that the birthday might be his last.
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Los Angeles
Brantley
John H. Brantley
Salem
Ala
Welders End 3 Week Strike Ends
Tacoma shipyard welders ended a three week walkout over AFL union dues after a meeting led by spokesman Charles L. Brinkerhoff. He said the strike is over and workers will not resume stoppages during wartime, as welders seek an autonomous union.
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Tacoma
Wash
Amerrican Federation of Labor Interna
Teeth ruling brings new re classification step
Washington February 17 Thousands of draft registrants kept out of the Army by bad teeth or weak eyes will be called into service under a new selective service ruling. Local boards were directed to reclassify men previously deferred. The vision standard was relaxed and questionnaires on vocational skills will be sent to the 25 million registered but not in the Army to aid the United States employment service. Local boards are correlating weekend registrations of about 9 million men aged 20 and 21 and 35 through 44.
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Washington
Selective Service
Army
United States Employment Service
TEST NEW SKI CHUTE TROOPS TEST NEW SKI CHUTE TROOPS
A group of strong young soldiers under Capt. A. F. Gorman train as America’s first parachute ski forces in Salt Lake City. After one month of winter warfare and ski navigation, the unit is set to jump into Alta Basin in the Wasatch mountains to prove the value of parachute troops in winter mountain terrain.
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Harold F. Osborne
Salt Lake City
Uncle Sam
America
A.F. Gorman
Alta Basin
Wasatch Mountains
Gorman
British Planes Sink Two More Light Ships
British coastal command aircraft sank two small ships yesterday in the Bay of Biscay. An air ministry communique said a third ship in the convoy was left down by the bow under attack, as coastlines of Spain and occupied France formed the operative area. Northwest German ports and air bases in Holland were listed as targets for the enemy patrol vessel.
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London
British Coastal Command
Bay of Biscay
Air Ministry
Spain
Germany
France
Air Teras
Holland
Germans Withdraw Near Gazala Front Front Near Gazala
Cairo February 17 German reconnoitering detachments have withdrawn from positions in advance of the main axis lines near Gazala. British headquarters announced that by last night the country south of the Ain El Gazala to El Mechiit line was apparently clear for enemy troops.
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Cairo
Gazala
Ain el Gazala
el Mechiit
Ickes Bares Oil Industry Closing Plea
Secretary Ickes told a House committee the oil industry urged immediate closing of all east coast filling stations from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m., weekdays and all day Sunday, with gasoline rationing if needed as fuel stocks dwindle from war losses and tanker diversions. He recommended an $80 million Texas to Philadelphia New York pipeline and curtailing east coast consumption about 18 percent from Feb 15 to Apr 15, with west coast cuts to mirror east coast limits under possible rationing for 17 states and the District of Columbia.
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Washington
Ickes
House
Petroleum
Texas
Philadelphia
New York
Voast
District of Columbia
New Jap Fury Aimed at U S on Bataan Hostilities
Washington reports intensified Japanese air activity along General MacArthur’s lines in Bataan and heavy artillery bombardments. A war department communique cites 23 women and children killed and 22 wounded in a bombing near Cabcabeg on the southeast tip of the Bataan peninsula as of 9:30 this morning.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan
War Department
Cabcabeg
Cavite
Grafton Sentinel notices MES Al Stutler at JOpera House
The Grafton Sentinel announces MES Al Stutler performing at the JOpera House located at 410 St. John Street Lagosi as the current attraction.
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Grafton Sentinel
Mes
AL Stutler
St. John Street
Lagosi
jOpera
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