War Secretary Orders Offensive Mobilization Begun
Secretary of War Stimson warned the nation to expect attacks along coasts and elsewhere as submarines raided Aruba and Caribbean targets. He urged readiness against pressure to scatter defenses, vowed to seize every counterattack opportunity, and announced 90,441 volunteers joined the Army in January, signaling resolve to press the offensive in World War II.
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Washington
Stimson
Netherlands
Aruba
United Nations
Pearl Harbor
Nation
British Add Two Warships
Informal sources say the 35000 ton battleships Anson and Howe of the King George V class will join the fleet soon. Churchill’s statements suggest reinforcement before Scharnhorst and Gneisenau are brought to fight. Howe launched 11 November 1939, Jellicoe renamed Anson launched in 1940. five ships formed the class.
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London
Anson
Howe
Churchill
Scharnhorst
Royal Navy
Beatty
Jellicoe
Theatre ticket present for Strand or Dixie admission
The Gaston Sentinel invites Mrs R D Stout of Loveland Addition to tonight's presentation of Married Bachelor with Robert Young at the Strand or Bullets for Bandits with Tex Ritter and Among the Living with Albert Dekier at the Dixie, double bill.
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Gaston Sentinel
R. D. Stout
Loveland
Robbert Young
Strand Theatre
Tex Ritter
Albert Dekier
Dixie Theatre
Stamp theft suspect Mary Roccaro flees police in New York
Mrs. Mary Roccaro and two brothers were arrested as alleged fences for a gang involved in stealing food stamps through their store. Investigators traced $112,000 in stamps deposited by the trio, tying them to the scheme.
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Mary Roccaro
New York
New York Salvage Warden Row Sparks Mayor Ouster Push
Five hundred Queens residents sign a petition opposing Mayor La Guardia's order designating salvage wardens. Walter Sandt, a zone warden, is suspended after admitting he signed and circulated the petition. The uproar stems from the salvage requirement and a desire to resign.
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New York
Queens County
F. H. la- Guardia
Thomas H. Hampson
Walter Sandt
Sandt
Temperature Drops 42 Points With Snowfall
West Virginia reports heavy snowfall from under an inch to four feet and temperatures falling up to 42 degrees in 12 hours. Camp Woodbine near Richwood recorded two below zero with three inches of snow at the abandoned CCC site.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Camp Woodbine
CCC
Richwood
Sanitary Setup Forces Construction Changes in WV Cottages
Charleston reports the West Virginia State Health department announced a lumber company will alter its one room "cottages" for the Point Pleasant defense area due to inadequate sanitary facilities. A sample dwelling was built in two hours near Point Pleasant and advertised to defense workers at 275 dollars each. Major Brian A. Buell of the U S Public Health Service is assigned to check conditions, while policing of public eating places and other establishments will begin immediately.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Point Pleasant Defense
State Health Department
Point Pleasant
Brian A. Buell
U. S. Public Health Service
Land Taken For TNT Plant At Pt. Pleasant
The Federal government took title to 8,000 acres of land near Point Pleasant today for construction of a TNT plant. A condemnation order entered by Federal Judge Ben Moore named Lucy Long Alderson and others as defendants. A hearing to appoint condemnation commissioners will be held May 12 at Huntington.
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Charleston
Point Pleasant
Ben Moore
Lucy Long Alderson
Huntington
Steel firms buck War Labor Board clash deepens crisis
New York Feb 19 The War Labor Board faces a stormy career as major steel firms oppose a board backed compromise on the closed shop while William F Leiserson of the NLRB warned Congress may decide policies if mutual agreements fail The Bethlehem Republic and several others oppose the board stance as cases on wage hikes and the closed shop pile up See STEEL FIRMS Page 3
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New York
War Labor Board
William F. Leiserson
National Labor Relations Board
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co
Inland
Bethleberg
Republic Steel Companies
Leiserson
Congress
Defense Mediation Board
Lit
Bethlehem and Republic Steel Companies
Cio-Steel Workers Oraanizing Committee
Brok- See Steel Firms
War Unemployment Bill Tabled By Committee
Washington February 19 The House Ways and Means Committee voted to table the administration plan for 300 million dollars in federal unemployment benefits for workers idled as factories convert to wartime production The bill would have boosted state payments to as much as 120 percent for 26 weeks Governors warned provisions would infringe on states rights and risk federalization of state unemployment systems.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Aussie Air Force Reassured as Flight Leaves Singapore
Sydney reports most Royal Australian Air Force personnel evacuated Singapore before its fall to Japan. Yet many Australian troops stayed to fight. Another dispatch cites a Japanese bombing that killed ten aboard six ships evacuating civilians toward Batavia, with nurses shielding children on crowded decks.
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Sydney
Australia
Sydney Sun
Batavia
Royal Australian Air Force
Singapore
Indies
New Tax Grab Predicted By Congressman
Senator George predicted Congress would broaden the tax base or add a sales or payroll levy to raise 7 billion in the next fiscal year. He opposed lowering exemptions and noted Treasury opposition to a sales levy or payroll tax while Roosevelt urged a 7 billion revenue increase. He discussed a 15 percent monthly withholding as a possible method, with the total applied to year-end income tax. See NEW TAX GRAB Page 5
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Washington
George
D-Ga
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Roosevelt
Georgia
West Virginians Among Japanese War Prisoners
Charleston reports a Navy release that three West Virginians are among 2210 prisoners of the Japanese. Marine Private Lord Jonas Bragg of Richwood, Elbert Samuel Perkins of Dunbar, and Frank Hastie of Charleston are counted among the group. Mrs Bragg expresses relief at any information amid delayed official notification.
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Charleston
Navy
West
Elbert Samuel Perkins
Dunbar
Frank Hastie
Patriot customer pays sales tax on defense stamps
MARTINSBURG February 19. A chain drug store reported one customer who paid his change with defense stamps and insisted on paying the state sales tax on them. He was told there is no tax on the stamps.
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Martinsburg
Reveals Jap attack plan and dates in April
Kilsoo K Haun, a Korean former Sino Korean league representative, says Japanese military books calling for attacks on Hawaii Alaska the Pacific Coast and the Panama Canal were handed to authorities. He obtained one in Portland in 1949 and seized another from a Los Angeles hotel room. The plan foresees a four month preparatory phase and an April second phase aiming at Oahu Pearl Harbor and concurrent assaults on Alaska and the Pacific Coast.
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Seattle
Hawaii
Alaska
Pacific Coast
Panama Canal
Honolulu
Kilsoo _K. Haan
Washington
D. C
Sino- Korean Peoples’ League
Portland
Ore
Los Angeles
Oahu
Peat
U S Not Satisfied On French Aid To Axis
Sumner Welles said the United States was not satisfied with Vichy explanations about reported French aid to Axis forces in Libya. The undersecretary of state spoke on the matter in Washington on February 19.
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Washington
Sumner Welles
United States
Vichy
Libya
Soldier Sailor Pay Raise Bills Face New Pushes
Legislative sponsors pressed bills to boost soldiers and sailors pay and create family living allowances. Senator Johnson proposed raising base pay from 21 to 42 dollars monthly and adjusting officers pay on a sliding scale while Rep Edmiston urged an allotment system requiring minimum remittances to dependents.
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Washington
Johnson
D-Cole
Rep
Edmiston
D-Wva
Russian Front Report Advances Near White Russia
Soviet dispatches say Soviet troops moved north of Smolensk into White Russia with Velizh area gains and Kresty recaptured, placing westward advance about 20 miles from the border as of February 19. Separately in California, federal agents seized more than 250 enemy aliens, mainly Japanese, in raids across five counties including near Santa Maria. weapons and radios were taken amid a luncheon meeting of civic leaders.
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Moscow
Smolensky
White Russia
Red Army
Kresty
Velizh
Smolensk
White
Russia
Santa Maria
Calif
Federal Bureau of Investigation
California
San Luis Obispo
FBI
Santa Maria Club
FBI Seizes Page 3 Schools Need Air Raid Signals
Charleston February 19 Star Defense Headquarters outlined a war time school program. West Virginia schools will sound alarm bells and teachers must teach first aid. Each school to select and practice an air raid signal until clearly recognized.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Star Defense Headquarters
Aso
Carl G. Bachmann
Paraski Unit Begins First Leap Training in Utah
America's first paraski troops completed a dramatic mountain jump in the snow locked Wasatch range near Alta Utah. Capt A F Gorham of Bellevue Ohio announced the unit proved it can land a tactical force from the air regardless of terrain or weather amid a bold training exercise.
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Alta
Utah
America
Wasatch
Sam
A. F. Gorham
Bellevue
Sentenced For Brutal Attack On Old Recluse
Martinsburg reports Robert Dayton aged 27 was sentenced to life in Moundsville state penitentiary after pleading guilty to criminally attacking a 63 year old crippled woman in Pine Hill on January 4. The offender previously faced Green County Virginia charges, including breaking and entering in 1996 and another six year sentence for a similar charge.
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Martinsburg
Robert Dayton
Moundsville
Pine Hill
Decatur H. Rodgers
Dayton
Green County
Virginia
War Reporters Listed Missing At Outposts
War with Japan and Germany silences seven American war broadcasters from Manila to Berlin. CBS and BC networks report three missing: Bert Silen Manila Dick Tennelly Tokyo Edward Hart Mackay Shanghai. Ford Wilkins and Tom Worthin also uncontacted.
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New York
Japan
Germany
Manila
Berlin
Bert Silen
Dick Tennelly
Tokyo
Edward Hart Mackay
Shanghai
Ford Wilkins
Tom Worthin
CBS
Lkewise
U. S. Troops Protecting Large Island in Java Front
Batavia Feb. 19 Aneta reports foreign troops including Americans have arrived in Java. American ground troops and air crews aid the defense of the Indies, now seen more frequently. The agency cites a strong welcome but small numbers. Telegraph exchanges show many Americans calling home from offices in East towns. Dutch forces retreat from Palembang in southern Sumatra and fight on as Japanese advances continue. A new battle line forms as oil and refinery facilities in Palembang area suffer extensive damage.
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Batavia
N. BE
Janet
Java
Aneta
Indies
Islands
Dutch East Indies
United Nations Supreme Command
Southwest Pacific
Leto
Palembang
Pouth
Jem Sumatra
Senate Holds Night Confab on Pension Repeal
Washington February 19 The Senate Civil Service committee held a night hearing and voted 4 to 2 to send the pension repeal bill to the floor. The House Civil Service committee is beginning action on repeal. Ramspeck chairman says majority of people do not favor it. Unions argued against repeal as government workers press the issue.
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Washington
Senate
House
Senate Civil Service Committee
House Civil Service Committee
Ramspeck
D-Ga
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U. S
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South Carolina
Royal Fleet
Strand
Dixie
Mapa
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Ask la- Guardia
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Pt. Pleasant
Steel Firms
Buck W.L.B
Super-Patriot
Buarque
Norfolk
Vna
Seanpenn
Moore & McCormick Line
Marie Omana
Graciela Omana
Freddie Ferreira
Walter F. Shivers
Ganteal Pres
Giant
Kents
Pakaski
Civil Service Committee
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