Weird Invader Alarms West Coast Factory Sectors
San Francisco report notes no bombs or plane losses during anti-aircraft firing near Los Angeles. Venice police seized three Japanese suspects, two men and a woman, for signaling with flashlights near the pier. Army planes pursued a slowly moving object along the coast toward the Sig Mal Hill oil fields. officials offered no confirmation of a blimp.
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San Francisco
Los Angeles
Western Defense Command
Venice
FBI
Richard B. Hood
Santa Monica
Sig- Mal Hill
Army
San Pedro
Long Beach
Subs Attack Two Tankers Off Atlantic Coast
West Palm Beach Florida February 25 The Navy reports enemy submarines have torpedoed two American owned tankers in Atlantic coastal waters The Cities Service Empire of New York and the Republic of Houston Texas suffered damage and 16 sailors were dead or missing Fifty seven were rescued The toll in ships torpedoed off the United States coast rises to 24 including fourteen tankers with eight sunk damaged or beached and oil installations shelled in the Dutch West Indies
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West Palm Beach
Fla
United States
Atlantic
Navy
Cities
New York
Republic
Houston
Tex
Dutch West Indies
Federal men move aliens in California curfews and evacuations
Federal agents moved into 461 forbidden areas in California to arrest or investigate enemy aliens after a midnight deadline. About 8,000 people were forced to leave homes and businesses, with only the aged and bed-ridden allowed to stay. Curfews limited visits to 9 pm to 6 am, and a mass migration of Japanese farm workers inland was forecast amid farm labor shortages. Prices on the San Francisco vegetable market rose, notably celery.
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San Francisco
California
Richard M. Neustadt
Defense, Health and Welfare
San Francisco Bay Area
Singapore Evacuation Effort Warned as Impossible
London reports an informed source says any attempt to withdraw British troops from Singapore would be sheer murder due to Japanese air and sea control. He notes Britain had only merchant ships left and no warships or air cover for evacuations, with planned destruction denying enemy access to accumulations.
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London
Singapore
Japan
Dutch East ,Indies
Work or Fight proposed to curb war plant stoppages
Washington February 25 a drastic work or fight plan may be sought by the administration to empower the war labor board to end all stoppages in arms production. An informed source said congress likely to back the move which would draft striking workers into the armed forces if employed in essential war jobs and blacklist noncompliant workers on government contracts. The president urged uninterrupted production in recent speeches and called for strong action to resolve labor disputes.
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Washington
War Labor Board
Congress
Roosevelt
Kentucky House Passes Anti-Sabotage Bill With Death Penalty
The Kentucky House approved the senate anti-sabotage bill 69 to 2, sending it back to the senate for action on two amendments. The measure aims to punish interference with the war effort that endangers lives while addressing labor leaders concerns it could curb union picketing rights.
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Frankfort
Kentucky
House of Representatives
Senate
State coal business in sharp drop
Huntington February 25. West Virginia coal mines face a slump due to submarine attacks and other factors. Northern fields are fair and improving while southern fields show weakness. Logan Coal Operators cite 40 cent wage differential, straight rates, reduced Great Lakes shipments, and war production shifts as reasons for the downturn.
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Huntington
West Virginia
Atlantic
Northern West Virginia Coal Association
Streight
Great Lakes
Arthur Downing
Logan Coal Operators Association
Logan Field
Rita Hayworth Seeks Divorce from Oil Man Ed Judson
Hollywood report states Rita Hayworth filed for divorce from oilman Ed Judson, charging cruelty after their 1937 marriage. She cited his frequent travels to Texas and Oklahoma as a factor. Victor Mature also disclosed a separation from wife Martha Kemp Mature.
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Hollywood
Rita Hayworth
Miss Hayworth
Ed Judson
Texas
Oklahoma
Victor Mature
Gal Sal
Martha Kemp Mature
Firemen Search Hotel Ruins For Seven Bodies
Aberdeen North Carolina February 25 two persons died in a hotel fire at the Sandhill hotel and at least seven others were missing as firefighters cleared the still burning three story structure. The body of manager Jack Meador and an unidentified woman were recovered amid the flames with search continuing for additional victims.
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Aberdeen
N. C
Sandhill
Jack Meador
Recover Another Body In River Boat Disaster
Newport Kentucky February 25. As the river receded workers resumed recovering bodies from the wrecked towboat G. W. McBride believed to hold 15 victims. The latest recovery was Mrs Jessie Foulks of Miller second cook, found as the buckled cabin floor exposed by the falling water. Three women and 13 men died when a cross current drove the boat into a bridge pier early Sunday.
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Newport
G. W. McBride
Jessie Foulks
Miller
Youth Shoots Girl in Movie Theater Mystery
Chicago February report says a 17 year old boyfriend confessed to fatally shooting Dorothy Broz in the Downtown Palace theater balcony. Clarence McDonald, also 17 from Berwyn, was identified by a friend of the victim and picked up after police inquiry.
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Chicago
A. L. Brodie
Dorothy Broz
Palace Theater
Brodie
Clarence McDonald
Berwyn
Dorothy
McDonald
Strike Continues At Clarksburg Hazel Atlas Glass Works
Union sources report a walkout at the Hazel Atlas Glass plant in Clarksburg continues with company officials declining to comment on causes or extent. Local 569 president Carl E. Collins says the strike stems from management refusing to meet with the bargaining committee. Plant superintendent Karl Weaver also withheld comment.
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Clarksburg
Hazel-Atlas Glass Company
Carl E. Collins
American Flint Glass Workers Union
Tafl
Karl Weaver
Doctors Discover Powerful Sulfa Drug for Dysentery
Baltimore February report announces succinyl sulfathiazole a strong sulfa drug that sterilizes the intestinal tract and cures severe dysentery in soldiers and children. Developed by Dr. Edgar J. Poth and Johns Hopkins colleagues it reduces intestinal bacteria dramatically and aids post operative recovery.
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Baltimore
Edgar J. Poth
F. Louis Knotts
James T. Lee
Frank Inui
Department of Surgery
Johns Hopkins _Medical school
Archives of Surgery
Survivors Rescued From Libyan Front Storm Debacle
Forty three survivors of the U S destroyer Truxtun and the naval supply ship Pollux were rescued by St Lawrence villagers in Newfoundland. They used a bosun chair to haul men from a 200 foot cliff to safety as ships wrecked in a violent storm. At Argentia naval base, casualties were reported with at least 189 dead.
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ST. John's
Newfoundland
Truxtun
U. S
Pollux
St. Lawrence
Argentia
Washington
Moscow reports danger to German war economy in occupied Russia
Swiss dispatch cites Russia scorched earth tactics and labor shortages crippling Germanys effort to align occupied Russian regions with the Reich. More than half the population fled with the Russian army, taking horses and machinery, including 200000 of 380000 from Dnieperopetrovsk, while skilled workers and engineers were described as taken away.
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Bern
Switzerland
Russia
Germany
Reich
Dnieperopetrovsk
Baltic States
Auto Rationing Quota Set For W. Va. Dealers
Charleston February 25 state administrator Carl G Bachmann announced a rationing quota of 1069 new cars for West Virginia for sale to eligible buyers from March 2 to May 31. An additional 88 vehicles were placed on a reserve list. Secretary Lawrence E Rollins of the state automobile dealers association cited 4000 to 5000 new cars in stock statewide.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Carl G. Bachmann
Lawrence E. Rollins
West Virginia Automobile Dealers Association
State Education Heads Meet On Wartime Plans
Charleston February 25 School Superintendent W W Trent called a state board of education meeting for March 13 to consider accelerating college programs and to receive a report from the twenty three member wartime educational commission that Trent heads The commission will meet March 3 to hear committee reports and draft a full report for the board
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Charleston
W. w.Trent
State Board of Education
Educational Wartime Commission
Commison
Trent
Nazi Ambassador Misses Death In Mystery Bombing
In Ankara a bomber's device exploded near German Ambassador Franz Von Papen and his wife during a midmorning stroll on Boulevard Ataturk. Papers stamped with the German embassy were found on the unidentified dead man. Von Papen and his wife escaped injury.
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London
Reuters
Ankara
Franz von Papen
von Papen
Boulevard Attaturk
Russians Crush 16th German Field Army Near Staraya Russa
Moscow reports credit the Red Army with crushing the 16th German field army in the Staraya Russa area south of Leningrad. three German divisions were shattered, about 12,000 killed, and German positions abandoned amid heavy snow and cold. The dispatch notes recapture of Staraya Russa region and advancing Soviet forces amid battlefield debris.
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Moscow
Germany
Staraya Russa
Leningrad
Staraya Ri
Red Army
Kurochkin
Second Army Corps
13Th Infant Division
10Th Army Corps
U. S
Yellow Planes Raid Seaport and New Guinea
Australian air force communique reports Japanese bombers raid Port Moresby and Salamaua in New Guinea. Earlier raid yesterday dropped 10 bombs, killing one and injuring five. Details of today’s damage were not immediately available.
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Canberra
Australia
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Australis
Salamua
Salamaua
Theatre Tickets Promote Two Films at Local Theatres
Theatre goers may attend Buy Me That Town at Strand Theatre with Loyd and Two Faced Women starring Greta Garbo at the Dixie Theatre, offering patrons a choice of current releases.
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Ss Praca
Strand Theatre
Grete Garbo
The
Dixie Thesis
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U. S. War Dept
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