Jacob Jones Destroyer Sunk By Sub Off Cape May
The U S S Jacob Jones a 1200 ton American destroyer was torpedoed and sunk off Cape May New Jersey by an enemy submarine Eleven survivors were reported from a crew of 145 bringing total American war vessels lost in World War II to nine The navy announced the sinking in its 50th communique noting the date as last Saturday and that two other World War I destroyers the Reuben James and the Truxtun were previously lost.
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Ashington
Navy Department
Jacob Jones
Cape May
N .J
Jones
Navy
Atlantic
U.S. S
Bay
New Castle
Japanese air attacks hit Broome and Wyndham on coast
Melbourne reports new Japanese air raids on Australia’s north west coast targeting air bases and grounded aircraft at Broome and Wyndham. Bombs fell on Broome with some damage. Wyndham saw machine gun and cannon fire but no bombs. Earlier, Japs hit Bulolo Wau and Tulagi with no casualties.
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International News Service
Melbourne
Broome
Wyndham
Wynham
Port Darwin
Timor
RAAF
Bulolo
Wau
New Guinea
Tulagi
Solomon Islands
Morgenthau Seeks Massive Tax Hikes To Fund Victory
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau presents a sweeping tax plan to Congress aimed at funding World War II with record revenues. The proposal doubles lower and middle income taxes, introduces a 10 percent source deduction, and adds excise taxes on soft drinks candy gum and boosts on gasoline beer spirits and cigarettes for about 7.61 billion dollars in added revenue.
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Griffing
Bancroft International News Service
Washington
Treasury
Morgenthau
Congress
New Castle
Soviet spearhead penetrates 27 miles behind German lines
Soviet high command reports a spearhead reached 27 miles behind the German front on the Leningrad sector as Nazi air losses climbed with 77 planes destroyed Sunday. Over three days 192 planes were shot down, with 238 in seven to eight days. German activity rose as Hitler redirected forces while Soviet successes spread across northern central and southern fronts.
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International News Service
Moscow
Leningrad
Adolf Hitler
High Command
New Castle
Three Islands In Philippines Being Shelled
Japanese naval units shelling Cebu City Argao on Cebu Mindanao towns Negros Misos Tolong Dumaguette Maricabong and Bugo as Zamboanga burns. Fighting lull persists on Bataan while Moros aid Mindanao defense and Japan widens Philippine attacks.
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Washington
Philippine Archipelago
Java
Cebu
Negros
Mindanao
Zamboanga
Cebu City
Argao
Bugo
Bataan
Philippines
War Department
Davao
Philippine
Misos
Tolong
Dumaguette
Maricabong
Snow Heaviest In Years With County Schools Closed
Snow today brings closures across the region as highway crews battle heavy drifts. Downtown reads nine inches with more falling while county roads remain under strain and schools shut for the day. Ed O Reed notes main highways open but the ongoing whiteout creates a tough, uphill fight.
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o_e
Highway Department
Street Department
Bus Company
Ed O. Reed
Lawrence County
Blizzard Strikes Rural Pennsylvania With Heavy Snowfall
A severe blizzard paralyzed rural Pennsylvania and parts of Pittsburgh area with up to 17 inches of snow. Three deaths occurred in the Pittsburgh region from a car crash and a heart attack as services halted. Traffic limps along as streetcars stall and workers rush delays.
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International News Service
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Squirrel Hill
Snow Blocks Roads And School In Rural Districts
Snow blanketed streets with four to five inches at daybreak as drivers faced drifting whiteout conditions. Buses halted by slick highways forced rural schools to cancel sessions amid plowing efforts and marooned autos unable to travel without chains.
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New Castle
Daily Weather Report Summary
United States weather statistics for the 24 hours ending 9 a m show a max of 42 and min of 31 with 6.5 inches of snow and 0.65 inches of precipitation. River stage is 5.1 feet. Year ago figures: max 48, min 28, precipitation trace.
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United States
Teachers To Have Charge Of Sugar Rationing Cards
Sugar rationing distribution will be handled by public school teachers. On March 9 and 10 sales outlets at the senior high school will receive books, with cards allocated to teachers for March 17 to 20. No compensation will be given to teachers for this voluntary work.
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C. C. Green
BLY
New Castle
Dismissal At Noon For New Castle Schools
Heavy snow blanketed the district prompting noon dismissal for all New Castle schools except the senior high. Superintendent C. C. Green said a WKST radio update Wednesday between seven and eight will tell students if they return.
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New Castle
C. C. Green
WKST
Deaths Listed in Tuesday Notices of Grace Doyle Loyd Miles
Death record notices list Grace Morton Doyle of Franklin Raymond Bruno age 18 of 610 East Long Avenue Mary E. Loyd age 96 of 412 East Euclid Avenue and Nancy Miles age 74 of Lawrence County Home in the Tuesday release from March 3 1942.
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Raymond Bruno
Long Avenue
Mary E. Loyd
Euclid Avenue
Nancy Miles
Lawrence County
Speculation MacArthur May Lead Far East Forces
Washington rumors allege a reshuffle could place Gen Douglas MacArthur as commander in chief of United Nations forces in the Pacific south west. The report notes Sir Archibald Wavell’s India return and a possible Dutch commander as interim in the Far East command, with Australia and New Zealand pressing for more American aid.
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Joseph A. Bors
Washington
High Command
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
Pacific Southwest
Archibald Wavell
India
MacArthur
Philippines
Java
Australia
New Zealand
Wavell
Hein Ter Poorten
Bataan
Far East
Richard Casey
United States
Washington Blackout Plans Amid Confusion
In Washington March 3 amid growing confusion authorities proceeded with a blackout plan described as black for citizens and white for government lights. Street lights stay on and about 400 government buildings with 130,000 windows will remain lit while civilians face a blackout across the district and nearby Maryland and Virginia.
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Washington
National Capital
Office of Civilian Defense
Office of
Ower
Maryland
Virginia
New Castle
War Bulletins From Fronts and Ports March 3
In Libya British forward troops faced renewed enemy air attacks with counter action reported. A few bombs fell in the Suez area with no damage or casualties. In Chungking Chinese forces repulsed a Japanese landing on the Chekiang coast with heavy losses. In Rangoon the Sittang front remains unchanged and some civilians return to Angoon. In an East Canadian port forty eight seamen are missing as twenty survivors reach shore from four UN vessels sunk by U boats.
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Cairo
Libya
Middle East High Command
Suez Canal
Chungking
Chekiang Province
Shanghai
Rangoon
Sittang
Angoon
United Nations
mid-Atlantic
New Castle School Budget Keeps 17 Mill Levy for 1942 43
The New Castle school budget will keep the 17 mill tax levy for 1942 43 with final adoption by April 6. A special Monday board meeting adopted a tentative budget of 1 086 601, a net increase of 10 995 over the 1941 42 budget of 1 075 606, indicating drastic cuts in many items despite a rise in supplies and teacher costs.
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New Castle
East Street
Duke of Aosta Dies at 43 in Kenya
The Duke of Aosta former Italian viceroy of Ethiopia died in Nairobi at age 43 after a tuberculosis illness. He had been a British captive since his surrender at Amba Alagi on May 19 1941 and was third in line to King Victor Emmanuel. He was once noted as a potential Spanish throne candidate.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Duke of
Aosta
Ethiopia
Amba Alaji
Italy
Victor Emmanuel
Bandung Airport Area Attacked by Jap Bombers
International dispatches report a heavy raid by Japanese planes on the Bandung airport area in Java. Allied pilots battled the inbound formation for about 90 minutes as Japanese bombers pressed their assault amid strong defense from American Dutch and British forces in the region.
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Bandung
International News Service
Batavia
Burma
United Nations
New Castle
Mercer County Youth Missing in World War II
Special To The News reports Mercer county's Wilbur Dusty Rhodes missing in action aboard the destroyer Jacob Jones. A Mercer High School star from 1934 37, Rhodes enlisted in 1939 and served over two years with the Atlantic fleet. He is survived by his parents Mr. and Mrs. W E Rhodes Sr a sister Frances and two brothers Ernest and James.
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Mercer
Mercer County
Wilbur
Dusty’ Rhodes
W. E. Rhodes
South Shenango Street
United States Navy Department
Rhodes
Jacob Jones
Atlantic Fleet
Mercer High School
Dusty
Frances
Ernest
Rouseville
James
Camp Gordon, Fla
Winter Scene With Snowbound Garage and Quiet Street
A snowy landscape depicts a car garage door buried under snow near the eaves. The sidewalk is raised, the driveway gleams white, and trees bend under heavy loads. The narrator notes a cold thirty one degrees and reflects on a distant winter asked for.
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U.S
Australian
Nazi
Russia
Japan
PA Newc
Daily Weather Report
Grace Morton Doyle
Frank
Lin
Virginia Dempsey
James Stewart Dempsey
Germantown
Lieut
James C. Dempsey
U S
Central Press
Jack Vincent
Tempt
By Joseph J. Kosak
Wilbur Rhodes
United States Navy
Arthur Mometer
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