Grove Denies Involvement In Cigarette Theft
Robert L. Grove Frederick grocer and Maryland House of Delegates member was released on 9500 bond for a preliminary hearing on Tuesday for larceny of a truckload of cigarettes and conspiracy. Two Baltimore men shared bond. another Frederick man had been released earlier. Police recovered 15 of 506 cases. the theft traced to a Baltimore store chain via a Frederick dealer. Grove denied possession, claiming he bought cigarettes through a Baltimore associate.
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Hammer
Central Police
Baltimore
Robert L. Grove
Frederick Grocer
House of Delegates
Grove
Pond
Frederick
Paul B. Myles
E. Austin James
Maryland House of Delegates
Frank Schmidt
John Cerniglia
Antonio Impraguglio
Schmidt
Frederick City
Maryland
Robert Menedez
Gilbert Cooney
Joseph Bucher
Detective Bureau
John Cassidy
Charles V. Main
J. N. Simmons
Baltimore Transfer Company
Frederick County
Joseph Tamburo
Light Street
Tamburo
Noodle Factory Gunfight Wounds Three In Washington Street
In Washington at 1441 Fifth Street Northwest three Chinese men were wounded in a gunfight at a noodle factory. Sung Siaoh Kuei, 29, sought clothing he claimed to have left there, triggering a struggle with Sung Tung Lun, 50, and Jeen Lo, 45. Tung Lun sustained a serious chest wound. Jeen Lo a facial wound. Sung a forearm injury. Sung Siaoh Kuei is detained on an open charge as Tung Lun's condition is assessed.
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Washington
Fifth Street
N. W
Sung Siaoh Kuei
Sung Tung Lun
Lem Daong
Jeen Lo
Sung
Tung Lun
Tung
New Brunswick Woman Burns Denture In Cigarette Incident
An 85 year old New Brunswick resident placed her upper denture on a window sill while smoking. She returned and mistook the denture for an ashtray, burning a hole through the middle of the uppers.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Death and Destruction From Allied Bombing of Berlin
A Swedish correspondent reports Berlin lies in ruins after recent raids with gigantic fires and widespread destruction. Thousands lose homes and many are buried in cellars as casualties rise. Estimates place Berlin and Frankfurt totals in the thousands, with key German offices moved to Breslau.
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Stockholm
Berlin
Dagens Nyheter
OWI
Uppsala Nya Tidning
Bern
Frankfurt
Nya Daglit Allehanda
CBS
Breslau
Building New Road To China
Lt-Gen Joseph W Stilwell said reopening a land route to China through northern Burma is workable. He praised Chinese and American cooperation, noting they have fought together for 18 months. He declined to reveal force size or completion date.
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New Delhi
Burma
Joseph W. Stilwell
China
Stilwell
Rangoon
India-Burma
Frederick Hotel Directors Reelect Officers at Annual Meeting
At the Frederick Hotel Company annual stockholders meeting the board re elected directors for the coming year. Officers were then chosen with J H Gambrill Jr as president Holmes Baker and R E Delaplaine as vice presidents Charles Mathias as secretary L R Derzibaugh as treasurer and Parsons Newman as assistant secretary and assistant treasurer.
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Frederick Hotel Company
Francis Scott Key
W. H. B. Anders
Joseph H. Apple
Holmes J. Baker
Wm. B. Bennett
Jamesh. Cramer
R. 5. Delaplaine
Frank M. Dertzbaugh
L. R. Dertzbaugh
James H. Garmbrill
Allied Drive On Rabaul Is On Time Fitch Says
Vice Admiral Aubrey W. Fitch, South Pacific air commander, said the Allied campaign to neutralize Japanese airpower at Rabaul is on schedule though he could not say when it would be knocked out. He argued Japan will withdraw key personnel and equipment as Rabaul becomes uneconomical to defend. Fitch noted Japan is weakening air strength elsewhere to bolster Rabaul and cited high losses of carrier pilots in January.
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South Pacific Air Base
Rabaul
Aubrey W. Fitch
Washington, D. C
South Pacific
Fitch
New Britain
Bougainville
Rabaul Harbor
Pra
New Weapons For Aircraft
Washington reports that Army Air Forces armament labs are introducing new gun and turret systems for bombers, including hydraulically and electrically powered multiple gun turrets, remotely controlled firing, and advanced computing sights. The aim is superior gunfire and defense for aircraft like the B 29 battleship of the air.
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Washington
Army Air Forces
B. H. Arnold
Frank C. Wolfe
Air Forces’ Armament Laboratory
Air Force
Hight
Arnold
Wolfe
Work stoppage ends at Ford Willow Raw plant in Detroit
A Ford spokesman said the work stoppage ended shortly before noon as 625 of about 925 employees who demonstrated for a wage increase returned to their jobs. The stoppage involved center wing bomb er assemblies at the Willow Raw plant, and occurred on February 1 in Detroit.
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Detroit
Three Die in Baltimore Boulevard Collision in Riverdale
A head on crash between a trailer truck and a convertible on Baltimore Boulevard at Riverdale killed three Black men and seriously injured two others. Two Marines in the truck survived unharmed.
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Washington
Baltimore Boulevard
Riverdale
Allied Strike Near Campoleone and Cisterna Pushes Front
Allied forces drive toward Campoleone and Cisterna near Rome as part of a major offensive from the Anzio beachhead. U S troops north of Cassino seize 250 German prisoners as defenses along the Gustav Line crumble. American bombers reach Austria, hitting Klagenfurt and targets at Aviano and Udine. 251 German planes wrecked in five days of air war.
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Algiers
Uli
Campoleone
Rome
Cisterna
Appian Way
Anzio
Cassino
U. S
Campolcone
Austria
Klagenfurt
Aviano
Udine
Italy
Associated Press
Hal Boyle
Fifth Army
Gustav
Boyle
Each Blames Other Soldiers Wait For Vote
Washington clash between Democrats and Republicans over responsibility for delaying a vote on the administration war ballot for the armed services. In the House, Minority Leader Martin predicted most Republicans would oppose a special roll call. Senate Majority Leader Barkley warned soldiers may be lucky to vote in 1972. Taft countered that House leaders blocked floor action until today on a Senate passed states rights bill branded a fraud by President Roosevelt last week.
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Washington
Senate
House
Martin
Massachusetts
Barkley
Taft
Ohio
Roosevelt
Fire damages kitchen floor near Shookstown
Fire started from a rear kitchen stove fireplace at Jake Grossnickie residence near Shookstown shortly before 10 this morning. Independents county engine and local firemen ripped up floor boards to halt spread after residents flooded the kitchen. Damage was not large.
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Jake Grossnickie
Shookstown
Independents County
Japs Bayonet Wounded U S Soldiers On Litter Ambush
New York report from Associated War correspondent J Norman Lodge details a July ambush on New Georgia Island where 300 Japanese troops attacked a litter convoy along the Bairoko river. Eyewitnesses say 20 of 40 litter cases were killed as Japanese soldiers bayoneted wounded men and looted blankets while officers led savage acts.
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New York
New Georgia Island
J. Norman Lodge
Associated War
Lodge
United States
Munda
Bairoko
Nicholas TL. Kliebert
Michigan National
Lieut
Kliebert
Lieut. Kliebert
Annual Meet Of Grocers Held At Key Hotel
Independent Retail Food Distributors and Serv-U-Save-U Association held its annual meeting at the Francis Scott Key hotel. State secretary-manager Harry W. Walker urged independ ent grocers to prepare for postwar period and to present amendments to Congress when the OPA term ends June 30. Charles W. Stup was re elected president with Riddiemoser, Mensell, Hamilton reelected as officers. directors listed. Invocation and group singing followed as committee reports and the auditor's report were presented.
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Congress
OPA
Harry W. Walker
Independent Retail Food
Serv-U-Save-U Association
Francis Scott Key
Charles W. Stup
Mr. Stup
Charles EB. Riddiemoser
Edward B. Mensell
Harry W. Hamilton
Paul M. Carmack
Robert Schell
Michael Peregoff
Harry Feaga
C. D. Gochnauer
Ira Ray
James H. Harris
William W
Break-through Made By Govorov Near Kingisepp and Lipa
Soviet forces under Gen. Leonid Govorov pressed a steady advance along the northern front near Kingisepp, crossing the Luga river and seizing Lipa as German resistance buckled. Muscovite reports claim further breakthroughs from Lake Ilmen to the Gulf of Finland and a pincer from Leningrad-Pskov toward Luka, isolating scattered German units east of the lake and forest regions.
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London
Red Army
Leonid A. Govorov
Leningrad
Kingisepp
Baltic
Narva
Moscow
Luga River
Lipa
Lake Ilmen
Gulf of Finland
Nikopol
Dnieper
Dnepropetrovsk
Govorov
Lake Peipus
Pskovo
Luka
Divinskya
K. A Meretskovs
Windy Baltimore Area Causes Damage and Delays
Strong gale winds across the Baltimore area darkened Halethorpe and Arbutus for four hours and felled electric lines. At least 12 false burglar alarms were logged by the American District Telegraph while police investigated. Trees blocked roads near Dundalk and Essex, with chimney fires and wind-fanned blazes. Shipping launch postponed due to winds, and a fire damaged a Radio Supply Shop near Maryland General Hospital though the hospital remained safe. Groundhog Day forecasts hint at six more weeks of bad weather. New York reports high appetite for stock market specialties shaping today’s activity.
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Baltimore
Halethorpe
Arbutus
American District Telegraph
Sellers Point
Dundalk
Essex
Pikesville
Harry Warner
William D. Byron
Bethlehem Fairfield
Maryland General Hospital
Superior Force Strikes Marshall Islands In Early Sunday
New York reports that Tokyo radio said a "superior enemy force" raided the Marshall Islands since Sunday morning. The broadcast claimed fierce fighting by Japanese forces on the islands and suggested a large scale operation possibly including aircraft carriers.
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New York
Tokyo
Marshall Islands
U.S. Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service
U. S
North America
Vichy Radio
Marshalls
Tokyo Radio
South America
Windy February Ends with Strong Gales and Light Snow
Strong gales up to 50 miles per hour disrupted the night, causing minor damage but no serious incidents. Widespread winds from the north-northwest continued, with forecasts for partly cloudy and colder conditions and possible snow flurries tonight. January ended with light rain and hail, a trace, and a subzero dip of two below.
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State Roads Commission
Robert E. L. Putman
Pikes
Potomac Edison Company
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
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Turkey
Gerede
Istanbul
Inet
Sun
Gen. Stilwell
South Pacific Air Commander
U.S
H. W. Walker
Russ
Estonia
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