Great Forces Of U S Heavy Planes Hit At Nazi Targets
American heavy bombers struck western Germany for the seventh time in eight days. Long range Allied fighters escorted the flights as RAF Mosquitoes targeted the same region. Intruder raids by RAF planes assisted, while a Nazi pocket blitz hit London in retaliation.
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London
Nazi Europe
Germany
Frankfurt
Brunswick
Hannover
Wilhelmshaven
RAF
France
Six Warrants Are Sworn Out In Park Place Affray
Six warrants issued after a Park Place clash between two policemen and two Frederick men. Hearing set in Police Court before Magistrate Edward J. Smith. Officer Benjamin F. Phebus Jr injured. Hoffman and Shilling free on $250 bond. Butler attacked during the incident. gun drawn to halt fight.
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Park Place
Frederick
Edward J. Smith
Benjamin F. Phebus, Jr
Jerome Hoffman
Phebus
Hoffman
Butler
Shilling
Phobus
Infant Choked to Death by Thymus Gland Duty
A five month old, Richard Carlton Clevenger Jr., sleeping between two and four this morning, choked when a thymus gland disturbance cut off his breath. He weighed two pounds at Johns Hopkins after birth, had gained since, and was deemed well just days earlier. Parents, grandparents, and relatives in Buckeystown and Rockville affected. another child previously died. Funeral plans pending. interment in Rockville.
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Richard Carlton Clevenger, Jr
Richard Carlton
Mildred Grey Clevenger
Buckeystown Pike
Johns Hopkins Hospital
B. O. Thomas
Lewis Grey
Rockville
Thomas Walter Clevenger
Frederick County
Three German Blockade Runners Sunk In South Atlantic
Washington reports three German blockade runners laden with rubber tin fats and strategic ores were sunk by American ships in the South Atlantic during January. The Burgenland Rio Grande and Weserland were destroyed by Omaha Jouett and Somers after several hours of pursuit and intense gunfire.
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Washington
Pacific
South Atlantic
Navy
Burgenland
Rio Grande
Weserland
Omaha
Jouett
Atlantic
Somers
William C. Hughes
Oklahoma City
Charles D. Leffler
Miami
Fla
John C. Parham, Jr
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Omaha-Jouett
Democrats Oust Guffey As Campaign Chairman
In Washington on February 4 the Democrats moved to calm Senate rifts by appointing Senator O Mahoney of Wyoming as chairman of the party’s senatorial campaign committee. Senator Guffey of Pennsylvania, replaced by Barkley’s appointment, said he was removed but promised to press his fight with southern Democrats after the con promise service vote bill reaches Senate action.
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Washington
Senate
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Guffey
Pennsylvania
Barkley
Kentucky
Japs Call Invasion Of Marshalls Big Gamble
Tokyo radio described the American Marshall Islands invasion as a big gamble in a 24 hour silence break. The broadcast said the Americans must risk the operation to avoid negating the Gilberts campaign, but offered no specifics on progress.
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New York
Marshall Islands
Tokyo Radio Today
Gilberts
U. S
Post Office Income Now Greater Than Its Cost
Washington reports that the Post Office's 24 year operation finally earned a profit. Postmaster General Walker told the House Appropriations committee that last fiscal year revenues exceeded expenditures by 1,332,849 dollars, despite free services totaling 122,243,000 dollars. The profit was turned over to the Treasury.
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Washington
Congress
Walker
House Appropriations Committee
Department
The
Treasury
Soldiers' Voting In 43 Cost Only $91,000
Washington reports that absentee soldier voting for 1943 cost $91,000, leaving $1,109,000 of a $1,200,000 appropriation returned to the Treasury surplus fund. The figure was released by the House Appropriations committee in hearings on the 1945 Treasury appropriation bill.
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Washington
United States
Treasury
House Appropriations Committee
Mustering Out Pay Bill Signed By President
President Roosevelt signed legislation granting mustering-out pay of 100 to 300 for armed service members. He urged action on education continuation social security credits unemployment protection and transition machinery to ease veterans return to civilian life.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Harpers Ferry Paper seeks sale of dam to Potomac Light and Power
The Federal Power Commission announced receipt of a joint application by Harpers Ferry Paper Company and Potomac Light and Power Company to sell all Harpers Ferry assets including a dam on the Potomac near Harpers Ferry West Virginia for up to 150 000. Harpers Ferry Paper is a Virginia Public Service Company subsidiary while Potomac Light and Power is part of American Water Works and Electric. The sale is described as in the public interest due to the proximity of facilities to Potomac service territory. The FPC also has a pending application to merge Virginia Public Service into Virginia Electric and Power.
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Washington
Federal Power Commission
Harpers Ferry Paper Company
Alexandria
Potomac River
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Potomac Light and Power Company
Martinsburg
Virginia Public Service Company
American Water Works and Electric Company, Inc
Potomac Company
FPC
Virginia Electric and Power Company
Bombers Hit Paramushiro Base in North Pacific Raid
Washington reports two Navy bombers struck Paramushiro, the North Pacific base, the largest Japanese installation in the area. It was the tenth raid since December with no observed enemy planes and both American planes returned safely amid heavy weather.
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Washington
Aleutian Islands
Paramushiro
North Pacific
Kuriles
Navy
Russian Kamchatka Peninsula
Doctor Hens Pleads Guilty in Draft Case
Dr James Hens, former Spring Grove State Hospital physician, pleaded guilty in federal court to counselling aiding and abetting a selectee to avoid military service. He was jailed pending sentencing next Friday.
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Hens
Baltimore
James
Spring Grove State Hospital
King George Receives Maj. Gen. Doolittle in London Audience
King George held an audience today for Maj. Gen. James H. Doolittle commander of the U S Eighth Air Force in London.
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King London
Fe. 4
James H. Doolittle
U. S. Eighth Air Force
Draft Horse Helps Man Dodge Draft In 1941
Edward Merlin Sheridan listed his wife Mary Ann as a dependent on his draft form and was later found to have lied about dependents. FBI arrested the 28-year-old auto mechanic on charges of failing to report for induction and making false statements to his draft board. Assistant U S Attorney called Mary Ann a horse, noting she kept him from the draft.
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Los Angeles
Edward Merlin Sheridan
Mary Ann Sheridan
FBI
U. S
Huntington P. Bledsoe
Sheridan
Lodge Resigns Senate Seat From Massachusetts
Washington reports Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. resigned as a Massachusetts senator to return to active service as a combat soldier overseas. In a letter read by a clerk he cited impending large scale ground fighting and his age as reasons to serve his country directly.
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Washington
Henry ,Cabot Lodge, Jr
Massachusetts
Senate
Lodge
Toulon attacked by heavy U. S. bombers
The Vichy radio reports Toulon, the southern France naval base, was raided at 2 p.m. today. A Berlin broadcast claims American bombers carried out heavy terror raids against Trieste, Rimini, Albano, Formia and Porto Recanati.
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London
Vichy
Toulon
France
Berlin
Trieste
Rimini
Albano
Formia
Porto Recanati
Reds Exterminate Ten German Divisions Encircled in Ukraine
Moscow reports Red Star says systematic destruction by Soviet armies surrounds ten German divisions in the upper Dnieper bend. Nearly 10,000 enemy dead and a five day offensive near Cherkasy. German units described as wanderers, exhaustion noted, many crowding rivers and swamps.
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Moscow
Dnieper
Red Star
Ukraine
Baltic
Cherkasy
Stalingrad
Pavel Orender
Nikolai Vasulin
Evan S. Konev
Orender
Size of War Savings Bonds To Be Reduced
Washington reports shrinking the size of war savings bonds will save the government five million dollars in 1945 production costs. Treasury officials disclosed the estimate in testimony on the 1945 Treasury appropriation bill made public today.
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Washington
Treasury
End of Sustained Combat on Namur Island in the Marshalls
From Namur Island Kwajalein Atoll February 3 delayed report details the final Marine push that ended organized Japanese resistance. The article recalls brutal fighting, notable officer losses, and the aftermath as Marines unload cargo and secure the shattered battlefield.
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Namur Island
Kwajalein Atoll
Itne Marshalls
Marine Corps
Namur
Roi
Arthur Hanson
Washington, D. C
Archie Vale
Private party seeks exchange for home goods and pet
An Indianapolis News coffee break item notes a questionable ad offering cash in exchange for a washing machine, lawn mower, fence material and a young dog or child. The odd listing highlights suspicious private party trades amid local notices.
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Indianapols
Fey 4
Indianapolis News
Truck Crash Injures Frederick Driver On South Jefferson Street
Preston Mossburg of 421 North Bentz Street was hurt when his truck side swiped a parked car near the Salvage Segregation Center and overturned on South Jefferson Street. The load of stone dust tipped from the truck, scattering over the highway as Mossburg was taken to Frederick City Hospital with front shock and facial lacerations. The Wilson and Jones truck, hauling for M. J. Grave Lime Co., suffered major damage. investigation by Sergt. Daniel Swomley found no preliminary charges or determined cause. The accident occurred about 11 40 this morning.
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Frederick
South Jefferson Street
Preston Mossburg
North Bentz Street
Frederick City
C. E. Cane and Son
Mossburg
Marshall C. Ahall
Burkittsville
Ahab
Sergt
Daniel Swomley
Swomsey
Wilson
Jones
Dickerson
M. J. Grave Lime Company
Expect Worst Over Rabaul An Advanced South Pacific Air Base
Reported uncertainty grows over the fate of American aviators who are shot down or captured near Rabaul. Military leaders and pilots privately debate whether Japanese guards execute or imprison fliers, while most expect harsh outcomes for those who fall behind enemy lines.
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South Pacific
Rabaul
Martine
Ralph J. Mitchell
New Britain
Conn
Solomons
Japs Claim Direct Hit On An Allied Cruiser
The Tokyo radio reported Japanese air units scored several direct hits on an Allied cruiser off Mono Island in the Solomons, heavily damaging the vessel. no Allied confirmation followed. Also Chicago, Feb. 4 reports Harry H Woodring proposing Democrats nominate a figure like Hull for President and calling a loyal party convention.
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Associated Press
Tokyo Radio
Mono Island
Solomons
Hull
Chicago
Harry H Woodring
Our Attacks Repulsed In Nettuno Anzio Battles Report
Berlin says Allied forces encircled in Nettuno bridgehead and repulsed relief attacks. Rommel directs big German offensive at Anzio while Fifth Army fights near Cassino and Eighth Army advances southwest of Orsogna. Germans strike four times, repulsed each time. air support returns as line tightens.
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London
Nettuno
Italy
Berlin
Aled
Edwin Rommel
Maly
Anzio
Rome
Fifth Army
Cassino
10Th Army
Eighth Army
Torricella
Orsogna
Group To Buy Old School In Rocky Ridge
A Rocky Ridge community group agreed to purchase the old Rocky Ridge schoolhouse for 1200 dollars for community use and a library. The Board of Education accepted Miss Jean Gosnell’s resignation as mathematics instructor at Frederick High and appointed Mrs. W. H.3. Anders to replace her for the term. Rudolph Eyler relinquished two school bus routes due to ill health. bids will be sought. Superintendent Pruitt was authorized to seek bids on the routes.
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Rocky Ridge
County Board of Education
Thurmont
Jean Gosnell
Frederick High School
W. H. 3. Anders
Gosnell
Arlington, Va
Rudolph Eyler
Catoctin Furnace
St Anthony's
Eugene W. Pruitt
Billions Of Mail Handled By Post Office During War
Washington reports postal traffic soared last year to 33.392 billion pieces with 2.551 billion for armed services. At three cents per letter, revenue would have reached 70 million dollars. Postmaster General Walker says the average weekly mail per soldier totals 6.13 items, with 5.1 free and 1.03 paid.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Armed Services
Walker
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