Heaviest Wewak Raid Blasts Japanese Base
Allied airmen destroyed about 60 Japanese planes at Wewak New Guinea in the heaviest raid on the base since the war began. Ground forces along the Ramu and Mintjim valleys push toward Bogadjim while Australians advance near Sio and Memay. Allied bombers set a 6,000 ton merchant vessel off New Ireland on fire and sinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Pacific
Wewak
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
New Guinga
Madang
Ramu
Faria
Mintjim
Bogadjim
Boku River
Mataloi
Sio
Memay
Saidor
Bougainville
Solomons
Empress Augusta Bay
Empress Augusta
New Ireland
Goes To Court To Hold Lancaster Franchise
Philadelphia February 4 Austin Meehan vice president of the Lancaster Pa club of the Interstate Baseball League sued for injunction to stop granting a 1944 franchise to Edward P Stumpf and two officers He seeks a receiver to take over the club and to restrain McClain Peterson and Stumpf from disposing of club contracts The Lancaster Baseball Club Inc had operated since 1941 suffering losses in 1941 and 1942 For 1943 the league required 1200 deposit which Meehan says McClain deposited and thus transferred the franchise to McClain The club did not make the deposit He says McClain misled him and that Kell Bowles Prick and Wheaton were sold for 22000 to major league clubs after the change He claims fraud and great financial loss and that an audit of books is needed to determine damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Austin Meehan
Lancaster
Interstate Baseball League
Edward P. Stumpf
Meehan
Stumpf
Norman A. McClain
James N. Peterson
Lancaster Baseball Club, Inc
Interstate League
McClain
Mechan
Court News Equity Cases and Property Deeds Summary
Court docket lists equity suits: Charlotte Z English vs W Rich ard English for absolute divorce alimony pendente lite. Margaret Virginia Myers vs William Russell Myers for absolute divorce. Several property transfers recorded including Howard M Huffer and wife to H Kieffer DeLauter county $10 and related deeds among multiple parties in city and county parcels with small consideration sums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Z. English
W. Richard English
Margaret Virginia Myers
William Russell Myers
Howard M. Huffer
H. Kieffer DeLauter
William
Hill
Russell A. Dykes
Gilmore RR
Flautt
Joan C. Cooper
Gilmore R. Flautt
Elsie M. Posey
Austin James
Gilmore KR. Flautt
Frederick Properties, Inc
Etty
Coffee plant height forecast in Seth Gray wild area
The report notes the coffee plant is expected to reach a height between 15 and 20 feet, contingent on the Seth Gray wild conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seth Gray
Jumbo Wilson of the Mediterranean Theater
HAL BOYLE profiles Sir Henry Maitland Wilson known as Jumbo, top Allied commander in the Mediterranean. The interview notes his towering figure, discipline, concise military thinking, and the wary gaze that follows visitors as he runs a vast theater of war from a single desk and a pair of communication lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
Italy
Sir Henry Maitland Wilson
Mediterranean
Mister Pickwick
Army
Wilson Hal
Roosevelt
Sir Henry
Wavell
Libya
Africa
Wilson
Henry
Hirohito Loses Marshalls Rule in Pacific Proclamation
U S Pacific Fleet declares American military government for the occupied Marshall Islands with Hirohito’s powers suspended in Kwajalein atoll and surrounding islets. Admiral Nimitz signs the proclamation as military governor, promising civilian safety while enforcing military necessities. The Kwajalein action shows rapid Allied gains toward Tokyo with light casualties and strong naval support under Admiral Turner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Marshall Islands
Hirohito
Japan
Fleet
Adm
Chester W. iNimitz
Placid
Kwajalein Atoll
Marshalls
Nimitz
United States
U.S
Tokyo
Central Pacific
Carolines
Truk
Kwajalein Alol
Richmond K. Turner
Pacific
Turner
Gilbert Islands
Tarawa
Kwajalein
Marine Corps
Westminster Soldier Escapes Booby Trap
Cape Gloucester New Britain January 6. A Westminster soldier escaped a booby trap after Japanese forces blasted from the beach. An advancing officer warned his men and engineers later removed traps. Delousing was dangerous work with over 100 dead Japanese needing examination for explosives before burial. Sergeant Alfred Myers of Westminster Maryland led the detail and had two narrow escapes. He is son of A N Myers and saw action at Guadalcanal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Signi
Seret Alfred Myers
Milton Ave
Westminster
A. N. Myers
Guadalcanal
Model Legislature to Be Held in Annapolis This Spring
The Hi Y Club of Annapolis and other Maryland cities will sponsor a model legislative session in spring. Governor O Conor sanctioned a special session in the state capital, with delegates and voters unlikely to recognize many names. Clarence E Tyler, M C A committeeman and Democratic Anne Arundel County delegate, said the session will mirror New Jersey and New York formats to spark interest in government among high school age boys. Fox farming began in 1884 on Prince Edward Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
O'Conor
Hi-Y Club
Baltimore
Frederick
Brunswick
Hagerstown
Clarence E. Tyler
Tyler
Anne Arundel County
General Assembly
New Jersey
New York
Demands Mechanics Return To Their Jobs
Acting Navy Secretary Ralph A. Bard demanded that more than 20 000 members of the Independent Mechanics Educational Society of America return to work in Ohio and Michigan plants, warning loyalty to country requires full production. Secretary Bard sent the demand to Matthew Smith of Detroit, while Smith called the move a fight for independent unionism amid government support of the CIO and labor boards. The War Labor Board warned of penalties and scheduled a Monday hearing in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ralph A. Bard
the Navy
Independent Mechanics Educational Society of America
Matthew Smith
Detroit
Bard
Ohio
Michigan
Smith
Mechanics Educational Society of America
Thenion
Acon
CIO
National Labor Relations Board
National War Labor Board
War Labor Board
Labor Society
Welfare Board Plea Spurned by Washington County
Washington County officials refused full 1944 welfare appropriations and denied salary increases for county welfare workers citing centralized control and public complaint of aid to undeserving families. The county clerk noted 1944 requests totaled 26 37 559 with only 1 099 677 appropriated and 7 161 approved for salary hikes. ABaltimore meeting is planned to consider seeking repeal of the state law allowing such state action against counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Washington County
State Board of Public Welfare
Commission
I. Keller Shank
Welfare Board
Shank
J. R. R. Black
Hagerstown
State Welfare Board
State Board
Shenk
Madrid cabinet reaffirms strict neutrality amid foreign pressure
The Spanish cabinet convened at Generalissimo Franco's urgent call and reaffirmed a firm policy of strict neutrality. It said it would resist any foreign pressure and require both foreigners and Spanish nationalists in Spain to conform to this stance, stressing sovereignty and respect for the neutrality position. The report also notes renewed warnings from victory garden headquarters urging early seed orders, with the Agriculture Department predicting seed shortages for favored varieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Spain
Francisco Franco
Commaunique
Victory Garden
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Think Alike FDR and Willkie on Future Tax Needs
Washington February 4 President Roosevelt and Wendell Willkie alike look toward the next generation in tax plans. Roosevelt said he could not match Willkie’s 16 billion in new revenue and cited a 10 billion figure instead. Both urged higher taxes to fund eventual war costs while inflation concerns loom, with congressional tax committees challenging whether taxes above 43.3 billion annually can be sustained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
New York
President
Capitol Hill
Senate House
Spanish Situation Is Headache For Allies
President Roosevelt defined Allied policy toward Spain as keeping Spain neutral in the true sense while the Cabinet vowed to maintain strict neutrality. The issue centers on oil imports from the Caribbean blocked by the Allied measure, with Spain resisting pressure and showing readiness to submit to no coercion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Spain
Germany
Caribbean
State Department
Six Months For Hoffman In Local Court
Magistrate Edward J. Smith sentenced Jerome J. Hoffman to six months in the House of Correction after pleading guilty to assault and battery. Pfc. John Shilling, home on furlough, drew the same three charges with $10 fines or ten days for each. The verdict followed testimony from officers and witnesses about disturbances and threats, including Phebus’s head injuries and Hoffman’s attempt to resist arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. Smith
House of Correction
Jerome J. Hoffman
Pfc
John Shilling
Ft. Jackson
8. C
Hoffman
Sergt
Frank Dorsey
Benjamin F. Phebus, Jr
Charles V.butler
Frank Miller
Park and Trail Avenues
Walter Larkin
West Third Street
Phebus
William M. Storm
E. Austin James
Shilling
Mildred Stone
Butler
Smith
Jack Blakeney
Blakeley
Grayson L. Lutz
Buckeystown
Harry A. Holsinger
Charles Delmore Fox
Woodsboro
Holsinger
Ralph Castle
Gail L. Catshall
Edewward A. Dougherty
Knoxville
Willard Lee Eggleston
Scott Depot
W. Va
Norman Trump
Blakeney
War Interpreted By Kirke L Simpson on Nettuno Beachhead
Kirke L Simpson notes Nazi reports of encirclement at Nettuno are unlikely. Allied forces, six divisions strong, hold a wide beachhead 14 by eight miles with sea and air superiority. The Cassino front remains tense as Cisterna and the Cassino-Casilina corridor threaten Rome, raising the risk around the Nettuno Anzio area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Army
Nettuno
Rome
Italy
Berlin
Cassing-Minturno
Cisterna
Pontine
Casilina
Rome-Cassino
Germany
Alban Hills
Nettuno- Anzio
Cisterna-Velletri-Valmontone
Cassino
Liri
Nettuno-Anzio
Bonds Sold At Premiere Boosts War Bond Drive
At the Thursday premiere of Thousands Cheer in Tivoli Theater an audience of nearly 700 purchased bonds, boosting the war loan drive by 35000. Manager Edwin W. MacGill announced the theater acts as a U S Treasury issuing agency and sold bonds whenever open. A repeat show by Harold Pratt and Hawaiian Sharps was announced after Winchesters Hall performance, with Johanna Brodbeck Hilo Hattie and Hawaiian Hula numbers featured along with vocal selections by Virginia Pratt Clarence Williams and Theresa Schubank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tivoli
Uncle Sam
Edwin W. MacGill
Warner Bros
MacGill
United States Treasury
Winchester Hall
Harold Pratt
Material Used for Ships Before and During War
Concrete boats and barges were built and used decades before World War I, but large ships were not constructed of this material until the war period, during which twelve, running from 3000 to 7500 tons, were built.
Five Die In Elks County Plane Crash Near Elkins W V
A plane carrying a prominent midwestern family to Washington crashed four miles from Elkins amid heavy overcast and fuel shortage. Five died Wilbur E Hightower and his daughter Mrs John Robey Penn along with Roy Hunt and Mrs Roy Hunt and George Ruddy. The craft owned by Fain Drilling left Oklahoma City and wreckage covered about 200 feet. E. E. Blanchard of Pittsburgh led body removal. this followed two prior air disasters near Elkins in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkins
W. Va
Washington, D. C
Allegheny Mountains
Wilbur E Hightower
First National Bank and Trust Company of
Oklahoma City
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Bissell Succeeds Strong as Military Intelligence Chief
Washington reports Maj. Gen. Clayton L. Bissell will assume command of the Army Military Intelligence Division on February 29. He succeeds Maj. Gen. George W. Strong who, nearing retirement age, will retire after turning over his desk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bissell
Strong
Washington
Clayton L. Bissell
Army
War Department
Kane
George W. Strong
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Marshall Invaders
H. McT. Smith
Chas, H. Corlett
Harry F. Schmidt
Navy
Adml
Holland McT. Smith
Harry Schmidt
Marines
Roi Island
Seventh Infantry
Attu
Aleutians
Kwajalein Island
C. H. Corlett
Fdr
Wiillkie
Kirke L. Simpson
Frederick 5
South Market
Oklahoma
C. E. Cline & Son Funeral Directors
C. C. Carty, Inc
E. Patrick St
Carty
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