Kwajalein Atoll Battle Casualties Reported by Nimitz
U S Pacific Fleet data shows 8,122 Japanese dead and 264 prisoners in Kwajalein, with 1,434 U S casualties across the operation. Seventh Division bore the heaviest losses at 712 wounded and 157 dead, while Roi Namur and adjacent areas yielded 3,472 Japanese dead and 91 prisoners. Tarawa figures noted: 1,092 American deaths and over 4,000 Japanese fallen.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
United States
Kwajalein Atoll
Marshall Islands
Chester W. Nimitz
U U. S
Army
U. S
Nimitz
Seventh Division
Tarawa
Seventh Army
Kwajalein Island
Fourth Marine
Roi- Namur
Roi-Namur
U.S
Kwajalein
Worden
Roi
Namur Island
Gilbert Islands
Gilberts
Army Seizes Seven Fall River Mills Under Gov’t Order
Fall River Mass Feb 7 The Army acting on a presidential order seized seven textile mills to avert labor trouble delaying material for combat use. Army officers took command and operations will resume on Wednesday. Col Curtis G Pratt War Department rep said mills held vital contracts and had been idle since December amid a labor strike by three unions involving 6900 workers over a seniority clause.
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Fall River
Mass
Army
Curtis G. Pratt
War Department
Pratt
Civilian famine forecast shocks pork and beef outlook
Washington reported a civil ian famine forecast by P S Wilson executive secretary of the National Livestock Producers Association predicting beef shortages within 60 days and pork by 90 days due to government policy. The Agriculture Department cautioned civilian food supplies will be similar to last year as military needs rise. Meat output is seen at about 25 billion pounds in 1944 with non civilian demand consuming a larger share.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
P. ©. Wilson
National Livestock Producers’ Association
Wilson
Department
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Baltimore Restaurateurs Face Price Ceiling Violations Drive
About 500 Baltimore City restaurant owners were summoned in a two week drive by OPA director Leo H. McCormick for ceiling price violations. Some cases heard. others set for this week. First time violators may adjust prices. persistent violators face court injunctions or damages. A similar probe targeted service members and civilians overcharging, finding violations at 16 of Baltimore establishments visited, including restaurants bars and gift shops with investigations extending to Elkton and Annapolis.
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Baltimore
Leo H. McCormick
Baltimore City
McCormick
Office of Price Administration
OPA
OPA Legal Department
Elkton
Leonardtown
la Plata
Indianhead
Hagerstown
Annapolis
Goss Opposes Subsidies at Maryland Virginia Milk Group
Albert 5. Goss, master of the National Grange, reiterated opposition to subsidies before the Maryland and Virginia Milk Producers Association annual meeting. He argued the subsidy issue tests constitutional government versus directives and urged avoidance of inflationary price controls. Frank Walker of Baltimore was elected president and B. B. Derrick of Washington was named secretary-treasurer.
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Washington
Albert
Goss
National Grange
Maryland and Virginia Milk Producers Association
Gossi
Frank §. Walker
Baltimore
B. B. Derrick
Treassurer
Four-Day Strike Ends Temporarily in Midwest
The Mechanics Educational Society of America halted a four-day strike, sending about 25,000 members back to war work in roughly 20 Ohio and Michigan plants. The executive board approved a resolution asserting the union will defend its interests with economic strength and named 10 members to meet the War Labor Board and National Labor Relations Board in Washington. George White and Matthew Smith were served subpoenas to appear.
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Cleveland
National Administrative Committee
The
Mechanics Educational Society of America
Ohio
Michigan
George White
Matthew Smith
National Labor Relations Board
War Labor Board
Washington
Smith
White
AFL
CIO
Mesa
Federal Labor Agency
CLASS MEETS Friendly Circle at Helen Griffin home
The Friendly Circle Class of Rocky Springs Sunday school met at the home of Mrs. Helen Griffin and Miss Grace Free near Frederick on February 2. New president Miss Anne Mae Kemp presided with devotions led by Mrs. Carolotta Fulmer. A short song service followed. Elsie Martz read If For Girls and Anna Mae Kemp sang An Evening Prayer. Fourteen members attended and refreshment were served. A Valentine color scheme decorated the table. next meeting is March 1 with Mrs. Charlotte Free hosting.
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Rocky Springs
Helen Griffin
Grace Free
Frederick
Anne Mae Kemp
Carolotta Fulmer
Elsie Martz
Anna Mae Kemp
Charlotte Free
Postess
Under Cover Wrangle In OWL Is Concluded
Washington reports a month long undercover wrangle in the Office of War Information ends with the resignation of three top New York officials of the Overseas Division led by Robert E. Sherwood. Sherwood remains director of the overseas branch and will travel to London to plan stronger psychological warfare. Edward W. Barrett named executive director under Sherwood with headquarters in Washington.
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Washington
Office of War Information
New York
Robert E. Sherwood
OWL
Elmer Davis
Sherwood
London
Davis
United States
James P. Warburg
Joseph Barnes
Atlantic
Edd Johnson
Edward W. Barrett
Newsweek Magazine
Maryland nears fourth war loan goal as week ends
Fi Chairman Howard W. Jackson predicted Maryland will surpass its $197,000,000 quota within days as the drive enters its final full week. He noted Maryland has more than 85 percent of its objective and the effort will seek to keep the state in the lead after final tabulations. Vice President Wallace indicated at a San Francisco press conference that he believes President Roosevelt will seek a fourth term, saying there is no doubt the President will run.
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Baltimore
Howard W. Jackson
Maryland
Jackson
San Francisco
Wallace
Roosevelt
Frederick County Draft Board Two calls 35 for pre induction exams
Thirty five men including twenty nine fathers and six non fathers were called by Frederick County Draft Board No Two for pre induction physical examinations within ten days. The counties from Union Bridge to Smithsburg and Emmitsburg to Jamsville supply the group. Notices list recipients and the date of reporting to the Baltimore examination center with results determining acceptance and branch. Those accepted will return home for 21 days before further orders for active service.
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Pearl Harbor
Frederick
Emmitsburg
Thurmont
Woodsboro
New Market
Luntz
Myersville
LeGore
Lewistown
Sjamsville
Union Bridge
Middletown
Harry Wilson Eyler
Rt. 1
Emmsburg
Floyd Vernon Summers
Claude Samuel Hamerick
Willian Woodbury Poole
Brentwood
Roy William Lookingbill
Francis Robert Myers
John Franklin Scheel
Henry Thomas Zurgable
Alvey Hale Zittle
Andrew Thomas Shorb
Thomas Theodore Forrest
Smithsburg
James Elliott Shafer
Rt. 5
Austin Robert Fox
Milton Delmer Sawyer
Melvin Francis Stouter
Kennard Mehrie Smith
Lantz
Thomas Jefferson Stottlemyer
Tourmont
Marlin Luther LeGore
Roscoe William Maugan
Charles Joseph Eckenrode
Hyattsville
James Hessong
Martin William Shep Jey
Richard Orville Miller
George Allen Barkier
Austin Richard Keyser
Alfred Charles Linton
Glen Moody Pryor
Melvin Sylvester Specht
Arthur Benjamin Martin
Bernard Kuhn
Elmer Charles Baxter
Joseph Charles Andrey Boone
Jesse Edward Wiles
Matthew William Morrisey
Howard Hanford Murphy
Lamsville
Baltimore
Bond drive shows small day to day rise in week count
Washington reports the fourth war loan sales reached 11.149 billion dollars through Saturday, about 0 percent of the 15 billion target. Individual purchases total 2.774 billion, near the 2.75 billion mark. Saturday’s rise was 397 million with 260 million from big money buyers. No Treasury comment on the sales slackening, which declined from 2.842 billion last Wednesday to 1.796 billion Thursday and 454 million Friday. The war loan ends a week from tomorrow.
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Washington
Treasury
Governor appoints Emil Yde as Lake County sheriff
Tallahassee Feb 7 Emil Yde former Pirates pitcher of Leesburg is named sheriff of Lake County to succeed the late B A Cassady. Yde who owns a Leesburg clothing store has lived there since retirement and managed the Leesburg team in the Florida State League in 1940.
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Sieriff Tallahassee
Fla
Holland
Emil Yde
Leesburg
Pittsburgh Pirates
Lake County
B. A. Cassady
Yde
American Landing Reported in Kuriles By Vichy View
London Feb 7 Vichy radio quoted a Japanese communique claiming American forces landed in the Kurile Islands. The report offered no details and could be garbled. Tokyo radio warned the attack on the Northern Chrishima must not be regarded lightly as U S warships and bombarded Paramushiro’s southern tip on Feb 4.
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London
Vichy
Kurile Islands
Japan
Kamchatka Peninsula
Tokyo
Chrishima
Kurile Island
U. S
Paramushiro Island
Kuriles
Not Guilty In Two Traffic Mishaps At Magistrate Court
Reckless driving charges against Albert Snoots of Buckeystown and Charles A. Conklin of Baltimore were dismissed in Magistrate Alton Y. Bennett's court after an accident on Military Road near Camp Detrick. Snoots was cleared for not excessive speed. Conklin and a woman driver Catherine Main also found not guilty. Additional city and county fines were imposed on other traffic and license violations as hearings continued. Church Street docket details show warrants issued for Charles Booth and other defendants in related cases.
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Albert Snoots
Buckeystown
Charles A. Conklin
Baltimore
Alton Y. Bennett
Military Road
Camp Detrick
Conklin
Catherine Main
West Fifth Street
Carroll E. Hoy
Rt. 2
Mt. Airy
Mary Affleck Clem
Detroit
Charles J. Hoffman
Edward J. Smith
Clarence W. Jackson
West Seventh Street
W. O. McElfish
Bennett
Charles Booth
Thebus Avenue
Pauline M. Tomcheck
Evergreen Point Booth
Jerry Study
Frederick
Braddock Heights
James Overstreet
John Henry Gray
Glen Kauffman
John Blackston
Harold McGravey
William F. Grady
Barton
Lockwood
Harrisdale
N. Y
Sergt Frank Dorsey
Tax Bill At White House Passed By Congress
Congress sent a 2.315 billion tax increase bill to President Roosevelt amid debate on its adequacy for wartime needs. The measure raises individual and corporate taxes, imposes new excise duties, and trims tax credits with March 1 effective date for many provisions.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate House
Senate
House
Crawford
R-Mich
Voorhis
D - Calif
Izac
D-Calif
Knutson
R-Minn
Joint
Slipperiest Bunch Accuses WFA of Wheat Purchase
Washington February 7 Senator Reed Republican Kansas denounces the WFA over buying 175 million bushels of Canadian wheat and using government railcars while U.S. elevators are full. He says the actions blunder into the situation and are bullheaded. Jones notes Russian demand, low carryover, and poor crop prospects. Johnson cites a thousand cars running wild in Canada.
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Washington
Reed
R-Kan
WFA
Marvin Jones
Canada
Russia
Jones
J. M. Johnson
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Planes Hit Rabaul in Major Allied Strike
Allied headquarters report 150 planes from the South Pacific Command struck Rabaul New Britain on February 8 dropping 39 tons of bombs and shooting down seven enemy planes with four lost. Australian forces advanced along the Huon peninsula toward Saidor while Marines moved nine miles west of Natamo Point near Cape Gloucester. Liberators bombed the Admiralty Islands and Wewak, disrupting shipping and destroying barges and planes in the fourth straight Wewak attack.
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Southwest Pacific
South Pacific Command
Rabaul
New Britain
High Command
Huon Peninsula
New Guinea
Sixth Army
Wewak
Finns Flee Helsinki Amid Russian Blitz and War Crackdown
Thousands of Finns fled Helsinki as Russian raids hammered the capital with up to 200 planes in a two war era bombardment. Helsinki reports tallied 38 killed and 282 injured as fires burned 200 buildings. Moscow denied peace talks and warned of no surrender for Helsinki while Stockholm noted patrols and Baltic fears. The crisis drew Sweden and Norway into heightened alert as Soviet advances in Estonia deepened regional tension.
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London
Helsinki
Finland
Russia
Bulgaria
Moscow
Stockholm
Reval
Tallinn
Estonia
Sweden
Scandinavia
Red Army
Lease Signed for Hagerstown Airport Rental
Mayor Richard H Sweeney and Richard Henson of Henson Flying Service signed a lease approving rental of the Hagerstown municipal airport at 2000 dollars per year. The lessee is Henson Flying Service.
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Hagerstown
Richard H. Sweeney
Richard Henson
Henson Flying Service
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