Potomac Motor Lines Seeks OK to End Frederick Bus Service
Potomac Motor Lines plans to petition the Maryland Public Service Commission within days to discontinue its Frederick bus operations due to constant losses. President F H Urner notes average 150 miles daily with revenue about 8 dollars a day, unacceptable deficits, and no relief from a tire shortage, despite loyalty to riders. Urner cites better prospects in nearby cities with defense industries and says the firm could profitably operate elsewhere.
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Potomac Motor Lines, Inc
Maryland Public Service Commission
Frederick
F. H. Urner
Potomac Edison Company
Potomac Motor Lines
North Market Street
Urner
Mr. Urner
Hagerstown
Chambersburg
Waynesboro
Huge Naval Bill Signed by President Roosevelt
President Roosevelt signed a record $26,495,265,474 appropriation bill to fund America’s expanding Navy. The measure authorizes cash and contracts to add about 5,000 airplanes and enlarge the fleet for operations in two oceans.
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Washington
America
Roosevelt
Rapped On Wrong Door, Stranger Lands In Jail
A Washington man named Howard Spencer, intoxicated, knocked on a door on West Patrick Street late last night. He was arrested by Officer Ben Phebus for drunkenness and disturbing the peace. A hearing is set for tonight. George Ade notes from Miami Beach dated February ninth.
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Washington
West Patrick Street
Howard Spencer
Sergi
W. K. May
Ben Phebus
Strong Protest Is Lodged With Spain
The British consul general in Tangier lodged a strong protest with General Uriat, commander of Spanish forces, over Axis inspired riots Saturday. Spanish troops were dispatched to restore peace. Officials expect Spain to face questions about compensation and the embittered Britain Spain relationship due to these Axis attempts.
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London
Tangier
Uriat
Britain
Spain
Sugar Hoarding Persists Amid Edict In Freeport Area
Frederick area housewives blame Hitler as sugar supplies dwindle while stores ration and hoard. Some retailers report customers cooperating, others roam between shops seeking large reserves. With no federal rationing until spring, officials warn ships and Cuba's raw sugar flow control the crisis. wholesalers face shrinking orders and limited stock.
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Frederick
Adolf Hitler
Australia Sends MacArthur Greetings
Australia’s Army Minister Francis Forde broadcast a message to General Douglas MacArthur congratulating him and Australian troops for their courageous stand on Luzon Island. He said Australia prays for the Army’s triumph and that Australian fighting men look forward to joining American forces in other theaters.
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Sydney
Australia
Army
Francis Forde
Douglas MacArthur
Luzon
Forde
Flying Tigers claim victory as wrecked Japanese bomber found
The American Flying Tigers in Burma report a confirmed victory over Japanese air forces with the discovery of a wrecked bomber after an attack on February 3. Pilot Robert Keaton of Manzahnola helped identify the wreck as part of the 101st combat loss, though confirmation of damage remains uncertain.
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Rangoon
Burma
Flying Tigers
Rma
Robert Keaton
Manzahinola
Early War Time Arrives. Hitler Blamed for Clock Change
In a wartime clock shift, Frederick residents woke to darker mornings as clocks moved forward one hour. Most services and schools adjusted. milk shipments timed to new hours.电phone exchanges buzzed with timing questions. Police noted quiet streets at 9 am while the sun rose at 8, with blame for the change directed at Adolf Hitler.
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Frederick
Washington
Baltimore
Chestnut Farms
Chevy Chase
Dairies
Frederick Dairies
Adolf Hitler and Co
First Lady Seeks Chance to Explain OCD Criticism
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt said she would be delighted if Congressmen criticizing civilian defense and morale programs allowed her to explain the situation. She noted she did not appoint Miss Chaney or Douglas and pointed to OCD officials for details while urging courtesy in discussion.
LaGuardia Says He Blocked Dancer's Job
New York February 9 Mayor F H LaGuardia, OCD director, said he blocked the December assignment of Maynus Chaney, a Philadelphia dancer and friend of Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt, to the Morale Division of the Office of Civilian Defense in New York. He confirmed he did not approve the $12.70 daily salary, giving no reason.
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Washington
Franklin BD. Roosevelt
Melvyn Douglas
Maynus Chaney
Roosevelt
House
OCD
Miss Chaney
Douglas
James M. Landis
John B Kelly
Philadelphia
New York
F. H. LaGuardia
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Office of Civilian Defense
Family advances clocks to war time in record effort
Salisbury on February 9 reports Marion Wyncoop a milkman who rises at 3 a.m. to milk cows for the O. C. Dennis dairy. Before bed he moved his clock ahead an hour to wartime time and others in the family followed, he arriving at work at midnight wartime hours.
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Salisbury
Marion Wyncoop
O. C. Dennis
Southern Publishers To Cut Size Of Papers
Atlanta February 9 Directors of the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association resolved to reduce paper size to guard against newsprint shortages. The plan calls for fewer pages achieved by tighter condensation of content.
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Southern
Atlanta
Southern Newspaper Publishers Associat
British Hold Before Tobruk Stationed Desert Patrols Near El Mechili
British desert fighters maintain positions before Tobruk and send patrols from El Mechili against Rommel’s forces near Ain el Gazala as air forces harry Axis supply lines. Bombers in Berlin and Rome broadcasts claim Axis and Italian forces strike Libyan camps and raid Alexandria, while a chimney fire in Rocky Springs is put out by the Independents.
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Cairo
Egypt
Tobruk
el Mechili
Gebel el Achdar
Erwin Rommel
Ain el Gazala
Derna
Berlin
Libya
Cirenaica
High Command
Jap Planes Rain Bombs On Batavia First Time
Batavia, capital of the Netherlands East Indies, faced its first pacific war raid today as Japanese planes bombed the city amid an expanding air assault. Reports say enemy patrols crossed Java Sumatra and Borneo with Bandjermassin as a likely objective while Palembang was bombed again and Allied losses were denied at Soerabaja.
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Batavia
N. E
Netherlands East Indies
Java
United Nations
Pacific
Sumatra
Borneo
N. E. I. High Command
Bali Papan
Bandjermassin
Nippon
Palembang
Soerabaja
Fire destroys large Philadelphia block. damage tops $1 million
A dramatic blaze in Philadelphia on February 9 swept a four story Acme Furniture warehouse and adjacent buildings. Wind gusts and eight alarms fueled the fire, injuring about 200 people and prompting 250 wardens to control the crowd. Fire chief William Cowden called it the worst fire he had seen.
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Philadelphia
Columbia and
Ridge Avenues
William Cowden
Acme Furniture Company
Maynus Chaney
Dr Routson Joins Orphans Court Race In County Race
Dr T Clyde Routson Buckeystown resident announces candidacy for the Orphans Court subject to the Republican primary. Chief Judge Pinkney A Richardson and Dr Boutson already filed, with Stottlemyer expected to seek re election. Boutson a city county physician of 35 years first elected in 1938 and noted for study of court procedure.
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Orphans Court
T. Clyde Routson
I Buckeystown
Pinkney A. Richardson
Boutson
Hichardson
Clarence W. Stottlemyer
Mr. Stottlemyer
Louis C. Etchison
Debt limit likely to be one hundred billion dollars
Washington February 9 Administr ation leaders in Congress plan to propose raising the national debt limit from sixty five billion to one hundred billion dollars. Senate Finance chairman George indicated the panel first considered eighty five billion but most members preferred a single jump. The debt stood at about sixty billion for the week and Roosevelt’s war budget pushes it toward one hundred ten billion.
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Washington
Congress
George
D.-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Imygst
Roosevelt
Jap Attacks Repulsed In Philippines
General Douglas MacArthur announced American Filipino forces on the Batan Peninsula repulsed several Japanese attacks while Manila Bay fortifications silenced enemy batteries on the Cavite shore. War Department communique No. 98 notes direct hits on enemy batteries and silenced guns amid ongoing heavy infantry fighting.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Batan
Philippines
Manila Bay
Cavite
War Department
Philippine
MacArthur
Bible Society Elects Officers For Year 1942
At the annual director meeting held Friday evening at the YMCA the Bible Society elected officers for 1942 led by President R. Ames Hendrickson and first vice president Robert L. Smith. The society, with 175 members, plans to enroll more names and appoints a colportage committee to extend field work. In 1941 the group distributed 1,728 Bibles Testaments and tracts.
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Y.M C.A
R. Ames Hendrickson
Robert L Smith
James H. G. Best
Jesse C. Shaver
Henry B. Ramsburgh
William G. Zimmerman
Jacob Rohrback
Mr. Hendrickson
Rohrback
Shaver
John W. Morgan
War News Brakes Bulls on New York Markets
News from Far Pacific battle fronts today slowed stock market gains. Leaders wavered at the opening as bids declined, causing fractional declines for prominent rails and industries. Few recoveries were seen near the earth hour.
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New York
Pacific
Defenders Rally to Hold Singapore Island Amid Japanese Assault
Tokyo broadcast records say Japanese invaders captured Tengah airport near Singapore. Defenders on Singapore rally to strike back along a 10 mile front, with Australians aiming to retake lost ground under heavy artillery and air bombardment as British and Allied forces counterattack and defend the island.
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London
Tokyo
Reuters Today
Singapore
Tengah
Singapore City
Oslo
Johore Strait
Bgehir Inlet
Australians Hold Sector As Japanese Landings Reported
Advices from the front say Australian troops are holding the sector where the Japanese landed and bearing the print of heavy fighting. British, Scottish, Indian troops and Chinese volunteers are said to be lending a hand in the effort.
War Shipping Board Formed in United States
Washington Feb 9 The War Shipping Administration was created by a presidential order to control operation purchase charter requisition and use of all ocean vessels under the flag or control of the United States except fighting ships and coastwise intercoastal and inland transport. Admiral Emory S Land will head the agency as chairman of the Maritime Commission. The move aligns with a Britain US agreement to form a joint shipping board with Britain directing vessels under its control and the US managing ships under American flag or domination.
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Washington
War Shipping Administration
United States
Emory S. Land
Maritime Commission
Britain
Soviet Strongest Power If United Nations Win
Sir Stafford Cripps told Bristol that if the United Nations win the war the Soviet Union would become the strongest European power and may end the war seated in Berlin. He praised parts of Communism but urged Western nations to share in postwar reconstruction in Europe.
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Bristol
Stafford Cripps
Moscow
United Nations
Soviet Union
Berlin
Cripps
Europe
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Dr. Routson
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