Kwajalein Invasion Ends as Resistance Ceases
Admiral Nimitz announced that organized resistance on Kwajalein Atoll has ceased and its capture and occupation are complete. Ground action may continue in isolated pockets, but main enemy forces are eliminated. The operation secures Roi Namur and Kwajalein, tightening U.S. control of the Marshalls and enabling rapid airfield reconstruction for further strikes.
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U. 8
Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Chester W. Nimitz
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
Ebadon Island
Fourth Division
Roi-Namur
Central Pacific
Tarawa
Gilberts
United States
Roi
Namur
Divsion Infantry
Marshalls
Smail
Tokyo
Holland M. Smith
Kwajalein Atoll
Kwajalein Islet
Willkie Says Welfare Hinges on GOP Victory in 1944
Wendell L. Willkie told a Twin Falls audience that U S welfare depends on the Republican Party winning the presidency in 1944. He argued that changing administrations during wartime would be less disturbing than during postwar reconstruction and urged leadership fresh from the people to avoid cynicism. He spoke in the Twin Falls High School auditorium during a northwest tour aimed at supporters and skeptics alike in Idaho’s Magic Valley.
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Twin Falls
Idaho
Wendell L. Willkie
United States’ Welfare
Twin Falls High School
Willkie
Northwest
Magic Valley
Bainbridge Narrows Margin Behind Norlander Heroics
Norlander scored 20 points to lift Bainbridge Naval Training Station to a 44-39 victory over Fort Belvoir. Johnny Roberts added 13 for the Soldiers as Bainbridge chalked up its 18th win of the season. Norlander boosted his total to 317 points for the year.
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Bainbridge
John Norlander
Hamline University
Bainbridge Naval Training Station
Fort Belvoir
van Cagers
Commodores
Norlander
Johnny Roberts
Jury Awards 52000 to Cumberland Girl in Coca Cola Case
A Circuit Court jury awarded Madeline Basile 52 000 against Coca Cola Bottling Works Inc in Cumberland for mental and physical distress after she discovered a dead mouse in a bottle she drank. Basile, 17, had sought 40 000 in damages.
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Cumberland
Coca Cola Bottling Works, Inc
Madeline Basile
Ameda Basile
Miss Basile
Vatican Defends Charity After Fascist Saint Paul Raid
The Vatican radio denounced the raid by Italian Fascists on Saint Paul’s Basilica, saying the church would not abandon its charity to anyone. It noted 64 Italians and Jews seeking sanctuary were arrested and that the guards violated extraterritorial rights. A formal protest was filed.
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London
Vatican Radio
Saint Paul's Basilica
Associated Press
Mussolini
Vatican
Tiea
Vatican City
E¢Ellar
Loo
Frankfurt Is Smashed Again By Allied Air Power
London reports another daylight assault on Frankfurt Germany led by US Army Air Force Fortresses with RAF support. American bombers and fighters accounted for 16 German planes and three fighters shot down. The raid followed a string of attacks February 4 and today, aiming to hammer the city’s war plants and port facilities.
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London
Frankfurt
Germany
U. S Army Air Force
British Air Ministry
Prantfurt
Brittany
Fronturt
United Kingdom
France
USAAF
RAF
Channel
Berlin
Hamburg
Main
Rhine
Truman probes Baltimore shipyards in Senate inquiry
Senator Harry S. Truman announced a wide investigation by the Senate War Investigating Committee into structural faults in vessels built for the Government. He said a committee representative has been at local yards for three weeks and hearings are tentatively set for March.
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Baltimore
Senate
Harry S. Truman
News-Post
Truman
Senate War Investigating Committee
West Coast
Roosevelt dodges fourth term question at press conference
Washington reports President Roosevelt refused to commit on a fourth term, calling such talk an old killer of stories. He noted confusion among reporters over whether the inquiry concerned his presidential or Democratic vice presidential candidacy amid questions about Wallace’s touring and political speeches.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wallace
Pennsylvania G. O. P. Backs Davis In 1932 Nomination
Harrisburg reports the Pennsylvania Republican State Committee endorses U S Senator James J Davis for re election at the April 23 primary ending 14 years of feuding with the party Governor Edward Martin and State Chairman M Harvey Taylor announce plans to appoint former Governor Arthur H James to the State Superior Court and James will seek a full 10 year term Davis says he is willing to run and awaits Martin's word on the level of party backing.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
U. S
James J. Davis
State Superior Court
James
Senator Davis
Marlin
Davis
Washington
Martin
One Reason For Over Crowded Hospitals Baltimore
Baltimore officials cite hospital insurance coverage as a driver of crowding with about 200000 residents insured and now seeking operations. Boarding house tenants falling ill enter hospitals due to lack of in-room care, while high wartime wages fueled demand for private rooms.
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Baltimore
Protection For Linganore Watershed By Conservation
Carl R. Ingling district conservationist spoke to the Kiwanis Club at the Francis Key hotel urging watershed protection for Linganore to reduce flood danger and secure water for the Singapore plant investment. He urged tree planting and soil conservation on farms, noting trees slow water flow and absorb rainfall better than runoff, citing York and Hanover as successful watershed management examples. Francis B. Sappington presided. Logan Finnerty attended as a guest.
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Carl R. Ingling
Soil Conservation Service
Frederick
Carroll Counties
Kiwanis Club
Francis Key Hotel
Ingling
Singapore
Chesapeake Bay
Maryland
Pennsylvania
York
Hanover
Singanore
Mr. Ingling
William T. Delaplaine
Francis B. Sappington
Logan Finnerty
Baltimore
Monsignor Sheen Replies To Russians
Washington reports Monsignor Fulton J Sheen denounced Soviet agitation against the Vatican as typical of regimes with political prison labor. He said only fascists, Nazis and Soviets charged the Vatican for lack of sympathy, noting the Vatican condemned fascism and Nazism. The Soviet press accused the Vatican of backing fascism in Spain and Mussolini Germany, with Tass quoting a German refugee.
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Washington
Upi
Fulton J Sheen
Vatican
Catholic Church
Russia
Soviet
Nca
Spain
Germany
Tass
Monsignor Sheen
Weeks Succeeds Lodge as Senator in Massachusetts
Boston February 8 Sinclair Weeks treasurer of the Republican National Committee was appointed to the United States Senate by Governor Leverett Saltonstall Weeks will not seek election in the fall Lodge resigned to join the Army Weeks announcement followed his unexpected appearance at the Governor's office.
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Weeks
Lodge
Boston
Sinclair Weeks
Republican National Committee
United States Senate
Leverett Saltonstall
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
United States Army
Ringling Circus to Preview Season in Sarasota Soon
Sarasota Florida report notes for the first time in the circus long history a preview of the season will be staged here March 26 before the New York opening. Roland Butler says the official premiere is Madison Square Garden April 5 but Sarasota will feature all acts and performers for the regular tour with proceeds benefiting local charities.
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Sarasota. Fla
Ringling Brothers & Barnum and Bailey Circus
New York
Roland Butler
General Press
Madison Square Garden
Builes Saad
Court News Equity Cases and Divorce Filings
Equity cases list two absolute divorce bills of complaint: Hanford C Cook versus Alma Elizabeth Cook and Harry J Cooper versus Ethel A Cooper. Also noted are marriage licenses for John K Popham, 33, divorced in Kittery Maine, and Dorothy Belle Todd, 32, divorced in Portsmouth New Hampshire. Property deeds show Ada Mary Hahn and husband to William H Shryock and wife et al, county, $10. Lancelot Jacques and wife to Upton W Grossnickle, county, $10. Charlies H Masser and wife to Joseph A Carbaugh and wife, city, $10.
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Hanford
Cook
Alma Elizabeth Cook
Harry J. Cooper
Ethel A. Cooper
John K. Popham
Kittery
Maine
Dorothy Belle Todd
Portsmouth
N. H
Ada Mary Hahn
William H. Shryock
Lancelot Jacques
Upton W. Grossnickle
Charlies H. Masser
Joseph A. Carbaugh
Jap Fleet Tied Home Waters
Washington reports that the American raid on Paramushiro Island tied Japan's fleet to its home waters, shaping a new strategic threat to Tokyo. The operation shows U S naval strength far surpassing Japan's, constraining Japanese sea defense from New Guinea to the Kuriles and signaling a shift in Pacific warfare.
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Washington
Paramushiro Island
Japan
United States
North Pacific
Tokyo
Marshall Islands
Central Pacific
Pacific
Wewak
New Guinea
Rabaul
Marshalls
Kurile
Price controls aim to keep wartime costs steady
Washington reports Bowles says price control aims for greatest good to the greatest number and to shield farmers from farm-price crashes as war winds down. He admits few groups may fare worse under current ceilings but warns adjusting would risk the entire price system. Earlier, Roosevelt showed reporters a throwing Commando knife on his desk, describing it as perfectly balanced.
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Washington
OPA
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Blue Network
Office of
Price Administraton
Roosevelt
Sinking Earth Swallows Three-Year-Old Child
In Pittston Pennsylvania a three year old girl Jule Ann Fulmer vanished when a coal mine subsidence opened a huge hole under her feet. Miners reached 200 feet searching for her body before being driven back by a fresh earth squeeze. Rescue efforts resumed with hopes fading for an air pocket and survival.
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Pittston
Jule Ann Fulmer
Jule Ann
War Labor Board to press penalties in MESA strikes
Washington Feb 8 The War Labor Board announced it is calling President Roosevelt's attention to the war plant strikes of the Mechanics Educational Society of America to enable criminal penalties and civil sanctions under the War Labor Disputes Act. Matthew Smith MESA leader warned of resuming the strike after current leadership called it off briefly. The board said MESA has defied the government and acted to consider its demands for unaffiliated representation on the board. Highfield Home Damaged The Blue Ridge Summit Fire Company fought a stove pipe fire at Daniel Flohr Highfield Foxville home last Friday. Heat from a stove pipe ignited joists causing flames through weathering boards. loss described as small.
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Washington
War Labor Board
Roosevelt
Mechanics Educational Society of America
Matthew Smith
Smith
United States
Highfield
Blue Ridge Summit
Allies Down Sixty Japanese Planes In Pacific Raids
Allied headquarters report a sharp Pacific raid against Rabaul New Britain as 13 enemy planes were shot down and many more damaged. Bougainville airfields supported the strikes with Mitchells Liberators and Corsairs while Lakunai and Sakunai runways suffered heavy damage.
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Southwest Pacific
Rabaul
New Britain
Lakunai
Bougainville
Sakunai
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Sona
Mepanen Ham
Mr. and
Mrs. L. H. Sommerfield
L. H. Sommerfield
Dill Avenue
Linganore
Court News
Carty
White Knight Mattress
Simmons
White Haven Mattress
Carty’s Federal Mattress
C. C. Carty, Inc
E. Patrick Si
Commando
Mesa
Valentine
South Market
U.S
C. E. Cline & Son Funeral Directors
Lisle
Hendrickson
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