February pre-induction call to swell ranks through 21 day rule
State Selective Service announces another February pre-induction examination call as local boards reopen 3-A reclassifications to form a larger pool of ready registrants. Board One nears completion, while Board Two sent many men to Baltimore for exams. In the Ukraine crisis, Krivoi Rog and Kherson draw heavy Soviet pressure as German forces in a tight pocket near Cherkasy face mounting danger.
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State Selective Service
Frederick City
Army
Navy
Board Two
Baltimore
Moscow
Krivoi Rog
Kherson
Nikolaev
Black Sea
Cherkasy
Dnieper
Wiz Dnieper
Ukraine
Apostolovo
Tzvestin
Luga
Growing Power Seen In Pacific Allied Headquarters
Undersecretary of the Navy James V. Forrestal praised mounting power in the South and Southwest Pacific zones. He credited MacArthur's leadership and Allied forces, noted Kwajalein landing after Marines, and called Marshall campaign spectacularly successful, stressing no single operation will win the war. He cited meticulous planning and overwhelming power in ongoing campaigns.
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Southwest Pacific
James V. Forrestal
South
South Pacific
Forrestal
MacArthur
Army
Navy
General MacArthur
Ben Morell
William J. Carter
Navy Bureau of Supplies
Kwajalein
Marshalls
Marshall
County Quota Not Attained In War Loan Drive
Frederick county has not reached its 1 900 000 goal in the Fourth War Loan. County Chairman W Clinton McSherry said progress is good but needs broader cooperation to go over the top by next Tuesday night. He praised city and county schools for bond and stamp sales and noted active committees, including farm groups, reporting well.
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Frederick County
W. Clinton McSherry
McSherry
Mcl Sherry
Man Sentenced To Hang Is Granted New Trial
Walter Frederick Jones, condemned by the Howard county Circuit Court for first degree murder of his wife Lena Jones, gets a new trial as the Court of Appeals reverses, citing denial of evidence in his defense. The state argued prior assaults. defense says the stabbing occurred in self defense during a fight.
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Annapolis
Walter Frederick Jones
Howard County
Lena Jones
Court of Appeals
Stephen R. Collins
Jones
February Dry Spell Continues With No Snow in Sight
February remains exceedingly dry with no forecast of precipitation. A trace has fallen in the first third of the month and only about half an inch in the past month, mostly from a four and a half inch snow on January 16. Skies cleared yesterday after overcast, the overnight low was 16 degrees, producing a thin ice layer on Culler Lake.
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Culler Lake
Informed Husband Died Of Wounds Kemp
Mrs. Lorena Kemp of Lovettsville Virginia received word that her husband Corporal James Holland Kemp was killed in action on November 26 1943. He had been missing in action and died from injuries sustained in North Africa. He was awarded the Purple Heart for his sacrifice. He was the youngest son of Mrs Lydia B Kemp of Columbus Georgia and spent his last furlough in Brunswick and Lovettsville in August 1943.
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Lorena Kemp
Long Lane
Lovettsville
James Holland Kemp
Kemp
Lydia B. Kemp
Columbus
Brunswick
Bricker Attacks British Press Interference in Election
Ohio Governor John W. Bricker, a Republican presidential hopeful, told 73 Washington reporters that outside British press interference in the U.S. election is improper. He praised Allied war conduct, credited Roosevelt for wartime efforts, and criticized the New Deal as undermining local government and Congress.
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Washington
John W. Bricker
Ohio
United States
Roosevelt
Bricker
Congress
Japs Claim Raid On Wake Is Repulsed
The Tokyo radio claimed eight American heavy bombers attacking Wake Island were repulsed by Japanese anti-aircraft fire. Wake Island lies near the Marshalls and is the nearest enemy base to Pearl Harbor. The broadcast said the raiders caused no casualties or damage, but there was no independent confirmation.
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New York
Tokyo
Wake Island
Marshalls Group
Pearl Harbor
U.S
Japs Lose Heavily in January Merchant Fleet
The Associated Press reports Japan’s wounded merchant fleet suffered its heaviest losses in January as air and submarine action hit cargo ships, tankers, transports, and coastal vessels. 103 vessels were sunk. air action claimed 50 ships, Allied air power 11 off China, and US submarines 36.
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Associated Press
Japan
Pacific
Central
South
Southwest
China
Bombers strike Brunswick and Holland bases in Europe
London reports U S heavy bombers hit Brunswick central Germany target center, with Fortresses flying 450 miles from England. Liberator bombers hit Gilze Rijen in Holland, Marauders attacked northern France installations, while RAF and Mosquito raids continued across the Reich. No immediate loss figures released.
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London
U. S
Brunswick
Germany
Berlin
Gilze-Rijen
Holland
France
Oschersleben
Halberstadt
Hannover
Brunswick-Waggum Mello
U. S. Air Force
Atlantic Wall
Channel
Western Reich
Patterson says Allied hold at Anzio firm amid German counterattacks
Acting Secretary of War Robert Patterson reports German counter assaults at Anzio are expected and containable. He notes ground slips but says troops have repelled tanks and captured prisoners while maintaining beachhead strength. He cites stubborn Cassino resistance and Fifth Army progress, with global casualty totals and Kwajalein gains highlighting overall Allied advances.
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Washington
Robert Patterson
Anzio
Patterson
Rome
Italy
Fifth Army
Cassino
Salerno
Pacific
Kwajalein Atoll
Kwajalein Island
Oil and Gas Supply Faces Crucial East Coast Test
Interior Secretary Ickes warned the East Coast gasoline and fuel oil supply faces a crucial test as winter consumption rises and limited transportation competes with high demand. He noted emergency measures may allow brief local shortages while shipments to the East exceed last year by about 300,000 barrels daily, though military needs offset the gain.
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Washington
Ickes
Man Fined For Driving While Drunk In Police Court
Richard F. Young of Frederick Route 3 was found guilty of operating a motor vehicle under the influence. He paid a $100 fine and costs with the sentence suspended on a related reckless driving charge. State Troopers testified Young was intoxicated when stopped Sunday. defense contended he was not. Attorney E Austin James represented the defendant.
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Edward J. Smith
Richard F. Young
Frederick
Route 3
Kenneth Bond
H. F Wallace
Young
E. Austin James
Opposition warned as Colombia hints at martial law
The government warned the opposition in Bogota that it is prepared to invoke martial law if any subversive movements develop after the opposition proclaimed the country on the border of revolution.
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Bogota
Colombia
Nunan Nominated as Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Joseph Nunan Jr of Douglaston New York was named by President Roosevelt to head the Internal Revenue Service in a nomination announced from Washington on February 10. The appointment aligns with Rooseveltadministration tax policy and broadening federal oversight of revenue collection.
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Nunan
Washington
Joseph Nunan, Jr
Douglaston
N. Y
Roosevelt
Internal Revenue
New York
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Adolf Hitler
Office of War Information
Deposits In State's Banks At New High
Baltimore reports 1943 deposits in 112 Maryland state banks and trust companies rose by 145,236,975 to a record 676,052,563.13. Bank Commissioner John W. Downing cites war income and government financing as key factors while government securities holdings climbed to 407,108,637. Also details breakdowns of demand and time deposits and other categories.
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Baltimore
Maryland
John W. Downing
Downing
U.S
Heavy Snow Storm Hits Middle West States
A heavy snow storm buried the mid west to depths of 2 to 11 inches, followed by a cold wave. Snow deepened in northern Missouri and ranged from 2 to 11 inches in Nebraska, Iowa, and the Dakotas, with 5 to 11 inches in South and North Dakota. It spread into Minnesota and Illinois and moved toward Wisconsin Michigan Indiana and Ohio.
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Chicago
Midwest
Missouri
Nebraska
Iowa
North
South Dakota
Minnesota
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Michigan
Indiana
Ohio
British minister to Sweden regrets attack on Red Cross ship
London reports the British minister at Stockholm has been instructed to express the British government's regret over the reported bombing and machine gunning attack by British planes on a Swedish Red Cross ship in the Aegean Sea.
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London
Stockholm
Sweden
Red Cross
Aegean Sea
Jackass Question Sparks Tax Return Debate in Senate
Washington February 10 lawmakers eyed the new income tax return blanks as Senator Cotton Ed Smith predicted a wave of protests and guffaws from taxpayers. Senators called for simplification while deriding Form 1040 queries notably Was the rate of your salary increased or decreased. Senator Radcliffe dubbed it the “Jackass Question” noting both raise and cut earners would answer Yes.
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Washington
Congress
Cotton Ed Smith
Senate
Smith
South Carolina
Byrd
D-Va
Wiley
R-Wis
Radcliffe
D-Md
Cracks Spread In Japs Outer Defense Wall
Cracks spread through three major Japanese Pacific defense blocks Bougainville Buka, New Britain, and the Madang to Wewak coast. American destroyers shell enemy shore installations from the Solomons to Bougainville, while Allied forces push wedges at Empress Augusta Bay Cape Gloucester Arawe and Daidor as the wall shows signs of foreshadowed collapse.
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Japan
Pacific
Bougainville-Buka
Solomons
New Britain
Madang
Wewak
New Guinea
Truk
Philippines
Marshall Islands
Bougainville
Rabaul
Simpson Harbor
Alexishafen
Douglas MacArthur
Mibo River
Choiseul Bay
Cape Gloucester
Bergen Bay
Empress Augusta Bay
Arawe
Daidor
Churchill to present war review in Commons soon
London Feb 10 Prime Minister Churchill will give Commons his long awaited war review on the first of the next but one series of sittings. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the House the appearance is scheduled for the near future.
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London
Churchill
Commons
Anthony Eden
The
House
Killed In Plane Crash Geoffrey Sharpe RAF Member
Geoffrey O Sharpe of the RAF killed in an air plane accident over England. He visited Frederick during Christmas 1941 and was well known there. His uncle Edward H Sharpe of Motter Avenue has been notified. He was 21 and held a navigator commission after training as Leading Aircraftman in Canada and Britain. His parents Frederick R Sharpe and wife live in Sawbridgeworth Hertfordshire.
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Geoffrey O. Sharpe
RAF
Frederick
England
Edward H. Sharpe
Motter Avenue
Sharpe
Canada
Europe
Frederick R. Sharpe
Sawbridgeworth
Hertsfordshire
Germany
Tanks Battle In Cassino At Point-Blank Firing Range
Allied lines face renewed German pressure along the Anzio beachhead as heavy fighting rages in Cassino. American, British forces repel several German thrusts near Cisterna and Carroveto Caprilial, while heavy bombardment, tanks, and close quarters combat persist in the ruined town. The 7th day of battle sees cautious Allied gains on Mt Cassino as Germans defend the monastery area and supply lines amid smoke and artillery.
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Cassino
Algiers
Anzio
Carroveto Caprilial
Cisterna
Dough Boys
Homer Bigart
New York Herald Tribune
Mt. Cassino
Death by Own Action Certificate for Dr Charles B Hale
Washington officials announced a certificate of death by own action will be issued in the death of Dr Charles Brockway Hale 46 head of the University of Maryland English Department. He died in a hospital after being removed from his Riverdale Maryland home following an overdose of a sleeping potion. A chemical analysis confirmed the cause and the certificate was issued after consultation with Deputy Medical Examiner Dr James I Boyd.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Magruder MacDonald
Charles Brockway Hale
University of Maryland
Hale
Riverdale
MacDonald
James I. Boyd
Prince Georges County
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