Lords Debate On Bombing Of German Cities
Lord Lang and the Bishop of Chichester clashed in the House of Lords over Allied bombing policy. They questioned the morality and aim of area bombing while defending the war effort, citing Hamburg Frankfurt and Berlin and stressing military necessity and the impact on German war capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lord Lang
Canterbury
House of Lords
Chichester
Rome
Belgrade
Warsaw
Rotterdam
Portsmouth
Coventry
Hitler
Cosmo Gordon Lang
Church of England
Hamburg
Frankfurt
Berlin
Bomber Command
Lord Cranborne
RAF
Vatican
Vatican City
Body of Child Recovered From Mine Cave In Pittston
In Pittston Pennsylvania two year old Jule Ann Fumer was killed when buried by a mine subsidence the body recovered at 7 25 p m after a large gasoline shovel uncovered the remains. Mine Inspector Andrew Wilson oversaw the recovery and doctors reported death from suffocation. The article notes the 1877 citrus orange shipment milestone for context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittston
Jule Ann Fumer
Andrew Wilson
Hazleton
The First Pearl Harbor by Alexander Br. George
AP Features Writer describes the 1904 1905 Russo Japanese War as a pivotal moment in Manchuria and world power shifts. Key figures include Togo Oyama and Nogi, with Teddy Roosevelt and Barney Oldfield in headlines, leading to Port Arthur’s fall and Portsmouth peace. Russia ceded Manchuria and Sakhalin while Korea fell under Japanese influence, marking Japan’s rise to major power.
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Alexander BR. George
Washington
U. S
Manchuria
Japan
Russia
Port Arthur
Chinese Manchuria
Nippon
Britain
China
Mukden
Sea of Japan
Togo
Oyama
Nogi
Teddy Roosevelt
Barney Oldfield
Roosevelt
Portsmouth
Senate committee urges office for war demobilization study
Washington reports a plan to convert wartime industry to peacetime output through an office for war demobilization, government purchase of raw materials, and a simple claims system. The proposal aims to absorb materials, finance reconversion, and may top the Office of War Mobilization postwar. Executive figures show civilian output declined modestly during war, with a push to accelerate civilian production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Office of War Mobilization
Lawrence A. Appley
War Manpower Commission
Chicago
Appley
Red Cross Frederick County Chapter elects officers and directors
Unprecedented activity marked the annual Frederick County Chapter American Red Cross meeting in the MCA auditorium. Officers reelected for 1944 include James H. Gambrill Jr chairing, Benjamin Rosenstock vice chair, Mrs E H McBride vice chair, R Ames Hendrickson secretary, A LeRoy McCardell treasurer, and Mrs Emily Cum executive secretary. Directors elected for 1944 include a long list of individuals led by James H. Gambrill Jr and Benjamin B Rosenstock with many community members named. The report praised 1943 work exceeding prior years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
American Red Cross
MCA
James H. Gambrill, Jr
Benjamin B. Rosenstock
E.H McBride
R Ames Hendrickson
A. LeRoy McCardell
Emily Cum
Andrew A. Annan
Holmes D Baker
Harry W. Barrick
Alton Y. Bennett
G. Elmer Brengle
Albert W. Condon
Robert B. Crothers
Charles F Deck
William JT. Delaplaine
Lewis R. Dertzbaugh
James H. Falk
James H. Gambrill
Osborne I. Price
Alvin G Quinn
Benjamin B Rosenstock
Allied Air Strikes Hit Rabaul and Marshall Islands
Allied reports detail a Feb raid on Rabaul New Britain surfacing a submarine, destroying gun positions and aircraft, and unleashing 129 tons of bombs across two airdromes. Twelve enemy planes were shot down with many more damaged amid heavy antiaircraft fire.
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Southwest Pacific
Solomon Islands
Rabaul
New Britain
Douglas MacArthur
Vunakanau
Tobera
U.S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Marshall Islands
United States
Kwaja- Tein Atoll
Marshalls
Jaluit
Wotje
Muli
Maloelap
Seventh Army Air Force
Peti
Paul Beam
Associated Press
Beam
Y Taroa
Taroa
Kwajalein
China
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Nimitz
Traffic Cases Up For Trial
Judgment on Charles Booth colored, who pleaded guilty to failure to stop after an accident and unauthorized use of an automobile, was reserved pending a hearing on a third charge. Booth, jailed Sunday night, testified he did not know the car, employed by Joseph M. Rickards, would be sold. The session also heard fines for park violations and for traffic collateral forfeitures including stop signs and licenses.
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Charles Booth
Alton Y. Bennett
Booth
Emily L. Snoots
West All Saints Street
Bennett
Will
W. Jerome Offutt
Pvt
Jerry Study
Army Air Corps
Pauline M. Tomicheck
Evergreen Point
Tomicheck
Joseph M. Rickards
Harry Holsinger
Braddock Heights
Melvin J. Palmer
Thurmont
Frederick
Elgin Hemp
Walter Wilt
Harvey E. Carrell
Washington, D. C
Robert M. Rideout
Allen B. Smith
Boyds
A. W. Jones
H. R. Combs
Only One Italian Ship Released, Badoglio Says
Premier Badoglio said in Bari radio remarks that Franco had released only one of 14 Italian merchant ships detained in Spanish ports. He claimed Spain would release all but two ships kept as compensation, totaling 98 000 tons, clashing with London reports of six of seven ships freed and three sailing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Pietro Badoglio
Bari Radio Today
Francisco Franco
Ministry of Information
Spain
Badoglio
Nutritional Yeast Types and Uses
Nutritional yeast is yeast grown on molasses and brewers yeast, a by-product of brewing. It is sold as a dry powder used to enrich soups meat loaves and other foods.
Meeting of AWWS canteen workers boosts service network
A meeting of over 100 AWWS canteen workers was held at Hotel Frederick with chairperson Aire Hilda B. Croghan in charge. The year end report showed attendance rising from 150 in December 1942 to 2,000 in December 1943 and noted profits from free meals for those in service uniforms. The group, drawn from many city churches and lodges, praised volunteer effort led by twenty co-captains. An informal discussion on improvements followed, with plans for semiannual meetings. A light lunch Monday to Friday supports thrift shop funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AWWS
Hotel Frederick
Aire
Hilda B. Croghan
Chas. Conley
Allen Bartgis
Emil Nelson
Basil Lewis
Joseph H. Himes
Conley
Victor Marken
William Meredith Smith
Mary MecCleery
Bartgis Storm
Chas. E. Hudson
Wm. B. Bennett
Ethel Pickett
Mary Fox
Roy L. Leatherman
Paul E. Kaetzel
Ralph W. Fahrney
Norman Blubaugh
Charles Cobb
Nannie Eisenhauer
J. M. Culler
Fred Campbell
Eleanor Hauver
Carroll Albaugh
Helen Swain
Margaret Murphy
Nellie Collisower
Earl Gilbert
Mildred Kottmg
Earhart fate mystery eyed over Marshall Islands
Representative Heffernan urged a joint Army Navy search for evidence Amelia Earhart may have landed in the Marshall Islands during her 1937 round the world flight and that Japan concealed her fate. He noted Earhart’s route from Lae to Howland and speculated she witnessed Japanese fortifications before being blocked. He urged recovery of plane parts or other clues when Marshalls troops take over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Heffernan
D-Ny
Army
Navy
Amelia Earhart
Marshall Islands
Lae
New Guinea
Howland Island
Marshalls
Stamson
Knox
Miss Ear
Deed Recorded for 124 Acre Farm and Main Street Lot
A deed filed in the clerk's office records the sale of a 124 acre Liberty district farm and a south side Main street lot in Liberty from Amos A. Holter trustee to Mr and Mrs John J Gross for 8160 dollars. Former owners were Emory L Smith and Kate C Smith.
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Liberty District
Main Street
Liberty
Amos A. Holter
John J. Gross
Emory L. Smith
Kate C. Smith
List of Local Women Named in Acknowledgments
A long roster of dozens of women including Mrs Basil Lewis Mrs Minnie Boost Mrs Bessie Poole Mrs Anna Albaugh Mrs Jessie Tinney Mrs Ruth King and many others appears in a local publication. The list names Mrs Ruth Hopkins Mrs Lillian E Stone Mrs Mattie Nusbaum Mrs Dorothy Plunkett and additional wives and Misses with surnames such as Dubel Eyler Tinney and Eigenbrode among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basil Lewis
Minnie Boost
Bessie Poole
Anna Albaugh
Jessie Tinney
Ruth King
Helen Hendrickson
Florence Stevens
Dorothy Eyler
Helen Filby
Charles E. Kinna
Harry Amberger
J. H. Conrad
W. H. Perkinson
Naomi M. Huffer
Harry Smith
Ralph E. Shober
Clifton Freed
Roger Etzler
Lizzie Mi, Ranode
Rebecca Hahn
Annie M. Carmack
Bessie L. Dubel
Elsie Elworthy
Daisie McDonald
Ann Tinney
Sarah Mackley
Robert Hopkins
Ruth Hopkins
Lillian E. Stone
Mattie Nusbaum
Dorothy Plunkett
Frances Sulcer
Florence Eigenbro
Margaret Fox
Sam Maples
Mary Condon Hodgson
Sue Marken
Croghan
Finn Cabinet Holds Meeting in Stockholm War News
Stockholm reports the Finnish Cabinet held a regu lar session with a possible preliminary decision on Hull's warning that Finland must quit the war or face consequences. Helsinki evacuees move to safety as Moscow threatens broader air attacks and discusses peace terms with Finland.
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Stockholm
Finland
Foreign Office
Washington
Helsinki
Hull
iThe
Moscow
Pravda
Petrozavodsk
Red Army
Soviet Union
Finska Social Demokraten
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Pacific Ocean
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Red Cross
Jacob Rosenstock
John Ed Schell
Henry R. Shoemaker
F. Earle Shriner
Charles F. Smith, Jr
Robert L Smith
Francis X. Staley
William M Storm
Charles K. Taylor
A. ¥. Tidmore
R. E. Town
Wiliam
Wachtel
Richard W. Walker
Ernest C. Webb
Lous L. Wilson
F. Russell Young
Valentine
South Market
Carty’s
Tabourette
Corner
C. C. Carty, Inc
E. Patrick St
C. E. Cline & Son Funeral Directors
Miss Earhart
Finn
Hendrickson
Rapa
Hrerives
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