Northeast Snowstorm Swamps U.S. Northeast and Midwest
A heavy wind whipped snow battered the Northeast with 8 to 12 inches forecast for New York City and up to 10 inches in New England, as an emergency Weather Bureau warning spread. Midwest temperatures plunged to 42 below in places like Little Galva North Dakota, with 11 inches of snow and road closures. One traffic death in Indiana and widespread travel disruption accompanied the brutal cold and storms.
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Associated Press
United States
Midwest
New York City
Weather Bureau
Boston
New England
la Guardia Field
New York
Little Galva
N.D
North
South Dakota
Indiana
Washington, D. C
Atlanta
Memphis
Coast Guard
American Airlines
Mississippi River
U. S. Army
W U. S
Charley Williams
Vernon Royer
Hickman
Wiliams
Foreman W. Rn. Wellborn
Los Angeles
Williams
River J
Airlines
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Dallas
Little ‘Rock
Armed Forces
D. B. Francis
R. R. Majors
Davie Holybee
Fort Worth
Bruin
Ark
J. ©. Conner
U. S
Snowplows Ordered Out As Snow Presses City
Light drifting began as northeast winds whip a three to four inch snowfall. Roads remained open at 1 45 p m with sleet coating windshields. Overnight storm left two to three inch layer. temps near freezing. State Roads Commission and County boards deploying fourteen plows. Blue Ridge Lines report buses on schedule. A residence sale at 510 Elm Street transfers from James W Houck to Gordon F Palmer for about 6500.
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Weather Bureau
State Roads Commission
Local Roads Commission
County Roads Board
Blue Ridge Lines
Here
Washington
CAA
Elm Street
James W. Houck
Gordon F. Palmer
Naked Frankfurters Put Up For Sale In Ration Time
A Danielson Connecticut restaurant posts a wall sign declaring 5 cent frankfurters will be sold naked with no garnish and a 10 cent option with toasted roll mustard and relish. The notice claims prices and rules hold “pending the next act of Congress” from The Management.
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Congress
Bulk Fluid Milk Price To Be Controlled
New York February 11 The OPA orders maximum price controls on bulk fluid milk sales by companies and cooperatives to protect existing wholesale and retail prices. Effective February 16 the rule covers New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Maryland Delaware and the District of Columbia with spillover effects to Ohio and Florida via inter state shipments. Margin prices vary by contract type from 25 to 40 cents per hundredweight plus pasteurizing margins and cans fees. Prices apply to bulk milk sold by tank or inn cans, not to packaged can sales to stores hotels restaurants or institutions.
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New York
OPA
Daniel P. Woolley
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Delaware
District of Columbia
Ohio
Florida
Kotka Bombed By Russians In February Raid
London reports the Finns claim 150 Russian aircraft bombed Kotka, 70 miles east of Helsinki, for two hours last night. Anti aircraft fire limited damage but eight civilians died and two were wounded. The attack follows a February 6 raid on Helsinki and marks a second heavy blow aimed at Finland’s exit from the war.
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London
Kotka
Helsinki
Gulf of Finland
Finland
Narva
Auto ration pool to shrink as July 1 release eyed
Washington reports the Office of Price Administration says fewer than 50,000 new passenger cars remain in the ration pool and most will be released to eligible buyers by July 1. Monthly quotas will tighten and eligibility rules will be reduced accordingly.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Cure for Athlete's Foot Described by Johns Hopkins Doctor
Baltimore February 11 Dr Edmund L Keeney Johns Hopkins Medical School describes a non irritant cure using sodium propionate for athlete's foot and other superficial fungal infections. The method was first reported in the Johns Hopkins Hospital Bulletin December issue.
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Baltimore
Tropics
Edmund L. Keeney
Johns Hopkins Medical School
Johns Hopkins Hospital Bulletin
Frankfurt Is Target Of Today's U S Air Attack
London february report details massive daylight raids by 114 American Flying Fortresses against Frankfurt On The Main pouring hazardous materials on the city for the second time in four days and the fourth since january 29. Liberators then attacked Pas de Calais installations while American mariners joined nine operations against northern France targets.
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London
Frankfurt-On-The-Main
Frankfurt
Liberators
Pas-de- Calais
France
Brunswick
Gilze-Rijen
Holland
USAAF
English Channel
Pas-de-Calais
Germany
Berlin
Western
Revolt Rumor Taints Bolivian Capital Boliva
Reports from La Paz and Santiago say Bolivian cabinet changes are expected tomorrow while La Hora claims a counter revolution ousted President Villarroel. The Bolivian ambassador to Argentina denied official word and telephone links to La Paz appeared interrupted amid growing unrest.
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la Paz
Bolivia
Santiago
Chile
la Hora
Gualberta Villarroel
Radio Costa Durels
Argentina
Miss McCardell Named Outstanding Designer
Claire McCardell, daughter of Mr and Mrs A LeRoy McCardell Rockwell Terrace, received the American Fashion Critics award of a $1,000 bond and a Malvina Hoffman bronze. The jury of about 40 critics and magazine editors selected her at Hunter College New York. Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia spoke as 5,000 attendees watched the presentation.
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Hunter College
New York City
Fiorella H. LaGuardia
Early bulge in rails and select stocks fades
New York February 11 report notes rails with selected industrials and utilities showing an early bulge in the stock market but profit taking on the recent advance eventually stemmed the rise.
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New York
Deferments For Farm Workers To Be Tighter
Washington on February 11 officials from Selective Service and the House Military committee weighed stricter deferments for farm workers. Col Francis V Keesling Sr, liaison and legislative officer, testified that the Tydings amendment regulating farm deferments may have worked too well.
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Washington
Selective Service
House Military Committee
Tydings
Francis V. Keesling
Nazis Trapped Remnants Under Russian Fire Near Korsun
Russian guns pounded about 100000 German troops trapped in a narrowing Korsun pocket as Red Army columns closed within seven miles of the city. Soviet forces also pressed the attack on Krivoi Rog while German surrender numbers rose amid dwindling supplies and ruined airfields.
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London
Korsun
Dnieper
Krivoi Rog
Associated Press
Moscow
Stalingrad
Leonid A. Govorov
Leningrad
Zheltsy
Luga
Pskov
Totmachovo
K. A. Meretskov
Volkhov
Lake Peipus
Korsun Salient
Ring of Death
Situation Near Rome Is Tense
President Roosevelt described a very tense situation with heavy fighting at the Anglo American beachhead below Rome. He said Allied seas and air are largely under control and we pray for good weather to aid operations. He highlighted the Huon Peninsula capture in New Guinea as major news.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Rome
Huon
New Guinea
Kalinin Foresees Defeat of Nazis This Year
Moscow radio quoted President Kalinin telling Russian workers that this year the Soviet Union will deal the final blow to Fascist invaders and clear the enemy from all Soviet territory. The Office of Price Administration announced no change planned in shoe rationing rates.
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London
Moscow Radio
Soviet Monitor Today
Michael Kalinin
Soviet Union
Washington
Office of Price Administration
Nazis Claim Penetration Of Allied Bridgehead
German forces press south from the Anzio beachhead with tanks used as mobile artillery while Allied air power conducts massive ground support. Reports say German troops penetrated into Carroceto Aprilia and Cassino disputed gains. Allied counterattacks and heavy bombardment aim to seal the bridgehead as 830 Allied sorties clash with German defenses.
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Kenneth L. Dixon
Fifth Army
Haly
Anzio
Rome
Argely
Winsted Grandmother Marks Third Birth in Week
Mrs. Anais Plante of Winsted becomes a grandmother for the third time in a week when her daughter in law Mrs. Leo Plante of Newington gives birth to a son. The other grandchildren are boys.
Wicomico Urges Relief Suspension Amid Budget Battle
Wicomico County Commissioners weigh a counterproposal to suspend all federal state and county relief as adviser Desmead Kolb urges a year without aid. He cites 1943 relief costs at about 193 768 and calls for budget reform while criticizing Welfare Board administration. Kolb seeks repeal of authority over local funds and salaries. The board will seek a full budget explanation before appropriations.
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Wicomico
Salisbury
Wicomico County
Welfare Board
Desmead Kolb
Kolb
County Welfare Board
State Welfare Board
Boards of County Commissioners
Patterson
Pat Patterson
J. Milton Patterson
Washington County
Maryland
Five Years For Aiding Evasion Of Draft Law
Baltimore February federal court sentenced Dr James Hens, former Spring Grove State Hospital physician, to five years for counseling a prospective inductee to evade the draft. Judge William C. Coleman called the case one of the most serious wartime offenses. The Swiss psychiatrist pleaded guilty to counseling and aiding the evasion and was committed to the Bureau of Prisons pending the start of his sentence.
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Baltimore
James
Tens
Spring Grove
Fifth Regiment Armory
Willam C. Coleman
Mens
Bureau of Prisons
Coleman
Ferdinand A. Nauheim
Washington, D. C
Hens
Iemency
Preston
William Curran
Connsel
Nauheim
Roosevelt To Speak To Nation Saturday
President Roosevelt will address the nation Saturday afternoon from 4 30 to 5 o clock Eastern War Time. The speech accompanies ceremonies for the presentation of a destroyer escort to French naval authorities under lend lease. The subject of the address was not disclosed.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wounded South Pacific Vet Home After Honorable Discharge
Pfe James W Stockman 26 of Marshall Stockman family returns home after two years since enlisting. He was wounded at Guadalcanal and New Georgia, received the Purple Heart from Lieut General Collins, and later recovered at Letterman and Winter General Hospitals.
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Pfe
James W. Stockman
Marshall H. Stockman
West South Street
United States Army
Pfe. Stockman
Guadalcanal
Collins
Pic
Stockman
Russell Island
Munda
New Georgia
Letterman General Hospital
California
Winter General Hospital
Kansas
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Cassino
Nettuno
Algiers
Cassing
Albano
Custerna
Velletri
Campaleone
Cesshina
Panat
Castel Gandolfo
Vatican Radio
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Carroceto
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Churchill
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