Snowplows Plow Roads As Cold Winds Drift Snow
County and state crews deployed twenty three plows to keep highways passable as gusty north northwest winds whip up drifts up to three feet. Officials noted icy surfaces, urged tire chains, and said most roads remained open with drift risk mainly on north south routes in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. L. Putman
State Roads Commission
New Market- Liberty
Middletown - Jefferson
Middletown-Brunswick
Middletown-Wolfsville
Putman
County Roads Board
Blue Ridge Lines
Urbana
Wertheimer Farm
Associated Press
Maryland
Weather Bureau
Roads Commission
Commission
Wickard predicts record farm output if weather holds
Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard told the West Virginia horticultural society meeting in Martinsburg that with average weather and farmers meeting their goals, all farm production records would be broken this year.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Secretary of Agriculture
Claude R. Wickard
The
West Virginia Horticultural Society
Call For Eight By Board One Pre-induction notices sent
A supplemental February pre-induction call by Local Draft Board One ordered eight white registrants to report to Baltimore for examinations. Notices mailed quickly after board orders, with fewer calls than expected. Eleven registrants were sent to the Navy Recruiting Station in Baltimore for January pre-induction examinations, the first group under a new arrangement. Nine white and two colored men left by bus to Baltimore. Names and addresses of those called and those departing are listed, including Vernon Rippeon and Louis Zettler among the registrants, and George Ford Jr. and John Croghan among those leaving for the Navy.
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Draft Board
Baltimore
Navy Recruiting
Navy
Vernon Rodney Rippeon
Fairview Avenue
Louis Charles Zettler
Batavia
Ohio
Frederick
Ward Mathias Dinterman
Washington
Franklin Thomas Wenner
Eighth Avenue
Brunswick
Theodore Samuel Lichtenstein
South Market Street
Mitchell Carter Bay
Walkersville
Kenneth L. Strawsburg
Howard William Grams
Franklin P. Miller, Jr
North Market
Albert J. Weedon
Jefferson
James H. Carroll
Adamstown
Fierce Battle In Burma Rages In Arakan Front
A Southeast Asia Command bulletin reports a nine day battle southwest of Taung Bazaar on the Arakan front with Allied troops holding firm under multi directional attacks. Heavy Japanese casualties are noted while some Japanese remain behind Allied lines. Allied air forces fly over 300 sorties as British forces advance toward Maladan.
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New Delhi
Taung Bazaar
Arakan
Burma
Southeast Asia Command
Maladan
Boy's Exaggerated Tales Flagged by Baltimore Police
A 12 year old Baltimore runaway on East Patrick street gave officers the name Nick Cupido and claimed a long criminal record. He said he escaped four times from a “Dunlap school for boys” and admitted robberies, placing explosives on railroads, and stealing a car. Police noted no such school exists and held him at Montevue pending verification. Officer Harry Phillips took him into custody.
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Baltimore
East Patrick Street
Nick Cupido
Montevue
Baltimore City
Harry Phillips
Jinto
Peace Hopes Rise in Finland Amid War Pressures
Finland sees growing calls for peace negotiations as Helsinki reports warn of a short window to end the war. Evacuations from Helsinki proceed, refugees reach Sweden, and opponents urge direct peace terms from Russia while Berlin and Moscow report continued bombardments and strategic moves.
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Finland
Helsinki
Russia
Amneterbladet
Germany
Tough Battle At Bridgehead Could Be Worse
Allied reports from Anzio Beachhead admit tough conditions with German divisions pressing on the flanks. Cassino battles loom as American units fight uphill toward Rome while weather and air support hinder operations. Despite risks, optimism remains that Fifth Army will break through and connect with Cassino to drive Germans south of Rome.
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Edward Kennedy
Algiers
Anzio
Fifth
Cassino
Rome
Reichswehr
Europe
Salerno
Fifth Army
el Alamein
Erwin Rommel
Eighth Army
Desert
Tobruk
Nile Valley
Italy
One Killed and 11 Injured in Train Wreck Near Ashtabula
An engineer died and 11 people were injured when a New York Central Southwestern Limited derailed three miles west of Ashtabula Ohio. B W Morris about 35 the pilot engineer was killed by debris after the wreck. The second section from St Louis to New York and Boston derailed the engine baggage car three coaches seven standard sleepers and one tourist sleeper.
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Ashtabula, C
New York Central
Southwestern Limited
Here
B. W. Morris
Ashtabula General Hospital
Southwestern, Ltd
St. Louis
New York
Boston
Doll Shop Proprietress Held On $25,000 Bail
Velvatee Dickinson a 50 year old California born doll shop proprietor was held on $25,000 bail after pleading innocent to a federal indictment accusing her of using a code and device to conceal from censorship contents of a letter mailed from New York to Buenos Aires. The letter reportedly related to national defense and possibly reach Japan. Federal Judge Vincent L Leible fixed Feb 21 for trial.
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New York
Velvatee Dickinson
Argentina
Dickinson
Inez Lopez de Malinari
Buenos Aires
Vincent L. Leibell
U. S
Edward C. Wallace
Japan
Storm Leaves 12 Dead As Winter Storm Rages East
A powerful Midwest Northeast blizzard left at least 12 dead as subzero cold expanded to the plains and Great Lakes. Kansas City to Lincoln reported 5 below to 23 below, while New York cleared streets after a seven inch snowfall and a polar bear track meet was canceled at Columbia University.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Kansas
Nebraska
Dakotas
Iowa
Kansas City
Leavenworth
Kan
Sten
Lincoln
Neb
Wahoo
South Dakota
Sioux City
St. Louis
Illinois
Upper Michigan
Houghton
Ohio
Louisville
Upper
New York
New England
Boston
Maine
New York City
Seaboard States
Columbia University
Florida
Miami
Allies Breake d Anzio Pressure In Weather Break
Naples Feb 12 Allied Fifth Army amphibious forces gained a temporary break in German armored attacks at Anzio as rain and mud hampered Tank movement. Allied airmen hoped for clearer skies to strike from advance bases while only one German thrust was reported yesterday. An alarm at 1210 alerted Citizens Truck Co. to a chimney fall of sparks, no fire.
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William Buchanan
Urbana
Naples
Italy
Anzio
Fifth Army
Uniteds and Citizens Truck Company
Jefferson Street
Allied announcemen t places German forces in Castel Gandolfo
Allied headquarters said German troops have occupied Castel Gandolfo, the Pope’s summer residence near Rome, now in the battle area and to be bombed as needed. The Vatican radio reported further bombing of Castel Gandolfo and nearby Vatican property, with Transocean claiming 500 deaths in the blast.
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Algiers
Papal Palace
Castel Gandalfa
Rome
Castel Gandolfo
Vatican City
Anzio
Osservatore Romano
Vatican
Transocean
Liberators Press Coast of Pas-de-Calais in Daylight Assault
Pro American Liberators and RAF formations attacked the Pas-de-Calais coast with daylight sorties supported by Thunderbolts and Mustangs. The operation, part of a 16 day surge, coincided with heavy RAF Mosquito raids over Germany. Weather hindered subsequent armada activity. 37 Nazi planes were shot down, with U.S. bombers and fighters losses recorded.
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London
Pas-de-Calais
Britain
1Frankfurt
RAF
Germany
Oattack
Prap
Berlin
Air Ministry
Bouilogne
U.S
Military Talks With Britain Suspended in Ankara
Ankara reports that military talks between the Turkish general staff and the British military mission have been suspended after over a month of secret sessions. The pause may not change Turkey's pro Allies policy, as Foreign Policy remains firmly aligned with Britain while maintaining wartime caution. Prime Minister Sukru Saracuglu said he held a 50 minute off the record meeting reinforcing these views.
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William B. King
Ankara
Turkey
Britain
Sukru Saracuglu
Rail Center Shepchovka Falls to Red Army on Front
London, Feb. 1. AGENCY dispatches say Red Army forces have captured the rail hub of Shepelovka, a main distribution point for German reserves on the Ukrainian front. The advance tightens the noose around Cherkasy and opens a base for offensives toward Odessa and Warsaw as remnants of Nazi troops are reportedly being liquidated.
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London
Red Ar Forzes
Shepchovka
Cherkasy Beath
Shepelovka
Poland
Rumania
Hungary
Nikolai Vatutin
Odessa
Warsaw
Moscow
Bodies Of 24 Wreck Victims Not Found
Memphis February reports say the Mississippi river depths hinder recovery as 24 victims from an American Airlines crash remain missing. Divers and fishermen fear bodies may be tangled in swift waters, with large wreckage parts located ten miles from the scene.
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Memphis
Mississippi River
American Airlines
Olivermen
Jhuge
Allied Forces Repel German Assault Below Rome
Allied warships shell the German left flank near the Rome beachhead as rain snow and gales hinder operations. On the Cassino front American troops push toward the Via Casilina and clear the Cassino town jail cellar amid stubborn fighting. Germany has lost thousands captured since Italy invasion began with 13 000 taken overall, while heavy weather limits air and supply activity.
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Algiers
Rome
Cassino
Via Casilina
Cisterna
Mauritius
Dido
CBS
John Daly
Berlin
Aprilia
Italy
Eighth Army
Pravda denounces Poles in exile for war stance
Moscow reports Pravda editorial charges the Polish government in exile with Nazi collaboration and false friendship toward Russia. It claims Polish radio Swit and politicians profess fellowship with the Red Army while citing alleged documentary evidence from Polish clandestine groups.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Pravda
London
Soviet Union
Swit
Russia
Red Army
Poland
They Fight In Jungles And Buy War Bonds
In the South Pacific on February 12 13th Army Air Force fighter control squadron members bought 2500 dollars in bonds beyond their usual allotments. A small fire at 28 East South Street caused minor damage when soot ignited in an unused fireplace, quickly extinguished by firefighters from Uniteds and Citizens Truck Company.
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South Pacific
13Th Army Air Force
Uniteds and Citizens Truck Company
East South Street
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Ameterbladet
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Efe
Office of War Information
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Risto Ryti
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