Fishing Creek Reservoir Reaches Overflow As Supply Surges
Water Superintendent William J Davis announced Fishing Creek reservoir is full again after eight months, with 77,000,000 gallons stored. Snow in the mountains and heavy rains last week pushed inflow, allowing gravity-fed flow and possible temporary water color changes.
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Fishing Creek
Wiliam J Davis
Frederick
Singapore
Mr. Davis
Singanore
Montevue
M. J. Grove Lime Company
Three Life Terms On Rape Charges In Chicago Case
David Reese Steffy the third an 18 year old junior college student was sentenced in Chicago Criminal Court to three life terms for rape and to 1 to 14 years on assault the judge also imposed one year for another count. His attorney described him as a Dr Jekyll by day and Mr Hyde by night and indicated an appeal would be filed.
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Chicago
David Reese Steffy
Julius H Miner
Benjamin Ehrlich
Jekyll
Mr. Hyde
Draft enrollment begins in city and county schools
Enrollment centers open at city and county schools for a three day draft registration. Men who reach 20 years old by December 31 and under 45 by the coming Monday must register. Centers report steady but unpressured activity with hours 9 am to 5 pm today and Sunday, then 7 am to 9 pm on Monday.
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Uncle Sam
Frederick
Selective Service Board
Montevue
Church Street
North Market
Washington Street
Lincoln High School
Brunswick High School
Dover Straits battle proves air power limited against battleships
A British official states that 600 Allied aircraft failed to halt the Gneisenau Scharnhorst and Prinz Eugen as they passed the Dover Straits. In New York, Mayor LaGuardia warns incendiary bombs could reach the city as the Nazi fleet moves from Brest, intensifying local war concerns.
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London
Dover Straits
Gneisenau
Scharnhorst
Prinz Eugen
New York
F. H. LaGuardia
Brest
France
Fire Department
LaGuardia
German mobile columns driven back in Libya west of Ain el Gazala
British imperials repelled several German mobile columns west of Ain el Gazala in Libya about 40 to 50 miles west of Tobruk, with operations aided by air forces as reported by the Middle East command.
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Cairo
Egypt
Ain el Gazala
Libya
Tobruk
Middle East Command
Douglas DC-4 C-54 Transport Delivered to Army
Douglas Aircraft announces delivery of its first four motor C-54 transport to the U.S. Army at a West Coast field. The DC-4, originally a civilian airliner, is converted to military Ryder Army specifications and appears ready for test flights.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Douglas Aircraft Inc
Army
West Coast
Trans-Continental Airlines
Ryder Army
Jap Drive In Burma Fails in Salween Defense
Rangoon reported February 14 that after two days of heavy fighting in the Paan area the Japanese attempt to crack the Salween river line on the east Burma front appears to have collapsed. The communique said the Japanese suffered heavy casualties as they pressed to gain a footing on the Salween west bank about 30 miles north of Martaban.
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Rangoon
Burma
Paan
East Burma
Salween River
Martaban
Batavia
Java
Palembang
Ivital
Sumatra
Indies
WN. E. I
Heart of Indies
New Britains
Cape York
Torres Strait
Timor
Ijava
Dutch East Indies Archipelago
Singapore
Chiang Kai-Shek
Iindia
Salween
Separate Sugar Rationings Planned for Households and Businesses
Washington reports two separate sugar rationing registrations will be held for households and for commercial users such as bakers confectioners and bottlers. Folders will authorize a weekly sugar allotment of about 12 ounces per person. No date set. Henderson says hoarding is unlikely and sugar will be available. Gasoline rationing not planned unless War Production Board directs, newsprint depends on power, especially in Canada.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Leon Henderson
Henderson
OPA
War Production Board
Canada
Navy Court Probes Fire on Lafayette in New York
A naval court of inquiry convened by Secretary Krox investigates the February 9 Lafayette fire that caused the former French liner to capsize at its New York dock. Rear Admiral Lamar R. Leahy will direct the inquiry into causes and responsibility.
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Washington
Navy
U.S. S. Lafayette
New York
Krox
Lamar R. Leahy
Weather Halts Effort to Raise Submarine S-26
adverse weather halted salvage of the U S submarine S 26 sunk off the Panama west coast January 24 in 288 feet of water Rear Admiral Frank Sadler announced divers who reached the wreck reported the conning tower hatch remained secure suggesting the men aboard perished soon after the collision three crew members were rescued and one more rescued later
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Balboa
Panama Canal Zone
U. S
Panama West Coast
Frank Sadler
15Th Naval District
Moderate Increases in New York Stock Shares
In New York on February 14, stock prices edged higher amid war news. Rail and specialty issues led most of the day with gains of fractions to about a point as the market extended a mild advance, while many issues finished unchanged and scattered declines appeared.
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New York
U S Troops Parade With Ulster Home Guard in Londonderry
United States troops joined a parade in Londonderry with the Ulster Home Guard. It marked the first joint parade with British troops since their arrival in Northern Ireland.
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U. S
Londonderry
Northern Ireland
United States
Ulster Home Guard
Court vacates 1938 decree in Heagey mortgage case
The Circuit Court vacated its 1938 decree in the equity suit by Jesse N. Smith to prove his mortgage indebtness paid and ordered a rehearing. New evidence from Theodore James Linton prompted the action, requiring an accounting of all Smith Heagey transactions since the 1920s. Attorneys Sherman P. Bowers Storm for Smith and H Kieffer DeLauter for the administrator.
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Circuit Court
Edward S. Delaplaine
Arthur D. Willard
Jesse N. Smith
Smith
Henry F. €. Heagey
Jesse F. R. Heagey
Frederick
North Bentz and
Seventh Streets
Heagey
North Bentz Street
Charles S. Springer
Springer
Theodore James Linton
Linton
Calvin Anderson
Jesse Heagey
Sherman P. Bowers
William M. Storm
H. Kieffer DeLauter
British marchers die in Iceland blizzard during training
The War Office announced that seven British soldiers froze to death during a January training march in Iceland. The surviving company members found shelter with an Icelandic farming family whose aid is credited with saving many lives. A note mentions Japanese soldiers wearing protective sennin-bari belts.
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London
British War Office
British Public Sore Over Escape Of Nazi Warships
London reports sharp editorial condemnation of Churchill and government as German battleships Gneisenau Scharnhorst and cruiser Prinz Eugen reach base after a 700 mile dash through the Channel. Britons note torpedo boat action with two hits claimed on Prinz Eugen and limited British losses.
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London
Winston Churchill
Bremen
Churchill
E. W. MacAlpine
Trevor Smith
English Channel
Red Army advances west of Moscow amid fortified German positions
Soviet forces push toward the western front between Moscow and Leningrad as one unit reports long advances wearing out winter boots. A ski-troop spearhead operates in White Russia while German-occupied Latvia villagers aid in capturing a fortified village. Archangel port supply line severed by ice and harbor damage.
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Moscow
Red Army
Leningrad
White
Russia
Soviet Information Bureau
Latvia
Helsinki
Berlin
Archangel
Plenty Of Valentines In Frederick Amid Busy Stores and Post Office
Valentine business surges in Frederick with crowded counters and busy post office as shops report brisk corsage and card sales. Hood College post office handles rush while telegrams and gift orders rise. military care packages increase as civilians send sweets to service members. A note on the Washington Monument capstone mentions a 100 ounce aluminium pyramid.
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Valentine
Frederick
Hood College
New Front Opens as Singapore Holds amid Far East Battles
Reports from Batavia say Australian forces and Empire troops reinforce Java defense while Japanese parachutists strike Sumatra near Palembang. Singapore resists as Johore causeway comes under fire and a major naval base near Seletar is reported captured.
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Sumatra
Java
Dutch East Indies
Singapore
Seletar
Centrol
Johore
Tokyo
Strait of
Batavia
Huge Bomber Takes Flight With Ford Engines
A Martin B-26 medium bomber flew for a test mission powered by Ford Motor Company built aircraft engines. Martin test pilot Carl Hartley praised the plane for its handling and reserve power during a half hour flight at the Glenn L. Martin plant in Middle River. The Pratt and Whitney engines were replaced by Ford built units rated at 1,850 horsepower.
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Baltimore
Ford Motor Company
Army
Glenn L. Marlin
Middle River
Martin
Carl Hartley
Pratt and Whitney
Ford
End Of Costume Jewelry For Duration Seen
Feb 14 war supply news reports the War Production Board froze all tin and tin bearing materials held by jewelers amounting to about 1 000 000 pounds. Jewelers already barred from using lead and copper and will be further restricted from land supplies after March 31.
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War Production Board
Former Bishop And Wife Die Same Day
Rt. Rev. W. L. Gravatt aged 83 and his wife died today in Charleston West Virginia Gravatt retired in January 1939 after 28 years as bishop of the West Virginia Episcopal Diocese and was succeeded by Rt. Rev. R E L Strider of Wheeling
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Charleston
W. Va
W. L. Gravatt
West Virginia
Gravatt
R. E. L. Strider
Wheeling
Big Gun Duels On Bataan Resume Amid Siege Fire
War Department communique reports heavy artillery dueling and aggressive infantry skirmishes on the Bataan front with Japanese siege guns resuming fire on Corregidor. The enemy entrenching in some sections and air activity noted. no material damage to harbor defenses or other areas reported.
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Washington
Bataan
Philippines
Corregidor
War Department
Cavite
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek urges India to prepare for war
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek in New Delhi warns India that war with Japan is near and urges all out effort. She appeals to Indian parties after a brief public appearance and cites Pearl Harbor and Singapore as proof of her warnings. The speech suggests Chiang Kai-Shek aims to press military action and alliance considerations.
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New Delhi
India
Chiang Kai-Shek
Japan
China
Peatl Harbor
Singapore
Chipang
Joint Staff Meeting Held At White House
British and American war consultants conferred with President Roosevelt at the White House in continued joint staff talks on war strategy.
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White House
Washington
Roosevelt
True man committee to probe rubber situation
Akron Ohio February 14 The True man committee plans to launch an investigation next Tuesday to tear the hat off the rubber situation in this country Senator Ralph Brewster a member of the committee declared today
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Akron
Trueman
Ralph Brewster T
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