Germany's Fighter Plane Output Cut by U S Raids
Washington reports official confirmation that USAAF air raids on Germany have cut fighter plane production by 40 percent. War Production Board official Charles E Wilson noted raids on Dessau Braunschweig Halberstadt and other plants further reduced output. Mass production sped up total aircraft build time dramatically, with earlier fighters dropping from 157000 to 7800 man hours and four motored bombers from 200000 to 13000 for the 2000th unit.
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Washington
Reich
Charles E Wilson
War Production Board
War Department
United States Army Air Forces
Germany
USAAF
Wilson
Royal Air Force
Army
Dessau
Braunschwieg
Halberstadt
Greater Frankfort
Fechenheim
Hochst
Leipsig
Offenbach
Ludwigshaven
U. S
Rites Held Today For Edgar R. Sando Jr
Funeral services for Edgar R. Sando Jr also called Buddy, 23 former Frederick resident, were held at 2 PM at Maryland Avenue Baptist Church Washington. Interment followed at Fort Lincoln Cemetery. He is survived by his wife Marion Sparkman Sando mother Mrs Helen Sando and sister Mrs Melvina Galentine. Previously employed at the Navy Yard he was found in a gas fired room Thursday at his Hyattsville residence.
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Edgar R
Buddy) Sando, Jr
Frederick
Kennedy Street
Castle Manor
Hyattsville
Maryland Avenue Baptist Church
14Th Street
Maryland Avenue
N. E. Washington
Fort Lincoln Cemetery
Sando
Helen Sando
Edgar Sando
Madison Street
Navy Yard
Marion L. Sparkman Sando
Melvina Galentine
Rites for Thos E Hampton Held at Bethesda
Thomas E Hampton 77 retired secretary treasurer of the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission died Saturday. Born in England he came to the U S at 19 and was father of State Senator Thomas Earle Hampton. He helped build wooden ships in Brunswick Ga during World War I. He served on the park and planning commission and on Bethesda Bank leadership boards. Survived by widow Alice Sophia Hampton three sons three daughters and a brother.
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Chevy Chase
Thomas Hampton
Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission
Bethesda
England
Hampton
Thomas Earle Hampton
Montgomery County
United States Maritime Corp
Brunswick
Park and Planning Commission
Bank of Bethesda
Bethesda Lodge of Masons
Alice Sophia Hampton
Postmen Ring Bells To Deliver Allowances
The local post office aims to safeguard service men's dependent allowances by delivering mail personally when possible. Postmen may ring doorbells or knock to reach recipients, reducing theft risk. No local theft reports yet, though incidents have occurred in other cities and measures will be taken to prevent similar larcenies here.
Nazi Fighter Base Attacked London Feb 14
London reports that Thunderbolt fighter-bombers attacked the German fighter base at Gilze Rijen in Holland with no losses. German night raiders dropped incendiaries on London, claimed by Berlin as a concentrated strike. The raid involved 50 to 60 planes, about 15 reaching London. six were shot down, five over England, one back in France.
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London
Thunderbolt
Gilze- Rijen
Holland
Berlin
England
France
Strategic Air Force
Tomorrow Last Day For Scrap Paper Campaign
Tomorrow and Tuesday mark the final days of the county scrap paper drive. Youths are urged to bring in used paper to win prizes of war stamps for the four top contributors, with prizes of 10, 7.5, 5 and 2.5 dollars in stamps. Certificates will be awarded to participants by Dr. David G. Everhart, chairman of the Frederick County Salvage Committee, at 235 North Market Street, as results are tallied.
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David G. Everhart
North Market Street
Frederick County Salvage Committee
Everhart
Goucher President And Mrs Robinson Married
Baltimore February wedding reports Dr David Allan Robertson, president of Goucher College, marrying Mrs Edward Levi Robinson at St David's Church. After a wedding breakfast the couple departed for a Mexico honeymoon, expecting to return mid March.
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Baltimore
Edward Levi Robinson
David Allan Robertson
Goucher College
St. David's Protestant Episcopal Church
Mexico
Robertson
St. Paul
Minn
West Virginia
Maryland
Frederick E. Blaser
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Tokyo cabinet assigns fuel oil industry to priority par
New York February 14 Tokyo radio reports the Japanese cabinet has placed the fuel oil industry on a priority plan alongside aviation shipbuilding coal iron steel and transportation sectors. The move follows war needs and aims to boost supply for military and industrial output across key sectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tokyo Radio
Mt Goropu Volcano Erupts in New Guinea
Reuters dispatch from Sydney reports Mt Goropu in Stanley mountains New Guinea erupted last night after a series of rumblings. No injuries or damage details available yet, scientists monitor fallout and ash cloud from the Mt Goropu activity.
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London
Reuters
Sydney
Mt. Goropu
Stanley Mountains
New Guinea
Russians Press Toward Pskov In Major Baltic Move
Russian forces drive from Lake Peipus area toward Pskov while another column advances along the Lenin grad route. Pskov, a key rail and highway junction, could sever German retreat routes and threaten Estonia and Latvia. Pravda dispatch notes mining and bridge destruction on the Pskov Luga road.
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Moscow
Pskov
Latvia
Lithuania
Lake Peipus
Pskov Lake
Leningrad
Luga
Nicholas II
Lake Ilmen- Staraya Russia
Baltic Republics
Estonia
Germany
Valk
Riga
Pravda
Pskov- Luga
Four Degree Low Ties Lowest Of Year As Snow May Follow
The city logged a four degree overnight low the coldest of the month with a hint of more snow as warm air could turn to rain. Temperatures rose to around 19 by 8:30 AM and roads crews worked on curves while state police reported several minor accidents from slick highways. Jethro Smith Thurmont skidded into David Constantine Baltimore in Eldersburg. no injuries or charges were filed.
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Mercury
Weather Bureau
Roads Commission
Eldersburg
Frank Badger
Jethro Smith
Thurmont
David Constantine
Baltimore
Heavy Beachhead Drive By Allies Expected Soon
Stockholm reports from Berlin say the beachhead battle south of Rome is intensifying and a heavy Allied offensive is expected soon. British forces near Carroceto are said to have taken the initiative, while German circles admit Allied material superiority.
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Stockholm
Berlin
Rome
Svenska Dagbladet
Carroceto
Bern
Italy
Exchange Planned Between United States and Germany
American diplomats and other U S nationals held by the Germans since the Nazi takeover of the former unoccupied France are to be exchanged for Germans captured in North Africa and Italy.
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Washington
United States
Ihe
France
North Africa
Italy
Ordered to Berlin Istanbul to Berlin agents return
Two Nazi intelligence agents who had been ordered to return to Berlin have defected and are reported to have fled to the British side. The information emerged yesterday, detailing their departure from Istanbul and the perilous route toward safety.
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Berlin
Istanbul
Housewives Heading For Storm Of Food Ration Complications
Washington reports a major shift in food rationing starting February 27 as red blue and brown stamps mix with new tokens. OPA plans new point values for meat and canned goods and a change in how stamps are validated and cashed, with extended validity and overlapping three week period.
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James Marlow
George Zielke
Washington
OPA
Tve P
Tos
Wadsworth Set for G O P Dinner Address
Congressman and former Senator James W. Wadsworth of New York will speak at the Frederick County G O P Club annual dinner February 22 at 6 30 pm in the Francis Scott Key hotel ballroom. The event was arranged by J Glenn Beall and others with Beall and other Sixth District Republicans expected to attend. the program will be broadcast.
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James W. Wadsworth
New York
Frederick County
G. O. P. Club
Francis Scott Key
Wadsworth
J. Glenn Beall
Sixth
Harry W. LeGore
E. Austin James
David G. Ever
Physicians May Advertise Chicago Feb 14 1931
Dr Wil bert C Davison of Durham North Carolina dean of the Duke University School of Medicine says AMA and other medical groups may hire publicity experts to run advertising campaigns highlighting the need for medical care He notes infant mortality remains high in many counties despite adequate facilities and suggests advertising could create public demand for medical services and products to improve care
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Chicago
Wilbert C. Davison
Durham
N.C
Duke University School of Medicine
American Medical Association
Davison
North Carolina
Shortage of Gas in Clarksburg Reported
A 40 percent curtailment in gas to industrial users across a four state area was ordered by the Big Hope Natural Gas Company. Clarksburg plants felt the impact as President N. Tonkin stated that very few industries remained unaffected by the shortage.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Big Hope Natural Gas Company
N. Tonkin
The
Hope Company
Control Tightened on French Mediterranean Coast
London reports German authorities have placed the entire French Mediterranean coast under strict military control, aligning it with the invasion coast regime long in force along northern France, according to the German controlled Paris radio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mediterranean
France
Paris
Many To Get Tax Refunds
Washington reports that during the year ending June 30 almost 57 million dollars was refunded to taxpayers for taxes erroneously collected. The Treasury anticipates refunds of 386 million this year and 782 million in 1945, driven by more taxpayers and withholding provisions of the new tax law. Thousands across states received refunds, with names reported to Congress for refunds of 500 dollars or more.
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Washington
Congress
Treasury Department
Department
Treasury
House Committee On
Tokyo Reports U S Raid On New Ireland
Tokyo radio said 55 American planes attacked Kavieng New Ireland Sunday morning led by 45 B 24s with 10 escort fighters. The base suffered negligible damage and the raid was repulsed by anti aircraft fire according to U S government monitors.
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New York
Toyko Radio
Kavieng
New Ireland
U 5
Stockholm Sees possible move on Finnish peace talks
Stockholm reports growing hope of concrete progress in Finnish Russian relations within days as Finland weighs terms. Finnish leaders face German reprisals risk while Social Democrats press for peace and figures like Leo Ehrenrooth Juh Paasikivi and Elias Erkko are noted for potential roles.
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Stockholm
Finland
Helsinki
Social Democratic Party
Leo Ehren
Italy
Local Seaman One Of Five Who Is Commended
Seaman first class Donald Humes Morgan of Frederick Maryland is named one of five Navy gun crew members commended by the chief of Naval personnel for courage and devotion to duty during action against enemy aircraft in the Mediterranean area. Morgan, 19, is the son of Mrs. Kathle M. Morgan of 740 North Market Street, Frederick.
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Norfolk
Donald Humes Morgan
Frederick
Chief of Naval Personnel
Mediterranean
Fifth Naval District
Randall Jacobs
USN
Morgan
Katle M. Morgan
North Market Street
People Of Frankfurt Call For More Food
New York February 14 The Stockholm daily Aftonbladet said in a dispatch reported today to OW that the Gauleiter of Frankfurt quelled demands for extra food rations following recent air raids by declaring that all German cities must cancel their claims for the benefit of Berlin where resistance power must under all circumstances be maintained.
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New York
Stockholm
Aftonbladet
Gauleiter
Frankfurt
Berlin
Leaders urge Roosevelt against veto of revenue bill
Democratic leaders urged President Roosevelt not to veto the $2 315 billion revenue measure, warning Congress would not pass another revenue bill this year. They did not disclose details of the White House conference though most lawmakers expect a veto of the Commodity Credit Extension bill halting food subsidies.
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Washington
Congressional Democratic
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
Valentines For Hood Girls Swamp College Post Office
A vivid scene at Hood College post office on Valentine’s Day shows girls sorting heavy mail as boxes overflow and envelopes stretch the room. Parcel chaos erupts when doors finally open, with cries of Be my Valentine and He remembered filling the air and ribbons flying.
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Hood Girls
Swamp College Post Office
Mar
Igo G
St Nicholas
St. Valentine
Hood College
Be My
Valentine
Valentine Day Mail Sets Record for Heavy Volume
The local post office reported St Valentine’s Day mail as one of the heaviest on record causing late deliveries. Extra staff processed mass Valentines, many for armed forces and sweethearts, with some sent overseas. Officials noted fewer comic Valentines this year, possibly due to paper shortages.
Boonsboro Firemen Juggle Cold in Two-Blaze Night
Middletown and Hagerstown volunteers battled a stubborn Boonsboro fire that destroyed three vehicles and a garage on Church Street. Fire swirled under freezing skies as water froze on walls. crews pumped from a creek and worked two hours to prevent spread. Earlier, they aided a Braddock Mountain dwelling blaze near Old Braddock.
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Middletown Volunteer Fire Department
Hagerstown
Boonsboro
Church Street
Middletown
South Mountain
Braddock Mountain
Old Braddock
Fifteen Youths Take Army Flying Cadet Mental Tests
About 15 youths mainly from Frederick area underwent the Army Flying Cadet mental examination at Frederick High School led by Tech Sgt Clarence Biehn of Cumberland. A physical test is set for Wednesday at 9 a.m. at the Hagerstown post office. Eligible ages 17 to 26 without induction calls may apply, with future roles as pilots, bombardiers, navigators, or technicians in the U S Army Air Corps. Readers may come to the Hagerstown post office each Friday by 9 a.m. for tests. Names of those tested include Bayard Rosencrantz Adamstown Charles B Landis Hagerstown Kenneth P Hoover Frederick Route 3 Harold E Bitner Hagerstown Scott F Welty 200 West South Street Ross Moberly Walkersville Walter R Comer Jr 314 East Third Street Paul E Mann 237 West Fifth Street Clarence W Lindsay Jr Hagerstown Guy M Himes Frederick Route 5 Richard P Humm 1028 North Market Street Truman W May 32 East South Street Walter E Esker 248 Carroll Parkway Richard Kidwiler Frederick Route 2 Alton Whitmore Walkersville.
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Frederick
Frederick High School
Tech
Clarence Biehn
Cumberland
Hagerstown
U. S. Army Air Corps
Air Corps
Bayard Rosencrantz
Adamstown
Charles B. Landis
Kenneth P. Hoover
Harold E Bitner
Scott F. Welty
West South Street
Ross Moberly
Walkersville
Walter R Comer, Jr
East Third Street
Paul E. Mann
West Fifth Street
Clarence W. Lindsay, Jr
Guy M. Himes
Richard
Ohio gas shortage shuts 150 war plants overnight
A severe gas shortage in Ohio halted heating for homes and forced the Ohio Fuel Gas Co to cut off supply to 150 war plants during a cold wave, leaving thousands of workers idled and Monday washing undone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Allied convoy passes Gibraltar into the Mediterranean
The German controlled Vichy radio reported a large Allied convoy moving from Gibraltar into the Mediterranean. It included six troop transports sixty cargo ships and four tankers with strong air and naval escort. The report cited by Vichy radio could not be independently confirmed.
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London
Vichy Radio
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Initiative Is Partly Regained At Bridgehead
Allied Headquarters in Algiers reports a see-saw battle around Anzio with partial initiative regain. British troops recaptured a bridge west of Carroceto Aprilia aided by tanks as air cover was limited by weather. Germans still hold Cassino outskirts and the Benedictine monastery atop Thill as fighting continues in a house to house offensive. Over 2,000 German prisoners taken since the January landings and new air raids deepen on Cassino.
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Algiers
Ansto
Carroceto
Aprilia
Anzio
Benito
Cassino
Thill
Castel Gandolfo
Mt. Casj Mo
Rome
Bome
Red Cross
Blanket of Snow Covers Much of Nation Across Regions
Chicago February 14 most extensive snow of the winter covers the nation. An additional 3 to 4 inches forecast for northern Illinois Indiana and lower Michigan within 12 hours. Depths range from 15 inches at Lander to 4 inches at Des Moines 7 at Springfield 8 at Cleveland 7 at Chicago and 2 at Boston. Snow extends from eastern Montana to New England and from Canadian border to northern Kansas Missouri Kentucky and the Appalachians. No severe temperatures expected. lowest thus far 7 below zero at Jamestown Indiana.
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Chicago
Ilinois
Indiana
Michigan
Lander
Wye
Des Moines
Springfield
Ill
Cleveland
Ohio
Boston
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
New England
Canadian
Kansas
Mussouri
Kentucky
Appalachian
Pennsylvania
Jamestown
Ways and Means rejects tax simplification as divorce suit filed
The House Ways and Means committee rejected proposals to drop 9 million small federal taxpayers but will seek an integration of taxes to keep current individual receipts. A bill of complaint for an absolute divorce was filed in Equity Court by Mrs. Fairey D. Bopst against Alvin M. Bopst, formerly local magistrates clerk, now said to reside in Washington. The suit was entered through Manuel M. Weinberg, attorney for Mrs. Bopst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Equity Court
Fairey D. Bopst
Alvin M. Bopst
Manuel M. Weinberg
Bopst
Oklahoma City to Be Launched at Cramp Shipyards
Philadelphia report states the light cruiser Oklahoma City will be launched Sunday at Cramp Shipbuilding Corp yards. Jane's unofficial publication estimates the cost at 31,000,000 dollars and displacement around 10,000 tons.
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Philadelphia
Oklahoma City
Cramp Shipbuilding Corporation
Jane's
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War Dept
WPB
Edgar R. Sando, Jr
Thos. E. Hampton
Wewsnpa
U.S
Goucher
Robinson
G.O.P
Will
Tokyo
Bridgehead
Bottleneck Bridge
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