Aggressive U S China Drive Pledged In Pacific War
Lt Gen Joseph W Stilwell in the Ledo sector Northern Burma pledged an aggressive land and air offensive to support a large American thrust across the Pacific to land forces on the Chinese mainland. American air forces prepared for the largest cargo carriers yet, with bases to support long range attacks on Japan. The 14th Air Force fighter bombers hit Chinese Indo-China targets and shipping, while Japanese losses were reported near Hong Kong and at sea.
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Chungking
Pacific
Joseph W. Stilwell
United States
India
China
Burma
Stilwell
Ledo
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
14Th Air Force
Indo-China
Gulf of Tonkin
Thomas Hearn
Hong Kong
Berlin
Kiangsi
Ensuin
Tojos
Tonkin Gulf
Farley and Garner Say They Are Concerned About U S
In Uvalde Texas James A Farley and John N Garner met at the Garner home station. Farley a former Postmaster General and Democratic national chairman said they discussed politics from every angle and were concerned about national conditions. Garner recently left a sick bed to meet Farley and returned to bed after. he is recovering from influenza. Farley suggested Dewey and Warren as likely Republican nominees for President and declined to comment on Roosevelt’s potential fourth term.
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Uvalde
Tex
James A. Farley
Roosevelt
John N. Garner
Garner
Farley
Gartner
Tom Dewey
Warren
Earl Warren
California
Eldest Daughter Of Wilson Dies In India
Eleanor Wilson McAdoo announced by cable that Margaret Woodrow Wilson aged 37, eldest daughter of the late President, died Saturday of uremia in Pondichery India. She had studied Sri Aurobindo’s teachings at a secluded colony for four years and plans for repatriating the body are likely deferred until the war ends.
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Los Angeles
Eleanor Wilson McAdoo
Cablegram
Margaret Woodrow Wilson
Pondichery
India
Sri Aurobindo
Aurobindo
McAdoo
United States
New Mallet Locomotive For B and O Rail Line
Cumberland February 13 A new Mallet type locomotive with greater sustained horsepower and speed will likely enter service between Brunswick Maryland and Grafton West Virginia later this week The first of 20 engines will be completed tomorrow at Baldwin Locomotive Works Superintendent Harry F Wyatt Cumberland division reports The greater power comes from a bigger boiler and firebox and the 64 inch driving wheels provide higher speed
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Cumberland
Brunswick
Grafton
W. Va
Harry F. Wyatt
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Wyatt
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Bomb raids dent Rabaul as Allied air offensive gains
Allied air forces pounded Rabaul for the twelfth time in fourteen days with 134 tons of bombs on three airdromes, destroying stores and barges and downing several aircraft. MacArthur announced further strikes on Wewak Kendari and nearby areas as Japanese losses mounted in the New Britain theater.
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Pacific
Rabaul
New Guinea
Kendari
Dutch Celebes
Portuguese Timor
Buka Passage
Buka Island
Bougainville Island
Bergen Bay
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Vunapope
Three Bodies Taken From Plane Wreckage
Memphis officials report three bodies recovered from the American Airlines crash site on the Mississippi River about 15 miles south of Memphis. Divers also retrieved part of a woman passenger and identified Lieut Victor L Ramzey of Youngstown Ohio and Capt Edgar Farr of Dallas among the dead. About 60 percent of the fuselage has been salvaged as engineers continue the search.
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Memphis
Tenn
American Airlines
Mississippi River
Here
Victor L Ramzey
Younetown
Fifth Ferry Command
Dallas
Edgar Farr
Two Leave For Navy Three More Inducted
Two Frederick county men left Saturday to report for active Navy duty at Baltimore Naval Recruiting Station. Three more county selectees received Army induction orders. Navy missing seaman Guy Anderson Carter of Rockville is reported by the Navy Department as missing.
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Frederick
Navy
Baltimore
Army
Howard Samuel Nash
Richard Trout Graham
Rt. 2
Union Bridge
Warren Charles Smyth
Woodsboro
Bernard Marion Shankle
RFD
Donald Elwood Fogle
Navy Department
Guy Anderson Carter
Rockville
U. S Maritime Service
Guy L Carter
Winding Road Farm
Devastating Huntington Fire Destroys Central Block
A historic Huntington blaze destroyed half a downtown block, causing about 500000 dollars in damages. Originating in a small clothing store on 10th Street near Fourth Avenue, the two story Miller Butter building collapsed. Four firemen were injured mildly as five companies battled the flames for four hours. The Miller Ritter building housed multiple clothing stores and offices, with smoke and water damage extending to adjacent premises including Bradshaw Diehl department store.
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Huntington
W. Va
Glen Hobson
10Th St
Fourth Ave
Miller Butter
Miller Ritter
Bradshaw-Diehl
Japs Slip Behind British In Burma Front
New Delhi reports on Burma front fighting as Japanese forces slip behind British positions along the Arakan front. Mountbatten HQ says the battle is not unfavorable for the Allies with Japanese supply issues and ongoing efforts to restore communications. British troops hold positions despite multi directional attacks. In North Burma, Chinese-led Allied advances northeast of Taro and near Taipha Ga press toward new lifelines to China, with clashes and ambushes around Fort Hertz.
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New Delhi
Arakan
Burma
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Ngakyedauk
Mayu Range
Buthedaung
Maungdaw
Hukwang
China
Taro
Taipha Ga
Fort Hertz
Civilians Face Cuts in Canned Fruits and Vegetables
Chicago reports a War Food Administration official announcing civilian allocations for 1944-45. Civilians will receive 17 million cases of 12 canned fruit items and 104 million cases of 14 canned vegetable items, down from previous seasons. The official notes civilian supplies depend on annual packing levels and could drop further if production falls.
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Chicago
War Food Administration
Food Processors’ Convention
Ce W Kitchen
Office of Distribution
WFA
Lull in U Boat Attacks Reported by Associated Press
The Associated Press reports a six week lull in U boat activity in the Western Atlantic with no merchant ships sunk. An AP tally shows about 700 cargo ships destroyed by Axis submarines since Pearl Harbor. A joint Anglo American release notes January merchant shipping losses among the war’s lowest monthly figures. More U boats were sunk by UN forces in January than in December.
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Associated Press
Atlantic
Pearl Harbor
United Nations
Carpenters Hit New Deal Labor Seeks Six Point Program
Lakeland Fla February 13 The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners AF of L representing 600000 workers unanimously adopted a labor campaign statement denouncing the New Deal as incapable and led by visionaries The six point program calls for free enterprise less bureaucracy less paternalism private industry postwar jobs preservation of social gains and protection of national interests The statement says labor wants a change in the next election and warns of overall paternalism as a threat to organized labor.
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Lakeland
Fla
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
AF. of L
Labor
William L. Hutcheson
American Federation of Labor
Hutcheson
Log Dwelling Destroyed by Wind and Fire near White House
Firefighters from Independent Hose Company and Middletown Volunteer Fire Department battled high winds and water shortages to suppress a blaze at a log dwelling near the White House west of Old Braddock. The home of William Coffey and its contents were a total loss, estimated in the thousands, with insurance suspected to cover the structure owned by Melvin Oden of Frederick and others. Fire crews fought the flames for two and a half hours, noting attic origin likely from an overheated fireplace, while neighbors feared a roof collapse.
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Independent Hose Company
Middletown
Coffey
Walter
Frederick
Braddock Heights
Camp Detrick
West Patrick Street
Independent
United Rescue Truck
Citizens
Stephen Hopkins Killed on Namur Island Fight
Stephen Hopkins an 18 year old son of presidential aide Harry Hopkins was killed on Namur islet during the first night of fighting. A light machine gunner with seven months in the Marines he ran into a crossfire between U S Marines and Japanese snipers. He died after being shot through the head and taken to a hospital ship.
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Namur
Kwajalein Atoll
Marshall Islands
Stephen Hopkins
Harry Hopkins
Namur Islet
U. S
Hopkins
Officers Training School
Vote Measure Is Up Again
Washington reports a revived push to adopt a Federal absentee ballot for military overseas voters as a compromise amid Congressional wrangling. The Taft plan would grant a Federal ballot only when states fail to provide a suitable ticket and would count ballots under state law. Senate conferees weigh a middle ground between uniform Federal ballots and state managed voting for service members.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Armed Services
Senate
House
Senator Green
D-Ri
Nazi spies in Istanbul switch allegiance to British
Two more Nazi intelligence agents in Istanbul have defected to the British. Karl Alois Von Kleckowski, second in command of German counter espionage in the city, and Capt. Wilhelm Hamberger, a Gestapo agent, both Austrians, join the latest defector Erich Vermehren, who surrendered last week.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Karl Alois von Kleckowski
Wilhelm Hamberger
Gestapo
Erich Vermehren
Heaviest Blow Dealt French Invasion Area
American heavy bombers led a coordinated raid with Liberators Thunderbolts and Mustangs against the Northern France invasion coast. RAF Typhoons and Allied fighters supported, claiming seven German aircraft down and noting some losses on the Allied side. Local Vichy reports cited strikes in the lower Seine area near Rouen with heavy opposition and significant bombardment. Eight sentences summarized.
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London
U. S
France
Ma Eaders
RAF
Dominion
Vichy
Seine
Rouen
Associated Press
Germany
Britain
Pas de Calais
England
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Imperial Wizard
Atlanta
Samuel G Strauch
Imperial Kludd
Frank S. Fite
Philadelphia
John W Wortle
Kleagle
Allegheny County
Walter H. Klinging
Commonwealth
KKK
Keystone Patriotic Society
New York
Wilhelm Hartenstein
White
Russia
Stockholm
Aftontidningen
Office of War Information Today
Visitation Academy
Luke Hay
Passionist
Father Hay
Hendrickson
W. Gum
Frederick 5
South Market
Carty
Jackson
Reviva
C. C. Carty, Inc
E. Patrick St
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