Singapore Falls as Japanese Armies Reach Sumatra Oil Riches
War editor reports Singapore fallen, Japanese forces rush toward Sumatra and its oil wealth. Churchill warns of Allied catastrophe as Japan claims sinking 32 ships. Dutch resistance and air battles unfold while Rangoon and Burma Road fears rise. Nehru stresses China can endure despite Burma Road disruption.
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Singapore
Sumatra
Churchill
Pillar of Empire
Tokyo
Asahi
Palembang
Java
Rangoon
China
Burma
Malay Peninsula
Indian Ocean
India
Iran
Africa
Russia
Hitler
Ukraine
Caucasus
Turkey
Egypt
Dutch Indies
Australa
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Chiang Kai-shek
Japan
White Woman and Negro Held on Morals Charge
A white woman, Ruth Clark Cook, and a colored bellhop, Harvey Harris, were jailed on morals charges with $500 bond each after police found them in an East Second Street apartment. Indecent exposure was charged on warrants by a neighbor. Arresting officers were Sergt Frank Dorsey Howard, Flook who served the warrants, and William Patty.
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East Second Street
Ruth Clark Cook
Harvey Harris
Cranium Crackers Answers And County Seat Notes
Answers reveal Stephen Foster lyric, Kentucky capitals and towns, Governor habit of appointing colonels, Lexington sharing a Bem in common with Lexington Massachusetts, Centre College famed by defeating Harvard and the Praying Colonels nickname. A Dublin report notes an unidentified plane over Dublin and coast defense actions.
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Stephen Foster
Kentucky
Louisville
Frankfort
Lexington
Mass
Centre College
Danville
Harvard
Nation On War Footing Urged By Tydings
Baltimore February 15 Senator Millard E Tydings declares the nation must shift to a war time basis eliminating frills and wasting public money He demands faster production and warns of a need to expose those responsible for Pearl Harbor and to overhaul incompetent officials in Washington Also reports fires and a Brunswick farm sale with prices and participants.
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Baltimore
Millard E Tydings
D-Md
Tydings
Sailor Brothers
Senate
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Three Guardsmen Guilty At Court Martial
At the State Armory a military court found Corporal Allen T. Eaves Homer Ellsworth Harris and Henry Allen Groff guilty on charges including disobeying orders and drinking on duty. Eaves faces reduction and a $30 fine, Harris faces dismissal and a $30 fine, Groff faces a $10 fine. The trial followed a disturbance at Point of Rocks and occurred amid broader actions by the Maryland State Guard.
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Maryland State Guard
Frederick County
Special Military Police Battalion
State Guard
Dwight H Mohr
Allen T. Eaves
Walkersville
Homer Ellsworth Harris
West Pvrhsted
Henry Allen Groff
Pearl
Point of Rocks
Mohr
Harris
Groff
Harry Singerman
Francis Perrott
Albert Gul
Erwin R Kump
Special Military Police
State Roads Commission
Point of Rocks Bridge
Herbert R. O'Conor
William J. Griffin
State
Prettyboy
Montebello
Baltimore
O'Conor
Griffin
Perrott
Nazis Use Artificial Fog To Aid Fleet Flight
Bern reports an eyewitness account says German escorts sprayed artificial fog to obscure a fleet dash through the English Channel. Speedboat flotillas prepared at Brest. crews unaware of the mission as battleships Gneisenau Scharnhorst and cruiser Prinz Eugen joined the convoy amid limited air and shore battery actions.
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Bern
Switzerland
Berlin
Basler Nachrichten
Brest
Gneisenau
Scharnhorst
Prinz Eugen
Channel
Dover
One Man Army Captures 116 Japs On Bataan Peninsula
Captain Arthur W. Wermuth of Chicago, 37th Filipino Scout Regiment, tallies 116 Japanese killed with a 45 caliber tommy gun and Garand rifle and captured many more. He earned the Silver Star, Distinguished Service Cross, and Purple Heart with two clasps, was thrice wounded, and led daring raids behind enemy lines with partner Jock Jacob.
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Clarke Lee
MacArthur
Bataan
Arthur W Wermuth
Chicago
Americas
Wermuth
Northwestern Miliary Academy
Lake Geneva
Wisc
Rapid City
S. D
Crispin
Jock
Coney Island
Carl Sheldon
Wer Imuth
Sheldon
Sama
Thei
Ines
57Th
Manila
Army and Navy Club
Lawrence Farm Sold Near Middletown for 8500
Mr and Mrs Lawson F Bittle sold their 60 acre farm along the National Highway west of Middletown to Wilbur Albrecht of Baltimore for about 8500 dollars. Albrecht will take possession April q
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Lawson F. Bittle
Middletown
Wilbur Albrecht
Baltimore
Albrecht
Street Brawl Draws Hundreds on West Patrick Street
A late Sunday street brawl on West Patrick Street drew hundreds of spectators and halted traffic for nearly 30 minutes. Four men Charles Jones Austin Filby John Joy and Bud Heffner were charged with fighting and posted 10 collateral for a Wednesday hearing. Heffner suffered the most injuries, other participants had superficial bruises, and the motive remains unclear. Separately Secretary of the Navy Knox announced start of Kentucky battleship construction at Norfolk Navy Yard within weeks.
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West Patrick Street
Charles Jones
Austin Filby
John Joy
Charles E
Bud” Heffner
Filby
Jones
Sergt Frank Dorsey
Gideon G. Harne
West College Terrace
Joy
Heffner
William Patty
U. S
Portsmouth
Knox
Norfolk Navy Yard
Kentucky
Norfolk
Washington
Norfolk Naval Operating Base
Three Hurt When Auto Upsets Near Point of Rocks Church
Three persons were injured, none seriously, when their car overturned near the Methodist Church in Point of Rocks about 9 o clock Sunday night. Miss Florence Toberg, 17, of North Bentz street, was hospitalized with a back injury. Ralph Streams, 19, and Lee Smith, 34, were treated and discharged. The driver, Dickerson resident, said he lost control while passing another car. The 1936 Terraplane was badly damaged. Passengers included Paul Streams, Mabel Streams, George Moxley, and Beulah Smith.
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Point of Rocks
Florence Toberg
Bentz Street
Ralph Streams
Dickerson
Lee Smith
Streams
Smith
Virginia
Elizabeth River to Portsmouth Launch Report
Elizabeth River officials inspect the battleship Alabama ahead of its launch scheduled for tomorrow in Portsmouth. The inspection confirms ship readiness and marks a key naval milestone for the era.
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Elizabeth River
Portsmouth
Alabama
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R. L. Kelly
Fleet
State Saving Steel
Hagerstown
Maryland
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Elgin
United States Army
Ireland
NEA
Ulster
North Ireland
Russell Hartle
Jack
United States
Delphey’s Daily Auto Service
West Pairick ST
C. C. Carty, Inc
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Frederick, Md
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C. E. Cline & Son
N. Potomac ST. Hagerstown
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Simplicity
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