Seven Tankers Hit In U Boat Attack In Venezuelan Waters
The article reports U S bombers striking German submarines after seven tankers were torpedoed or damaged near Aruba and Venezuela. It lists ships Monagas Oranjestad Pedernales San Nicolas Tia Juana Rafela and notes refineries at Aruba Curacao shelled with casualties and survivors described.
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Venezuelan
Chandler Diehl
Balboa
Panama Canal Zone
United States
Caribbean Defense Command
Standard Oil Company Refuery
Aruba
Netherlands West Indies
Curacao
Thut
Andrews
Maracaibo
Venezuela
Largo Petroleum Company
Monagas
Mene Grande Oil Company
Las Piedras
Aruba Island
Oranjestad
Lago Shipping Company
Pedernales
Lago Shipping Co
San Nicolas
I Lago Shipping Co
Punta Macolla
Tia Juana
Rafela
Shell Company
Texaco
Arkansas
Rafaela
Maracaibo Lake
Willemstad
Curacao Island
Community Chest Annual Meet Set for March 2
The Community Chest of Frederick, Inc. will hold its annual meeting at the Francis Scott Key hotel on Monday March 2 at 7 30 p m. All who contributed to support the six member agencies are invited. Reports on agency work will be given and directors for the coming year elected. Newark New member Charles F Bowers filled the unexpired term of state J Travers Thomas. Resolutions on Mr Thomas’s death were adopted. John W Wolfe resigned as secretary due to ill health and Robert L Smith was elected to fill the vacancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Chest of Frederick, Inc
Francis Scott Key
Federated Charities
Charlies F. Bowers
Fed
Victory Garden School Set At Winchester Hall February 19
A one day Victory Garden school announced by H. R. Shoemaker and Miss Florence E. Williams will be held at Winchester Hall February 19 starting at 10 30 a m The event is sponsored by the University of Maryland Extension Service and the Horticulture Department as part of the war effort The program covers soil health year round food planning and practical gardening guidance with experts including Dr C H Mahoney W R Ballard and A F Vierheller to help growers maximize yield and quality for family needs
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Victory Garden
Winchester Hall
H. R. Shoemaker
Florence E. Williams
Extension Service
University of Maryland
Verna M. Kellar
U. S. Department of Agriculture
J. Homer Remsberg
C. H. Mahoney
W. R. Ballard
A. F. Vierheller
C. Graham
Arranging Lend Lease Credit For Russia
Official sources say a new lend lease credit of about 1.0 billion dollars is being negotiated for Russia. A prior 1.0 billion credit was nearly allocated and further production planning is needed. Shipping difficulties arose after the United States entered the war, with some promised materials delivered but exact status kept secret.
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Washington
Russia
United States
Axis Withdraws From Advance Positions Near Gazala
Cairo report says German recon detachments pulled back from forward areas as Axis lines near Gazala retreat. British communique notes the country south of the Ain el Gazala to El Mechili line appears clear of enemy troops by last night.
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Cairo
Gazala
Ain el Gazala
el Mechili
Break In Lines Admitted By Nazis In Russia
The German high command acknowledged a breakthrough by Soviet forces southeast of Vyazma but said the counterattack wiped out the encircled troops. Soviet reports claim 3,650 Germans killed in four winter battles, with Red Army gains near Smolensk and along the central front.
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Russia
Berlin
Vyazma
Moscow
Soviet Information Bureau
Leningrad
Red Army Storces
Adolf Hitler
Smolensk
London
Red Army
Kirov
Sozh
White Russia
Dnieper
Donets
Huge Order of Booklets For Sugar Rationing
Washington reports the government printing office and 23 private firms are producing 700 million forms and booklets for the sugar ration plan. The plan aims to register every adult and child at public schools by March 7, with narration books containing stamps for 28 weeks of sugar purchases.
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Washington
Government Printing Office
GFPO
Office of Price Administration
GPO
Wounded In Singapore Hospital After Sea Rescue
Reports from Batavia state 4000 wounded were at the Singapore military hospital after a rescue at sea. RAF pilots and British and Australian forces endured 17 hours adrift before salvage. Nurses from England and Australia remained to tend the injured.
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Batavia
Singap
British Coastal Command Sinks Two Small Ships
London reports that two small ships were sunk yesterday in the Bay of Biscay by British coastal command aircraft. The official announcement was made today.
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London
British Coastal Command
Bay of Biscay
War Time School Hour Change Sparks County Protest
A delegation from Emmitsburg and Thurmont pressed Superintendent Eugene Pruitt over shifting opening time from 9:30 to 9 a.m. for war time schooling. Pruitt cited board agreement after telephonic input, while residents warned of health impacts and potential picketing if no accord is reached.
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Emmitsburg
Thurmont Farm
Eugene W. Pruitt
Board of Education
Samuel C. Hayes
Pruitt
Frederick High School
Baltimore
Thurmont
Creagerstown
Maryland governor supports Washington holiday work request
Annapolis February 17 Governor O Conor said Maryland favors honoring George Washington by working next Monday and that industry response is 100 percent with factories likely to operate as normal. He noted banks will decide in Baltimore after a legal ruling clarifies if banks may stay open.
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Annapolis
Maryland
George Washington
O'Conor
Baltimore
Oconor
Bond Posted For Mrs Rush C Cook On Morals Charge
Bond was posted this morning for the release of Mrs Rush C Cook from jail on a morals charge. She faces a warrant for indecent exposure. Harvey Harris, colored, was arrested at the same time on a similar charge and remained jailed. The case is set for Police Court Wednesday night.
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Rush C Cook
Harvey Harris
Java Under Threat as Japanese Force Prepares Assault
Japanese planes bombed and machine gunned several Sunda Strait islands near Java while Dutch accounts cite a direct hit on a Japanese transport and a raid on Palembang. The Burma front shifted as British forces withdraw 30 miles to form a new line along the Bilin river, revealing rapid Japanese advances toward Rangoon.
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Batavia
Java
Dutch East Indies
Sunda Strait
Sumatra
Palembang
Netherlands East Indies
Soerabaja
United Nations
Southwest Pacific Command
Singapore
Strait of
Sunda
Borneo
Celebes
Java Sea
Indies
Japan
Balik Papan
Tarakan
Aames
Rangoon
Burma
Gulf of Martaban
China
India
Thaton- Duyinzeik
Bilin
Thaton
Moulmein
Martaban
Salween River
Australia Mobilizes All Human Resources
Prime Minister John Curtin announced that Australia’s war cabinet was directed to mobilize all human and material resources for the defense of the commonwealth against Japan. The full federal cabinet will issue the necessary regulations as Australia moves to a full war footing.
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Sydney
Australia
John Curtin
Commonwealth
Curtin
Seven Die After Navy Bomber Crash Near Buena Vista
A U S Navy patrol bomber crashed about nine miles east of Buena Vista Virginia killing seven crewmen. Two crew members escaped with minor injuries and the aircraft burned after the late afternoon crash returning from a routine flight to its base. The Fifth Naval District issued the report today.
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Norfolk
U. S. Navy
Buena Vista
Fifth Naval District
All Filling Stations May Close At Night
Secretary Ickes told a House committee the oil industry urged closing all filling stations in the east from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. on weekdays and all day Sunday. Rationing of gasoline might be necessary to offset dwindling stocks from war losses. He urged an $80 million Texas to Philadelphia New York pipeline system.
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Washington
Ickes
House
Texas
Philadelphia
New York
Alien Problem Big Worry In California
Federal officers studied seized uniforms and documents from Japanese aliens in northern California as demands for stricter restrictions grew. In Sacramento 14 aliens were arrested and contraband included four military uniforms and secret papers. Monterey saw four more Japanese aliens arrested. The House committee planned hearings on evacuation and disposal of alien populations with Gen. Dewitt and Gov. Olson testifying in San Francisco and later cities. California faces pressure as 205000 Axis aliens and 10000 total await relocation by Feb. 24.
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San Francisco
FBI
California
Sacramento
Nat Pieper
United States Army
Monterey
House of Representatives
Pacific Coast
John H. Tolan
D-Calif
Face Lacerated In Auto Crash Near Hansonville
Emory K. Bell of Walkersville Route 1 was severely injured in a foggy Route 15 crash when his 1931 Chevrolet hit a culvert. He was thrown through the windshield and taken to Frederick City Hospital with facial lacerations and a badly gashed knee. State Troopers Holsinger and Houck investigated and found him unconscious at the roadside. He later regained consciousness and showed improvement.
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Emory K. Bell
Walkersville
Harry Holsinger
W. M. Houck
Bell
Holsinger
Frederick Countian
Guavule Bill Vetoed By President Roosevelt
President Roosevelt vetoed legislation to promote planting of guavule and rubber plants, saying it should include other American nations. War news cooled New York stock activity as retail shares found little support and industrials drifted lower with a slow session and modest declines.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Congress
Britain Holds Naval Edge After German Ship Losses
Churchill told Parliament Germany lost the 26000 ton battleships Gneisenau and Scharnhorst for some time after last week’s Channel fight. He said repairs will keep them out of action while Britain fortifies with new units and US ships. He announced inquiries into the channel escape and criticized supply information leaks.
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London
Germany
Gneisenau
Scharnhorst
Britain
English Channel
Churchill
House of Commons
Royal Navy
United States Navy
Singapore
Ministry of Defense
The
Commons
William Davison
British Isles
Dublin
William Gallagher
Admiralty
RAF
Brest
Alfred Townsend Bucknill
High Court of Justice
Rainfall Boosts Fishing Creek Flow and February Rain Totals
Heavy showers sent rivers and streams higher and increased Fishing Creek reservoir spillway flow. Nearly three quarters of an inch fell, lifting February’s total to 2.67 inches, just 0.25 inch below normal, with forecast showers and possible snowflakes as colder air moves in. February may become the third wet month in over a year, trimming January’s 77 inch deficit.
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Fishing Creek Reservoir
Pamphlets Of Friendship One Day Bombs Follow The Next
War Department communique reports intensified enemy air activity over MacArthur lines in Bataan. Bombing of Cabcaben refugee camp kills 18 women and 5 children, with 13 women and 9 children wounded. all victims Filipino. American women or children not in camps. Santa Rita University holds Americans in concentration camp.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan
War Department
Cabcaben
Manila
Santa ‘11 University
Philippine Theater
Cavite
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Owen J. Roberts
Edgar Rainey A -Hewittt
Royal Flying Cross
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Hugh Binney
Grand Fleet
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