First Test of Revised Air Raid Signals At Frederick
The Office of Civilian Defense reported a successful initial test of the new air raid signals in Frederick City with the all-clear given after a blue warning and red alert sequence. Violations were noted and penalties up to 5000 dollars and imprisonment possible, with harsher penalties for conspiracies.
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Frederick City
Office of Civilian Defense
Alton Y. Bennett
OCD
Milton A. Recxord
Third Service Command
Frederick
City Hall
Mt Sn
East Patrick Street
Thce
Artaute C Pesstsen
Mat
W. Raymond Walter
Bennett
Arégas
Onty Falls
Money For Bonds Not Big Name Orchestra
Hood College students vote to fund bonds for the college war effort instead of inviting a famous orchestra for the Freshman-Sophomore hop. Proceeds for the bonds will support Hood College during the wartime period.
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Hood College
Hood
Beall Probes Local Mail Delays in Frederick City
Congressman J. Glenn Beall announced by telegram that he is investigating irregular mail service in Frederick City at the request of R. B. Wolfe, president of the Frederick Chamber of Commerce, and has asked the Post Office Department to improve deliveries. Local officials reported timely service this week after a conference led to a revised truck schedule from Baltimore to Thurmont ensuring connections to the trolley to Frederick. The late deliveries had persisted for months due to truck delays reaching Thurmont.
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J. Glenn Beall
Frederick City
Post Office Department
R. B. Wolfe
Frederick
Thurmont
RAF Returns To Lorient in Fresh Submarine Base Raid
Royal Air Force bombers struck the Lorient submarine base on the French Atlantic coast last night, losing only two aircraft. Fighter Command patrolled the continent as far as northwest Germany to disrupt communications. Lorient, described by the Air Ministry as France’s key U boat base, has faced over 60 prior air assaults.
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London
Royal Air Force
Lorient
French
Air Ministry
Fighter Command
Germany
RAF
France
Atlantic
Lérient
Carroll Lawyers Oppose Maryland Court of Appeals Bill
The Carroll County Bar Association voices opposition to a State Senate bill that would reorganize the Court of Appeals of Maryland by reducing judges from eight to five and would require a constitutional amendment.
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Westminster
Carroll County Bar Association
State Senate
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Carroll County Bar
Court of Appeals
Large Fire Reported At Nanking China
A CNB Berlin broadcast reports a large fire in Nanking, capital of the Japanese puppet regime in China, destroying 186 buildings. The cause is listed as carelessness with no further details provided.
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Nanking
China
London
CNB
Berlin
City air raid test deemed generally successful
Army demands compliance with regulations and police report no violations during the air raid. State Police say the test passed off smoothly as far as determined. Air Raid Warden F. Earle Shriner noted sections of the city covered by aides, confirming a generally successful test with a revised signals night test anticipated soon.
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F. Earley Shriner
Wreck of Freight Train Wreck Damages Store in Maryland
At Marriottsville Maryland three people were injured when an eastbound Baltimore and Ohio freight derailed. The leading engine toppled into a store and post office blocking the highway, two women were hurt inside the store, and the engineer sustained injuries as 18 cars including three livestock cars derailed. Injured women Nell Wright and Ida L Fretwell were taken to a Baltimore hospital.
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Marriottsville
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Chicago
New York
J. H. Rockenbaugh
Baltimore
Nell Wright
Ida L. Fretwell
Two American Planes Lost in Pacific Raids
The Navy reported two American planes failed to return after bombing Japanese positions in the Shortland Islands area and Bougainville. On February 1 4 Liberator bombers attacked Kahili airfield with escort. one escort plane did not return.
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Washington
Rep
Shorland Islands
Solomons
Navy
South Pacific
U. S
Shortland Islands
Ballale Island
U.S
Kahili
Bougainville Island
Theft From Store Charged To Employee
An employee of Rosenour's Clothing Store on North Market Street was arrested for theft and jailed after a Friday night hearing in Police Court. Investigator Allen Bartgis identified Telford Weaver, 18, formerly of Philadelphia, as the suspect, with gloves found on him and more stolen items found at his East Fifth Street residence. The case, tied to missing store articles, had been under investigation for some time.
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Rosenour
North Market Street
Allen Bartgis
Che
Telford Weaver
Philadelphia
Weaver
East Fifth Street
Bartgis
Chicago Plans 40 Million Bond Drive To Build Cruiser
Chicago launches a 40 million dollar bond selling campaign to replace the sunken cruiser U S Chicago. Early pledges totaling around two million were received as the city aims for rapid subscriptions to fund a new vessel following the loss in the Solomon Islands last month.
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Chicago
Feo
Chicago J
U.S. S
Solomon Islands
American Combat Planes Show New Speed and Range
A tour of Pratt & Whitney and Hamilton Standard divisions in East Hartford showcased improvements boosting engine power and aircraft performance. The Corsair F-4U impressed officials with its 8 engine, 14 foot 4 inch propeller, gull wing and heavy armament as Igor Sikorsky demonstrated helicopter capabilities for the U.S. Army.
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Clark le
Hartford
Conn
America
Pratt & Whitney
Hamilton Standard
United Aircraft Corporation
East Hartford
U. S. Navy
Navy
Shortland Islands
Washington
John S. McCain
Bureau of Aeronautics
Ernest M. Pace
Artemus L. Gates
Air
Robert Lovett
War Department
Charles A. Lindbergh
United Aircraft
Rex. B. Beisel
Vought Company
Russ Rejoice At Capture Of Kharkov
Moscow reports the Red Army captured Kharkov after fierce street fighting and push westward from the city as Soviet troops drive along a broad front east of the Donets and west of Rostov. The German high command avoided admitting Kharkov fell, while Soviet gains broaden the winter offensive.
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Moscow
Red Army
Kharkov
Donets
Rostov
Arenehetad Deane Watc Oe
Stalingrad
Leningrad
Caucasus
Kursk
Russia
Maryland Banks See Record Year End Deposits Rise
Maryland state banks and trust companies reported a year end 1942 deposits total of $530,515,388, up $96,936,549 from the previous year. Loans and mortgages fell by $23,132,242 to $113,273,904, while government securities holdings grew by $24,643,384 to $255,398,461. Cash assets reached $163,127,230 and total resources stood at $580,806,973, compared with $485,870,424 in 1941.
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Baltimore
John W. Downing
Maryland
Treasury
U. S
Federal Reserve Bank
Roosevelt urges war tax to cap incomes at 2000 single 50000 married
President Roosevelt asked Congress to impose a special war tax on net income after regular taxes. The plan would limit single individuals to 2000 dollars a year and married couples to 50000 dollars.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Murphy Better After Illness En Route to West Coast
Supreme Court Justice Frank Murphy fell ill yesterday during a plane trip to the west coast and is resting comfortably. Nurses say he should leave the hospital in a day or two and plans to continue to California to visit his brother, Lieutenant Commander George Murphy, who was severely injured in a firefight.
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Dallas
Tex
Supreme Court
Frank Murphy
West Coast
California
George Murphy
Home Management Projects For Clubs In Frederick County
Thirty two Frederick County Homemaker Clubs leaders met in the Service department at Potomes Edison for training in Home Management projects to be presented to their clubs. Miss Esther Knowles outlined project work on ranges and family relations while stressing wartime equipment care and the need for good family morale. Miss Jesse M Hammerly joined for demonstrations and later met publicity chairmen of the county clubs.
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Frederick County
Potomes Edison
Esther Knowles
Extension Service
University of Maryland
Jesse M Hammerly
Miss Knowles
Wammerly
Midway Commander Harold Shannon Dies of Pneumonia
Harold D Shannon colonel and former Midway Island ground forces commander died yesterday in San Diego at 30 after a surgical operation. He earned the Distinguished Service Medal the French Croix de Guerre with Palm the French Fourragere the Victory Medal with 4 bronze stars and the Mexican Service Medal. Brigadier General M H Kro gman presented the DSM to Shannon shortly before his death.
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San Diego
Calif
Midway Island
Midway
Mazine
Harold D. Shannon
North Bergen
N. J
Paim
M. H. Krogman
Fleet Marine Training Center
Shannon
County Only Partly Backing One Third Share for Teachers War Bonus
County officials reject a plan to share the cost of a twenty dollar monthly wartime teachers bonus, arguing the state should fund the program. If adopted, Frederick County would pay about four to five cents more on 1944 taxes to cover roughly twenty thousand dollars for seventeen school months.
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Frederick County
Mets
Eugene W. Pruitt
Senate
Apainal
Board of County Commissioners
John B. Funk
Senate Education Committee
Mar
Mediation Board Called In Rail Dispute
Wage talks between railroads and 3500 workers from five operating brotherhoods ended without agreement. The National Railway Mediation Board will handle proceedings in Chicago starting tomorrow. Union asked for a 30 percent raise or at least $3 per day, filed January 25 with 28 carriers.
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Chicago
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Insitutta
Phil Otterbach
New York Stock Market Steady Amid Small Gains
February 17 report shows little bullishness as industrial leaders remained steady. Low-priced issues kept the ticker moving at a fairly fast pace despite the muted overall optimism.
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New York
American counter attack fades under heavy losses in Tunisia
Allied headquarters report Rommel's veteran tank forces pushed to the outskirts of Sbeitla and advanced toward Feriana while American counter actions faded amid heavy losses. Montgomery's Eighth Army reportedly pressed along the Mareth Line as battles continued along the southern Tunisian front.
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North Africa
Lewin Rommel
Sbeitla
Sidi Bouzid
Feriana
Tunisia
Rommel
Germany
Libya
Eighth Army
Paris
Reuters
London
Bernard L. Montgomery
Mareth Line
Cairo
Montgomery
Medinine
Tunisian
Ben Gardane
Gafsa
Tozeur
Chott Djerid
Vppuduiy
Wuuuieu
Lukes Wueeyagel
Ughuud
Sheitla
Boycott Urged Against Illegal Meat Markets
Chicago February 17 Civilian boycott urged by Thomas E. Wilson head of Wilson and Co a leading meat packer to stamp out black markets in meat He says illegal slaughter and pricing threaten supplies for the armed forces and the public Consumers should avoid buying illegally sold meat prices are 10 to 19 cents above legal ceilings Officials expect federal enforcement will curb illegal activities as hog slaughter figures show shortfalls January headcount 5.4 million versus 7.0 million expected
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Chicago
Thomas E. Wilson
Wilson
Wilson and Co
Waington
Lawmakers Launch Joint Panel to Review Maryland Judges Pensions
Legislative leaders formed a joint Senate and House subcommittee today to study Maryland judges pensions. Speaker Thomas E. Conlon said there is sentiment pensions are too high and the panel will probe all aspects of the plan.
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Annaponis
UPA
Senate
House
Maryland
Thomas
Conlon D.balto
Six Axis Ships Sunk by British Submarines
Three British submarines operating in the central Mediterranean have sunk six Axis ships and crippled a seventh, with a damaged vessel also reported. Attacks ranged from Tunisia eastward to Sicily and Italy, including a daring shelling of a railway station on Sicily's northern coast.
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London
Mediterranean
Admiralty
Tunisia
Sicily
Italy
Believe It Or Not Warmer Than Night Before
A three day cold spell eased as winds shifted south. Morning low reached 11 degrees, up from 1 degree. At 8 30 a m the mercury hovered around 16 degrees and may rise above freezing for the first time since Saturday. Yesterday’s high was 25 degrees. Skaters filled Culler Lake where lights crossed the ice and skating remained steady.
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Culler Lake
Nelson May Quit As Chairman Of WPB
Washington reports that War Production Board chairman Donald M. Nelson weighs retirement after dismissing chief Fernand Eberstadt. Nelson plans a brief vacation to rest and consider stepping down, while Charles E. Wilson now leads all WPB activities as executive vice chairman.
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Nelson May
WPB
Washington
Donald M. Nelson
The
War Projivetion Board
Oes
Fernand Eberstadt
N. 1
Charles E. Wilsen
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