Zeigler Family Returns Home From Bolivia Journey
Mr and Mrs George A Zeigler and children Ruth and George A Zeigler II arrive in Frederick from Bolivia after a journey of 5000 to 6000 miles by boat plane train and auto Their son George aged 2 was born in Bolivia They traveled from La Paz to Viacha Lake Titicaca Puno Arequipa Lima and onward through Ecuador Colombia Panama Jamaica to Baltimore then Frederick They faced scarce train seats and last minute plane options while visiting Robt Delaplaine on College Terrace
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George A. Zeigler
Ruth
Bolivia
George
Zeigler
Viacha
la Paz
Lake Titicaca
Puno
Peru
Arequipa
Lima
Panagra Airlines
Ecuador
Cali
Colombia
Balboa
Panama
Cristobal
Kingston
Jamaica
Miami
Florida
Baltimore
Frederick
Maryland
Zeigier
W. R. Grace Steamship Company
Rob't. E. Delaplaine
Upper College Terrace
House Upholds Veto Of Subsidy Repeal Bill
Washington reports President Roosevelt vetoed the anti subsidy bill and the House sustained the veto 221 to 151. He called the measure inflationary and harmful to consumers detailing higher costs for butter cheese milk bread flour hamburger pork chops cuck roast round steak and other staples would rise under the bill.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Congress
Washington's Birthday Observed as Holiday by Banks and Post Office
Washington's birthday next Tuesday will be observed as a holiday by Frederick banks and the local post office. Banks will close. the post office will have no city or rural mail deliveries or window service, but lobby access remains and special deliveries proceed.
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Washington
Frederick Banks
Truk Assault Marks End Of Jap Control
The U S Navy reports the Truk Island assault ends Japan’s unchallenged dominance across a vast Pacific area. The strike signals a profound strategic shift, with Truk’s security impaired and Japan’s fleet dispersed, as Allied forces target the central Pacific toward the Philippines and China in a joint thrust led by Nimitz and MacArthur.
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Truk
John M. Hightower
Washington
Truk Island
Pacific Ocean
Pearl Harbor
Phillippines
Pacific
Marshall Islands
Rabaul
South China Sea
Philippines
Guam
Marshalls
Japan
Central Pacific
China
Chester W. Nimitz
Douglas MacArthur
Jap Pacific
Philips Pines
New Guinea
Solomons
Pronounce It Trook By The Associated Press
Truk in the Caroline Islands is pronounced Trook with a long I as in food. The guidance clarifies spelling and vowel sounds for the name Truk and its pronunciation.
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Associated Press
Truk
Japan
Caroline Islands
Allies Launch Six Hour Assault On Cassino
Allied forces opened a six hour barrage from hundreds of guns at Cassino and Monte Cassino, supporting a dawn attack on the town while air cover from Flying Fortresses and Liberators hammered German positions. On the Anzio beachhead, Allied troops held firm as German attacks were blunted by strong air and ground countermeasures.
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Naples
Cassino
Mt. Cassino
Rome
Mediterranean
Monastery Hill
Monte Cassino
Anzio
Cisterna
Carroceto
Adolf Hitler
Via Anziate
Anzig
Governors to Speak From Gettysburg Memorial Day
Governors of the original 13 states will speak over a nationwide radio hookup from the Gettysburg battlefield on Memorial Day. Pennsylvania Governor Edward Martin announced the plan during a Harrisburg press conference.
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Harrisburg
Gettysburg Battlefield
Pennsylvania
Edward Martin
Germans Evacuate Staraya Russa As Korsun Trap Breaches
On February 18 London reports the evacuation of Staraya Russa the key base between Leningrad and Smolensk signaling a northern Russia retreat. Soviet losses at Korsun total 84,900 with 52,000 killed and 11,000 captured as the Red Army tightens its grip near Lake Ilmen and Pskov. Moscow says the Germans faced manpower strains and ordered holdouts to die if needed, while many encircled troops chose suicide or surrender.
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London
Staraya Russa
Leningrad
Smolensk
Russia
Red Army
Lake Simen
Eighth Army
Korsun
Dnieper
Stalingrad
Stalin
Berlin
Baltic States
Hitler
Moscow
Lovat
Novograd
Lake Ilmen
Pskov
Partisan Units Now In Italy Advance Near Caporetto
Yugoslav Partisan forces crossed the Slovene border into northern Italy and began fighting German troops just south of Caporetto as Marshal Tito announced. The communique said units of the 30th Patriot division crossed the Piave between Gorizia and Tolomina and held the right bank amid heavy clashes.
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London
Italy
Caporetto
Josip Broz (Tito
Free Yugoslav Radio
Piave
Gorizia
Tolomina
Zagorje
Ludbreg
Koprivilica
Skoplje
Yugoslavia
Vranje
Kumanov
Belgrade
Salonika
Derwood Man Seeks Senate Nomination Against Tydings
Roscoe F Walter of Derwood announces as Republican candidate for U S Senate seat held by Millard E. Tydings Havre de Grace Democrat. In a 41 page bound statement Walter, a farmer, says he will run in the May 1 primaries.
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Rockville
Roscoe F Walter
Derwood
United States
Senate
Millard E. Tydings
Havre de Grace
Walter
Manslaughter Case Begins After Route 340 Crash
A West Virginia motorist charged with vehicular manslaughter and reckless driving in a Baltimore woman's death opened a hearing in Police Court. Witness Harry King testified the Baker sedan was traveling at speed "hardly under 70" when it collided near Jefferson on Route 340.
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West Virginia
Baltimore
Jefferson
Edward J. Smith
Harry King
Dwight O Baker
Hailtown
W. Va
Pearl Lockhart
Beryl Lockhart
Baker
Edward Reid
Reid
Smith
King
Lockhart
J. R. Mundell
Mundell
Frederick
Harold Basore
Representative Beall Injured in Motor Collision
Washington reports Representative Beall sustained a shoulder injury when his car collided with a truck. He was taken to Naval Medical Center Bethesda for X ray examination.
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Washington
Pim
Beall Ir-Md
Naval Medical Center
Bethesda
No late reports on Truk attack says Roosevelt
Washington February 18 President Roosevelt told reporters he had no late reports about the American attack on Truk the Japanese mid Pacific stronghold and said he knew nothing of Tokyo radio reports that American forces had gone ashore there
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Washington
Roosevelt
Truk
mid-Pacific
Tokyo
Rabies Quarantine Lists Middletown Bolivar Area
A three mile radius quarantine centered on Bolivar includes Middletown after a dog known to have rabies bit several dogs west of Middletown. Dr. F C Ryan says the order lasts at least three months and requires dogs to be penned or tied. Officials may kill roaming dogs. Rabies confirmed in a McVey farm dog that bitten others. nine had been killed, others penned awaiting results. Affected cases include a farm owner and his son but no confirmed bites reported.
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Middletown
Bolivar
F.C. Ryan
Ryan
Sanitary Livestock Board of
State
W. D. McVey
Rockville
Montgomery County
Sanitary Livestock Board
O. K. Hoffman
McVey
Wilbur T. Albrecht
Baltimore
Demand Grows For Safe Deposit Boxes In Local Banks
Local banks report strong demand for small safe deposit boxes with few remaining. Boxes mainly used to safekeep war bonds and other securities. The trend mirrors similar shortages in other cities in the region and Hagerstown reports awaiting lists.
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Hagerstown
PSC Asked To Make Phone Rate Inquiry
Baltimore February 18 The Maryland Public Service Commission considered a request from People’s Counsel Philip H Dorsey Jr to undertake a sweeping rates investigation of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company and the Baltimore Transit Company The move aims to review how local and regional lines set charges and determine if rate structures are fair and reasonable for customers
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Baltimore
Maryland Public Service Commission
People’s Counsel
Philip H Dorsey, Jr
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Baltimore Transit Company
United States Attacks Truk In Major Pacific Strike
Tokyo radio and U S broadcasts described a first night raid on Truk by powerful American carrier task forces and airpower. Reports said fierce fighting continued and hinted ground landings were not confirmed. Admiral Nimitz announced the attack commenced with several hundred planes, as ships bombarded the Truk lagoon fortress.
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New York
Tokyo Radio
Truk
Domei Agency
U. S. Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service
NBC
Tokyo
Comei
Chungking
U. S
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Office of War Information
Imperial Headquarters
Truk Islands
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Lefl
Truki Islands
Chester W. Nimitz
United States Navy
Kwajalein Atoll
Marshalls
United States
Pacific
Nimitz
Lagoon
Eniwetok
Kusaie
Solomons
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G. A. Zeigler
America
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Midtown Manhattan
Akron
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Associated Press Today
Piombina
Germany
Anthony Eden
Commons
Upper
Dnieper Bend
North
Tydings
Soviet
Skorea
Chan, Atte
Bwak E
Guinea
Australia
Guan Jay
Caroline
Yalaska
Marshall
Gilbert
Aleutian
Iowa
Beall
Bolivar Area
PSC
U.S
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