1,000 American Soldiers Lost As Transport Sinks
Washington reports the sinking of an Allied troopship in European waters with about 2,000 troops aboard. About 1,000 soldiers are missing, with half rescued. Details on location and date withheld for security.
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Washington
U. S
Army
Italy
Mediterranean
West
British Isles
Norway
Navy
Atlantic
Coast Guard
President Coolidge
South Pacific
Langley
State Welfare Board $100000 over Budget
Baltimore February 17 Milton Patterson said the State Department of Public Welfare administration costs exceed the budget by more than 100000. He cited salary adjustments as the main cause boosting payroll about 10000 monthly. He predicted lower salary expenditures this year due to unfilled positions. Welfare outlay for last month fell 7.1 percent from January 1943. Total disbursements for all programs were 583229 versus 395674 last December and 628963 in January. Transport Crashes Seattle February 17 The Thirteenth Naval District reported a navy transport plane massing on an Alaskan flight with five crew and nine passengers aboard. Planes are searching for the missing ship.
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Baltimore
Milton Patterson
State Department of Public Welfares
State Salary Standards Board
Patterson
Welfare Department
Seattle
Thirteenth Naval District Headquarters
Navy
Two Die In 4 Plane Crash Near Travilah Farm
A Navy crew of four aboard a small twin engine transport crashed in trees on a Montgomery county farm near Travilah. Two Navy men died on impact, one civilian and another Navy member were seriously injured, and two Navy men escaped without serious injury. The injured were taken to Bethesda Naval Medical Center. A large crowd gathered as authorities and a utility crew assisted.
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Dennus de Lloyd
Travilah
Montgomery County
Naval Medical Center
Bethesda
Rockville
Mabel Thomas
Washington
War Won Not Bring Easy Times Says Tydings in Cumberland
US Senator Millard E. Tydings warned Cumberland business leaders that postwar America faces three big problems: winning the war, managing a looming national debt, and sustaining employment without endless deficits. He predicted a debt of about 300 billion dollars, heavy taxes for years, and urged ending deficit financing to avoid fiscal disaster like in World War I. He argued the federal government must handle national issues while states manage local ones, condemning long runs of a glorified city council in Congress. In Washington, Rep Clare Boothe Luce said backers of a stronger commander in chief favor Douglas MacArthur for the Republican nomination, while she would accept the party’s convention choice and urged Roosevelt to run again.
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Cumberland
Millard E. Tydings
Kiwanis, Lions and
Rotary Clubs
Tydings
Italy
National Congress
Washington
Clare Boothe Luce
R-Conn
Douglas MacArthur
Roosevelt
Fragmentary quote on unresolved issues and accountability
A speaker stated that unless he acts there will be no clear-cut issues and that nobody else can answer for the last 12 years, signaling accountability and leadership questions without specifying details or context.
Six More Jap Ships Sunk Or Damaged
Allied headquarters in the southwest Pacific report six Japanese vessels sunk or damaged in a convoy attempt to supply beleaguered garrisons in the Bismarck Archipelago. The attack off Mussau Island included a beached 8,000-ton tanker and several cargo ships plus an escort destroyer.
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Southwest Pacific
Bismarck Archipelago
Allied air strikes hit Bougainville and surrounding areas
Allied air forces pounded Kahili air drome with 75 tons of explosives and targeted enemy points along Buka Island. Medium and light bombers hit Tobera and Vunakanau airdromes for 190 and 31 tons, destroying aircraft and damaging gun positions. In New Britain, Marines push east of Cape Gloucester as other units attack supply dumps and installations at Wunung plantation. An elephant birth weight noted between 160 and 200 pounds.
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Tobera
Vunakanau
Kahili
Solomons
Bougainville
Buka Island
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Wunung Plantation
Jacquinot Bay
New Guinea
Mot River
Saidor
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Harry
Frederick
South Market
C. E. Cline & Son Funeral Directors
America
Unter Eadie
Peary
Carty
Carty’s
C.C. Carty, Inc
E. Patrick St
Whone
Burall
Pat
Gurnee
Shade
Bennett
Rambler
Mussau Island
New Ireland
Green Islands
New
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Parsons CO
Labovitz
J. Labovitz Dept
N. Market St
Bemberg
Coats & Suits
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