Unable To Enter Army County Man Kills Self
Charles Russell Fitz of near Emmitsburg shot himself in bed after his enlistment hopes were blocked by ill health. A county medical examiner ruled death by own action, with Sheriff Horace M. Alexander and state police assisting. Fitz, a 2-year resident, had recently failed to enlist and had earlier attempted suicide by iodine. He stayed with Leslie Ancarrow on Taneytown Road. Ancarrow returned to find Fitz deceased, while Cadle declared death on arrival. Funeral plans pending with S. L. Allison, Emmitsburg.
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Emmitsburg
Charles Russell Fitz
Near
Horace M. Alexander
Sergi
Truman Moon
Bruce Brachey
Fitz
Leslie Ancarrow
Taneytown Road
Ancarrow
W. R. Cadle
Camp Ritchie
Draft Board
Charles Fitz
Maurice Fitz
Joseph Glacken
S. L. Allison
Libel Suits Filed for $1,000,000 Against AP and Beacon Journal
National Maritime Union files libel actions in U S District Court seeking $1,000,000 from the Associated Press and the Beacon Journal. Suit alleges publication of a copyrighted Beacon Journal story about unloading war materiel off Guadal canal. Joseph Curren as president and M Hedley Stone as treasurer named defendants. A similar suit was filed in New York against AP and Hearst Consolidated Publications for $1,000,000.
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Toledo
Associated Press
Aren Q. Beacon-Journal
U. S. District Court
National Maritime Union
Beacon-Journal
Guadalcanal
Joseph Curren
M. Hedley Stone
Taviitme Union
New York
Hearst Consolidated Publications, Inc
Martin Co To Adopt Straight 8 Hour Day
Baltimore February 20 The Glenn L Martin Aircraft Company will abandon the swing shift February 27. Thousands of workers will go on a straight six day 48 hour week. The swing shift has been in effect since last June. A company official said the straight eight hour day is the more efficient option according to the labor management committee and management.
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Baltimore
Glenn L. Martin Aircraft Company
Maryland Roads See 36 Percent Traffic Drop In January
Baltimore reports the state roads commission announced a January traffic decline of 36 percent on Maryland highways.
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Baltimore
State Roads Commission
Maryland
Minority To Get More Members Of Roads Board
A Maryland measure seeks to fix minority representation on Frederick County Roads Board at two members by transferring appointment power from the governor to county commissioners. Senator John B. Funk backs the amendment with Farm Bureau and Grange support, and the bill, having passed second reading, is expected to pass the Senate. It would eliminate reappointment of Roy M. Fisher and require a Republican successor amid current minority representation.
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Frederick County Roads Board
State Senate
John B. Funk
Senate
Roy M. Fisher
Creagerstown
Fisher
Roads Board
A. Grant Hooper
No Word Of Son Death Report In Error
Local family of Thurmont reports no official word of Sergt. William Hahn’s death in Egypt. Parents Howard and Mrs. Hahn say rumors stem from unverified dispatches claiming Mrs. Hahn received notice. A January 30 letter from Hahn notes he is faring well. the family questions the source of the death claim. Hahn served after working at Hagerstown railroad shops and then Thurmont garage before enlistment ten months ago.
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Hagerstown
Sergt
William Hahn
Thurmont
Egypt
Howard Hahn
Hann
Bae
Hahn
Ted
War Department
Sergi
Sergt. Hahn
Army
Fidelity Building and Loan Series 22 completes cash distribution
The Fidelity Building and Loan Association at Fredericktown Savings Institution finished Series No 22 with a 34 percent weekly payment last Saturday. Checks and mortgage releases are going to shareholders today. About $100,000 was saved by members in this series. Total cash distributed equals $47,339 while loans were liquidated to $52,010. The next series No 298 starts June 4.
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Fidelity Building and Loan Association
Fredericktown
U S Warships Bombarding Positions On Attu Island
The Navy reports American warships bombarded Japanese positions on Attu Island in the western Aleutians. February 18 actions at Holtz Bay and Chingoi Harbor yielded no observed damage. two Japanese float planes were shot down. Fog may have concealed the raid and size of the force remains unclear.
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Washington
Attu Island
Aleutians
North Pacific
United States
Holtz Bay
Chingoe Harbor
Altu Island
South Pacific
Vila
Kolombangara Island
Munda
New Georgia Island
Attu
Red Cross War Fund drive opens in Frederick County
Campaign for 27800 launches March 2 with a preliminary can vase in Frederick City led by special gifts committee. General city chairman Lewis R. Dertzbaugh with James H. Gambrill Jr. and a large team target above average gifts, aiming for a 50 percent increase over last year. A Red Cross rally at Calvary Methodist Parish Hall on February 26 at 7 30 p m will feature W W Jefferson regional director Eastern area as speaker.
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Frederick County
American Red Cross
Pearl Harbor
Lewis R. Dertzbaugh
James H. Gambrill, Jr
Harry J. Leichert
Willian A. Riddell
Sam W. Maples
Rev. S. 5. Johnston
FL Ross Myers
Elmer I. Eshleman
C. A. Gilson
T. Poole Jones
Charles
Lane
Cyrus Gambrill
Wm. H. B. Anders
Holmes D. Baker
Wm. M. Storm
Thomas
Michael and
Ignatiue Bjerlee
James H. Falk
William M. Storm
Red Cross
Calvary Methodist Church
W. W. Jefferson
The
Mrs Roosevelt Visits Baltimore Penitentiaries
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt conducted an on site tour of Baltimore penal institutions engaged in war work. She traveled from Washington with Lewis E Lawes former Sing Sing warden John H Hall War Production Board director and Maury Maverick. They were welcomed by Willis Jones head of the State Department of Correction and joined by Maj Gen Milton A Reckord Brig Gen Francis Perrott and Mrs Gertrude Horigan on the visit to Marsland state penitentiary.
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Baltimore
Franklin D Roosevelt
Washington
Lewis E. Lawes
Sing Sing Penitentiary
New York
John H. Hall
Construction and Utilities Bureau
The
War Production Board
Maury Maverick
Marsland State Penitentary
Willis Jones
State Department of Correction
Milton A. Reckord
Third Service Command
Francis Perrott
Maryland State Guard
Gertrude Horigan
Baltimore City
Artillery Duel Between Rommel And 8th Army
Cairo February 20 British Eighth Army pressed an artillery duel with Rommel forces in Medenine Tunisia and along the Mareth Line. Patrols clashed north of Foumtatahouine as dust storms hampered attacks on Mareth fortifications and aerial activity slowed to a standstill.
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Cairo
Eighth Army
Rommel
Medenine
Tunisia
Mareth
Foum Tatahouine
Egypt
Libya
Family Men Would Be Last To Be Drafted
Washington reports the House Military Affairs committee backed the Kilday bill to defer family men and set draft quotas by dependency. The panel warned local boards may misapply rules, stressing a social need to preserve established families and avoid uprooting heads with dependents. The bill would prioritize single men and those without dependents before heads of families with dependents.
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Washington
House Military Affairs Committee
Selective Service) Bureau
Geowell
U S Navy Deploys Corsair Fighters in Solomons Fight
U S Navy announces deployment of Vought Corsair fighters in the Solomons with high altitude capability and 400 mph speed. Admiral Nimitz says the single engine Corvair may be the fastest combat plane in use, surpassing Japanese designs at 35 000 feet. The report highlights the Corsair as superior in upper air combat.
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Pearl Harbor
United States Navy
Solomons
Chester W. Nimitz
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Tms
Nimitz
Japanese Repulsed at Salween Crossing in Yun Nan
Chinese high command announced Japanese forces attempting to advance along the Burma road were repulsed in two efforts to cross the Salween river in western Yun nan province. The report comes amid ongoing operations in the region during the war.
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Chungking
Burma
Salween River
Yunnan
Canned Fruit and Veggie Sales Halt Tonight
Washington February 20 rationing of foods begins with a stop to unregulated sales of canned fruits and vegetables from midnight tonight through March 1. Meat and butter price ceilings loom, with sugar and coffee already couponed. A national consumer declaration, blue and red ration stamps, and a point system will govern purchases next month.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Frederick
Cate
Roosevelt asks Congress to stay hands off appoints
Washington February 20 Roosevelt urged Congress to keep hands off selecting federal employees earning 4500 a year and up. He opposed Senator McKellar’s bill requiring presidential nomination and Senate confirmation, calling it time wasting and “little less than tragic.”
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
McKellar D
Murphy's Brother in Law Fighter Air Sickness Recited
Justice Frank Murphy of the U S Supreme Court said the only armed relative in his family is his brother Lieut Commander George Murphy who was injured. He denied any nervous breakdown in Dallas and stated he never felt better.
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San Francisco
Frank Murphy
U. S. Supreme Court
George Murphy
Dallas
Tex
Murphy
Red Army advances on southern front and near Kursk
Soviet dispatches report Red Army gains across northern Kharkov and Kursk sectors and pushing toward Orel. In Donets basin and Sea of Azov coast west of Rostov, counterattacks were repelled as five more towns fell in the Caucasus drive toward the Talinan peninsula. Rail lines between Kharkov and Kursk cleared for Soviet use. forces also reported near Kursk and Fatezh with continued German withdrawals and towns captured.
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Moscow
Red Army
Kharkov
Kursk
Orel
Dnieper
Donets
Sea of Azov
Rostov
Kuban
Caucasus
Taman
Red Star
Rodiony Malinovsky
Oboyan
Lyons
France
Fatezh
Lgov
Bogodukhov
Graivoron
Blackout Test Expected Soon in Frederick County
Frederick County OCD officials indicate the first night blackout test of the new air-raid alarm signals may occur next week with an announcement beforehand. Signals follow daytime tests. blue triggers light out, red signals imminent danger. all lights out and sheltering required until all-clear. Traffic use and blackout rules mirror prior test, with outside access allowed until red signal.
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Frederick County
OCD
Frederick
Market Brief: Steels Rails Rally After Hesitation
New York stocks rise on steady demand as steels rails and selected industrials lead the session with gains after an initial hesitancy. Investors eye commodities and broader indices while trading volumes show modest strength today.
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New York
Tide of War in Tunisia Turns as Rommel Loses Tanks
Allied HQ in North Africa reports Rommel's forces crushed near Sbeitla and Kasserine, with six tanks and six self propelled guns lost near Sbibs. Axis setbacks prompt authorities to declare the tide has turned and limit the Tunisian offensive to tentative probes toward the new mountain line. General Sir Harold Alexander assumes personal command of Allied ground forces under Eisenhower and begins planning a future offensive.
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North Africa
United States
Tunisia
Erwin Rommel
Tebessa
Sbeitla
Kasserine
Sbibs
Kasserine Gap
Rommel
Alexander Shapen
Harold Alexander
Eighth Army
Near East
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Three Said To Favor Ouster Of Nelson Washington
Report says Byrnes Hopkins Rosenman lean toward Baruch as Nelson faces removal from War Production Board. Roosevelt stance unclear though, with Army Navy doubtful. Nelson delays public push and cancels Thursday briefing amid ongoing production scheduling dispute.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
White House
James F. Byrnes
Harry Hopkins
Samuel Rosenman
Roosevelt
WPS
Army
Navy
Bernard Baruch
Nelson
Baruch
WPB
Byrnes
Rosenman
Nel- Soft
Charles E. Wilson
General Electric Company
Wilson
Ferdinand Eberstadt
Navy seizes Calvert tract for amphibious training
In Baltimore on February 2071 Federal Judge W Cal vin Chesnut signed a condemnation order granting the Navy immediate use of a 2,23v acre parcel in Calvert County for amphibious training. The Navy Department announced the tract will be used for amphibious training.
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Baltimore
Navy
Calvert County
W. Calvin Chesnut
Navy Department
Allied withdraw mountain positions in North Africa
Allied troops pulled back from forward lines in the Ousseltia valley in central Tunisia as Axis forces claimed nearly 3,000 prisoners and German and Italian commands reported gains. The withdrawal shifted the line to hills west of Fermana and Kasserine amid stiff actions near Sbeitla, with weather hindering fighting.
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North Africa
Ourseltia
Pont du Fahs
Berlin
Ousgél Ga
Ousseltia
Fermana
Kasserine
Sbeitla
Qusseitia
Tunisia
Robaa
Qousselda
Tebessa
Erwin Rommel
Japs Claim Attack on American Convoy
Tokyo radio released a navy high command communique claiming Japanese planes sank two destroyers and one large transport in attacks on escorted convoys near San Cristobal Island in the Solomon group. The claim notes several attacks with direct hits, with three planes missing. no Allied source has confirmed the report.
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London
Tokyo Radio Today
High Command
San Cristobal Island
Solomon Group
Guadalcanal
Associated Press
Cantwell Missing Navy Seaman Promised Page One Photo
Lawrence Mass February update reports William J Cantwell seaman first class, 21, son of four brothers, missing after service, with his portrait requested on page one. Navy Department notified his parents. Indépendents extinguished a field fire on Fleming avenue with no damage.
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Lawrence
Mass
William J.cantwell
Rvice
Williams
Navy Department
Tribune
Fleming Avenue
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8Th Army
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Hopkins
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