Grand Jury Recommends Tire Registry and Licenses
The February grand jury, after a six day session, urged the Circuit Court to require registration cards and operator licenses for anyone changing a tire on a vehicle along highways. The move aims to curb thefts of tires and accessories amid wartime rationing. The jury also noted Montevue’s condemned status and urged action on an elevator at the Emergency Hospital while detailing 46 indictments and other proceedings. It praised hospital care and urged an additional incubator. Arraignments are expected next week with trials starting March 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Montevue
Herbert S. Schroeder
Ellis C. Wachter
Arthur D. Willard
Willard
Grand Jury
Landings On Crimea Front Reported By Brit Radio
New York reports British radio via CBS said Russians made new landings on the Crimea and push toward Feodosia. Moscow dispatches claim Red Army advances on multiple fronts, with towns liberated and thousands of Germans killed or captured in encirclement drives as Hitler plans a spring offensive.
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New York
CBS
Crimea
Feodosiya
Russ
Moscow
Red Army
Adolf Hitler
Red Star Today
Red Star
Moscow Radio
Kozlov
Minotnov
D. T Kozlov
Joseph Stalin
Black Sea
Leningrad
Russia
Soviet Information Bureau
Sentences Suspended On College Students
Police Judge John G. Hudson in Huntington fined and suspended sentences for six Marshall College students and an alumnus over a fraternity initiation that forced three neophytes to disrobe and return to campus. He said the act was thoughtless but deserved punishment, and faulted Bishop A V W Darlington for an unfair remark about higher ideals at the institution.
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Huntington
W. Va
John G. Hudson
Marshall College
A. V. W Darlington
Darlington
Louisville
Areca
Ertig
Hudson
Miss Lim
Wwe
Bangka
McDaniel Recalls Escape From Singapore to Batavia
Associated Press dispatch details McDaniel the last American reporter out of Singapore arriving in Batavia after a perilous seven and a half day trek. He describes abandoning a burning ship, drifting on a reef to Bangka, crossing Sumatra by boat, rail and road, and reaching Java amid air raids and warship rescue. He notes the casualties and the arduous journey, ending with relief at safety and a bed after 11 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Singapore
Batavia
C. Yates Dent
C. Yates McDaniel
N. E
Sumatra
Mountain Wilds
Indian Ocean
Britain
Asia
Motor Road Head
Malaya
Tom Toms
Norway
Tobruk
Java
Press Essential To National Interest
Washington Feb 2 Brigadier General Lewis B Hershey said national Selective Service headquarters would soon advise local draft boards that the press and radio are officially in industries essential to the national interest. He noted similar opinions for motion pictures and organized labor but stressed that local boards decide if an individual is a key man and therefore indispensable to an industry considered essential.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
National Selective Service
Selective Service
Hershey
Heavy Air Force Action Report From Bali and Philippines
War Department disclosed American air and sea battles off Bali in the Netherlands Indies with heavy bombing. Four Japanese planes downed and direct hits on three cruisers and four transports reported. losses include four American planes. Strong actions continue in Bataan and Manila Bay, with Japanese incendiaries and active harbor batteries.
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Washington
War Department
Netherlands Indies
Bali
Batavia
Philippines
Bataan
Manila Bay
Fort Frank
Soerabaja
Java
U. S
Londonderry Mayor Urges Roosevelt Visit to UK
Senator F J Simmons Lord Mayor of Londonderry urged President Roosevelt to visit the United Kingdom and said Northern Ireland would welcome such a visit. He recalled that former President Grant had become a freeman of London.
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Londonderry
Northern Ireland
F. J. Simmons
Roosevelt
United Kingdom
Grant
London
Pan Massachusetts tanker sunk by submarine off Atlantic coast
Survivors arriving in Jacksonville recount a torpedo attack on the tanker Pan Massachusetts, owned by National Bulk Carriers. The incident, described by the Navy, left 20 crewmen dead and 18 survivors rescued after a burning oil inferno. The ship is noted as the first in a current series of sinkings along north Atlantic coastal waters.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Pan Massachusetts
Atlantic
Navy
Washington
S&s Pan Massachusetts
The
National Bulk Carriers, Inc
North Atlantic
Evacuating Civilians from Darwin Amid Japanese Raid
Civilians are ordered evacuated from Darwin northern Australia with strict area controls. All women except nurses to be moved. Australian officials deny Tokyo claims of heavy Allied damage while confirming the hospital ship was attacked and casualties occurred.
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Canberra
Australia
Darwin
John Curtin
Tokyo Radio
Berrima
Bagot
Port Darwin
Singapore Surrender Sparks British Prisoner Toll
Japanese broadcasts report 73,000 British Imperial troops were captured in the Singapore assault that ended with the surrender on February 15. Of the prisoners 8,000 were wounded. Japanese losses total about 3,900. Loot includes 300 artillery pieces, 2,000 machine guns, 50,600 rifles, 200 tanks, 10,000 vehicles, and a 10,000-ton vessel among other ships and supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Singapore
Imperial
Portugal Lodges Protest With Japan
Lisbon reports that Portugal has entered an energetic protest to Tokyo over Japan's occupation of the southwest Pacific island of Tina and the surrounding area involving Portugal and the Netherlands.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Feo 21
Antonio Oliverra de Salazar
National Assembly
Tokyo
Southwest
Pacific
Tina
Netherlands
Ewing Convicted On Rape Charge
Washington February 21 a federal court jury convicted Orman W. Ewing former Utah Democratic national committeeman of raping a 20 year old government stenographer. The jury deliberated less than two hours.
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Washington
Orman W. Ewing
Utah
Admiral Schofield Dead at Naval Hospital
Washington Feb 21 Pi Rear Admiral Frank H Schofield retired former commander in chief of the United States fleet died yesterday at Naval hospital his son Lieutenant F P Schofield announced today He was 75 years old
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Schofield
Washington
Frank H. Schofield
United States Fleet
Naval Hospital
F. P. Schofield
Naval BattleDeveloping Off Java Bali Invasion Straits
Allied and Dutch forces fought a growing naval engagement east of Java with US and Dutch ships supporting dive bombers and fighters. They claimed sinking a Japanese cruiser and damaging others, while American bombers scored hits on transports and cruisers. Losses included one Allied destroyer reported but not confirmed.
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Batavia
United Nations
War Department
Washington
Bali
Java
United States
Macassar Strait
Netherlands
C. KE. L. Helfrich
Bangka Strait
Sumatra
United Nations Command
Denpasar
Musi River
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Russ Army
Berlin
General Model
High Command
Rzhev
Upper Volga
McDaniel
U.S
War Dept
Japan
Ewing
the Indies
Banjoewangi
Netherlands East Indies
Banjue
Wangs
West Java
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