Truk Raid Sinks 19 Jap Ships and 201 Planes
U S Pacific Fleet reports heavy destruction at Truk in a two day carrier air strike. 19 Japanese ships sunk and 201 planes destroyed, with additional damage on ships and bases. Admiral Nimitz says no landings detected, no heavy Japanese air opposition on day two.
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Truk
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
U. S. Pacific
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Japan
Central Pacific
Nimitz
Tokyo
U. S
Truk Lagoon
Marc A. Mitscher
Admiral Mitscher
Hornet
Truk Atoll
Drydck
Atoll
Eten Island
Param Island
January Traffic Fatalities Drop in State Totals 29 Dead
Statewide traffic deaths for January totaled 29, a drop from December’s figures. Total motor accident fatalities for the month were 1166 across the state, with Baltimore City and Prince George’s County among those reporting multiple deaths. Pedestrian crashes accounted for the majority, leaving 18 fatalities in the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esder
Baltmore City
Igen
Prince George’s County
Dorchester
Fred St Mary's
Washington
Cumberland
Maryland Receives 2 250 000 For 1944 Conservation Program
Maryland will receive 2 250 000 from a Congressional appropriation for the 1944 agricultural conservation and production program. The plan aims to boost yields of food, livestock feed, oil crops and Glore vital to the war effort through soil conservation. An estimated 690 000 in AAA funds will be spent this year on conservation materials, up from 500 000 in 1943. Farmers may buy materials via county agencies or trade channels with costs deducted from their AAA allowance. Benefits include payments of 1 per acre for cropland and similar lands and 159 per acre for commercial vegetables grown in 1943 if three acres or more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Park
Joseph H. Blandford
State Agricultural Adjustment Agency
Maryland
Leonard C Burns
AAA Committee
AAA
German Planes Start New Fires In London
German planes attacked London with air bombs and incendiaries, signaling a renewed raid after a heavy Saturday assault. The city endured two air raid alerts within hours, with red glow visible during the bombardment and all-clear signals following each warning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Culvert Saves Three In Accident On Route 340
State Police said a culvert likely saved the lives of Pearl Elizabeth Frs Jefferson and two children in a three car crash on Route 340 in front of the A F Rees building near Feagaville. The Fry car collided with a coupe driven by David C Kemp and a milk truck driven by Robert Irving Butts also struck Kemp. All three drivers faced reckless driving charges and were summoned for hearings in Police Court tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Elizabeth Frs. Jefferson
A F Rees
Feagaville
William O. McElfish
Fry
David C Kemp
Rocky Springs
Robert Irving Butts
Route 1
Middletown
Kemp
Rees
Thirteen Japanese Planes Shot Down At Rabaul
Allied forces report 13 Japanese planes shot down at Rabaul New Britain in three raids on airfields. 123 tons of bombs dropped, four Allied planes returned. Path raids also hit Japanese positions across the Admiralty Islands Cape St George New Ireland and Bougainville. Further strikes targeted Kusae Island and four Marshall Atolls with no Allied losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied
Southwest Pacific
Rabaul
New Britain
New Guinea
Bismarck Seca
Solomon Islands
Admiralty Islands
Cape St. George
New Ireland
Bougainville Island
Simpson Harbor
U.S Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Central Pacific
Army
Navy
Kusake Island
Carolines
Marshall Islands
Chester W. Nimitz
Kusaie
Nimitz
Truk
Kusale
Marshall
AFL says Lite Steel wage limits hurt workers morale
AFL Secretary-Treasurer Geo Meany denounces the Lite Steel formula as unfair, arguing wartime cost increases crush worker morale while labor members of the cost-of-living committee challenge BLS index distortions. Manufacturers and the Chamber rebut with concerns over committee unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Organized Labor
AFL
Bureau of Labor Statistics Index
Geo. Meany
National Association of Manufacturers
United States Chamber of Commercce
Robert Gaylord
Association
Eric A Johnston
Chamber
H B. Horton
George K. Batt
Predicts Allied Blows Will Fall On Tokyo
London reports Maj Gen James E Doolittle, famed for the 1942 Tokyo raid, forecasts rapid Allied attacks on Tokyo. He notes Allied High Command prioritizes defeating Hitler first while the Eighth Air Force has flown over 19 000 sorties and dropped 15 000 tons in the past 30 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
James IE Doolittle
Tukyo
Hitler
Eighth US Air Force
Tokyo
Yokohama
Osaka
Kob
Nagoya
Paasikivi to Return to Helsinki for War Talks
Finnish diplomat Juhu K Paasikivi plans to return to Helsinki tomorrow or Tuesday to report on efforts to obtain terms for cessation of hostilities with the Soviet Union. Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter said Paasikivi’s Stockholm visit, billed as a vacation, may signal preliminary armistice negotiations between Finland and Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helsinki
Stockholm
Juhu K Paasikivi
Finland
Soviet Union
Dagens Nyheter
Paasikivi
May urges higher draft age to slow prewar fathering
Washington reports that May of Kentucky asked the House Military Committee to raise the draft top from 38 to beyond. He dismissed lowering the age to 17, arguing 17-year-olds are not ready for service and the Army does not seek it. He urged using men 38 to 45 for limited service and noted the President could raise the top beyond 38 by order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
May
D-Ky
House Military Committee
Congress
Armed Services
Army
iCar Overturns But Driver Escapes Unhurt
Herman Edward Tibbs of 476 West Patrick Street escaped unharmed when his car overturned on Route 240 on Hyattstown hill while avoiding a tractor trailer and nine tons of straw. The truck’s tractor and trailer were parked by Johnny Jones on the hill. equipment drifted, upsetting the trailer and causing Tibbs to roll. Traffic was delayed until the straw and tractor were cleared. The tractor and trailer belonged to M. L. Michael of Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Edward Tibbs
West
Patrick Street
Hyattstown
Howard and
Mullinix
Montgomery County
Johnny Jones
Washington
Tibbs
M. L. Michael
British Announce Loss of Destroyer Janus in Mediterranean Raid
The Adm iralty tonight announced the loss of the destroyer Janus, a veteran British warship in the Mediterranean. The report gives no details. The Janus, with Jer vis Mohawk and Nubian, took part in a May 1941 convoy raid to Tripoli that destroyed five enemy merchantmen and three Italian warships. Mohawk was also lost in that action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Admiralty
Anxil
Tripoli
15 Month Old Baby Wins War Stamp Contest
Judith Lee, 15 month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Roy Lowman Brownsville, wins first prize of 18.75 in war stamps at Rohrersville school baby contest. Alfred C Huffer presents prizes. Isabell Hull health nurse speaks on care and feeding for preschoolers. several pupil songs performed. sponsors Wayne Lowman and Carolyn Poffenberger with Freda Rice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judith Lee
Roy Lowman
Brownsville
Rohrersville School
Rohrersville
Alfred C. Huffer
Board of Education
Isabell Hull
Wayne Lowman
Phillip Ronald Haynes
Carolyn Poffenberger
Freda Rice
Lois Fayette Anderson
Beverly Jane Frye
Stanley Carl Herr
Charles Richard Holder
Mark L. Miller
Kenneth L. Smith
David Edward Smith
Re-inspection program rolls out for Frederick County tires
The state announces a new experimental tire re-inspection plan for Frederick County blaming an increasingly serious tire situation. Truck operators continue filing the R-1 form and visiting any OPA tire inspection station. Depots listed include Crowther Farm Bureau and Dunlop Tire and Rubber Co. in Frederick with additional centers to open as they qualify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Frederick County
W. G. Crowther
West Partick Street
Farm Bureau Petroleum Products Cooperative, Inc
Wisner Street
Melvin M. Engle
North Carroll Street
Lowell Tire and Battery Co
South Market Street
Dunlop Tire and Rubber Co
North Market Street
Frederick
All Saints Men Hear Address By Mr Kahl
All Saints Episcopal church in Reisterstown hosts a breakfast at the Francis Scott Key Hotel where 75 male communicants hear Christian H. Kahl, chair man of the Baltimore County Commissioners, speak on peace and brotherhood. St. Mark's and Catoctin parishes join All Saints and nearby churches for the communion service led by Rev. Samuel S. Johnston with Rev. Henry Powers assisting. Charles McMathias chairs the arrangements committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fatherhood of God
Brotherhood of Man
Christian H. Kahl
Baltimore County
All Saints Episcopal Church
Reisterstown
Francis Scott Key Hotel
St. Mark’s
Catoctin
All Saints
St. Barnabas
St. Timothy's
Samuel S. Johnston
All Saints Parish
Henry Powers
Charles McC Mathias
Navy Names Admiral Kirk Task Force Head
Washington reports the Navy named Rear Admiral Alan G Kirk commander of the U S task force operating with the allied naval force in England. He is joined by Rear Admirals Hall Jr and Wilkes to command task force units under Admiral Harold R Stark in the United Kingdom area. Sir Bertram Ramsay remains Allied naval commander in chief for the western theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Alan Goodrich Kirk
United States
England
John Leslie Hall, Jr
John Wilkes
Harold R. Stark
United Kingdom
Western
Bertram Ramsay
Jap Warship Losses Heavy
New York dateline reports an Associated Press tabulation showing Japan has lost nearly three times as many warships as the U S Fleet since Pearl Harbor. The Pacific theater shows a 4 to 1 ratio in Japanese to American naval losses with 306 Japanese warships sunk versus 130 American vessels overall. Noncombatant ships also suffered heavy losses on both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U. S
Pear Harbor
Associated Press
Pacific
Japan
Sergt Roop Killed In South Pacific
A telegram from the War Department notified Mr and Mrs P B Roop of New Windsor that their son Sergt John Preston Roop USMC was killed in action in the South Pacific The family said the last word from him came in January He would have been 25 in June He attended Union Bridge High School enlisted May 13 1941 and served with Marine Raiders since October 1942 He saw action in several battles in the Southern Pacific area He was unmarried Surviving are six sisters and two brothers and several relatives in New Windsor Flint Mich Baltimore Washington Nashville and other places. Also cabbage is urged as a victory food for February 24 March 4 due to a large winter crop In the Anzio front a German company surrendered along with other prisoners amid Allied shelling and losses.
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War Department
P. B. Roop
New Windsor
Sergt
John Preston Roop
U.S.M.C
South Pacific
Sergt. Roop
Union Bridge
Marines
Marine Raiders
Southern Pacific War Zone
Guadalcanal
Robert Cairns
Thurmont
Doris
Charles David
Louis
Albert Miller
Flint
Mich
Irene Roop
Baltimore
Kitty Roop
Washington
Clay Hough
Nashville
Tenn
State Directors Of Jaycees Held Meeting
Bruce Palmer and John Ben Shepperd addressed the Maryland State Board of Directors meeting of the Junior Chamber in Hotel Alexander Hagerstown with about 25 attendees. Reports from officers and committees were given as delegates announced $250,000 in bond and war stamp sales from Frederick auctions and events, while Cumberland tidied 17 12 tons of waste paper. C Vernon Stone of Hagerstown presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Bruce Palmer
John Ben Shepperd
National Junior Chamber of Commerce
Maryland State Board of Directors
Jaycees
Hotel Alexander
Frederick
Cumberland
Junior Chamber of Commerce
C. Vernon Stone
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U.S
Ucing Itu
Senate
Capitol
iCar
Mr. Kahl
South Market
C.C. Carty, Inc
E. Patrick Sr
Carty
Admiral Kirk
Far Eastern
War Food Administration
Anzio
Basil Gingell
Delphey
W. Patrick St
The
C. E. Cline & Son Funeral Directors
Hendrickson
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