Eniwetok Island Captured By U S After Stubborn Battle
United States forces have captured Eniwetok Atoll after stubborn resistance as Navy and air power pound Parry Island. Preliminary U S casualty figures cite about 150 dead and 350 wounded. Admiral Nimitz notes enemy pockets remain and heavy bombardment continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
United States
Eniwetok Island
Parry Island
Eniwetok Atoll
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Engebi
Washington
Some Form of Group Medicine Inevitable Baltimore
Dr Henry E Sigerist Johns Hopkins professor and author said in an Evening Sun interview that the establishment of some form of group medicine for Americans is inevitable The apathy of the public and organized opposition of the American Medical Association must be overcome for the United States to benefit after the war He noted the U S lags behind European nations in adopting group medicine and cited efforts to improve medical practice to match England Russia and Sweden
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Fed
Henry E. Sigerist
Johns Hopkins
Sigerist
Jonas Hopkins Medical School
Evening Sun
United States
England
Russia
Sweden
Roberts Posts Bond On Assault With Intent To Kill Charge
David Roberts Jr posted $1,000 bond in Circuit Court awaiting grand jury action on an assault with intent to kill charge involving Ethel Stine. Thomas E Bowie posted $250 bond on a non support charge regarding his wife and four children.
Psychiatrist Shot To Death By Lawyer in Washington
Dr John E Lind a 57 year old psychiatrist and St Elizabeth's Medical staffer was shot dead in his car on a downtown Washington street. Lawyer Robert J Miller 67 was held on an open charge with his wife detained as a witness. Police say Miller fired through his coat pocket. Lind died at the scene near 11th and G Streets Northwest three blocks from Ford's Theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John E. Lind
Abraham Lincoln
Robert J. Miller
Robert Murray
Dr. Lind
11Th and
G Streets
Capital
Ford
Lincoln
Murray
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Miller
Mle
E. B. Dickerson
Lind
St. Elizabeth's
Nancy Hanks
James Lind
West grows apples cheaper, Westerners told
Martinsburg West Virginia February 21 UP Henry W Miller Jr Paw Paw past president West Virginia Horticulture Society says Eastern growers cannot match Pacific Northwest costs or yields Transportation and labor give Western orchards advantage Miller cites per acre production and rare crop failures He urges national cooperation among Northwest producers to unite against bureaus and departments in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsburg
W Va
Pacific Northwest
Henry W. Miller, Jr
Paw Paw
West Virginia Horticulture Society
Wenatchee-Yakima-Hood River
William Young
Washington
Community Chest Reports Are Submitted
Frederick Community Chest held its annual meeting at the Federated Charities Building with 20 attendees. President Henry S. Stahr presented a comprehensive report alongside treasurer William D. Zimmerman and other officers. Six board members were reelected, and discussion included shifting the Chest fiscal year from June 1 to January 1 to reduce campaign confusion.
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Henry S. Stahr
Community Chest For Frederick, Inc
Federated Charities
South Market Street
Dr. Stahr
Community Chest
William D. Zimmerman
Dorothy F. McBride
Social Service Exchange
Boy Scouts
Frederick County
William C. Royal
Harold C. Baer
Salvation Army
Glenn E. Stovall
Federated Charities Inc
Nevin ‘T. R. Waskey
Children's Aid Society of
Eric Lundgren
William B. Bennett
William T. Delaplaine
James H. Gambrill Jr
Parsons Newman
Benjamin B. Rosenstock
Robert L. Smith
Holmes D. Baker
Francis Perrott
Henry I Stah
Board of Directors
Valentine Party by Ladies' Bible Class at Evangelical Lutheran Church
The Ladies' Bible Class No 93 of the Evangelical Lutheran church held a Valentine party with 47 attendees. A program featured mixed quartet performances and readings, prize contests for waist measurements, and motion pictures. Refreshments followed with birthday acknowledgments and special favors for guests and February birthday members. Still deadlocked Washington considers federal ballots for service members while states decide counting.
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Evangelical Lutheran Church
C. Herbert Kreh
King of Song
William E. Zimmerman
Joha Kefauver
Arthur R Remsberg
Richard B. Zimmerman
Zimmerman
Kefauver
William Darner
Emery
Cublenty
Bertie Kolb
Marie Castle
Daisy Miller
Katherine E Bussard
E D. Michaeh
Clarence E. Bussard
Valentine
Ira W. Beall
Beall
Frank Suman
James Davis
EE. Staffer
Cora Koogle
Clara Blackston
R. E. Long
Wilbur Seeger
U S attacks Berlin area as 5000 planes hit Germany
American daylight and night raids across Germany bombard Brunswick Hannover and other targets. More than 5,000 Allied aircraft reportedly over Germany in 36 hours with nearly 8,000 tons of bombs dropped. Losses include 15 bombers and five fighters missing. 33 German planes shot down.
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London
Brunswick
Germany
Stuttgart
Frederick L. Anderson
Leipzig
Bernburg
Strategic ‘Bombing Executive
RAF
U. S. Army Air Forces
U. S Army
Hannover
Netherlands
Air Force
Bramsche
Lingen
Bechte
Quakenbruck
Diepholz
Afilhorn
Countian First To Land In Jap Islands On Kwajalein Atoll
Vandergrift reports from Kwajalein Atoll on January 31 that four northern islands were secured by the Fourth Marine Division. Marine artillery and carrier aircraft supported the assault on Roi Namur and nearby islets. A Japanese radio station on Ennubar, with other targets, was bombed while 16 inch shells pounded the islands. The operation marked a major prewar Japanese territory invasion with no observed Japanese opposition. Hospital Apprentice James H. Rucker, son of Mr and Mrs Harry Rucker of 3 Elliott Street, is named among those reporting.
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Vandergrift
Marine Corps
Kwajaki Atoll
Marshall Islands
Kwajalein Atoll
Fourth Marine Division
Roi
Namur
Seabee
John Roughan
Cambridge Place
Worcester
Mass
Ennubirr
Ennugarref
Ennamement Islands
Atoll
Central Pacific
James H. Rucker
Harry Rucker
Elliott Street
Maryland Fourth War Loan sales reach 226 million
Baltimore reports Maryland's Fourth War Loan campaign total of 226 million dollars, 139 percent of the 191 million quota. Individual sales reach 87 million, 93 percent of the 93 million individual quota. State Drive Chairman Howard W. Jackson expects updated figures tomorrow.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Federal Reserve Bank of
Richmond
Treasury
Federal Reserve Bank
State Drive
Howard W. Jackson
Escaped From Burma Before Japs Arrived
Miss R. H. Seagrave a former Baptist missionary in Burma and current Storer College faculty member spoke at First Baptist Harpers Ferry on Sunday. She described Burmese races and Christianity’s growth, noting Burmese Christians remain loyal amid conflict and that missions operate secretly across the India Burma border.
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R. H. Seagrave
Burma
Storer College
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
First Baptist Church
W. C. Royal
Miss Seagrave
India- Burma
Clarence W. Crardall
Washington
Ladies Aid Meets at United Brethren Church
The Ladies' Aid Society of the United Brethren church held its monthly meeting Friday night at 103 West Patrick Street, hosted by Mrs. J. C. Kavitz with assistant hostess Mrs. C. Summers. Readings on Lincoln and Washington were given, refreshments served, 24 members present, next meeting planned for March 17 at Mrs. Naomi Gerringer's home.
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Ladies’ Aid
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
United Brethren Church
J. C. Kavitz
West Patrick Street
C. Thos. Summers
Washington
James Dubel
Irvin Plunkett
Naomi Gerringer
East Third Street
Amos Pinchot Dead in New York at 70
Amos R. E. Pinchot longtime attorney and brother of former Pennsylvania governor Gifford Pinchot died Friday night at West Park Sanitarium after a two year illness. He was an uncle of Lieut. Gifford Pinchot Jr. of the U S N R stationed at Camp Detrick.
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Amos Pinchot
New York
Amos R. E. Pinchot
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
West Park Sanitarium
Camp Detrick
Flag planted on the beach signals U S control in Chester
Chester South Carolina witnessed a small American flag ashore as an unofficial declaration of U S possession. Lieutenant Commander Charles H. Conler Jr and Dr. Conley assisted in a medical reconnaissance boat landing. Dr Conley dunked twice during transfer. his wife Alice W. Conley and two children reside at 110 West Third Street Frederick Maryland.
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Chester
South Carolina
United States
Rucker
Charles H. Conler
Frederick
Maryland
Conley
Alice W. Conley
West Third Street
Funk May Be Senate Floor Leader
Annapolis reports indicate Lindsay and White may become Senate President and House Speaker as Maryland's General Assembly reconfigures after resignations. Funk or Byrnes likely to head the Finance Committee. Cronin could join the floor leadership. White’s elevation faces opposition. city delegates push for presiding roles in a likely special session planned around March 6. Governor seeks a harmonious, brief session to enact reform.
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Donald Sanders
Annapolis
Maryland General Assembly
O'Conor
Senate
House
Arthur H. Brice
Thomas E. Conlon
James J. Lindsay, Jr
Baltimore County
John S. White
Prince George's
Lindsay
Brice
Kent Countian
Funk
John B. Funk
D-Frederick
Joseph R. Byrnes
D-Balto Ltd
Byrnes
Judicial Proceedings Committee
Finance Committee
J. Wilmer Cronin
D-Harford
Bond Commission
Court of Appeals
White
Baltimore City
John C. Luther
D. Balto
Assembly
Six Japanese Freighters and Escorts Sunk in Southwest Pacific Action
Allied HQ reports that six Japanese freighters and escort craft were sunk near New Britain and New Ireland after two days of heavy air raids by Fifth Army Air Force and Navy planes. The week’s toll in the Bismarcks reached 44 ships and 164 planes, with 26 Japanese planes shot down at Rabaul.
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Allied Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
Rabaul
New Britain
New Ireland
Douglas MacArthur
Fifth Army Air Force
Bismarck Archipelago
Kavieng
Bismarcks
Pacific Islands
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Paramushiro
Shimushu
Kuriles
Nimitz
North Pacific
Japs May Have To Risk Fleet Soon In Pacific
Washington reports the Pacific war pace quickens as Allied offensives push toward Asia. Japan faces a strategic choice to risk its fleet now or wait for the mainland approach, with a possible direct supply line to Allied forces threatening Japan's southern zones. Kansas gardeners plant sunflowers as climbing supports for beans.
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Pacific
Washington
Japan
Marshalls
Truk
Eniwetok
Japanese Empire
Nimitz
Asiatic
East Indies
New Guinea
Philippines
Tokyo
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Charley Miller
Houston
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Jap Islands
Baptist Congregation
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Seagrave
Stilwell
Pearson
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D-Ga
Congress
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Roosevelt
Skunk Pearson
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