Roosevelt vows Allied offensive as war production tops aims
President Roosevelt said Americans would yield ground but with sustained war production the Allies would soon go on the offensive. He cited thousands of troops in the Southwest Pacific, praised high production goals, and criticized rumor mongers while urging continued home front effort and unity against Japan and Germany.
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Southwest Pacific
Washington
Roosevelt
America
United Nations
China
Japan
Dutch East Indies
Australia
New Zealand
United States
India
Near East
Middle East
Africa
South America
Britain
MacArthur
Bataan
Burma
Netherlands East Indies
Aliouether
Java
Luzon
Pearl Harbor
Measles Epidemic Hits Frederick County in Five Years
Health officer Dr Elmer Kefauver says over 50 measles cases reported in Frederick City and county with many more likely unreported. Scarlet fever and other illnesses are rising. infections blamed on spread from Baltimore Washington and Virginia. He urges doctor reports isolation and cautions against from school to other gatherings. Diphtheria remains rare with few cases this winter.
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Frederick County
Elmer C. Kefauver
Frederck City
Baltimore
Washington
Virginia
Maryland
Answers To Cranium Crackers On Page Four
Answers cover Big Ben in Parliament London clock hourglasses time zones and Swiss watch origins. Notable facts include global time conversions for major cities and sayings about time.
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Parliament Building
London
New York
Denver
Los Angeles
St. Louis
Atlanta
Boston
Switzerland
Enemy lines claim higher air losses than planes built
In a wartime briefing the allied speaker asserts we destroyed more Japanese planes than the number we have lost, insisting the war effort remains on the offensive while the enemy’s claims are questioned.
Shooting Case Is Continued In Police Court
A hearing for James Grisby, a farmhand, was continued after the defendant faced an assault charge and a request for a mental examination by the prosecuting witness Charles Smith. Grisby, drinking, fired a shotgun at Smith in a New London farmhouse as the latter fled through a meadow, startling an 11 year old girl who leaped from a second floor window and suffered a leg injury. Grisby is jailed on a $500 bond awaiting further proceedings.
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James Grisby
New London
Charles Smith
Grisby
Smith
Horace M. Alexander
Paul B. Rhoads
Sherman P. Bowers
Alton Y. Bennett
Cook
Ruth Clarke Cook
East Second Street
Harvey Harris
Man Overcome Fighting Fire at Point of Rocks Yard
Shirley Heater of Point of Rocks collapsed from exhaustion while battling a field fire that started in his yard and spread across 20 to 25 acres. Roger A. Etzler of the Independent Hose Company revived him with artificial respiration. eight firefighters and thirty residents fought the blaze for about two and a half hours. heater was to recover. a later false alarm at the same scene prompted an intensive county probe ongoing the next day.
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Shirley Heater
Point of Rocks
Independent Hose Company
Roger A. Etzler
Independents
Maryland Sets March Tire Quota Of 11 418 Units
Baltimore announces March quotas for tires tubes and retreads with 11 418 total units for the state. City gets 3 28 units while counties share 7 590. Passenger cars get 1 341 tires 1 122 tubes. Trucks and buses receive 3 506 tires 3 940 tubes and 1 509 retreads. Montgomery Carroll Frederick totals given.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Louis C. Burr
Baltimore City
Carroll
Frederick
Montgomery County
Montgomery
Explosion in Marseille hits city center killing fourteen
An explosion at the main gas works in Marseille France killed fourteen people and wounded thirty, destroying several buildings in the heart of the city. Police launched an investigation as officials assess the disaster.
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Marseille
France
Maryland to Organize Reserve State Militia
Annapolis announces plans to form a sizable reserve militia in Maryland with voluntary enlistment. Governor O Conor says units would drill evenings and weekends to avoid disrupting daily life, with arms and support from the War Department. The plan aims to protect coastlines and state lives and property amid national threats.
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Annapolis
O'Conor
Maryland
Home Guards
England
War Department
Maryland Officials Warn of Dangers in Tars Front Area
Army officers spoken of by O Conor, pledge full protection for the people. Federal officials warned of dangers facing Maryland residents in the tar area, promising no effort be spared to safeguard the public.
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O'Conor
Maryland
Tars Get
Opening Hearing on Little Steel Postponed to Thursday
Washington February 23 The War Labor Board said the opening hearing on the Little Steel dispute with CIO steel workers was postponed from tomorrow to Thursday. No reason given The first hearing will discuss procedure Only. The CIO seeks a union shop and a one dollar daily wage rise. Arthur Meyer chairs the three member panel with Cyrus Ching and Richard Frankensteen as the other members Meyer leads the New York State Board of Mediation.
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Washington
The
War Labor Board
Little Steel
CIO Steel
CIO
Arthur
Cyrus Ching
U. S. Rubber Company
Richard Frankensteen
Aircraft Organization
CIO Automobile Workers
Meyer
New York State Board of Mediation
Zonta Club Holds Weekly Meeting at Hotel Frederick
The Zonta Club met Monday night at 6 30 at the Hotel Frederick with Mrs. Bertha Culler presiding. Committees reported and Miss Florence Garner presented the prenatal clinic project update begun in 1932. Next meeting will be at the Federated Charities Building with Miss Garner as hostess at 6 45 Monday night.
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Zonta Club
Hotel
Frederick
Bertha Culler
Florence Garner
Federated Charities
Miss Garner
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Richard Dimmy
Clyde Lenhart
Howard Riggles
William Blank
Hagerstown
Kline Bros
Benevola
Kenneth Stangle
Erin Ward
North Atlantic
Lana
E. Patrick St
C. C. Carty, Inc
Frederick, Md
Reserve State Militia
O’conor
Allen
Delphey’s Daily Auto Service
West Patrick &T
Baltimore St
Public Square
C. E. Cline & Son
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