Argentine Shakeup Sparks Hemisphere Security Concern
Montevideo report says Renito Sueyro has resigned as Argentine Navy Minister amid government reshuffle. Acting Secretary of State Stettinius expressed concern over the latest Argentine developments, warning they could raise questions affecting hemispheric security and possibly prompt consultation among American republics. The crisis centers on succession to the Argentine presidency from General Pedro Ramirez to Vice President Edelmiro Farrell.
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Montevides
Uruguay
Renito Sueyro
Washington
Stettinius
Argentina
Stettinus
United States
Bolivia
Norman Armour
Hemisphere
Buenos Aires
Edelmiro J. Farrell
Pedro Ramirez
Farm groups condemn new draft rules as tragic to crop output
Washington reports four major farm organizations called the new Selective Service rules drastic and against national interest. They warned the policy could pull many farm workers into the armed services just as Senate Agriculture committee opened a probe with Maj. Gen. Hershey as witness. The joint statement named Edward J. O'Neal Ezra Benson Fred Brendkman and Charles W. Holman as signers.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Edward J. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
Ezra T. Benson
National Council of Farmer Cooperatives
Fred C. Brendhkman
Nationalrange
Charles W. Holman
National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation
Pravda Claims Hearst Friend Of Hitler
Pravda writer David Zaslavsky calls William Randolph Hearst an American friend of Adolf Hitler in an article titled Hearst American Friend of Adolf Hitler. He accuses Hearst of trying to destroy the alliance of the Soviet Union Great Britain and the United States and notes that soldiers of the three nations fight together for freedom.
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Moscow
Pravda
David Zaslavsky
William
Randolph Hearst
Adolf Hitler
Soviet Union
Great Britain
United States
Zaslavsky
Wendell Willkie
Hearst
Senate Overrides FDR Tax Bill Over Veto In Senate Action
Washington February 25 The Senate with House support overrides President Roosevelt and enacts a 2.3152 billion tax increase bill. The final vote is 72 to 14, surpassing the required two thirds.
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Senate
FDR
Washington
House
Roosevelt
Windbag from Washington Expected at New Britain Police School
In New Britain Connecticut February 25 a policeman waiting for the police school session overheard a stranger say a government speaker would likely be present. FBI Agent L. L. Meunier, the evening speaker, agreed.
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New Britain
Conn
Washington
FBI
L. L. Meunier
Chest Names Its Officers
Dr. Henry J. Stahr president of Hood College was reelected head of the Community Chest of Frederick at Thursday evening meetings. Officers include Roger B. Wolfe first vice president William T. Dellaplaine second vice president Robert L. Smith secretary and William D. Zimmerman treasurer. Additional directors from local groups and city officials were named to the Chest board.
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Henry J. Stahr
Hood College
Community Chest of Frederick, Inc
Federated Charities
South Market Street
Dr. Stahr
Chest
Roger B. Wolfe
William T. Dellaplaine
Robert L. Smith
William D. Zimmerman
Holmes D. Baker
James H. Gamsbrill, Jr
Edgar H. McBride
Ignatius Bjorlee
Stahr
Delaplaine
McBride
Social Service Exchange
Marjorie Kline
Community Chest
Katharine Bussard
Kline
Boy Scouts
William C. Royal
Bjorlee
Salvation Army
Al[ane W. Condon
Louis L. Willison
Children’s Aid Society
B. W. Meeks
Charles McC. Mathias
Nevin T. R. Waskey
Wamhed
M.C. A
Lewis R. Dertzbaugh
Zimmerman
Girl Scouts
W. H. B. Anders
Eric Lungdren
Hugh V. Gittinger
Baker
Francis Perrott
Stahrl
Wolfe
Two Companies In New Attacks
Allied Headquarters reports German forces near Anzio and Cassino launching two small company size assaults. Both were repulsed with heavy German losses. Allied artillery hit a German tank concentration near the Carroceto area, forcing its dispersion as the Fifth Army improved positions around Monte Castellone between Cassino and Terelle.
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Naples
Anzio
Carroceto
Fifth Army
Monte Abate
Terelle
Cassino
Garigliano
Monte Castellone
Cairo
Italy
Farm Withdrawn At Public Sale Near Ridgeville
A 104 acre farm two and a half miles south of Ridgeville on the Washington road near Clagettsville was withdrawn at a bid of 8500 at a Thursday public sale. A large crowd attended the sale of personal property with high prices. Cattle sold up to 237 a herd and horses up to 180 each. Auctioneer was John W. Null and clerk Alvie Metzier.
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Dewey Brown
Ridgeville
Washington Road
Clagettsville
John W. Null
Alvie Metzier
Teachers' Bonus Issue At Meeting With O Conor
County commissioners discussed continuing the $20 a month teachers bonus for September through December and potential state county cooperation to reduce losses. They estimate the county would pay about $14,000 to $15,000 after state reimbursement of roughly $7,400, with 275 eligible teachers. A. Grant Hooper and Charles G Geisbert headed to Annapolis for the session.
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Board of County Commissioners
Annapolis
Herbert R. O'Conor
State House
Board of Public Works
A. Grant Hooper
Charles G. Geisbert
Pvt Stockman Wounded In Action In Italy
Pvt. Marshall H. Stockman Jr., 29, seriously wounded in action in Italy, his parents at 308 West South Street informed by War Department telegram. Brother Pfe. James W. Stockman discharged after twice wounded in Pacific. He enlisted last April, served with infantry, overseas since October from North Africa to Italy. Prior to army, attended Parkway school and worked at Ox Fibre Brush Co. Stationed at Fort McClellan and Fort Meade. A younger brother will enlist after turning eighteen next month.
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Pvt
Marshall H. Stockman, Jr
Italy
West South Street
War Department
Pfe
James W. Stockman
Pacific
Stockman
North Africa
Parkway School
Ox Fibre Brush Company
Fort McClellan
Ala
Fort George G. Meade
Month's Warmest Day Forecast and Cold Snap
Report covers a balmy spell with yesterday reaching 66 degrees the warmest of the month. Despite two warmer days earlier in the year, winter nears its end. Forecasters expect severe cold to ease though March may still bring snow. Overnight low fell to 37 with a drop to 29 earlier.
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Mercury
Sunday son killed in jail crash in Georgia
Waycross Ga February 25 widow of evangelist Billy Sunday was informed her son Paul T Sunday age 36 had been killed in a jail crash yesterday.
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Waycross
William A. Sunday
Evangelist Billy Sunday
Paul T. Sunday
Jap Ships Tried To Flee When U.S. Opened Attack On Truk
Eyewitness accounts describe U S battleships closing in on Truk during a two day Feb 16 17 strike. U S carrier planes blasted a cruiser and pursued fleeing Japanese warships as anti aircraft fire waned. A large transport and other ships were hit and several Japanese planes shot down.
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U.S
Truk
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Japan
United States
Caroline Islands
Porta
Cmdr
Harry W. Harrison
Miami Beach
Fla
Norsh Pass
Donald B. Ingerslew
Trenton
Wham
William G. Privette
Chapel Hill
N. C
Ingerslew
Harrison
Privette
Marianas Islands
Paramushiro Seen as Next Allied Pacific Target
In a Pacific war outlook Paramushiro in the Kuriles is highlighted as the likely next air route into Japan. Attu forces are within 2000 miles of Tokyo as bombers press raids since last July. The island’s location, terrain and air fields offer a potential dagger to the Japanese homeland if captured by Allied power.
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New York
Pacific
Paramushiro
Japan
Kurile Islands
Alaska
Roosevelt
Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Central Pacific
Chester W. Nimitz
Mountbatten
Burma
Arctic
Attu
Aleutians
Neasier
Navy
Kuriles
Hokkaido
America
U. S. Army
Paramushiro Tor
Annihilation Of Their Garrisons Admitted
Tokyo radio acknowledged the annihilation of Japanese garrisons on Kwajalein and Roi Islands in the Marshall group. About 4500 men were killed or captured as American forces seized the strongholds earlier in February. The last Japanese defender died February 6 after a final counterattack. Civilians with the Japanese forces numbered about 2000 and shared the fate. Japanese loss estimates differed from American figures, which had placed Kwajalein dead at 8122 versus 286 Americans killed.
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New York
Tokyo Radio
Kwajalein
Roi Islands
Marshall Group
U. S
Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service
Imperial Headquarters
Motorists Still Stranded In Florida Rationing Sparks Outcry
In Jacksonville and Miami stranded northern tourists face gasoline shortages as ration boards deny dozens of extra fuel requests. Miami reports 1200 denied applications. officials urge rail transport for travelers and cars. Chauncey Butler of the State OPA criticizes Florida boards for bottlenecks and embarrassment to northern motorists. In Naples Tito Zanboni, ex prisoner of 18 years, named High Commissioner of National Purging by Premier Badoglio to probe and try pro Fascists.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Florida
Miami
Hialeah Park
Chamber of Commerce
Chauncey Butler
OPA
North Carolina
Naples
Tito Zamboni
Benito Mussolini
Badoglio
States allow double victory tax exemption for community property
In eight states including Arizona California Idaho Louisiana Nevada New Mexico Texas and Washington a married man may claim half his income as his wife's under community property rules. This yields a $1,248 exemption instead of $624 if income exceeds $1,248. The Internal Revenue Bureau is challenging Oklahoma and Oregon on similar treatment.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Arizona
California
Idaho
Louisiana
Nevada
New Mexico
Texas
The
Revenue Bureau
Oklahoma
Oregon
Vitebsk Evacuated as Soviets Drive on Rogachev Front
Transocean News Agency reports German forces evacuated Vitebsk after bitter fighting as Soviet troops breach lines near Rogachev. Moscow claimed Rogachev fell and a 15 mile advance on a 30 mile front, with over 30 towns taken and heavy enemy casualties.
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London
Germany
Transocean
Vitebsk
High Command
Berlin
Moscow
Rogachev
Hitler
Ministry of Information
Stalin
Constantine Rokossyvsky
Pripet
London Hit By Another Raid
London faced a fifth bombing in six nights as German raids struck from three directions with incendiaries and explosives. Ten people were shot down before midnight amid widespread fires and property damage. Churchill visited the scene and declared resolve while crowds gathered around the debris. American MPs aided in keeping the rescue area orderly.
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London
Whitehead Sees Anzio Beachhead Holding Steady
New York correspondent Don Whitehead, after returning from the Anzio front, doubts Allied forces can be ejected from the beachhead near Rome. He notes static conditions on departure, morale held, and acknowledges heavy fighting and losses but insists withdrawal is unlikely. This is his first home visit since 1942.
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New York
Qdon Whitehead
Associated Press
Anzio
Rome
Whitehead
PSC To Undertake Probe Of Phone Rates
The Maryland Public Service Commission announced it would investigate the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Baltimore to see if earnings justify a rate reduction in Maryland. Philip H. Dorsey Jr. urged the survey, contending intrastate tolls differ from interstate rates over similar distances. The PSC asked company representatives to meet for a full discussion at the earliest date.
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Baltimore
Fec
Maryland Public Service Commission
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Maryland
Philip H. Dorsey, Jr
PSC
G. & P. Company
Man Held Admits Theft After Chase Through Boonsboro
West Virginia ex convict Charles Edwin Louden of Martinsburg admits taking a $70 watch and $20 in cash during a Brunswick theft after a pursuit through Boonsboro. He fled a hotel, was chased by Trooper H I Wallace and later confessed at a preliminary hearing. Louden previously served time for armed robbery in 1934 and 1941.
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West Virginia
Brunswick
Howard Marvin Jones
H. I’. Wallace
Charles Edwin Louden
Martinsburg
W. Va
Wallace
Boonsboro
Louden
Charles B. Langley
Langley
Howard Myers
Hagerstown
Rites At Charles Town For Late G. W. Johnson
Martinsburg obituary notes former Rep. George William Johnson six term Democrat from Fourth District died in Martinsburg hospital aged after 10 weeks illness. He return ed to Jefferson County last year after Parkersburg practice. Funeral at Zion Episcopal Charles Town 4 30 p.m. Sunday. Burial Edge Hill Charles Town. Also Vienna evacuation planned begin March 1 per Morgen Tidningen dispatch.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
George William Johnson
Johnson
Jefferson County
Parkersburg
Charles Town
Federal District Court
State Public Service Commission
Zion Episcopal Church
Edge Hill Cemetery
James Boyd Dies at 56 in Princeton Hospital
James Boyd, 56, author of historical novels, died today in Princeton Hospital after suffering a stroke last night in Princeton, New Jersey.
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Princeton
N. J
James Boyd
Princeton Hospital
Schweinfurt Bombed by 1000 RAF Planes Night Raid
Overnight raids across Germany saw 1000 Allied bombers target Schweinfurt Steyr and other Ball bearing and aircraft plants. U S Eighth Air Force claimed 156 Luftwaffe planes shot down while RAF losses reached 35 bombers. Steyr and Schweinfurt fires raged as combined western south attacks continued.
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London
Britain
Schweinfurt
Italy
Steyr
U S
HAF
Old Austria
U. S
Eighth Air Force
Gotha
15Th
RAF
United States
Germany
Roosevelt Resting Away From Washington After Influenza
President Roosevelt, weakened by a recent influenza attack that cost him weight, is resting away from the capital with the presidential party. He remains connected to WH through special facilities and urged Senate leaders on the veto issue. His physician reports no alarm. recovery underway.
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Roosevelt
Washington
White House
Senate
Barkley
Ross T. McIintire
McIntire
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Dr. Stahr Again
O’conor
White Russia
Beachhead
G. W. Johnson
Vienna
Stockholm
Budapest
Morgen Tidningen
Regensburg
Stuttgart
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