MacArthur Presses Back on Bataan in Surprise Philippine Drive
U S forces and Philippine troops launched a surprise thrust on the Bataan Peninsula driving Japanese back several kilometers while maintaining momentum along the line. Guerrilla actions in central and northern Luzon report continued success as Mindanao sees desultory patrols and Japanese marine reinforcements.
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Washington
War Department
Douglas MacArthur
Philippine Bataan
Luzon
Mindanao
Bataan
S. Philippine
MacArthur
Man and Wife Return From War Zone on Separate Routes
Clarence L. Marsh, once auditor for Goodyear Rubber Plantation in Dolok Merangir Sumatra, reportedly aboard a ship bound for the United States. His wife and daughter Nancy traveled by plane to Java then by boat toward the United States, with details limited by censorship and uncertain dockings.
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Clarence L. Marsh
Fredericktonian
Sumatra
United States
Marsh
Goodyear Rubber Plantation Company
Dolok Merangir
Alice King
Goodyear
Akron
Ohio
Java
Batavia
Malayan
Henderson Seeks Bicycle Prices for Civilian Use
Washington February 26 Price Administrator Leon Henderson classified bicycles as essential civilian transport and asked manufacturers not to raise prices from January 15 levels. He suggested that firms submit proposed prices for a new victory bicycle model to his office for approval.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Henderson
New Draft System Takes Effect March 16 in Maryland
Baltimore says the Selective Service will start inducting draftees on the same day they receive their Army physical examination. The new system becomes effective in Maryland on March 16.
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Baltimore
Selective Service
Maryland
Child Killed In Sandbank Collapse Near Home
Ellicott City reports 9 year old Robert Lee Donaldson died when a sandbank cave collapsed while he played near his home. The accident occurred yesterday evening a quarter mile from his residence.
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Ellicott City
Robert Lee Donaldson
Enemy Planes Over West Coast Spark Alert Amid False Alarm
Secretary Stimson said unidentified aircraft possibly 15, near Los Angeles, were fired on by Army anti aircraft guns. No bombs, no casualties, no American planes in action, investigation ongoing. Suspicions point to commercial sources operated by enemy agents to spread alarm and reveal gun emplacements.
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Washington
Stimson
Los Angeles
Knox
Pacific
37Th Coast Artillery Brigade
George C. Marshall
Army
Marshall
California
Car Wreck Near Emmitsburg Ends With Surprising Escape
A Fort Jackson, South Carolina motorist, Frank Malinski, escaped serious injury when his 1942 sedan clipped a telephone pole, plowed through a fence, hit a tree, and overturned about three miles south of Emmitsburg on Frederick Road. He crawled out with a scratch on a finger. the wreck was towed to Sperry garage. No investigation was noted.
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Emmitsburg
Frederick Road
Frank Malinski
Fort Jackson
S. C
Malinski
Sperry
Peach couple among Methodist missionaries evacuated to Java
The Board of Missions and Church Extension of the Methodist church reports 28 missionaries evacuated from Singapore reached Batavia Java safely. Four survivors from the Malay Peninsula are said to be en route to Australia or the United States. Included are Rev and Mrs Preston L Peach of Mitchellville Maryland and Mr and Mrs Paul Thomas of Arlington Virginia.
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New York
Board of Missions and Church Extension
The
Methodist Church Today
Batavia
Java
Singapore
Malay Peninsula
Australia
United States
Freda P. Chadwick
Washington
Preston L. Peach
Mitchellville
Paul Thomas
Arlington. Va
Coal Dealers Asked To Stabilize Prices
The Office of Price Administration urged all coal retailers and wholesalers to hold prices at levels prevailing between December 15 and December 31 last year. Washington notes the push to curb price volatility in the coal market amid wartime control efforts.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Jevets
21 Jap Planes Shot Down Over Burning Rangoon
Allied fighters claim to have shot down 21 Japanese raiders over Rangoon as battles rage for Burma. British forces fight to defend Rangoon and destroyable targets burn. American volunteers attack Thai airfields while Rangoon’s oil refinery is ruined.
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Rangoon
Burma
Sittang
Thailand
Mandalay
Bassein
Roosevelt Shifts Latin American Envoys to Ambassadors
Washington February 26 President Roosevelt tightened Latin American diplomacy by elevating seven envoys to ambassadors. Ecuador Paraguay Bolivia Colombia Costa Rica Dominican Republic and Nicaragua see changes with ministers named to ambassadorial posts. Nominees include Boal to Bolivia Lane to Colombia Scotten to Costa Rica Warren to Dominican Republic Stewart to Nicaragua and Long to Ecuador Frost to Paraguay.
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Washington
Latin America
Roosevelt
Rio Grande
Ecuador
Paraguay
Bolivia
Colombia
Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
Nicaragua
Senate
Pierre de L. Boal
Douglas Jenkins
Arthur Bliss Lane
Spruille Braden
Havana
George S. Messersmith
Mexico City
Robert M. Scotten
Avra M. Warren
State Department
James B. Stewart
Zurich
Switzerland
Boaz
Wesley Frost
Three Nazi Warships Out Of Battle For Long While
London reports in a naval review by First Lord A V Alexander that the 26000 ton battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and the 10000 ton heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen appear knocked out of the war for some time. The British Trident torpedoed a Prinz Eugen class cruiser and possibly an escort destroyer. Trident has patrolled the Norwegian route and sunk or damaged several ships in November. The two battleships, escaped Brest on Feb 13 and were damaged, one in Kiel dry dock and the other in Wilhelmshaven.
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London
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
House of Common
Admiralty
A. V. Alexander
Trident
Germany
Norwegian
Alexander
Brest
France
Dover Strait
North Sea
Kiel
Wilhelmshaven
Army Navy Score of Jap Ships Sunk
Army and Navy announcements report 74 ships sunk 7 probably sunk and 33 damaged since December 10. The tally covers air and sea attacks against Japanese vessels with the score outlining the losses and damage attributed to allied actions.
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Washington
Army and Navy
Unexplained Air Raid Alert Reported in Washington
Washington recorded an unexplained air raid alert at 1 31 this morning with a fall clear 14 minutes later The warning came via the police radio system after a Hampton Roads Army radio transmission was heard Unofficial reports listed Richmond Newport News and Hampton Virginia as also having alerts No alert was received at Civilian Defense headquarters
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Washington
Army
Hampton Roads
Richmond
Newport News
Hampton
First Class Gas Masks For Civilians
Washington reports the War Production Board barred civilian gas masks failing Army chemical warfare standards. Officials warned that some sold masks are ineffective against certain gases or are older World War types that have deteriorated. Civilians have bought industrial masks useless against war gases.
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Washington
War Production Board
Army
Chemical Warfare Service
Indies Losses Of Japs Heavy Says Stimson
Secretary Stimson said the United Nations were delivering a magnificent defense of the Netherlands Indies and inflicting heavy losses on Japan unknown to the enemy. He praised General Wavell and noted the need to reinforce across vast distances with light planes and anti aircraft defenses.
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Washington
Stimson
United Nations
Netherlands Indies
Java
Archibald Wavell
Southwest Pacific Command
Tr Ins
Singapore
Wavell
Bataan Peninsula
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Indies
Russians claim victory in Staraya Russa blood battle
Moscow reports Russia defeated German reserves hurled into the Staraya Russa area where the 16th Army is encircled. German casualties and troop numbers are unclear. Soviet air and anti aircraft actions disrupted German supply efforts as the ring tightens. The German 66th regiment of the fifth division is named in a failed rescue attempt.
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Moscow
Staraya Russa
16Th
66Th
Red Star
Leningrad
Stockholm
London
Lake Ilmen
Berlin
Japs Reconnoiter Port Of Darwin Again
Japanese planes reconnoitered the North Australian port of Darwin at about noon today flying high and dropping no bombs according to a communique. In Washington, House Speaker Rayburn cleared the way for debate on suspending the eight hour day and the ten hour week during the war.
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Darwin
Canberra
Australia
Washington
Rayburn
House
Italian convoy hit by British submarine in the Mediterranean
London reports a British submarine scored three hits on a large Italian convoy crossing the Mediterranean toward Africa. The spokesman said the attack occurred two or three days ago and was disclosed today. The event marks a notable strike in the Mediterranean theater during the campaign.
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London
Mediterranean
Africa
Hit On Nipponese Cruiser Also Probably Scored By American Undersea Craft
United States submarines, part of an Allied naval offensive after Japan’s Bali invasion, were officially credited with torpedoing two enemy troop ships, a naval auxiliary and a freighter in the last two days and likely hitting a Japanese cruiser or destroyer. Dutch forces report ongoing battles as Java’s defense stiffens and Japanese land, air, and naval actions press toward the island stronghold.
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Batavia
United States
Bali
Dutch
Macassar
Celebes
Indies Archipelago
United Nations
Java
Amboina
Indies
Borneo
Simpang
Pontianak
Sumatra
Telekbetoeng
Sunda Strait
Nekoelen
Bangka
Soerabaja
Dutch East Indies
Oosihavan
The
Indies High Command
Oosthaven
Telok Betong
Bandoeng
Indies Army
Certificates Issued To Ten Aliens Here
News notes that about ten certificates of identification were issued at the Frederick post office with Saturday as the deadline for enemy alien registration. Registration figures show few aliens in Frederick and Washington counties, mainly Germans and Italians, with ongoing inquiries and some needing photographs or additional information.
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Frederick
Alton J. Lipps
London
Woodsboro
Brunswick
Frederick County
Hagerstown
Washington County
Annapolis
Anne Arundel County
Baltimore
EDGE TO RECOVERY SIDE IN STOCK MARKET REPORT
New York stocks edged toward a recovery today as leaders failed to form a clear trend. Fractional gains were widespread early, but several rails softened and trading slowed, leaving prices a shade mixed near the fourth hour.
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New York
Eastern War Time Is Standard For Banks
Deputy Attorney General Hall Hammond ruled Maryland banks may use eastern wartime as standard time per statute without undue risks after Deputy Bank Commissioner John D. Hespelhorn raised the issue with several banks. Winant to visit US briefly, report to Roosevelt.
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Baltimore
Hall Hammond
Maryland
John D. Hespelhorn
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