State Asked To Go Into Pulverized Lime Field
The Maryland State Farm Bureau urged using convict labor to produce pulverized limestone for farming, aiming to stabilize costs and support the Food For Victory program. A Maryland Board of Correction meeting and county cooperative observers backed the plan, noting local limestone deposits and available machinery at the Frederick county Farmers Cooperative Association near New London.
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Maryland
State Farm Bureau
Baltimore
Maryland Board of Correction
Farm Bureau
Garrett and
Allegany
Farmers Cooperative Association
Frederick County
New London
Sec
Farmers Cooperative Association of
E. C Speaks
Benjamin B. Rosenstock
Walter ©. Burall
Charles Holter
James King
Montgomery County Farm Bureau
John J. Johns
New Whasor
Carroll County
Harry Nuttle
Eastern Shore
Maryland State
Geology Department
Etier
Virginia
National Defense
Australian Flyers Raid Jap Held Rabaul
Royal Australian Air Force flyers raided Japanese occupied Rabaul New Britain last night causing fires and explosions at wharves ships military buildings and air dromes. Ships were dive bombed runways damaged and some enemy planes likely destroyed on the ground. Our pilots reported heavier anti aircraft fire and three explosions observed. All RAAF planes returned safely.
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Melbourne
Australia
Royal Australian Air Force
Rabaul
New Britain
RAAF
Iai
Japanese Bomb Port Blair Far From Rangoon
Port Blair in the Andaman Islands was bombed and machine gunned by three Japanese planes in raids described as the farthest west of the war thus far. Two civilians were killed and five wounded, with some property damage. Air forces continued reconnaissance and bombing in enemy-held territory.
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London
Port Blair
Andaman Islands
Bay of Bengal
Rangoon
All India Radio
Burma
Butt
Andaman
al India Radio
Sittang
Malaya
Leahy Demands Fleet Movements Be US Authorized
German controlled Paris radio says Admiral Leahy demanded prior US authorization for all French fleet movements. Vichy rejected the demand. Radio adds rumors in American circles that Leahy may leave his post and S Pinkney Tuck could take the embassy post.
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London
Paris
William D. Leahy
United States
Vichy
S. Pinkney Tuck
Stockholm Papers Warn Finland Amid War Alignment
Tass quoted Stockholm newspapers including Dagens Nyheter warning Finland against joining Hitler and Germany. The articles argued Finland cannot share the fate of Hitler’s clique and accused Finnish political bosses of steering toward forces alien to the Finnish working people.
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Moscow
Tass
Stockholm
Finland
Germany
Dagens Nyheter
Hitler
Arcetaren
Last CCC Camp Here To Be Closed By March 15
The last Civilian Conservation Corps camp in Frederick county will disband around March 15. Lieut. Vincent A. Mackesy said orders to disband were received, with most men likely to transfer. Located near Braddock for two and a half years, the camp aided soil conservation with Monocacy and Catoctin districts. About 473 enrollees saw service in 1940. 1941 projects included planting 163,350 trees, building terraces, outlet channels, and fencing. The camp’s portable buildings may be moved. expected to affect district activities and local defense planning.
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Civilian Conservation Corps
Frederick County
Vincent A. Mackesy
Soil Conservation Service
Braddock
Boonsboro
Monocacy
Frederick
Catoctin
Middletown
Fishing Creek
CCC
Lonaconing
Thurmont
County Medical Corps
Civilian Defense Program
George M Wigglesworth
Raymond R. Moore
L. R. Hoeper
German Bases Bombed Again by British at Kiel
London reports the RAF bombed Kiel haven for a second night, starting fires in docks and shipyards. Three British planes did not return. An informed source says the RAF started a new campaign to keep Germany's heavy battleships, likely the Gneisenau or Scharnhorst, out of action, with Kiel and Kielshaven cited as targets.
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London
Kielhaven
Germany
RAF
Air Ministry
Gneisenau
Scharnhorst
English
Brest
Kiel
Thrilish
Kelmshaven
Gas Rationing To Be Nationwide If At All
A petroleum industry source said today that no war rationing of gasoline would be nationwide. He added only a severe voluntary cut in non essential consumption could remove the approaching necessity of rationing.
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Washington
Eastern
Pacific Northwest
Land Survivors From Two More Sunken Ships
Survivors from two vessels torpedoed and sunk in the western Atlantic arrived at Georgetown British Guiana within 24 hours. The ships’ identities were not immediately disclosed. The first group said a single torpedo split their vessel in two and two crew members were killed. The remaining crew drifted for about a day in a lifeboat before rescue.
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Georgetown
British Guiana
Atlantic
Russian Army Again Strikes Moscow and Staraya Russa Front
Dispatches report Red Army actions in the Staraya Russa region encircling the 16th Army remnants in harsh winter terrain. Soviet forces claim destruction of blockhouses and guns, with thousands of German casualties and continued pressure to collapse the encirclement. In Crimea the fighting extends south toward Kerch and Sevastopol, with German and Romanian forces repelling some Soviet assaults while bearing heavy losses.
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Moscow
Staraya Russa Front
Germany
Red Army
Leningrad
Staraya Russa
Soviet Information Bureau
Crimea
The
Information Bureau
Red Star
Lake Umen
2Nd
16Th Army
Pavel A. Kurochkin
Berlin
Sevastopol
Kerch
German High Command
German Baron Held By FBI
Baron Fritz Von Opel wealthy yachtsman and son of a car maker was arrested in Palm Beach with three others labeled potentially dangerous aliens. FBI said guns and ammunition violated a presidential proclamation and identified Von Opel as one of the detainees. He previously owned a Massachusetts brewery and once sold his plant to General Motors after rocket vehicle ventures.
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Palm Beach
Fla
Fritz von Opel
Federal Bureau of Investigation
von Opel
Oister
R. G. Dauner
FBI
Miami
Massachusetts
United States
20 Animals Die Of Starvation On Farm
On a Maryland farm near Potomac in Montgomery County 20 animals died from starvation, with eleven goats and three sheep found dead on the grounds and inside a cabin four more goats and two sheep discovered. Nine geese a horse a dog a goat and three sheep remained emaciated on the property, neighbors said the cabin housing had recently been vacated. A Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals representative from Baltimore would assist the living animals. Officer Clayton Ricketts pursued the owners' identity while investigating the case.
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Rockville
Potomac
Montgomery County
Society For Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Woodland Farm
Baltimore
Clayton Ricketts
Bomber Crash Kills Four in Corpus Christi Bay
Four men died and a fifth escaped death when a patrol bomber from Corpus Christi Naval Air Station crashed into Corpus Christi Bay on Wednesday.
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Corpus Christi, Tex
Naval Air Station
Corpus Christi Bay
Shortage Of Fuel Oil In East Reported
Washington reports a dangerous oil shortage for home heating in the east. The Petroleum Coordination Office urges using all suitable tanker ships and rail movement to move heating oil eastward. Ralph K. Davies told 15 east coast suppliers that tankers now shipping gasoline to the east should haul fuel oil if suitable. Over 1,250,000 dwellings in 17 states and DC rely on heating oil.
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Washington
Petroleum Coordination Office
Gulf Ports
Eastern Seaboard
Ralph K. Davies
East
District of Columbia
West Coast Japs May Be Moved East
A U S attorney reports that Japanese residents in California’s military zone may be evacuated east of the Sierras. Orders could target both American born and alien Japanese in San Diego County with Army authority to exclude. Discussions follow coast incidents and FBI arrests as Portland and Fresno leaders urge action.
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San Diego
Calif
Sierras
United States Attorney's Office
California
Norman Neukom
U. S
Roosevelt
Santa Barbara
Los Angeles
Neukom
FBI
Tolan Congressional Committee
Portland
Ore
Earl Riley
Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountains
Nelson to Address Nation Monday Night
War Production Chief Donald M. Nelson will broadcast Monday night the first of three talks urging all classes of citizens to help win the war. The speech, from 9:45 to 10 p m EWT, over the Blue Network, will target management and workers in war industries.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
EWT
Court records show sale of Dr. Smith veterinary property
A deed filed in the clerk's office records the sale of the old Dr. R. W. Smith veterinary property at 17 19 North Court Street from Frederick Motor Company to R Rush Lewis. The $10000 revenue stamp price follows a public sale purchase by R L Warfield, president of Frederick Motor, who secured a building permit to remodel the site as an addition to the West Patrick street garage, a project later halted.
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R. W. Smith
North Court Street
Frederick Motor Company
R. Rush Lewis
R. L. Warfield
West
Patrick Street
Cooperation At Pearl Harbor, Standley Says
Admiral William H Standley argues the Roberts report is misread on Army Navy cooperation. He states cooperation was at its fullest and cites multiple long conferences between General Walter Short and Admiral Husband Kimmel before the Japanese attack.
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Pearl Harbor
Standley
San Francisco
Roberts
William H Stand
Army
Navy
Russia
Walter Short
Husbard Kimmel
Kimmel
Short
Allies Strike New Armada Off Sumatra In War Update
Allied air and naval forces attacked a newly mustered Japanese fleet off Sumatra as the Dutch, aided by American, British, and Australian troops, defend Java. United Nations planes raided Bangka and Palembang while reports from Domei note Japanese gains at Semangka Bay and Benkoelen. Genera l Ter Poorten urged allies to fight fiercely to bolster Java’s defense amid growing losses for Japan.
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Tokyo
Sumatra
Semangka Bay
Domei
Kota Agoeng
Lampoeng Bay
Telakbeloeng
Benkoelen
Bandoeng
N. Fe
Java
United Nations
Bangka Island
Sunda Strait
Palembang
Batavia
N. E
United States
Britain
Australia
Hein Ter Poorten
Netherlands East Indies Army
Pacific
Indies
Ter Poorten
Sosrabaja Handelsblad
Japan
Jane's
Associated Press
Hitler Can Be Destroyed Says Litvinoff View
Maxim Litvinoff, Soviet ambassador to the United States, told the Overseas Press Club that simultaneous Allied strikes on multiple fronts this spring, coupled with continued matériel aid to the Soviet Union, could destroy Hitler by summer. He warned Hitler plans a spring offensive and stressed keeping Allied forces active against the German front to seize the initiative.
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New York
United Nations
Hitler
Maxim Litvinoff
United States
Russia
Overseas Press Club
Mutual Broadcasting System
War Council In Australia Shapes Imminent Offense Plans
Melbourne February 27 The Commonwealth War Council met in secret with Allied advisers to chart a new offensive strategy amid fears of a Japanese attack on Australia. Australian and Allied planners presented heavy offensive and shore defense plans as forces mass near New Guinea and New Britain. Australian airmen bombed the captured New Britain port of Rabaul, striking ships, buildings and airfields.
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Melbourne
Australia
Commonwealth War Council
New Guinea
New Britain
Rabaul
Welders End Walkout At Bethlehem Shipyards In Patriotic Gesture
Hoboken N J February 27 Charles Brecht national organizer of the CIO industrial union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America said welders at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation yards voted to end their two day walkout immediately as a patriotic gesture.
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Hoboken
N. J
Charles Brecht
CIO Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
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