Convoy of U S Troops Arrives In England For Ike Invasion
A vast convoy transporting one of the largest U S troop contingents to cross the Atlantic reaches British ports. The units include armored and mechanized groups and specialist forces with modern weapons. No submarine contact on the voyage, and the crew notes shortages of attacks from U boats as German subs concentrate near home waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Moroso
United States
Atlantic
England
Dwight D. Eisenhower
British Isles
Royal Navy
Regional frost dates guide when to start planting
Henry 1. Pree explains USDA guidance on frost dates and planting times. He notes seeds should be started indoors six to eight weeks before the safe outdoor set-out date, advises checking local farmers for frost date accuracy, and outlines which crops tolerate frost or heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry 1. Pree
NEA
Sam
Department of Agriculture
Jack Frost
Lima
Last Of Three Escaped Convicts Captured In Mississippi
The last of three young San Quentin convicts who abducted a 16 year old girl during a jail break near Jackson has been recaptured. Ralph Ward, 23, was nabbed at Tchula after the stolen car he rode in overturned at a roadblock. four officers fired but Ward was unhurt and surrendered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwood
Miss
San Quentin
Mississippi
Hinds County
J. T. Naugher
Ralph Ward
Jackson
Ward
Naugher
Tchula
Move to abolish Roosevelt fair employment committee
Washington February 28 a group of senators discussed abolishing the fair employment practices committee created by President Roosevelt to prevent racial discrimination among war workers. The measure reflects wartime political pressure as the panel’s future hangs in the balance with ongoing debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Purple Heart Awarded to Technical Sergeant Gosnell Jr
Technical Sergeant Harry Gosnell Jr of Frederick receives the Purple Heart for wounds in combat while serving as an engineer aboard a Liberator bomber with the 13th AAF Bomber Command in the South Pacific. Over seas three months he flew several missions. prior to service he studied at RAF schools in Goldsboro N C Baltimore and Fort Myers Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Gosnell, Jr
13Th Aaf Bomber Command
South Pacific
Gosnell
East Patrick Street
Frederick
Goldsboro
Baltimore
Fort Meyers
Fila
Egg Prices Fall Yet Feed Costs Remain High
College Park reports poultry expert Dr. Robert E. Phillips of the University of Maryland warns that egg prices slide while feed costs stay up. Production goals call for modest egg increases but fewer chicks and broilers to offset higher feed, with a dwindling feed reserve. He urges poultrymen to cull non-laying and late-maturing birds amid tight supplies and rising costs. Rattlesnakes are noted as native from southern Canada to Brazil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Park
Robert E. Phillips
University of Maryland Poultry Department
Organizing Red Cross Campaign Groups Listed
A roster details organizers and group leaders for a Red Cross drive. Names include Mrs. Michael, Miss Anna Mary Rohrback, Mrs. Russell H. McCain, Mrs. Crothers, Mrs. Willard, Mrs. Staley, Miss Ruth Gale, Miss Evelyn Horne, Miss Helen Schaeffer, Mrs. Shipley and many others divided into Organize For Red Cross Campaign and Mrs. Yinger's Group with numerous committee members and volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas P. Culler
Clinton M. Rhoades
Harvey Herbert
Horace Alexander
Earl Fleischman
Bernard M. Davis
F. Russell Young
Nathan J. England
Jesse B. Anders
Jos. W. Urner
Otho J. Keller
Marion K. Green
George Ogle
Samuel S. Johnston
Alvin Quinn
Harry Hamilton
Cha
Harrison McAlpine
Charlotte Martz
Charles Hudson
Walter Sinn
Monroe Staley
J. J. Schmitt
Raymond Crum
Franklin Reese
Ellis C. Wachter
Yinger
Clarence C. Carty
Edward Oden
Hilda Free
Charles Opel
William B. Lebherz
Roy Rhoderick
William T. Kreh, Jr
Mary Thomas
Evelyn Dixon
E. Paul Magaha
Charlotte Loy
Francis Crutchley, Jr
Rita McKenzie
Louis Lebherz
Sherman Hamilton
Ann Tinney
Lincoln Stull
Ralph Lahne
Howard Albaugh
Walton Sheip
Victor S Palmer
Walter Forney
Charles Brust
Helen Bader Johnson
Clinton K. Hughes
W. Barigis Storm
Alien Bartgis
Betty Fisher
Emory B. Shipley
Charles K. Heck
John Fisher
Chas. W. Ross
Glenn O. Garber
Roger B. Wolfe
Grace Zimmerman
Audrey Eyler
Milton A. Frank
Geo. K. Hoke
Harry Kiracore
Alvey Renn
Richard Graham
John Hinea
Jessie Webster
Nazi Objectives In France Are Pounded
London reports U S heavy bombers and Marauders along with British medium bombers attacked Nazi military objectives in northern France. It marked the first American heavy bomber mission since the Regensburg raid and was the eighteenth four engine bomber operation by the U S Eighth Air Force this month.
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London
U. S
France
Regensburg
Germany
Britain
Italy
Eighth Air Force
Weather Summary for February and Past 24 Hours
The report records 0.05 inch of precipitation in the last 24 hours ending 8 a.m. today. February precipitation to date is 1.75 inches, with normal February at 2.92 inches. February 1943 actual shows 0.154 inches, excess 1944 precipitation to February 1 stands at 0.31 inch. Yesterday’s high was 44, low 30. A year ago high 83, low 20. Sun sets at 7:00 p.m., sunrise tomorrow at 7:45 a.m., moon rises 1:28 a.m., moon sets 12:33 a.m.
Civil War In France Creates Widespread Death Toll
Lisbon correspondent describes a virtual civil war in occupied France between UN supporters and German forces. He cites 1,500 to 2,000 German troops killed or wounded, 1,500 civilians and 1,500 policemen or militia, and 15,000 sabotage attacks including rail and city hall assaults. Mass executions by German SS units have occurred in Paris, Orleans, and Amiens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor Henry Lisbon
France
Parttisans
United Nations
Friends of America
Germany
Joseph Darnand
Gestapo
Vichy
Darnand
Waffen SS
Union Lenten Services Led by Wis Sprenkel
Lenten service notes a Monday gathering with Rev. C Wis Sprenkel presiding. Prelude, hymns, creed, prayers, anthems, scripture Mark 1 28 40, sermon The Heroism of Jesus by Rev. Dr. Henri L. G. Kiet, offertory, benediction, and choral responses performed by the Lutheran church echo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Wo Meeks
Ivanatf
Henry Lamb
Moore
Jesus
Henri L. G. Kiet
Fer Iynin
King Eternath
Lutheran Church
Free French influence in Vichy regime noted in mail
Reports describe executions after trials by German military courts and killings by local SS commanders. It claims Free French influence extended to Vichy, evidenced by stamps bearing General Charles De Gaulle mailed from Vichy post office as routine correspondence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vichy
Charles de Gaulle
Sammy Baugh Tops Punters In Tough Circuit
Sammy Baugh of the Washington Redskins named top punter for the fourth straight year in the NFL circuit. He averaged 459 yards on 40 kicks, including an 81 yard field boot versus Detroit, with five boots over 70 yards. Harry Hopp of Detroit ranked runner up at 392 yards on 42 kicks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Sammy Baugh
Washington Redskins
Detroit
Harry Hopp
Baugh
Tropp
USO Dance Draws 400 In Uniform At Key Hotel
About 400 service members and civilians in uniform attended the USO dance at the Francis Scott Key hotel Saturday night, with Navy personnel well represented and guests from Camp Douglass, Camp Meade, Camp Ritchie, Mt Saint Mary’s, Western Maryland College, and the Salvage Segregation Center in Frederick. The event ran from nine to midnight in the ballroom, featured Joe Stephens and his orchestra with local musicians, and attracted steady crowds from 9:15 onward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Navy
Camp Dougk
Washington, D.C
Camp Meade
Camp Ritchie
Salvage
Frederick
Mt. St Mary's
Western Maryland
USO
Joe Stephens
Tech honors student Margaret Harris on semester roll
Pittsburgh announces Margaret Wilson Harris of Braddock Heights Maryland has been named to Carnegie Institute of Technology general science freshman honor roll for the semester. The honor roll reflects a B plus average. Harris is the daughter of Mr and Mrs James H Harris and attended Frederick High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Margaret Wilson Harris
Braddock Heights
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Miss Harris
James H. Harris
Frederick High School
Tech
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U.S
Ladies’ Aid
Ladies’ Aid Society
Mt. Zion Lutheran Church
Feagaville
Edgar Culler
Ruth Culler
George W. Kemp
Culler
George H. Seiler
Shepherd of Souls
Charlotte Young
Eva Young
Doris Fulmer
Colleen Moore
East
Patrick Street
Rocky Hill Lutheran Sunday School
Genevieve
Pauline Smith
John Eyler
Pauline Fogle
Dorothy Grim
Rosa Mae Stitley
Mabel Hoff
Genevieve Fogle
Rockville
Office of the Supervisors of Elections
Montgomery County
Election Board
Stoly
Raya
Bris
U. S. Department OF Agriculture
Equity Court
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Margaret Virginia Myers
William Russell Myers
Manuel M. Weinberg
C. Wirts
Myers
William R. Lightner
Hood
Walker Carty
Rockwell Terrace
Meyran
Hood College
Carty
Cambridge. Mass
Edward L. Cochrane
T. Sgt. Gosnell
Purple Heart
New World
Canada
Brazil
Red Cross
Farmers & Mechanics National Bank
Maryland
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
P.L. Hargett& Co
South Market St
Pp. L. Hargett & CO
Ediott
Taylor Henry
Associated Press
Portugal
Lourdes
Braden- Baden
Paris
Orleans
Amiens
Union Lenten Services
Sammy Baugh Sull
Niagara Fall
Treasury Department
Usoell
Court Street
American Legion
Siberia
Frederick, Maryland
Kemsberg
Jmeley Stove
KEY Hotel Bldg
Helldiver
Chrysler Corporation
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