J P Moffat Dies in Canada Ace diplomat recalled
Secretary Hull announced the death of Jay Pierrepont Moffat minister to Canada after a long diplomatic career. Moffat led the European division, served as Ottawa envoy since May 1940, and was praised for his service, friendship with Roosevelt, and influence in wartime diplomacy. He died after illness at Rock Cliff Park.
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Washington
Hull
Jay Pierrepont Moffat
Canada
Harvard
Hague
Legation
Warsaw
Tokyo
Constantinople
Bern
Sydney
Australia
Geneva
Rock Cliff Park
Moffat
U. S. State Department
Mackenzie King
United States
Hiy
Ottawa
King
Messagcs
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Sumter Welles
Welles
Europe
Rye
N. Y
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Descendant of John Jay Serves in International Affairs
July 18 1808 birth details a Jay descendant rising to sixth in his family to serve state affairs. Like Roosevelt and Wehes, he attended Green Preparatory School and Harvard. He wed Lilla Cabot in 1927. they had two children. Family home listed in Hancock New Hampshire.
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John Jay
Continental Congress
England
Roosevel and
Wehes
Green Preparatory School
Harvard
Lilla Cabot
Hancock, N. H
Two Smashing RAF Blows Hit Lorient and Germany
The RAF and US bombers pounded Lorient with a heavy night raid damaging submarine pens and docks. Berlin radio network and several cities went off air as German defenses reported fires and intense anti aircraft activity.
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London
RAF
Lorient
Germany
Berlin
Koenigsberg
Leipzig
Stuttgart
Luxembourg
United States
Air Ministry
Atlantic
U. S
DNB
Fighting French seize Misda stronghold in desert drive
Axis stronghold Misda, 100 miles south of Tripoli, falls to Fighting French after a January 20 21 push led by Lt. Col. Vieux and Capt. Cordette. French communique notes heavy booty and enemy casualties as access to British Eighth Army zones is cut. Travel to national parks falls 30 percent in 1941 42 with big drop at Yellowstone Glacier Crater Lake.
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London
Mediterranean
Misda
Tripoli
Brazzaville
Fort Lamy
Lake Chad
le Clerc
National Parks
Yellowstone
Glacier
Crater Lake
Murder and death by own action in Toronto
Bodies of Donald MacAskill and his wife Jane were found in their North Toronto home. Police call the double fatality murder and death by own action. A cook reported hearing no shots. two of six bullets came from a .32 revolver found in Mrs. MacAskill's bedroom. MacAskill, former vice-president and GM of International Nickel, had retired last December and had been ill. Electric lights still burned in the room.
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Toronto
Donald MacAskill
International Nickel Company of Canada, Limited
Jane
MacAskill
Irene Mitchell
Lexington
The
Nickel Company
Cortleigh Boulevard
Lieut Dillinger Pistol Team Wins at State Armory
Paced by Lieut Carl Dillinger the State Police pistol team defeated colleagues led by Corp W W Corbin at the State Armory range. Scores show Dillinger 290 Houck 286 McGuire 287 and Corbin 278 Moon 288. Also a leaders training meeting planned in Purcellville with Byrd Johnson detailing bleaching dyeing feed bags pattern adjustments and spring fashion trends for home demonstration clubs.
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Carl Dillinger
Corp
Elwood O'Hara
Corp. W
Puncke
Lieut. Dillinger
Houck
McGuire
Byrd Johnson
Blacksburg
Purcellville Auditorium
Blue Ridge
Silcott Springs
Central
Lovettsville
Catoctin
Nancy Dick
Blast Kills Nazis in Belgrade Theater of War
An Axis traveller arriving in Turkey reports 46 German soldiers killed and 87 wounded when a troop and passenger train was dynamited near Belgrade ten days earlier. The Belgrade Zagreb railway line was disrupted for two days as Belgrade the Yugoslav capital remains under siege with casemates and pill boxes along the streets.
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Ankara
Belgrade-Zagreb
Belgrade
Turkey
Giant mixer explodes into doughy sidewalk spectacle
In San Diego on January 24 a five thousand pound dough batch rose from an idle mixer during a power outage. The dough spilled through a window and onto the sidewalk, drawing a crowded scene as glass scattered around the mess.
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San Diego
Calif
Rationing To Be Part Of Victory Price
Secretary Wickard declares rationing part of the price of victory as civilian sacrifice may widen food gaps. He notes military and lend-lease needs rank first, with production 1942 above 1941 and 1943 goals set near that level. He urges full effort, warns of shipping limits and malnutrition risks among Allies, while Nations pool food and stockpile to save ships.
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Washington
Wickard
Roosevelt
United Nations
United
United States
Momentous Decisions In Making Momentous Decisions In Making
London reports intense Allied planning amid rumors of large scale offensives to defeat Germany within a year. Allies weigh three scenarios including a spring Russian thrust, Gibraltar operations, and a possible invasion of England while North Africa politics stay unsettled.
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London
United Nations
Russia
New Guinea
Africa
Desert
Axis
Washington
Hitler
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Spain
England
Europe
No Campaign To Lift Restrictions On Oleomargarine
Harold C. Ostertag said the Council of State Governments planned no campaign to repeal federal and state laws on oleomargarine and filled milk. He noted the issue could be discussed if a delegate proposes it, with possibility of war councils to handle emergency wartime problems. Up to the 15th century, wand carving in the Orient decorated temples.
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Baltimore
Harold C. Ostertag
Attica
N. Y
State Legislative Committee of Interstate Cooperation
Council of State Governments
Albany
Dairymen's League Cooperative Association
United States
Ostertag
Crum appears in pre induction photo at Fort Gull
In Oklahoma Pvt Crim, son of Mr and Mrs Milton Crum of East Seventh Street, is pictured before his induction into the Army at Fort Gull, Okio.
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Pvt
Shafer
Camp Maxey
Tex
East
Patrick Street
Pvt Crim
Mes
Milton Crum
East Seventh Street
Fort Gull, Okio
Pvt. Crum
Army
State Buys More Land At House Of Correction
Governor O Conor announced the Board of Correction will purchase about 200 acres adjoining the House of Correction at Jessup to boost food production. The land costs $9,494 in four parcels. warden Dr J Leroy Wright and farm manager WL Collins backed the acquisition amid rising farm and cannery sales from 112,000 to 184,000 dollars between 1941 and 1942. The Federal Government bought 120,000 cans of tomatoes and beans in 1942.
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Annapolis
O Conor
Board of Correction
House of Correction
Jessup
Board of Public Works
Department of Correction
Rusing
O'Conor
J. Leroy Wright
WL. L. Collins
Weekend Arrests Report Ten Youths Detained by City Police
Ten minors were arrested over the weekend by City Police. Names include Curtis Powell Ridgley King John F Clipp Alfred Lewis Roberts Clarence Washington Fannie Posey and others. Officers cited drunk on street disorderly conduct fighting and interfering with officers. All to appear before Magistrate Alion Y Bennett in Police Court tonight.
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Curtis Powell
Harry N. Quinn
Ridgley King
Norman Dietz
Harry Phillips
John F. Clipp
Austin L. Heffner
Carl Rentzell
Nolan Stone
Yellow Springs
Dorsey
Dietz
Roy Shankle
Adamstown
Dorsty Mhiau
Alaa
Aer de LA Drews
East Sixth Street
Roger Mulls
John Russell
East Third Errest
Clarence Washington
Buckeystown
Phillips
Alfred Lewis Roberts
Libertytown
Herbert Stansbury
Reno
Fannie Posey
Middle Alley
Strawsburg
Sergt
Alion Y. Bennett
Labor Piracy Case Reported in Hagerstown
United States Employment Service officials announced the first labor piracy case in Hagerstown this week. The dispute involved an essential industry soliciting workers from an essential war industry and offering an inducement that caused worker dissatisfaction.
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Hagerstown
United States Employment Service
Tess
Memorial Stone Unveiled for 1942 Air Forces Arrival
A memorial stone in Belfast will be unveiled Tuesday, marking the first anniversary of the U. S. Army Air Forces landing in the city on January 26, 1942. The unit led the early American aerial detachments now based in Britain.
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Belfast
Britain
Allied air raids strike Rabaul and Solomon bases
Allied air forces raid Rabaul in New Britain destroying and damaging thousands of tons of Japanese shipping. Heavy bombers attack Munda and Espiritu Santo while Dili and Kahili Ballale airfields see bombing. Guadalcanal fighting continues with reported enemy casualties.
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Australia
Dan
Rabaul
High Command
New Britain
Dili
Timor
Munda
Washington
Solomon Islands
Satur
Navy
Ling
South Pacific
Solomons
Espiritua Santo Island
New Habridee Group
Guadalcanal
Espiritu: Santo
Espiritu Santo
Ellice Islands
New Hebrides
Rekata Bay
Santa Isabel Island
Vacumatic Gas Saver Promises Big Mileage Boost
Motorists urged to test the Vacumatic Gas Saver device by Vacumatic Car Buretor Co of Wauwatosa Wisconsin claiming 40 percent gas savings plus better power and quicker starts. Free test units offered to participants who will share results and promote the device locally.
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Atime
Vacu Matic Carburetor Co
State St
Wauwatosa
Wisconsin
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KFY
Oklahoma
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Wildcat
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Kahili
Ballate Island
Bougainville Island
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Stagerstown
Edward 1 van Meter
Norman Garrett
Fedeal
Lewisburg
United States Post Office
Blue Ridge Summit
Here
West Boonsboro
Maryland House of Correction
Jefferson
Frederick County
Chicago
St Joseph
Williamson's Delg Store
North Market St. Frederick
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Frederick, Md
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