Bombers and Fighters Lost in European Attack
American heavy bombers led two missions against Brunswick Germany and Pas de Calais France with minimal enemy opposition. One bomber and eight fighters were lost, six American fighters and two RAF planes were also downed. The raids marked the 19th offensive day for the Eighth Air Force in February and followed a month of record Allied air activity over Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Europe
Brunswick
Germany
Pas - de - Calais
France
Eighth Air Force
RAF
Berlin
Messerschmitt
Compromise On Soldiers' Vote Reaches Accord
Washington reports a week long deadlock on service vote laws ended as conferees proposed a Federal absentee ballot option for states lacking their own system. Conditions require governor certification, state law compliance, and a second choice status for servicemen. Senate approval delays until next week due to recess for McNary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Rep
Rankin
D-Miss
Congress
Charles L. McNary
12 Years For Murder At Hagerstown
Lester William Looker 35 pleaded guilty to second degree murder in Hagerstown and was sentenced by Judge D Lindley Sloan to 12 years in Maryland Penitentiary. The defendant admitted the charge after the State and witnesses testified. Looker had lived with Mrs Esther Fravel for 16 years and was divorced. his former wife witnessed the plea and embraced him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Lester William Looker
Maryland
D. Lindley Sloan
Martin L. Ingram
Looker
Esther Fravel
Sloan
Pen
Washington, D. C
Assembly To Meet Monday In Maryland Special Session
Governor OConor announced a special session beginning Monday March 6 at 8 PM to pass a State absentee voting law. The plan includes a uniform Federal absentee ballot under state certifications and continuation of bonus payments to Maryland teachers to April 1, 1945. The session will also discuss soldier vote legislation, party caucuses, and electing new presiding and majority leaders in both chambers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Flo
Oconor
Maryland General Assembly
House Senate
Congress
Maryland
Legislative Council
Baltimore
William C. Walsh
O'Conor
House of Delegates
Senate
House
Instructions For Auto Tags On Old Envelopes
Local motorists face confusion over old envelope directions used with 1944 license tags. War cut tag material, so one tag remains for rear use from March 15. remove old tags and corner plate when new tag is installed. Expiration remains March 31, penalties apply for early tag use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Motor Vehicle Department
W. Lee Elgin
Maryland
Soviet Demands Finland Break With Nazis for Talks
Moscow radio broadcast six hard terms to Finland for peace talks. Reopening the 1940 Soviet Finnish treaty, withdrawal to 1940 borders, release of Soviet and Allied prisoners and civilians, rupture of ties with Germany, and other conditions to be settled in Moscow. Finland’s Parliament held secret sessions but no decision announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Finland
Germany
Moscow
Helsinki
Russia
Juho K. Paasikivi
Alexandra Kollantay
Sweden
Stockholm
Paasikivi
Kollantay
Soviet Union
Petsaena
Iu- MePs
Information Bureau of
The
Peoples Commissariat For Foreign Affairs
Admiralty Landing Tightens Encirclement Of 50,000 Japs
Allied forces under General MacArthur land on Los Negros Island near Manus in the Admiralty Islands operation. The 235 mile push tightens the encirclement of about 50,000 Japanese troops, severs supply lines, and establishes Momote airstrip. The strike, aided by Seventh Fleet bombardment, leaves Japanese air power diminished and positions increasingly precarious in Rabaul and New Britain.
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Admiralty Landing
Allied
Southwest Pacific
Bismarck Sea
Admiralty Islands
Douglas MacArthur
Rabaul
New Britain
MacArthur
Los Negros Island
Manus Island
William C. Chase
Momote
Marine Corps
Cape Gloucester
New’ Britain
Seventh Fleet
Thomas C. Kincaid
Daniel E. Barbey
Viliaz Strait
Guam
Philippines
New Guinea
Southwest
South Pacific
Bismarck
Admiralty Island
Garri
Salomons
New Zealand
Green Islands
Admiralty
Innis P. Swift
George C. Kenney
Fifth Air Force
Ennis C. Whitehead
Russell §. Berkey
William M. Fetcheler
Guernsey Breeders Dine With Speakers Thursday Night
Earl Shultz of the American Guernsey Cattle Club will be the principal speaker at the Frederick County Guernsey Breeders Association annual dinner at Ebert's Thursday night. Floyd Arnold of the Maryland Extension Service will discuss, and John Clark will show cattle related films. Dinner at 7. toastmaster William A. Fouche. arrangements chaired by Mrs. Julia G. Smith. 4-H Club guests invited. county Guernsey owners also invited. Desautels joins Marines after swearing in. training at Parris Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Shultz
American Guernsey Cattle Club
Peterborough
N. H
Frederick County
Guernsey Breeders Association
Ebert
Floyd Arnold
Maryland Extension Service
John Clark
Maryland State Fair Board
William A. Fouche
Adamstown
Julia G. Smith
Libertytown
Heavy Bombing Attacks Made on Ponape Island
U S Pacific Fleet reports American planes dropped 30 tons on Ponape in the Carolines and nearly 59 tons on seven Marshalls atolls in Central Pacific. Admiral Nimitz announced the raids from Pearl Harbor. Navy planes strafed Kusate dock areas. Army Liberators and other aircraft participated. several raiders were damaged but all returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Ponape
Carolines
Marshalls Atolls
Central Pacific
Chester W Nimitz
Navy
Kusate
Marshalls
Funk May Be Candidate For Congress Seat
State Senator John B. Funk of Brunswick says he will decide after the special legislative session whether to run for Congress in the Sixth District. He notes possible Democratic interest but does not seek the nomination, and discusses uniform absentee voting for service members and the need to mail ballots and instructions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Funk
Brunswick
Congress
J. Glenn Beall
Frostburg
Legislative Council
Baltimore
Funk
General Assembly
Organized Labor
Maryland
William C. Walsh
War and Navy
O'Conor
Council of State
Tighten Renewal OF Occupation Deferments
Baltimore February 29 1944 Maryland draft boards tighten issuance and renewal of occupation deferments Col Henry C Stanwood reports 23 percent of registrants hold deferments 45 percent 2-Ci farm labor deferments 16.35 percent 4-F unfit for service about 3400 registrants remain 3-A pending reclassification
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Maryland
Selective Service
Henry C. Stanwood
Col
Stanwood
Decision to Sell Taneytown Fair Grounds
Carroll County Fair Association stockholders met Monday night and approved selling the Taneytown fairgrounds. President George R. Sauble announced Tuesday that the purchaser price and post sale plans are being withheld pending completion. Directors had recently recommended the sale and it was unclear if the organization will continue or seek a new exhibition site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County Fair Association
George R. Sauble
Taneytown
Truck Lines Consolidated forms new management group
Consolidation of the Maryland Transportation Co of Frederick with the Busey Motor Lines of Hagerstown was announced by Frank H Urner new president. Thirty trucks operating in Hagerstown Frederick Baltimore and Washington districts will be affected with plans to extend to Winchester and Martinsburg. Executives from Maryland Transportation will remain as leaders of the merged lines. Charles E Sheets former Maryland Transportation president stays as advisor. G Bernard Stull of Frederick named vice president and treasurer. Urner says growth aims to centralize control for better service. Purchase terms included 20 000 cash plus an operating advisory contract to Sheets. Also notes that applications for I C C and state approvals to expand to other western Maryland districts are being prepared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland Transportation Co
Frederick
Busey Motor Lines
Hagerstown
Frank H. Urner
Baltimore
Washington
Winchester
Martinsburg
Consolidated Lines
Urner
Charles E. Sheets
Ijamsville
G. Bernard Stull
Consolidated Companies
Maryland
Sheets
Red Cross Drive Opens in Frederick County
About 200 volunteers attended a dinner at the Francis Scott Key hotel as Frederick County began a Red Cross War Fund drive aimed at a city county quota of 47 000 toward a 1944 national goal of 200 million. Campaign leaders announced early advances of 17 500 and outlined a plan to raise 15 000 in the county towns. Door to door soliciting starts Friday with ten city teams and a women’s group led by Mrs Paul Michael. Also noted, Herbert Hunt, a black convicted robber, sought parole after a 16 year sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
Francis Scott Key
Charles McC. Mathias
Henry RL. Shoemaker
Lewis R. Dertzbaugh
James H. Gambrill, Jr
Red Cross
Frederick
Dertzbaugh
American Red Cross
Alvin G. Quinn
Paul §. Michael
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Braddock Grange
J. W . Summers
Wally
Pearl G. Kelauver
Hazel Holter
John Arthur Summers
Betsy
Grace Mahoney
Elsie Stone
Tobias’ Zimmerman
Pomona Grange
Grange
Tuteday
Winchester Hall
Sheriff’s Office
Paul B. Rhoads
Imi
Canada
Ottawa
Commons
Douglas Abbott
James Lessey
Dominion
Berg
Cline & Son Funeral Ofrectors
Raeae
Guernsey
Berger’s
N. Market St
Ponape Island
Ips
South Market
Allen
Delphey
W. Patrick St
Tokyo
Capt
L the
Flying Tigers
Russell Whelen
Kathleen Norris
Vercors
Dorothy Macardle
Radio
Scienc
Ben Ames Williams
Herger’s
F. H. Urner
Columbia
D. C
South Carolina
House of Representatives
Burall
C. C. Carty
Herbert Hunt
Hunt
Herman H. Moser
Frederick, MD
Hendrickson
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