Victory Book drive nets 3099 items for armed forces
Otho J. Keller III reports 3099 books turned in city and county stations before closing of the Victory Book campaign. Remaining books to be collected at Brunswick Thurmont and other towns. to be delivered to the C Burr Artz Library by Thursday. Some books disqualified for quality will go to children or useful organizations. a 12 year old signer shared a personal note to the soldiers.
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Victory Book Campaign
Otho J. Keller
Brunswick
Thurmont
West Patrick Street
C. Burr Artz
Josephine P Etchison
American Library Association
The
Red Cross
USO
Griumm
Washington, D. C
Publicbrary
WAAC Officer Nannie M Everhart Commissioned Third Officer
Nannie M Everhart daughter of Dr. David G Everhart Sr of this city was commissioned as a Third Officer in the WAAC. She was selected for officer training based on ability and record as an auxiliary in the WAAC.
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Nannie M. Everhart
David G Everhart
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
Everhart
WAAC
Farm Women To Aid Food Supply Campaign
Farm women across Maryland are urged during the first week of March to join a home food supply campaign. They will sign a pledge expressing willingness to cooperate and receive topics on production and conservation to ensure nutritious food for rural families in summer, fall, and winter.
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College Park
Maryland
Wedge Lake Ui Mirage
Venia M. Kellar
Viereck Faces Remaining Charges After Court Ruling
Supreme Court reversal of Viereck’s conviction raises likelihood of release from DC jail where he serves two to six years for incomplete State Department reports on pro German activities. DOJ says sedition charge potential remains under review. case implicates 32 others and the New York Enquirer.
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Washington
Supreme Court
George Sylvester Viereck
District of Columbia
State Department
Varga
New York Enquirer
Justice Department
Viereck
Ihim
Hoover Says Farm Production Top Home War Problem
Former President Hoover told a press conference that maintaining the 1942 level of farm production is the No 1 domestic war effort issue. He cited manpower shifts, machinery and fertilizer shortages, and reduced feeds as threats and urged rationing and farm labor cooperation for the 1943 crop.
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Chicago
Hoover
Great Britain
Russia
Auing
Fully Loaded Axis Tanker Sent To Bottom
A fully loaded Axis tanker was sunk about 500 miles off Cape Finisterre after being shadowed by a Liberator bomber and shelled by the British cruiser Sussex. The crew abandoned ship in four lifeboats but could not be rescued due to German patrols and U-boat activity. The Liberator crew included Technical Sergeant Thomas A. McGinnis.
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London
Cape Finisterre
Spain
Sussex
Admiralty
U.S Army
Liberator
Sergt
Thomas A McGinnis
Glen Burme
Army Air Forces trainee James R. Williams stationed in St Petersburg
Pvt. James R. Williams son of Mr. and Mrs Conrad Williams of 228 East Fifth Street is stationed with the Army Air Forces in St Petersburg Florida. He is a student at the Medical Technical Training School.
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James R. Williams
Williams
Conrad Williams
East Fifth Street
Army Air Forces
St Petersburg
Fla
The
Medical Technical Training School
Market Decline Persists in Mixed Early Trading
Leading stocks including steels rails and motors trended lower with hesitant start and sloweddowns as new issues appeared in blocks up to 10000 shares. Volume trailed yesterday’s peak, with losses from fractions to two points by mid session. Washington moves toward House vote on Hobbs anti racketeering bill opposed by labor groups.
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New York
Psrsues
Washington
House Rules Committee
House
Western Europe bombed as RAF raids Berlin and German targets
The World Today reports the heaviest air raid of the war on Berlin with fires and casualties. Other offensives push across Tunisia, Italy, the Mediterranean, and the Pacific as Allied air and ground forces press Axis positions.
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Associated Press
Western Europe
Berlin
RAF
Germany
Startling Japanese American Activities Hearings Reach California
Charges involving Japanese American activities on Oahu Hawaii since the war entry were disclosed before a California legislative committee on un Americanism. Chairman Jack B Tenney noted some details could not be released for publication.
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Los Angeles
Oahu
Hawaii
California
Legislative Committee On
Jack B Tenney
Wartime censorship blocks testimony on Japanese American workers
Testimony by Rey A. Anders on wartime labor reveals Japanese American foremen supervised construction of military installations. The disclosure of blueprints and plans passed through civilian workers raised concerns about security during the island occupation period.
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Rey A. Andersson
Aircradl
Anderson
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