Allied Raids Hit Japanese Shipping Near Rabaul
Allied bombers for a fourth night struck at shipping in Rabaul harbor. A sea plane tender and three cargo ships were damaged or hit, with an 8,000 ton vessel badly damaged and heading for shore. Other patrols hit a 4,000 ton cargo vessel off Babo and damaged a small Jap cargo ship near Alexishafen. 60 Japanese stragglers were killed near Buin as ground forces tightens Papuan peninsula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied
Australia
New Britain
Rabaul
Allied High Command
Douglas MacArthur
Cape Gazelle
Vunakanau
Southwest Pacific
Babo
Dutch New Guinea
Alexishafen
New Guinea
Lae
Salamaua
Buin
Kumusi
Praised From President Roy Marlin Spencer Australia
Devastating blows by General Douglas MacArthur's air forces in the southwest Pacific earn praise from President Roosevelt. The message commends efficient bombardments during the past weeks, especially in the Solomons, in support of operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Marlin Spencer
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest
Pacific
Roosevelt
Solomons
Draft Methods Discussed by Sedalia Kiwanis Group
Dr. A L Walter explained draft administration to Kiwanis at Bothwell hotel as J K Pat Kid Jr spoke on draft calls and service. program chair Joe Rosenthal introduced speakers and J H Brunkhorst announced a directors meeting at Kuecks. Guests included Jack Vernon and others from New York Topeka and Springfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Walter
Sedalia Kiwanis Club
Bothwell Hotel
J. K
Pat” Kid, Jr
Selective Service Board
Joe Rosenthal
J. H. Brunkhorst
H. A. Campbell
Kueck’s
Jack Vernon
New York
J. J. Donlon
Harper Glezen
Topeka
Kas
W. C. Wining
Tom Kennedy
Springfield
Cecil Owen
Change in Temperature Across Regions Reported
A brief notice describes a cooler trend in the northern area with slightly colder conditions extending into the south and central portions by Friday.
Roosevelt Confined To His Quarters In White House
President Roosevelt is confined to his living quarters in the White House due to a slight intestinal disturbance. Aides say he cancelled all appointments and has less than a degree of temperature but must stay quiet for two or three days, per assistant presidential secretary William D. Hassett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
William D. Hassett
Seventy-Five From Pettis County Called for Armed Forces
Pettis countians are notified by selective service to report for military duty on March 5. The list includes Ray Frances Fowble Jr in Grand Kansas City, Leo Lewis, Claude Nold, Duane Ewing, Alvin Weber, Gilbert Herrmann, Forest Weir, Edward Schlobohm, Virgil Corson, Ford Smith, Gordon Smith, Herschel Sumners, Murrell Griffith, George Winters, William Chaplin, Granville Thomas, Elmo Lingle, Clarence Fluty Jr, Marion Schmidt, Oden Bruce, Howard Bell, Junior Clark, Eugene Patrick, Harry Spurlock, Lewis Hill, Rolla Wyatt, Jimmie Benscoter, James Grady, Theodore Simon, Edward Duncan, Robert Hopkins, James Gibson, Charles Hoffman, and Benjamin Trout. Page 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pettis
Selective Service
Ray Frances Fowble, Jr
Grand
Kansas City
Leo Paul Lewis
Quincy
Claude William Nold
South
Duane Ernest Ewing
West Seventh Street
Alvin Adam Weber
Russellville
Gilbert Francis Herrmann
West
Tenth Street
Forest E. Weir
Culton Street
Warrensburg
Edward Richard Schlobohm
Smithton
Virgil Levi Corson
Third Street
Ford McKinley Smith
Broadway
Gordon Victor Smith
J. A. Hall
East Seventh
Herschel Junior Sumners
Massachusetts
Murrell Clayton Griffith
Hancock
George Irvin Winters
Moniteau
William Zephal Chaplin
Granville Walker Thomas
North Grand
Elmo Elzie Lingle
Arlington
Clarence Dee Fluty, Jr
Green Ridge
Marion Edward Schmidt
Harrison
Oden Bruce
Orville
Kas
Howard Charles Bell
Brooklyn
Junior Lewis Clark
West Seventh
Hoisington
Eugene Victor Patrick
Delaware
Leavenworth
Harry Delores Spurlock
Pacific Avenue
Lewis Lee Hill
Packard Road
Ann Arbor
Mich
Rolla Estell Wyatt
Gandhi in India: Gandhi's health unchanged during fast
Bombay reports no change in Mohandas K. Gandhi's condition on the 16th day of his 21 day fast. Official bulletin provides no new medical detail but confirms continued fast and stable status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gandhi
Bombay
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Shutdown At Boeing Plants For Few Hours
Boeing aircraft workers at an uptown Seattle mass meeting halted the Flying Fortress lines for a partial shift. About 20,000 participants marched through the business district demanding wage increases and union support if the war labor board delays its decision. Brig. Gen. Branshaw condemned the action as treasonous and urged Roosevelt to intervene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Boeing Aircraft
Flying Fortress
AFL
War Labor Board
Tn E
Boeing
Renton
Charles E. Branshaw
Army Air Forces
Santa Monica
Calif
Roosevelt
Labor Board
Bill Aims to Spare Fathers from WW II Draft
Washington February 25. Senator Wheeler of Montana introduces a bill to exempt all fathers with children under 18 who live with their families from induction. The proposal says if a man is physically fit and aged 38 to 45 he should be taken after married men to avoid breaking up homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Wheeler
D-Mont
Senate
America
Democrat Capital Class Ads Get Results
Democrat Capital Class ads run for one week at eight dollars in ten words. Phone number listed as 1000 for inquiries.
Navy Cross to Marine Private for slaying of 200 Japs
Philadelphia and Guadalc Grant? Private Albert Schmid received the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism on Guadalcanal. In the Tenaru river defense on Aug 21 he fought alone after his squadmate Rivers was killed and Diamond wounded, loading and firing until a grenade finally felled him. He carried on despite serious wounds and loss of sight in one eye. He returned to Philadelphia Feb 19 and remains hospitalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Albert Schmid
Guadalcanal
Tenaru
Navy Yard
Schmid
Col
A. E. Randall
Marine Barracks
Joan Rivers
Quakertown
Leroy Diamond
Brooklyn
Rivers
Diamond
Naval Hospital
Chicago
Ross
O. K. le Blanc
Abbeyville
Changes On Tire Recapping Authorized By Board
The tire panel of the Pettis County Rationing Board announced that passenger car and light truck tires smaller than 7.50x20 may be recapped without a certificate. Commercial vehicle tires remain restricted. Citizens may recap their own tires but cannot replace any tire with a recapped or used tire without a certificate. Chairman Charles O. Botz said the restriction removal was authorized yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rationing Board
Charles O. Botz
Pettis County Rationing Board
Indications Of Raid On Italy
A Zurich dispatch says many heavy bombers flew south of Lugano tonight signaling allied air forces attack Italy on a heavy scale. Axis radio stations shut down across Denmark Germany and France for 35 minutes. A foreign plane crossed Sweden drawing anti-aircraft fire and Danish and German networks went silent for technical reasons. London areas heard an alert followed by all clear. The night’s raids come as Canadian bombers lead the latest attacks on Wilhelmshaven with RAF support, marking a record Canadian bomber force in action and signaling February as possibly the heaviest bombing month against the axis war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Zurich
Switzerland
Lugano
Italy
Denmark
Germany
France
Stockholm
Sweden
DNB
Calais
Wilhelmshaven
RAF
Bomber Command
RCAF
North America
Senate Votes Ceiling Hoist
Senate backed legislation to raise price ceilings on farm products in a 78 to 2 vote. The Bankhead bill directs not to count government payments when setting ceilings, potentially lifting ceilings on corn soybeans peanuts and flour. OPA officials warned the change would raise consumer food costs and invite inflation concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
House
Agriculture Department
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Bankhead
D-Ala
Chicago
Reds Crash Deeper In The Nazi Defenses
London dispatch reports Red Army breakthrough near Dnieper west of Kharkov and capture Mingrelskaya in the western Caucasus close to Novorossisk. Russian communiques say eight guns, 77 machine guns, ammo dumps and stores seized as tanks push toward Novorossisk amid German counterattacks and weather. In Donets basin and Rostov area, Russians gain ground while Axis casualties reach about 5000 since Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Red Army
Dnieper
Kharkov
Mingrelskaya
Caucasus
Black Sea
Novorossisk
Donets
Rostov
Sea of Azov
Taganrog
Moscow
Poltava
Knotop
Monitor
101St
Krasnodar
Orel
Double-Squeeze On Axis Bridgehead As Allies Advance
Allied forces push through Kasserine pass with air cover as a double squeeze targets the Axis bridgehead in North Africa. Rommel pulls back armor toward Tunisia's eastern coast while Montomery’s British Eighth Army presses Mareth line and German positions near Ousseltia collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Africa
Tunisia
Kasserine Pass
Harold Alexander
Erwin Rommel
Algeria
Ross Munro
Sicilian
Bizerte
Sbeitla
Ousseltia
Kasserine
Rommel
Eighth Army
Bernard L. Montgomery
Ilgenfritz Estate Inventory Reported in Probate Court
The estate of the late C. E. Ilgenfritz lists personal property worth 209,138.70 and real estate at 168,575 for a total 377,713.70. Appraisers Herbert W. Mason, Charles R. Gentry, and Herbert L. Zoernig filed the inventory. William M. Ilgenfritz is the administrator. The deceased’s nephew is Mr. Ilgenfritz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Ilgenfritz
Herbert W. Mason
Charles R. Gentry
Herbert L. Zoernig
William M. Ilgenfritz
Mr. Ilgenfritz
Priorities Consultant Meets with Chamber on Thursday
Roger P. Meyers, a priorities consultant specializing in controlled material and production requirements plans, was at the Chamber of Commerce offices Thursday and will be there today to discuss problems with all business people. Call the chamber at 895 to make an appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger P. Meyers
Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Meyers
Chamber
Reports Purse And Her Shoes Stolen
LOS ANGELES February 25. Marie Harding age 30 reported to police a bandit knocked her unconscious took her purse and in keeping with the times her shoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Upi
Marie Harding
Two Fliers Missing In Ferry Division Near Las Vegas
Long Beach Calif Feb 25 The ferrying division of the air transport command reports two pilots missing for three days from a cargo plane on a routine delivery. First Lieut Charles Ross Butterwick 39 and First Lieut Charles R Ives 26 both of Long Beach Calif were last heard from near Las Vegas Nev Butterwick’s wife lives in Long Beach and his mother Mrs Frances Butterwick in Los Angeles Ives’ wife also lives in Long Beach and his mother Mrs Reedy Ives of Little Rock Ark
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Calif
Air Transport Command
Charles Ross Butterwick
Charles R. Ies
Las Vegas
Nev
Butterwick
Frances Butterwick
Los Angeles
Ives
Reedy Ives
South St
Little Rock Ark
Registration to continue for Ration Book No 2
Registration for Ration Book No 2 continues through Friday until 6 PM due to high turnout. Schools dismiss early Friday. Sedalia hosts rural residents to register, with total two day registrations reaching 14,182 including 11,700 at Smith-Cotton and 1,384 at Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedalia
Broadway
Horace Mann
Jefferson
Hubbard
Mark Twain
Washington
Whittier
Smith-Cotton
Stolen Firestone Bicycle Reported From Bryant Motor Site
Robert Chambers reports a red Firestone bicycle stolen around 4 30 p m Thursday from beside the Bryant Motor company at Second street and Kentucky avenue. The bike has no fenders and bears license number 689.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Chambers
South
Kentucky Avenue
Bryant Motor Company
Second Street
Firestone
Barney Ross Returns Home Kisses American Soil
Corp Barney Ross, Guadalcanal hero and former three title holder, kisses U S soil on his San Diego homecoming ship arrival. He recalls the tough shell-hole night saving wounded Marines, describes throwing 21 grenades and 106 rifle rounds, earning praise and a Navy Cross distinction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corp
Ross
Guadalcanal
U.S
San Diego
Calif
Barney Ross
Ringsiders
Fio
Monak
Pvt. R. C. Atkins
Rome
Santa Fe Course
Hollywood
Barney
Freeman Atkins
Captain le Blanc
John Murdock
Boston
Eleven Missouri Men Wounded in North Africa
Washington Feb. 25 Eleven Missouri soldiers are listed among 366 wounded in action in North Africa. Wounded since last November, some have recovered and returned to duty. Names include Sgt Hubert B Adams and Pvt Bert Smith with home connections in St. Louis and Jefferson City, among others from Boonville Sedalia and Nevada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Missouri
North Africa
War Department
Adams
Hubert B
Lena Adam
Marquette Ave
St. Louis
Bryant
Corp
Floyd V
Lorene Flossie Bryant
Everton
Colson
Pfe
Charles D
Jesse Colson
Sweet Springs
Hesp, Corp
George J
Meta M. Hosp
RFD
Boonville
Loseman
John J
William Loseman
Jennings
McGiboney
David R., Jr
D. R. McGiboney
Nevada
Meyers
Stanley H
Henry M. Meyers
1609 S. Prospect St. Sedalia
Orchard
Russell T
Jack A. Orchard
Fulton
Private Meyers Returns Home Sparks News Attention
Upon returning to the United States and entering Moore General Hospital in Swabbanon New Jersey, the Capital and Democrat highlighted Meyers progress. His parents Mr and Mrs Henry M Meyers received daily letters noting steady improvement, while his brother Captain Harry Meyers a 1939 West Point graduate stationed at Camp Bowie Texas was mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meyers
United States
Moore General Hospital
Swabbanon
N. J
Capital
Democrat
Henry M. Meyers
Sedalwin
Harry Meyers
West Point
Camp Bowie
Texas
Overtime Parking Tickets Issued to Three Residents
Ira McMackin William H. Bunn and Mrs O Rentschler received tickets for overtime parking Thursday. Each posted a $1 cash bond to appear in police court this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira McMackin
William H. Bunn
O. Rentschler
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jimmie Harold Benscoter
East Seventh Street
James Francis Grady
South Grand
Theodore Eugene Simon
East Eleventh Street
Edward Wallace Duncan
West Second Street
Robert Earl Hopkins
East Seventeenth Street
James Maurice Gibson
North Broadway
Charles Philip Hoffman
Vermont
Benjamin Arthur Trout
Harold Gibson
Aeronautical Mechanics Union District Lodge
Navy Cross
Milo F. Draemer
Fourth Naval District
Rice Yahner
William T. Peacock
Stalino
Krasnoarmeisk-Kramatorsk
Kramatorsk
Major
John S. Gulledge
Sedalia Army Air Base
Sedalia Army Air Field
Major Gulledge
Kassarine Pass
Daniel DE Luce
Hyeenfritz
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