Southern California Braces After Continental Attack
Southern Californians react to the first attack on the U S mainland as Ellwood oil field damage is minor. A few shells hit engine housings and power lines while most splashed harmlessly into fields and the beach. Authorities continue air and sea searches for the intruder.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Claude Pepper
D-Fla
Los Angeles
Washington
West Coast
Roosevelt
Ellwood Oil Field
Here
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Navy
San Luis Obispo
John B. Maloney
Coast Barrage Leaves Tank Damaged but Intact
Witnesses describe a 410000 barrel tank as dented yet not severed by a missile. The scene shows shell holes in the bluff and palisades, evidencing inaccuracy of 23 other shots and signaling Colorado’s capacity to endure Russian temperatures.
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Palisades
U S Acts to Round Up More Enemy Aliens
Federal agents moved into 45 forbidden zones in California with orders to arrest or investigate remaining enemy aliens. By midnight evacuation deadline thousands left homes or faced internment. Mass migration of Japanese workers was forecast amid rising celery prices and reduced shipments.
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San Francisco
California
Richard M. Neustadt
Defense, Health and Welfare
San Francisco Bay Area
Julius Zentner
Record of 56 Degrees Below Zero in Colorado
An unofficial report from Kremmling Colorado notes a temperature of 56 degrees below zero last week, measured by a railroad station agent with a thermometer. The Weather Bureau permits publication of the figure for public interest.
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Hitler
Colorado
Kremmling
Colo
Weather Bureau
Belief Boosts Endurance in Football Players
A New York UP report says young healthy players increased endurance by 200 percent in three weeks. Sugar tablets believed to contain gelatin spurred gains, while tablets with the gelatin chemical amlino acetic acid also raised endurance, though not beyond the sugar placebo.
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New York
Journal of the American Medical Association
Bey
New York Banks Adopt Defense Bonds Payroll Plan
About 50 percent of New York State's 256 commercial banks have joined the defense bonds voluntary payroll savings plan. Eugene C. Donovan, president of the New York State Bankers Association, said participating banks report 100 percent employee enrollment.
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New York
Eugene C. Donovan
New York State Bankers Association
Donovan
Stalin lauded for new artillery method during war effort
Moscow reports praise from Army Commissar Schadenko for Stalin as military tactician who directs operations near Tula and Moscow. He credits Stalin with an improved artillery attack method and meticulous care for front logistics, noting 40,000 decorations since the war began including 110 Heroes of the Soviet Union.
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A. T. Steele
Chicago Daily News, Inc
Moscow
Joseph V. Stalin
E. Schadenko
Red Army
Schadenko
Stalin
Tula
Germany
Soviet Union
Lenin
Threat of Sabotage Leads to Warehouse Plot Arrest
Buffalo February 25 A UPA man allegedly threatened to blow up the Larkin warehouse and claimed it could net about 25000. He was held for questioning after a tavern overheard remark and a second man’s wife alerted police. The suspect said he was employed at the warehouse.
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Buffalo
UPA
Larkin
Sergt
Fred H. Rambuss
Governor Lehman Urges Individual Morale and Responsibility
Albany reports Governor Lehman tells public welfare officials that every person must be nutrition minded, first aid minded, and socially minded to tackle cost of living, budget management, and health. He says democracy requires personal responsibility and home morale to aid those with the least in this struggle.
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Albany
Lehman
Devin Winner in Seattle Primaries
Police Judge William F. Devin led the Seattle primary with 27,940 votes to Mayor Earl Milikin’s 17,035. Councilman William Norton followed with 9,495. Devin faces Millikin in the general election. they also opposed each other last year for the unexpired mayoral term of Governor Langlie.
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Seattle
William F. Devin
Earl Imiilkin
O 'Millikin
William Norton
Millikin
Langlie
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