Eight German Spies Face Maximum Prison Terms
Eight German spies linked to Germany faced up to 20 years in federal prison in New York. Six were found guilty after a two hour and 40 minute jury deliberation, with two pleading guilty. The case traced back to FBI action started after a German agent’s murder near Broadway and included flights, surveillance of military sites, and a Madrid mail drop to Himmler.
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United Press
New York
Germany
Federal Bureau of Investigation
United States
Lucy Boehmler
Hans Helmut Pagel
Vandal gang damages cars in North Market area
Police continue hunt for vandals who punctured 24 tires and broke windshields and aerials on eight cars Friday night in the North Market area. Chief Elmer E. Clark assigns two officers to the case, with a $25 reward from the Canton Automobile Club and assistance in the investigation. Residents on 31st Street NW and Colonial Blvd NE report damage to vehicles parked near Market area.
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North Market
Elmer E. Clark
31St St NW
Colonial Blvd
Market
David Myers
Bonnet
John Margese
George Wade
Fulton Rd
R. W. Burrier
Fulton Rd NW
Neil Schworm
Canton Automobile Club
Weather notice with defense stamps offer at Smith Tire
Public weather brief notes gas prices and defense stamps promotion at Smith Tire off 2nd and McKinley NW with an advertising line.
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Smith Tire
2Nd & McKinley NW
Harter School Grant Approved For 10 Classrooms
The federal Works Agency approved a 79000 grant for ten additional classrooms at Elizabeth Harter grade school. Superintendent Mason says the telegram does not specify temporary or permanent use but expects a permanent addition. Enrollment has risen from 211 to 280, mostly due to defense housing influx. the district had sought funds for multiple new or expanded facilities.
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Federal Works Agency
Elizabeth Harter
Jesse H. Mason
Washington
William R. Thom
Mason
H. E. Talley
Federal
Department of Education
Harter School
Don Mellett
Defense Housing Project
Board of Education
Baxter School
Wells School
Dueber
Roosevelt
Powder Truck Blast Kills Seven In North Carolina
An explosion of a fire ridden ammunition truck near Smithfield North Carolina killed seven and injured over 100. The blast leveled a hotel filling station and a tavern, shattered windows in Selma, and damaged a cement highway. Two auto occupants died prior to blast.
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Smithfield
N. C
Selma
E. N. Booker
Johnston County
Talton Hotel
Booker
George Stroup
Gastonia
Cecil Propst
Lawndale
Rocky Mount
Goldsboro
Raleigh
Highway Patrol
Highes Transport Co
Charleston
S. C
del Carter
Mercury Hits 1942 High For First Hint Of Spring
The 2 pm reading reached 54 degrees signaling an early spring thaw. After a cold season with little variation and continuous ground frost since late December, warmer skies and rain were forecast, softening ground and making unimproved roads muddy and nearly impassable.
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Mercury
Vyazma Endangered by Russian Advance
AP reports a Russian spearhead reached artillery range of Vyazma as Soviet forces claim 40,000 Germans killed on the central front in 28 days to March 5. Losmino is said to be reoccupied, six miles south of Vyazma on the Moscow Smolensk highway. Soviet bureau notes many towns and villages recaptured Feb 6 to Mar 3 amid repulsed German counterattacks.
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Associated Press
Vyazma
Red Army
Stockholm
London Daily Herald
Losmino
Moscow-Smolensk
Moscow
Soviet Information Bureau
Americans To Be Freed Exchange Heads Toward Frontier
London Daily Mail reports from Madrid that American diplomats and news correspondents detained at Bad Nauheim Germany are en route to the Franco Spanish border. They will then travel to Portugal to be exchanged for German diplomats and correspondents interned in the United States.
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International News Service
London
The
London Daily Mail
Madrid
Bad Nauheim
Germany
Portugal
United States
Ohio Draft Chief Clears Board Five
Col Goble reports thorough investigation found Board No 5 adhered to selective service rules in classifying and inducting registrants. Taft had alleged married men were favored and sons of steel workers got deferments. Board members urged Taft to retract if false and suspended further classifications while inquiry continues.
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Sen
Robert A. Taft
Draft Board No. 5
Canton
Col
C. W. Goble
State Selective Service
National Draft Headquarters
Lewis B. Hershey
Victor C. Reese
Col. Goble
Sen. Taft
Board No. 5
Columbus
Hershey
John W. Bricker
Draft Board
Driver in high speed chase lands in jail
Donald M. Baumgardner, 24, eluded police at about 100 miles per hour Friday in a city and county pursuit endangering his three year old son and numerous motorists. He was arrested at 5 p.m. on reckless driving charges, fined 100 dollars plus costs, given five days in jail, and had driving rights suspended for six months. He was ordered held to juvenile court after authorities said he abducted his son from his estranged wife, who had custody. Police pursued after a report of threats and destruction at Baumgardner's home. The chase continued through southwest city streets before officers intercepted him near Mahoning Road.
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Donald M. Baumgardner
Clinton Ave
James A. Bowman
Baumgardner
Billy
P. E. McWilliams
A. M. DiMenna
E. W. Crawford
Roger Graybill
Joseph Ferguson
Mahoning Rd
Income tax returns taken Sunday in Canton area
Canton internal revenue office will be open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday to give hundreds of income taxpayers an extra day to file returns before the March 16 deadline. Earl D. Gross, chief of Canton division, said the Sunday hours are an accommodation for wage earners who have been unable to fill out their returns during regular filing hours.
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Canton Internal Revenue Office
Earl D. Gross
Canton Division
Builders Urged to Focus on Small Homes in Canton
Charles Norlin of the Cleveland FHA urged Canton builders to shift from high cost residential and commercial work to small homes. Speaking to over 40 builders at the Onesto hotel, Norlin cited WPA housing priorities and WPB control to sustain defense housing projects and ensure steady materials flow for defense workers.
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Charles Norlin
Cleveland District Fha
Canton
Onesto
Norlin
Sullivan Jones
Housing Priorities Division
WPA
Jones
WPB
FHA
Japanese Land Mindoro Invasion Report
Washington reports Japanese troops and tanks landed on Mindoro amid naval shelling of its eastern ports. The move signals a step in Japan’s effort to subjugate southern Philippine islands while Zamboanga battles and Bataan defenses near MacArthur’s forces show limited activity.
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United Press
Washington
Mindoro
Luzon
War Department
Department
Japan
Philippines
Zamboanga
Mindano
Zambonanga
Bataan
Douglas MacArthur
Java
Burma
MacArthur
Far Flung U S Navy Operations Reported in Pacific
Honolulu observers cite Tokyo broadcasts and Washington notes suggesting U S forces are conducting distant Pacific actions against Japan. A Tokyo radio claimed 30 planes attacked Minamitori island in the Mariana group, with prior reports mentioning foreign forces including an aircraft carrier two cruisers and other units.
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United Press
Honolulu
Tokyo
Washington
United States Navy
Pacific
Minamitori Island
Marinas Group
Todays index for Philippines page three
The page lists sections and page numbers across Amusements Believe It or Not Church News Comics Crossword Puzzle Damon Runyon Day in Canton Deathseek Editorials Markets and Financial Pitfalls of Love Paul Mallon Radio Programs Serial Story Side Glances Sports Up Through a Century Walter Lippmann with their respective locations on pages four to twelve.
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Damon Runyon
Canton
Paul Mallon
Walter Lippmann
Dutch Radio Station Silent As Overwhelming Foe Pushes Forward
Japanese forces broke through northern defenses around Bandoeng Western Java in a critical battle while air raids asserted control of the region. Soerabaja was isolated as Madoera fell to parachute troops and demolition began under Dutch scorched earth policy. An Allied counter offensive appeared likely as a vast U S convoy moved toward Southwest Pacific operations.
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Bandoeng
Java
United Press
Aneta
New York
Canton
Radio Corp. of America
Dutch Indies
Jokjakarta
Soerabaja
Madoera
Netherlands Indies
Kalidjati
Japan
Netherlands
Australia
India
China
Tokyo
Berlin
Southwest Pacific
U. S
New Guinea
Moresby
Lae
Honolulu
London Daily Mail
Southwest
Pacific
Daily Mail Dispatch
U S Tanks Join Fight in Burma Front
American made tanks entered combat on the Burma front 70 miles northeast of Rangoon as Japanese forces threaten the road and capital. The tanks arrived days earlier and supported infantry, offsetting Japanese numeric superiority in the rice-field battleground. British planes bombed Japanese troops and supply lines while tanks reportedly inflicted heavy casualties.
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Mandalay
Burma
Rangoon
Burma Road
Sittang
Sashio
Union meeting notice for Local No 2327 event
Republic South Division calls a special meeting this Sunday at 10 a.m. at the Golden Lodge Building located at 1234 Harrison SW. Local Union No 2327, S. W. O. C. Adv.
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Republic South Division
Golden Lodge
Harrison SW
Good Used Tires Ad Offers Premium Tires Today and Tomorrow
Local ad promotes premium used tires in all sizes at 600 Cherry SE. Sale runs today and tomorrow with wide selection and competitive pricing.
WPB ship goal labeled must be met in 1942
War Production Chief Donald M. Nelson said the 1942 shipbuilding program must come through as the nation’s fate is at stake. He disputed remarks by William H. Harrison about possible shortfall and noted AFL and CIO leaders pledged full labor support to Roosevelt’s industrial plan to raise war production by one fourth. Harrison warned that bad breaks could hinder reaching the 8,000,000 ton goal.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
William H. Harrison
WFB
Mr. Nelson
William Green
AFL
Philip Murray
CIO
Roosevelt
WPB
Nelson
Harrison
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FBI
Kurt Frederick Ludwig
Ring
Paul T. Borchardt
Helen Pauline Mayer
Rene Froehlich
Karl Victor Mueller
Frederick Edward Schlosser
Miss Boehmler
Ludwig
Samuel Inciardi
Froelich
Henry W. Goddard
Goddard
Julio Lopez
Ulrich von der Osten
Broadway
Osten
Boehmler
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Bermuda
Himmler
Seattle
Weather Report
Stark County
State Highway Department
Atlanta
Buffalo
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Penver
Detroit
Kansas City
Paul
Pittsburgh
Harter
Carolina Highway
General Staff
George C. Marshall
Army
Washington, D. C
H. H. Arnold
Gen
Marshall
Lesley McNair
J. T. McNarney
Brehon Somervell
Ohio
Taft
Goble
Mindoro Island
Toda.y’s Index
United Nations
U.S
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