FDR asks Congress for 500 million loan to China
President Roosevelt asks Congress to approve a 500 million dollar loan for China. The White House disclosed the letter to Speaker Rayburn, with leaders from both parties meeting Morgenthau and Jones to communicate support. Early said Rayburn would introduce the resolution at noon and release the text.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
China
White House
Rayburn
House
Dual Highway Considered for Completion in State Plan
The State Roads Commission met in Baltimore to discuss finishing one lane of the Hagerstown Frederick dual highway as a WPA project. Five miles in Washington County and the rest in Frederick County remain. Support is strong in both counties to complete the route, a key national defense artery, soon. One three mile section has been completed in Washington County, with progress in Hagerstown corporate limits. The base and bridges are done, and concrete laying could proceed with relief labor.
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State Roads Commission
Baltimore
Hagerstown-Frederick
Washington County
Frederick County
Washington
Frederick
Hagerstown
Bomb Blast In Hotel Kills Ten At Kalgoorlie
Ten people died and twenty were wounded in bomb explosions at a hotel and a house near Kalgoorlie in a gold mining area. Police found a body of an unknown man in a cemetery, suspected of planting the bombs, who reportedly killed himself.
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Perth
Australia
Kalgoorlie
War Time: Roosevelt names daylight saving for wartime power
Washington report states clocks will advance an hour on February 9 adopting War Time. President Roosevelt endorses the new daylight saving time created by Congress to conserve power for defense operations.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
County Flier Tips Highlight Local News
First prize in last week's news tip contest goes to a county resident who reported two county boys, not acquainted, named pilot and co pilot of the same fortress bomber designed for foreign service. Second prize split between a local youth engaged to an Iceland girl and a fire that destroyed a big trailer truck and contents. Tips accepted each weekday 7:30 to 1:30 by the Daily Mail.
Pastor Carries On Despite Son's Death
In Maywood Chicago the Plymouth Congregational church did not sing the closing hymn. Rev Roy W Merrifield read aloud the names of parishioners serving in the military and added his son Jacque, killed in action guarding Clark Field at Luzon with Philippine tank forces, as he received word that morning.
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Chicago
Plymouth Congregational Church
Maywood
Roy W. Merrifield
Jacque
Clark Field
Luzon
Treasury approves 1943 funding bill for Treasury and Post Office
Washington February 2 Treasury Secretary Morgenthau testified before a House subcommittee that the 1 112 926 899 appropriations bill to finance the Treasury and Post Office for 1943 reflects healthier fiscal conditions than during the first World War and notes stock and commodity values have held up with little fluctuation as the bill moves toward passage.
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Washington
Treasury and
Post Office Departments
Congress
Treasury
Morgenthau
House Appropriations
Sugar Gets Them in A Peck Of Trouble
In Camden New Jersey on February 2 two dining companions argued over a second spoonful of sugar for coffee. They assaulted the waiter by breaking a plate glass window and knocked the restaurant manager unconscious before being held without bail for the grand jury.
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Sugar
Camden
N. J
Six County Boys Enlist In Navy
Six youths from Williamsport and one man from Hagerstown enlisted through the local recruiting office and were sent to Baltimore for final exams and assignment to a Naval Training Base. The Baltimore group includes Jacob T. Voelker Frank L. Mentzer Richard C. Snyder Wilbur Jackson Meyers Ludwig M. Long all of Williamsport and Marvin B. Mullenix of 336 South Cannon Avenue city. All joined the Naval Reserve.
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Williamsport
Hagerstown
U. S. Navy
Baltimore
Navy
Jacob T. Voelker
Frank L. Mentzer
Richard C. Snyder
Wilbur Jackson Meyers
Ludwig M. Long
Marvin B. Mullenix
Cannon Avenue City
Naval Reserve
31 Leave For Final Exams
Thirty-one Hagerstown and Washington county youths left this morning for Baltimore to take their final physical examinations before induction into the armed forces later this month. There were 13 from Board 1 and 18 from Board 2. From Board No 1 were Luther Eugene Leanhart, Ray Ernest Shirey, Lawrence Healey Steenburg, Jack Douglas Sandower, Clarence Andres Armstrong, Charles Lester Jones, Ralph Marion Stotler, Preston Roland Cook, Ray Reed, Robert Walter Canfield, Alfred James Mentz Jr., George Valentine Mong Jr., and Charles William Benner.
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Hagerstown
Washington County
Baltimore
Luther Eugene Leanhart
Ray Ernest Shirey
Lawrence Healey Steenburg
Jack Douglas Sandower
Clarence Andres Armstrong
Charles Lester Jones
Ralph Marion Stotler
Preston Roland Cook
Ray Reed
Robert Walter Canfield
Alfred James Mentz
George Valentine Mong, Jr
Charles William Benner
Quaker Man Resigns Church Over Draft Registration
Charles C. Satterthwaite a 43 year old Reading businessman resigns his lifelong Quaker membership to register for the February 16 draft. He cites his son Arnold in Danbury Federal penitentary for refusing to register as the motive and says he would serve in any army role if called. His wife supports his son's stance and backs his choice.
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Charles C. Satterthwaite
Reading
Satterthwaite
Arnold
Danbury
Conn
Satterthwait
Fatal Headon Crash Kills Two in Chambersburg
A series of three crashes on the Middleburg Pike near Bellevue left two young Chambersburg residents dead and several others injured. Richard E. Caldwell, 23, died at the hospital after a 9:30 p.m. crash that also killed Margaret Kessinger, 18. Kenneth Fazenbaker, 25, Mt Union, faces manslaughter charges as the alleged driver. Beatrice Hoover, 19, survived with minor injuries. Harley, Barges, and Cascar are also involved. Police say Cascar initially claimed he was driving. investigation continues.
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Dre
Chambersburg
Middleburg Pike
Richard E. Caldwell
West
King Street
Margaret Kessinger
Broad Street
Kenneth Fazenbaker
Mt. Union
Fazenbaker
Fazen
Prowlers Reported In Neighborhood Activities
Police logged three prowler complaints with near identical reports from Wesley B Cooper on East Irvin Avenue Miss Carrie Clemments on South Locust Street and Rabbi Reuben Framm on South Mulberry Street. Clemments described a prowler with a flashlight and Framm said unauthorized use of his car occurs every Saturday night. Chester M Comer on North Jonathan Street reported an attempted break in at his second floor apartment.
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Wesley B. Cooper
East Irvin Avenue
Carrie Clemments
South Locust Street
Clemments
Reuben Framm
South Mulberry Street
Chester M. Comer
North Jonathan Street
Election Office Reports Busy January for Registration
The Board of Election Supervisors said January saw seven Democrats and three Republicans registered, 35 transfers made, 48 declarations of intention received, and 418 certificates of registration issued. Three Republicans and one declined changed to Democrat, and twelve voters changed addresses.
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The
Board of Election Supervisors
Burglary Hits Washington Summer Home Near Pen Mar
The summer home of Paul Geis er in Washington D C near Pen Mar was burglarized over the weekend. A shovel was used to force open a window but nothing was reported stolen.
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Paul Geiser
Washington, D. C
Pen Mar
Prosperity hard on paper money in circulation
The House Ways and Means committee reported that rapid business turnover cut the average life of dollar bills from nine to seven months. Consequently the 1943-16,200,000 extra sheets of currency printing appropriation rose by $1,060,938.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Smithsburg High Cafeteria Robbery Reported
Thieves believed to be boys broke into Smithsburg High School last night through a basement door and raided the cafeteria shelves of candy cake and ice cream. The janitor said the act occurred overnight as he spent Sunday inside the building.
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Smithsburg High School
Indictment Over Food Theft in Le Bel Village
Parissoir reports 49 residents of Le Bel near Paris indicted for pilfering food stocks left in locked army freight cars during the 1940 retreat. The crackdown follows past sentences against officers for distributing gasoline to fleeing motorists to keep it from Germans.
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Vichy
France
Parissoir
le Bel
Paris
Invaders Driven Back in Singapore Stand
Singapore reports three small enemy craft sunk by defenders in the Johore Strait area. Artillery from Singapore Island bombarded Japanese forces moving toward Johore Bahru as air reconnaissance noted significant troop movements southward. Allied forces reinforced, preparing a last-ditch defense against a possible imminent assault.
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Singapore
Johore Strait
Johore Bahru
Malay Peninsula
Confident Defenses of Singapore Sturdy
The Chinese Army newspaper Sao Tang Pao expressed confidence that Singapore’s defenses would hold against land attacks from Malaya and, if needed, sea assault.
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Chungking
Sao Tang Pao
Singapore
Malaya
Virginia Deserter Held Here Demands Extradition
Walter Satterwhite of this city is wanted in Roanoke Virginia on desertion charges. He has demanded extradition papers and will get a Governor O Conor hearing on February 9. Captain William H Peters noted the pickup by Virginia authorities, as Satterwhite refuses to return, citing he has work here and sought his wife and family to join him.
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Walter Satterwhite
Roanoke
Herbert R. O'Conor
William H. Peters
Satterwhite
Virginia
Singapore coastal guns may have faced Malayan troops
A British military commentator suggested Singapore’s large coastal defense guns, built to repel sea incursions, could have been directed at Japanese forces on the Malayan mainland north of the Johore Strait. He noted designers anticipated a mainland attack and that fortifications were planned for island sea assaults.
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Johore-Bahru
Singapore
Singapore Strait
C.P
London
Fei
Johore Strait
Australians Pound Japs In Pacific Skirmishes
Melbourne reports Australia enacts secret defense measures after a three hour War Ministry meeting. Australian bombers strike Japanese shipping in the harbor at Rabaul as Japan eyes Amboina. Dutch and British notes describe heavy fighting around Amboina Borneo Celebes and Tulagi without major damage or casualties.
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Melbourne
New Britain
Bismarck Archipelago
Rabaul
Amboina
Australia
Batavia
Netherlands East Indies
Borneo
Celebes
Francis Forde
Commonwealth
Army
Tulagi
Solomon Islands
Newsmen in Nazi uniforms roam Philadelphia streets
Franklin Toughill and William B. Mellor Jr. wore full Nazi regalia to parade through Philadelphia and dine publicly, passing police and crowds without interference. They reported how locals failed to question the disguise, noting a policeman mistook them for naval personnel.
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Philadelphia
Liberty
Troy
Frank Toughill
William B. Mellor
Pacific Fleet Leaves Jap Base In Shambles
The report describes Japanese forces launching two divisions in a major thrust against American and Filipino lines. On the west coast near the South China Sea, attackers were driven back to the shore and either destroyed or captured. An east coast frontal assault near Manila Bay was stopped by artillery before it could fully unfold. The war department notes Japanese activity has advanced about halfway down the peninsula in the last three weeks, with ongoing fighting near Pilar and the Corregidor area. General MacArthur confirms Batan defense holds, and the fleet is said to have regained much striking power lost at Pearl Harbor.
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South China Sea
Manila Bay
Pilar
War Department
Corregidor
MacArthur
Batan Peninsula
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Batan West Coast
Tatari
Fairchild Seeks 3000 Workers for Local Plant
Fairchild asks the U S Employment Office to supply up to 3000 additional workers for the local plant by October 1. Many applicants cannot meet qualifications. women over 35 and men over 52 plus the handicapped are excluded. Training graduates from the local defense school are favored. about 1500 of the hires are expected to be women. Immediate replacements are needed as many current staff depart for the draft and farming. Applications are at the United States Employment Office with quick placement after training.
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United States
Fairchild Company
Fairchild
Brewer L. Stouffer
Defense
United States Employment Office
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Lansdowne, Pa
Society of Friends
Germantown
Headon
Bellevue
Richard Caldwell
Smithsburg High
Philly
Academy of Music
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Arest
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