Trolley Rails To Smelters In Hagerstown Move
Hagerstown city work removes trolley rails on South Potomac street to feed the smelters that melt scrap steel. One carload already loaded, three more en route after Public Square rail removal. Drainage work from Locust Point to March Run aims to prevent pavement overflow during heavy rains. Section will be resurfaced when weather allows.
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Hagerstown
Charles Stump
South Potomac Street
Public Square
Lee Street
Memorial Boulevard
Feud killer Virginius Carter executed in Indiana
Virginius Dink Carter 33 of Aurora was executed in the state prison electric chair after a sentence carried out between midnight and sunrise. He was convicted in Lawrenceburg for killing his 12 year old niece Mary Elizabeth Breeden and confessed to slaying his father-in-law Nina Agrue mother-in-law Johnston and two brothers-in-law Lea and William Agrue in a long feud with the Agrue family. His wife Leona visited him on death row with their four year old daughter.
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Michigan City
Ind
Virginius (Dink) Carter
Aurora
Electric Chair
Alfred F. Dowd
Carter
Lawrenceburg
Mary Elizabeth Breeden
William A. Winegard
Johnston
Nina Agrue
Lea Agrue
William Agrue
Agrue
Leona
Death Row
Governor O Conor declines extradition in burglary case
ANNAPOLIS Maryland February 10 Governor O Conor refused to extradite Edward Casker age 38 a Washington Pennsylvania businessman to Uniontown Pennsylvania where he faces charges of burglary and larceny
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Annapolis
O’conor
Edward Casker
Washington
Uniontown
Retreating Nazis Born Villages Retreating Nazis Born Villages
Soviet troops push through three Moscow area provinces facing stubborn Nazi resistance and scorched earth tactics. Germans abandon villages as Red Army advances from Moscow province to Tula Ryazan Kalinin and toward Lenin grad Smolensk and Ukraine. Kalinin fronts see ski troops, 300 killed of 600 in attempted break, Red Army claims liberation of 80 cities and over 4,000 towns and villages since late November.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Red Army
Tula
Ryaban
Kalinin
Leningrad
Smolensk
Ukraine
U S Nearer Defeat Than Ever Says Walsh
Rev Edmund A Walsh vice president of Georgetown University states the United States is nearer defeat today than at any time in history He says fewer than 20 percent of Americans realize the nation is at war and believes casualties and bombings must occur before awareness rises He spoke at a Knights of Columbus meeting in Buffalo New York on February 10.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Edmund A. Walsh
Georgetown University
United States
Knights of Columbus
Plans for Water Line Extension Submitted for Defense Project
City Engineer Charles Stump will submit detailed plans today to the Defense Public Works Administration for a 43,800 project extending the 16 inch water main from Jonathan Street and Pennsylvania Avenue to Park Lane near the old Fairchild plant. Bids are expected within two weeks for construction. The defense project aims to boost fire protection for major plants on defense orders. A further extension to Northern Avenue is under consideration, and a auxiliary line from the new main to Oak Hill Avenue for the North End is in preparation.
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Defense Public Works Administration
Federal Agency
Charles Stump
Jonathan Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Park Lane
Fairchild
Northern Avenue
Defense Public Works
Oak Hill Avenue
North End
Real Estate Man Is Sentenced To Jail
James Bruce Thompson a 43 year old real estate man was convicted last week on five charges of false pretenses and sentenced to six years in jail by Judge W Conwell Smith in Baltimore. He was accused of taking money from prospective house owners for submitting plans and contracts to build dwellings and then failing to begin construction work.
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Baltimore
James Bruce Thompson
W. Conwell Smith
Thompson
Australian planes hit Japanese shipping near New Guinea
Royal Australian Air Force communique reports night attack on Japanese shipping off New Guinea coast. No details on ships or casualties provided.
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Melbourne
Australia
Royal Australian
New Guinea
Royal Lair
County youth given parole on extortion
Judge W. Calvin Chesnut in Federal Court Baltimore paroled 23 year old James Gibson Trenary of Security for three years after a guilty plea to attempted extortion. The youth, a Sunday school teacher from a reputable family, had written North American Cement officials demanding 5000 under threat of dynamiting the plant.
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W. Calvin Chesnut
Baltimore
James Gibson Trenary
This
Trenary
D. Kenneth McLaughlin
North American Cement Corporation
McLaughlin
Chesnut
Big Increase in Road Fund in Washington County
Washington County will receive a January gas tax check of 16773.48, up 2965.82 from January 1941. Half the amount goes to new construction and half to road maintenance. County Road Engineer C William Hetzer presented the figures to the Board of County Commissioners, noting sustained monthly gains since October 1.
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Washington County
C. William Hetzer
Board of County Commissioners
Hetzer
Drainage Work Clears Stuck 40-Year-Old Pipe
Municipal crews clear a 40-year-old drain along Hood Street from Baltimore to Lee to ease flood conditions in the Stickel mill area. The silt buildup had reduced water flow, with portions of the drain to be replaced to restore passage and drainage for the Western Maryland railroad freight station sector.
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Stickel Mill
Hood Street
Baltimore
Lee Streets
Western Maryland Railroad
Thirteen Enlist In Two Days Here
Thirteen men enlisted at the local recruiting office over the weekend and were sent to Baltimore for assignments. Two men hailed from Washington county, including Lawrence O. Campbell of 159 West Washington Street and Henry M. Lighter of Boonsboro. Five men came from West Virginia, five from Pennsylvania, and one from Frederick County.
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Army of the U. S
Baltimore
Washington County
Frank Likar
Lawrence O. Campbell
West Washington Street
Henry M. Lighter
Boonsboro
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Frederick County
Seven Enemy Aliens Seized in Huntington Arrests
Six German waiters and an Italian baker at White Sulphur Springs internment point for Axis officials were arrested as dangerous enemy aliens. FBI agent Untreiner said they would be sent to immigration authorities in Cincinnati. About 500 German and Italian diplomats and newspapermen and families were interned at White Sulphur Springs after the war began.
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Huntington
W. Va
White Sulphur Springs
R. J. Untreiner
Huntington FBI
Untreiner
Immigration and Naturalization
Cincinnati
Florida
New York
Seven Arrests On Indictments
Arrests on seven indictments returned yesterday by the February Grand Jury were reported this morning by Sheriff's officers. Robert Kines and Nathaniel Terrell, both colored, were indicted for breaking into and are said by officers to have been implicated in the Einbinder pawnshop robbery of several months ago. Raymond Fletcher and Albert David Jones were indicted for larceny of automobiles. Thomas O'Leary was indicted for larceny and is accused of having stolen a watch from his landlady. Joseph St. Clair, who officers say figured in a local department store robbery a few weeks ago, was indicted for larceny, and Wayne Trumpower was indicted for receiving stolen goods.
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Robert Kines
Nathaniel Terrell
Einbinder
Raymond Fletcher
Albert David Jones
Thomas O’leary
Joseph St. Clair
Wayne Trumpower
Scorched earth policy spreads in Singapore conflict
London dispatch cites Exchange Telegraph report from Singapore that Britain has begun a scorched earth campaign in the island’s northwest, blowing up oil tanks and burning rubber, pineapple and other factories. The move aims to deny resources to advancing forces.
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London
Exchange
Singapore
Vichy Radio Says Japan Captures Singapore Airdromes
London Feb 10 reports a Vichy broadcast quotes a Japanese communique claiming all British airdromes on Singapore island have been occupied.
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London
Vichy
Singapore
U S Destroyers Strike Japanese Convoy At Macassar
U S destroyers earned a major setback against a Japanese naval and troop expedition in Macassar Straits during Jan 23 26 actions. Four American destroyers attacked a Japanese cruiser and two lines of destroyers, broke through, sank several transports, and returned to base with minimal damage.
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Batavia
N. EB
United States
Macassar Straits
Straits of Macassar
Borneo
Chiang Kai-Shek Travels to India for Strategy Talks
Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek arrived in New Delhi with his staff for undisclosed talks with Indian officials. Lord Linlithgow called the meeting a seal on China-India comradery, signaling strong UN support against Japan. The visit centers on cooperation to defend Burma and Rangoon as part of aiding the Allied war effort.
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New Delhi
India
United Nations
China
Chiang Kaishek
China War
Lord Linlithgow
Japan
Chiang
Burma
Rangoon
Thailand
Democratic Front
He Turns Up Clock As Father Once Did
In Berkeley Springs the town clock, known as the community’s Big Ben, was set ahead for World War II. Harry Sawyer, once a 12 year old helper in World War I, returned alone to adjust the courthouse timepiece for war time, marking the first daylight saving setting since the prior conflict.
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Harry Sawyer
Berkeley Springs
Wage board urged to block broad union wage rise
Washington Feb 10 Leon Henderson Price Administrator recommends to the National War Labor Board that it rule against broad substantial wage increase demands by union labor, citing inflationary pressure and impact on costs during wartime.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
National War Labor Board
General
Instructors' Class In First Aid Opens
A class to train Red Cross first aid instructors opened Monday night and runs through Friday under Luther Allison of the National Red Cross. The course spans fifteen hours with sessions nightly at the Masonic Temple. Thirty seven men and women are enrolled.
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Red Cross
Luther Allison
National Red Cross
Masonic Temple
American Consulate in Singapore Closed amid Evacuation
United States Consul General Kenneth S. Patton shut the American consulate in Singapore and handed American interests to Swiss custody. Consul Harold D. Robinson and Vice-Consul Charles C. Thompson will stay until transport from the embattled island can be arranged.
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Singapore
United States
Kenneth S. Patton
Patton
Harold D. Robinson
Charles C. Thompson
Striking at Dutch Indies
Japanese troops swarmed onto Singapore island forcing a withdrawal by British defenders as fighting intensified. Tokyo dispatches claimed new advances within five miles of downtown while a German broadcast noted Yamashita demanding surrender from Percival. Allied forces held off with heavy toll on the invaders as engineers repaired the Johore Strait causeway.
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Singapore
Britain
Far Pacific
Ge Ae
London
Tokyo
Berlin
Tomoyuki Yamashita
A. E. Percival
Domei
Johore- Strait
United States Sailors Reach Wellington in New Zealand
Boston February 10. The Christian Science Monitor reports the vanguard of a U S naval force landing at Wellington New Zealand. Correspondent Joseph C Harsch describes American reinforcements landing at way stations along the route from Pearl Harbor and the landfall before the public announcement of Admiral Herbert F Leary's command in the Anzac area.
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Boston
Wellington
New Zealand
Christian Science Monitor
Joseph C. Harsch
Pearl Harbor
Harsch
Herbert F. Leary
Admiral Leary
Anzac
Monitor
Gilbert and
Marshall Islands
mid-Pacific
Tropic Islands
Hawaii
William Hess in Opera Role
A 26 year old former Hagerstown resident stars in Deems Taylors Ramantcho in Philadelphia world premiere. William Hess, son of former local pastor Rev. William C. Hess, was chosen by the composer for the title role. He once earned money for singing lessons by jerking sodas tending tennis courts and assisting a blacksmith. He also played on the local high school football team.
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Hagerstown
Deems Taylor
Stolen Bicycles Reported From Maryland Theater Alley
Two bicycles were reported stolen last night from the Maryland Theater alley while owners Harry Snyder and Robert Myers attended a movie. Snyder lives at 112 Bester Street and Myers at 331 Valley Road.
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Maryland Theater Alley
Harry Snyder
Bester Street
Robert Myers
Valley Road
Snowing West Of Here Today
Snow began around 7 a m in Garrett county following the weekend blizzard that delayed traffic. Eight inches piled up Saturday and Sunday with heavy drifting. state roads crews worked to keep highways open. Hagerstown saw snow while Keedysville had none. observed 24 degree low. Wild geese and early spring frogs reported on the Eastern Shore.
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State Roads Commission
Garrett County
Hagerstown
Keedysville
J. A. Miller
Defense Class Is Moved Up To 8 15
The Civilian Defense first aid class is rescheduled to 8 15 this evening. It will be held at South Potomac Junior High School instead of the regular hour at o'clock.
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South Potomac Junior High School
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East
Reich
Hitler
City
U. S
Ulrich von der Osten
Times Square
New York City
Julio Lopez Lido
Osten
Kurt Ludwig
C.P
Fortress Isle
Macassar
Chiang Kai-Shek
Great
Dutch Indies
Roger D. Greene
Associated Press
William Hess
Storm
Garrett
Maryland
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