Great naval air battle raging off Bali heats Pacific war reporting
A sweeping report from Batavia details a fierce naval air battle off Bali with U S ships engaging Japanese forces. AP correspondent C Y McDaniel describes escape from Singapore, decades of conflict, and perilous voyage to Batavia as he pieces together the fall of Singapore and the last hours of Britain’s southern Asia fortress.
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C. Yates McDaniel
Associated Press
Singapore
Batavia
Soochow
China
Richmond
Indian Ocean
Britain
Asia
Local fliers reach Indies from Hagerstown pilots
Two Hagerstown bomber pilots Lieut DeBrutz Jacques and Lieut M L McAdams Jr. are in the Dutch East Indies preparing to defend Java. Jacques is the pilot from Smithsburg and McAdams the co-pilot from Dan Irvin Drive. They left the United States weeks ago aboard a fortress bomber, routes undisclosed. Dispatches from Java note American airmen arriving recently and already seeing action in the campaign against Japan.
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Hagerstown
DeBrutz
Jacques
M. L. McAdams
Dutch East Indies
Java
McAdams
Lancelot Jacques
Smithsburg
Dan Irvin
United States
Atlantic
Pacific
Hancock Woman Hears Husband Is Safe and Well
Mrs Walter Lineweaver of Hancock learned by trans Pacific telephone from Lieut Commander Lineweaver in the Pacific that he is safe and well. A prior undetermined telegram also stated he was safe. Lineweaver served as personal aide and communications officer for Admiral Hart at the start of the war.
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Walter Lineweaver
Hancock
trans-Pacific
Lineweaver
Naval
Pacific
Sans Origine
Admiral Hart
Pacific Naval Forces
Brown Garage Slightly Damaged by Fire
The Brown garage at the rear of Fairground Avenue sustained slight damage from a morning fire believed started by burning waste paper. Firemen reported the Prior Publishing Co plant alarm at 2 am, finding a sprinkler leak on arrival, with some confusion over a possible fire.
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W.C. Brown
Fairground Avenue
Publishing Co
Prinkler
Home Near Hancock Damaged By Blaze
Hancock volunteer firemen fought a late night fire that partially destroyed the home of John D. Leatherman near Hancock causing serious damage before it was brought under control.
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Hancock
John D. Leatherman
He'd Salvage Rubber From Cities Streets
Dr. Carl Omeron a dentist with a science hobby proposes reclaiming auto rubber from city streets using street sweepers with wire brushes feeding a hopper. He says 25 percent can be reclaimed and added to retreading material. Los Angeles could yield about 1,000,000 pounds yearly.
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Los Angeles
Carl Omeron
Omeron
S M A Finishes Apple Buying
The Surplus Marketing Administration finished apple purchases as the region holds few remaining grades in storage. Fancy grades now fetch 1.50 to 1.65 a bushel, and growers expect good prices for leftover stock. SMA had bought for relief, armed forces, export to England, and utility grades.
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SMA
Washington County
England
Ten Hostages Seized For Every Escapee
In German occupied Norway police will arrest ten hostages for every Norwegian who reaches Britain or allied nations. Oslo officials announced the policy, with reports indicating about one hundred hostages are already being held.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Britain
Norway
Oslo
Reds Plan A Spring Drive Of Their Own
The British radio via CBS reports Russians landed on the Crimea and advance toward Feodosiya. Red Star in Moscow counters Hitler’s spring offensive with a vow to push westward and widen its scale, while noting heavy German losses in the southwest where Kozlov and Minotnov command units.
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New York
CBS
Crimea
Feodosiya
Moscow
Adolf Hitler
Red Star Today
Red Star
Kozlov
Minotnov
Robbery at Benevola mill office alarms locals
Thieves broke into Kline Bros. mill office at Benevola, battered two safes, ransacked desks, and stole a fountain pen and twelve gallons of gasoline. They gained entry by breaking a window, used a hammer on the safes, and left a cut hose. This marks the fourth burglary at the mill in ten years, Deputy Sheriff Kenneth Stangle investigated.
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Kline Bros
Benevola
Kenneth Stangle
Washington's Birthday Half Holiday At Post Office
Postmaster Thomas M. Simpson announces a half holiday at the local postoffice for Washington's Birthday. One morning city delivery will occur and office windows will close at noon. Officials previously said a full day holiday, but a change followed a request from Donald Nelson of the OPM to keep industries operating on Monday.
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Washington
Postoffice
Thomas M. Simpson
Donald Nelson
OPM
Raid on Bathurst Island hits Swastika bearing planes
Canberra reports a Bathurst Island raid by enemy aircraft near Darwin. An RAAF communique states several raiders carried the Swastika symbol during the attack on Thursday.
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Canberra
Australia
Bathurst Island
Darwin
RAAF
Roosevelt visit urged by Londonderry leader
Senator F J Simmons lord mayor of London Derry proposed that President Roosevelt make a state visit to the United Kingdom and said Northern Ireland would welcome it. He noted former President Grant was made a freeman of Londonderry.
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Londonderry
Northern Ireland
F. J. Simmons
Roosevelt
United Kingdom
Grant
Belated Valentines Then Death Notice
Topeka report: Miss Marie Bradley missed a Valentine from her sweetheart on Valentine Day. Belated valentines arrived for Miss Bradley and for Mrs. W E Barlow, mother of Corp Forest W Barlow. Hours later Mrs Barlow was informed her son had died in an army bomber crash near Tacoma Washington. The couple had planned to marry within three months.
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Topeka
Kas
Marie Bradley
Corp. Forest
W. Barlow
Miss Bradley
Barlow
W. E. Barlow
Ration Board Clarifies Retread Tire Eligibility
A Ration Board member interpreted wartime rules to include defense industry employees living outside Hagerstown who drive to work as eligible for tire retreading or recapping. Applicants must prove lack of other transport and show how tire use aids the war effort, with burden on the applicant to detail local transport options and any shared rides. Licensed taxis and farmers hauling with trucks remain eligible where trucks are impractical.
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Hagerstown
Fairchild
Defense
Certify Fifty for New Tires This Week
Fifty individuals or firms received certificates from the local Ration Board to purchase new tires or tubes this week. The county auto dealers stock filing deadline extends to February 25, with proper forms available at the Ration Board office. Recipients include John E. Rosenberry, Robert B. Alter, Vincent Moyer, Herman Myers, Charles E. Snyder, M. A. Rideour, Edwin S. Mumma, M. W. Younker, George K. Frick, Joseph C. Diseati, and Superior Dairy.
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John E. Rosenberry
Robert B. Alter
Vincent Moyer
Herman Myers
Charles E. Snyder
M. A. Ridenour
Edwin S. Mumma
M. W. Younker
George K. Frick
Joseph C. Diseati
Superior Dairy
Prisoner Escapes After Sentence in Huntington Court
Earl Blake, 23, of Huntington, convicted of breaking and entering, bolted from the courtroom and escaped today after being sentenced to one to 10 years in the state penitentiary.
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Huntington
W. Va
Earl Blake
State Penitentiary
Hyde leases Shepherd Field for civilian pilot training
Arthur Hyde, operator of several airfields in the Washington area, has leased Shepherd Flying Field the municipal airport at Martinsburg for five years. Hyde will conduct a civilian pilot training program at the field similar to the one he is carrying on at Congressional Airport near Washington.
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Arthur Hyde
Washington
Shepherd
Martinsburg
Hyde
Congressional
Sleepy Japanese troops endure long marches in heat
Major Harold Doud, a former West Point graduate, described in Infantry Journal that Japanese infantry regiments endured marches of 56 miles non stop from dawn to next day and twice hasty 25 mile hikes. He noted soldiers slept while marching and bayonet drills occurred in extreme heat to harden men for tropical warfare. His home is Fremont, Michigan.
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Washington
Harold Doud
Tokyo
Infantry Journal
Doud
Southwest Pacific
Doub
War Department
Fremont, Mich
West Point
Signal Corps
Berlin Claims 80 Ships Sunk
German broadcasts report 17 more ships totaling 102000 tons sunk, boosting total to 80 ships and 532900 tons sunk off the Atlantic coast. A submarine reportedly entered Paria Gulf near Port-of-Spain and sank two ships, one a tanker, with two others damaged but no casualties.
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Berlin
Atlantic
High Command
Caribbean Sea
Paria Gulf
Trinidad
Port-of-Spain
U. S. Army
Gulf of Paria
Boy Guilty as Charged in Local Break-In Case
Spencer Mumma, 17, was found guilty this morning of breaking into Park Circle Tavern on December 15. He denied the charge claiming he was home. Oliver Smith testified as a tavern employee who identified him in court. Nathaniel Terrell and Robert Kimes pleaded guilty to breaking into Einbinder's Pawn Shop on North Jonathan.
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Spencer Mumma
Park Circle
Oliver Smith
Nathaniel Terrell
Robert Kimes
Einbinder
North Jonathan
Uruguay Chief Cracks Down on Congress and War Preparations
President Alfredo Baldomir dissolved the Uruguayan congress after the Senate repudiated the government policy ahead of the March 29 election. Police occupied the Congressional building and electoral court offices. War Minister Julio Rosetti resigned. duties went to Foreign Minister Alberto Guani. Troop leaves were canceled and the army readied to maintain order amid the political crisis. Special guards protected public buildings and Montevideo power plant.
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Montevideo
Alfredo Baldomir
Senate
National Electoral Court
Julio Rosetti
Baldomir
Alberto Guani
Luis Alberto de Herria
Initiators Disrobe Initiation Punished by Huntington Judge
Police Judge John G. Hudson fined and suspended sentences for six Marshall students and an alumnus for taking part in a fraternity initiation that sent three neophytes downtown to disrobe and return to campus. The judge said the act was thoughtless yet public shock demanded punishment.
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Huntington
W. Va
John G. Hudson
Marshall
Allied Forces Strike Japanese Vessels Off Bali Java
United States and Dutch ships conducted an offensive east of Java, sinking a Japanese cruiser and heavily damaging another and two destroyers. Four transports were hit while one Allied destroyer was lost to a torpedo. Dutch and US battleships, cruisers, and air units supported the attack near Bali, marking a major early naval action in the Indies.
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Batavia
Ne.i
Indies
United States
United Nations
War Department
Washington
Bali
Java
Macassar Strait
United” States
C. E. L. Helfrich
Ruth Pardee Missing in Japanese-Invaded Sumatra
Chicago girl Ruth Pardee, studying for Doctor of Letters at Oxford, traveled to Sumatra on a fellowship and refused to flee as Japanese forces overran the island. Her fate remains unknown.
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Chicago
Ruth Pardee
Leebeek-Limpato
Dutch East Indies
Sumatra
Oxford University
C.P
Pennsy Train Wreck Near Horseshoe Curve
An eastbound Pennsylvania freight derailed near Altoona at Horseshoe Curve, marking the railroad’s third wreck on its Pennsylvania lines in a week. Reports say the engine plunged from the rails, trapping crew, with four crewmen killed in a separate Johnstown collision last Tuesday.
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Altoona
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
Johnstown
Cheswick
Two German POWs Escape from Bowmanville Camp
Two German air force prisoners escaped from a Bowmanville prison camp last night and Ontario police launched a wide search today. All bridges to the United States were watched as authorities hunted Otto Steinhailer, who had twice tried to escape before, and Albert Waller.
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Bowmanville
Ont
Ontario
United States
Otto Steinhailer
Albert Waller
Admiral Schofield Dies at 73 in Navy Hospital
Rear Admiral Frank H. Schofield retired former commander in chief of the United States fleet died yesterday at Naval hospital. He was 73, announced today by his son, Lieut. F. P. Schofield.
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Washington
Frank H. Schofield
United States Fleet
Naval Hospital
F. P. Schofield
Chinese Halt Japanese River Assault Near Burma Border
Japanese troops attempting to cross a river west of Chiengsen were driven back by Chinese forces in one of the first defenses of Burma. The thrust aimed at Monguyen, near the northern Thai border, follows a westward march from Chiengmai, about 125 miles southwest.
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Chungking
China
Chiengsen
Thailand
Burma
Monguyen
Maes
Chiengmai
Bangkok
73,000 British Troops Seized in Singapore Fall
Japanese broadcasts report that 73,000 Imperial troops including many wounded were captured after a seven day assault led to Singapore's surrender on February 15. Japanese losses were about 3,000 killed or wounded. Seizures include artillery, machine guns, rifles, tanks, vehicles, ships, and large food and ammunition stockpiles.
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Tokyo
Singapore
Imperial
Fire destroys Louis' Place tavern in Silver Hill Maryland
Fire of undetermined origin nearly destroys Louis' Place, a two story tavern on Naylor road. A melted telephone line cuts connections from Southern Maryland to Washington for over an hour and traffic on the Southern Maryland Pike is blocked for several hours.
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Silver Hill
Louis’ Place
Naylor Road
Maryland
Washington
Maryland Pike
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