Stuttgart Bombardment Amplifies Allied Air War
Stuttgart endured a devastating raid as 79 heavy British bombers failed to return amid enemy action and icing. The day marked the largest daylight Allied operation yet, hitting Leipzig Gotha Bernburg Brunswick Halberstadt Tottow and Osnabrück with 2300 tons on Leipzig alone. Stuttgart's Daimler Benz and Bosch plants, a major rail hub to Italy, were targeted as part of a coordinated push to cripple German war production ahead of invasion. 1000 or more bombers and 61 German fighters fell before Allied air power. 22 bombers were lost and four Allied fighters missing. The mission aimed to cripple fighter aircraft production and boost bomber freedom for future strikes.
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Germany
U. S
Leipzig
Gotha
Bernburg
Brunswick
Halberstadt
Tutow
Oschlersieben
Washington
Henry H. Arnold
Stuttgart
Daimler-Benz Auto Works
Messerschmitt
Heinkels
Bosch
Italy
U. S. Army
RAF
Dominion
U.S
Arnold
Hitler
United States
Salvation Army Advisory Board to Hear Speakers
Lt. Col. George H. Marshall Salvation Army field secretary for the southern states will speak at the annual Salvation Army Advisory Board meeting Monday night February 28 at Hotel Hamilton. Brigadier Charles H. Dodd of the Maryland and Northern West Virginia division will also speak. Marshall will also address a public service at Salvation Army headquarters.
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George H. Marshall
Salvation Army
Salvation Army Advisory Board
Hamilton
Charles H. Dodd
Maryland and
Northern West Virginia
Army
Col
Marshall
O Conor Seeks Special Session On Bonuses And Voter Rights
Governor O Conor plans a special General Assembly session the week of March 6 to consider extending teachers and state employee bonuses and to extend voting rights to Maryland servicemen. He announced boy clubs with Baltimore officials to curb juvenile delinquency and expansion of the Maryland Veterans Commission. A statewide Advisory Council will aid ex servicemen, with a Friday Annapolis conference to discuss continuing $20 monthly teacher bonuses through April 2, 1945, shared costs between state and local governments.
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Maryland
General Assembly
O’conor
Charles FE. Moylan
Supreme Bench of
Baltimore
Hamilton R. Atkinson
Maryland Veterans’ Commission
Board of Public Works
Annapolis
Large Drop in Fairchild Accident Rates Reported
Safety efforts by committees cut Fairchild Aircraft accident rate to about six per million man hours, half the prior im2 level and well below the national rate of 10.4. Each plant has a safety chief and 148 members, with weekly or bi weekly meetings and prevention measures including questionnaires and distribution of safety material. E F Reininger serves as safety director. Also noted are Holland women's clothing prices nearly ten times normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairchild Aircraft
Fairchild
E. F. Reininger
U S Planes Sink 19 Jap Ships In Truk Raid
U S planes attacked Truk in a raid that reportedly sunk 19 Japanese ships and crippled shore facilities. The operation aimed to strip dry docks, shipyards, airstrips, and installations across the atoll, with reconnaissance noting two carriers present in the lagoon.
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U.S
Truk
Army Marines land on Eniwetok Atoll in Pacific drive
U S forces press the attack in the Marshall Islands by seizing half of the 6 000 yard Engebi Eniwetok is Lands and Parry Island. Admiral Nimitz reports light casualties as troops advance and secure the atoll group improving control of the lagoon entrance and surrounding positions.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Marshal Islands
United States
Eniwetok Island
Chester W. Nimitz
Long Island
Eniwetok Atoll
Driver To Face Serious Charge In Fatal Hopewell Crash
Gilbert H Shawyer 19 of Hagerstown Route 3 faces trial Tuesday before Magistrate Harry F Snyder on manslaughter by automobile for a crash at Hopewell January 29 that killed Roy H Spigler 40 of Concord Street. Investigators say Spigler was likely on the wrong side of the highway. Sleep researchers note only 16 percent of the world’s people know how to relax completely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert H. Shawyer
Hagerstown
Harry F. Snyder
Auto-Mobile
Hopewell
Roy H. Spigler
O- Prakeman
Concord Street
Spigler
Red Cross Helps Locate Next of Kin in Military Losses
The American Red Cross cooperates with Army and Navy casualty sections to locate next of kin when needed. It also assists dependents in preparing and filing claims for entitled benefits. This is one of many services provided by the Red Cross nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Navy Departments
American Red Cross
Technique Will Speed Planes
New York report says Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corp with Al-Fin engineers developed a method to bond pure aluminum to steel, cutting engine weight and boosting cooling. The technique, a military secret for months, promises planes that carry more payload, armor, and fuel, increasing speed, range, and maneuverability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
J. Carlson Ward, Jr
Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corp
Marshall G. Whitefield
Victor Sheshunoff
Al-Fin Corp
Fairchild Owned
Ward
Rejected Calls to Lower Draft Age in Committee
The committee flatly rejected lowering the draft age from 18 to 17 and urged better use of current manpower before any Selective Service Act changes. Chairman May and Rep Harness favored raising access for non-fathers ages 38 to 45 and said no new legislation is needed since induction tops at 45. They saw no reason to lower the minimum below 18.
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May
D-Ky
Armed Services
Rep
Harness
Indiana
One Traffic Death Here Last Month
Maryland reports 29 traffic fatalities in January with Baltimore City accounting for 13 deaths and pedestrian incidents forming the majority. County figures show Prince George’s four rural deaths and Montgomery two, with several counties recording one each. The Naval Air Ferry Command is delivering about 3,000 planes monthly to the Navy.
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Washington County
Maryland
Maryland Traffic Safety Commission
Baltimore City
Prince George's County
Montsomery
Allegany
Baltimore
Charles
Dorchester
Frederick
St. Mary's
Worcester
Cumberland
Upper Marlboro
Traffic Safety Commission
Naval Air Ferry Command
Navy
Japan reshuffles top military leadership as Tojo takes charge
Gen. Sugiyama is relieved from the army general staff post while Tojo assumes control. U S officials note broadcasts record Japanese navy losses at Truk including damaged land installations. Imperial communique claims two American cruisers sunk and an aircraft carrier damaged, with a possible battleship. Nagano urges Japan to build more warships amid talks of shifting naval power.
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Pearl Harbor
Arizona
Truk
Nimitz
Atoll
Eten Island
Hien Island
Param Island
Trukmand
Sugiyama
Army General Staff
U. S
Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service
Imperial Headquarters
Domei
Tokyo
Nagano
Navy
Japan
United States
London
Nageno
Washington
Supreme War Council
North
China
Autoist Arrested Following Mishap In Williamsport Collision
Joseph C. Mullineaux, 6, of 200 block North Locust street, collided with a tractor trailer driven by Ira S. Malone of Bluff City Tennessee at the Conococheague and Potomac streets intersection Saturday night near 9. Sheriff's officers charged Mullineaux with operating while under the influence. He posted 250 dollars bail for a hearing next Saturday before Magistrate John Hetzer. The truck, owned by Associated Transport Inc, was bound for West Virginia.
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Joseph C. Mullineaux
Locust Street
Ira S. Malone
Bluff City
Tenn
Conococheague
Potomac Streets
Williamsport
Mutlineaux
John Hetzer
Associated Transport, Inc
West Virginia
Jaycee Directors Hear President At Maryland Meeting
About 25 present as the Maryland State Board of Directors of the Junior Chamber of Commerce met in the Maryland Room of Hotel Alexander for the 1943 44 session. Speakers included Bruce Palmer and John Ben Shepperd who reviewed Jaycee history and postwar goals. Reports from Frederick and Cumberland highlight war bond drives, salvage operations, and postwar business plans.
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Maryland
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Hotel Alexander
Vernon Stone
Frederick
Baltimore
Frostburg
Cumberland
John Petifer
Pennsylvania
Sunior Chamber of Commerce
Palmer
Chamber of Commerce
Pearl Harbor
David Kauffman
Kauffmen
Frederick Jayoses
USC
Frederick County
Junior Chamber
Jaycees
Charles Roffberger
Cambridge
Salisbury
Committees Named by Hagerstown Jaycees At Meeting
The Hagerstown Junior Chamber of Commerce formed several committees at yesterday's meeting. Appointments include Resolutions, Henry Geisenbeter Award, State War Conference, State Clearing House, Town Hall Meeting, and Nominating committees with members from Frederick, Cumberland, Baltimore, Frostburg, and Frostburg. The group plans a large meeting at the Hotel Alexander this evening where National Jaycee president EH Bruce Palmer will speak on the Fifth Freedom and individual enterprise as a 1944 program focus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arley Sica
Jaycee
Chamber of Commerce
David Kauffman
Cumberland
G. van Velser Wolfe
Baltimore
G. W. Honeysutt
Frederick
John Colton
Henry Geisenbeter
J. D. Coleman
Edward Koons
Melvin Derr
William Gilchrist
Walter Senters
Frostburg
J. Rutledge Clark
Niemann Brunk
Walter Mackey
van Velser Wolfe
Richard Hardy
William Schildknecht
Wil
Allies Smash Nazi Assault in Italy After Major Push
German forces in Italy total 18 divisions, with nine under the 14th Army near the beachhead and others on the Cassino front with the 10th Army. Field Marshal Kesselring commands both armies as they try a southward push, suffering heavy casualties and many wounded as Allied defenses hold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Eberhard von Mackensen
Cassino
Heinrich von Vietinghof
Albert Kesselring
Carroceto
Allied air strikes pound shattered German beachhead lines
Reported from the east 700 falling prisoner captures include claims that a single German regiment lost about 60 percent of its strength. Allied air activity focused on the broken German beachhead, with four engined heavy bombers joining medium bombers and light bombers in bombing and strafing enemy concentrations.
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East
Medulum
No Session Tuesday Orphans Court Meets Monday and Wednesday
The Orphans Court will sit on Monday and Wednesday mornings instead of Tuesday, Washingtons Birthday. The note records a schedule change for court sessions while also noting that rubber manufacturing began around 1820.
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Orphans’ Court
Washington
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Tom Owens
Front Royal
Pennsylvania Station
Dr. Edwards
Edwards
Caskey
Caskey Baking Co
Holland
Marines
Eniwetok
Canally
Ant Owearnet
W.S. Yoder Cramverssurs
RED Cross
Fairchild Heads
Company
Sherwin-Williams
Flaxcap
Tojo
Father John
Father John’s Medicine Co
ATU
Ra Rys
Bruce Palmer
Jovel
Wea Montez
Andy Devine
Fortonio
Bonanova
Frank Puglia
Ramsay Ames
Moron
Olsen Kurt Katch
Land, and
Richard Bowless, Frederick
Eehan Bey
Maria Montez
Henry's Theatre
Bank
Mon
F.E.R.A. Follies
Nyt Bros
Iolonia
Wien
John
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