Loss of life on US cutter Alexander Hamilton near Iceland
The coast guard cutter Alexander Hamilton was torpedoed off Iceland by an enemy submarine. While being towed to port the ship capsized and was sunk by gunfire. The Navy described the loss of life as moderate with no exact figures. Built in 1937, the 327 foot vessel carried 202 wartime crew and was the first US combatant lost near Iceland since the war.
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Washington
Coast Guard
Alexander Hamilton
Iceland
Navy
New York
Jones Fighting
United States
Reuben James
Wilson Trial Before Jury Opens For Abortion Charge
The second trial of Dr. Allen B. Wilson colored on a charge of performing an abortion opened before a jury in circuit court. Jury selection took nearly two hours after the case was called at 11 o'clock with talismen summoned. Dr. Wilson is represented again by Calvert K. Hartle. In a separate matter Judge Joseph D. Mishin this morning returned a guilty verdict against Henry Jacob Dusing 58 year old cobbler for assault with intent to rape a 14 year old neighbor girl in his Boonsboro shop.
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Allen B. Wilson
Wilson
Calvert K. Hartle
Joseph D. Mish
Henry Jacob Dusing
Mish
Dusing
Boonsboro
City Registrants Lead By But One In Third Draft Registration
Population parity between Hagerstown and Washington County shows in the third Selective Service registration. Districts registered 2,269 in the city and 2,268 in the rural areas, with 33.5 percent on day one, 36.8 percent day two, and 30.7 percent last Monday. Registrants included 147 from other counties and many states such as California Florida North Carolina Indiana Illinois Iowa Ohio Kentucky New York Pennsylvania Virginia and Missouri.
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Hagerstown
Washington County
Washington
California
Florida
North Carolina
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Ohio
Kentucky
New York
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
Missouri
New Jersey
Six Die In Akron Hotel Fire
AKRON Ohio February 23 six people died when a blaze destroyed the Eleanor Hotel a 70 year old building at High and Market Streets in downtown Akron. The victims included Mrs Margaret Barriet former hotel operator Miss Effie Hinton 26 cafe singer Mrs Mary Shannon 54 Paul Franklin Springston 32 of Clarksburg West Virginia and Chet Talkington 45 house painter plus one unidentified man. Carl Blankenship 32 and his wife Blanche 39 were severely burned. Peter Kniple of Doylestown Ohio who bought the hotel said 25 to 27 were in the building when the fire started about 2 am. Preston Beal 26 discovered smoke and raised alarm. third floor stairway blocked by flames. The hotel occupied the second and third floors with a wallpaper store on the ground floor. Barriet died jumping from a third floor window. Hinton and Shannon were found in one room. others were in a rear third floor room likely asphyxiated.
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Akron
Eleanor
Market Streets
Margaret Barriet
Effie Hinton
Mary Shannon
Paul Franklin Springston
Clarksburg
W. Va
Chet Talkington
Carl Blankenship
Blanche
Peter Kniple
Doylestown
Preston W. Beal
Barrett
Miss Hinton
Shannon
Casualty Stations Ready This Week In Hagerstown
Emergency casualty stations will be fully equipped and ready for instant service by week’s end. Dr. W R Willard director of Emergency Medical Service announced the plan and said the blackout problem for stations during operation is being studied with arrangements for darkening them while in use.
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Hagerstown
W. R. Willard
Emergency Medical Service
Willard
Defense Workers Face Awakening
Washington Feb. 23 Big Gen Lewis B Hershey selective service director told the House Agriculture committee the farming sector faces a threatened labor shortage because farmers avoid deferment. He warned thousands in shipyards and airplane plants expect deferral for essential work but will face a rude awakening as they can be replaced more easily than farm labor.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
House Agriculture Committee
Hershey
Public Enemy No 1 Charles Chapman slain by FBI near Meridian
Charles Irving Chapman, 43, once high profile highway contractor and noted bank robber, was shot dead on a highway near his Meridian, Mississippi home after attempting to shoot his way out of a trapping authorities led by Percy Wyly. Chapman had been declared public enemy No 1 by the FBI in 1939 following multiple prison breaks across seven states. His companion Alfred Ward surrendered as Chapman opened fire and fell under a barrage of bullets. He had been a hunted man since escaping Texas State Penitentiary in Huntsville in 1937.
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Meridian
Miss
Charles Irving Chapman
New York
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Texas
Louisiana
Florida
New Jersey
Chapman
Philadelphia
Percy Wyly
FBI
Mississippi
Meridian City
Alfred Ward
Meshoba County
Wyly
Bali
United Nations
Java
Soerabaja
Batavia
Netherlands
London
Milk Dealers Must Obtain Permits In Hagerstown
Dr. W. R. Willard announces that several hundred milk dealers in Hagerstown must apply for permits under the 1941 State Milk Law. Applications sent to dealers must be returned to the State Department of Health. The Health Department will inspect products and revoke permits if standards are not met, with penalties for selling without a valid permit.
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Hagerstown
W. R. Willard
State Department of Health
Health Department
Urge Budgeting Of Use Of Your Tires
The Rubber Manufacturers Association urged Americans to limit nonessential driving as tires will be scarce after the war. Families should assess monthly car use, compare with remaining tire life, and cut driving to about 166 miles per month if 10 000 miles remain, to extend the tires for years.
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New York
Fez
Rubber Manufacturers Association
Map of the World guides war progress report
Tonight at 10 o'clock listeners are invited to use a map of the world printed on page 5 of today's Daily Mail. The map clarifies World War II battle zones where United States soldiers and sailors are engaged or will assist, and marks jumping off points for the Allied offensives against the Axis powers.
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Roosevelt
Daily Mail
United States
United Nations
Ex Hancock native awarded Distinguished Service Star
Major General Richard K Sutherland, Hancock native and son of former Senator Howard Sutherland, received the Distinguished Service Star of the Philippine Commonwealth on General MacArthur’s recommendation. Born November 27 1893 in Hancock, he graduated Yale 1916 and serves in the Bataan defense, noted for helping devise initial Philippine defense plans. Continued on Page 2.
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Philippine Commonwealth
Hancock
Richard K.sutherland
MacArthur
Sutherland
Howard Sutherland
West Virginia
Yale University
Bataan
Philippines
German Losses In Russia Reported By Moscow Radio
Moscow radio reports seven months of war in Russia have seen the Red navy sink 81 warships and 276 auxiliary vessels carrying hundreds of tanks and guns and tens of thousands of shells.
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Moscow
Red Navy
Germany
Moscow Radio
Mayor Jackson to Speak at Little Heiskell Club
Officials of the Little Heiskell Club expect 150 members and guests for tomorrows meeting with Mayor Howard W. Jackson of Baltimore City as speaker. Harold F. Bester will preside and introduce him at Hotel Hamilton starting 6 30 p m. The non partisan club will welcome Democratic and Republican leaders and county commissioners.
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Little Heiskell Club
Howard W. Jackson
Baltimore City
Harold F. Bester
Board of County Commissioners
Hotel Hamilton
Workers Age Limit Waived For Local Defense Jobs
The United States Employment Office announced a waiver of age limits for woodwork and painting workers in a local subcontractor firm for the Fairchild plant. Age limits of 50 for men and 35 for women may be bypassed if other qualifications are met. each applicant will be considered case by case. Over 750 workers are needed in the next three weeks, with training course graduates eligible to go to work immediately.
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Fairchild
United States Employment Service
Defense Training School
Decision On Auto Sales By County Dealer
A Washington county dealer selling a car to a non resident must route all papers through the local Ration Board. The certificate is issued by the Ration Board in the purchaser s county of residence.
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Washington County
Roosevelt to address nation on war progress tonight
The White House said Japan is waging a major propaganda campaign ahead of President Roosevelt's 10 pm Eastern address. He will report plainly on the titanic struggle and how battles thousands of miles away affect U S towns. It will be his third major wartime broadcast.
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Washington
White House
Tokyo
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
United Nations
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Congress
State of the Union
Pacific
Old ammunition said to fail in U.S. warship convoy
NBC correspondent Martin Agronsky quoted an unnamed Navy air lieutenant saying a U.S. warship convoying troops near Java carried anti aircraft rounds from 1930 and 1931 that tests showed to be only 30 percent effective. The officer blamed the inability to score hits on this obsolete ammunition and urged accountability.
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Los Angeles
NBC
Martin Agronsky
U. S
Agronsky
Sydney
Australia
Java
Tokyo
Six Killed in Auto Crash Near Mt Oliyvet Cemetery
Frederick Maryland February 23 Six black youths died and a seventh injured when their speeding car veered from a curve near Mt Oliyvet cemetery. The vehicle crossed 90 feet, struck a large tree with great force, and collapsed with most victims in the back seat. Many suffered skull fractures and internal injuries.
Funkstown Plans Trial Blackout
Funkstown and surrounding territory will stage a practice blackout on Thursday evening February 26 from 8 to 9. Three one minute blasts from the town siren signal the blackout, and a long two minute blast signals the all clear. Residents away from home are asked to leave lights off for full effectiveness.
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Funkstown
Petition Seeks Bus Route From Great Cacapon to Hagerstown
P I Noland of Morgan county asks the Public Service Commission to authorize a special bus line for workers between Great Cacapon and Hagers town serving the Fairchild plant. A hearing is scheduled for March 6.
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P. I. Noland
Morgan County
The
Public Service Commission
Great Cacapon
Hagerstown
Fairchild
Bali Invasion Stuns Java as Dutch Attack Repels Fleet
Dutch and Allied forces claim success repelling a Japanese Bali invasion fleet. Bali's airfield seized amid fear of further landings, while Java remains a strategic target. British and American firepower battered Japanese ships and transports in Bali’s shallow waters.
Big Jap vessel set afire in new raid off Sumatra
Allied bombers attacked Banka Strait off Sumatra in a new raid. A Japanese merchant ship of more than 10,000 tons was set afire and other ships were machine-gunned. The action occurred about 250 miles northwest of Batavia. The United Nations communique noted fighter patrols and reconnaissance flights and that two Allied planes evaded 17 Japanese Zero fighters.
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Batavia
Banka Strait
Sumatra
United Nations
Coast Guard Urges Vessels to Stay in Miami River and Biscayne Bay
The United States Coast Guard issued a notice directing owners of commercial fishing, charter, and private vessels to keep their craft within the Miami river and Biscayne Bay. The alert emphasizes safety and traffic management for the area.
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Miami, Fla
United States Coast Guard
Miami River
Biscayne Bay
War Production Board halts refrigerator output to April 30
The War Production Board issued a stop order on refrigerator manufacturing effective April 30 and urged the industry to restrict production to simple models while converting to 100 percent war production.
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Washington
War Production Board
Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter in Mount Union Crash
S Kenneth Fazenbaker, 25, Mt. Union, Pa., pleaded guilty in circuit court to manslaughter charges after a Middleburg Pike crash that killed two. Judge Mish withheld sentence. defense urged leniency citing letters from Mt. Union leaders and residents, including his wife and infant son present. He admitted drinking beer and driving, claiming to be least intoxicated among companions, with a maximum of three years per count.
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S. Kenneth Fazenbaker
Mt. Union
Middleburg Pike
Joseph D. Mish
Fazenbaker
D. Kenneth McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Mish
Pennsylvania
Parachutists in Sumatra Landing Carry Spare Chutes
Tokyo reports Japanese aerial assault on Sumatra notes parachutists carried a second parachute for a failed first. They were armed with pistol and dagger. machineguns and mortars were dropped after landing. Also reported is the death of Bayne Durst, 22, from a horse kick at a Cumberland farm, injuring his skull.
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Tokyo
Palembang
Sumatra
Bayne Durst
Grantsville
Cumberland
Durst
Suit Filed In Fatal Middleburg Pike Crash
A $10,000 damage suit was filed in court today against S Kanneth Fazenbaker and Floyd Beers, driver and owner in the fatal Middleburg pike crash. Plaintiff Robert N Earley, of Chambersburg, is represented by Samuel C Strite. Richard E Caldwell and Miss Margaret Kessinger, both of Chambersburg, were fatally injured. Fazenbaker pled guilty to manslaughter as the case arose from the crash.
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S. Kanneth Fazenbaker
Floyd Beers
Middleburg Pike
Robert N. Earley
Chambersburg
Samuel C. Strite
Richard E. Caldwell
Margaret Kessinger
Fazenbaker
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Tormedo
Doris M. Vetter
Navy Department
Guam
Eleanore Hotel
Texas State
Huntsville
Hancocker
Gen. Sutherland
Russia
Jackson
Alfredo Baldomir
Top
Uruguy
Uruguay
Republic
Luis Alberto Herrera
Isle OF
Frederick
Clyde A. Farnsworth
Associated Press
Fazenbaker and Beers
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