Bank cashier Murders Self in Greencastle
Walter M. Minnich 45, cashier of First National Bank of Greencastle, died last night of a self inflicted bullet wound. He was found near the Arvid E. Minnich funeral home with a revolver beside him. Coroner says ill health caused the act. Minnich, a civic leader, left notes for wife, the public, and the undertaker. Surviving wife Naomi Gordon Minnich and two daughters. Private funeral at Minnich funeral home with Rev. G. E. Platt. interment Cedar Hill cemetery.
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Walter M. Minnich
First National Bank of
Greencastle
Arvid E. Minnich
D. Shull
Minnich
Waynesboro Hospital
American Legion
Shrine
Naomi
Suspects Held After Farm Robbery At Sweeney Farm
Two men are in custody after a robbery at the Victor Sweeney farm below Sharpsburg. Deputy Kenneth Stangle reported the theft included ten young chickens and about a dozen jars of fried sausage meat, with potatoes earlier reported missing from the coops and larder over the weekend.
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Victor Sweeney
Sharpsburg
Kenneth Stangle
Sweeney Farm
Sweeney
Baltimore apartment fire claims 24 year old resident
A Baltimore man identified as Jerome Montgriffo, 24, died after flames swept the second and third floors of an apartment at 425 East North Avenue. Police say he reentered the building to help his mother, sister, and her husband escape before being trapped by the blaze.
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Baltimore
Jerome Montgriffo
East North Avenue
Montgriffo
Hissing Is Limited To Three Minutes
Hollywood reports a rule limiting on screen hissing to three minutes for the film Remember Pearl Harbor. Newsreel scenes show Saburo Kurusu arriving in the United States before Pearl Harbor. Republic Studio announced one minute for hiss, met by veteran hissers who say sixty seconds suffices for a warmup.
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Hollywood
Pearl Harbor
Saburo Kurusu
Republic Studio
19 Leave Today For Camp Lee
Nineteen Hagerstown and Washington county boys left this morning for induction into the army. They will report to Camp Lee, Virginia. The Hagerstown group includes Ray Ernest Shirey, Jack Douglas Sandower, Clarence Andrew Armstrong, Charles Lester Jones, Robert Walter Canfield and Charles William Benner. County entrants include Guy Quinten Hull, Robert Leo Davis, Frank Zello, Michael Joseph Thomas, Charles Eli Schneider, Nevin Honodle Fiery, Harvey Lester Jamison, Virgil Lee Eversole, Maynard Thomas Duffy, Carroll Shiffler Hose, Frank J. Starliper, Samuel Noland Green spoon and James Gibson Trenary.
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Hagerstown
Washington County
Army
Camp Lee
Virginia
Ray Ernest Shirey
Jack Douglas Sandower
Clarence Andrew Armstrong
Charles Lester Jones
Robert Walter Canfield
Charles William Benner
Guy Quinten Hull
Robert Leo Davis
Frank Zello
Michael Joseph Thomas
Charles Eli Schwinger
Nevin Honodle Fiery
Harvey Lester Jamison
Virgil Lee Eversole
Maynard Thomas Duffy
Carroll Shiffler Hose
Frank J. Starliper
Samuel Noland Greenspoon
James Gibson Trenary
Further Recognition For De Gaulle Group
The Free French national committee in Washington stated the United States would recognize French island possessions in the Pacific as under the committee's control. General Charles de Gaulle's group announced the policy as part of ongoing wartime diplomacy.
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London
Charles de Gaulle
Free French National Committee
Washington
United States
Pacific
Hancock Hero Tip Wins First Prize In Contest
A tip about a Hancock resident and General MacArthur aide in the Philippines wins first prize for heroism under fire. Second prize is shared by tips about an accident near Kemps Mill and a robbery at a Potomac river clubhouse. Tips accepted weekdays 7:30 am to 1:30 pm.
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Hancock
General MacArthur
Philippines
Kemps Mill
Potomac River
Roosevelt restructures Army into three basic units
President Roosevelt today reorganized the Army into three basic units the Army Ground Forces the Army Air Forces and the Services of Supply Each unit will have a commanding general and oversee streamlined structures The changes transfer functions from existing chiefs including infantry cavalry artillery and air corps to the new commands and authorize overseas departments and various theater level commands
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Washington
Roosevelt
Army
Army Ground Forces
Army Air Forces
Services of
Secretary of War
Infantry
Cavalry, Field Artillery
Coast Artillery Corps
General Headquarters Airforce
Airforce Combat Command
Air Corps
Service of Supply
Chief of Coast Artillery
Cooperation on Lighting Signs During Civil Defense Alert
Local Civilian Defense officials urged Merchants to extinguish all advertising signs and store window lighting that cannot be eliminated immediately after receiving directives from National Civilian Defense headquarters. The request targets larger metropolitan and coastal regions to reduce light during alerts.
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National Civilian Defense Headquarters
Civilian Defense
Horrors Of War Hit Quiet Whitakers Village
At 2 a.m. a distant drone signaled an air raid alarm. Firemen and wardens prepared for danger in the cold. A streamlined train suddenly rushed through Whitakers to end the scare and the town returned to sleep.
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Whitakers
N. G
War ration books to be distributed through schools
Supplies are arriving for sugar rationing and war ration books. About 100000 instruction sheets were received, and books with 28 stamps will be issued via schools under the county war ration board. Sugar allotment drops to eight ounces per person. registration for sugar rationing is set for a four day period likely later this month.
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Benjamin C. Willis
War Ration Board of
Red Army Near Key Staraya Russa Blockade
Soviet dispatches describe the Red Army closing in on Staraya Russa as German forces within the encirclement face dwindling supplies and eroding morale. Russian advances push toward Smolensk and Dnieperopetrovsk amid heavy German resistance while RAF air power aids the Soviet effort.
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Moscow
Red Army
Staraya Russa
Smolensk
Dnieperopetrovsk
Britain
Red Air Force
London
Russia
Arctic
Foremanship training course led by John J Seidel
A new defense training initiative runs this week at the Courthouse with 14 skilled workers from four local industries. John J Seidel assistant state superintendent of education directs daily lectures and discussions. The participants train as conference leaders to later teach foremanship courses and become instructors in defense training.
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John J. Seidel
Seidel
Defense
American Vocational Association
Hitler High Command Admits Defensive War Scope
The German high command conceded Russia’s counter-offensive scope and admitted Reich forces were fighting defensively. The daily war bulletin said offensive initiative was lost in Crimea, the Donets front, and southeast of Leningrad to Lake Ilmen as defensive fighting continued.
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Crimea
Donets
Leningrad
Lake Ilmen
Red Army
R R Worker Found Dead in City Garage
Arch Deal, 37, of 130 East First Street, a Pennsylvania railroad crane operator, was found dead this morning in his car parked in a rear garage at 112 East First Street. He had been missing eight days. Relatives notified. Investigators cite natural causes. motor off, full gas, front tire flat. Autopsy pending to confirm cause of death.
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Arch Deal
East First Street
Deal
Pennsylvania Railroad
Winston-Salem
N. C
Supreme Court rules anti-racket act not apply to union
Justice Byrnes, in a 6 to 1 decision, held the Federal anti-racketeering act does not apply to labor unions. The ruling targeted Local 807 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and 26 members over alleged payments to union members by truck owners entering New York City. The court said Congress did not intend to affect ordinary union activities.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Department
New York City
Justice Byrnes
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs
Axis Tanker Torpedoed in English Channel
London reports an Axis tanker was torpedoed in the English Channel last night, with the Admiralty confirming the attack and noting the incident occurred in the Channel.
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London
English Channel
Admiralty
Soldier escapes fatal crash near Hancock on Route 40
Donald Kramer 22, a hitchhiker, survived a Saturday night crash that saw a car strike a truck and burn, killing three men. He was dragged from the fire and remained in fair condition at noon. Two of the deceased were identified. Kramer named a third man as a government employee.
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Donald Kramer
Hancock
U. S. Route 40
Kramer
Bomber Pilot Rescued After 34 Days Adrift
Harold E. Dixon of La Mesa California a Navy bomber pilot was rescued after 34 days adrift on a rubber life raft with two companions. Dixon Pastula and Aldrich drifted on a South Pacific atoll after their plane crashed in January living on fish birds and rainwater before being recovered.
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San Diego
Cal
Harold E. Dixon
la Mesa
Navy
South Pacific
Navy Department
Washington
Dixon
Pin-Point Islet
Anthony J. Pastula
Youngstown
Ohio
Gene D. Aldrich
Sikeston
Licenses Renewal Notices Mailed by Board of License Commissioners
The Board of License Commissioners announced renewal applications for all alcoholic beverage licenses have been mailed to licensees. Applications must be on file by March 31 or renewals become new licenses requiring advertising. Protests to renewals must be filed by March 31, signed by ten voters in the district.
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Board of License Commissioners
Board of Commissioners
Water Main Break Halts Michigan City Industry
A break in a major water main shut off water to Michigan City, population over 50,000, threatening war production. Factories were told to pull fires from boilers and stop cooling processes. Repair crews rushed to Belden Road site, with damage and fix time not yet known.
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Jackson
Mich
Belden Road
Strange planes attack Bataan with unusual markings
The War Department said General MacArthur's Philippine forces were bombed by planes with black bodies and white wing crosses, possibly German built. The raids behind the lines on the Bataan Peninsula failed to cause damage as ground operations dwindled to a standstill over the past 24 hours.
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Washington
War Department
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan
Japan
New Destroyer Sinks A U Boat
A brand new United States destroyer, within 48 hours of her North Atlantic debut, met and almost certainly sank an enemy submarine. The Third Naval District released the details from the ship records and observations of two public relations officers.
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New York
United States
North Atlantic
Third Naval District
Appeals for Workers Urgent Defense Training Drive
Local plants issue frantic calls for more workers and defense training centers enroll all able bodied men and women not currently employed. Benjamin C. Willis says unlimited trainees can be placed fast with jobs awaiting upon course completion. Wood and sheet metal trades are top needs. Classes run day and night with extended staff as needed. Age limits waived to widen eligibility. Registration at State Employment Office or training centers.
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Defense
Benjamin C. Willis
Willis
Involuntary Heroine Shocks Movie House Robbery
In Los Angeles on March 2 Hetty Leitch, 21, fainted when a stranger shouted holdup and shoved a gun into the cashier booth. The robber fled without taking any cash, leaving the scene as bystanders watched in surprise.
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Hetty
Allies shift to attack in Java as counter stroke announced
Rangoon reports say Allied forces launched a counter stroke against Japanese invasion in Java. Nearly all ships and tanks landed near Rembang were sunk or set on fire by Dutch planes. a tank was destroyed while unloading and fell into the sea. Details remain secret.
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Witt
Hancock
Bandoeng
Java
New
York
Rembang
Jnvasion
UN forces Try to Stem Japanese Breakthrough in Java
War dispatches describe United Nations armies in Java pressing frontal and flank assaults to crush three spearhead Japanese thrusts on the island. Reports claim the deepest spearhead may have been cut from its shore base as defense aims to destroy invaders before sea reinforcements arrive. Enormous enemy losses are noted, with British troops reported in action against the foe.
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C. A. Farnsworth
United Nations
Java
Reuters
Bandoeng
Fee
Japanese Landing Barges Sunk Near Rembang
Dutch fighters struck near Rembang Java sinking nearly all the Japanese landing barges from about 20 transports. The comm unique said barges were loaded with troops and matériel and one tank went up in flames as it was unloaded.
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Bandoeng
Java
Rembang
Netherlands Fighting Services
Island Bomber Attacks Solomon Islands Unabeled
A single Japanese bomber attacked one of the British Solomon Islands today. There were no casualties. The Solomon Islands lie east of New Guinea.
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San Francisco
Solomon Islands
Sydney Radio
CBS
New Guinea
Berryville Man Dies When Auto Overturns
Irving McNeely of Berryville Virginia was killed when an automobile overturned two miles south of Charles Town West Virginia last night. His wife suffered minor injuries and Frank Ashley and Cootie Everhart were seriously hurt and taken to Charles Town hospital.
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Charles Town
W. Va
Irving McNeely
Berryville
Here
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Will
Shasaku Shibuya
Borneo
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