Spot News Will Be Served As Long As Press Keeps Rolling
American editors pledge to keep spot news flowing despite wartime cuts. They meet top military and government officials to discuss newsprint and zinc shortages while prioritizing war news and reader service. The sessions aim to maintain prompt reporting from official sources to aid the war effort. new leadership and officers to be announced by the board.
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Washington
American Society of Newspaper Editors
George C. Marshall
Army
Ernest J. King
U. S. Fleet
Agriculture
Claude R. Wickard
Donald M. Nelson
Paul V McNutt
Prentiss M. Brown
Office of Price Administration
Walter Morrow
Columbus (Ohio
Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
Byron Price
Office of Censorship
Roy Roberts
Kansas City Star
W. 8. Gilmore
Detroit News
Two Convicted For Failure To Send Youths To School
Judge Edwards sentenced Clarence Turben of the Ray Grim farm Back Creek to 30 days suspended and fined 5 dollars and costs for failing to send his three children to school. Elmer Jenkins of the McVicar farm Indian Hollow was ordered to keep children in regular attendance with weekly reports to the school authorities.
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Edwards
Clarence Turben
Ray Grim
Back Creek
Elmer Jenkins
McVicar
Indian Hollow
Rere
Americans of Japanese birth urged into service in Hawaii
About 25 000 American born Japanese aged 18 to 38 live in Hawaii. The army sought 1 500 volunteers for combat and two weeks later officials reported 7 425 replies all seeking action.
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Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands
Round Up of Vagrants Ordered by City Police Chief
Chief C. W. Hollis Saia orders a Monday round up of all able bodied unemployed residents in Winchester. Officers will arrest loafers without visible means of support for vagrancy, targeting those in pool rooms restaurants and dance halls. No exact numbers given but many will be affected. farms may be used to absorb workers via parole programs.
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Winchesne
C. W. Hollis Saia
Hollis
Frederick County
Roving Soldier Nabbed By Police In Reno Hotel
Pvt. Jacob L. Webb former New York playboy walked from Reno Air Base and a string of court martial charges to a downtown Reno hotel where he was arrested at 3.22 A. M. on a tip. He wore a red bathrobe and tan army shoes and carried $39.25 in cash. Webb had reportedly walked nine miles from the base, took a cab, and said he needed to stay in a hotel after an argument with his father. He faces Army charges of impersonating an officer and will be turned over to military authorities. The case followed his AWOL from McDowell California area on January 31.
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Reno
Nev
Jacob L. Webb
New York
Reno Air Base
Webb
Pete Reed
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Air Base Hospital
Air Base
Army
Young Webb
Weather
Manhattan
W. Seward Webb
Palm Beach
Air Corps
United States Army
American Planes Bomb Munda Air Base in Solomons Attack
United States planes bombed the Japanese air base at Munda in the central Solomons three times Friday, destroying a gun position and starting fires. The tally raises total raids on Munda to 63 since November 23, with more than 100 raids launched against bases in the central Solomons area.
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Washington
United States
Munda
Solomons
Navy
J W Lewis Dies Suddenly At Germantown Pa
Joseph W. Lewis son of Mrs Francis B Lewis of Philadelphia died at 2 a m Friday in Germantown hospital Philadelphia after a recent major operation followed by a heart attack He and his sister Mary Lewis moved to Clarke county years ago Funeral services will be held Sunday at St Thomas Church Whitemarsh Clarke county attendees include Mr and Mrs B Watkins Sr Mrs Karl Boy-Ed and Mrs Graham Dougherty Sr
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Joseph W. Lewis
Francis B. Lewis
Philadelphia
Clarke County
Mary Lewis
Conrad Lewis
Old Chapel
Germantown Hospital
Lewis
Germantown
St. Thomas’ Church
Whitemarsh
B. Watkins
Karl Boy-Ed
Graham Dougherty
Complete Routing For Japanese In Guadalcanal
The Guadalcanal campaign is described as a complete rout and utter defeat of Japanese forces. Commander Ralph E. Wilson said the effort will require days to clean up the remnants. General Patch reported 606 Japs killed and 127 captured, with large quantities of captured equipment and up to 8,000 killed overall.
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South Pacific
Guadalcanal
Ralph E. Wilson
Alexander M. Patch
Patch
Wilson
Austen
Solomons
President Roosevelt Holds White House War Leaders Conference
At the White House today President Roosevelt met with top military chiefs including Admiral William D. Leahy General George C. Marshall and Admiral Ernest J. King to discuss planned invasions of Europe and strikes against the Japanese homeland amid widespread telegrams of congratulations.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Europe
White House
William D. Leahy
George C. Marshall
Army
Ernest J
Football Hard Hit By Armed Force
The Army calls up all reserves in colleges leaving University of Miami with a crippled squad. The coach says only one player may be unassigned to a service and decisions on continuing football depend on how the situation develops.
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Miami
Fila
Army
University of Miami
City County To Raise 16800 For Red Cross War Fund
Winchester and Frederick County Red Cross launches a two week drive starting March 1 to raise 16800 toward a 125 million national goal. Fred L. Glaize Jr leads the effort with committees covering gifts, commerce, groups, business districts, residences, suburbs, publicity, speakers, and accounting.
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Red Cross
Fred. Glaize, Jr
Winchester
Frederick County
American Red Cross
National Organization of the Red Cross
Norman H. Davis
The
Fred L. Glaize
Glaize
J. W Arthur
Commerce, Industry and
Andy Bowen
Sam Preston
Henry Goode
George Smith, Jr
Wyatt Richard
Garland R. Quarles
Carl A. Honeycutt
Wendell
Nineteen convicts flee Mississippi state penitentiary
Nineteen white convicts escaped from Parchman prison after overpowering a night watchman and injuring a guard. They seized keys, forced the guard to surrender his car, and commandeered a state truck. Authorities pursued across Mississippi with patrols at bridges and ferries.
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Upchurch
Rey
Love
Duncan
Col
T. P. Brady
State Highway Patrol
Confiscation Plans Highlight German Economics Leader
Walther Funk, Germany’s economics minister, told a Stockholm conference that new decrees would enable broad confiscation of capital not convertible to real value due to war conditions. He also predicted food tax rises and described measures restricting stock trading and closing the Berlin stock exchange on Saturdays.
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Stockholm
Walther Funk
Punk
Berlin
Friendship Fire Company summons members for memorial service
All members are asked to report to the engine house at 7 00 p m Sunday evening to attend memorial services at Christ Episcopal Church at 7 30 p m Ryland Conner secretary
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Friendship Fire Company
Christ Episcopal Church
Ryland Conner
O Neal urges higher prices to curb farm shortages
Edward A. O Neal president of the American Farm Bureau Federation urged higher prices for farm commodities at the Frederick County Cooperative Farm Bureau meeting. He warned of critical food shortages if farm production factors remain unchanged and backed including farm wages in parity calculations to raise prices.
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Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
Frederick County Cooperative Farm Bureau
Handley High School
O'Neal
Nelson
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Donald Nelson
Wickard
O’neal
Unified Command Proposed For Global Allied War Effort
Washington February 13 proposals urged a single world command to direct all Allied military action after Dwight D Eisenhower was named chief of North Africa. Senator Gillette argued for unified coordination while preserving American army identity and separate services. Senator La Follette noted British control of ground air and sea commands and intelligence forces remained unclear.
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Washington
Dwight D Eisenhower
North Africa
United Nations
Gillette
Iowa
Foreign Relations Committee
Eisenhower
Senator la Follette
Germans Fire In Tunisia Bea ten Back By Allied Troops
Allied reports describe heavy fighting near Ousseltia east of Tunis with German forces driven back by entrenched British troops. French Algerian Spahis captured 53 Italian prisoners around Pont Du Fahs and Robaa as Axis actions on Sicily and Calabria drew Allied bombings.
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North Africa
Ousseltia
Tunis
Pont du Fahs
Robaa
Tunisia
London
Reuters
Sicily
Calabria
High Command
Associated Press
Bougie
Bone
Ouselltia
Romm
Algiers
Erwin Rommel
Sened
German Arsenal Area Raided
The RAF conducted a night and day raid on Hitler's arsenal area in western Germany with formations crossing the channel before breakfast. British Mosquito Bombers struck Northwestern France Belgium and the Netherlands as one fighter failed to return.
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London
RAF
Hitler
Arsenal
Germany
Dover Strait
Galais
The
Reich
Wilhelmshaven
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Half Million Axis Soldiers Said Trapped in Caucasus Drive
Soviet forces tightened a ring around Axis troops north of Novorossisk and targeted Krasnoarmeisk to envelop Rostov and the Donets basin. Moscow dispatches report pincer moves near Voroshilovsk and Rostov while Kharkov area fighting continued with hundreds of German casualties.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Russia
Caucasus
Novorossisk
Krasnoarmeisk
Rostov
Donets
Krasnodarmeisk
Stalino
Sea of Azov
Donets Basin
Voroshilovsk
Voroshilovgrad
London
Red
Novocherkassk
Kramatorsk
Chuguyev
Kharkov
Krasnodar
Novotitarovsk
Timoshevsk
Black Sea
Ashtar
Tamin
Kerch Strait
Crimea
30 Injured When Train Hits Bus
Gary officials report a Pennyslvania Railroad westbound train struck a crowded bus and an empty street car, injuring 30 bus passengers. Most were sent to Mercy Hospital with many discharged soon after. Police say injuries ranged from serious to minor as investigators probe why crossing gates were not lowered.
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Gary
Ind
Pennsylvania Railroad
Valparaiso
Chicago
Mercy Hoanlttal
Thomas Ross
Pre Ae
All Leaders Urged to Attend Civil Defense Meeting
Mrs. George Snarr, chairman of the Block Plan for Civilian Defense, calls all zone and block leaders to a Monday 8 pm meeting at the George Washington Hotel. Zone leaders listed include William Legge and several others. sector leaders to be announced. Anderson of Civil Defense will also attend.
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George Snawr
George Washington Hotel
William Legge
V. S. Mce-Clintock
W. H. Lawrence
Douglas Sale
Emma Robinson
Snarr
Japs Admit Loss Of Seven Warships Since August
A Japanese communique broadcast by Tokyo radio today said it had suffered the loss of seven warships and damage to six since August 7, 1942 as Allied forces lost eight sunk and eight damaged. The report tabulated losses through February 6 and noted American carrier losses Wasp and Hornet in the Solomons fight.
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Imperial Headquarters
Tokyo Radio Today
Solomons
New Guinea
Washington
Wasp
Hornet
New York
Associated Press
United Nations
School Board Works On New Budget Plan
Frederick County School Board met in special session to review the upcoming budget. Superintendent Kline reported a prior committee from Middletown High and Clearbrook School had asked for a flat $28 monthly raise per teacher plus a service-based increase, with no decision yet announced.
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Frederick County
Supt. Kline
H. Dennis Hoover
Middletown High School
Bryant Harper
Clearbrook
Kline
New Castle Courier Times Refuses New Subscriptions
The New Castle Courier Times reports it cannot accept new subscriptions temporarily due to newsprint reductions. The paper invites readers to place orders and start subscriptions when conditions improve.
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New Castle
Ind
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Unified Command
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Bernard L. Montgomery
Ben Gardane
Bulletin
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