RAF Renewed Battle of Berlin Blows At City
RAF launched a two month obliteration campaign against Berlin with a record rain of bombs. American heavy bombers joined the attack on Pas-de-Calais as 18 Fortresses and Liberators struck German targets. About 3,249 tons dropped on Berlin in 20 minutes, while Canadian Albacores set a destroyer ablaze in the channel.
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Germany
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Mastal Command
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Sweden
Tornia
Two Allen buildings destroyed in $40 009 fire blaze
Fire of unknown origin gutted the Tick building housing Brockway Furniture and Knights of Pythias Judge Hat in Allen last night. Preliminary estimates place losses as high as 346,000. Fire crews from Hillsdale Coldwater Quincy Litchfield and Jonesville assisted Allen firefighters as the town lacks a water system and relied on tanker trucks cisterns and improvised water sources.
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Brockway Furniture
Knights of Pythias Judge Hat
Allen
Iillsdale
Coldwater
Quincey
Litchfield
Jonesville
Train Hits Car Near Cad-Tusk Injuries Mentioned
Vern Pifer, a resident near Cad-Tusk, was driving south when a westbound Wabash passenger train struck his car at the Seneca crossing this morning. The impact hurled the auto and knocked the rear wheels off. no injuries were reported to the driver. The train halted briefly, then continued after investigators cleared the scene.
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Cad- Tusk
Bol
Seneca
Pifer
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Workers Reach Fourth War Loan Quotas in 3 Plants
War bond drive continues with AFL and union support. Simplex Paper Corp oversubscribed its $16,000 quota by 2395. Bassett Fourney Coventy, Stearns Manufacturing, and others reported quotas met or exceeded. American Chain, Magnesium Fabr icators, Bolin plant No 2, and Lenawee organizers report substantial bond sales. Elks dinner in Adrian boosts total with $40,625 in bonds sold, part of Third War Loan activities.
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Simplex Paper Corporation
Bassett, Fourney, Coveny
Stearns ‘Manufacturing
Willbee-Morse
B. FL Beagh
Wei Herman Matthes
Acme Preserve
Eleining
Stearns
Tuttle Company
van Camp
AFL
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Magnesium Fabicators
Bolin
A. A. Palmer
Lenawee
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Chrysler foremen return to work after vote
About 7,100 Chrysler foremen, part of the FAAI, return to their jobs after voting to end a work stoppage. The walkout began January 16 over recognition of FAAI as bargaining agent. The War Labor Board had urged compliance and warned it would not rule while the strike continued.
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Ight Ciley Corp
WLB
Hight
Robert H. We
Forenaiys Assalciation of America Independent
FAA l
Chrysler
Frank lElliot
Chrysler Jhapter
PAA
iThe Wlb
Hopkins Testifies In Letter Case
Harry Hopkins, recently ill with influenza, voluntarily appeared before the grand jury investigating a forged letter about Wendell Willkie’s possible renomination. He left Naval Hospital to testify, amid ongoing speculation surrounding the mysterious Jester in the capital.
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Dan
Harry Hopkins
Wendell Willkies
Hopkins
Naval Hospital
Tie
Countess testifies in espionage trial in Detroit
Canadian-born Miss Buchanan-Dineen testified in federal court about conspiring with Detroit physician Dr. Fred W. Thomwas and merchant seaman Bertrand Stuart Hoffman to obtain information for Nazi Germany. She described conferring with Thomas, asking for plane movement details, and receiving capsules while warning of blood infection risks.
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Buchanan-Dineen
Fred W. Thomwas
Bertrand Stuart Hoffman
Thomas and
Hoffmact
United States
Trong
Dr. Thomas
Jackson Goodyear Plant Converts From Cannon To Tires
The Jackson Goodyear Tire plant, once producing tank destroyer cannon and armored fuel tanks, has been rebuilt to tire manufacture. It aims to reach 16,100 passenger and 2,000 truck tires daily by December, plus 42,000 more tubes, with a $4 million boost within a $30 million modernization program. The plant will supply the area’s auto original equipment needs, using synthetic and natural rubbers, as it shifts from wartime weapons to civilian tire production.
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Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
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East Side
Goodyear Company
Jackson I
Guardsyear
Robert E. Lee
British Sub Sinks Japanese Cruiser in Indian Ocean
British submarine under Commander W. A. Bennington fired near in the Malacca Strait and claimed the sinking of a Japanese cruiser in the Indian Ocean, while also destroying two supply ships. Meanwhile Allied air forces claim multiple Japanese ships damaged or sunk in the Pacific and Marshalls raids, with heavy bomber strikes on Rabaul and Tehera.
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Mediterranean
Admiralty
Indian Ocean
Malacca Strait
Malaya
India
Bennington
Malta
Catalina Boniers
Admiralty Islan
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Hansa Bay
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Mara Arthur
Ais
Marshalls
Army Seventh Airforce
Italin Atoll
Rabaul
New Briain
Southiwest Pacific
Tehera
Vost
Countess Ciano and Children Guarded in Switzerland
Bern Switzerland January 2014 Countess Edda Ciano daughter of Benita Mussolini and widow of the former Italian foreign minister is under strict police watch in Switzerland with her three children. She fled to Switzerland on January 9 the day after Court Ciano's treason trial began at Verona. Internment followed immediately and her children arrived three days later. Ciano had been executed for voting with 18 other Fascist grand council members to oust Mussolini last July.
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Bern
Edda Ciano
Benita Mussolini
Cournt Ciano
Verona
Ciano
Grand Council
Mussolini
Cilley to Take Lie Detector Test in Court Case
Everett Cilley, who pleaded not guilty to rape, was taken to East Lansing for lie detector tests at Michigan State Police headquarters this afternoon. He was escorted by his court-appointed attorney, George Bean, and undersheriff Ware Wiley. His trial is set to begin Monday in the circuit court.
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Everett Cilley
East Lansing
Michigan State Police
George Bean
Ware Wiley
Citley
Congressional log jam on soldier vote shows signs of break up
Washington on January 21, 171 the congressional log jam on soldier voting showed signs of breaking as the Senate elections committee released a compromise bill. It provides a uniform federal ballot while keeping vote counting under state control. The measure supports states rights with observation by Sen Lucas Dill, predicting passage in the Senate. The plan voids state poll taxes and registrations, and assigns authority to state election officials to judge eligibility of service members.
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Senate Elections Committee
Senate
Lucas Dilli
Tydings
D-Md
Connally
Revercamb
Rwva
Moore to-Oklaw
Congress
Aemy
Navy
Hts
Army
Tojo predicts golden chance to strike Allies
Tokyo broadcast quotes Prime Minister Hideki Tojo telling the Diet a golden opportunity to crush the Allies has arisen. He urges immediate boosts to war materiel and labor service to speed air power and front deployment while warning the United States and Britain face exhaustion and a protracted, costly conflict.
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Hideki Tojo
Diet Today
Japan
National Labor Service
Tokyo
U. S
Tojo
Domei
Lom
Diet
United States
Great Britain
Greater East Asia
Allied push in New Guinea strengthens with Saidor landings
The reorganized 32nd Division from Michigan and Wisconsin has recently landed at Saidor and now plays a prominent role in the campaign. It is probable that some former members of Adrian's Company B remain with the division, aiding current operations against Japanese forces.
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New Guinea
Michigan
Wisconsin
Saidor
Adrian
French May Outflank Gustav Line in Italy
Allied reports from Algiers say French troops crossed the Rapido and captured the foot of Mt Lago north of Cassino, threatening to outflank the Gustav line. British Fifth Army advances along the Appian Way with 300 prisoners taken, while Germans defend Castellari and Ventosa on Mt Santi Cosina. Minurno fell to British after hard fighting as Allied bombers hit Rome area airfields. Allied destroyers shelled Korcula Harbor in the Adriatic.
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Italy
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Fifth Army
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Mt. Santi Cosina E. Damiano
Mark W. Clark
Casino
Eighth
Sant Elia
Adolf Hitler
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Minrurno
Commmuniqué
Rome
Korcula
Academy says illegal Oscar ballots printed and circulated
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that illegal ballots have been secretly printed and distributed nationally for this year’s Oscars. The statement notes ballots were received from Chicago, Pittsburgh, New York and other cities as investigators seek the source while more than 4,000 authentic ballots are mailed to film industry members for the March 9 awards.
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Academy of Motion Picture Arts
Yugoslav Partisans Recapture Japce and Push German Forces
Tito announces Yugoslav partisans recaptured Japce in western Bosnia, clearing German troops from the area between Mrkonjiggrad and Glamoc and driving forces toward the Dalmatian coast. The bulletin notes multiple sector offensives and 12 month damage to German lines, including 609 truckloads of wheat and 15 bridges.
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London
Narshal
Josip Broz
Tito
Japce
Bosnia
Mrkonjiggrad
Glamoc
Japee
Dalmatian
Allies Expand Hold in Mayu Peninsula Battleground
Allied ground forces push forward on the Mayu peninsula in southwestern Burma capturing new Japanese positions near Buthedaung amid sharp hand to hand fighting. Updates report mopping up continues with air support targeting villages and troop concentrations in the upper Chindwin area. American Chinese units push east to cut the Ledo road corridor while heavy bombers strike Bangkok rail station and Don Muang airfield along with weapon plants.
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Jen
Mayu Peninsula
Burma
Buthedaung
Upper Chindwin
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Nes
Mandalay
Ledo Road
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Bangkok
Thailand
Don
Muang
RAF
Roosevelt Likely To Ignore Fourth Term Draft Noise
Washington dispatch reports the Roosevelt administration may avoid addressing the Democratic fourth term push. President Roosevelt plans to receive committee members at the White House but may not speak by radio or issue a message at tomorrow’s banquet. The drive for a third term gains momentum with support from Kerr, King, Keim, More and Olson, while Ed ward J. Elgin sees the NY delegation backing Roosev elt, and Farley may attend as a former chairman.
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Jan
Roosevelt
Democratic National Committee
White House
Frank C. Walker
Walker
Chincago
Culbert L. Olson
Talifornia
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Thomas
King
Wisconsin
Elmer F. Keim
Minnesota
Jake More
Iowa
Edward J. Elgnn
New York National Sumumitteeniat
James A. Farley
New York State
Farley
Tomorrow Light
Russians Lift Siege and Capture Novgorod in Leningrad Offensive
Soviet forces report lifting the two year siege of Leningrad and capturing Novgorod about 100 miles southeast, enabling a push toward Lake Peipus and southern Estonia. Moscow claims 40,000 Germans slain and 4,090 captured, plus 263 guns and 30 tanks. Govorov and Meretskov paths converge as troops encircle remaining German forces in the Leningrad sector.
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Russia
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Novgorod
Moscow
Stalingrad
Moscow Radio
K. A. Meretskov
Lake Peipus
Estonia
Stalin
Red Army
Sen
Leonid A. Govorov
Strelna
Krasnoye Selo
Gulf of Finland
Shapo Govorov
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Nogvardeisk
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Peterhof
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Mereiskov
Gavorov
Novgorodov Jiteretskar
Volkhov
Turn
Supervisors May Seek More Revenues At Michigan Meet
The State Association of Supervisors in Michigan plans to back local shares in the sales tax revenues at its three day annual meeting in Lansing starting Tuesday. Over 400 county board delegates will discuss greater state aid and possible tax moves while also debating a proposed juvenile code affecting county agents and juvenile court officials.
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Lansing
CPI
State Association of Supervisors
Michigan
Lenaner
Ballenberger
Adrian
LeRoy Tiley
Tecumseh
John Keller
Fairfield Township
Melville B. McPherson
Association
Supervisors Association
Kelly
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