Allies Penetrate 12 Miles Inland in Italy Drive
Allied forces push 12 miles inland from Nettuno and Anzio beachhead as patrols exploit a lighter German defense. Reinforcements flow in, the Appian Way and main coastal rail line are near, and Cassino battles continue with heavy fighting along the Rapido river. News notes air strikes on the Balkans and ongoing naval losses while weather curtails some air operations.
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Nelluno-Alizio
Rome
Shou
Shen
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Naxis
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Nettuno
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Garigliani
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Eighih
Adriatic
Balkans
Italy
Vratisa
Sofia
Skoplje
Yugoslavia
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Draly
Michigan War Manpower Probe Sheds Light on Detroit Exits
Detroit area war contracts totaling over $2,000,000 face withdrawal as Rep Paul W Shafer seeks a full manpower inquiry. Adrian and Grand Rapids plants face layoffs while Muskegon plans a $5,000,000 facility. Clifford Rice notes mixed employment signals with farm returns seen by March. Wood promoted to colonel at 25 after five years in army ranks.
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Army
Muskegon
Paul W. Shafer
Military Affairs Committee
Michigan
Shafers
Grand Rapids
Adrian
Saafer
Imuehidie
Advian
Uhag
Yei
Clifford Rice
Lenawee County
Actorias
Bohn Aluminum Company
London
Wilson R. Wood
Chir
Tex
Woo
Franer
Senate weighs indefinite meat rationing recess in wage of surplus
Washington January 2 Senate probe opened into charges that large meat surpluses spoiled or were destroyed as officials resisted temporary rationing. Independent packers testified as Thomas urged a holiday to let consumers buy up pork and other surplus. critics warned a recess would misallocate supplies despite stated future demand.
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Washington
Senate
Thomas
Idaho
War Food Administration
WFA
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Club Men Enlisted in War Bond Drive at Tin Can Luncheon
Reardon Peirsol of the war finance committee spoke to 50 representatives of local service clubs at an Army C ration luncheon at the First Presbyterian Church. He urged backing of the Fourth War Loan campaign and compared rations to the war effort. Lyman Dunlap, new city chairman, outlined plans to mobilize in every precinct and in factories, aiming to meet Adrian campaign quotas. Dunlap will meet with individuals and groups at city hall after 7 p.m. to promote bond sales and sustain support for the war.
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War Finance Committee
First Presbyterian Church
Tarawa
Allu
Italy
Lyman Dunlap
New — City
Dunlap
Adrian
Europe
Saleman
Percy_Jones
Croswell War Bond Premiere Attracts Buyers
Croswell Theater manager H J Daley announced a war bond premiere for Wednesday February 9 with Destination Tokyo starring Cary Grant and John Garfield. Bond buyers receive exclusive theater seating with 94 seats for E bonds 320 for $1 bonds 470 for those purchasing Sun bonds 110 for $500 bonds and 44 for $1 900 bonds. Bonds bought between Jan 26 and Feb 3 receive Mekels to exchange for reserve seals at the theater.
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Wodnesday
H. J. Daley
Seli
Adriani
SIGS
Auriaence
Creswell
Cary Grant
John Garfield
Tokyo
Sun
Croswell’ O
Housing surplus in Adrian could ease restrictions soon
A survey shows a housing surplus in Adrian with many vacancies at Deerfield Park on Division Street and the federal trailer camp on East Beecher Street. HOLC broker L. H. Stockford reports 155 of 300 Deerfield Park units occupied and 128 vacant, while 80 of 150 trailers at the government camp are in use. The War Housing Center has received many applications from non essential workers, as officials expect rules to be relaxed to open units to all war workers and others.
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Enis
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Division Street
East Beecher Street
Jiy
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HOLC
Stockford
Masonic Temple
Temple
Adrian
Heights
West Maple Avenue
War Housing Center
Jerry Hall
H. Adams
Allied Raids Claim 300 Japanese Planes Downed in Pacific
Allied air and ground operations across the Pacific report heavy Japanese losses with over 300 planes believed shot down in the southwest and central areas. Allied forces advance near Madang and New Britain as Cape Gloucester comes under air cover and Marshall Islands raids extend.
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Pacific
Atlied
Fanifare
Southwest
Central Pacific
Mien
Madalig
New Fiuies
Shaggy Ridge
Dun Pu
Nadans
New Britain
Bergen—Bee
Isn
Cape Gloucester
Wewik
Madang
Rabaul
Marshall Islands
Touthwestern
pHarsher
Mar
Kluup Killed in Action in New Guinea
Sgt. Arthur F. Klemp of the 32nd Division was killed in action in New Guinea, according to a notice to his father V. P. Kluup of Ogden. He enlisted April 21, 1941, trained at Camp Livingston and Fort Devens, and was a farmer before the war. Survived by eight brothers and two sisters, with memorial services set for Sunday at the Ogden Evangelical church conducted by Rev. W. J. H. Watson.
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Arthur FP. Klimp
New Guinea
Lan
V. P. Kluup
Ogden
Sgt
Klemp
Camp Livingston
Fort Devens
Mass
Metamora High School
Sei. Klump
Eaves
Ezra
Nelson
Blissfield
Lester
Ralph
I J
Gordon
Jatin Wesley
Metaror
Spy Trial Resumes as Countess Takes Stand
Detroit January coverage centers on the espionage conspiracy trial of Dr. Fred W. Thomas and Bertrand S. Hoffmann. The government will decide if other guilty defendants will testify, with Miss Buchanan-Dineen—a central witness and admitted former FBI informant—describing connections to Hoffmann and Theresa Behrens.
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Detroit
Lnunsawerad
Fred W. Thomas
Bertrand S. Hoffmann
FBI
Thomas
Hoffmann
Race Buchanan-Din Seen
Federal Court
Miss Buchanan-Dineen
Theresa Behrens
Detroit ‘Comtoral Law
C.A
Hoffiann
Uyal
Buchanan-Dineen
New York
Bore
War casualty totals revealed for United States forces
Washington on January 25 reports total US war casualties at 142,289 through January 22. Navy casualties number 15,520 dead wounded missing and captured. Army totals reach 106,737 with 17,142 killed 79,917 wounded 24,847 missing and 25,521 prisoners of war.
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Washington
Office of War Information
Stimson to Urge Labor Draft Law In Radio Address
Secretary of War Stimson will outline reasons for backing national service legislation in a 35 minute NBC radio address. He will argue the act would end strikes and place most civilians on call for essential war tasks to balance home and front line duties. The proposal has met a cool reception in Congress.
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Washington
Stimson
NBC
Roosevelt
Sensi- Military Committee
Hart
Congress
Red Army Pushes Nazis Back At Leningrad Front
Soviet Leningrad front advances along the Leningrad Vitebsk railway driving German units toward encirclement risks. Red Star reports heavy air support, captured artillery, and disarray among retreating forces as Pushkin area and surrounding villages change hands amid ongoing bombardment.
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Leningrad
Vitebsk
Pushkin
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Lake Men
Red Star
Volkhov
Pskov
Red Army
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Nads
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Starssovix
Corye
Coroner's Inquest Opens in Death Of Patricia Winters
Grand Rapids Michigan January 25 coroner's inquest into the death December 11 of Patricia Winters a 16 year old Greenville high school student opened here with David Filgas testifying. More than 30 witnesses are scheduled. Winters was burned to death when Filgas's automobile caught fire while the couple left a high school dance near Gowen. Filgas submitted to de fector and truth serum tests but authorities discounted them due to his nervous condition.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Patricia Winters
Greenville High School
Servoy
David Filgas
Miss Winters
Filgas
Greenville
Gowen
Tvuth
17 of 26 Defendants Arraigned in Court
In Lansing on January 25 one Detroit finance executive Ernest J. Prew pleaded guilty to a grand jury warrant accusing him and 25 others of conspiring with 20 legislators in 1939 to push bribed bills. Seventeen defendants were arraigned for examination scheduled February 2, with many requesting an open mass hearing.
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Ernest J. Prew
General Finance Corporation of Detroit
Circuit Cour
Leland W. Carr
Associated Press
Lansing State Journal
Lansing
UPI
Detroit Finance Company
Kim Sigler
Prew
Wayne Suspends Five In Warrant Bribery Case
DETROIT Jan 234 Suspensions were announced by Wayne county agencies of five members and former Michigan lawmakers named in a bribery conspiracy warrant issued by Judge Leland W Carr. The suspended officials held county jobs and include Rep Francis J Nowak Sen Leo J Wilkowski Rep Martin A Kronk and former Sen William M Bradley plus clerks Caspar Linge man Earl Gallagher and John Kazeran in tax offices.
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Detroit
Wayne County
Michigan
Leland W. Carr
Lansing
Boards of
Francis J. Nowak
William M. Bradley
Tax Research
Caspar ¢. Lingeman
County Civil Service Commission
Earl C. Gallagher
John Kazeran
Leo J. Wilkowski
Martin ~ A. Kronk
Peace Now group conducts campaign in Congress
New York January 25. Peace Now national secretary Miss Bessie Simon says the ae lite movement has run six months to interest Congress in an immediate negotiated peace. It relies on mail campaigns and advertisements to persuade senators and representatives, with pamphlets arguing a compromise is preferable to unconditional surrender. Estimated membership is a few thousand. Harvard teacher Dr. George Hartmann chairs the group.
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New York
Congress
Bessie Simon
Peace
Simon
George Hartmann
Harvard University
Harmon Tells of P-38 Trap Over Kiukiang Docks
Ann Arbor dispatch reports Lt. Tom Harmon, returned from China after a 20 day reeve, detailing a perilous air battle. He described six Zeros lining a dive and recall of “beautiful trap” tactics as his group attempted to attack Kiukiang docks, with Harmon in tail end Charlie position.
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Mich
Tom Harmon
Gary
Ind
United States
China
Harmon
South American
Washington D. C
Gridtpr
Kiukiang
Joose
Germans Warn Of New Beachhead Assault In Italy
Maj. Gen. John K. Cannon said the German air force is whipped in the Mediterranean area but will fight hard when Allied forces reach Germany. He noted Allied air power flew 1400 sorties daily over the Rome beachhead while German sorties dropped from 50 to 17. Cannon, nicknamed Uncle Joe, claimed Allied gains include destroying over 100 enemy transport vehicles and predicted strong German resistance once fronts move inland.
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Rome
Hun
Joe
Weys
Cannon
Germany
Luftwaffe
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