Evacuation Signs Reported as Berlin Bombing Intensifies
Swedish press says Berlin shows signs of evacuation as heavy Allied raids continue. Berlin experiences another 2,500 ton track fire while 30 plus bombers fail to return. Canadian, American, RAF forces attack German targets, with widespread casualties and censorship restricting details.
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London
Berlin
Reich
Yyo Wass
Britain
Pes-De-Calais
France
Hamburg
Frankfurt
Stockholm
Svenska Morgenbladet
Helgoland
Gibraltar
North Sea
Sted
Street Bond Show Planned by Eagles
The Adria lodge of Eagles hosts a war bond show tonight from 7 to 10 at Maumee and Main Streets with Fred Wood and radio artists in a 40 and 5 box car venue. The event supports the Fourth War Loan, broadcasting to promote bond purchases. Monday at 7:30 H Lyman Dunlap asks Adrian women’s clubs and lodges to join Eagles hall to organize a house to house bond selling drive and ensure broad turnout.
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Adria Lodge of Eagles
Maumee
Main Streets
Fred Wood
H. Lyman Dunlap
War Bond Sajes
Adrian
Eagles Hall
Roosevelt Birthday Ball Lights Night in Washington
President Roosevelt turns 70 with a nationwide birthday ball to raise funds for infantile paralysis research. He will deliver a 12 02 a m radio address. Mrs Roosevelt adds visits to Washington hotels and charity events benefiting Black service members.
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Washington
Jan
Roosevelt
National Foundation For
Franklin D. Roosevelt
District of Columbia
Meretskov Forces Sever Rail Lines Near Leningrad
Soviet reports say Gen I A Meretskov’s Yalkhov army cut the Leningrad Vitebsk line and advanced toward the Leningrad Pskov Warsaw railway, leaving the Germans with a single retreat rail. Moscow claimed rapid complete occupation of the railway was near with Chudovo encircled. Govorov’s forces pushed toward the Estonian border, capturing Repolka and Krasnogvardetsk while advancing from Volosovo.
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London
I. A. Meretskov
Leningrad
Pskov
Warsaw
Vitebsk
Lake Ihinen
Moscow-Leningrad
Meretskov
Lyuban
Stalin
Moscow
Chudovo
Leonid A. Govorov
Bell
Volosove
Krasnogvardetsk
Repolka
Kotrino
Krasnogvardeisk
Leningrad-Vitebsk
Batetskaya
Dro
Rail Line Meretskovs Men Gain On Shimsk Junction
Meretskov drives westward to threaten the Shimsk rail junction near Lake Imen as the German base at Staraya Russa lies to the south. Reports indicate little front news elsewhere while Vatutin fights to reach key rail lines in southwest Ukraine. German broadcasts claim Red Army attacks in White Russia and southern Ukraine were repulsed with heavy losses.
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Meretskov
Stary Shimsk
Lake Imen
Shimsk
Staraya Russa
Dro
Pskov
Tong Front
Ukraine
Nikolai Vatutin
Odessa-Warsaw
Red Army
White Russia
Cherkasy
Allied air raids over Rabaul and Marshall Islands
Allied air forces launched large scale raids over Rabaul New Britain and the Marshall Islands reporting heavy enemy losses and minimal Allied losses. Aircrews attacked airfields and ground installations while Japanese fighters offered little opposition in some waves.
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New Guinea
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Rabaul
New Britain
South Pacific
Bou Bainville Island
Solomons
Wotje
Malvelan
Mii
United States
Central Pacific
Marshall Blasters
Nauru
Gilberts
Thhe
Marshalls
Navy
Russians Report Hundreds of Girls Taken to Germany
Moscow dispatch via Red Star cites hidden messages from recaptured towns south of Leningrad indicating hundreds of local girls were transported to Germany. Letters from Krasnoye Selo mention Lyolia Krylova and Valya Krashenninikova with a 58 car train and German culling of 60 per car. In Taitsi, returning Red Army found no inhabitants, once a 15,000 population town.
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Moscow
Red Star
Leningrad
Germany
Tailsi
Krasnoye Selo
Russia
Liolia Krylova
Valya Krashenninikova
Taitsi
Red Army
Michigan Legislature to Convene Monday Amid Graft Scandal
Lansing Jan 29 Embarrassed by a grand jury probe involving 21 current and former lawmakers Michigan’s legislature prepares a special session. Governor Kelly seeks swift action and a secret message outlining topics for consideration by the joint session Monday noon including budget veterans care rehabilitation juvenile delinquency and state aid for municipalities.
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Lansing
Michigan
Capitol
Montag
Grand Jury
Leland W- Carr
Kelly
Howard Nugent
House of Representatives
House
Senate
William Allen White Dies Famous Editor at Emporia
William Allen White, renowned editor of the Emporia Gazette, died at 4 35 am after a yearlong illness following a Mayo Clinic operation. He penned his last Gazelle editorial titled the New Baby shortly before entering hospital. The elder editor had influenza last year and returned to Emporia to resume duties before dying.
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Emporia
Kasdan
William Allen White
Emporia Gazelle
White
Mayo Brothers Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Gazelle
Maya Hospital
W. L. White
The
Gazette
Whites
New York
Colorado
76 Nurses Are Jap Prisoners
Army and Navy nurses captured when the Philippines fell are held by Japan. About 66 Army nurses are reported prisoners, with others moved to Manila and Santo Tomas internee camp. Some reached Australia. a few escaped Corregidor before the fall. Temblors continue near San Juan after January quake. Livestock auctions noted in Michigan and Blissfield market pages.
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Washington
Jari
Army
Navy
Philippines
Persong
Manila
Corregidor
Santo Tomas University
MacArthur
Australia
Allied Forces Press Toward Cassino From Anzio Front
Allied beach head troops near Anzio push toward the Appian Way and the Cassino rail line, within artillery range of Cisterna. British and American units advance northeast of Anzio while German air attacks and Allied air countermeasures report heavy aerial combat. Farther north French troops seize hills near Belvedere and British warships shell German batteries as naval bombardment disrupts coastal routes. Formia and surrounding areas experience disrupted traffic amid intensified activity across multiple fronts.
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Algiers
Appian Way
Cassino
Cisterna
Anzio
Anziate
Carroceto
Rome
Ferrara
Dag
Vinentigning
Ragea
Belvedere Mountain
Formia
Gulf of Gaeta
Eighth Army
Orsogna
Adriatic
Ortona
Paris
Ministry of Information
London
Italy
Defense in Dr. Fred W. Thomas espionage trial set for Tuesday
The defense of Dr. Fred W. Thomas charged with espionage conspiracy will begin Tuesday in federal court in Detroit. The government rested after introducing a statement in which Thomas admitted supplying Grace Buchanan-Dineen with chemical ingredients for secret ink and information on war production. Thomas said much of the information came from newspapers and magazines and attributed his nondisclosure to narcotic addiction and illness.
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Detroit
Fred W. ‘Thomas
Thomas
Grace Buchanan-Din
Edwart J- Moinet
Miss Buchanan - Dineen
British Press Condemns Japanese Atrocities
London Daily Express declares that Japanese crimes against Allied prisoners prove Britain will commit full military force against Japan after Hitler is eliminated. The British press, as a whole, calls Japan barbaric and savage and demands swift retribution.
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London
London Daily Express
Britain
Japan
Germany
Hitler
Japs Captured 50,000 In Philippines
A Washington review of official casualty reports shows Japan likely captured at least 50,000 Allied and Filipino troops in the Philippines. About 38,000 were from Bataan and 11,574 from Corregidor, with Philippine Scouts and others making up the rest, while official totals cite 31,615 casualties and 42,506 Philippine Scouts among prisoners.
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Washington
Pjp
Philippines
Philippine Commonwealth Army
Batsan
Corregidor
Bataan
Philippine Army
Luzon
Youth Arrested on Murder Charge in Grand Rapids
David Filgas, 18, companion of Patricia Winters, awaits arraignment on a murder charge in Kent County jail. He was arrested by Sheriff Hugh M. Blacklock on a warrant after Prosecutor Menso Belt reviewed the case. A coroners jury ruled Winters was killed in a car fire near Bass Lake on December 11, with the cause undetermined.
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Grand Rapids
David Filgas
Patricia Winters
Kent County
Sheryl Hugh M. Blacklock
Menso R. Belt
Belt
Filgas
Bass Lake
Drastic blows possible for Spain over oil ties
The United States and Britain signaled decisive action against Franco by suspending Spanish oil shipments pending a broader review of trade and relations. Spain faces an economic crisis as oil supplies shrink while Franco weighs aligning with the Axis or Allies amid war fears.
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Washington
Spain
Franco
Avis
State Department
Paul Arleman Named JC C President
Paul Ahleman was elected president of the Adrian Junior Chamber of Commerce at a special election prompted by officer departures for military service. Dale Garner was chosen chair of the board with Al Moore first vice president, Al Lennon second vice president, Robert Tuttle secretary, and two board members Jack Comer and Nikola Balabenoft. Richard Shaft to Turkey and other staff changes were noted as part of routine transitions.
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Paul Ahleman
Adrian
Sofia
Ahieman
Rex
Martin
Gardner
Albert
Turksurg- Mietzner
Lennon
Robert Campbell
Wan
Japanese Atrocities Taught in Doolittle Raiders Torture Tale
J B Powell former China Weekly Review editor described torture of American pilots captured after the Doolittle raid. He recounted daily beatings in Shanghai’s bridgehouse and forced confinement from December 1941 to May 1942 and later dispatches to Japan, with several aviators executed. Powell’s assistant Frances Long reported his emaciation and trauma after repatriation in 1949.
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Tokyo
J. B. Powell
China Weekly Review
Shanghai
Frances Long
Pearl Harbor
Manila
Powell
Philippines
Kiangwan
New York
Oyers
Jimmy Doolittle
Bridgehouse
Presbyterian Hospital
Japan
Shanghai Proper
Chapei
Army
Navy
Far East
Jeremy
Bridge House
Biggest battleship launched by navy
The 45,000-ton U S S Missouri, world’s largest battleship, slides into water at Brooklyn Navy Yard nine months early. Sponsor Miss Mary Margaret Truman, daughter of Senator Harry S Truman, christened the $100 million dreadnought sister ship to the Iowa New Jersey and Wisconsin. Ten thousand workers built it in 3,300,000 man days, with 418,000 square feet of deck space and a displacement to flood 46 acres of land. Electrical plant could power a city’s civilian needs.
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New York
U.S. S. Missouri
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Mary Margaret Truman
U. S
Harry S Truman
Atrocity Accounts Infuriate Nation
The United States debates publicizing Philippine atrocity reports. OWI favors disclosure to inform the public, while the Army and Navy fear reprisals against prisoners and hindered diplomacy. Officials differ on effect on Japanese attitudes, with Hull noting multiple opinions. Further action depends on policy balance and relief efforts for prisoners.
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Army
Navy
Washington
Japan
Armed Services and
Office of War Information
OWI
War and Navy Departments
Pearl Harbor
Philippines
The
OWL
Armed Services
Stephen Harry
Hundreds of bodies seen along highway
Capt. Samuel C. Grashio of Spokane testified at an army press conference about brutal Japanese conduct toward American and Filipino prisoners after the fall of Bataan. He described the march of death, severe beatings, starvation, dysentery, and mass graves near Hermosa, with harrowing scenes of prisoners and a dying Filipino boy.
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Army Air Force
Bataan
Los Angeles
CPA
Philippines
Devonia Montgomery Grashio
Anthony G.grashio
Spokane
Wash
Davao Penak
Mindanan
War and Navy Departments
Lwe
Hermosa
Tor No Teason
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IAP
Buenos Aires
San Juan
Ddrian
al Linden Jr
Blissfield
A. A. Dings
Taltan Rail
DR. Thomas
British Press
Paul Arleman
JC. C
Bulgaria
NAV
Hull
Pris
Grashio
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