Army Moves to Ease Rail Transport Strain War Dept shifts troops to airlift and discharge
The War Department announced steps to relieve railroad congestion by transferring 25 000 troops monthly to air transport using 70 80 C 47s and 260 former airline pilots under contract with the Army. It will discharge 1 362 railroad veterans in ten days and withdraw 2 063 more with sufficient points for discharge from Europe for return to the United States.
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Johnson
D-Cole
Senate Military Committee
Lewis Hershey
Selective Service
War Department
Army
Europe
United States
Parole Hearings Set for 62 Ohio First Degree Lifers
In Columbus, Supt. William F. Amsine of London Prison Farm backs early release for first-degree murderers who show usefulness to society after 20 years. The new law orders the state pardon and parole commission to hold hearings for lifers after two decades in prison. Amsine says mercy as a factor has limited these cases but asserts “good work must always be rewarded.”
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Columbus
Ohio
William F. Amsine
London
Amsine
Jong
General Assembly
State Pardon and Parole Commission
Amrme
16 Ships Hit Off Coast In Atlantic Battle
CHARLESTON S C UP At least 16 U S ships were torpedoed off the coasts of the Carolinas Georgia and the St Johns River Fla during the Battle of the Atlantic Rear Adm Jules James said today as head of the Sixth Naval District and Charleston Navy Yard He noted anti submarine patrols had been oriented so well by May 1942 that only three ships were torpedoed off the Carolinas and Georgia after that month.
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Charleston
S.C
Carolinas
Georgia
St. Johns River
Fla
Jules James
James
Sixth Naval District
Charleston Navy Yard
Howver
Discharged Veterans to Get Extra Gasoline
U S government agency announces that starting Friday all servicemen discharged from the armed forces are eligible for up to 30 gallons of gasoline. In Columbus, Nora Gibson, 17, drowned yesterday in a water-filled gravel pit.
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Washington
OPA
Columbus
Nora_ Gibson
Hollywood Columbus Honor Rick Today
Hollywood and Columbus citizens join to honor Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, WWI ace, as he receives the Ohio key from Gov Lausche. He will decorate returned combat aircraft at Lockbourne Army Air Base and attend the world premiere of Captain Eddie at a 20th Century Fox film event.
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Columbus
Hollywood
Eddie Rickenbacker
Ohio
Frank J Lauscthe
Lockbourne Army Air Base
Captain Eddie
20Th Century-Fox
Elliott Denies FDR Aided Him in Business
Brig. Gen Elliott Roosevelt denies that the late President Roosevelt promoted or assisted his son's business affairs. He calls such claims lies and says he is leaving the air force because he does not wish to be an arm chair general.
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Washington
Elliott Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Air Force
Storage Vault Study Planned By Anderson
Kansas City Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson will visit the 62,000,000 underground storage vault at Atchison, Kansas, to decide if it should be abandoned after a House committee recommended its closure. The vault, leased by the War Food Administration and built by the Defense Plant Corporation, was completed as refrigeration facilities were finished, and Anderson will assess whether current food stocks justify keeping the cave in use.
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Kansas City
Clinton P. Anderson
War Food Administration
Atchwon
Hans
Anderson
Atchison
House of Representatives
WFA
Defense Plant Corporation
Ole Miss Hit But Fights On Battleship Mississippi
The Batle ship Mississippi nicknamed Ole Miss suffered a kamikaze strike in Lingayen Gulf on January 9 costing 22 lives. The Navy said the ship remained fully operational and later overhaul at Pearl Harbor boosted firepower by 300 percent. Fires were extinguished in 20 minutes and Ole Miss continued to carry out assignments into March.
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Washington
Mississippi
Navy
Lingayen Gulf
Philippines
Pearl Harbor
Price May Be Raised On Strip Mine Coal
The Office of Price Administration announces District No 4 Ohio strip mine owners may apply to remove price differential. The ruling, effective today, stems from unprofitable production at many area mines. In the district strip mine prices run 26 cents lower than deep mine prices.
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Washington
Offce of Price Administration
Ohio
OPA
Truman to Visit King George En Route Home From Parley
President Truman will fly to Plymouth to meet King George VI aboard HMS Renown before returning to the United States. The Big Three conference is nearing an end with a joint communique planned for London Washington and Moscow.
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Truman
King George
Potsdam
Plymouth
George VI
United States
England
London
H.as
The
Washington
Moscow
Roosevelt
Yalta
San Francisco
United
Japs Lose 1 546 Ships 1 330 Planes In July Assaults
Unprecedented American sea and air power knocked out 1 546 Japanese vessels and more than 1 330 planes in the Mikado front yard during July. Tokyo claimed 1 021 Allied planes destroyed and readiness to meet invasion. Carrier planes from Admiral Halsey's fleet contributed most of July's losses. Japan appeared to wage a sitdown war as operations waned.
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Japan
U. S
3Rd Fleet
Kure Harbor
Honshu
Wamaged
Kantaro Suzuki
Hirohito
Associated Press
Richard K O'Malley
Admiral Halsey
Fleet Air Arm
Slayers of U S Airmen Are Sentenced To Hang
Seven Germans including two women were condemned to hang for the killing of six captured American airmen in August at Darmstadt. Three others got long prison terms. An American investigator called the killings the most brutal he had seen, describing a mob execution on the streets after inciting shouts.
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Darmstadt
Germany
Heinrich Bartel
Karl Fugmann
Russell-Hem
Coal Crisis Forecast Cuts Factory Output Across Nation
A government fuel expert testified that a 37 million ton coal deficit could force a four day work week for all industries including steel. Two possibilities could avert this: Army release of 30,000 coal miners by Oct 1 or a rapid end to the war with Japan. Interior Secretary Ickes warned of a very cool next winter unless miners are freed to cover the shortfall.
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Washington
C. J. Potter
Senate War Investigating Committee
Japan
Secretary of the Interior
Ickies
Release of light weapons to civilians sparks War Board action
Washington announ ces immediate sale of all small arms except 112 gauge shotguns and 38 special recoil revolvers. 16 gauge pump and automatic shotguns automatic pistols and rifles to be released while 12 gauge shotguns stay restricted to farmers for predator control. 38 caliber revolvers with law enforcement cartridges remain frozen. Infant killed in fall in Cleveland Rudolph Kamm aged 2 dies from injuries after falling from second story porch at home.
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Washington
War Production Board
Cleveland
Rudolph Kamm
Stowaway in Boeing Test Flight Sparks Inspection Review
Loretta Lord, a Boeing plant inspector in Seattle Washington, stowed away on a two hour high-altitude test of a Super fortress. She crawled from the unpressurized bomb bay into crew compartments after realizing the flight was not a short low altitude test. Boeing will tighten preflight checks.
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Loretta Lord
Boeing
Seattle
Wasa
Laval To France Today Amid Tense Homecoming
Paris reports fears of violence as French guards block access to Laval’s routes. Laval arrived from Innsbruck and was handed to French officers by American troops of the 65th Division. He landed yesterday in Australia in the same plane and crew that ferried him from Barcelona on May 2, citing government orders for leaving Spain.
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Paris
Fierre Laval
Laval
Arrval
Fresnes
Austra
Barcelona
Spain
Jersey Pier Shipping Center for Munitions
New York announced that a secret pier in Jersey City, New Jersey was the major munitions shipping point for World War Two. The facility, claimed as the largest of its kind, loaded 2,696,811 tons of bombs and ammunition ranging from six ton blockbusters to small arms and powder.
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New York
New York Port
Cyclist Sought In Kidnaping
Buffalo police search for nine year old Marjorie Wick and a gray haired man believed to have abducted her on a bicycle last Wednesday. Detective Riordan said the man had been a frequent visitor at Marjorie’s home and had promised a $110000 legacy from an uncle in Utica. The family delayed reporting the disappearance, trusting the man.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Marjorie Wick
Thomas Riordan
John Wick
Marjore
Utica
Riordan
Leahy Defends Marshal Petain in Treason Trial
Paris dispatch reports Adm. William D Leahy defending Marshal Petain, stating the veteran acted in France's best interests. Leahy, at Potsdam, praised Petain and could not testify due to position. The defense cites Petain’s role with Vichy until 1942.
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Paris
Wiliam D Leahy
Truman
Marshal Petain
France
Leahy
Potsdam
Petain
North Africa
Pierre Naval
New jet plane ready to hit Japs
The air force unveiled the Ps0 jet plane for newspapermen, claiming speeds over 650 mph and service ceiling above 15,000 feet. Captain Wallace A. Lion of Wright Field said some units had been sent overseas but none had seen combat. Since July 10, land based planes under Admiral Nimitz reported 261 ships and 53 planes, plus 1546 vessels. Far Eastern Air Forces added 250 ships as they moved toward Okinawa.
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Washington
Air Fores
Wallace A. Lion
Wright Field
Ohio
Uner
Admiral
Nimitz
Far Eastern Air Forces
Okinawa
War Costs Mount as Vast Fleet Faces Allied Attacks
Allied reports list well over 100 warships damaged or destroyed, with battleships carriers and small craft included. MacArthur and Halsey operations plus B29 raids against Japan push a high toll across Malay coast Borneo Honshu and Osaka Kobe areas.
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China
Southwest Pacific
Southeast Asia
MacArthur
Malay
Borneo
Far East Force Command
Admiral Halsey
Maizuru Navalase
Honshu Island
Tokyo
Two New Air Forces Move Up In The War Fronts
In the back yards of the conflict two jungle air forces advance toward Japan. The Tenth Air Force joins the 14th in China while the 13th moves to the Northern Philippines. Maj Gen Paul B Wurtsmith says pilots now seek Tokyo. Continuous fuel shortages hamper Japanese air power. Tokyo claims localized actions on the Indo China border. The US Sixth and 32nd Divisions push in Northern Luzon toward Yamashita’s HQ. The 38th Division reports 25,000 Japanese killed in Luzon. MacArthur notes weak Japanese air opposition on Borneo. Tokyo says heavy damage to Brunel and Miri Harbor.
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Japan
Tenth Air Force
Burma
China
Philippines
Paul. B. Wurtsmith
James O Guthry
13Th Fighter Command
Tokyo
Adm
William Blandy
Suzuki
Kiangsi
Kwelin
Usalr
Indo-China
32Nd
Luzon
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Sierra Madres
MacArthur
Borneo
Brunel
Miri Harbor
WAC seeks annulment of marriage to Captain Schultz
Sgt Kan ella Koulouvaris went to Zehlendorf city hall to seek an annulment of her marriage to Capt Carl G Schultz who is named by a Chicago woman as her husband and the father of her two children Under German law 8 marriage may be annulled if perjury was involved in obtaining the license Service personnel must have a valid military certificate to wed.
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Berlin
UPI
WAC
Kanella Koulouvaris
Zehlendorf
Carl G Schultz
Chicago
Koulouvaris
GAR Commander John Grate Celebrates 100th Birthday in Alliance
John H Grate state commander of the Grand Army of the Republic turns 100 today as the town reads a celebration planned by local veterans. Grate and three Fremont Post GAR members will be honored at a 4 PM ceremony tonight across Alliance amid community support.
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John H Grate
Grand Army of the Republic
Grate
John C Fremont
The
GAR
Greater Superfort Attacks on Japs Promised on Air Force Anniversary
On the 38th anniversary of the Army Air Force Lt Gen Barney M Giles said the Superfort is ready to raid Japan with up to 1 200 planes and 8 000 tons of bombs in a single attack until unconditional surrender. He noted more than 600 B 29 sorties in recent raids and promised doubling aircraft and tonnage soon as the war aims to shorten the conflict and secure peace.
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Tokyo
Tomakomai
Hakkar
Lir
Barney M. Giles
Strategic Air Forces
Guam
Japan
Army Air Force
Giles
Amen
Harmon Field
Army
Wright Attends AAF Anniversary Open House
Orville Wright, aviation pioneer and Wright brothers co inventor, will be guest of honor at Wright Field open house marking the 38th anniversary of the United States Army Air Force. He will witness a formal review of 10 000 massed troops from Wright and Patterson Fields this afternoon.
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Dayton
Orville Wright
Wright Field
United States Army Air Force
Wright
Wilbur
Wright and Patterson Fields
Alexander Named Canada's New Governor-General
London reports Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander has been appointed Canada's 17th governor-general by King George VI to succeed Lord Athlone. Alexander, famed for Dunkirk and El Alamein leadership, becomes Allied commander-in-chief in the Mediterranean at age 14.
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Harold Alexander
Britain
Dunkerque
Burma
el Alamein
Canada
Mediterranean
George VI
Buckingham Palace
Lord Athlone
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