Hitler Urges Hold On Rzhev Rail Center Front Pressure Grows
Moscow dispatch reports Adolf Hitler’s appeal to hold Rzhev and southwest Velikie Luki as vital to Germany’s rail network. Red Star says loss of Rzhev equals losing half Berlin, while Soviet lines press the center front west of Moscow with heavy fighting. Casualties mount on both sides as Stalingrad area endures fierce combat and encircled German units face renewed pressure.
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Moscow
Adolf Hitler
Rzhev
Velikie Luki
Rzhevy
Red Star
Hitler
Berlin
Stargrad
Red Army
Stalingrad
Volga
Don
Wall
Imunique
Voronezh
Stockholm
Central Front
Three Boys Wounded in Dresden Shotgun Incident
Three young sons of Mr and Mrs Myr P Polled of Dresden were wounded while playing with their older brother s shotgun yesterday. The accident occurred as the boys handled the firearm, causing injuries to all three. Local physicians treated the brothers and their condition was not immediately released.
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Zanesville
Myr
Cocoanut Grove Examined Eight Days Before Fire
Boston fire inspector earlier checked Cocoanut Grove and deemed conditions good. Death toll lowered to 449 with 172 injured and 5 unidentified victims remaining. Testimony cited palm tree decorations burned quickly and exits locked, amid inquest into the nightclub disaster.
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Boston
Cocoanut Grove
Boston Fire Department
Boston Committee On Public Safety
Charles “Buck” Jones
Frank J. Linney
William Arthur Reilly
Linney
Record Crop Of Pigs Seen
CHICAGO this is the month when pigs born last spring will reach market in a record flow of bacon pork chops sausages and roast pork. Traders caution this will not raise domestic consumer prices. A huge movement from hog states is predicted and concerns arise over transport and processing capacity to handle the load. Livestock experts say consumers won’t see more bacon or pork chops as army and lend lease buyers await purchases.
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Chicago
Army
Saturday Half Holiday Sentence Upheld by Ohio Judge
Common Pleas Judge Charles A. Leach denied a writ of habeas corpus to Harry Daugherty of Newark. Daugherty, sentenced to the Ohio Penitentiary for robbing a Newark hotel clerk, argued Saturday sentencing violated state statutes designating Saturday afternoons as legal holidays. The judge ruled no statute was violated.
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Columbus
Common Pleas
Charles A. Leach
Harry Daugherty
Newark
Ohio
Daugherty
Leach
Pittsburgh meat packer says no gas needed for deliveries
Pittsburgh meat packing house was asked if it had enough rationed gasoline to cover deliveries. The sales manager replied, We don't need gas. We haven't any meat.
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Pittsburgh
Washington Eyes Record 1944 Budget of One Hundred Billion
Plan calls for a victory budget near 100 billion dollars for 1944 with tentative 1943-44 figures already above 90 billion. War managers push maximum mobilization and weapons, subject to wartime outcomes. If war ends earlier, plans cancel. if later, expenditures aim to shorten conflict. Current year outlays exceed 70 billion.
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Washington
United States
Roosevelt
Congress
Foutch Funeral Set for Athens Man at Logan Home
Funeral services for William S. Foutch, a former Athens businessman and bakery operator, will be held at the Logan home of his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Logan, Utah Place, Wednesday at two o'clock. Rev. Edwin A. Brown of the First Methodist Church will lead. Friends may call at the Logan home after seven tonight. Interment will follow at West Union Street Cemetery with family-only services at the Logan home.
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William S. Foutch
Athens
Washington D. H
Columbus
W. H. Logan
Utah Place
Edwin A. Brown
First Methodist Church
Logan
West Union Street
Wounded Yank Anxious To Return to Battle
Washington AP Private Nicholas Lastokein of Fredericksburg D C among the first 115 American wounded from North Africa. he was wounded in the leg by shrapnel while leading a squad over a hill near Casablanca and wants to return to action soon. Women guards quit Cleveland protesting a rise in their workday from three to four hours. 25 quit their jobs as traffic guards at Cleveland Public School zones.
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Washington
Nicholas Lastokein
Fredericksburg
North Africa
Lastokein
Casablanca
Cleveland
Cleve
Submarine sinks eight Japanese ships off coast with view of cities
Lieutenant Commander Thomas Klakring describes a daring U S submarine raid near Japan, sinking eight cargo ships totaling 70 000 tons and damaging four more near major Japanese cities. Crewmembers watched pony races from the periscope as depth charges and escorts attempted to stop them.
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Pearl Harbor
United States
Thomas Burton Klakring
San Mateo
Calif
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Klakring
Gas and Liquor Rations Take Effect Across Nation
Nationwide fuel and liquor quotas began today as motorists rushed to stockpile supplies causing fires from makeshift storage. Oklahoma saw a liquor rush before the four gallon weekly limit, while Tulsa reports heavy interstate traffic hauling liquor. Los Angeles also noted motorists storing large gasoline caches in vacant stations.
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Oklahoma
Tulsa
Joplin
Fort Smith
Ark
Los Angeles
Fill er Up Becomes Memory As Gas Rationing Starts
Ohio motorists face new gas controls as federal rationing begins at 12 01 am with temporary supplemental sites to issue A B and C books. Emergency receipts distributed by OPA relocate to Midwest boards and stations. Periodic tire inspections also take effect today.
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Columbus
Ohio
OPA
Chicago
Midwest
FDR Seeks Extension of Income Limit for Investments
President Roosevelt plans to ask Congress to extend the $25,000 net salary cap to include investment income from 1943. An official noted the wage stabilization act gives no authority on investments, so taxation in the next revenue bill is expected to address the issue. Senator Vandenberg warned of strong congressional opposition if pursued.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Vandenberg
R.-Mich
Heaviest Warship Ever Built Nears Launch
The battleship New Jersey, described as the heaviest ever built, will be launched at the Philadelphia Navy Yard next Monday on the first anniversary of Pearl Harbor. Displacement planned at 48 000 tons, but size increased to apply wartime lessons, officials said.
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Philadelphia
New Jersey
Fourth Naval District
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Iowa
Australia Plans Major Rise in Food Output
Canberra officials and U S partners mapped a large rise in Australia's food production after a wartime order requiring all U S ships to carry munitions and supplies. Food shipments will not proceed under the new rules.
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Canberra
Australia
United States
Will Punish Farmer for Food Shortages in 1943
The Agriculture Department announced that farmers failing to meet 1943 crop allotments face stiff deductions from federal crop subsidies. Payments depend on meeting goals. planting under 90 percent triggers deductions up to five times the rate, with full loss at 70 percent. Some substitutions for war or feed crops possible. over-planting penalties apply to cotton, tobacco, and wheat. State and county goals to be set.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Agricultural Adjustment Agency
Mer
Small Papers Unite For AP Defense Amid Monopoly Suit
Decatur editor Edward E. Lindsay reports widespread endorsements from about 1000 small newspapers backing AP members against a federal government monopoly suit. The suit argues AP’s rejection of Chicago Sun membership shows monopolistic practices, with Tribun e among opponents. Messages urge clarity in the Chicago Sun case.
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Decatur, Ill
Associated Press
Edward E. Lindsay
Decatur Herald and Review
Chicago Sun
The
Chicago Tribune
Sun
Gordon K., Bush
Athens
Ohio
Character of Boy Praised
Friends of 16 year old Stanley Tomaszewski stand by him in grief after the Cocoanut Grove fire. Officials quote him saying a match dropped near an artificial palm caused the blaze while he tried to install a bulb. Robert Masterson, Roxbury Memorial High School headmaster, calls him one of the finest boys in the school.
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Boston
Stanley Tomaszewski
Cocoanut Grove
the Grove
Robert S. Masterson
Roxbury Memorial High School
Unrest in Italy Prompts Hull Warning of Devastating Developments
Secretary Hull indicated the government anticipated explosive internal events in Italy soon amid reports of serious unrest within the war-weary nation, including mutinous army behavior. He warned observers not to be surprised by such developments.
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Washington
Hull
Italy
Bombers Hit Indo China Coaling Base in China Air Raid
American bombers and fighters based in China attacked Campho-Port, the largest Japanese coaling base on the French Indo China coast. The strike targeted docks machinery and coal-loading facilities, performed with air superiority and no Japanese opposition reported.
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China
Campho-Port
Indo-China
Akron man among 16 killed in Iowa bomber crash
Sioux City Iowa report states Sgt. Robert E. Ables of Akron Ohio was among sixteen Army air corps crewmen killed when a bomber crashed in a corn field near Sioux City during adverse weather yesterday.
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Akron
Sioux City
Robert E. Ables
Akron, O
Here
Oxford Professor Henry P Shearman Dies at 64 of Hemorrhage
Dr Henry P Shearman a Miami University professor of industrial management died yesterday from a cerebral hemorrhage at age 64. He was a leading scholar in his field and had taught at the university for many years.
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Oxford
Henry P. Shearman
Miami University
Allied Tanks Press Toward Tunis in North Africa Drive
Allied tank led forces battle German troops within miles of Tunis aiming to sever the last highway link between Tunis and Bizerte. American French units push to block Axis escape to Tripoli as air forces clash and Rommel’s Libya frontline tightens ahead of a climactic assault.
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Tunisia
Tunis
Bizerte
North Africa
Tripoli
Sfax
Gabes
United Nations
Berlin
Djedeida
Morocco
Pont du Fahis
Twon
Britain
Rommel
Libya
Last Stand Looms as Rommel Reinforces at El Agheila
British Middle East HQ said no report yesterday as Rommel’s Africa Corps, rested after a 700 mile retreat from El Alamein, entrenched in the El Agheila corridor. Allied bombing harassed Axis docks at Bizerte and Sicily while Vichy France edged toward war alignment amid Toulon unrest and scuttling plans.
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Middle East
el, Agheila
Rommel
Africa Corps
el Alamein
Egypt
el Agheila
Quicksands
Sea
Mediterranean
United Nations
Bizerte
Sicily
Palermo
Gela
Trapani
Pierre Laval
Vichy
North Africa
France
Europe
Toulon
Ohio Sites Picked for Two More War Plants
The Defense Plant Corporation authorized a new contract with Sun Oil Company of Philadelphia to build and equip an Ohio plant costing over 3 million dollars. It also approved an increase exceeding 1.4 million dollars in a General Motors contract for Ohio plant facilities, totaling over 13 million dollars. Locations of the Ohio plants were not disclosed.
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Washington
Defense Plant Corporation
Sun Oil Company
Philadelphia
Ohio
General Motors, Corp
Detroit
Fighting Heavy In New Guinea Near Gona Front
Allied lines in New Guinea faced intense combat with the Japanese as fighting raged along the 20 mile beachhead near Gona. MacArthur’s spokesman noted close in clashes on the left flank while Allied aircraft and anti aircraft fire supported ground troops, shooting down eight Zero fighters over the area and another over Darwin.
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Australia
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Gona
Papua
Darwin
Warns San Francisco Japs May Bomb City
San Francisco residents were urged by Major General Walter K. Wilson to stay alert for a bold Japanese bombing attempt on the city. He warned Americans misjudge Jap psychology and the effort they'll make to save face.
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San Francisco
War Today On the 99th Day at Stalingrad
The article describes the 99th day of the Stalingrad battle with Nazis clinging to ruined positions around the city. It notes the siege's shifting identity, Nazi prestige and Hitler’s decisions, and hints at a broader Russian westward drive toward Moscow and a promised telegram of a blow struck. Churchill relays a map and a promised telegram marking a major Axis threat from the west.
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Stalingrad
Verdun
Hitler
Moscow
Winston Churchill
Stalin
Kremlin
Churchill
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Buck) Jones
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