Invasion Threat Looms From Allied Push in Pacific
Allied plans to strike key Japanese positions loom as Pacific offensives gather pace. Heavy bombings on New Britain and the Marshall Islands signal a widening campaign while Wisconsin joins the fleet. Submarines report 11 more Japanese cargo ships sunk bringing total to 516 since Pearl Harbor. Tokyo signals unwavering resolve despite Allied momentum.
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Marshall Bands
Central Pacific
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Pacic
Philippines
Wisconsin
Washington
Navy
Raisin
Japan
Tokyo
Teheran
United States
Britain
Iun
William F. Halsey
South Pacific Allied Forces
Four Killed as Flying Fortress Explodes at Airbase
In Columbus a Flying Fortress exploded on a taxiing aircraft during routine training from Wickbourne Airbase late yesterday, killing four men aboard. An investigation was opened as officials described the blast ripping the fuselage center.
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Solumbus
Wickbourne
Oo Post
Minsdorf to be inducted into armed forces
Erich Leins bet 31 year old conductor of the Veveland orchestra will report for induction into the armed forces. Meanwhile in Renton an automobile collision claimed the life of Mrs. John Roberts on May 1, Victory.
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Minsdorf
Sleveland
Erich Leinsbet
Veveland
Betttion
Renton
John Roberts
Victory
Propose Stamp Plan in Lieu of Subsidies
Farm bloc spokesmen urged a government food stamp plan to aid low income families if subsidies end. Anti subsidy witnesses backed stamps as a pensioner subsidy, while others argued prices would rise. Charles W Holman of the National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation endorsed the idea and disputed higher living cost estimates.
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Washington
Congress
Senate Banking Committee
Charles W. Holman
National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation
Holman
Liquor Ration Cards To Be Punched In State Stores
COLUMBUS A punch in time may help distribute the states liquor supply more evenly. Discovering that some registrants were removing the stamped record of a liquor purchase from ration cards and re using them in the same ration period liquor director Don A Fisher ordered state retail stores to punch as well as stamp the cards.
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Columbus
Don A. Fisher
Snipe Sisters Return From Red Army Combat Mission
Two women snipers of the Red Army, in camouflage suits, return from a combat mission with grim work behind them yet bright, smiling spirits.
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Red Army
No Flu Epidemic Is Expected This Winter
The U S Public Health Service says the current rise in influenza cases shows only a normal seasonal increase and carries no overtones of 1918. A spokesman notes health conditions differ from the deadly flu era after World War I.
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Washington
U. S. Public Health Service
Hitler Forces Inferior to Allied Might
London AP reports Hitler faces overwhelming Allied power as U S Britain and Russia combine for a massive war front. German forces are outnumbered three to two on land, three to one in the air, and seas dominated by Allied navies. Estimates place Soviet strength at millions with vast lend‑lease aided equipment, while Western forces number in the low millions and growing.
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Germany
United States
Britain
Russia
Adolf Hitler
Red Army
Mediterranean
Stalin
France
Low Countries
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Finland
Italy
Balkans
Greece
New Delhi
Persia
Jenkins Urges Food Administration Plan
Rep. Thomas A. Jenkins of Ironton Ohio calls for a national food administration to manage rising food problems. Speaking at a League of Republican Women meeting in Washington he warned that the worst shortages would come after this year’s harvests and noted growing demand.
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Thomas A. Jenkins
Ironton, O
Food Administration
League of Republican Women of the
District of Columbia
Jenkins
Republican Congressional Food Study Committee
World security hinges on Anglo American leadership says Knox
Secretary of the Navy Knox told the English Speaking Union that the spirit of understanding between Britain and the United States has yielded benefits for both nations and world welfare. He argued the postwar era should continue the Anglo American leadership that secures global security.
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Chicago
England
United States
Navy
Knox
Fatally Burned Woman Dies In House Basemen t Fire
Mrs. John Hrap aged 54 died after being fatally burned while attempting to extinguish a basement fire in Warren last night. Fire crews battled the blaze as neighbors helped evacuate the home and nearby residents were advised to stay clear of the area.
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Warren
John Hrap
Father of Seven Prepares for Draft Induction
William A Pride Jr 36 a Medford Mass bookkeeper salesman for 11 years prepared to report for draft induction He said being father of sevenchildren does not excuse him from serving and that government allowances would boost his family income by 50 a month
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Medford
Mass
William A. Pride
Pride
Sam
Australian Senator pledges action for deserted wives
Adelaide reports Dorothy Tangney, Australia's only woman Senator, will push action on behalf of Australian wives abandoned by American soldier husbands. She says current laws deny redress or divorce without going to the United States or hiring costly American lawyers.
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Adelaide
Australia
Dorothy Tangney
Should Know About American Morale
London reports special Japanese envoy Saburo Kurusu said in a Tokyo interview broadcast by Berlin radio that defeat does not show U S war weariness. He claimed that with President Roosevelt still in power, the war end is not in sight.
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London
Saburo Kurusu
Washington
Pearl
Tokyo
Berlin
United States
Roosevelt
Liquor Supply Probe To Open Public Hearings
A Senate judiciary subcommittee will begin public hearings on liquor shortages with testimony from Stewart Berkshire, deputy commissioner of internal revenue, about withdrawals from bonded warehouses. The panel says there is enough liquor to last over three years at normal consumption. Distillers support wartime limits to 65 percent of bottle quotas and carton shortages causing missing standard brands in stores.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary
Stewart Berkshire
Jnternal Revenue
van Nuys
D-Ind
Farmers Can Do Most To Keep Peace
Chicago delegates at the American Farm Bureau Federation convention hear president Edward A. O Nea l urge farm people to deepen peace efforts. He calls for elected farmer representatives to regularly address their problems and seek solutions.
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Chicago
Edward A. O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
O'Neal
Mussolini Reported Virtually Paralyzed in Bern
Italian informants in Zurich say Benito Mussolini in Bern is nearly unable to move and his health is deteriorating steadily with his condition worsening.
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IL Duce
Bern
Switzerland
Zurich
Benito Mussolini
International Peace Agency Expected Soon
Washington informally signals early formation of an international body to manage postwar peace and security. Senator Hill urges quick action while lawmakers note no statement on European borders, yet welcome Iran's participation at the peace table and protect small nations in Europe and the Middle East.
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Eee Beer Hill
Alabama
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Churchill
Stalin
Hill
Nye
R-Nd
Foreign Relations Committee
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Cairo
Austin
R-Vi
Iran
Europe
Middle East
Record Gas Ration Theft in Keokuk Milestones OPA
Keokuk Iowa police report the theft of ration stamps and gas coupons from an OPA storage vault. The haul includes 1 318 176 gallons in gas coupons 1 550 shoe stamps and 1 082 copies of Ration Book No 4. An OPA official calls it the biggest such theft in the Middle West and says the cracker is a professional linked to the black market.
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Keokuk
E. P. Edwards
Office of Price Administration
Middle West
Stern Charged With Illegal Tire Possession
A bill of information filed in federal court charges Paul A. Stern of Chillicothe with selling two tires in violation of Office for Price Administration regulations.
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Columbus
Paul A.stern
Chillicothe
Roosevelt vows no Pearl Harbor celebration in wartime address
In a statement marking two years since Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt rejects a resolution for a commemorative day. He highlights rapid American buildup from 1.5 million to about 7.5 million armed forces, noting major battles such as Wake Island, Coral Sea, Guadalcanal, El Alamein, and Stalingrad, and reports the Tehran conference as the war enters its third year.
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Roosevelt
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Rommel
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Stalingrad
Italy
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Marshal Stalin
Germany
World War II Leaders Confer in North Africa Amid Plans
Washington officials foresee Germany’s defeat within a year and two more years to subdue Japan while Roosevelt Churchill and Turkey’s Ismet Inonu confer in North Africa on Turkey’s Allied role. Churchill and Roosevelt may shape war courses as Cairo Teheran talks unfold. Allied offensives push toward Pescara Mignano and Ortona amid heavy rains.
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Pearl Harbor
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Central Ukraine Battles Amid Blizzard as Russian Advance Accelerates
Russian forces renew heavy assaults in central Ukraine battering Znamenka and press within six miles of Smela while approaching Kirovograd. Moscow reports captures of equipment and prisoners as Berlin cites allied pressure over Turkey. British and American air power and Yugoslav partisans claim gains, with an Allied strength edge across land, air, and sea.
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Russia
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Smela
Dnieper
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Rogachev
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Slovenia
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Churchill
Ismet Inonu
Bulgaria
No Reduction In Draft Seen
The War Manpower Commission says there will be no draft call reduction before February end. William Haber notes no change in the planned armed forces size for July 1 and that draft boards are behind schedule, with accumulated deficits in inductions needing to be made up.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission
William Haber
WMC
Two Huntington Men Wounded by Ohioan
Sheriff Fred Sanders reported Wesley Whitt of Burlington charged with shooting at Jesse Mattox and James Patrick, both 28 and from Huntington, West Virginia. Mattox and Patrick were in critical condition in a Huntington hospital with shotgun wounds after Sunday night incident at Whitt’s home.
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Ironton
Fred Sanders
Joe South
North Kenova
Wesley Whitt
Burlington
Jesse Mattox
James Patrick
Huntington
W. Va
Whitt
Mattox
Patrick
Ohio Governor Proclaims Blue Star Mothers Day
Gov. John W. Bricker proclaims Pearl Harbor anniversary as Blue Star Mothers Day urging Ohioans to observe with prayer and by offering encouragement to war mothers.
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Blue Star
Ohio
Columbus
Pearl Harbor
John W. Bricker
OPA Cuts Retail Ceiling Prices on Swiss Watches
The Office of Price Administration ordered drastic cuts in the retail ceiling prices of lower priced imported Swiss watches.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Wisconsin launches as Japan answer at Philadelphia Navy Yard
The $90 million battleship Wisconsin was launched into the Delaware River at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Assistant Secretary A. Bard called it an answer to Pearl Harbor on the second anniversary of the aggression. Mrs. Walter S Goodland christened the vessel as a crowd watched. Rear Admiral Draemel presided and asserted more ships will be needed as the distance to battle areas grows.
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Wisconsin
Delaware River
Philadelphia Navy Yard
A. Bard
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Walter 5S. Goodland
Navy
M. F. Draemel
Fourth Naval District
Bravery of American Woman Recognized by King George VI
Mrs Margaret Hope Maberly Gordon survived 52 days in an open boat after her ship was sunk by a submarine. King George VI awarded the British Empire Medal for endurance and suffering endured in the lifeboat commanded by Third Officer James Whyte. they were the sole survivors when rescued at sea.
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London
Margaret Hope Maberly Gordon
Gordon
H. S. North
Central Avenue
Sea Cliff
N. Y
James Whyte
Whyte
Texas Girl Bitten by Rabid Dog Sought by Patrol
An 18 year old blonde Texas girl bitten by a dog on November 24 in Texas is being sought by the State Highway Patrol. The dog later developed rabies. The girl, with four uniformed companions, stopped at the Colorado River bridge in Bastrop to play with dogs while they fixed a flat tire as they headed east.
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Columbus
Texas
Colorado River
Bastrop
Recover Three Bodies From Ditch Cave-In
Workmen recovered the bodies of three men buried by a cave-in on a 23 foot ditch at the Fred Windmiller farm south of Columbus. The victims were Windmiller aged 70, his son Frederick 35, and Alex Nagy.
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Columbus
Fred Windmiller
Here
Windmiller
Frederick
Alex Nagy
Irvin Cobb Reported Quite Sick in New York Hotel
Irvin S. Coleb, a 67 year old author and radio entertainer and motion picture star, was reported quite sick at his hotel apartment here today by his wife.
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New York
Irvin S. Coleb
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