Allied push expands in Southwest Pacific theater
Reported gains across the Gilbert and Bougainville campaigns as American forces press toward Rabaul. Air and naval operations target Arawe and surrounding zones while Pacific commander officials announce strengthened positions, continuing assaults, and ongoing chases of Japanese units in the New Britain Bougainville area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fay
Makin
Giberts
Gilberts
Cape Merkus
Briain
Offen
Bougainsat
Ouiens
Everal
Cencu
Arawe
Robert C. Richardson
Hawaii
Catal Pacific
Pacific
Berlin
Britain
Rabaul
Beld
Lord Louis Mounthatlied
Asia
Ber
RAF
Sir Richard
George Bet
Allied Military Chiefs Plan Invasion Conferences
Allied leaders including Admiral Stark and Gen Brooke were reported meeting in Washington and London to map invasion plans for Nazi Europe. French, British, and American chiefs discussed operations while domestic debates on food subsidies and oil prices persisted and a Feb 17 deadline loomed for subsidy decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamon
Harold R. Stark
U. S
Washington
Hitler
Alan Brooke
Trajan
Limatie
London
Washinton
Braaanvle
Washin
Hemel
Giraud
Congress
Tornng
Ryeneh
Alan
Andre Lem
Monlor
Stes
Yule Sea
Stat
Philippe Fon
House
Senate
Marie Auboyneau
Bby
Fred M. Vinson
Office ‘of Price Administration
Meigs County Farmer Dies at Cherry Ridge
Meigs County farmer Anton D. Metcalf, 85, died Sunday at his Cherry Bridge home. Funeral services will be held at Hemlock Grove Church with viewing at Pinsterwald Funeral Home until the hour of the service. He is survived by two daughters Mary D. Hoss and Ethel AC at home and a brother in Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meigs County
Cherry Ridge
Pomeroy
Anton D. Metcalf
Meige County
Cherry Bridge
Felock
Hemlock Grove
Pinsterwald
Mr. Metcalf
Mary D. Hoss
Ethel
Yelahoma
Bolivia’s Penranda Overthrown in Coup D Etat
News reports indicate the allied Bolivian government under President Enrique Penranda was toppled by National Revolutionary Movement leaders. The anti Axis leader, who had guided Bolivia to war solidarity with the Allies, was elected in 1940 and welcomed by Roosevelt on a U.S. tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enrique Penranda
Revolutionary ‘Movement
United States
Penranda
Bell
America
Roosevelt
Detroit
Bolivia
Ohio Old Age Pensioners Cut by War Jobs
Ohio old age pensioners face reduced payments as war employment raises living costs. State officials report 1942 payouts, applicant rolls, and backlogs, with average pensioners age 74 receiving about 44340.05 total monthly. Pension totals reached a new high despite drops in new applicants due to employment opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Babb
Tate
Beapta
Ecru
Allied Air Strikes Hit German Industry From West and South
Allied air fleets bombed rail yards and ports across Innsbruck Augsburg and Brenner Pass regions in the deepest Mediterranean strike to date. Mediterranean based planes targeted rail hubs while Americans and jet escorts dominated the skies amid heavy fighter opposition. The aim was a broad front assault on German industry and homeland from the south and west, with significant enemy losses reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civitavecchia
Rome
Pasman Island
Innsbruck Andriatie
Augsburg
Munich
Brenner Pass
Hitler
North Sea
Innsbruck
Algiers
French
Germany
Mediterranean
Uth
West
Revenge Focuses on Stevens Family Across War Fronts
Pvt Charles F Stevens eager to finish basic training and face the Japs. His father Brig Gen Luther R Stevens was captured at Bataan and is a prisoner on Formosa. His mother and two brothers in service are noted as casualties or active in war zones. Red Cross confirms Manila prison status.
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NEA Telephoto
Charles F. Stevens
Luther R. Stevens
Bataan
Formosa
Manila
Red Cros
Russians Hang War Criminals For Atrocities
Four men including Gestapo officers and a Russian chauffeur were executed in Kharkov's public square after a Taleillary front tribunal trial. The Moscow radio reported 40,000 spectators applauded as the sentences were carried out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kharkov
Moscow
Fourth
Akeranian Front
Willer Langheld
Gestapo
Hans Ritzvice
Storm
Richard Ratzian
Gestapo Muxiliary
Mikhail’ Bulanov
Kha
Rumors of Steel Manufacture Relaxation Reported
A trade publication notes rumors that civilian steel production restrictions may be eased. It says to date no broad relaxation has occurred except for limited freight, cultural implements, and some heating devices, with continued easing suggested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sveland
Ine Nagaine Steel
Blue the collie dies in action in the South Pacific
Donald R Stevens of Chicago hangs up a gold star service flag to replace the blue one for Blue his pedigreed collie donated to the Army K nine corps last year The War Department notified that Blue died in action in the South Pacific
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald’ R. Stevens
Chicago
Blue
Army
War Department
Donald
South
Pacific
Fred Wolfe Killed in Crash at Ohio Wesleyan
The report states Robert Frederick Wolfe II a 15 year old son of the Ohio State Journal publisher Edgar Wolfe was killed in a crash while three Navy V2 trainees at Ohio Wesleyan University were injured. Edger Thurston Wolfe Jr aged 17 expected to recover and James I Leech 19 of Pasadena Calif was injured seriously. Doris C Foit a Marion teacher described the crash scene noting the car skidded on crushed stone overturned in a ditch and Wolfe was pinned beneath the vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Frederick Wolfe II
Ohio State Journal
Eagard Wolfe
Ohio Wesleyan University
Edgar “Thurston Wolfe, Jr
James I Leech
Pasadena
Calif
Doris C. Foit
Marion
Robert Wolfe
Commuters Delayed by Runaway Horse in Philadelphia
A runaway horse toppled between a Reading Railroad trestle around 2 o clock this morning, delaying hundreds of commuters. Passengers joked about the incident as they disembarked onto buses and trolleys, waiting for the boss to hear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Reading
Gerrains
Perry Countian Dies While Fight Pacific Airmen in California
A four engine Army bomber crash near Hamilton Field California killed at least nine airmen and a dog while returning them home for Christmas after months in the Pacific. Identification of the deceased awaits next of kin notification. In other news a Perry Countian in New Lexington froze to death at 63, reportedly burned on a farm near Junction City. Daniel Halderman, 32, of Valle, found near Route 2, Pickens, West Virginia.
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Hamilton Field
Calif
Pacific
New Lexington
Frans
Kollefrath
Elkins
W. Va
Junction City
Daniel Halderman
Valle
Daver. O
Pickens
Rail Workers Nearing Grants To Avert Nation's Rail Strike
Washington AP reports talks on concessions to railroad workers beyond wage hikes as a looming nationwide strike looms from December 30. Mediation adjourned without a final agreement. five operating brotherhoods, leaders, and a 33 to 45 member executive group prepare to resume tomorrow. Possible concessions include paid vacations, broader overtime, and coverage of travel expenses for layovers, with debates on adequacy under the Little Steel Formula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sergsehe Reneeve
James
Byrnes
Aed
Saan Bieta U Whine House
B Brotherhoods
War Labor Board
Anll
WLB
Allied gains widen drive toward Cassino in Italy
A military briefing reports Lt General Mark Clark’s army reaching San Vittore after fierce fighting and advancing toward Cassino while Eighth Army overruns a coastal enemy position near Conan. Fifth Army moves north of Venafro through difficult terrain as German forces suffer losses. Alpine bombing targets near Munich. In Naples 5,000 demand King Vittorio’s abdication. in Sicily arrests trigger alleged Fascist plots. Russians and Germans discuss Kherson withdrawal but details remain unclear.
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London
U. S
Atlantic
The
Chronicle
Great Britain
United Nations
Hitler
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Fod
Harold Alexander
Kherson
Dnieper
Black Sea
Odessa
Rumania
White
Daily Mall
Russia
Bailie
Vitebsk
Berlin
Cqat
Erwin
Polotsk
Prussia
Leningrad
Marshall
Mark W. Clark
San Pietro
San Vittore
Cassino
Gev
Bernard L. Montzomay
Eighth Army
Bi ‘Anks
Adriatic
Conan
Orsoona
Montgomerey
Sangro
Fifth Army
Ven
Charact
Naples
Vittorio Emanuele
Sicily
Canada Newsprint Quotas Cut for U S Markets
Ottawa based Prices Board says Canadian newsprint production and supply quotas are changed to reduce shipments to the United States by 10 000 tons from the current 210 000 tons per month while boosting overseas deliveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Canaan Prices Board
United States
Burton urges world police force powered by air
Burton for Air Force World P Burton in Ohio urged a postwar world police force based on air power and dedicated to peace. He spoke at the Federal Club meeting about stations around the globe and patrols led by the combined staff of the United Nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton
Ohio
Federal Club
United Nation
Food Ration Plan Cuts Inequalities in Eating Establishments
The Price Administration announced a new rationing system to be phased in March 1 affecting restaurants hotels and soda counters. It ends separate counts by home and on site consumption and uses a unified method based on dollars revenue and persons served. Records of food and refreshments must be kept from January 1 and reported to rationing boards by January 15.
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Simonism
UIC
Sesoruk
Separ
Chester Bovey
Restau
Bowles
Rcal
Gether
Liquor Black Market Found in Southern Ohio District
Federal investigators report a liquor black market in Southern Ohio with evidence of price regulation violations. Indictments are planned. cases will go before a federal grand jury in Cincinnati. Subpoenas issued to witnesses for Thursday hearings by District Attorney Calvin Crawford and colleagues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U Bao Voi
Cincinnati
Dayton
Columbus
Ina
Joseph D. Leeson
Southern
Ohio
Federal ‘Alcohol Administration
Calvin Wford
Crawford
Prewar fathers face draft list changes under new law
Federal officials say the new father draft provision delays inductions for men with prewar status, arguing the measure echoes long standing laws. They claim the action removes administration from the Selective Service, placing fathers with pre Pearl Harbor status near the bottom of the draft priority.
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Ashington
Monthly Tax For Bobbed Hair
A fragmented note describes a monthly tax on bobbed hair and mentions a Chinese owner and a coin amount. The readable text references a small fee and an owner, but specifics are unclear due to damaged OCR.
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Toman Ho
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New Britain
Ang Oy Tages
Btn
Bougainville
Rahats
South Pacific
BSE
Perdmert
Ene Biman Hs Sae
Torokina
Bougainvilie
Gary
Ieee
Italy
Roples
Urazzo, A
Rumania AL
Tananyg
Greece
Eneral Tito
Yugoslavia
Sarajevo
Glina
Kiadan
Tuzla
Mare Noxonen Dayton
Orvile Wright Co
University of Dayton
Fred Wolfe
Perry Countian
Yank
Mount Assen
Y Lor
Bonesman
Ghth
Jost
Alps
Geremany
Aussbur
Hirenner Pass
Marshal Broz
Yuegosiavia
Dagen
T Again
Canada
Air Firr Force World
Black Key
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