1100 U S Planes Strike Wilhelmshaven in Naval Base Raid
Military reports say 1100 American bombers and fighters attacked Wilhelmshaven after night raids by RAF Mosquito aircraft. The operation hit a major German port, part of a broader Allied push in Western Germany and Polish front areas as Soviet advances threaten Polish territories and Lutsk, Rovno, and Narva areas.
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Italy
Rome
Wilhelmshaven
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Old Poland
Moscow
Narva
Estonia
Gulf of Finand
Rovno
Lutsk
Luck
Willkie plan for huge tax program faces opposition
Washington dispatch outlines Wendell Willkie's proposal for a 2.0 billion dollar tax bill aimed at raising 16 billion dollars in annual revenue. Republicans and some Democrats challenge the plan as unsound while administration and GOP leaders discuss a federal ballot measure affecting service personnel voting in elections.
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Washington
Wendell Willkie
Roosevelt
GOP
Willkie
Cp. Knutson
Minnesota
Veterans Return Under Rotation Plan
World War II soldiers may be brought home under a troop rotation plan announced by the War Department. General Millard F Harmon of the South Pacific command said the program would begin with men who have served about two years and would not be an across the board furlough. The plan aims to manage combat requirements and transportation facilities, with staff implications noted, and pilots’ completion rates estimated, as disclosed at a Washington conference.
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War Department
Millard F. Harmon
Army
South Pacific
South
Washington
Gas Complaint Saves Life of Ohio Woman
Ohio widow Mrs. Hilda Vogel wrote a timely postcard to her gas company about a stove that smelled of gas. An inspector found her near collapse and called the life saving squad, averting tragedy yesterday in Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
Feral Soldier Ballot Assailed by Jenkins
Two Ohio Republican congressmen voiced strong opposition to a proposed federal ballot for soldiers. Harry McGregor of West declared the federal ballot deprives fighting men of local and state representation and argued the President lacks authority to push it through Congress.
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Ashington
Ohioublican
Porown
We Ot
Harry McGregor
Weste
Harmon and Knox visit amid Harmon leave plans
In Arbor Michigan Elyse Knox accompanies Harmon during a 20 day leave from the former Michigan show. The pair are touring and Harmon comments he does not intend to wed soon. Knox travels with him as they visit.
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Arbor
6500 Strike Shuts GM Gear & Axle Plants
About 6,500 Chevrolet Gear & Axle Division workers at General Motors in Detroit struck today, defying a back-to-work order. Picket lines formed. production of axle assemblies for army trucks jeeps and aircraft parts halted. CIO union leaders R. J. Thomas and Walter P. Reuther warned strikers the union cannot protect workers penalized for unauthorized action.
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Detroit
Chevrolet Gear & Axle
General Motors Corporation
R. J. Thomas
United States 'Automobile Workers
CIO
Walter P. Reuther
General Motors Department
Army Officer Training Shows Sharp Decline
Under Secretary Robert P. Patterson reported that the army officer candidate schools have been cut from a peak of 13,000 graduates in December to a monthly output of 2,500 to 3,000. The number of operating schools has fallen from 26 to seven, with several discontinued and others ceasing to accept candidates.
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Washington
Army
Robert P. Patterson
Japs in Pocket By John M Hightower
Washington a The bold stroke of Pacific forces into the Marshall Islands isolates thousands of Japanese troops. They are pocketed on atolls including Wot Jaluit and Maloelap with heavy garrisons. Conquest of the Marshalls may be swift and decisive, reducing threats to Kwajalein and aiding future operations toward Truk and the Dutch East Indies.
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Washington
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Dutch East Indies
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Central Pacific
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Seventh Army
Rol
Philippines
Tokyo
Rome Front Holds as Allies Press toward Lira Valley
Allied forces report widening Gustav Line breaches as American and French troops push toward the Lira Valley and advance along the Rome front. Heavy Soviet and German actions are noted in the Ukraine and Dnieper Bend as Adriatic coast bombardments continue from Porto Recanati to Durazzo.
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Maribor
Durazzo
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Fifth Army
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Ukraine
Goodrich Official Predicts Rubber Shortage Easing
John L. Collier of the B F Goodrich Rubber Co told the National Forecast Council that the rubber crisis is being rapidly solved. He projected synthetic rubber production could exceed 700000 tons this year, nearing the 1940 41 U S consumption record, and noted the industry will process more rubber than in 1940 with a 50 percent rise over last year’s combined consumption.
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Columbus
John L. Collier
B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company
U. S
Farmers Suffer In Service Vote Fight Said Costs Rising
Washington reports note absentee voting cost soldiers $1,000 last year and $1,109,000 of $1,200,000 appropriations uncertain about 1944 crop plans. Wherry and allies accuse Democratic leaders of stalling the soldier vote bill to delay subsidy questions as the Commodity Credit Corporation’s life expires by Feb. 17. In Portland, Oregon, a Liberty Ship engine plant burning destroyed a major factory.
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Ion
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Senator
Wherry
R-Neb
Congress
Ball
Danaher
Senate
Commodity Credit Corporation
Soviet to Establish Foreign Ties for 16 Republics
The official Soviet press announced that the 16 republics will form direct relations with foreign countries and may conclude agreements. Red Star hailed the Foreign Affairs reorganization as a victory for Lenin and Stalin. Each republic could send envoys and invite foreign envoys to their territories.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Foregin Affairs Commissariat
Red Star
Red Army
Lenin
Stalin
Russia
Milk Crisis Averted By Cooperative Cows
Chicago report from the Bureau of Agricultural Economics notes milk production remains high as farmers rely on milking machines to substitute for labor. Cow teamwork and modern machinery ensure dairy output remains steady despite manpower shortages.
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Chicago
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
Bossy
Clapper Killed in Pacific Plane Crash
Washington AP reports Ray mond Clapper, Washington columnist and former chief political writer, died in a Pacific crash while covering the Marshall Islands invasion. Two planes collided in a lagoon. no survivors. Clapper, 51, native of Linn County Kansas, had a long career at United Press and later the Washington Post before joining Scripps Howard in 1936. His wife and two children reside in Washington.
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Grid‘Jiron Club
Tokyo Mayor Says City Prepared for Attacks
Tokyo officials claim the city anticipates air attacks and has air raid protection measures. The mayor is quoted as saying systematic disposal plans for the population are in place to defend Tokyo against potential bombardment.
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Tokyo
London
Germany
Attacking Kwajalein Islet Presses Morrison Marshalls Invasion
American forces widened their assault across Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, seizing substantial portions of Islet and Roi Namur as Marines and soldiers push toward key air strips. Reports describe heavy bombardment, scattered Japanese casualties, and limited sea opposition with few American losses.
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Marshall Islands
Roi Iseet
Namur
Seventh Army
Kwajalein Islet
Atoll
Roi
Marshalls
Kwajalein
U.S
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Central Pacific
Research Program for Postwar Era Proposed
Columbus AP H E Babcock of Iaca New York State Emergency Food Commission urged industry labor and agriculture to unite on postwar research projects to advance human welfare The plan calls for regional federal research advisory committees and projects like quick freezing low temperature food storage It cites flexible postwar plans with six alternatives and notes leaders from Cornell GM and Kroger urging adaptable strategies amid war progress and labor questions
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H. E. Babcock
Iaca
Cornell University
New York State Emergency Food Commission
Industry, Labor and Agriculture
Ohio Development and Publicity Commission
Cincinnati
Scien
Crackett Co
First Postal Profit Shown In Past Year
Washington 27 Congress heard that the post office finally turned a profit after 24 years of operation. Postmaster General Walker said last fiscal year revenues exceeded expenses by 91,92 and the department turned over profits to the Treasury. He cited free services like franked mail as accounting for 122,343,000 of overhead.
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Congress
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House Appropriations Committee
Treasury
Soldier
Parents Celebrate By Buying War Bond For Missing Son
Dir and Mira Paul Frimble purchase a $5500 War Bond with special meaning after learning their son Tech. St. Willand Trimbler was alive and well following a prior missing section report.
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Mira Paul Frimble
Tech. St. Willand Trimbler
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