Russians Press Toward Smolensk in Heavy Frontline Fighting
Soviet front-line dispatches report heavy battles near key towns in the Smolensk sector as German forces fall back under a powerful Russian counter-offensive. Smolensk remains the main anchor of Hitler's winter defense on the central front.
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Smolensk
Moscow
Adolf Hitler
Yelnya
Leningrad
Red Army
Dnieperopetrovsk
Ukraine
Crimea
Feodosiya
Berlin
Norway
Stockholm
Oslo
Vidkun Quisling
Erwin Rommel
Derna
Tobruk
London
Rommel
Germans Cancel Sporting Events Amid War News
Berlin reports widespread cancellations of German sports events this month with expectations of further suspensions. The war dominates reports from Smolensk, Leningrad, and the Dnieper region, with Soviet counterattacks and German losses described amid brutal winter conditions and North Africa actions near Derna and Tobruk.
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Bern
Switzerland
Germany
Munich
Neuste Nachrichten
400000 Added To List Of Nation's Unemployed
Washington The WPA announced unemployment rose by 400000 in January bringing the total to 4200000. The agency cited reduced consumer demand and economic dislocation from war production as the main factors behind the increase despite accelerated war efforts.
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Washington
WPA
Equal job opportunities for river sides at Pt Pleasant
Ohio and West Virginia public employment officials, union spokesmen and E B Badger & Sons contractors agree to disregard the Ohio River for job distribution at the TNT plant. Preference goes to residents within 50 miles, with all workers urged to register locally to avoid chaos and disappointment.
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Point Pleasant
Public Employment Service
Ohio
West Virginia
E. B. Badger & Sons Co
Masonic
E. B Badger & Sons Co
Sugar stamps to be required for sugar purchases
Government will issue sugar stamps for registered consumers as part of a pending sugar rationing plan. Each stamp allows 12 ounces per week, with booklets covering three months or more. Printing delays will push rationing operation back by at least a month, per an Office of Price Administration spokesman.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
War Time To Close Bars Half Hour Early
State liquor board orders night clubs to close by 2 a.m. when war time starts at 2 a.m. Monday shifting clocks to 3 a.m. The usual hours 12:01 a.m. to 2:30 a.m. will be cut short by half an hour for permit holders.
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Columbus
State Liquor Board
Pawnee Bill Lillie, Frontiersman, Dead at 81
Pawnee Oklahoma mourns the death of Major Gordon W. Lillie known as Pawnee Bill. The 81 year old was the last surviving member of the Oklahoma boomers and an associate of Col. William F. Cody in Wild West shows. He died last night.
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Pawnee
Okla
Gordon W
Bill
Lillie
Oklahoma Boomers
Col
William F
Buffalo Bill) Cody
Machines and Tools Traded for War Production
Cleveland area report notes war production machinery moved between factories to maximize output. The Regional Division of Contract Distribution said the plan aims for fastest use of machinery, with Toledo already operating a defense production association lending leasing or selling idle equipment to willing users.
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Cleveland
Toledo
Defense Production Association
War Time Brings Few Changes in Schedules
The nation will move clocks ahead one hour next Monday during World War II War Time. Transportation and radio officials expect minimal disruption with only minor adjustments where schedules depend on sunlight.
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Transportation and
Transportation and Radio
Roosevelt
U. S. Expected To Curb Rise In Hog Prices
Chicago reports hog prices climbing to February highs unseen in 15 years as war demand boosts live hog costs by about $1 per 100 pounds in two weeks. Traders recall wartime peaks of $19.65 in 1918 and $21.85 in July 1919, prompting talk of price control actions.
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Chicago
America
Cancel Deferments Of Reserve Officers
War Production Director Donald M. Nelson announced that reserve officers deferred from active duty due to key civilian posts are now cancelled. The notice applies to officers serving with the War Production Board and states they are considered available for active duty any time hereafter.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
Army Reserve
War Production Board
Sales Tax Receipts Rising in Ohio Amid Wartime Restrictions
Columbus report from State Treasurer Don H. Ebright shows Ohio sales tax receipts climbing as wartime buy stocking ups boost revenue. Officials expect a sharp fall in 1943 due to automobile tire and other goods restrictions.
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Ohio
Columbus
Don H. Ebright
Ebright
Wheat Quota Vote Set for May 2 in Ohio
Ohio farmers will vote on 1942 quotas on May 2 as part of a wheat referendum. Secretary of Agriculture Wickard announced the nationwide date in Washington. Quotas are proposed to curb surplus supplies from previous years.
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Columbus
Ohio
Wickard
Washington
Two youths Die In Flaming Collision Near Columbus
In Columbus a 4 inch collision trapped two youths in a burning car. Edward Roy Koons 18 and Thomas Patrick Wilson 19 died at the scene after the crash with a truck.
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Columbus
Edward Roy Koons
Thomas Patrick Wilson
MacArthur's Troops Repulse Flank Attack on Bataan
The War Department announced that MacArthur’s forces repulsed a night assault on the left flank at Bataan Peninsula on February 3. Communique says Japanese shock troops were mopped up as they infiltrated behind lines and fought in isolated pockets.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Batan
War Department
Navy reports torpedoing of freighter San Gil off Atlantic coast
The Navy announced the freighter San Gil of United Fruit Company was torpedoed by an enemy submarine off the Atlantic coast. United States bomber planes reportedly sunk two or three more enemy transports in Macassar Strait. A naval battalion under Gen. MacArthur reported fighting on Batan Peninsula with sailors and aviators aiding Filipino scouts in repelling a Japanese landing attempt. The navy also noted a motor torpedo boat's night strike on a warship in Manila Bay and the sinking or damaging of Japanese ships in Subic Bay. The U S S Neches was sunk by a submarine with 56 missing.
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Washington
Navy
United Fruit Company
Atlantic
America
Java
Pacific
Batavia
United States
Macassar Strait
Batan Peninsula
MacArthur
Philippines
Clark Lee
Associated Press
Batan
Hart
Far Eastern
Manila Bay
Subic Bay
Corregidor Fortress
U. S. S. Neches
Marietta College Receives $500000 Bequest From Oilman
Dallas Texas report states ER Brown of Magnolia Petroleum Co died January 25 leaving a $500000 trust fund for Marietta College. The fund is to build and equip a petroleum engineering department in memory of his sister Mary Ellen Brown. His daughter receives the $100000 from the old Belpre home.
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Dallas
Tex
Marietta College
ER. Brown
Magnolia Petroleum Co
Mary Ellen Brown
Belpre
Employes Buy Defense Bonds With Pay Raise
CADIZ Ohio July L P Reese owner of the Scio Pottery Co gives 800 employees a 10 percent wage increase and asks that the raise be invested in defense bonds. COLUMBUS conscientious objectors should be drafted to relieve Ohio farm labor shortages says Wade Hammond state director of the US Employment Service.
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Cadiz
L. P. Reese
Scio Pottery Co
Reese
Columbus
Ohio
Wade Hammond
U.S. Employment Service
Youngest Army brigadier general named after Senate confirmation
Lieut. Col. Laurence S. Kuter, age 35, becomes the Army's youngest brigadier general after Senate confirmation. Kuter serves as assistant secretary of the War Department General Staff.
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NEA Telephoto
Laurence S. Kuter
Army
Senate
Kuter
War Department General Staff
James Berry Former Mine Chief Dies in Dayton
James Berry 54 longtime state mining official died at Veterans Hospital Dayton after a three week illness. A New York native and Cambridge Collieries supervisor, he served as state mining chief 1931 1939 and helped recodify mining laws. He leaves wife Jessie four daughters Jeanne Janice Jeanette June and son Richard. funeral in Cambridge.
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Mill St
State Division of Mines
Veterans’ Hospital
Dayton
Berry
Mr. Berry
New York State
Buffalo
Cambridge
George White
Martin L. Davey
Athens
Oral Daugherty
Daugherty
Noble Coal Co
308Th Engineers
Jessie Berry
Jeanne
Janice
Jeanette
June
Richard
Camp Shelby
Miss
Power to Replace Gas in Wartime Transport Emergency
Joseph B. Eastman, director of defense transportation, told a national transit industry war emergency conference that civilians must substitute leg power for gas. He urged reduced pleasure travel and banning sightseeing and large conventions to curb travel.
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Chicago
Joseph B. Eastman
Defense Transportation
Eastman
Singapore Defenders Shell Japs Across Johore Strait
British and Allied forces resist the five day siege of Singapore as Japanese troops mass across the Johore Strait. Gen. Wavell says reinforcements are en route while Singapore defenses repair and harden positions amid ongoing air and ground operations.
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Archibald P. Wavell
United States
Britain
Singapore
Johore Strait
Lend-Lease At 23 Billion Increases Forecast
Washington officials said today that total lend-lease appropriations reached 23.4 billion dollars and could rise by several billion in the next weeks. Direct lend-lease appropriations stand at 13 billion, with provisions diverting military, naval and maritime funds to lend-lease. Air Corps, Army and Navy items are earmarked for lend-lease use.
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Washington
Lendlease
Army
Navy
Maritime Commission
Army Air Corps
Congress
War Today: Allies urged to press Hitler hard now
In Dewitt Mackenzie analysis, Nazi Europe shows systemic chaos masking a still strong but isolated Germany. He argues Allied reinforcements must strike Hitler promptly to prevent recovery, while Japan faces countermeasures as American and British aid arrives. Back-to-the-wall battles will bring hardship before improvement.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Europe
Adolf
Fuehrer
Germany
Herr Hitler
Hitler
Generalissimo Wavell
South Point Hiring Starts Within Week
Huntington West Virginia. Lieut C G Ofield says employment for the ammonia plant at South Point Ohio will start within a week. An employment office will open at the site as the Atmospheric Nitrogen Corporation begins hiring immediately. about 2000 workers may be needed. There is no confirmed plan to expand Buckeye ordnance works to a 40 million dollar plant. no notice has been received. Last Sunday residents were required to leave the 750 acre tract.
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Ironton
Buckeye Ordnance Works
Joseph Hoveridge
Huntington Army Ordnance Office
Organization Honors Hoboes in Uniform
Cincinnati reports Hoboes in uniform to be honored with two service flags raised in Pittsburgh on Washingtons Birthday. The League of Hoboes of the World will unfurl a 250 star flag for 250,000 hoboes serving abroad, while Hoboes of America Inc will display 50 stars for 50,000 American hoboes in the armed forces.
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Cincinnati
Jeff Davis
Pittsburgh
Washington
Uncle Sam
Davis
League of Hoboes of the World
Hoboes of America, Inc
United States
It's Always Renting Time In Messenger Classified Ads
Athens renters enjoy a wide house selection as tenants seek quality homes. Property owners are urged to advertise vacancies fully and use the 6 Day Bargain Rate. Mrs Walter Smith reports renting her house and still receiving calls. Shannon Ave 50 5 room modern house basement furnace 25 dollars per month Dial 615 Telephone Want Ads Dial 0242.
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Messenger
Walter Smith
Shannon Ave
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