Germans Press Assault on Allied Beachhead Near Rome
In Central Italy fierce fighting rages around Cisterna and Cassino as American troops push tanks into Cassino and assault German positions. Allied air power and naval bombardments target Wilhelmshaven and Formia while Rommel is reported directing operations from Italy.
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Rome
Italy
Cassino
Germany
U. S
Wilhelmshaven
London
Europe
Edwin Rommel
Cisterna
Appian Way
Pontine Marshes
Padiglianme
Anzio
Formia
Mt. Castellone
Terelle
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Torricella
Sulmona
Manopello
Stmigliano
Homer Bigart
New York Herald Tribune
Kwajalein Atoll Falls as U S Advances in Pacific
U S forces press five day assault on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands capturing Namur and Roi Islets and four coral keys. US casualties total 27 dead nine missing 190 wounded with Roi Namur sector reporting about 100 Marines killed and 400 wounded. Japanese dead on Kwajalein Islet reach about 1250 of a 2000 garrison as operations move to mopping up.
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Kwajalein Atoll
Marshall Islands
mid-Pacific
Robert Patterson
Kwajalein
U. S
Roi Islet
Namur
Coral Keys
Kwajalein Islet
Navy
Roi-Namur
Radio Tokyo
Union Accepts Ickes Plea for Sunday Work
United Mine Workers leaders urge members in three anthracite districts to support Interior Secretary Ickes' February Sunday production request. Officers promise time and a half after 40 hours weekly and double pay for the 7th consecutive day.
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Washington
P — United Mine Worker
Ickes’ Reuest
Delay Execution of Young Cleveland Killer
Columbus report states Henry W Hagert an 18 year old Cleveland youth schedu to die in the electric chair March 27 had been granted an indefinite stay by the court Hagert was convicted of killing two Cleveland children. Ohio Welfare conferences 1944 meeting will be held in Columbus Nov 27 to 29 executive committee announced.
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Columbus
Frank Henderson
Ohio Penitentiary
Henry W. Hagert
Cleveland
Hagert
Ohio Welfare Conferences
Ten Nazi Divisions Trapped by Russians Near Kiev
Russian forces trapped ten German divisions south of Kiev in a 45 mile pocket on the Dnieper Bend. An estimated 120,000 to 150,000 men faced annihilation as other German losses mounted west of Novosokolniki and north toward Lake Ilmen. Russians reported large captures of guns tanks and machine guns as Konev’s troops advanced.
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Estonia
Ukraine
Dnieper
Kiev
Novosokolniki
Latvia
Lake Ilmen
Narva
Poland
Rovno
Lutsk
Smela
Zvenigorodka- Shpola
K. A. Meretsk
Novgorod
Konev
Nazi Blockade Runners Sunk by American Destroyers
The Navy says three German blockade runners the Burgenland Rio Grand and Weserland loaded with rubber tins fats and strategic ores were sunk by American destroyers in the South Atlantic early in January. Hundreds of tons of salvaged rubber and other cargo were recovered and many prisoners were captured.
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Washington
Pacific
South Atlantic
Navy
Burgenland
Rio Grand
Weserland
Taft Probable Head Of Ohio Delegation
Political observers forecast Taft likely to lead Ohio delegation to the Republican national convention where Gov. Bricker seeks the presidential nomination. Taft, named among six delegates at large by the state party committee, has long supported Bricker in the race.
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Columbus
U. S
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Taft
Bricker
Total War Casualties Estimated at 25 Million
Military experts and civilian observers estimate Allied and enemy casualties exceed 25 million. The Baltimore Evening Sun notes U S j e n e u r i n e s have been less than other nations. British figures excluding civilians are about five times U S totals. Contract for a 1 129 000 addition to the Veterans Hospital in Chillicothe was let to Peaker Associates of Cincinnati.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Evening Sun
U. S
United States
Washington
Veterans’ Hospital
Chillicothe
Peaker Associates, Inc
Cincinnati
Lodge Resigns Senate to Return to Army Service
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. resigned today as Massachusetts senator to resume active duty as an army officer. Fourteen injured and nineteen scattered details but the main action is Lodge leaving the Senate for military service.
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Lodge
Senate
Washington
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Massachusetts
Bricker To Speak to Ohio Newspaper Groups
About 300 Ohio newspaper men and women gathered for wartime publishing talks before Gov. John W. Bricker speaks tonight. Republican spokesmen billed the address as a major speech in his presidential campaign. The three groups met in Columbus for their annual sessions.
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Columbus
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Ohio Newspaper Association
Buckeye Press Association
Ohio Daily Newspapers
Administration Forces Fall in Fight over Federal Service Ballot
In a tough session the House rejected the federal ballot plan 224 to 168 and passed a states rights bill 328 to 60, leaving election machinery to the states. Republicans hailed the vote as a constitutional victory while backers warned of possible unconstitutionality for service voters. Senate action and image of 12 million absentee ballot applications loomed as soldiers awaited guidance.
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Washington
House
Senate
Rep
Vursell
Worley
D-Tex
Congress
Nazis Plan Step by Step Rome Defense Warned
London reports a German plan to defend Rome step by step even with destruction. The Vatican is told via Baron Von Weizsaecker that Rome’s fate depends on military considerations. Vatican says the Pope will not leave Rome. German propaganda links with Hitler as Europe’s bulwark against Communism.
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London
Rome
Ankara
Ernest von Weizsaecker
Vatican
Albert Kesselring
Vatican Radio
Hitler
Europe
Bern
la Suisse
Geneva
Vatican City
Discharge Pay Bill Signed By Roosevelt
President Roosevelt signed a bill granting mustering-out pay ranging from 100 to 300 for armed services members. He urged quick action on further measures to aid the transition from military to civilian life. He called for education benefits, social security credits for service, and unemployment allowances machinery.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Britain and United States Press Franco Over Spain Neutrality
Washington reports President Roosevelt joining Britain in a radio address to stress both nations will press for Spain to stay truly neutral. The message underscores cooperative effort to enforce nonintervention as the war in Europe continues.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Britain
United States
Spain
Raymond Clapper Killed in Plane Crash in Pacific Theater
General Marshall and Under of War Robert Patterson paid tribute to Raymond Clapper, a newspaper columnist killed in a plane crash on the Marshall Islands during Central Pacific operations. The chief of staff praised his courage and adventurous spirit.
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Raymond Clapper
Marshall Islands
Southwest Pacific
Ennis C. Whitehead
Sth Usaaf
Clapper
NEA Telephoto
Washington
Gen
C. Marshall
Robert Patterson
Central Pacific
Hull Advanced As Candidate For President
Harry H. Wooding former secretary of war urged Democrats to nominate Hull or someone like Secretary of State Hull for president. He announced plans for a national convention of loyal party members to unite forces and suggested Hull could appoint Roosevelt to lead the American delegation to peace conferences if elected. He spoke against a fourth term for the president and met allies in Chicago to consolidate opposition.
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Chicago
Harry H. Woodving
Hull
Kansas
Roosevelt
Families Press U S Leaders for MacArthur Relief
Port Clinton relatives of 32 men lost at Bataan amid Japanese imprisonment urge reinforcements for Gen. Douglas MacArthur. They telegraph President Roosevelt and Secretary Stimson, condemning withholding of atrocity stories for 21 months as a grievous error.
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Port Clinton
Bataan
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Port Clinton Bataan
Co. C
192Nd Tank Battalion
Roosevelt
Stimson
Would Extend Civilian Pilot Training Plan
William A. M. Burden urged making the civilian pilot training program a permanent national feature. He told a Senate commerce subcommittee that delaying aviation facilities would waste assets as the Navy plans to withdraw from the program by June 30. Senator McCarran pressed for immediate action to reassign instructors and retain trained pilots in government service.
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Washington
William A. M. Burden
Secretary of Commerce
Burden
Senate Commerce
McCarran
Nev
Army
Navy
Armed Services
Miners Average 55.29 Minutes for Travel
A wartime report claims soft coal miners average 55.29 minutes underground travel daily. The War Labor Board previously used 45 minutes as the figure from a Bureau of Labor Statistics survey taken years earlier.
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Washington
Roosevelt Ay
War Labor Board
Bureau of Labor Statistics
GM settles unauthorized strike at four Detroit plants
General Motors announced the settlement of an unauthorized strike by about 6,500 workers at four plants of its Chevrolet gear and axle division in Detroit. The dispute halted production but is resolved under terms not disclosed.
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Detroit
General Motors’ Corporation
Namur Transformed Into an Inferno by Marines
Namur Island in the Marshall group was blasted into a fiery ruin as Marines pressed to end two days of combat near the northwest tip. Casualties were moderate, with heavy bombardment and close assault using flamethrowers, bazookas, and grenades. A prominent Marine officer was killed in action, while U.S. forces totted up the losses and began the grim task of recovering fallen comrades. In a separate note, Ohio educator W. W. Boyd, president emeritus of Western College for Women, Oxford, Ohio, died at Grant Hospital.
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George FE. Jones
Namur Island
Kwajalein Atoll
Marshalls
U. S
Hattie
Namur
Ines
Marine Corps
Ohio
Columbus
W. W. Boyd
Rine
Western
College For Women
Oxford
Grant Hospital
Navy raid hits Paramushiro base in Kuriles
Two Navy bombers attacked Paramushiro, the Japanese base said to be the largest in the North Pacific. It was the tenth raid since December with no observed results due to bad weather. The action followed U.S. operations around the Marshalls and Gilberts campaign.
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Washington
CMN
Aleutian Islands
Navy
Paramushiro
North Pacific Kuriles
North Pacific
Long War Told as Pacific Front Moves Closer to Tokyo
Admiral King says the war in the Pacific still has a long way to go and warns of tougher defenses as Allied forces push toward Japan. Marshall lauds air and sea power and notes rapid Allied advances across New Guinea and Bougainville while raids strike Nipponese positions. Dutch and Tokyo radios cite alleged Japanese atrocities and mistreatment of Allied prisoners in Asia.
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United States
Tokyo
Ernest J. King
Navy
American Legion
Washington
George C. Marshall
Army
Marshalls
Pacific
Madang
New Guinea
Bougainville
Buka
Solomons Islands
Burma
Mayu Peninsula
Irrawaddy River
Taihpa Ga
London
Toko Radio
Kumaichi Yamamoto
Asia
China
Leaves Start Next Month for U S Troops
The first American troops will return home next month under a new rotation plan. It provides home leave for personnel with long service in the Southwest Pacific. Only a small percentage are affected. Preference goes to those with 18 months' service, and six months in forward areas like New Guinea and Darwin. Officers warn against depleting any single unit.
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Australia
United States
Southwest Pacific
New Guinea
Darwin
Study Plan for Sick Benefits for Ohioans
Columbus reports sickness benefits for Ohio workers may be studied for legislative action by the advisory council of the State Bureau of Unemployment Compensation. Dr. Edison L. Bowers of Ohio State University said the plan is under consideration and data would be sent to Governor Bricker for possible recommendation to the General Assembly.
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Columbus
Ohio
Advisory Council
State Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Edison L. Bowers
Ohio State University
BUC Group
John W. Bricker
General Assembly
Draft Dodger Released From Ft Leavenworth
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, 50, notorious World War I draft dodger, was released from Ft Leavenworth disciplinary barracks after a three and a half year term. He was met by his wife in a taxicab at the gate.
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Leavenworth
Eas
Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll
Ft. Leavenworth
3500 Women Workers Needed in Cleveland
A campaign to recruit 3500 more women war plant workers will be opened Feb. led by Dr. William P. Edmunds Cleveland area director of the War Manpower Commission. The plan aims to bolster wartime production in the Cleveland area.
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Cleveland
William P. Edmunds
Cleveland Area
War Manpower Commission
Ohio Pastors Denounce All Games of Chance
The Ohio Pastors Convention in Columbus denounces charity games of chance run as training for delinquents and adopts a resolution urging uniform application of anti gambling law to individuals and charitable and religious groups. The measure approved by the legislature last spring imposes penalties on operators for personal profit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Klotz Machine Co Fined for Unapproved Wage Increases
A $5,000 penalty was imposed on Klotz Machine Co of Sandusky Ohio for raising wages of 10 employees without War Labor Board approval. The action was announced today by the authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Klotz Machine Co
Sandusky, C
War Labor Board
Death of Dayton man Franklin G. Welles reported
Word reached relatives of the death of Franklin G. Welles of Dayton. He was the father of Mrs. Willard H. Smith of Dayton, formerly of Athens.
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Franklin G. Welles
Dayton
Welles
Willard H. Smith
Athens
Uncle Sam Delivers Record Mail Pile During War
The Post Office reported a record 33.392 billion pieces of mail handled in the last year due to the war, with 2.551 billion handled for armed services members. At standard three cent postage, this mail would have yielded about 75 million dollars in revenue. Postmaster General Walker noted the average weekly mail per soldier is 6.13 pieces, with 5.1 free and 1.03 paid.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Armed Services
Walker
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