Germans Strike at Allied Beachhead Around Cassino
Allied forces press in Central Italy as Cassino battles rage and Cisterna endures heavy American casualties. Luftwaffe, Roman fronts clash while Br ywin Rommel is said to direct renewed tempo. Royal Navy and American air forces strike targets across Europe.
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Rome
Italy
Cassino
Germany
U. S
Wilhelmshaven
London
Europe
Marshal Brywin Rommel
Cisterna
Appian Way
Pontine Marshes
Padiglione
Anzio
Formia
Liri
Mt. Castellone
Terelle
Adriatic
Torricella
Llied
Sulmona
Manopello
Eighth Army
Sumigiano
Homer Bigart
New York Herald Tribune
U.S. Forces Take Half Kwajalein in Five Day Assault
Five day battle on Kwajalein Atoll sees Japan lose control of about half the 30 keys. U S Marines seize Namur and nearby islets after Roi Islet airstrip seizure, with 1,250 Japanese dead reported and American losses totaling 27 dead 9 missing 190 wounded.
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U. S
Kwajalein
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 cooperate with Interior Secretary Ickes on Sunday production in February. Officers promise time and a half after 40 hours and double pay for the seventh consecutive day.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
Ickes
Delay Execution Granted for Cleveland Killer Hagert
Warden Frank Henderson said Henry Hagert an 18 year old Cleveland youth awaiting execution in the electric chair on March 27 has received an indefinite stay from the state court of appeals. Hagert was convicted of murdering two Cleveland children.
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Columbus
Frank Henderson
Ohio Penitentiary
Henry W. Hagert
Cleveland
Court of Appeals
Hagert
Welfare conferences set for Columbus meeting in November 1944
The executive committee announced that the Ohio Welfare conferences will be held in Columbus from November 27 to 29, 1944.
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Columbus
Ohio Welfare Conferences
Pwill
Ten Nazi divisions trapped by Russians near Kiev
Russian forces trap ten German divisions 120 000 to 150 000 men in a Dnieper Bend pocket south of Kiev. Reported killings total 10 000 as attempts to breakout are cut off. Additional German losses occur west of Novosokolniki and north of Lake Ilmen amid broader offensives toward Latvia and Estonia with gains near Novgorod.
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Estonia
Ukraine
Dnieper
Kiev
Novosokolniki
Latvia
Lake Ilmen
Narva
Poland
Rovno
Lutsk
Smela
Zvenigorodka- Shpola
K. A. Meretskov
Novgorod
Konev
Nazi blockade runners sunk in South Atlantic action
Three German blockade runners laden with war materials from Japanese ports were sunk by American destroyers in the South Atlantic. The ships the Burgenland Rio Grand and Weserland carried thousands of tons of rubber tins fats and strategic ores. Some cargo was salvaged and many prisoners were taken. The sinking occurred within a 48 hour period early in January according to the Navy.
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Washington
Pacific
South Atlantic
Navy
Burgenland
Rio Grand
Weserland
Taft Probable Head of Ohio Delegation
Political observers forecast Taft will head the Ohio delegation to the Republican national convention where Gov. Bricker seeks the presidential nomination. Taft is one of six delegates at large named by the state party committee after promising Bricker his support months ago.
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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 casualties are lower than those of other nations, with Britain’s figure, excluding civilians, about five times the U S toll.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Evening Sun
U. S
United States
Construction Contract for Chillicothe Veterans Hospital Addition
A $1,129,000 contract for an addition to the Veterans Hospital in Chillicothe was awarded to Peaker Associates Inc of Cincinnati. The award covers construction and related work for the facility expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Veterans’ Hospital
Chillicothe
Peaker Associates, Inc
Cincinnati
Lodge Quits Senate to Rejoin Army Officer Duty
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr resigns as Massachusetts senator to return to active army service. The move ends his tenure in the U S Senate and clears the seat for new appointment or election.
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Lodge
Senate
Washington
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Massachusetts
Plane Crash Kills 13 Near Garland City Arkansas
SHREVEPORT La A collision between two twin engine medium bombers killed thirteen Army flyers yesterday about 75 miles north of Shreveport near Garland City Arkansas. The tragedy reduced a routine training flight to a fatal wreck.
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Shreveport
Here
Garland City
Ark
Bricker To Speak to Ohio Newspaper Groups
About 300 Ohio editors gathered for wartime publishing talks before Gov. John W. Bricker delivers a major campaign speech. The Ohio Newspaper Association the Buckeye Press Association and the Select List of Ohio Daily Newspapers hosted their annual meetings in Columbus.
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Columbus
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Ohio Newspaper Association
Buckeye Press Association
Ohio Daily
Federal ballot plan for armed services defeated in House
The House rejected the federal ballot proposal 224 to 168 after an 11 hour session and sent the election machinery to the states by a 328 to 60 vote. Backers argued Congress had authority similar to past military voting actions. opponents warned of constitutional risk. Republican leaders urged immediate distribution of 12 million absentee ballot postcards for 1944 service voters.
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Washington
House
Senate
Rep
Vursell
Worley
D-Tex
Congress
Roosevelt
Nazis Plan Step by Step Defense of Rome
The report says Germany warned Pope Pius XII that Rome would be defended step by step, whatever destruction follows. Baron von Weizsacker handed the message from Field Marshal Kesselring via Ankara radio, but the Vatican says the Pope will not leave Rome. Bern dispatches note Soviet press criticism of Fascist leanings toward Vatican coverage.
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London
Rome
Pius XII
Germany
Ankara
Ernest von Weizsaecker
Vatican
Albert Kesselring
Vatican Radio
Hitler
Europe
Bern
la Suisse
Geneva
Vatican City
Roosevelt signs discharge pay bill for armed forces
President Roosevelt signed legislation providing mustering-out pay of 100 to 300 dollars for service members. He urged quick action on his broader program to ease the shift from military to civilian life, including education for servicemen, social security credits for military service, and unemployment allowances machinery.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Britain and United States press Spain neutrality policy
Washington report says President Roosevelt announced at a press conference that Britain and the United States are coordinating to ensure Spain stays neutral in the true sense of the word.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Britain
United States
Spain
Raymond Clapper Killed in Plane Crash Over Marshall Islands
General George C. Marshall and Under secretary Robert Patterson paid tribute to journalist Raymond Clapper who died in a plane crash during Central Pacific operations. Marshall called him courageous and adventurous, lamenting the loss.
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Raymond Clapper
Marshall Islands
Southwest Pacific
Ennis C. Whitehead
USAAF
Clapper
NEA Telephoto
Washington
George C. Marshall
Robert Patterson
Marshall Island
Central Pacific
Hull Advanced As Candidate
Iwry H Wood urged Democrats to nominate a Hull like figure for president and convene a loyal party convention. He attacked the Palace Guard and proposed Hull appoint Roosevelt as head of the American delegation to peace conferences if elected.
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Chicago
Iwry H. Woodring
Hull
Kansas
Roosevelt
Captives Families Urge Help For MacArthur Prisoners
Port Clinton families of 32 men from Co. C 192nd Tank Battalion lost at Bataan urge wartime leaders to send reinforcements to Gen. Douglas MacArthur so the prisoners may be freed soon. They telegraphed President Roosevelt and Secretary Stimson criticizing withholding of Japanese atrocity reports 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 Burden urged keeping the civilian pilot training program as a permanent national effort. He told a Senate subcommittee that halting facilities now would waste aviation assets and called for five more years of operation despite Army and Navy decisions. Navy said it would withdraw, halting college training for pilots, with Army likely to follow. McCarran pressed for swift action to retain trained instructors and recognition for them as specialists 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 committee reported to President Roosevelt that preliminary figures show soft coal miners averaging 55.29 minutes daily underground travel. The War Labor Board previously used 45 minutes as the average from an older Bureau of Labor Statistics survey.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War Labor Board
Bureau of Labor Statistics
GM ends unauthorized strike at four Chevrolet plants
Detroit GM announces settlement of an unauthorized strike involving 6500 workers across four Chevrolet gear and axle division plants. The stoppage halted production but reached an agreement to resume operations and address labor issues.
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Detroit
General Motors Corporation
Chevrolet
Namur Island Transformed Into Inferno By Marines
Namur Island on Kwajalein Atoll endured a two day battle as Marines overran strongpoints and set ablaze pillboxes. scattered snipers and dead Japanese troops were eliminated as heavy artillery flame throwers and bazookas battered fortified blocks. casualties were moderate, and a popular Marine officer was killed in action during the final assault.
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George E. Jones
Namur Island
Kwajalein Atoll
Marshalls
U. S
Namur
Strucker
Marine Corps
Navy Bombers Hit Paramushiro Base in Kuriles Raid
Two U S Navy bombers attacked the Japanese naval base at Paramushiro in the Kuriles, the fiercest North Pacific operation yet as weather hindered observation. The raid marked the tenth strike since December with no confirmed damage reported, amid broader efforts around the Marshalls and Gilberts.
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Washington
Aleutian Islands
Paramushiro
North Pacific Kuriles
Navy
North Pacific
Long War Still Ahead as Allied Forces Press Pacific Drive
Military leaders warned the fight remains long with enemy lines shortening and Allied power expanding. Allied actions include heavy air strikes on Alexishafen and Nipponese positions, Bougainville patrols, and river and jungle operations across Burma and China prisoners new atrocity reports cited from a Dutch London publication.
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Pacific
Madang
New Guinea
Bougainville
Buka
Solomons Islands
Burma
Mayu Peninsula
Irrawaddy River
Taihpa Ga
London
Oko Radio
Kumaichi Yamamoto
Asia
China
Leaves Start Next Month for Allied Base Troops
The United States will begin a home leave rotation next month for long serving personnel in the Southwest Pacific. The plan favors those with 18 months or more of service, plus six months in forward areas like New Guinea and Darwin, Australia, but aims to avoid deactivating units.
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Australia
United States
Southwest Pacific
New Guinea
Darwin
Study Plan for Sick Benefits for Ohioans
In Columbus officials consider sickness benefits for Ohio workers akin to unemployment payments. The advisory council of the State Bureau of Unemployment Compensation may study feasibility, with data to Gov. Bricker for possible General Assembly recommendations.
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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 Bergdoll Is Freed From Fort Leavenworth
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll 50, long time draft dodger of World War I, was released from the Fort Leavenworth disciplinary barracks after a three and a half year term. He was met by his wife in a taxicab at the gate. A Cleveland campaign to recruit 3,500 more women war plant workers will begin Feb 14.
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Leavenworth
Kas
Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll
Ft. Leavenworth
Cleveland
William P. Edmunds
Cleveland Area
War Manpower Commission
Ohio Educator Dies in Columbus Grant Hospital
W. W. Boyd president emeritus of Western College for Women at Oxford Ohio died in Grant Hospital Columbus today. He led the college and was a prominent educator in Ohio education circles.
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Ohio
DLES
Columbus
W. W. Boyd
Western College For Women At
Oxford
Grant Hospital
Ohio Pastors Denounce All Games of Chance
The Ohio Pastors' Convention in Columbus denounces charity games of chance as training for delinquents and unanimously adopts a resolution urging that Ohio's anti gambling law apply to individuals and charitable groups alike. The measure passed by the Legislature last spring imposes penalties on for profit operators, but churches and charities were seen as exempt.
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Columbus
Ohio
Klotz Machine Co Penalized For Waging Wage Increases
A penalty of 5000 dollars was imposed on the Klotz Machine Co of Sandusky Ohio for raising wages for 10 employees without War Labor Board approval.
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Cleveland
Klotz Machine Co
Sandusky, C
War Labor Board
Death of Dayton resident 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 Pile of Mail
The Post Office handled a record 33,392,314,802 pieces of mail last year due to the war, with 2,551,203,000 pieces for armed services. At three cents per letter, revenue would rise by about 75 million dollars. Weekly mail per soldier averaged 6.13 pieces, 5.1 free and 1.03 paid.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Armed Services
Walker
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PPM Ees
Ann Dee
Union
Martin
John Louis L'Abbe
Tarawa Beach
Portland
Ore
L’abbe
Marshall
Kuriles
Gilberts
Tokyo
Ernest J. King
American Legion
Sam
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