Allied Beachhead Holds At Cassino As Rome Front Shakes
Soviet and Allied forces report strong pressure on German lines. Russians claim gains toward Poland with Lutsk and Rovno taken, while Italians defend Cassino where house to house fighting persists. Allied air and ground actions target transport hubs and German reinforcements near the Gustav Line.
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Red Army
Lutsk
Rovno
Poland
Moscow
Hitler
Russia
Rome
Cassino
Warsaw
Joseph Stalin
Old
Ziatolin
Kostopol
Stalin
Gulf of Finland
Ukraine
Old Poland
Smela
Italy
Carroceto
Fifth Army
Liri
U. S
12Th Air Force
Gustav
Adolf Hitler
France
Toulon
Cannes
Mark W. Clark
26Th Panzer
Eternal City
Mount Maidla
Ohio Faces Severe Drought in State History
The drought covering January to August marks the driest period in 61 years, with only 56 percent of normal precipitation totaling 9.70 inches. OSU officials warn moisture loss threatens crops like wheat and barley while state geologist notes depleting underground supplies and slow recovery even with rainfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Weather Bureau
George W. Mindling
Harry C. Ramsower
Ohio State University
Wilber D. Stout
Revoke Limitation On Flying Training
Washington dispatch reports the Civil Aeronautics Administration revoked a year old order that restricted flying training to those needed for specific war jobs. The move follows the War Production Board lifting limits on sale and rental of aircraft as armed forces reduce use of CAA facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Civil Aeronautics Administration
War Production Board
CAA
America to Build Large Oil Pipeline in Near East
The United States plans an oil pipeline from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean coast with an estimated cost of 130 to 165 million dollars. Secretary Harold L. Ickes announced the project on a Saturday. The line would run about 1,250 miles and hold a standing reserve of one billion barrels for the U S Army and Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Persian Gulf
Mediterranean
Secretary of the Interior
Harold L. Ickes
U. S&s. Army
Big U S air fleet raids France in massive attack
London AP reports an American armada of about 1400 planes launched a major operation against France on Saturday. Heavy bombers struck six German airfields in what was described as one of the war's heaviest raids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
France
London
Refugees Flock Toward Germany Amid Allied Bombardment
Panic in the Balkans, Eastern Poland, and the Baltic states as up to 1.5 million flee toward Germany amid the Russian advance. Nazis prepare to care for refugees while Allied air forces hammer France, hitting airfields near Paris and Tours and targeting German invasion routes.
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Stockholm
Balkans
Poland
Baltic States
Germany
Aftontidningen
Grandfather 37 to be inducted into Army in Berwick
BERWICK Pa 4 Grandpa Harry Setzer 37 passed his draft physical Saturday He has nine children and three grandchildren and will enter the Army
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Army
Berwick
Harry Setzer
Setzer
Plenty of Garden Seeds Available for Everyone
Columbus reports ample seed for victory gardens in 1944 with government guided fertilizer and insecticide supplies. Experts urge planting plans to maximize yields from a 30 by 50 foot plot and warn against overstocking.</s>
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Victory Garden
Ins Sea
Ohio State University
Food subsidy plan proposed to aid low income families
A group of senators proposed a 500 million dollar annual food subsidy plan limited to families under about 1600 a year to oppose the administration's 1.5 billion general subsidy program. The plan, a modified Aiken La Follette bill, would be offered as an amendment to Bankhead’s bill which would abolish subsidies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Food Administration
Aiken
R-Vt
Bankhead
Dala
Senate
Sena’ Tydings
D-Md
Agriculture
Sena
WPB Order Threatens US Newsprint Mills
The American Newspaper Publishers Association warned Saturday that a War Production Board order reducing wood pulp for newsprint endangers US mills. The ANPA urged that wartime changes risk hamstringing American newspapers while WPB said the cut is necessary and will be offset by Canadian supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Newspaper Publishers Association
United States
Anpa
The
Publishers Association
WPB
Canada
Cold Wave To Hit Ohio Sunday Morning
Weather Bureau reports a cold wave will strike Ohio Sunday morning. Central Ohio may see a low around ten degrees above zero with high winds and snow across most sections of the state.
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Ohio
Columbus
Weather Bureau
100 Italian Workers Killed by Fascists at Alfa Romeo Plant
A Swiss border dispatch reports that on Friday troops of Mussolini's regime opened fire on striking Italian aviation workers at the Alfa Romeo engine plant near Sempione in Northern Italy. One hundred workers were killed and more than two hundred wounded.
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Bern
Switzerland
Benito Mussolini
Sempione
Italy
Hard Coal Miners Vote Against Sunday Work
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania about 28 000 anthracite miners nearly a third of the state's shaft workers voted to ignore Interior Secretary Ickes and their union leaders urging Sunday shifts in February to ease a coal shortage in eastern states.
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Wilkes-Barre
Pennsylvania
Harold Ickes
Nylon for Entire Hose Industry Being Made
The head nylon salesman says production has expanded enough that when military demands drop off the conversion to civilian use will be immediate. Robert A. Olamsdell, sales director for that division of E. I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co., states government requirements must permit first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Robert A. Olamsdell
E. L Dupont de Nemours & Co
Plane crash near Miami claims nine Navy Marines
The Naval District Headquarters reports the loss of nine Navy and Marine Corps men when a high altitudeplane ditched into the sea seven miles east of Miami on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Naval District Headquarters
Navy
Marine Corps
Crisis for Press Is Past
Columbus report says wartime production crisis for small dailies has passed and papers will survive despite manpower and newsprint shortages. Canton Repository editor predicts further cuts in newsprint allotments. Athens Messenger urged publishers to pursue classified ads as major revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
W. W. Galvin
Pods
The
Newspaper Association
Joseph K. Vodrey
Canton Repository
Gordon K. Bush
Athens Messenger
Democratic foes organize new party and plan convention
A Chicago meeting formed the American Democratic National Committee a group calling itself a challenge to the regular party. It plans a national convention in April or May to adopt a platform and nominate presidential and vice presidential candidates. Harry H. Woodring is named national chairman. The organizers say they are not a third party and aim to contest the administration’s ballot access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New Democratic Party
American Democratic National Committee
Harry H. Woodring
Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Hull
Growth Is Removed From President Head
President disclosed a minor operation to remove a wen from the back of his head. He said the growth had existed for 20 years and had grown recently. Surgeons performed the procedure under local anesthesia in a half hour at the naval hospital, and he announced he would light a cigarette after recovery.
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Washington
Naval Hospital
McCormick and MacArthur Seek Illinois Ballot
Petitions filed in Springfield to place Col. Robert R. McCormick and Gen. Douglas MacArthur on the Illinois Republican primary ballot for the April 11 nominating contest. Filing opened Saturday. candidates may withdraw by February 26. The presidential preference poll remains advisory for delegates.
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Chicago
Robert R. McCormick
Chicago Tribune
Douglas MacArthur
Illinois
Springfield
Planes Hammer Adjoining Jap Bases To Cut Off Aid For Enemy on Kwajalein
American forces claim major Kwajalein Atoll advances with 19 of 32 islands held, three more islets captured including Ebeye and Roi, and airfields and bases established as Navy planes strike Wake Island Eniwetok Mili and Jaluit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kwajalein
Kwajalein Atoll
mid-Pacific
Marshalls
Chester W. Nimitz
Ebene
Wake Island
Eniwetok
Mili
Jaluit
United States
Roland Kwajalein
Ebeye
Japan
Pacific
Seventh Division
Gugegwe
Roi Island
Fourth Division
Marshall
Air war returns to Rabaul as Japs lose planes
Allied headquarters report in the Southwest Pacific says American airmen swept over Rabaul New Britain shooting down at least 13 enemy planes. MacArthur noted Fifth Airforce bombers struck Wewak airdromes with eight planes down and 72 destroyed on the ground. Additional raids against Eniwetok Wake and Kwajalein involved long round trips and multiple losses for Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied
Southwest Pacific
Rabaul
New Britain
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Wewak
Handleman
Army
Marshalls
Gilbert Islands
Mili Atoll
Jaluit Lagoon
Richard L. Connolly
Waukegan
Ill
Kwajalein
Navy Journal
Nippon
Japan
Siberia
Pacific
Tokyo
Domei
Hideko Tojo
Imperial
Tokyo Radio
United States
Burma
Chindwin
Kwajalein Island Fight Report Signals Light American Losses
War dispatch from Kwajalein Lagoon notes sharp US gains on Kawajalein with light American losses. Army troops use flamethrowers and grenades to clear Japanese positions as hundreds of enemy dead are reported on Kwajalein beach and in fortifications.
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Howard Handleman
Kwajalein Lagoon
Kawajalein Island
Attu
Aleutians
Sandy Kwajalein
Strike Closes War Factories
Detroit reports the Independent Mechanics Educational Society of America has 25000 members on strike in 44 Michigan and Ohio war plants. Matthew Smith says he plans to attend the National War Labor Board meeting in Washington to seek sanctions. The union demands a vote by its 110 member executive committee to approve any settlement.
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Detroit
Independent Mechanics Educational Society of America
Michigan
Ohio
Matthew Smith
National Mesa
National War Labor Board
Aea
Washington
NWLB
Wife's Coffin Faulty Sues Casket Companies
Charles Bauman of Pittstown New Jersey sues two casket firms for 25000 claiming his wife’s body fell from a coffin and struck his leg on church steps in Clinton New Jersey last April 26. He reports hair turning gray and ongoing sleeplessness nightmares and distress.
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Philadelphia
Two Casket Comics
Charles Bauman
Pittstown
N. J
Clinton
Bau
Bricker Sees Press Freedom Threatened From Three Sides
Governor Bricker, in a campaign speech to the Ohio Newspaper Association, argues press freedom is endangered by government propaganda censorship and executive power. He calls for open information sources and rejects the Roosevelt New Deal as hostile to honest criticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bricker
Columbus
Gov
John W. Bricker
Ohio Newspaper Association
Pomentaris
Kent Catalan
Dean Ackerman
Hugh Baillie
Roosevelt
Administration Forces Avert Ballot Showdown
Obvious ly outnumbered on the floor the Senate's administration backers forced a surprise adjournment Saturday to stave off a showdown over voting legislation for the armed forces.
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Washington
Senate
Germans and Russians Lead War's Casualties
Metropolitan Life Insurance statisticians estimate about 6,000,000 men dead by end of 1943, mostly Germans and Russians. U S battle losses total around 43,000, with several thousand Americans dying in Japanese captivity.
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New York
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
United States
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Edward M. Sheridan
Los Angeles
Mary Ann Sheridan
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Near East
Paris
Tours
Britain
U. S. Army
French Channel
Europe
Victor H. Ries
Tor Taft
Eastland
D-Miss
McClellan
Dark
Office of Price Administration
al Sernera
Salerno
M’arthur
M’cormick
Ilinois
Marshall Group
Fleet Air Wing Two
Wake
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