Soviet Broadcast Hints Polish State Backed by Moscow
Moscow indicated official blessing for a separate Polish state independent of the London exile government. The broadcast framed a new Soviet plan to resolve Polish frontier issues by creating autonomous foreign offices in the Ukrainian Soviet Republic and boosting unity among Soviet republics to counter future German aggression. It dismissed the London Polish government as imperialist and fascist-leaning, undermining any chance of a friendly agreement.
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Russia
Lona
Moscow
Ukraine
London
Boy James Fleming Dies After Auto Collision Injures
Four year old James Fleming died from injuries after an automobile struck him Saturday in Columbus. He passed away last night, authorities said, as details of the accident remained under investigation.
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Columbus
James Fleming
Finns Flee Helsinki After Red Air Raid
Thousands of residents flee Helsinki after two Sunday night Soviet air raids. Reports say over 30 killed, 35 fires started in the seven hour attack. A New York recorded Finnish communique cites 200-plus enemy planes, 38 killed and 232 injured across Finland and Tallinn also bombed. Stockholm conducted air maneuvers as Swedish traffic disrupted by fires and explosions.
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Stockholm
Helsinki
Finland
New York
Moscow
Reval
Tallinn
Sweden
Chimney Sparks Cause $100,000 Church Fire
Cadiz reports a fire destroyed the 76 year old United Presbyterian Church on Saturday night. Damage exceeds $100,000. Firemen struggled with low water pressure from Hopedale Jewett and Adena after sparks from the parsonage chimney ignited the wooden bell fr y of the church. Rev John Calvin Smith provided details of the blaze.
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Cadiz
United Presbyterian
John Calvin Smith
Hopedale
Jewett
Adena
Cetfit
Don Vasbinder
Special Venire Is Drawn Today for Collett Trial
A special venire of 75 persons was to be drawn today for the trial of James W. Collett charged with first degree murder in the Thanksgiving eve deaths of his brother in law Elmer McCoy 59 Mrs McCoy 64 and their daughter Mildred 20. Collett's trial is to begin Feb. 28.
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Washington, C. H
James W. Collett
Elmer McCoy
Air Force Training Highlights 165 000 Graduates in 1943
Washington report notes that the Army Air Force trained 165,000 men in 1943 as part of its effort to keep aircraft in service. Since 1939, the training command produced 100,799 pilots, 20,086 bombardiers, 18,805 navigators, 107,218 aerial gunners, and 555,891 ground and air combat crew technicians.
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Washington
Army Air Force
Military Aviation
Soldier Ballot Fight Resumed in Senate Week Three
Washington the senate opened its third week of debate on votes for men and women of the armed services. Proponents of a states rights bill seek to sidetrack the administration’s federal war ballot measure. Senator Overton of Louisiana indicated continued support for leaving military absentee voting to the states and would move for immediate reconsideration if feasible.
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Washington
Senate
Overton
Louisiana
Body of Mrs Stoltz Being Taken to Logan
Body of Mrs Mary Stoltz age 70 who died in New York City last week is being brought to Logan and will be placed in the receiving vault at Oak Grove cemetery. Funeral services await the arrival of her son Warren from New York. She leaves a brother Samuel Smith of 598 W Front St.
Kemper Rites To Be Tuesday Afternoon
Funeral services for Albert Kemper age 97 who died Friday night will be held Tuesday afternoon at two oclock at the Fellowship Church at Maysville. The body will lie in state at Heinlein and Son Funeral Home until the time of services.
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Logan
Albert Kemper
Fellowship Church
Maysville
Heinlein and Son
Jap Charges Atrocities By Americans at Davao
Sadao Iguchi, spokesman for the Japanese Board of Information, defended Japan by alleging numerous outrages by Allied forces at Davao Philippines. He claimed 2400 Japanese women at a local school were raped and described brutal punishments to Japanese internees during the 1942 landing as American forces advanced.
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Associated Press
Sadao Iguchi
Japanese Board of Information
United States
Japan
Iguchi
Berlin
Davao
Philippines
Washington
London
Breached U S Line Restored Near Cisterna
American troops in the Rome beachhead repaired a break three miles west of Cisterna and repelled a major German assault. On the Cassino front, Americans pushed into the approaches and neared the monastery while Cassino was nearly encircled. German forces reportedly shifted elements of a fourth division to the Rome periphery in an intensive bid to break out to the sea.
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Rome
Cisterna
Algiers
Cassino
Loss of Nikopol Brings Severe German Setback in Russia
Soviet forces close within 23 miles of Krivoi Rog iron mines and 45 miles of the Bug River as Nikopol falls under Russian control. Soviet troops trap five German divisions near the Dnieper, seize vast materiel, and claim a major blow to German war production while guerrillas disrupt Nazi lines.
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Adolf Hitler
Soviet Union
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Pizzoferato
Montenerodomo
Orte
Rome
Frascati
Dnieper
Nikopol
Apostolovo
Krivoi Rog
Cherkasy
Red
Russia
Lutsk
Poland
Bug River
Lwow
Estonia
Narva
Narova
Reval
Tallinn
Spain
London
Sunday Observer of London
U. S
Paris
Sarajevo
Final Approval of Tax Bill Is Expected Today
After six months of work Congress was due to give final approval today to the $2,315,000,000 tax bill and shuttle it to the White House. The second wartime revenue measure increases total federal revenue to $42,239,200,000 a year and has been criticized by the president as unrealistic.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Laugh Helps Yanks Break Through On Anzio Beachhead
On February 6, Fifth Army troops on the Anzio front finally pierced barbed wire entanglements after four failed attempts. An American officer, suspended by barbed wire, ordered a fifth charge amid machine gun fire. Casualties included 34 German soldiers killed. Laughter accompanied the daring assault as the men pressed forward.
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Fifth Army
Anzio
25000 Ohio Michigan War Workers Quit
The executive board of the Mechanics Educational Society of America met in Cleveland as about 25,000 workers in 44 Michigan and Ohio war plants walked out for a fourth day. They defied a National War Labor Board order to appear in Washington for a hearing. Sanctions contemplated include reclassification of strikers or withholding union benefits. The strike was framed as a fight against administration support for CIO and perceived suppression of independent unionism.
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Cleveland
Independent Mechanics Educational Society of America
Michigan
Ohio
MESA
George White
Matthew Smith
National War Labor Board
Washington
NLA
Smith
CIO
NLRB
WLB
Ohio Escapes Predicted Cold Weather Weekend
A developing low pressure area north of a mass of cold air altered its path and kept Ohio from a predicted frigid weekend. Meteorologist George W. Mindling noted winds shifted, turning the cold mass away from the state. Ohio enjoyed a pleasant weekend with temperatures only in the high 20s to low 30s.
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Columbus
Ohio
George W. Mindling
Canada
Rohrer Funeral to Be Held at Somerset
Logan reports James Edward Rohrer age 76 died Sunday at his daughter’s home in Union Furnace. Funeral service 9 30 a m Wednesday at Trinity Catholic Church Somerset with body at Roberts Funeral Home. Survived by Myrtle wife and children John Mark Betty Marguerite and three sisters Mrs Hite Mrs Carnicon and Mrs Wylie. Formerly employed at Logan Clay Products Co. plant in Logan.
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Logan
James Edward Rohrer
Dallas Worthman
Union Furnace
Roberts Funeral
Trinity Catholic Church
Somerset
Rohrer
Myrtle
John
Columbus
Mark
Newark
Warthman
Betty
Marguerite
George Hite
Lancaster
Lewis Carnicon
Ned Wylie
Walbridge
Logan Clay Products Co
Polish Hostages Shot in Warsaw by Nazi Orders
London based Polish Telegraph Agency reports 177 hostages killed in Warsaw over the last two weeks of October by German forces. Guns fired on main streets in groups of ten as reprisals for guerrilla sabotage ordered by Hans Frank, governor general.
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London
Warsaw
Hans Frank
Aviation cadet Lau and Lt Bodes killed in Arkansas crash
Aviation Cadet Galen K. Lau of Troy, C. and Lt. H. FE. Bodes of South Orange, N J died in a training plane crash near Pocahontas Arkansas while on duty.
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Walnut Rage
Ark
Galen K. Lau
Troy, C
H. FE. Bodes
South Orange
N. J
Pocashontas
Amey brothers dine fate in Tarawa grave visit
Edward M. Amey of Ambler Pennsylvania kneels at the Tarawa memorial grave of his brother Lieut Col Herbert R Amey USMC. The brothers had not met since 1939 and planned a reunion when they learned they were in combat areas but Col Amey was killed during the Tarawa invasion.
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Edward M. Amey
Ambler
Tarawa
Herbert R. Amey
USMC
Amey
USAAF
NEA
Hocking Red Cross Quota To Be $14 000
Logan special report says Hocking County aims for a $14 000 Red Cross quota, double last year’s $7 800. County chairman Robert Keynes cites wartime needs and plans to publicize how Red Cross aid benefited local service members. Co chairmen are Charles Pratt and Charles Achauer. drive committees to be named later.
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Hocking Red Cross
Logan
Hocking County
Red Cross
Robert Keynes
Keynes
Charles Pratt
Charles Achauer
Plan would depoliticize Ohio highway system in Cleveland
The Cleveland Citizens League urged the Ohio highway recodification commission to create a part time in partisan state highway commission of five governor appointed members for overlapping five year terms and with power to appoint the chief highway engineer. The proposal also calls for county commissioners to appoint country highway engineers instead of elections.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Citizens League
Ohio Highway Recodification Commission
State Highway Commission
Cleveland Woman Dies in Fire At Home
Ruth Flickinger aged 27, wife of Pvt. Herbert Flickinger of Camp Gruber Oklahoma, died in a house fire that injured Burns a week earlier.
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Cleveland
Ruth Flickinger
Herbert Flickinger
Camp Gruber
Okla
First U S naval bombardment hits Paramushiro in home waters
The Associated Press reports the initial sea attack on Japanese home territory targeted Paramushiro Island’s harbor and land installations at Kurabu Point. No ships were struck, while American planes raided nearby bases. Kwajalein Atoll seizure boosts U S capability to push toward the Caroline and Palau lines.
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Associated Press
Paramushiro
Kwajalein Atoll
Marshalls
Pacific
Norman Bell
North Pacific
Kurabu Point
Kwajalein Falls as Marshalls Conquest Nears Completion
American forces rapidly secured Kwajalein and nearby islets in the Marshalls. Kwajalein Island, the administrative heart, fell Friday after landings on January 31, while Ebeye, Roi, and other islets were seized, expanding control to 21 of the chief islands. Seabees and Army engineers began restoring airfields as blockade operations were planned against remaining garrisons.
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Chester W. Nimitz
Pearl Harbor
Atoll
Kwajalein Island
Marshalls
Seventh Army
Ebeye
Gugegwe
Bigej
Eller Islands
Fourth Marine
Roi
Tokyo Radio
Ade
Namur
Navy
Roi Island
Army
John S. Hoover
Central Pacific
Malcolm R. Johnson
Marshall Islands
Air war brief notes Kwajalein reach and Pacific raids
AP war dispatch reports Maj. Gen. Hale stating Kwajalein air bases bring whole Marshalls within bomber range. Rabaul and Truk defenses, raids on Jaluit Eniwetok Wotje Maloelap Mili Utelang. Japanese losses rise near 500 planes at Rabaul. Taung Bazaar recaptured in Arkan front Burma. Stilwell HQ cites sinking six of nine enemy ships off South China coast by Liberator and Mitchell bombers.
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Associated Press
Paul Beam
Willis H. Hale
U. S. Seventh Army Airforce
Kwajalein
Marshalls
Carolines
Onda
Truk
Rabaul
Jaluit
Eniwetok
Wotje
Maloelap
Mili
Utelang
New Britain
Wewak
New Guinea
Cape Hoskins
MacArthur
Taung
Bazaar
Arkan
Burma
New Delhi
Joseph Stilwell
Chungking
China
Step Up Attacks on Paramushiro Reach Japanese Island
Wartime dispatch notes renewed air raids against Paramushiro in the Kurile chain. It details distance from Attu and Dutch Harbor, weather conditions, and the growing frequency of Navy and Army bombers targeting Japanese installations. The report warns of a linked threat from bases along the Kuriles toward Honshu and the proximity to Russia as Paramushiro lies near Kamchatka.
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Shiro
Japan
Attu Island
Aleutians
Dutch Harbor
Pacific
Paramushiro
United States
Kurile Island
Navy
Sts
Kurile Islands
Honshu
Russia
Kamchatka Peninsula
Lorain Residents Deny Attack to Maim Man
Six Lorain residents pleaded innocent in common pleas court to charges of assaulting Cecil B. Dalton of Sheffield Lake with intent to maim. They were released on $1,000 bond. Defendants include William J. Esser, George J. Reube, Joseph S. Hazzard, James Bonatucci, Frank Eiden, and Mrs. Russell King.
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Lorain
Elyria
Common Pleas Court
Cecil B. Dalton
Sheffield Lake
Dalton Lan
Russell King
William J. Esser
George J. Reube
Josephs. Hazzard
James Bonatucci
Frank Eiden
King
Logan Woman Dies in Hospital at Columbus
Mrs. Clytha Rutherford age 23 wife of Sgt Russell Rutherford stationed in England died Sunday at White Cross hospital Columbus after an operation. A leg injury in childhood contributed to her death. She was the daughter of Mrs. John Lemon of Webb Summit. Funeral services will be Wednesday at 2 PM at St Mathews Lutheran Church conducted by Rev A L Hyde of Logan and Rev Robert Glaser of Sugar Grove.
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Logan
Clytha Rutherford
Russell Rutherford
England
White Cross Hospital
Columbu
Rutherford
John Lemon
Webb Summit
St Mathews Lutheran Church
A. L. Hyde
Robert Glaser
Sugar Grove
Auto Crash Near Dayton Kills Four Passengers
A Saturday night crash on Route 35 near Dayton killed four residents. Charles Henry Nees 34 Mary Katherine Pawley 22 Dor rough Hayes 16 and Wanda Jean Pr ton 21 died from injuries sustained in the underpass collision.
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Dayton
Charles Henry Nees
Mary Katherine Pawley
Saturda
Dorrough Hayes
Wanda Jean Prton
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