Soviet Broadcast Signals Polish State Take Shape
A Moscow radio broadcast suggested Russia plans to bless a new Polish state separate from the London exile government as part of settling Polish territorial disputes. The report tied this to wider Soviet warnings to Bulgaria and Finland and hinted at broader roles for Ukraine and other republics in future frontier settlements.
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London
Russia
Bulgaria
Helsinki
Germany
Poland
Moscow
Red Army
Signiface
Ared
Ukraine
Man Dies After Auto Struck Pedestrian Saturday
James Flem died last night after an automobile struck him Saturday. Police investigate the fatal pedestrian incident as witnesses recount the event.
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James Flem- 4
Finns Fleeing Helsinki After Red Air Raid
Thousands of women and children evacuated Helsinki after two Sunday night raids by Russian warplanes. More than 30 killed and 35 fires started in the seven hour attack. Finnish communique cited 200 plus enemy planes, 38 killed and 232 injured, with other Finland raids. Tallinn reportedly bombed. Swedish aircraft conducted extensive maneuvers as Helsinki traffic disrupted by fires.
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Stockholm
Helsinki
Finland
New York
Moscow
Reval
Tallinn
Sweden
Chimney Sparks Cause Large Church Fire in Cadiz
Fire destroyed the 76 year old United Presbyterian Church in Cadiz Saturday night. Damage exceeds $100,000. Firefighters from Hopedale, Jewett and Adena aided Cefiz volunteers due to low water pressure. Sparks from the parsonage chimney ignited the church's wooden loft.
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Cadiz
United Presbyterian
John Calvin Smith
Hopedale
Jewett and
Adena
Cefiz
Don Vasbinder
Special Venire Drawn Today for Collett Trial
A 75 person special venire was drawn today for the James W. Collett first degree murder trial. Victims were Elmer McCoy age 59 his wife 64 and daughter Mildred 20. Trial set to begin February 28 in Washington C H.
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Washington, C. H
James W. Collett
Elmer McCoy
Air Force training braces to keep them flying
A House committee reported the Army Air Force trained 165,000 men in the training command last year as part of its effort to keep air crews ready. Since 1939, the air forces have trained 100,799 pilots and 20,086 bombardiers among others, totaling extensive numbers across navigators and crew technicians.
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Washington—C?P
Army Air Force
Military Aviation
Soldier Ballot Fight Resumed in Senate Debate
Washington Senate opens its third week of debate on votes for armed services men and women. Proponents of a states rights bill seek to sidetrack the administration's federal war ballot measure. Senator Overton of Louisiana, aiding a Republican bloc, says supporters of a House bill to leave military absentee voting to states are not discouraged by last week's defeat and will seek immediate reconsideration.
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Washington
Senate
Overton
Louisiana
Body of Mrs Stoltz to Logan for burial at Oak Grove
Mrs Mary Stoltz aged 70 died in New York City last week. Her body is being brought to Logan and will be placed in the receiving vault at Oak Grove cemetery. Funeral services are postponed until her son Warren arrives from New York. She leaves a brother Samuel Smith of 598 West Front Street.
Kemper Rites Set For Tuesday Afternoon at Maysville
Funeral services for Albert Kemper 97, who died Friday night, will be held Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock at the Fellowship Church in Maysville. The body will lie in state at Heinlein and Son Funeral Home until the service.
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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, claims Allied charges of Japan’s atrocities are propaganda. He alleges many of 2,400 Japanese women in Davao were raped and reports brutal acts against Japanese internees, while blaming Anglo American efforts to spread hatred for concealing their own crimes.
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Associated Press
Sadao Iguchi
Japanese Board of Information
United States
Japan
Iguchi
Berlin
Davao
Philippines
U.S. Line Restored Near Cisterna After Break Repair
American troops in the Rome beachhead repaired a three mile breach west of Cisterna and repelled a German assault, while on the Cassino front advances narrowed to within a few hundred yards of the monasterys base. Cassino remained encircled as heavy house to house fighting continued and German forces pressed along the periphery of the Rome line.
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Rome
Cisterna
Algiers
Cassino
Loss of Mines Blow for Hitler
The Russian advance tightens around Nikopol and Krivoi Rog, severing German manganese supplies as 12,000 troops die or are captured. Soviet success includes encirclements near Cherkasy and Dnieper pushes, with Guerrillas disrupting supply lines and Estonia and Yugoslavia reports of rail cuts and airfield damage amid a broader Allied, Spanish, and Balkan theater.
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Moscow
Adolf Hitler
Soviet Union
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Pizzoferato
Montenerodomo
Orte
Rome
Frascati
Dnieper
Nikopol
Apostolovo
Krivoi Rog
Cherkasy
Red
Hitler
Pravda
Red Army
Russia
Lutsk
Poland
Bug
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 to the $2.315 billion tax bill and shuttle it to the White House. The wartime revenue measure would raise total federal revenue to $42.239 billion annually and has drawn criticism from the president as unrealistic.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Laugh Helps Yanks Crack Tough Nasi Barbed Wire
On the Anzio beachhead the Fifth Army breakthrough comes after four failed attempts. Laughing through danger, American troops breach barbed wire entanglements and suffer casualties as 34 Germans are killed. An officer is momentarily suspended by wire but orders a continued charge.
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Fifth Army
Anzio
25 000 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 walk out for a fourth day. President George White and Secretary Matthew Smith ignored a National War Labor Board hearing to decide sanctions. Smith said the strike is a fight to survive amid administration support for the CIO and limited independent unions, urging no dispute with company management.
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Cleveland
Independent Mechanics Educational Society of America
Michigan
Ohio
MESA
George White
Matthew Smith
National War Labor Board
Washington
NLRB
Smith
CIO
WLB
Ohio escapes predicted cold weekend relief
A low pressure area formed north of a mass of cold air over Ohio, altering its path. Meteorologist George W. Mindling said winds shifted as the system developed and pushed the cold air back north, leaving Ohio with a pleasant weekend as temperatures only dipped into the high 20s and low 30s.
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Columbus
Ohio
George W. Mindling
Canada
Rohrer Funeral To Be Held at Somerset
Logan Ohio roster notes James Edward Rohrer 76 died Sunday at his daughter Mrs. Dallas Worthman Union Furnace home. Service 9:30 a.m. Wednesday Trinity Catholic Church Somerset. Survived by wife Myrtle and children John Columbus Mark Newark Betty Logan Marguerite Columbus. Also sisters Mrs. George Hite Lancaster Mrs. Lewis Carnicon Walbridge Mrs. Ned Wylie Walbridge. Former Logan Clay Products employee.
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Logan
James Edward Rohrer
Dallas Worthman
Union Furnace
Roberts Funeral
Trinity Catholic Church
Somerset
Rohrer
Myrtle
John
Columbus
Mark
Newark
Worthman
Betty
Marguerite
George Hite
Lancaster
Lewis Carnicon
Ned Wylie
Walbridge
Logan Clay Products Co
Poles Report Nazi Hostage Shootings in Warsaw
The Polish Telegraph Agency reports 177 hostages shot in Warsaw during the last two weeks of October. The executions occurred on Warsawa's main streets in groups of ten in view of civilians, ordered by Hans Frank as reprisals for guerrilla sabotage.
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London
Warsaw
Hans Frank
Aviation Cadets Die In Arkansas Plane Crash
Aviation Cadet Galen K. Saul of Troy Ohio and Lt H E Bodei of South Orange New Jersey were killed when their training plane crashed near Pocahontas Arkansas during a routine flight.
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Walnut Rage
Ark
Galen K. Saul
Troy, O
H. E. Bodei
South Orange
N. J
Pocahontas
Amey brothers reunite briefly before Tarawa grave loss
Edward M. Amey of Ambler Pennsylvania kneels at the Tarawa grave of his brother Lieut Col Herbert R Amey USMC. The brothers had not met since 1939 and planned a reunion upon learning they were both in combat zones. Col Amey was killed in the Tarawa invasion.
Hocking Red Cross Quota To Be $14,000
Hocking County will launch a Red Cross quota drive with a $14,000 target, double last year’s $7,800. County chairman Robert Keynes explained the higher goal aligns with wartime needs and national quotas. co chairmen are Charles Pratt and Charles Achauer, with committee details to follow.
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Hocking Red Cross
Hocking County
Logan
Red Cross
Keynes
Charles Pratt
Charles Achauer
Plan to Remove Politics From Ohio Highway System
Cleveland Citizens League proposes a bi partisan five member state highway commission with overlapping five year terms and power to appoint the chief highway engineer to take politics out of the system. It also urges county highway engineers be appointed by county commissioners rather than elected.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Citizens League
Ohio ‘Highway Recodification Commission
State Highway Commission
Cleveland Woman Dies in Home Fire Fatality
Cleveland reports Ruth Flickinger aged 27 died in a week old home fire. She was wife of Pvt. Herbert Flickinger stationed at Camp Gruber Oklahoma. The blaze caused fatal injuries with neighbors and local authorities investigating the cause and noting the victim’s residence.
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Cleveland
Ruth Flickinger
Herbert Flickinger
Camp Gruber
Okla
First U S Naval Bombardment Hits Japanese Home Territory
The Associated Press reports the Paramushiro operation as the first U S naval bombardment of Japanese home territory. A destroyer task force attacked Kurabu Point on Paramushiro Island. no ships were hit and American planes raided January 20. Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshalls strengthens U S options for further Pacific attacks.
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Associated Press
Paramushiro
Kwajalein Atoll
Marshalls
Pacific
Norman Bell
Attu
Aleutians
Washington
Paramushiro Island
Kwajalein Falls as War Ends Guam Progress Nears
Allied forces report Kwajalein Island secured with remaining Japanese on several coral islets. Ebeye and Roi captured, 21 major Marshall Islands under U S control. Nimitz says occupation nearly complete as Seabees and engineers start air base repairs. Navy confirms air blockade of other atolls to finish conquest.
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Kwajalein
Chester W. Nimitz
Pearl Harbor
Atoll
Kwajalein Island
Marshalls
Seventh Army
Ebeye
Gugegwe
Bigej
Eller Islands
Fourth
Roi
Tokyo Radio
Namur
Navy
Roi Island
Army
John S. Hoover
Central Pacific
Malcolm R. Johnson
Marshall Islands
Allies tighten range as Kwajalein bases bring Marshalls within reach
Maj. Gen. Willis H. Hale says Kwajalein brings all the Marshalls and the Eastern Carolines within bomber reach, including Truk on the fringe of the new radius. Air forces strike Jaluit Eniwetok Wotje Maloelap Mili Utelang Feb 3–5 while Japanese losses climb. Cap Hoskins base bombed. Rabaul comes under heavier attack as Allied air superiority grows. Taung Bazaar recaptured. Chinese troops in northern Burma hold initiative. Stilwell reports sinking six of nine ships off southeast China coast.
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Associated Press
Paul Beam
Willis H. Hale
U. S. Seventh Army Airforce
Kwajalein
Marshalls
Carolines
Truk
Rabaul
Jaluit
Eniwetok
Wotje
Maloelap
Mili
Utelang
New Britain
Wewak
New Guinea
Cape Hoskins
MacArthur
Imonth
Taung
Bazaar
Arkan
Burma
New Delhi
Joseph Stilwell
Chungking
China
Step Up Attacks On Paramushiro In Kurile Islands
The article notes intensified US air strikes on Paramushiro, the northern Kuriles near Honshu, 790 miles from Attu and 1600 miles from Dutch Harbor. Weather often hides targets while revealing attack routes, with Navy bombers and earlier Army raids cited. The Kurile chain links Paramushiro to Japan’s main bases, complicating a landing and bringing Pacific action close to Russia.
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Washington
Paramushiro
Japan
Attu Island
Aleutians
Dutch Harbor
Navy
Pacific
United States
Kurile Island
Kurile
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. Dalton was forced to sign a statement that he annoyed Mrs. Russell King. Defendants include William J. Esser, George J. Reubel, Joseph S. Hazzard, James Bonatucci, Frank Eiden, and Mrs. King. each released on $1,000 bond for the January 13 incident.
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Elyria
Lorain
Common Pleas Court
Cecil B. Dalton
Sheffield Lake
Dalton
Russell King
William J. Esser
George J. Reubel
Josephs. Hazzard
James Bonatucci
Frank Eiden
King
Logan Woman Dies in Hospital in Columbus
Mrs. Clytha Rutherford, 23, wife of Sgt Russell Rutherford stationed in England, died Sunday at White Cross hospital Columbus after last week’s operation. She suffered a leg injury in childhood that led to her death. She was the only child of Mrs. John Lemon of Webb Summit. Funeral services set for Wednesday at 2 p.m. 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
Columbus
Rutherford
John Lemon
Webb Summit
St Mathews Lutheran Church
A. L. Hyde
Robert Glaser
Sugar Grove
Auto Crash Near Dayton Kills Four Passengers
A weekend automobile crash near Dayton left four residents dead. Charles Henry Nees aged 34 and Mary Katherine Pawley aged 21 were killed at the scene when the car struck an underpass near Route Dove rough Hayes. Hayes died shortly after, and Wanda Jean Presenton aged 21 died yesterday.
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Dayton
Mbutement
Here
Charles Henry Nees
Mary Katherine Pawley
Saturda
Doverough Hayes
Wanda Jean Prese Iton
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Ed Kiska
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