Soviet Drives Continue in Rostov Area
The fourth battle of Rostov raged with German positions under shellfire as the Red Army pressed along a 500 mile front from Kharkov to Kursk. Allied bombers struck Naples and Sardinia, while the Tunisian campaign bogged down into mud and stalemate as Montogomery's forces probe near Liebel Mansour.
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Rostov
Kharkov
Kursk
Red Army
Naples
Tunisia
Mediterranean
Sardinia
Patrick W. Timberlake
U. S. Bomber Command
Middle East
Caucasus
Strait of Kerch
Crimea
Azov
Red
Kramatorskaya
Eighth Army
Rommel
Air Priorities Office Opens in Ohio
The War Department announced the opening of a regional air priorities control office in Cleveland to speed passenger and cargo movement on war missions. Airline priorities will be granted only when air transport is essential and cannot be done by surface carriers.
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Cleveland
War Department
Allied Air Push Buoys Wau Area Advance in New Guinea
General MacArthur reports Allied air superiority in the Wau area as Australian and American forces push toward Salamaua. In aerial combat 39 Japanese were killed in the Wau sector, with 41 of about 70 Japanese planes destroyed or damaged by US fighters. Allied raids expanded into Dutch New Guinea Celebes and Cape Gloucester.
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Bernard L. Montgomery
U. S. Air Force
Berlin
Tunisia
Sicily
Sardinia
Mediterranean
MacArthur
Wau
New Guinea
Salamaua
Big Island
Australia
Dutch New Guinea
Celebes
Cape Gloucester
Burma
RAF
Rangoon
Guadalcanal
Navy
Solomons
Knox
Hoosier Praises Bricker Record At Ohio GOP Dinner
Rep. Charles A Halleck of Indiana praised Governor Bricker for his Ohio tenure at a Cuyahoga County GOP dinner saying the New Deal failed to lead the nation. Bricker could not attend due to a cold. Dr Virgil Willit OSU economics professor dies at 45.
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Cleveland
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Charles A. Halleck
Wendell L. Willkie
Philadelphia
Halleck
Bricker
Willit
Columbus
Virgil Willit
Ohio State University
Invasion of Europe Press Urges Early Allied Assault
London presses led calls for a rapid Allied invasion of Europe after Churchill’s return from a 10 000 mile North Africa and Middle East tour. The Times Beaverbrook Daily Express and Daily Mail urged quick action as Soviet advances pressured the Allies. Churchill, back from Casablanca Cairo Adana and Algiers, met ministers and praised the flight home in an American Liberator flown by Capt William Van Der Kloot.
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London
Churchill
North Africa
Middle East
Europe
Times
Lord Beaverbrook
Daily Express
Britain
America
The
Daily Mail
Casablanca
Cairo
Adana
Algiers
England
William van der Kloot
Sarasota
Fla
Shoe rationing begins with three pairs per person
Washington AP report states shoes cannot be sold today and rationing starts tomorrow at three pairs per person per year. The order came from the White House Sunday afternoon through Economic Stabilization Director James F. Byrnes.
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Washington
White House
James F. Byrnes
Public shoe rationing causes crowds across major cities
Washington reports a rationing order triggers a rush on shoe stores as government officials and employees appear to buy footwear. Stores in New York, Kansas City, Detroit, and Columbus see crowds. New Orleans and Detroit raid by police. Exemptions apply to slippers and children’s shoes. imports limited by leather shortages.
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Washington—C
Washington Post
New York
Kansas City
Detroit
Columbus
Ohio
New Orleans
Byrnes
Armed Services
Harold W. Volk
Dallas
Tex
National Shoe Retailers Association
Roosevelt Foresees Scouts Training A Valuable War Asset
President Roosevelt addressed the Boy Scouts on the 33rd anniversary, calling their training a valuable asset to the war effort. He urged maintaining the movement at full strength and effectiveness as a practical contribution to the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
America
Boy Scouts
Roosevelt
Milk Prices Rise in Steubenville and Nearby Towns
The regional office of price administration announced a new ceiling price of 15 cents a quart for milk in Steubenville East Liverpool Martins Ferry Bellaire and 15 townships across Eastern Columbiana Jefferson and Belmont Counties, aligning with an adjusted Pittsburgh area ceiling of 15 cents.
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Cleveland
Steubenville
East Liverpool
Martins Ferry
Bellaire
Columbiana
Jefferson
Belmont
Regional
Office of Price Administration
Pittsburgh
Burley Markets To Close Across Kentucky This Week
Kentucky burley tobacco markets are nearing end of selling season with 12 already closed and others expected to hold final sales. Growers have sold 250,505,304 pounds for $105,736,475.92, averaging $42.21 per hundredweight.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Nazi Sub Base Is Given Worst Pounding of War
The RAF delivered its heaviest raid yet on Lorient France destroying the submarine base and hindering U boats. Seven bombers took part with Canadian airmen saying the port burned as flames were seen from 100 miles away. Attacks also hit the Ruhr and Northern Italy as German aerial activity over southern England yielded light damage and no casualties.
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London
RAF
Lorient
France
Ruhr
Air Ministry
Italy
Germany
England
Folkstone
Dover’ Strait
French
Offers Law To Help Counties Boost Income
The Ohio Senate Taxation Committee backs a bill by Sen. John Stephenson to allow counties to issue bonds for reappraisals of real estate, their main income source. Labeled an emergency, it would take effect immediately as reassessments are due this year to capture higher values and boost revenue. The measure faces a Senate vote this week.
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Columbus
Ohio Senate Taxation Committee
John Stephenson
Columbiana
Stephenson
Senate
Slayer Suspect Taken After 3 Month Search
Leonard Mason, 38, was held on a first degree murder charge in the shotgun slaying of Mrs. Mary Minesinger, 45, wife of a former city detective, on November 1. Detectives captured Mason in a downtown rooming house after a three month search. Mrs. Mason was wounded and sought divorce.
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Canton
Leonard Mason
Mary Minesinger
Mason
Morgan County Man Is High in State Tests
Robert S. Christie of McConnelsville led the January Ohio bar exams with a 91.3 score, ahead of Robert J. Felixson of Cleveland Heights at 91.1. In Bedford, four year old Carol Lee Sayre died from burns after spilling kerosene on a stove and her clothing catching fire.
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Morgan County
Columbus
Robert S. Christie
McConnelsville
Ohio Supreme Court
Robert J. Felixson
Cleveland Heights
Bedford
Carol Lee Sayre
Bedford Hospital
Navy Casualty List Grows With 53 More Reports
The Navy announced 53 casualties today including 15 dead 22 wounded and 16 missing increasing total casualties to 22 832 since December 7 1941. The grand total lists 6 490 dead 4 055 wounded and 12 287 missing. Ohioan listed is Willard Edwin Shinaberry missing father Edwin Shinaberry Bellevue Ohio.
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Washington
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Sinaberry
Willard Edwin
Edwin Shinaberry
North Railroad St
Bellevue
Congress Pushes Manpower Mobilization Bill for War Production
Congress led by Republicans introduces a National War Service Act to mobilize manpower and woman power for war output. The bill would require registration of all women 18 to 50, authorize the President to call volunteers, and compel Selective Service boards to fill gaps in war industries and agriculture. Hoover and Wickard testified on manpower distribution and home-front needs as the nation seeks to balance production with military needs.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Yyauswutlit
AN. le
Austin
National War Service Act
Selective Service Act
WAACS
WAVES
SPARS
Selective Service ‘Boards
Aoe
Capitol Hill
Herbert Hoover
Mr. Hoover
Senate
Agriculture Wickard
Senate Military Committee
Stimson Defends Lend-Lease Aid to Allies
Secretary of War Stimson urged continued lend-lease aid to war partners before the House Foreign Affairs committee. He argued that delaying or denying support would jeopardize victory and that munitions sent were not charity but best use of U.S. industry. Approval of another year of lend-lease seemed certain.
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Washington
Stimson
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Water Workers End Sit-Down Strike In East Liverpool
Four water works employees ended a sit-down strike and started pumping as city council agreed to consider their wage increase request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Liverpool
Hero of Arctic Airways Dies in Rescue Attempt
Harold Gillam a veteran Alaska pilot died during a January crash rescue. His body was found near Boca De Quadra south of Ketchikan after he braved the blizzard to aid five passengers. Two others died or were injured, with rescuers reaching the wreck amid 14 feet of snow.
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Ketchikan
Alaska
Harold Gillam
Arctic Airways
Boca de Quadra
Gillam
Seattle
Coast Guard
Susan Batzer
Washington
Joseph Tippets
Anchorage
Percy Cutting
Hayward
Calif
Smeaton Bay
Resieuers
Dewey Metzdorf
Robert Gebo
Million More Are Needed Says Hoover
President Hoover urged Congress to mobilize one million additional workers to fill acute shortages in farming, metal, and oil industries, with some drawn from the armed forces to bolster the economy and production.
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Hoover
Washington
Herbert Hoover
Roosevelt Administration Weighs Tax Breaks to Speed Collections
Budget Director Harold S. Smith signaled possible administration approval to cancel up to 75 percent of 1942 taxes to speed current-year collections as the Ways and Means Committee resumes hearings on the plan to skip 1942 taxes. Government bureaus face potential close scrutiny of nonwar spending and legal actions.
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White House
Harold S. Smith
House
Ways and Means Committee
Ruris
Smith
Roosevelt
Congress
Reporter’s sources questioned over Guadalcanal sea crew strike
A Beacon Journal reporter testified before a naval subcommittee that disclosure of his sources would erode public faith in reporters. The hearing sought the names of Marines cited as saying merchant seamen refused to work on Guadalcanal. Mrs. Helen Waterhouse argued publishing names could cause lasting distrust among families.
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Washington
Akron
Ohio
Beacon Journal
Guadalcanal
House Naval
Charles Miller
Knox
South Pacific
Helen Waterhouse
U Boat Sinkings Last Week Fall to 611 Losses
The AP tally shows 611 Allied and neutral cargo ships sunk in western Atlantic U boat attacks since Pearl Harbor. A single British merchantman was sunk in the South Atlantic with three crewmen killed, marking the lowest seven day total in 61 weeks of submarine warfare since the U S entered the war.
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Washington
Associated Press
Atlantic
Pearl Harbor
South Atlantic
United States
Oust CLO Chiefs for Taking Holiday Bonuses
David Balint, president, and three other officers of Local 1666 CIO United Steel Workers are ousted for giving Christmas bonuses from union funds without member authorization. A later ruling will decide Balint’s guilt on charges of making false statements under oath in 1940 citizenship papers.
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Cleveland
David Balint
CIO
United Steel Workers
Balint
Emerick B. Freed
Long-Time Official of Mine Union Dies
Gwilym W. Savage aged 74 of 1071 Fair Ave died Saturday in White Cross Hospital of pneumonia after a brief illness. Secretary treasurer of the United Mine Workers of America District No. 6 for 43 years and charter member, he was a native of Wales and came to the United States as a young man. He belonged to Goodale Lodge of Masons.
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Columbus
Gwilym W. Savage
Fair Ave
United Mine Workers of America
White Cross Hospital
Wales
Goodale Lodge of Masons
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