German Front Crumbling Under Russian Attacks
News dispatch reports the eastern front collapsing as seven Russian armies drive German forces across Lower Ukraine. The combined Third and Fourth Ukrainian Armies trap remnants near Cherkasy and Nikopol, outflank Krivoi Rog, and threaten the Kiev Nikolaev railway in a major westward push.
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Moscow
Germany
Ukraine
Cherkasy
Nikopol
Worman
Valle Fields
Tolbukhin
Malinovsky
Apostolovo
Krivoi Rog
Kiev-Nikolaev
Massacre Report Flags Jewish Town Annihilation by Nazis
The Polish Telegraph Agency states the entire Jewish population of Pinsk and surrounding towns has been massacred by a Nazi annihilation squad. The report highlights Pinsk as a Polish border town with a prewar population of 32,000, mostly Jewish, amid broader Soviet and German military actions across Ukraine, the Dnieper circle, and northern fronts with heavy casualties and strategic advances by Russian forces.
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Llondon
Pinsk
Poland
Ohio Girl and Sailor Wed Across Distance by Phone
Miss Eloise Opal Hagans of Mount Vernon and Specialist Mearl W. Thomas of the United States Naval Reserve were married today via long distance telephone. Hagans stood beside the home phone while Thomas answered his vows at a Red Cross station in Pleasantry California, with Chaplain A. J. Clark officiating.
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Mount Vernon
Eloise Opal Hagans
Mearl W. Thomas
United States Naval Reserve
Italians Charge More To American Customers
Captain Pleasant J. McNeal of San Antonio Texas described a bill from Italy that added a 20 percent surcharge for Americans and noted that other cobelligerents charged as much as 100 percent more. He referenced a photograph of the bill shown to the American Red Cross by an Italian carpenter.
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London
Italy
Pleasant J. McNeal
San Antonio
Tex
McNeal
American Red Cross
State Hospital Flooring Bids Planned Next Week
State Architect Thomas E. Brand said bids would likely be taken next week for installation of about 1 000 square feet of flooring at Athens State Hospital in Columbus.
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Thomas E. Brand
Columbus
Athens State Hospital
Madang Abandoned by Japanese as Allied Push Advances
Allied air reconnaissance indicates Japanese evacuation and destruction in Madang, New Guinea, with anti aircraft silence and Major Bruce Marston reporting little left of the town. News notes reduced Japanese naval activity at Rabaul, including sinking of supplies near Kwajalein and a broader Pacific push by Allied forces.
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Japan
Madang
New Guinea
Bruce Marston
Pasadena
Calif
Kiska
Aleutians
Marshalls
U. S
Burns
Kwajalein Island
Kwajalein
Pacific
Berlin
Tokyo
Burma
Malaya
Andamans
Dutch East Indies
Weather Snapshot From Athens
Yesterday's high reached 52 degrees with a low of 20. At noon today the temperature was 30 degrees.
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Athens
Bricker Plans Lincoln Day Speech in Washington
Ohio Republican John W. Bricker travels to Washington for a Lincoln Day banquet. Party leaders expect his address to position him as a leading presidential hopeful and challenge the notion of a two man race with Dewey and Willkie.
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Washington
Ohio
John W. Bricker
George H. Bender
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Wendell Willkie
Dewey
Bricker
Ohio House
Burton
Taft
Hope To Save Bataan Heroes
Representatives of nationwide Bataan Relief Clubs met to plan rescue efforts for Filipino campaign heroes still in Japanese hands. Dr. W. H. Spensley of Albuquerque urged sending ships and material and getting servicemen back, saying relief limits force men to act themselves.
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Washington
Bataan
Philippines
MacArthur
W. H.spensley
Albuquerque
N. M
Bataan Relief Organization
Riga Bombed, Latvia Capital Target in Yesterday’s Assault
Stockholm Tidningen quotes private advices reporting Riga Latvia the capital was bombed yesterday. The brief note notes the surprise attack and the wartime concern over Baltic city targets.
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Stockholm
Stockholms Tidningen
Riga
Latvia
Waiting for Cassino A families risk their lives amid bombardment
In Cassino Italy Feb 2 soldiers and officers coordinate a final push as shells fall within yards of an Italian farmhouse. An elderly couple stays put choosing home over safety while Pvt Stasi Lt French describe the scene and sing to lift spirits amid the danger.
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Iear Cassino
Cassino
Pvt
Stalol Stasi
Elizabeth
N. J
Shirley S. French
Canton
Stasi
French
Invasion Diplomacy Program Under Way
Washington and London advance plans for Allied invasion of Europe with Spain France Italy and Finland as focal points. Roosevelt and War Department consider recognizing Charles de Gaulle led commissions to govern liberated French areas and coordinate with French and underground forces. Marshal Badoglio has exercised rear-area control in Italy.
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Washington
Europe
London
Spain
France
Italy
Finland
Germany
Inaoe
Charles de Gaulle
Roosevelt
War Department
Badoglio
U S Bombers Hit Brunswick and Dutch RN Bases
U S heavy bombers struck Brunswick in central Germany targeting aircraft manufacturing and assembly plants as part of a broader raid. Liberator bombers hit Gilze Rijen in Holland while Marauders attacked Northern France military installations in a day of sustained air offensives with over 200 bombers involved.
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London
U.S
Brunswick
Germany
Berlin
Gilze-Rijen
Holland
U. S
France
Brunswick-Waggum Mello
Western Reich
Tergnier
Diaper Company Placed Top Priority Under War Powers
San Francisco Mayor Roger Lapham invoked war powers to safeguard the Superior Diaper Service. An emergency was declared and a zoning ordinance set aside to allow resumption of business in a new location after eviction for war housing.
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San Francisco
Roger Lapham
Superior
War casualties total 150 478 reported by OWI
The Office of War Information reports U S armed forces casualties at 150 478. Breakdown shows 34 179 dead 51 292 wounded 34 746 missing and 30 261 prisoners of war. Of POWs 1 936 died in prison camps, mostly in Japanese occupied areas.
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Washington
United States
Office of War Information
Navy
Iowa Soldier Found Strangled in Charlotte Hotel Room
Police and military authorities sought an unidentified soldier for questioning in a Charlotte hotel room where Pvt. Lee M. Riley of Webster City, Iowa was found nude with a sweat shirt sleeve knotted around the neck. An pathologist said he was strangled shortly after checking in with a fellow uniformed companion around 1 18 Monday night.
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Charlotte
N. C
Lee M. Riley
Webster City
Iowa
Veterans Receive Pay At Time Of Discharge
The Fifth Service Command announced that mustering out payments are now given to eligible servicemen at discharge. Fort Hayes officers said the policy, effective February 3, implements the law providing for such payments at the mustering-out point.
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Columbus
Army
Fort Hayes
Food Price Subsidy Backers Losing Hope
Administration hopes to save consumer food price subsidies fading as Senate debates extend Commodity Credit Corporation. An amendment to provide 1.5 billion dollars in federal payments this year was voted down yesterday.
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Washington— — Administration
Senate
Commodity Credit Corporation
Recover Body Of Sidewalk Cave-In Victim
In Pittston Pennsylvania the body of 2 year old Jule Ann Fulmer was recovered after a sidewalk cave in swallowed her on a residential street. Mine inspectors and the Pittston Mine Cave Commission opened investigations and the mayor called for legislation to shore up abandoned mine tunnels. Rescuers labored to uncover the body as earth slides and cave ins had damaged homes and buildings in the area.
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Pittston
Jule Ann Fulmer
Pennsylvania
John R. Reilly
Jule Ann
Would Reopen Earhart Hunt Would Reopen Earhart Hunt
In New York Sunset July 18 1937 a Navy task force ends a search over 250000 square miles and Earhart is declared dead Representative Heffernan says the Army and Navy will seek evidence she was forced down in the Marshall Islands after witnessing Japanese operations.
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New York
U. S. Navy
Pacific
Amelia Earhart
Heffernan
Washington
Army
Navy
Marshall Islands
Miss Earhart
Islands
Merchant Seamen Under Military Jurisdiction in Wartime
U.S. District Judge Mell G. Underwood ruled merchant seamen on Army supply line vessels fall under military jurisdiction. The decision denied habeas corpus relief to Jakob M. Berue of Philadelphia, sentenced to seven years hard labor by an Army court martial at Casablanca January 11, 1942.
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Columbus
U. 8
Mell G. Underwood
Jakob M. Berue
Philadelphia
Casablanca
Algeria
Six Violent Attacks Hit Allied Forces Near Rome Beachhead
German forces launched six coordinated assaults against the Rome beachhead area about 16 miles south of the city yesterday. Intense fighting continued today around Carro as Allied units repelled the attacks and attempted to steady the line.
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Rome
Carro
Establishment of Allied Beachhead At Anzio Observed
Acting Secretary of War Robert Patterson said Allied troops are firmly established at Anzio though the German counterattack is expected to intensify. He noted German forces draw from reserves in the Rome area and northern Italy as heavy fighting continues near Carroceto and Cassino with limited progress inside Cassino and along the Liri Valley. Allied air strikes target gun positions while the German artillery press increases.
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Washington
Robert Patterson
Anzio
Patterson
Rome
Italy
Cassino
Carroceto
Aprilia
Mt. Albaneta
Mt. Ornito
Castelforte
Garigliano
Boston
Fivine
Corsica
Nice
Homer Bigart
New York
Hee ‘Ald Tribune
Cassino Fight Enters Seventh Day of Fierce Street Battles
Allied forces press through Cassino as German defenses hold parts of the town. American and German tanks rumble the streets while Doughboys advance through rubble to crowd the Monastery area. Air forces strike targets along the coast as both sides incur heavy losses.
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Cassino
Mt. Cassino
Willkie Warns Farmers Against Free Market Dream
Des Moines Wendell L. Willkie urged farmers to reject the return to a purely free and independent economy. He warned that depending on market forces without support would be unsound and called for soil conservation, price supports, and federal guarantees for stability.
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Des Moines
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
Ohio toll rates to start at 6 p.m. March 1
Public Utilities Commissioner reports night toll rates for Ohio telephone users go into effect at 6 p m an hour earlier on March 1.
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Columbus
Ohio
Public Utilities Commissioner
90 Million Soil Conservation Program Planned for 1944
The War Food Administration announced a 1944 soil conservation program with up to 90 million dollars to be distributed to farmers using practices to raise crop output. It emphasizes fertilizer use cover crops erosion control legume and grass seed harvesting and wind and water protection. Each state will tailor a plan from WFA recommendations with farmer input through local committees.
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Washington
War Food Administration
Istate
WFA
Agricultural Adjustment Agency
Abrogation of Fascist Racial Restrictions in Italy Restored
Royal decree across liberated Italian territory ends anti-Semitic laws. Lt. Gen. Frank M. MacFare lane of the Allied Control Commission announces full civil and political rights for Jews in line with UN policy against intolerance.
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Naples
Italy
Frank N. M. MacFarelane
Allied Control Commission
United Nations
Board Orders Extension of Bargaining Contracts
Washington report notes the War Labor Board urges employers and unions to extend expiring collective bargaining contracts voluntarily while awaiting settlement. The action aims to reduce strikes attributed to the lack of bargaining agreements and to maintain industrial peace during protracted negotiations.
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Washington
War Lab Board
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Kwajalein Atoll
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Ida
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