American Planes Strike New Blows at Japanese Islands
Allied air forces report sweeping attacks across the Pacific from the Marshalls to Truk. Knox says bases around Rabaul are nearly useless, while U.S. troops seize Rooke Island between New Guinea and New Britain, tightening supply lines and expanding control in the Huon Peninsula region.
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Navy
Knox
Will
Marshall Islands
Pacific
Marshalls
Truk
South Pacific
Kwajalein
Mid-Pacific
Rabaul
Tokyo
United Nations
Southwest Pacific
New Guinea
New Britain
U. S
Rooke
Umboi
Vitiaz
Dampier Straits
Bismarck Archipelago
Cape Gloucester
Arawe
Torokina
Bougainville
Central Pacific
Roi Island
Kwajalein Atoll
Kavieng
New Ireland
Wewak
Eniwetok
Ponape
Carolines
Utirik
Ujae
Rooke Island
Long Island
New Britin
Huon Peninsula
Vitiaz Strait
Meath of Union Man In Jackson Is Probed
A furnace worker was detained for questioning in the fatal shooting of S. Delano, 34, a United Mine Workers organizer from Bellaire. Patrolman Carl McClain Delano was shot last night as he left a labor meeting where Delano had addressed furnace workers. he died en route to a hospital.
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Jackson
S. Delano
Bellaire
Carl McClain Delano
Gas Shortage Will Continue For Week In Ohio
Ohio fuel gas shortages linger as freezing weather halts restoration to about 150 industries. The Emergency probably lasts the week with some industries receiving gas. Consumers urged to cut water heater use and limit cooking to one hot dish daily. Snow blankets state. Columbus records five inches, nine inches total since Saturday. Weather drop to around 20 degrees above zero expected. War Production Board assigns limited gas to critical materials. Thousands idle as curtailments persist across Ohio.
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Columbus
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Eyes Guerns Vey
Ewes Eeal Cury
Ohio
M. K. Hager
The
War Production Board
Natural Gas Division
Washington
Weather Bureau
Attack Deferring of Men In Government Service
Local and suburban draft boards criticized a blanket 60 day deferment for prewar fathers in government service as discriminatory against fathers in private employment at a House hearing. Fred G. Fraser of the DC board, with 14 000 registrants, questioned how men can serve in high government roles and be inducted at Fort Myer.
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Washington
Fred G. Fraser
District of Columbia
House
Fort Myer
Virginia
Willkie Announces Candidacy and Campaign Team
Willkie formally announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination and names Ralph H. Cake as pre convention campaign manager. Cake plans to depart for New York to establish national headquarters as Willkie’s Wisconsin primary campaign begins. Mrs. Frank Reynolds of Cambridge City Indiana will head the women’s division of the Willkie campaign.
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Portland
Ore
Wendell Willkie
Ralph H. Cake
Oregon
Willkie
Cake
New York City
Wallkie
Wisconsin
Frank Reynolds
Cambridge City
Ind
Reynolds
Indiana
Cleveland Dairies Forced To Close After Milk Law Ruling
Forty four Cleveland dairies suspended operations after Common Pleas Judge Joy Seth Hurd upheld the Ohio milk law requiring financial statements or bonds for milk dealer licenses. The judge said the state may regulate the fluid milk industry for the common good since milk is an essential daily item.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Dairies
Joy Seth Hurd
Ohio
State Department of Agriculture
Hurd
Youth Athlete Dies in Train Crash at Ottoville
A fatal collision involving a railroad locomotive and a car carrying five Ottoville High School students killed Carl Bellinger, class of 1918, noted basketball star, in Delphos area.
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Delphos
Ottoville High School
Carl Bellinger
Russian Air Force Near Berlin Boosts War Role
London reports the Soviet air force closing on Berlin from the east as fronts push westward. Soviet experts study American strategic bombing and may adopt Fortresses and Liberators tactics. TB-7 four engines carry two ton bombs up to 2500 miles, enabling raids on eastern Germany and Czechoslovakia. The Daily Herald notes Finland raids hint at eastern bombing and Hungary as a Stalin target.
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London
Berlin
English Channel
Red Air Force
Reich
United States
Russia
Red Army
Hitler
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Daily Herald
Finland
Hungary
Stalin
Republican Planners To Hold Parley In Preview Of Campaign
GOP senators indicate a postwar advisory council may meet before the convention, potentially shaping the party platform. Taft and Vandenberg favor a consultative look, while Ball calls for a more specific pledge. Internal foreign policy debates surface amid Mackinac statements.
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Washington
Vandenberg
Michigan
Mackinac
Ball
Minnesota
UNRRA
GOP
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Senate Foreign Affairs Committee
Gillette
D-la
United States
Taft
Senate
House
White House
Roosevelt
Lucas
D-Ill
Census reveals drop in Ohio population
COLUMBUS Ohio civil ian population has declined by an estimated 76 071 in three years the Bureau reports The non military population stood at 6828352 as of last November compared with 6904423 in the 1940 census Noble county recorded the largest drop 28 9 per cent with Adams Hocking Morgan Perry Pike Putnam Van Wert and Vinton also down 20 per cent or more
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Columbus
Ohio
Noble
Adams
Hocking
Morgan
Perry
Pike
Putnam
van Wert
Vinton
Japs Reported To Be Preparing for Raids
Chungking reports indicate Japanese students are digging slit trenches in major cities, food and wine supplies tightened, and arrests for dangerous thoughts rising. Yin Tso, a Chinese graduate of Imperial University of Tokyo, arrived in Chungking and said the puppet Manchurian government sent him to Tokyo. He left Peiping after graduation last summer and escaped to Chungking.
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Chungking
Imperial University of Tokyo
Yin Tso
Tokyo
Manchuria
Peiping
Oil Producers Fight Proposed Arabian Line
Bradford oil producers opposed the Arabian oil line and the government run Petroleum Reserve Corporation led by Harold L. Ickes. Ralph T. Zook of Bradford declared he would use his role as president of the Independent Petroleum Association of America to oppose the reserve as it is constituted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford
Ristroem Reserve Corporation
Harold L. Ickes
Independent Petroleum Association of America
Petroleum Reserve Corporation
Ralph T. Zook
New Cave-Ins Threaten Pittston Area Homes
In Pittston Pennsylvania two new ground cracks and a squeeze from sagging mine pillars alarm residents as officials seek state aid to flood abandoned tunnels. Ropes cordon off sections after recent collapses endangering Amy Fulmer event and areas damaged last year with ground subsidence.
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Pittston
John J. Reilly
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
State Bureau of Mines
Jule Ann Fulmer
British embargo blocks Berths to Germany via Biscay
Secretary of the Navy Knox said Britain has embargoed shipping through the Bay of Biscay to curb German supply lines. He compared it to US efforts against blockade runners and stated the move will reduce and eventually stop goods reaching Germany through France.
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Washington
Knox
Bay of Biscay
Germany
France
Cuyahoga Service Men Women Assured Vote
Cleveland reports that Prosecutor Frank T. Cullitan assured a joint veterans commission no suit would be needed to compel the election board to restore 40,000 service members stricken for not voting in two consecutive elections. He stated citizens are entitled to vote as if present at their residence.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Frank T. Cullitan
Joint Veterans Commission
Election Board
Cullitan
Martin Coady Dies Model For Doughboy Statue
Columbus obituary for Martin P Coady former model for The Doughboy statue at Ohio State University who served in France and Italy with the 37th Division in World War I and died after an operation. He was superintendent of Darin and Armstrong Inc builders of the Costin SYHGM warplane plant re.
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Columbus
Martin P
France
Italy
Ohio State University
Darin and Armstrong, Inc
Costin Syhgms
Heavy U. S. Bombers Attack French Targets
American Liberators attacked German fortifications in Northern France for the fourth time in five days following earlier raids by American Marauders and RAF medium bombers.
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London
France
Thousands of Nazis Face Annihilation in Red Trap
Tens of thousands of weary German troops, remnants of ten crack divisions, were trapped in the Cherkasy death ring for 12 days and fought desperately to escape annihilation as Russian relief forces unable to break out.
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Red
London
Cherkasy
Korsun
Zvenigorodka
Rudenstedt says Atlantic Wall cannot be outflanked
Hitler's Field Marshal Von Rudenstedt warned Berlin radio that the Atlantic Wall could not be outflanked as invasion looms. Soviet advances report Korsun encirclement, heavy German losses, and a widening Red Army push from Luga to Staraya Rus sa with Pskov near capture. Finland moves toward surrender under Russian terms.
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London
Western
Europe
von Rudenstedt
Berlin
Korsun
Ross River
Steblev
Baltic
Pskov
Baltic States
Staraya Rus Sa
Luga
Lake Picpus
Moscow
Lake Ilmen-Staraya Russa
Red Army
Vitebsk
White Russia
Krivoi Rog
Iron City
Cherkasy
Finland
Stockholm
Petsamo
Russia
Robeson Wins 1944 Medal for Good Diction on Stage
Paul Robeson, renowned singer and actor, is named winner of the American Academy of Arts and Letters 1944 Medal for good diction on the stage in New York. The honor recognizes his clear, expressive vocal delivery and performance artistry across stage and screen.
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Robeson
New York
Paul Robeson
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Bricker Urges War Effort Change at West Virginia Visit
Ohio Governor John W. Bricker urged a shift in war leadership to military hands at the Valley Board of Trade meeting in Wheeling. He criticized fear of government burdens and bureaucracy postwar, and signaled Roosevelt’s bid for a fourth term, marking his West Virginia trip after announcing his presidential candidacy.
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Wheeling
W. Va
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Valley Board of Trade
Roosevy
Roosevelt
MIntire Sees Three More Years of War
CHICAGO The United States Navy surgeon general Vice Admiral Ross T McIntire told the annual Congress of Medical Education and Licensure that medical leaders refuse to plan for a finish to the war in three years. He urged planners to base expectations on at least a three year horizon.
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Chicago
Ross T. McIntire
United States Navy
Medical Department of the Navy
Ohio State asks Navy to release arts dean candidate
Columbus report states Ohio State University asks the Navy Department to release Lt. Harlan H. Hatcher from duty so he can become dean of the college of arts and sciences. Bevis announced that Hatcher, a faculty member since 1922 and recently professor of English, is a nationally known lecturer and author.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Navy Department
Harlan H. Hatcher
College of Arts and Sciences
Howard L. Bevis
Hatcher
Kidnapper under death sentence jailed in Milan
Milan Michigan reports that Thomas HH Robinson, convicted kidnapper on death row, who attempted an escape from Jefferson County Kentucky jail Sunday, was lodged this morning in a cell at the federal correctional institution in Milan.
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Milan
Mich
Thomas HH
Robinson
Jefferson County
Federal Correctional Institution
National Cemeteries Planned for Each State in War Budget
Washington reports the War Department plans a very considerable number of new national cemeteries, at least one per state. The House appropriations committee submitted an $86,911,440 supply bill for 1945 civil functions, with $75,112,100 for the corps of engineers. Funding covers flood control, maintenance, and postwar planning, including Prado Dam and Mosquito Creek Reservoir in Ohio.
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Washington
War Department
House Appropriations Committee
Corps of Engineers
Germans Routed From Abbey At Cassino By Bombers
Allied air and artillery actions against Cassino and its abbey routed about 300 German troops from the ancient monastery perched 1800 feet above the town. Bombs hit the roof as Fifth Army fights to seize Cassino and surrounding peaks, with monks warned to leave Castel Gandolfo as refugees crowd papal estates.
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Cassino
Naples
Mt. Cassino
Gereman
Max Hill
NBC
Fifth Army
Monaste
Rome
A ‘Roceto
Aprilia
Cisterna
Anzio
Ig Pean
Vatican Radio
Castel Gandolfo
Papal
Theillage
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Meath
Itaroyo Russe
Leningrad
Lake Peipus
Leningrad Front
Namur
Marshall
USMC
Cuyahoga Service
Martin Coady
Juho Paasikivi
Sweden
Leo Ehrnrooth
Elias Erkko
Soviet Union
Bricker
M’intire
Ohio State
Mosquito Creek
Muskingum River
Prado
Calif
Benedict
Arezzo
Florence
Verona
Brenner Pass
Mt. Castellone
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