Japs Report Ships Ready For Assault
The Associated Press reports Tokyo radio saying Japanese forces plan a sea-borne attack on Manila Bay between Corregidor and Bataan. Unconfirmed wires mention 20 minesweepers attempting entry amid heavy bombardment as Corregidor’s big guns exchange fire with U.S. ships.
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Associated Press
Manila Bay
Corregidor
Bataan
Philippines
Tokyo Radio
Doniei
U.S
Dorier
Submarine U S Navy reports 31 Japanese ships sunk
United States submarines have pushed their tally to 1 020 ships sunk in Far Eastern waters. The navy announced 31 enemy vessels were sent to the bottom, including three combatant ships, in a major haul. Reports also describe intensifying fighting around Corregidor and Bataan as American forces encircle the trapped garrison. B 29s raid Nagoya and Horishu as Chinese and Allied forces advance near Lashio. More than 590000 Chinese conscripts are expected by March end to bolster counteroffensive plans.
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Washington
United States
Navy
Corregidor
Bataan
MacArthur
Intramuros
Abucay
U.S. 20Th Air Force
Horishu
Japan
Tokyo
Nagoya
Fingshek
Canton
Canton Hankow
Chungking
Albert G. Wedemeyer
U.S
China
Burma
Lashio
Tailand’ Highway
W'Kathai
Lu Chung- Lai
Seven year old fratricide shocks Twinsburg home
AKRON UPi reports Luke Delaney 12 died after brother Emmet 7 shot him with a shotgun in their Twinsburg residence. Deputy Smith quotes the boy saying he fired because teased. Also notes a Cleveland cigaret seller fined $550 and a Chicago report on new penicillin uses for strep throat tonsillitis injuries and bedsores.
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Akron -Upi
Luke Delaney
Bedford Hospital
Emmet
Twinsburg
J. B. Smith
Chicago
Retirement Law Postponed Two Years in Columbus
The Senate approved postponing for two years the retirement mandate raising mandatory retirement to seventy for public employees. The action aims to ease a state and local government manpower shortage. The Senate also confirmed Maude Mcfess Cleveland, a civic leader, to the State Board of Liquor Control.
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Columbus
Senate
Merm~ibers
Maude Mcfess
Cleveland
State Board of Liquor Control
Ohio War Plants Aided In Halting Nazi Drive
Cleveland Ordnance District and the Lima tank depot played a vital part in halting the Nazi advance. Col. E. A. Lynn disclosed that an American field commander issued an urgent call for more tanks and the district supplied 150 Gen Shermans.
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Ohio
Cleveland
Lima
Ardenies
E. A. Lynn
Lynn
Ohioan Liberated From German Prison Camps
Mrs Frances P Moore of Middletown received the news that her husband Lt Charles W Moore was among five American soldiers liberated from German camps by the Russian army.
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Mippietown
Frances P. Moore
Middletown
Charles W. Moore
Hope to speed news of war casualties
Washington AP The War Department hopes to supply casualty names to hometown newspapers within days after relatives are notified. Previously lists arrived eight to nine weeks after next of kin notification, causing delays and editors’ irritation. A new method uses photography to reproduce casualty lists directly from telegram carbon copies.
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Washington
War Department
Eight-Person LA Delegation Heads to Francisco Peace Conference
The eight person delegation from Los Angeles will represent Peace 8, an international peace organization, at the Francisco conference. The group includes the only woman named among the attendees and focuses on international diplomacy and conflict resolution.
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Francisco Conference
Th Nations
Pen É Srl
Roosevelt May Visit Italy and Aid French Civilians
Continental dispatches indicate some relaxation of Italian armistice terms and a possible Roosevelt inquiry into relief for French civilians. Paris reports say Roosevelt, returning from the Crimean conference, may visit Italy and receive arrangements by France and Allied HQ. Vatican notes the Pope ill, Churchill tours Athens urging end to party hatred and unity with Greece.
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London
Roosevelt
Paris
France
Marseille
Italy
Edward Kennedy
Washington
OWI
Elmer Davis
Pope
Pope Pius XII
Vatican City
Churchill
Athens
Greece
Constitution Square
Huntington
iInd
Eilis
Searles
British Army
Mine’ Workers Journal
Samortal
Anthony Eden
Government cancels WLB defiers contracts in crackdown
Washington reports the government used a new war measure to punish War Labor Board order defiers. E A Laboratories Inc of Brooklyn is denied priority aid and its contracts in ship landing lights and other electrical gear are cancelled. VP Vinson ordered denial of priority and allocation, with actions to cancel outstanding priorities.
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Washington
War Labor Board
E. A. Laboratories, Inc
Brooklyn
N. C
WLB
Fred M. Vinson
Aeme
War Production Board
Farm Bureau Veterans Quit in Ohio Shakeup
Four 20 year veteran executives resign from the Ohio Farm Bureau amid disputes over farmer interests versus organized labor and consumer cooperatives. L A Taylor L J Bennett R W Richert and Eugene L Hensel depart, with Hensel citing inability to serve farm clients under current organization policies.
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Columbus
Ohio Farm Bureau
L. A. Taylor
L. J. Bennett
R. W. Richert
Eugene L. Hensel
Butter Without Churn Revolutionizes Postwar Butter
Calgary report says a churnless butter process may spread after the war. Dr. E G Hood of the Canadian Department of Agriculture told Alberta Dairy Association manufacturers that a large dairy equipment maker has developed a continuous method to produce creamery butter without churning. The butter is said to have a perfect body and texture.
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Calgary
E. G. Hood
Department of Agriculture
Alberta Dairy Association
C G. K. Burrows
Virginia Army Officer Held in Wife's Death
In Columbia South Carolina 29 year old Lt. C. Epes a Virginia paper executive son admitted burying his wife a school teacher in a foxhole and then attempted suicide with a razor. The body of 26 year old Cary Lee Epes was exhumed and autopsy found a head blow as cause of death.
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Columbia
S.C
C. Epes
T. Alex Heise
Ft. Tama
Virginia
Cary Lee Epes
Hesse
State Identification Bureau
Darkule
Fla
Epes-Fitzgerald Paper Company
Richmond
Epes
Crave
Jarekson
Wrave
Ration Proposal Aims at Ohio Poultry Shortage
A Cleveland district labor advisory committee recommends rationing poultry across a 19 county area from Thanksgiving to Easter due to shortages. The two member panel including APL CIO and Railway Brotherhoods says recent meat freezing for Army use worsens Cleveland's supply and will forward the plan to Washington unless city officials and poultry dealers act.
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Cleveland
Labor Advisory
District
Prize Administration
OPA
Washington
Invehich
APL
CIO
Railway Brotherhoods
Fire destroys Reese greenhouse with $100000 loss
A two story packing shed and heating plant at the Frank H. Reese greenhouse in Springfield were destroyed by fire yesterday. Loss was estimated at $100,000.
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Springfield
Frank H. Reese
German Spies Found Guilty and Sentenced to Hang
New York report on the death verdicts for William Curtis Colepaugh and Erich Gimpel by a seven man military commission at Governors Island. They were found guilty on all counts for landing behind U S lines, espionage and sabotage.
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New York
William Curtis Colepaugh
Erich Gimpel
Thomas A. Terry
Second Service Command
Washington
Roosevelt
Governors Island
No Threat of Flood as Ohio River Flows Steady
Man-made controls kept the Ohio River in check during the first heavy thaw of the season. Colder weather slowed Pennsylvania’s snowmelt, averaging 48 inches across the state. The Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers stayed at pool stage, kept in check by a large dam at Emsworth, Pennsylvania.
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Pittsburgh
Ohio River
Pennsylvania
Allegheny
Monongahela
Emsworth
Middle of Road Policy Urged for Republicans
Senator Wayne Morse urges a middle of the road policy toward social progress for the Republican party at the Buckeye Republican Club banquet in Columbus. He warns the party risks doom if outsiders label it as conservative anti labor and pro big business. A fire hazards investigation in temporary war worker dwellings begins. Ohio reports 1,034,133 work days lost to accidents and occupational disease in 1944.
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Columbus
Wayne Morse
R.ore
Republican Party
Lincoln Dey
Buck- Eye Republican Club
Harry J. Callan
Temporry
Ohio
State Industrial Commission
Greatest Aerial Onslaught Of War Paves Way for Armies on Both Fronts
British American air offensive against Germany intensifies with five waves of heavy bombers and fighters. In 36 hours to dawn more than 9,000 Allied planes hit German cities and supply lines, including Dresden for the fourth time in two days, and rail centers near Russian advances. RAF night raids focus on Chemnitz while Mosquitos strike Berlin as Konev’s First Ukraine Army pushes toward the Neisse River near Dresden.
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Associated Press
Germany
Reich
London
Dresden
Cottbus
RAF
Chemnitz
Rusitz
Leip
Berlin
Marshal Konev
Ukraine
Neisse J River
Moscow
American combat losses total 782 180 in war update
On the western front Army ground forces report 394 874 losses through February 1. Secretary Stimson cites 68 410 killed 279 997 wounded 57 467 missing within the total. Navy losses add 38 838 bringing the combined tally to 782 180 and noting an 17 594 rise since last week. Canadian First Army crosses Rhine near Emmerich and advances from Nijme gen floodlands toward Hardendeich, while British and Canadian forces push around the Reichswald towards Goch and Calar after repelling Nazi counterattacks.
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Washington
Western Front
Stimson
Navy
First Army
Rhine
Emmerich
Nijmegen
Hardendeich
Kieve
Reichswald
Goch
Calar
Soviet Forces Push West as Konev near Saxony Front
Soviet and Allied reports describe Marshal Konev’s cavalry advancing west and northwest toward Saxony with fronts near Goerlitz Dresden and Cottbus. Zhukov’s troops close on Schneidemuehl while the Canadian First Army breaches Siegfried Line, widening the Rhine-Maas arc and pressing toward a southward Rhine thrust.
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Konev
Saxony
Goerlitz
Dresden
Cottbus
Frankfurt
Gregory K. Zhukov
Oder
Gruensberg
Gruenberg
Zhukov
Schneidemuehl
Germany
Pomerania
Seige
Berlin
Siegfried Line
Maas
Rhine
German Losses Soaring Amid Allied Raids and Front Advances
Field Marshal Montgomery’s big guns and fleets of Allied planes cripple German efforts to regain ground as Von Rundstedt scrambles reserves. Allies push toward Bitburg while Ruhr and Rhineland face disruption. U S heavy bombers strike Austria and Yugoslavia, targeting rail lines aiding Hungary and Italy. Zagreb-Graz route shelled as troops evacuated northward. General Marshall visits Fifth Army, noting immobilized German forces on other fronts.
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Monty Romery
Ruhr
Rhineland
Walther von Model Mus
Eisenhower
Roer
Cologne
Iof
Third Army
Bitzburg
U. S. 15Th Air Force
Austria
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Italy
iGermans
Zagreb
Graz
George C. Marshall
U. SS
Fifth Army
Jap Atrocities Against Manila Civilians Listed
CBS correspondent John Adams described brutal killings in Manila as Maj. Gen. Robert S. Beightler and the 37th Division faced the battle for the capital. Photographers recorded atrocities including 26 civilians bayoneted at a South Manila intersection, nine of them babies, with hands tied behind their backs.
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Francisco
Manila
Robert
Beightler
Philippine
John Adams
CBS
Beigetter
Adams
Roosevelt Reported in France En Route Home
New York dispatch says President Roosevelt, returning from the Crimea conference, stopped briefly at Marseille as reported by a Paris radio quoting the Marseille press. The statement places him in France while en route to the United States.
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Roosevelt
France
New York
Marseille
Paris
Copper Wire Sale To Retailers Suspended
The War Production Board suspended sale of copper wire to retailers today citing critical needs of the armed forces for field wire. The action aims to conserve copper for military use and support ongoing defense efforts.
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Washington
War Production Board
Mine Inspection Methods To Undergo Thorough Study
Ohio state industrial relations director J Harry Moore announced a thorough study of mine inspection methods. He will discuss the topic with Marcus Kerr head of the Division of Mines, which employs 26 deputy inspectors and others. Kerr highlighted disaster response teams and safety gear, including air masks and fully trained crews.
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Columbus
J. Harry Moore
Ohio
Moore
Marcus Kerr
State Division of Mines
Kerr
Enai
Fowhatan
W. T. Blake
Industrial Relations Commission
Powhatan Iivq
Ictims
Hearst
Manots Berster Fund
Ainat
Ivan Gees
Port
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