U S Cruiser and Destroyer Lost in Solomon Islands Battle
In seven days of air and sea fighting starting January 29 near Guadalcanal the United States lost one heavy cruiser and one destroyer, three motor torpedo boats, and twenty two planes. Japan lost two destroyers and 60 or 61 planes, with several ships damaged. The Chicago was sunk after torpedo and aerial attacks. one American destroyer was also lost, with several ships damaged.
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Washington
Chicago
Solomon Islands
Navy
Guadalcanal
United States
Ralph Otis Davis
Roland
Baltimore
Truk Islands
Solomons
Five Die Fire at Rooming House Near State House
A blaze swept a wooden rooming house near the Maine State House in Augusta, causing five deaths and three others to suffer critical burns. Fire crews battled the flames today, with victims believed trapped inside the structure.
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Augusta
Subs Pressing Drive Against Jap Shipping
Secretary of the Navy Knox said the Navy is pressing its submarine campaign very energetically against Japanese shipping in the Southwest Pacific area. He noted oil as a key target and mentioned unofficial reports of renewed oil production in Northern Borneo. The latest Navy tally reported 123 ships sunk, 22 probably sunk, and 32 damaged by submarines.
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Washington
Knox
Southwest Pacific
Borneo
East Indies
Working Time May Be Increased to 52 Hours
Washington reports the 48 hour minimum work week will apply to scheduled hours at first but may be lengthened to 52 hours or more in the future. War Manpower Commission officials note many firms in key labor shortage areas already run on 48 hour schedules.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission
Detroit Voters Back Eastern Time in Advisory Referendum
Detroit residents voted in an advisory referendum on council time zone preference. Eastern War Time led Central War Time by about 5 to 2 in yesterday's ballot.
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Detroit
Red Forces Press Kharkov Front in Southern Russia
Red Army troops entered the outer suburbs of Kharkov as Soviet forces cut rail lines along the Rostov Taganrog axis. Soviet advances threatened Taganrog and closed on key rail junctions, with Donets Basin lines and spring planting to follow. Multiple counterattacks and reports of German losses marked the renewed fighting.
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Adolf Hitler
Kharkov
Stalingrad
Rostov-Taganrog
Sea of Azov
Red Army
Russia
Orel
Rostov
Dnieper
Ukraine
Red Star
Taganrog
Mozdok
Moscow
Soviet Union
Kuban
Lozovaya
Kramatorsk
Donets
Likhaya
Debaltseva
Chuguev
Hold Three for Riding Escape Ten Years Ago
FBI Agent A H Belmont said tommy gun TNT burglar tools two shotguns and machine gun ammunition were found at two homes as Charles Zascavage ODillonvale William Donley Steubenville and May Williams Bantam Ridge were arrested on charges of harboring Carl Straka 40 and aiding his escape from the Guernsey County Jail ten years ago. Straka who was being held on an auto theft charge is still at large.
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Steubenville
FBI
A. H. Belmont
Charles Zascavage
Farm Policy Rift Threatens 1945 Food Program
Washington shows a sharp split between the administration and Congress on farm price policies. With planting weeks away, farmers lack price certainty as Wickard pushes incentive payments to boost soybeans, peanuts, and vegetables, while Congress withholds funds and resists subsidies.
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Washington
Congress
Congressional Farm Bloc
Administration
Agriculture Department
Wickard
Allies Strike New Air Blows in Pacific
In the Far Pacific American and Allied warplanes struck major Japanese bases. U S Flying Fortresses dropped 38 tons of bombs on Rabau l New Britain for a second night, returning safely. RAF bombers also attacked Heho air field and Akyab Island in Burma.
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Pacific
Far Pacific
Burma
South Seas
Douglas MacArthur
U. S
Rabaul
New Britain
Heho
Akyab Island
Bricker urges Republicans to wield power for war effort
Gov. John W. Bricker tells West Virginia and Washington lawmakers that Republican votes in Congress can determine national policy and help win the war. He warns against weakening state governments while urging consolidation of power for wartime needs and postwar reconstruction.
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Charleston
W. Va
Congress
John W. Bricker
West Virginia
Bricker
War Production Board forecasts ten percent paper cut
A. G. Wakeman, WPB chief, urged the printing industry to plan for another ten percent cut in printing papers including newsprint by April 1. He outlined the outlook in a speech to the American Pulp and Paper Association, saying newsprint consumption must be reduced about ten percent by the end of the first quarter.
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New York
A. G. Wakeman
War Production Board
Wakeman
WPB
Pulp and Paper Division
American Pulp and Paper Association
Two Infants Suffocate Under Heavy Blankets
EAST LIVERPOOL Two Columbiana County infants died in a mid February cold wave after suffocating under heavy blankets while sleeping to protect from the cold. Coroner Arnold W. Devon identified the victims as Courtney Allen Maze four months old son of Herbert and Maize Maze of Wellsville and Shirla Mae Norton two months old daughter of John Norton and wife of East Palestine.
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East Liverpool
Columbiana County
Arnold W. Devon
Courtney Allen Maze
Herbert Maze
Wellsville
Shirla Mae Norton
John Norton
East Palestine
Clevelanders' Income Tax Takes Jump in Year
Frank F. Gentsch, internal revenue collector, announced that 31,222 Greater Clevelanders have paid $18,954,393 in income tax this year. Last year, 110,103 people were assessed $8,395,150 at the same point.
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Cleveland
Frank F. Gentsch
Internal Revenue
Greater
Koppers Coal Aims 15 Million Tons For 1943
FAIRMONT W V The Koppers Coal Company the largest single bituminous producer last year plans 15 000 000 tons for 1943 says General Manager L C Campbell.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Koppers Coal Company
L. C. Campbell
Night Club Raid Leads to 65 Motorists Named
Lucas County sheriffs plan to turn over 65 license numbers of cars parked near the Club Devon to the Toledo Office of the OPA for action. Capt. Arthur Kaufman said George Dream was charged with keeping a gambling house in the raid.
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Toledo
Devon
Lucas County Sheriffs
OPA
Arthur Kaufman
Sheriff's Office
George Dream
Kaufman
RAF Bombers Strike Germany and Belgium
British bombers raided undisclosed targets in western Germany and Nazi occupied Belgium last night. Fighters attacked enemy railroad targets in northern France. One enemy bomber was destroyed in the sorties, the air ministry announced today.
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London
Germany
Belgium
France
Air Ministry
Bricker Plans to Sign Time Bill Today in Ohio
Gov John W Bricker announced at a morning press conference he will sign a bill to set clocks back one hour unless a drafting error is found He aims for a careful read before affixing his name The bill shifts Ohio to Eastern Standard Time at 2 am Sunday except in several cities choosing War Time Opposing voices warn of farmer disruption and war effort impacts The legislature and local councils push for a veto or support with varied city stances and the Ohio State Grange urges farmer cooperation
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Bricker
House of Representatives
John T. Derighter
D-Duyhoga
Youngstown
Cleveland
Akron
Mansfield
Shelby
Mt. Vernon
Steubenville
East Liverpool
Joseph W. Fichter
Ohio State Grange
Attica Rotary Club
Curtiss-Wright Probe Ordered
In Columbus the Curtiss-Wright plant is meeting one warplane’s production schedule while another shows satisfactory figures, General Manager J P Davey said as a Senate subcommittee prepares to investigate alleged output slowness. Chairman Truman ordered a full investigation. inspections are planned for Thursday.
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Columbus
J. P. Davey
Senate
Truman
Senate War Investigating Committee
Suggests Bulk Buying To End Liquor Shortage
Columbus reporters say the Senate Liquor Control Committee heard a plan to ease Ohio liquor shortages by bulk buying spirits and bottling them locally. A. L. Riesenberger of National Distillers proposed the idea amid a proposed legislative investigation led by Senator Frank S. Day.
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Columbus
Senate Liquor Control Committee
Ohio
Spirituas
A. L. Riesenberger
National Distillers
Frank S. Day
D-Cuyahoga
East Gripped By Cold Wave 26 Are Dead
The East endures the coldest wave of winter with at least 26 deaths. New England reports 11 fatalities and frostbite cases, while New York State adds eight deaths and Pennsylvania and New Jersey record several more. Fuel oil shortages and wind chill worsen conditions, halting work, delaying transport, and closing schools. Warrensburg, New York, hits a record 50 degrees below zero.
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Associated Press
East
New England
New York State
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Warrensburg
N. Y
Democrats oppose auto sticker in Ohio House clash
Ohio lawmakers argued the windshield insignia replacing 1943 metal plates would act as a political placard. Rep A Lee Fair led the effort to remove an emergency clause tied to the bill, delaying sticker issuance until mid May though required by April 1.
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Columbus
Ohio House of Representatives
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Highway Director
Registrar of Motor Vehicles
A. Lee Fair
Holmes
House
French Battleship Richelieu Boosts Allied Naval Edge
Joseph Morton reports from aboard the Richelieu as the French battleship nears New York on a Dakar to Atlantic voyage. Captain Marcel Deramond says the vessel will give the Allies a clear advantage in first line battleships of 35,000 tons or more, placing Richelieu among the world’s top warships once refitted.
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Joseph Morton
Associated Press
Hiehelien
New York
Richelieu
O’war
Marcel Deramond
United States
Dakar
French West Africa
Deramond
Germany
Rommel Hit Hard in Faid Battle Area
American tanks supported by U S fighter planes say they hurled Rommel back six miles in the Faid Pass region of Central Tunisia in the first big armored battle of North Africa. German losses include 20 tanks as British forces seize Ben Gardane and tighten the pursuit toward the Mareth Line.
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U. S
Faid Pass
Tunisia
North Africa
Erwin Rommel
Gulf of Gabes
Gafsa
Rommel
Faid
Sbeitla
Libya
Jurgen von Arnim
Sidi Bouzid
Fald Pass
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Ben Gardane
Mareth Line
Tunisia-Tripolitania
Germany
Maknassy
Gafsa-Sidi Bouzid
Military Leaders Push to Abolish WPB Power
Donald M. Nelson head of the War Production Board told associates he is fighting for his life as Army and Navy demand abolition or restriction of WPB authority. The Herald Tribune reports the New York discussion about the board’s future and Nelson’s role.
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New York
The
Herald- Tribune
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Army
Navy
Ohio Eats 200 to 300 Restaurants Closed in Work or Fight Edict Clash
Columbus reports that 200 to 300 of Ohio's 23 000 eating places have closed as the Ohio State Restaurant Association cites staffing and policy pressures. Executive secretary Robert R. Williams warns more closures could follow if manpower director Paul V. McNutt does not revise the work or fight edict.
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Columbus
Robert R. Williams
Ohio State Restaurant Association
Ohio
Paul V, McNutt
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