Millions trapped: Soviet forces close on German army
Red Army dispatches indicate a huge pincer around German forces in the so called Napoleonic corridor from Mozhaisk to Smolensk. By passing Smolensk from the north and crossing the Sozh south of the city, Soviet columns are closing in on 600 000 to 1 000 000 troops. The German escape route narrows to under 100 miles as the northern and southern pincers converge. Meanwhile British naval and air actions report new battleships Anson and Howe joining the fleet and mine laying operations as RAF bombers strike near Helgoland. In North Africa Mussolini reports limited skirmishes near El Mechili, while British forces in the Middle East strengthen armored units.
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Russia
Republic of White Russia
Moscow
Mozhaisk
Smolensk
Red Army
Sozh River
Adolf Hitler
Royal Navy
Gneisenau
Scharnhorst
Brest
de Dover Strait
Anson
Howe
Helgoand Bight
London Air Ministry
Bombar Command
Helgoland
North African
Mussolini
High Command
el Mechili
Tobruk
London
Britain
Middle East
Cairo
Commission orders sale of state facilities in Columbus
A state commission relocating the State Blind and Schools has ordered the properties appraised for sale if legislative authority is provided.
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Columbus
All-Out Call for Rental Vacancies at Point Pleasant
Blanks are coming in as the district seeks a representative showing. List every vacant house and apartment today and tie it to the Messenger Home Rental Bureau to improve rental chances. Ads urging immediate response appear in Point Pleasant Classifieds.
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Point Pleasant
Messenger Home Rental Bureau
Millions of deferments eyed for possible reclassification
Washington AP reports selective service boards plan a nationwide restudy of deferments for dependents and minor defects. Up to a million men previously deferred may be re-rated 1-A as Brig. Gen. Hershey warns dependence screenings will intensify and marriages of convenience to dodge the draft will not be tolerated. The Army also lowers physical standards for teeth and eyes.
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Washington
Selective Service Boards
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Army
Rates Farmer Over Actors in Wartime Labor Debate
Washington state Rep Cliff Clevenger Ohio argued movies are less essential to the war effort than farm workers. He noted selective service defers some movie workers and urged considering essential agricultural workers and draft board officials in food producing districts. He said farm operations suffer from labor conscription and shifts to defense industries for higher pay.
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Washington
Cliff Clevenger
Ohio
Couere
Clevenger
Drag Board
The
Ohioan
Old Marco Polo Road May Be Used Again
New York report says the old Marco Polo road between Mongolia and Tibet to Turkestan in Soviet Russia could be used to transport American aid to China if the Burma Road is severed. Harrison Forman, American observer at Chungking, said the red route via Lanchow has improved since the Japanese invasion and motor caravans now use it regularly.
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New York
Mongolia
Tibet
Turkestan
Soviet Russia
China
Burma
Harrison Forman
Chungking
Lanchow
Kansu
Sinkiang
F P Kientz Glouster Dies at Home Tuesday
Funeral services for F P Kientz who died at his Summit Street home Tuesday will be held Friday at 1 PM at the family home. Burial is in New Lexington Cemetery. His son Attorney Edward Kientz of Los Angeles and sister M Florence of Totosi Wisconsin have traveled to attend.
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Glouster
F. P. Kientz
Summit St
New Lexington Cemetery
Edward Kientz
Los Angeles
Calif
Sr. M. Florence
Totosi
Wis
Nazis Prepare Gliders for Massive Spring Drive
London reports intensified pressure on the German economy to mount a spring offensive. The Ministry of Economic Warfare says efforts are focused on producing troop transporting gliders, renewing predictions of a potential invasion attempt against England.
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London
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Oa “Ms
Eng
Livestock Inventory Value Reported for Jan 1
The Agriculture Department reports the total value of livestock on U S farms on January 1 at 7.008 billion dollars, up from 5.32 billion a year earlier.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Farm Machinery Film Shown At Chester High Tonight
A talking motion picture explaining care and repair of farm machinery will be shown at Chester High School auditorium tonight at 8 30 by the Young Men's Farming Club. The program lasts about two hours and is intended for local farmers and students interested in farming technique.
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Chester High School
Young Men's Farming Club
Bricker Signals Likely Third Term Bid
Gov. John Bricker said in Cincinnati that almost everyone knows he will seek a third term, and he does not expect a formal announcement. He hinted the move is widely anticipated though no official filing is planned.
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Cincinnati
John W. Bricker
Disarm Nazis For Generation Says Vansittart
Lord Vansittart, former foreign affairs official, urged after the war that all Germans remain disarmed for a generation and be re educated. He spoke to the Never Again Association and warned that without prolonged Allied occupation and strict control of German armament firms, disarmament could become a sinister force.
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London
Lord Vansittart
Foreign Affairs
Vansittart
Germany
Churchill
Roosevelt
Guard Against Enemy Seizure of Explosives
Washington Bureau of Mines announces a strict program to stop explosives from reaching hostile or disloyal persons. All makers distributors storers users or possessors of explosives or ingredients must obtain licenses by March 1.
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Washington
United States
Bureau of Mines
Bureau
Skidding Milk Truck Wrecks Steel Bridge
A milk truck skidded off the road and damaged a steel bridge over Twin Creek between Lewisburg and West Manchester. Driver Earl Lair escaped injury. Deputy Sheriff John Spaulding estimated replacement costs near ten thousand dollars.
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Eaton
Twin Creek
Lewisburg
West Manchester
Earl Lair
John Spaulding
Former Hollister youth held by Japs
Private First Class Robert Harrold McGee, 23, formerly of Hollister, named among 45 Ohioans presumed captured as Japanese prisoners of war in the Pacific. Others include civilians and Navy Marine Corps personnel. governor of Guam Capt. George Johnson McMillin among the listed. McGee enlisted in 1939 in Salt Lake City. last word was fortifying Wake Island last November. Sister Gladys McGee is a nurse at Ohio University Hospital Athens.
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Robert Harrold McGee
HollIster
Associated Press
Navy
Marine Corps
Wake
Guam
Navy Department
Pacific
George Johnson McMillin
Youngstown
McGee
John McGee
Moxahala
Salt Lake City
CCC
Utah
Wake Island
Gladys McGee
Ohio University Hospital
Athens
Kenneth
Broader Income Tax Base May Be Needed for Revenue Gain
Senate Finance Committee Chairman George predicts Congress must broaden the income tax base or adopt a sales or payroll levy to raise $7 billion in the next fiscal year. He opposes reducing personal exemptions and notes treasury opposition to a sales tax and payroll tax. Roosevelt called for the $7 billion increase, with talks of a 15 percent monthly withholding proposal. Treasury plans reportedly include a $3 billion rise in corporate levies and $1.5 to $2 billion in higher individual taxes, plus closing loopholes and higher excises.
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Washington
George
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Roosevelt
OCD Officials Are Dismissed In Streamlining Move
In Washington four former mayors were ousted from the criticized Office of Civilian Defense as part of a broader purge. Director James M. Landis had already accepted Miss Chaney’s resignation and then dismissed two entire divisions as he urged faster action to streamline OCD for efficiency.
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Washington
Office of Civilian Defense
Maynus Chaney
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Miss Chaney
James M. Landis
OCD
Landis
Push Bill To Raise Pay Of U S Soldiers And Sailors
Washington bills to raise soldiers and sailors pay and provide family living allowances were advanced by sponsors criticizing the administration. Senator Johnson introduced increases in base pay from 21 to 42 dollars monthly and officer pay on a sliding scale, with support from lawmakers urging action.
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U.S
Washington
Johnson
D.-Cole
Labor Board Hits Snag in Steel Dispute
William F. Leiserson of the National Labor Relations Board warned of a stormy career for the board as Bethlehem Steel and United States Steel oppose a board backed compromise on the closed shop. He said Congress may decide the policy if mutual agreements fail.
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New York
War Labor Board
William F. Leiserson
National Labor Relations Board
Bethlehem and Republic Steel Companies
Leiserson
Congress
Defense Mediation Board
Solomon Island Bishop Stands Guard Amid War Busyness
Sidney Australia Bishop Thomas Wade apostolic vicar of the Solomon Islands refused evacuation from Kieta as a Japanese warship loomed outside the harbor. He sent 30 missionary nuns inland for safety and planned to don robes to meet the invaders and request respectful treatment of religion.
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Sidney
Australia
Thomas Wade
Providence
R. I
Solomon Islands
Kieta
Sidney Sun
Sun
Wade
Roads Icy as Mercury Plunges to Zero Mark
The thermometer dipped to one above zero in Cleveland at 8:30 am with Fremont at zero and Bucyrus at five below. The State Highway Department warned most roads were icy and curvy, with one to four inches of snow reported across Northern Ohio.
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Cleveland
Fremont
Ohio
Bucyrus
State Highway Department
Athens Countys War Reignites In County Basketball Tourney
Athens County braces for the county basketball tournament at Ohio University Gymnasium as Rome and Ames Bern emerged as title contenders after preliminaries. Colorful cheerleaders, school songs, and crowd roars filled the arena while Greens Run and Rome fans created vibrant support scenes.
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Athens County
Ohio University Gymnasium
Rome
Ames Bern
Rosalie Mingus
Glenna Hanning
Elizabeth Murray
Carrye Smith
Anastasia Volmer
Orpha
Betty
Bobby Simons
Anna Louise Erwin
Wendell Mingus
Billy Dunn
Emmett Olbers
Charles Ayers
Clarice Ann McCullough
Jr. Beal Chapman
Greens
U S Bombers and Fighters in Battle for East Indies
Allied forces including American troops have landed in Java to support defenses of the Dutch East Indies as Japanese forces push toward lower Sumatra. The arrival signals intensified Allied air and ground participation in the region amid the ongoing campaign.
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U.S
East Indies
Java
Dutch East Indies
Japan
Lower
Sumatra
War secretary warns of raids as forces rush to fight
Secretary of War Stimson said the nation must expect attacks along coasts and beyond echoing submarine raids in Aruba. He announced three historic divisions activated and a Filipino battalion formed to speed army expansion, with rapid induction to divisions to cut 13 weeks training. British and Dutch reports note American ground troops and air forces increasing in the Pacific as Japanese planes assault Darwin and Rangoon advances loom near the Chinese frontline.
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Washington
Stimson
Netherlands Caribbean
Aruba
United States
Aneta
Island
Japanese Pressure On MacArthur Defenses In Philippines
Gen Douglas MacArthur's headquarters report rising Japanese pressure against American Filipino defenses on the Bataan Peninsula and a resumed offensive. The communique notes captured flame throwers and artillery, with heavy attacks on the right flank as the campaign nears its end. Allied hopes rose from Burma where Chinese troops defeated Thai allies and seized war supplies. New U S bombers and fighters were based in Burma, while Japanese naval air forces claimed gains in the Java Sea region.
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Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan
MacArthur
Burma
Japan
Burma-Thailand
Social Welfare of
Chungking
Thailand
U. S
United Nations
Java Sea
Batavia
Netherlands East Indies
Sumatra
Tokyo
Job Insurance Plan is Tabled in House Vote
Washington committee voted to table the administration's 300 million plan for unemployment benefits for workers temporarily laid off while wartime production shifts. Chairman Doughton said no bill will emerge without starting over. Reported vote was 16 to 8.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Doughton
D-Nc
Women Replacing Men To Get Similar Wages in Cleveland
Cleveland industry Thompson Products announces wage parity as women fill lighter tasks left by draftees and transfers. program aims to place women at machines previously operated by men joining armed services.
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Cleveland
Thompson Products, Inc
Air Wardens Protest Salvage Warden Title in Queens
About 500 Queens residents protest Mayor LaGuardia’s order naming them salvage wardens claiming they joined air raid protection to defend homes not collect garbage. They circulate petitions demanding his ouster as civilian defense chief of New York City.
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New York
Queens County
F. H. LaGuardia
LaGuardia
Court of Appeals hears recall election suit against two councilmen
A suit to compel the city council to order an election on recall petitions against Councilmen A. W. Duff and James E. Ducey was filed in the court of appeals. The council has refused to order an election.
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Washington D. H
A. W. Duff
James E. Ducey
Court of Appeals
Council 4Yice i
Sugar shortage pushes industry back to honey use
The Department of Agriculture reported a sugar shortage returning many industrial users to the honey market for sweetening ice cream candy soft drinks and other foods.
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Chicago
Department of Agriculture
Hunger Striker Bowser Committed To State Hospital
Dayton Ohio Albert Bowser 43 after 28 days fasting in the City Workhouse for refusing to send his children to school was committed to Dayton State Hospital following a sanity hearing before Probate Judge William C Wise man Sheriff Phil Kloos said Bowser would be taken to the hospital today Dr E L Hooper hospital superintendent said the fast was about to come to an end and force feeding would be used in his treatment.
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Dayton
Albert Bowser
Dayton State Hospital
William C. Wiseman
Phil Kloos
Bowser
E. L. Hooper
Hooper
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Clifford Glazier
J. W. Russell
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Paul Dean
Leslie Holbert
George Chesser
Donald Dorr
Melvin Mansfield
Foster Klingenberg
Janice Coleman
Earl Seel
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Garnet Klingenberg
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Dutch Indies
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