Allied and Axis Clash in Italian Beachhead Battle
Allied beachhead defenses held under heavy German pressure in the Cassino area. American and British forces regained ground near Anzio as German divisions failed to break through, while Soviet onslaught toward Pskov and Korsun pocket losses surged for Germany.
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Italy
Cassino
Europe
Hitler
Western
Beachenet
Mediterranean
de Luce J
Carroceto
Anzio
Pskov
Rais
Baltic States
Plyussa
Moscow
Korsun
Wilhelm Stemmermann
Berlin
Finland
Jack Heintz Invites Congress To Dinner
Washington firm Jack and Heintz Inc war contractors invited Congress to a dinner to explain their wartime efforts. A letter signed by Bill Jack requested all Congressmen attend at the Mayflower Hotel ballroom for a wartime briefing.
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Washington
Jack and Heintz, Inc
Cleveland War Contractors
War Department
Congress
Bill Jack
Mayflower
Subsidy To Be Continued After CCC Extension Vote
The Commodity Credit Corporation life is extended for another year to fund the food subsidy program, with Congress likely to pass legislation to extend to June 30, 1945. Officials say $1.4 billion in subsidies this year is planned, though $500 million in extra funds was denied.
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Washington
Commodity Credit Corporation
Congress
CCC
Marvin Jones
Roosevelt
House
Vaporizer Fire Kills Five Month Old in Dayton Crib
Firefighters report a vaporizer shorted causing a blaze that killed Sandra Pleska five months old in Dayton. Her 17 month old brother Thomas was rescued by their mother.
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Dayton
Sandra Pleska
Alex Pleska
Thomas
Rain and Snow Boost Winter Wheat Outlook
Chicago advices to grain firms say February rain and snow improved the outlook for winter wheat, signaling better conditions for future yields.
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Chicago
Ohio colleges face ASTP enrollment cuts in war shift
Ohio schools will lose more than 3,400 of their 5,700 Army specialized training program students as at least 110,000 troops are moved to combat by April 1. Spokesmen warn of heavy financial losses for Buckeye institutions with depressed civilian enrollments amid the Army’s staffing realignment.
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Columbus
Ohio
War Department
Army
Ohio U Affected by ASTP Ruling
The War Department ordered a drastic cut in the Army Specialized Training Program to about 30 000 trainees effective April 1 1944 Ohio University will not be affected before that date Kenyon College Muskingum and Wilberforce see large reductions in ASTP enrollments Akron and Cincinnati universities report varied impact The action cited “imperative military necessity” and a need to replace field casualties with combat duty manpower remains short of the target
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J. E. Brannan
ASTP
Ohio University
Headquarters
Service Command
Columbus
Secretary of War
Brannan
Toee Omt Coruel
Ooncamel
Kenyon College
Muskingum
Wilberforce
Xenia
Akron University
Leslie Hardy
Akron
N. N. Luxon
Army
Ohio State University
University of Cincinnati
University of Dayton
Western Reserve University
Cleveland
Stimson
War Department
United States
WRECKAGE GENERAL Describes Berlin air raid life and travel to Spain
Charles F. Foltz recounts a German traveler Hans from Berlin who fled to Spain by train eight days earlier. He details ruined stations, evacuations from East Prussia, Gestapo papers, repeated cross questioning, and widespread destruction in Halle Kassel Cologne Dessau and the Leuna Chemical works at Halle.
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Charles
FOLTZ
Madrid
Hans
Berlin
Spain
East Prussia
Dessau
Siemens-Halske
Siemens‘Schuckert
Leuna Chemical
Halle
Germans Firebomb London in Major Raid
German planes struck London in a heavy raid Friday night dropping tons of explosives and incendiaries. Officials report widespread damage in six districts with several dozen deaths and churches hospitals and schools hit. American crews claimed several raiders shot down and Canadians disrupted intruders over continental bases.
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London
Baruch Plan for Postwar Reconversion Challenged
In Washington the Baruch plan to demobilize industry and workers postwar faced Senate criticism. Senator George said Congress must set general policies rather than delegate to the executive, as he announced a bill to create a war demobilization authority that would run with Byrnes during hostilities and become independent after peace. Senator Murray argued for broader, more comprehensive measures beyond Baruch's drafting proposals.
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Washington
Congress
George
Senate
Cottee
Byrnes
Baruch
Murray
D.-Mont
Knutson Attacks Roosevelt Over New Tax Proposals
Representative Knutson criticized President Roosevelt's tax agenda in a radio address, arguing the administration seeks $10.5 billion in new taxes and drawing contrasts with Britain and Canada. He highlighted the requirement for labor unions to file Treasury financial statements and contrasted Roosevelt's veto of an anti subsidy bill with grocery costs.
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Washington
Knutson
Roosevelt
Treasury
Franklin Roosevelt
Britain
Canada
United States
British Liner Empress of Canada Sunk Year Ago
Survivors disclose the torpedoing of the British liner Empress of Canada off Freetown West Africa nearly a year ago. Eight hundred survivors were saved by British rescuers and about 400 perished, many Italian war prisoners reportedly drew attempts to reach the deck before being pushed back by crew members.
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Vancouver
Freetown
West Africa
Staying Suspect Is Bound Over at Jackson
Mayor Frank Pritchett reported Noah Kaltenbach, 64, charged with second degree murder in the fatal election shooting of Victor Delanos, a district organizer for the United Mine Workers. Kaltenbach, a blast furnace worker and Mine Mill and Smelters Union member, pleaded innocent and was released on a $25,000 bond.
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Jackson
Frank Pritchett
Noah Kaltenbach
Victor Delanos
United Mine Workers
Common Pleas Court
Kaltenbach
Mine Mill and Smelters Union
AFL
Pritchett
Kaltonbach
Giraffe Delinquent Born At St Louis Zoo
Zoo director Lee Vierheller announces the birth of a 110-pound girl giraffe named Delinquent at the St Louis Zoo arriving four weeks late. The calf stands 5 feet 8 inches tall, and Vierheller postponed his Florida trip to witness Ida the giraffe give birth last night.
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ST. Louis
Lee Vierheller
Vierheller
Florida
Ida
York Soldier Dies in Britain
Private Carl E. McCombs age 19 of Nelsonville Ohio died in Torquay England on Feb 5 while serving in the Army. He volunteered from Nelsonville Feb 1943 and was inducted a month later after leaving Cleveland employment. He is survived by his parents Mr. and Mrs. Asbury McCombs and two sisters Ruth and Flossie.
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Nelsonville
War Department
Asbury McCombs
Mason City Hill
Carl E. McCombs
Torquary
England
McCombs
Nelsonville High School
Cleveland
Ruth
Flossie McCombs
Automobiles Collision Kills Three Men by Cumberland River
A SUV and a truck collided near the Harlan Letcher County line Saturday sending three men into the Cumberland River. Authorities reported two bodies recovered and a third still missing, feared dead as floodwaters hinder rescue efforts.
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Jenkins
Harlan-Letcher County
Cumberland River
Bedaux in Miami Ends Life Linked to Treason Probe
The Bedaux figure who was the mate of the Duke of Windsor took his own life in Miami amid treason accusations. He reportedly confessed close ties to high ranking Nazis. The Bedaux residence in France hosted the Duke of Windsor’s marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson after he renounced the throne.
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Duke of Windsor
Miami
Fla
Bedaux
France
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Intimate of Windsors Dies Awaiting Trial
Charles E Bedaux a French born former American sandhog and intimate of the Windsor dies in Miami while under treason charges. Immigration agent says he overdosed on sleeping tablets at a detention home after being held since December 23 1943. Attorney General says Bedaux claimed close ties with Nazi leaders and traveled between occupied and unoccupied France negotiating with Germans and Vichy. He married Wallis Warfield Simpson at Bedaux Monts France where the Duke of Windsor had renounced the throne.
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Miami
Fla
Charles E.bedaux
the of Windsor
John E. Bling
North Africa
Washington
Biddle
Bedaux
Fritz Wiedemann
Otto Abetz
Hjalmer Sehach
France
Father Convicted in Death of Young Son in Pa Mine Case
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania Arthur Wasiaskowski a 36 year old miner was convicted of manslaughter for the death of his four year old son He testified he slapped the boy for 25 minutes on Christmas Day and faces up to 12 years in prison.
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Wilkes Barre
Arthur Wasiaskowski
March Proclaimed Red Cross Month by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt declared the war in a decisive stage and urged full individual sacrifice. He proclaimed March as Red Cross Month and urged Americans to donate to the relief agency's 1944 minimum war fund of $200.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Red Cross
Relief Agency
Capture of Engebi Island Puts Truk Within Range of Bombers
American forces seized Engebi Island and its airfield on Eniwetok Atoll, placing Truk within bomber reach. Marines, supported by naval gunfire and air strikes, pushed inland with light casualties as U.S. and British submarines sank Japanese ships and attacked additional bases.
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Engebi Island
Truk
U.S
Eniwetok Atoll
Japan
Central Pacific
Rabaul
Kavieng
New Britain
New Ireland
United States
Engebi
22Nd Marine Regiment
Parry
Eniwetok
Nimitz
Truk raid backed by broad Pacific bombing and Eniwetok plans
Air Forces bombed Ponape Kusale and other bases near Truk to deter a rear attack while hundreds of planes struck Truk. Land based fighters hit Japanese atolls in the Eastern Marshalls. Invasion aims at Eniwetok proceed as U S submarines extend patrols and Allied air forces push the Pacific war.
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Gilbert Islands
Ponape
Kusale
Caroline Islands
Truk
United States
Central Pacific
Marshalls
Eniwetok
Marshall Atolls
Carolines
Wake
Guam
Marianas Islands
U. S
Pearl Harbor
Indian Ocean
Pacific
Robert Patterson
Japan
Tokyo Radio
Taroa
Maloelap Atoll
Burma
RAF
Mandalay
Dutch Borneo
Aneta
Netherlands
Melbourne
Separate Peace Unlikely Says Soviet Journal
The Soviet Trade Union Journal War and the Working Class predicts no separate peace with the Allies. It says Germany uses unofficial diplomacy to dodge defeat while Allied operations advance toward the Third Reich. It warns satellites, including Finland and Romania, face alarm as fronts near German borders.
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Moscow
War and the
Pravda
Cairo
Germany
Third Reich
Finland
Rumania
Eisenhower Receives Russia's Suvorov First Class
Moscow reports the Soviet press front pages the award of the Order of Suvorov First Class to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower for outstanding success against Hitlerite Germany. The decoration, created last year, has been given to only a few Russian commanders including Premier Marshal Stalin.
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Moscow
Russia
Order of Suvorov
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Germany
Soviet Union
United States of America
Marshal Stalin
Comfort kits for POWs in Java reported from New York
A Tokyo radio report on Saturday said American war prisoners held in Java received comfort kits sent from the United States. The dispatch indicates U S support for detainees amid wartime exchanges and concern for prisoner welfare.
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New York
Tokyo
Java
United States
Japanese Anti U S Feelings Bloom In Wartime Japan
Yin Tso Chungking reports in Tokyo that Japanese see America as Enemy Number One with grim propaganda and hostile phrases. Public displays mock U S leaders, celebrate destruction of American airmen, and monthly reverence rituals mark the war’s start. Manpower shortages bite. food is scarce, transport and heating limited as Japan endures war strain.
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Yin Tso
Manchuria
Japan
Associated Press
Chungking
Tokyo
Imperial Palace
America
Zane Caverns Proposed For State Memorial
The Ohio Postwar Planning Commission received a proposal from the Ohio Forestry Association to buy Zane Caverns seven miles east of Zanesville as a state memorial to Isaac Zanes and Wyandotte Chief Tarhee. Springfield owner Charles M. Richey said he would sell the tract for 15000 dollars.
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Columbus
Ohio Postwar Planning Commission
Ohio Forestry Association
Zane Caverns
Zanesville
State of
Ohio
Isaac Zanes
Tarhee
Charles M. Richey
Springfield
Ohio State students lose lives in war toll
Ohio State University reports World War II and World War I losses. Alumni Secretary John B. Fuller said 135 known dead, 25 missing in action, 46 prisoners of war. A total of 115 were killed in the first war.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
John B. Fullen
Ohio State
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