Attack on Truk Triggers Shake-Up in Jap High Command
American forces crippled Japanese links at Truk with 19 ships sunk and 201 planes destroyed as Admiral Nimitz announced a large carrier air strike. Tokyo reported a leadership shake-up with Army Chief and Navy Chief replaced by Tojo and Shimada amid pacific advances toward Kwajalein and Eniwetok.
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Truk
Navy
Hirohito
Tokyo
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Rabaul
Marshalls
Central Pacific
Eniwetok
Marshall Islands
Engebi Island
Eniwetok Island
Parry Island
U. S
Chester W. Nimitz
Ponape
Kusiaie
Douglas MacArthur Fe
Pacific
Kavieng
New Ireland
Nimitz
Apaneste
Associated Press
United States
Tokyo Radio
Hideki Tojo
Army General Staff
Shigetai Shimada
Osami Nagano
Navy General Staff
James H. Doolittle
Joseph W. Stilwell
China
U.S. Army
French Indo-China
Allied halt German Anzio assault after 48 hours of heavy fighting
Allied headquarters reported American and British forces repulsed a major German drive aimed at erasing the Anzio beachhead. The offensive stretched 48 hours with heavy tank and infantry battles, aided by Allied naval and air power. Casualties were high with hundreds wounded and at least 700 prisoners taken.
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Kenneth L. Dixon
Naples
Anzio
Carroceto
Anziate
Italy
Eberhard von Mackensen
Heinrich von Vietinghof
Albert Kesselring
Fifth Army
Cassino
Terelle
Eighth Army
Associated Press
Daniel de Luce
Red armies press toward Minsk as Pskov drive advances
Soviet forces push south and southwest of Luga and Novgorod with 100000 new troops in a fresh Minsk offensive. Berlin cites 114 villages seized near Pskov with over 2200 German dead as Red units reach within 28 miles of the lake region.
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London
Baltic
Pskov
Berlin
Red Army
Minsk
Russia
Dno
Lake
Peipus
Luga
Novovgorod
Shimsk
Staraya Russa
Ilmen
Ukraine
Krivoi Rog
Dnieper
Korsun
Zashkov
War Food Administration buys large Ohio farm products in 1943
The War Food Administration reported Ohio purchases for lend lease and Red Cross use totaled 26 147 766 pounds of pork plus significant amounts of beef lamb and mutton butter American cheese wheat soy beans dehydrated potatoes and dried eggs. Walter R Crispin cited additional purchases from terminal markets outside Ohio.
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Columbus
War Food Administration
Ohio
Red Cross
Walter R. Crispin
WFA Office of Distribution
Canton Man 82 Held In Homicide Of Daughter-in-Law
An 82-year-old Canton man was held without bond on a homicide charge after his daughter-in-law Betty Schwarm, 32, died Saturday. Prosecutor D. Dean McLaughlin said Joseph Schwarm confessed to shooting her with a 12-gauge shotgun in self defense when she advanced with a knife.
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Canton
Betty Schwarm
D. Dean McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Crossbones Squadron Sets Record on Rabaul
The Crossbones squadron based at ADVANCED SOUTH PACIFIC AIR BASE on Rabaul, in its ninth week of combat, has destroyed a record total of 138 Japanese planes. The Navy Skull and Crossbones unit has joined famous outfits in the Pacific air fighting war.
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South Paficic
Navy
Crossbones
Rabaul
Pacific
War Shipping Boss Denies Liberty Ships Cracked Up
A. C. Kerr regional director of the U S War Shipping Administration called reports that eight Liberty Ships cracked up in the Atlantic and limped to Britain for repairs absolutely untrue. He issued the denial in London.
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London
A. C. Kerr
U. S. War Shipping Administration
United States
Atlantic
Britain
Silver Named Liaison to Government War Agencies
Ted F. Silvey, former secretary treasurer of the Ohio CIO Council, will serve as national CIO's liaison with government war agencies. CIO President Philip Murray announced last night.
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Silver
Washington
Ted F. Silvey
Ohio Cio Council
National
CIO
Philip Murray
Steel demand to rise despite cuts in military programs
Washington reports that recent increases in steel needs for civilian uses such as railroad equipment farm machinery and food containers will offset reductions in some munition programs. WPB Steel Division director John T Whiting said the belief that lower military steel demand lowers overall production is incorrect.
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Washington
War Production Board
John T. Whiting
WPB Steel Division
Newspapers Get Overseas Distribution Privilege
The New York Times The Chicago Tribune and The Chicago Sun can print weekly overseas editions for American troops in Europe with post exchange delivery. Maj. Gen. John Lee deputy commander said other U S papers may also obtain the privilege to serve soldiers abroad.
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London
New York Times
Chicago Tribune
Chicago Sun
John Lee
Merchant seamen furloughed to return to sea by Army
Six hundred Merchant Marine officers and crew have been furloughed by the Army to resume sea service, the War Shipping Administration reported. The order affects veterans who previously served at sea and now must report to active duty assignments as part of wartime manpower needs.
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Washington
War Shipyas Administration
Toy
Five Soldiers Killed in Glider Crash at Camp Mackall
Second Lt. Thomas H. Hamblin of Hamilton Ohio was among five soldiers killed when a glider crashed at Camp Mackall in North Carolina on Friday.
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Ohtican
Camp Mackall
N. C
Thomas H. Hamblin
Hamilton, O
Blue Streak Returns From Battlefronts
The Liberator bomber Blue Streak returns to a Miami factory after 8 100 mile flight from Naples Italy. Major Ralph P Thompson reports 250 crew flew combat hours with no injuries. The ship claims 23 enemy planes down 20 months and sank three enemy ships amid 150 flak hits. Thompson earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and a Presidential Citation.
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Miami
Fila
Ralph P. Thompson
Garena
Delaware County
Naples
Italy
Mediterranean
Thompson
Maryland State Police
Ploesti
Grill Soldier Who Aided Nazi Prisoners' Escape
In Albuquerque a Harvard educated American soldier Pfc. Dale H. Maple 23 of Middletown Rhode Island was questioned by federal agents as part of an investigation into funds for a flight that ended near the Mexican border. Maple admitted Nazi sympathies and was held on treason charges in Denver.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Camp Hale
Colo
Dale H. Maple
Middletown
R. L
FBI
D. A. Bryce
Charge Turks Are Being Swayed by Nazi Chiefs
Moscow radio broadcast accuses Berlin propaganda of growing influence in Turkey. The report claims German efforts are aided by Turkish official circles and follows sharp Turkish government criticism voiced from Moscow.
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London
Moscow
May Change Age Limits On Draftees
The House Military Committee seeks to maximize current service manpower rather than lowering the induction age from 18 to 17. Chairman May indicates any necessary change would first consider raising the age.
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Washington
House Military Committee
May
D-Ky
Roosevelt to veto $2.815 billion tax bill, Congress slated
Speaker Rayburn said President Roosevelt would send a veto message to Congress tomorrow on the large tax bill. He argued draft age adjustments may include non-fathers aged 38 to 45, and warned against drafting 16-year-olds. The clash signals campaign implications and potential postwar plans.
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Washington
Rayburn
Tex
Roosevelt
Congress
May
White House
Wendell L. Willkie
Bernard Baruch
Skim Milk Becomes Senate Topic Amid Label Change Debate
Senator Overton of Louisiana led opposition to a house approved bill to amend pure food rules so powdered skim milk could be labeled nonfat dry milk solids or defatted milk solids. He argued the term would confuse colleagues and pressed to preserve current labeling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Senator Overton
D-La
Overton
Attempted Assassination of King Peter Reported
London based Tass Cairo dispatch cites Fascist plot to kill King Peter of Yugoslavia. Russian monitor reports the claim blames Yugoslav soldiers seeking to return home to join Tito's partisan ranks.
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Peter
London
Moscow
Yugoslavia
New Dispatch
Josip Broz
Tito
Mission Completed by Howard Cowan at U S Bomber Base
A Fortress flown by Howard Cowan and crew battled to return to base after a Sunday raid on German plants. The engineer, bombardier, navigator stayed aboard to aid a wounded co pilot and died in the crash landing. kin names withheld pending next of kin notification.
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Howard Cowan
U. S
England
Von
Germans Return to London Sunday Night
Nazi air raiders scattered incendiaries and explosives over London in a brief but fierce attack last night causing fires and some casualties. The assault aimed to replicate the large fire raid of early Saturday morning, the heaviest blow the city faced in 1940 41.
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London
War Workers Find New Jobs In Ohio Plants
Ohio workers laid off from war plant schedules mostly found new jobs quickly. Reports say cutback jitters caused by war timing fears and steel industry layoff rumors stirred concern, but little evidence of wholesale job loss. Canton cited as a disrupted example.
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Ohio
Washington
United States Employment Service
Office of War Information
Higan
Kentucky
OWI
War Manpower Commission Regional Management Labor Committee
WMC
Canton
Vinton Grand Jury Called on Victorson Case
The Vinton County Grand Jury will convene on February 28 to consider four cases including the shotgun death of Mrs Martha Victorson on January 30. Prosecuting Attorney James W Darby announced the panel. The Victorson death probe by Sgts W Vance and J L Hanley of the State Highway Patrol wrapped up last Saturday.
Three German U Boats Sunk Near Gibraltar
London reports the destruction of three German submarines attempting to pass into the Mediterranean via the Strait of Gibraltar. The destroyer Janus was lost in the action. German claims of sinking eleven escorting destroyers in the Atlantic remain unconfirmed.
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London
Mediterranean
Strait of Gibraltar
Janus
Atlantic
Benito Mussolini Lived in Modest Italian Farmhouse
The German paper Voelkischer Beobachter reports Benito Mussolini resides in a small room in a northern Italian farmhouse. The only decoration is a bust of Frederick the Great, an 18th century Prussian king.
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Stockholm
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Frederick the Great
Voelkischer Beohbachter
Transport Sunk by Hidden Bomb Off Taranto Brindisi
London dispatch says a Vichy radio report stated an American transport was sunk between Taranto and Brindisi by a bomb hidden in its hull. No independent confirmation was provided.
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London
Vichy
Taranto
Brindisi
Italy
Former State Senator Harrison seeks Democratic U.S. Senate nomination
Former Ohio state senator Marvin C. Harrison announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for United States Senate. He joins the race as a veteran Democratic figure entering a high stakes contest in a pivotal election cycle.
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Cleveland
Marvin C. Harrison
United States
Automobile crash kills teen in Columbus
In Columbus an automobile carrying Jonn M. Wol ford, 16, and Paul E. Congreve, 19, plunged over an embankment. Wol ford was killed and Congreve injured seriously.
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Columbus
Jonn m. Wolford
Paul E. Congreve
Bombers Deliver Major Daylight Raid on Germany
Allied air fleets including 1000 Fortresses and Liberators struck seven German center cities and Rostock in a deep eastward sweep. The attack, described as the largest daylight operation, knocked out about a quarter of German fighter production and left Stuttgart and other targets burning as RAF and US forces pressed the offensive.
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London
H. H. Arnold
RAF
Stuttgart
Germany
Europe
Rostock
Baltic
U. S
Munich
Occupied
Leipzig
Akre
Brunswick
Isanel Tutow
Oschersleben
Washington
Henry H. Arnold
Daimler-Benz Auto Works
Messerschmitt
Heinkels
Bosch
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