Allied Air Operations Forcing Japs to Withdraw From Rabaul
Allied air power erodes the Rabaul base as a pivot for Japanese Southwest Pacific expansion. In Burma, Southeast Asia Command says Allied troops seize the initiative on the Arakan front. General MacArthur notes the Japanese failed to launch a single interceptor in the latest action.
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Swarnon
Southwest Pacific
Southeast Asia Command
Arakan
Burma
Douglas MacArthur
Japan Targets Weaker Centers as War Attacks Rise
An official appraisal argues Japan can be crushed with far fewer planes by striking heavy centers like Kobe. Reports cite Allied operations in the Solomon Islands and New Britain, noting heavy Japanese losses, escorts, and battles around Truk, Bougainville, and Madang. Chinese and RAF actions also disrupt Japanese lines in Burma and Burma’s Prome and Akyab.
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China
Europe
Japan
Tokyo
Kobe
Rabaul
Adrawal
New Britain
Solomons
Roosevelt
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Truk
U. S
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Green Islands
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New Os
Saidor
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Marshalls
Hukwang Valley
Burma
New Delhi
Prome
Irrawaddy River
Akyab
Bay of Bengal
Kansan Raps Waste by Government Agencies
The senior Republican on the House Civil Service Committee accuses federal agencies of wasteful spending running into billions. He proposes congressional efficiency reforms to curb overlapping duties overemployment and nonessential programs.
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Kansan
Wwashington
House Civil Service Committee
North Carolina Solon Slams FDR Over Veto of Revenue Bill
Rep. Doughton demands Congress write tax laws amid clashes with President Roosevelt over a new revenue bill. Republican Knutson backs the critique as Barkley contemplates resignation to protest the veto. Indications point to a Congressional override with Senate and House actions pending.
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Solon
Fdr
Washington
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Tives
Roosevelt
Doughton
Rep. Knutson
Minnesota
Congress
White House
Senate
House
Capitol
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Barkley
Ohio draft boards asked to audit deferred farmers records
State Selective Service headquarters urged county agricultural war boards to provide full information on deferred farmers under 2-C and 3-C reclassification rules. Col. C. W. Goble said that replacements for current farm workers would be sought and that men with agricultural experience not now on farms should be considered for replacement.
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Columbus
State Selective Service
County Agricultural War Boards
Col
C. W. Gobie
Los Angeles Storm Abates After Deadly Flooding
Four people died and more than 300 residents were evacuated as a four day storm dumped 7.17 inches of rain in Los Angeles. Schools remained closed yesterday with many buildings without lights, but classes were set to resume today where heat was available.
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Los Angeles
Willkie Will Contest In Cleveland District
Wendell L. Willkie weakens Gov. John W. Bricker bid in Cleveland three congressional districts after a sentiment survey by Ralph H. Cake shows rising Willkie support in the West and a predicted nomination.
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Willkie
Cleveland
Wendell L. Willkie
John W. Bricker
Ralph H. Cake
Cake
Four teen suspects held in Chile Nazi spy ring case
Four teenage alleged members of a German spy ring are in custody in Santiago after a Chilean government investigation.
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Santiago
Chile
Meat dealer dies from gun accident while killing cattle
Zanesville. Harry F. Pemberton, 50, wholesale and retail meat dealer of Roseville, died today from a bullet wound to the head suffered yesterday while killing cattle. Authorities say a defective pistol likely caused the accident.
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Zanesville
Harry F. Pemberton
Roseville
Pemberton
Germany's War Strength Seen Stronger Than Allied Hopes
Wes Gallagher reports from London that Allied officers and an anti Nazi underground source assess German power as intact. They doubt a civilian revolt or quick collapse, warning of large scale battles needed on the Western Front and noting German reserves are limited but ground forces remain capable.
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Wes Gallagher
London
Germany
Churchill
House of Commons
Adolf Hitler
Extend Time For Estimates Extend Time For Estimates
Washington announces a 30 day extension for filing declarations of estimated income and Victory Tax for 1944 but no delay for 1943 tax returns due March 15. The procedure mirrors last September with long and short forms for earners up to $10 000 and thresholds of $2700 for singles and $3500 for married filers. forms and first quarterly payment due by April 15.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Germans Again Bomb London
London endures its fourth air raid in five nights as German raiders strike from multiple directions. A fierce anti aircraft barrage and searchlights probe the sky while at least 10 raiders are reported shot down. Incendiaries and new explosive bombs are the main cargo.
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London
Living Costs Decline in Midwestern Cities
Prices in major midwestern metros fell from mid December to mid January mainly due to lower food costs. Egg prices eased seasonally, citrus fruit and some fats and oils also dropped. A grain elevator at Beegee Grain and Supply Co. burned down last night in Bowling Green.
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Cleveland
William L. Phillips
U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bowling Green
Beegee Grain & Supply Co
Attack Near Crete Sets Warship, Merchant Vessel Ablaze
RAF Beaufighters and U S Mitchells attacked a German convoy off Crete yesterday. The strike left two destroyers and a 5000 ton merchant ship in flames.
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Crete
Cairo
Stalin Warns Nazi Diplomats as Krivoi Rog Falls to Soviets
Stalin declares Hitlerite Germany doomed as Krivoi Rog falls after a four month siege. He notes Nazi envoys seeking separate peaces fail and warns that Allied forces will press a growing offensive as Soviet troops push toward the Bug and Dnieper regions.
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Krivoi Rog
Stalin
Germany
Marshal Stalin
Ervnces Mapa Ee
Churchill
Allied air raid cripples German factories as losses mount
Allied war brief reports American bombers and fighters from Britain and Italy hit Germany hard, destroying Junkers 88 plants at Bernburg and other airframe facilities while fighting forces tally heavy losses. Russian advances claim vast gains and widespread recapture of territory, with renewed ground actions around Cassino and Anzio amid severe winter conditions.
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Ninth Air Forces
Britain
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Bernburg
Aschersleben
Halberstadt
Messerschmitt
Regensburg
Cisterna
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Fifth Army
Cassino
Carroceto
114Th Jaeger (Rifle
Army Seizure of Municipal Plant Likely
Los Angeles reports the Army expected to take temporary control of the city water and power department as 2,500 striking workers were told to return to work. AFL union spokesmen declined comment as the strike entered its tenth day. About 160 war feeder plants and 125,000 customers lost power, with electrical appliances and perishables at risk of spoilage.
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Los Angeles
Floyd C. Leach
Municipal Department of Water and Power
AFL Electrical Workers Union
Pope Pleads Rome Spare Agreement Similar To Cairo Athens
Vatican radio reports Pope Pius XII urged belligerents to spare Rome from destruction by a formal agreement akin to those that spared Cairo and Athens during the conflict.
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London
Pius XII
Rome
Cairo
Athens
Vatican Radio
College Education at U S Expense Proposed
A War Department plan may send about 100000 high school graduates to college this summer at the Army’s expense. Proposed by a committee of college presidents the plan aims to provide wartime employment for youths between graduation and 18.
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Washington
War Department
Army
Cleveland ordnance district boosts gun output in two weeks
A single iplant in the Cleveland ordnance district is reported to have produced more guns in two weeks than all American arsenals did in the entire last war, according to statements made today.
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Cleveland
Bricker Frames Campaign as GOP Position not Party Fight
Ohio Governor and Republican presidential hopeful John W. Bricker said in Chicago the campaign centers on the Republican position versus the New Deal philosophy. He argued the issue is constitutional government and local autonomy, not a battle between parties, and noted Democratic defections from sympathy with the New Deal. Bricker highlighted the Anti-New Deal Democrats' formation under Harry H. Woodring.
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Chicago
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Bricker
American Democratic National Committee
Harry H. Woodring
Kansas
Complete Flood Wall at Portsmouth Would End Halt
Rep Ed ward O McCowen Republican of Wheelersburg said he would seek to lift the stop order on the half completed flood wall at Portsmouth Ohio once a survey shows sufficient manpower to resume construction. The wall halt came from wartime material shortages and the War Production Board but McCowen indicated materials could be found if workers are available.
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Washington
Edward O. McCowen
Wheelersburg
Portsmouth
War Production Board
McCowen
Seek Way To Prevent Cooking Fat Shortage
War Food Administration officials meet to avert a possible winter shortage of cooking fats and oils. Soybeans, core to oil supply, may be planted less as farmers favor corn in the Midwest raising concerns about meeting wartime needs for food and industry. Hog output and lard production also look down, while price talks float around 1.94 to 2.25 dollars per bushel for soybeans.
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Washington
War Food Administration
Russia
Great Britain
WFA
Midwest
Famed Choral Group in Italy Has Ohio Organist
The Sol dier's Chapel of the Air, formed by fighters from Fifteenth Air Forces Headquarters in Italy, features Ohioan Staff Sergeant Lloyd J. Fender as organist. Organized by Chaplain Major John Rhodes, the choir is deemed one of the Army's most famous by the War Department.
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Washington
Fifteenth Air Forces
Italy
War Department
John Rhodes
Lloyd J. Fender
Portsmouth
Churchill Urges UK Unity Amid US Election Attacks
London reports Prime Minister Churchill told Commons not to be unduly alarmed by US election year speeches about Britain. He appealed for Allied unity during immense exertion and sacrifice and warned rough talk and Americanism demonstrations are common in that period.
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London
Churchill
Britain
United States
Commons
Great Britain
Aviation Cadets Die in North Vernon Landing Attempt
Seymour Indiana report states Aviation Cadets Robert E. Frost aged 20 from Washington D. C. and John Howe aged 21 from Madison New Jersey were killed during a landing attempt near North Vernon Indiana.
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