Allied Air Raids Press Japan as Pacific Push Continues
Allied planes pound Japanese positions across Southwest Central Pacific as U S and Australian forces deepen the offensive. Operations target bases in the Marshalls Lampang Thailand and Ra Najed areas while advancing ground units near Saidor New Guinea as air and sea campaigns press toward Tokyo.
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Pacific
China
Japan
U. S. 14Th Aire
Thailand
Lampang
Liang Han-Chao
Chungking
United Nations
OWI
Tokyo
Midie Marshall Islands
Knox
Rts
Marshalls
Taroa
de Wotje
Amer- Army
New Britain
Saidor
New Guinea
Justices Clash on Law
A rift develops among three Supreme Court appointees over economic interpretations. Justices Black and Murphy oppose Felix Frankfurter on patent law interpretations. Murphy accuses Frankfurter of injecting personal views and ethics into constitutional law and criticizes gratuitous assertions about rate making.
Ker in Hospital Checkup Before Campaign Push
Gov. John W. Ker underwent a medical checkup at the university infirmary and was reported to be in good physical condition as he gears up for further campaigning for the Republican presidential nomination. His secretary Nellie Henry provided the update.
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Lumbus
John W. Ker
Ital
Nellie Henry
Navy Identifies Two Destroyers Lost in World War II
Washington reports the destroyer Tur, a 1,700 ton vessel, blew up off Sandy Hook after enemy action. The other loss, the 1,090 ton destroyer Leary, occurred in the Atlantic torpedo attack on Christmas Eve.
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Ashington
Navy
Sandy Hockaday
Tur
Atlantic
Leary
Willkie Roosevelt Victory Forecast in 1944 Nomination
Daniel J. Kin of the Teamsters predicts Wendell Willkie will win the Republican nomination and end the New Deal if the war ends before election day. In Pittsburgh Senator Gary of Pennsylvania says Roosevelt would seek a fourth term but would likely carry Pennsylvania.
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New York
Daniel J. Kin
Brotherhood of Teamsters
Wendell L. Will
Pittsburgh
Sen
Gary
D.-Pa
Roosevelt
OPA Sets Ceilings on Wheat at Parity
Washington AP The congressional farm bloc claims a partial victory as the Office of Price Administration sets parity ceilings on hard wheat. The move ends a period of below parity pricing, aiming to align wheat prices with parity to support farmers while consumer price goals remain in view.
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OPA
Washington
Congressional Farm Bloc
Office of Price Administration
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Farm Bloc
Author of Anti Nazi Articles Found Slain
Stockholm reports Kai Munck Danish author of anti Nazi books slain near Silkeborg in Jutland. Telegraph agency says four men believed Gestapo agents abducted him from his home and drove away.
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Stockholm
Kai Munck
Silkeborg
Jutland
Seen
Gestapo
Munck
Parents Desert Two Children
Police hunted the parents of two infants found alone in a frostbitten East Side flat. A 9‑month‑old boy, tied by the feet to a daybed, and a barefoot girl in a crib with a thin blanket were discovered after a patrolman entered to check water leakage.
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New York
Jenkins Defends Strike Threats as Tragic, Backing Marshall
Rep. Thomas A. Jenkins of Ironton Ohio agrees with an unnamed official that recent strike threats are a great tragedy and would cost American lives. He also condemns AFL president William Green for calling the statement issued by Gen. George C. Marshall hasty.
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Washinton
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ironton
Jenkins
William Green
Green
George C. Marshall
Army
American Federation of Labor
Marshall Argument Sparks Bipartisan Support Across War Policy
Washington debate centers on General Marshall's alleged Axis propaganda claim about labor disputes. Col. Edward Rickenbacker and Rep. Andrew May defend Marshall while critics in The Daily Worker urge restoration of the no strike pledge to aid the war effort.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Edward V. Rickenbacker
Eastern Air Lines
Boston Advertising Club
Marshall
Andrew May
House Military Committee
Hitler
Daily Worker
Communist Party
Massive Allied Bomb Raid Targets Hitler’s Europe
Allied air power pounded Berlin Kiel Muenster and targets in Bulgaria Yugoslavia Italy and France as 3000 British based planes and 1500 total aircraft unleashed more than 3000 tons of bombs. The big raid included Flying Fortresses Liberators Marauders and many fighters. 25 Allied planes were lost and at least 17 German fighters destroyed. Major General Nathan F Twining arrived in Italy to assume command of the 15th Air Force.
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Berlin
Kiel
Muenster
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Italy
France
Britain
U. S
Hitler
15Th
U. S. Air Force
Dupnitsa
Sofia
Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau
Doboj
Sarajevo
Travnik
Chieti
Balsorano
Nathan F. Twining
15Th Air Force
Schweinfurt
Stockholm
Ohio Miners Record Best in 1943
Columbus reports Ohio coal mines logged only 53 deaths in 1943 from 30 million tons produced. Marcus Kerr, head of the State Division of Mines, says the fatality rate was about one per 600 000 tons and 100 000 tons better per year than any prior Ohio year. Only three deaths came from mine explosions amid wartime turnover.
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Columbus
Ohio
Marcus Kerr
State Division of Mines
Kerr
Soviet Press Attacks Willkie for His Views
Pravda, the official Communist Party newspaper, attacked Wendell Willkie for an NYT article on Russia and the status of Poland and the Baltic States. It said the Baltic question is the Soviet Union’s business and Willkie should not interfere. It argued the Soviet Union knows how to deal with Finland and Poland without his help.
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Moscow
Pravda
Communist Party
Wendell Willkie
New York Times
Russia
Poland
Baltic States
Baltic
Soviet Union
Willkie
Finland
Balkans
Coast Plane Output Surges on Pacific Coast Plants
The Aircraft War Production Council announced that seven major Pacific Coast aircraft plants produced 72.31 percent more war planes by weight last year than in 1942. They built 26,636 planes, a 50.54 percent rise, with plans for another 50 percent increase in 1944.
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Los Angeles
Pacific Coast
War Production Council
Six New Meningitis Cases Reported in Four Days
Dr. Theodore G. Duncan, head of Cleveland's bureau of communicable diseases, said six new meningitis cases were recorded in the first four days of the year, half the usual annual total, bringing the total since Dec 1 to 24 cases.
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Cleveland
Theodore G. Duncan
City
Bureau of
Cigarette Tax Revenue Rises in State Figures
State tax department figures show cigarette tax stamp sales rose to 11,512,535 dollars for the year, up from 10,616,798 dollars in the prior period, highlighting a sizable year over year increase for Columbus and surrounding areas.
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Columbus
State Tax Department
Death of John Elleworth Jones Founder of Jackson Eisteddfod
John Elleworth Jones age 80, retired chairman of the Globe Iron Co., died today. He was a founder of the Jackson Eisteddfod. He had long served in civic and business circles in Jackson. Funeral arrangements were not immediately announced.
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Jackson Jackson
John Elleworth Jones
The
Globe Iron Co
Jackson Eisteddfod
Anti-Saloon League Presses for National Prohibition War Measure
Washington report says the Anti-Saloon League held back from a congressional fight on prohibition. Dr. George W. Crabbe, the league's general superintendent, stated the group would keep urging the President to declare national prohibition as a wartime measure.
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Washington
Anti- Saloon League of America
George W. Crabbe
League
McConnelsville Girl Killed in Auto Mishap
In MecConnellsville Rosa lie McPeak 17 daughter of Mr and Mrs A W McPeak Jr was killed when an automobile overturned after striking a culvert. Columbus reports the resignation of OSU Dean of Women Esther Ellen Gaw and appointment of Christine Yeorges Conaway as successor effective April 1 by President Howard L Bevis.
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New Lexington
Rosalie McPeak
A. W. McPeak, Jr
MecConnellsville
Columbus
Esther Ellen Gaw
Christine Yeorges Conaway
Howard L. Bevis
Ohio State University
Pork Rationing Holiday Plan Is Disapproved
Washington officials rejected a two week pork rationing holiday after a War Food Administration survey found no national surplus and warned of chaotic supply and distribution, especially in the east, south and west. In Columbus, Ohio, the elimination of rationing until surplus is consumed was urged by county grange deputies at the Ohio Grange annual meeting, with State Master Joseph Fichter noting concerns over meat spoilage under current limits.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
War Food Administration
Columbus
Ohio Grange
Joseph Fichter
Air Hero Sees Nazi Plane Shortage Amid Invasion Fears
Tech Sergeant Donald William Crossley, 23, of West Virginia, praised German pilots but reported Hitler’s fortress Europe faces a plane shortage. Now recovering at Fletcher General Hospital, Crossley warned that invasion would cost many American lives as coastal defenses and pillboxes are heavily reinforced.
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Cambridge
Tech
Donald William Crossley
West
Russians Break Through In Ukraine Push South Toward Romania
Soviet forces advance from Berdichev toward Vinnitsa and Belaya Tserkov after breaking the German winter line. The First Ukrainian Army seizes Belaya Tserkov and 40 towns, threatening the Odessa Warsaw railroad as 4,000 Germans die defending the flank. In the north, the Baltic army destroys 40 miles of rail and captures 100 towns near Latvia.
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Berdichev
Ukraine
Hitler
Zhitomir
Kiev
Rumania
Polish Ukraine
Stockholm
Moscow
Belaya Tserkov
Vinnitsa
Odessa
Warsaw
Dnieper
Bug
Belaya
Tserkov
Staverschche
Pliskov
Bug River
von Mannstein
Kiev-Zherinka
Russia
Nevel
Velikie Luki
Latvia
Sammucro
San Vittore
Rome
Eighth Army
Tommaso
Adriatic
French North Africa
Mediterranean
North Africa
Tunisia
Algeria
Morocco
Bombs Hit Bulgarian Rail Bridge Amid Cabinet Crisis
Allied bombs struck a rail bridge and rail yard at Dupnitsa south of Sofia as Bulgaria's Nazi puppet regime faced a cabinet crisis. Reports say 60 killed and 100 injured. Berlin influence reportedly waning under intense public pressure.
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Sofia
Dupnitsa
The
Balkans
Bosilov
Berlin
Marshal Tito
Bosnia
Vlasenica
Sarajevo
Banja Luka
Adriatic
Moscow
Fifth Army
Venafro
Italy
Columbus Meat Overcharges Revealed by OPA Audit
Joel Thornton of the Office of Price Administration told about 400 Columbus meat dealers that wartime meat rules are not being followed and that overcharges across 181 of 548 items averaged from one to 14 cents per pound, totaling a significant annual loss. The findings come as part of a national meat conference series to improve pricing compliance.
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Columbus
Joel Thornton
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Thornton
Greeks claim 600 Nazis die in Epirus battle
Cairo radio reports a major clash in Epirus where Greek patriots allegedly killed 600 German soldiers in a motorized column of 7,000. The patriots reportedly suffered light losses. In Columbus, the school board approved a $5 monthly pay raise for all staff, continuing last July's $10 increase.
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New York
Cairo
Epirus
Columbus
Columbus Board of Education
OWI says no quick crack-up for Germany and Japan home fronts
The Office of War Information warned that Germany and Japan can endure heavy punishment with large reserves and secret police, making early victories unlikely. It cites 5500000 square miles liberated in Asia and warns closer reach to enemy heart strengthens defenses, while noting Germany and Japan still hold substantial war material and manpower.
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Washington
Germany
Japan
Office of War Information
OWI
France
Belgium
Nippon
Hitler
Bones
Roosevelt Orders Emergency Board Reopens Rail Wage Dispute
President Roosevelt orders the reconvening of an emergency board to study unsettled wage claims of about 1.1 million non operating railroad employees. The board, led by Judge Elwyn R. Shaw of Springfield, will weigh additional pay or overtime in lieu of it amid carrier objections to arbitrate under new terms.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Elwyn R. Shaw
Springfield
Eleanor Explains Her Mission to Pacific
OLD SAYBROOK Conn Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt spoke to a capacity audience about her Southwest Pacific war area tour She said the President wanted to reach soldiers there with a message of admiration and respect for their service and to ease homesickness Roosevelt, recovering from illness, planned to draft his annual message to Congress for delivery Tuesday.
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Old Saybrook
Conn
Southwest Pacific War Area
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Ocean depth estimates stun readers with extreme bounds
A fragment notes 95 400 feet or more than four miles as an ocean depth bound. The text discusses sky height as an open question and credits Messenger Want Ads for broad reach and profits, citing Trading Post at Middleport and ad demand from West Virginia to Ohio.
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Philippines
Messenger
Reeulte
Middleport
West Virginia
Ohio
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