Allies press Pacific offensives as Japan faces setbacks
The Allies push across the Pacific with ground patrols probing New Britain and New Guinea positions while American jets strike Japanese facilities in China. In Burma an advance brings Allied troops within 51 miles of Akyab as bared supply lines face renewed bombardment.
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Associated Press
Cific
Tokyo Radio
Southwest Pacific
New Britain
Burma
Akyab
China
Hideki Tojo
Saidor
New Gulf
Alexishafen
Madang
Cape Gloucester
Eneral MacArthur
U. S
Arawe Penula
Rabaul
St. George
Chungking
Russians Press Advantage Near Old Front Line To Dnieper
Russian forces pushed deep into occupied territory near Vinnitsa and Sarny advancing toward the Odessa Warsaw Railway. Soviet units reported heavy German losses and continued pressure along and beyond the Curzon Line as they drive toward Mozyr and Kalinkovichi.
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Pripet Marshes
Slugi
Old Rumania
Old Pol
Viehs
Sarnyar
Novograd-Volynski
Vinnitsa
Odessa-Warsaw
Dnieper Bend
Rus River
Mozyr
Sarny
Vatutin
Kovel
Poland
Russia
Unemployment Rise in Ohio in December 1943
Ohio jobless figures climb in December as total unemployment compensation payments drop from 1942 levels. State Bureau reports 2 437 unemployment benefit filings in December and a rise in claims, with the year 1943 showing shifting employment trends amid wartime conditions. Local notices also note deaths of entertainment figures and a literary author.
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Lumbus
Ohio
Deber
Inim
State Bureau of
Hugh
Liquor Prices Rise While Cigarette Taxes Drop
Government budget projections foresee higher revenue from distilled spirits next year while beer taxes fall and cigarette shipments decline due to imports and reduced civilian demand. A separate fire at a Point Pleasant bulk gasoline station damaged a Pure Oil truck and killed a railcar fire, with 30,000 gallons of gas lost and the driver hospitalized in critical condition.
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Washington
Budget Bureau
Treasury
Commerce Department
Point Pleasant
B. W. Krodel
M. C. Cavender
Cavender
Holzer Hospital
Wound Fatal To Meigs Man
Vaughn Lemly thirty of Middleport died at Holzer Hospital after a gut shot wound to the head in a domestic altercation at his home. Coroner Henry Ewing and Chi Higgins questioned the wife, an expectant mother, as the verdict awaited. Survived by his wife, one daughter and several brothers.
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Gallipolis
Vaughn Lemly
Middleport
Holzer Hospital
Henry Ewing
Chi Higgins
Lemi
Ewing
Bricker Says 1944 Campaign Centers on Domestic Issues
Ohio Governor John W Bricker declares the 1944 campaign will focus on domestic policy not foreign affairs. He questions the need for a national service act and comments on President Roosevelt's proposals during an interview in Kansas City.
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Kansas City
John W Bricker
Ohio
Roosevelt
War Manpower cuts 1944 labor force estimate by 600000
Washington says revised production schedules reduce the total labor force needed by July 2 from 66,300,000 to 65,700,000. In related news Ravenna Mayor Seth B. Sloan, 45, died after a heart attack.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission
Ravenna
Seth B. Sloan
Chips the War Hero Dog Wins Distinguished Service Cross
Pleasant Mille New York garbageman Chips a canine hero is awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for courage in Sicily. General Lucian Truscott adds the ribbon to Chips collar after he singlehandedly silenced a machine gun nest and forced enemy surrender. Owners Mr and Mrs Edward J Wren of Pleasantville await formal notice while praising the dog’s exploits.
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New York
Chips
Sicily
Pleasant Mille
N.Y
Dogs For Defense
Jenipe
Army Quartermaster Corps
Lucian Truscott
Truscott
War Department
Edward J. Wren
Pleasantville
Wren
Solons Turn To Tax Bill Soldier Vote
Congress shifted from Roosevelt's 100 billion dollar request to immediate business with debates over the 1945 budget. Rep. Tabor of New York criticized the size of the appropriation as the House weighs tax measures and soldier voting issues.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Rep
Tabor
House Appropriations Committee
Subsidy program to be launched in Washington
Administration plans to launch a new subsidy program today amid expected congressional protests. War Food Administration officials confirm the move while critics call budget items padded and ripe for cuts. House panel rejects federal ballot proposals. Senate finance committee prepares a 2.275 billion revenue bill for final action. Southern Democrats threaten third party, while Dixie governors visit Washington over rail rate equality.
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Washington
Congress
Fred M. Vinson
War Food Administration
WEA
Taber
House Elections Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
Dixie
European and Food Regulations Stay Until Europe War Ends
New York. Richard v Gilbert economic adviser to the Office of Price Administration says food regulations cannot be lifted until after the first full harvest in Europe following the end of the European phase of the war. Relaxation of controls over textiles clothing and consumer durables can be expected shortly after the European war is finished, Gilbert told the American Management Association yesterday.
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New York
Richard v. Gilbert
Office of Price Administration
Europe
Gilbert
American Management Association
CIO Chiefs Reserve Comment On Inquiry Into PAC
The CIO leadership declined immediate comment on a Justice Department inquiry into charges its Political Action Committee violated the Smith Connally Anti-Strike Law via a fundraising drive. Rep Smith of Virginia urged a federal grand jury review, citing attempts to influence the 1944 elections and Smith’s criticism of CIO actions amid wartime grain concerns and animal population debates.
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CIO Chiefs Reserve
Washington
CIO
Justice Department
Political Action Committee
Smith
Virginian
Opis
Biddle
Tom C. Clark
Philip Murray
Do Danson
Murray
A. Rec
Unimann Grain Company
Mark Pickell
Congress
Quor Ration To Be Same in Next Period
Ration rules indicate no change for the next period. Cardholders in Logan County and surrounding areas may continue purchasing a fifth and quarter portions of essentials under the current setup.
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Ieaeetineer
Ines Baer Paco Bank Fober
Brehm
Logan
Hocking County
Nefer Na Ih
Coneremman
Allied Airfields Bombed as German Losses Mount in Europe
Allied bombers and escort planes hit targets across Italy and Germany. Airfields near Rome Centocelte and Perugia suffered damage while Meppen and Oschersleben faced heavy raids. The RAF Mustang and other fighters claimed German planes shot down with limited Allied losses.
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Rome
Italy
S. Air Force
Oh- Germany
Tll Deere
Allied Drive Through Cassino Defense In Italy Push
Allied forces renewed the assault on Cassino as German defenses along the Gustav Line yielded ground. French and American units pressed the two mile push near Gervaro and Costa San Pietro while unofficial reports say up to 8000 prisoners taken since the Italian landings.
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Alphonse Juin
Italy
Ruge
Apennines
Adriatic
New Zealand
Cassino
Thas
Gervaro
MI. ‘Trocchio
Flood Cand
Weanan Nila Road
Adio
Eighth Army
Costa San Pietro
Sakesman
Nannaaaah
Snow wreck kills 12 as trains collide in Nova Texas
Twelve people including two soldiers died and 75 were injured when two Santa Fe passenger trains collided at noon during a snow storm in NOVICE Texas. Trainmaster Baker attributed the wreck to faulty communication and signaling.
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Novice
Tex
Santa Fe
Baker
Plane crash kills flight instructors at Ft Worth air base
Lt. Armos Layer a flight instructor at Hendricks Field and nine other crewmen died when a Flying Fortress crashed during its approach to land at the Ft Worth Texas army air field yesterday. Layer's mother is identified as Mrs. Gertrude R of Huron County Ohio.
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Eeering
Flaup
Armos 1
Layer
Hendricks Field
Ft. Worth
Tex
Gertrude R
Collins
Huron County
Ohio
Funeral Rites Tuesday For Bishop Hartley
Bishop James Hartley of the Columbus Diocese will lie in state then be carried to St Joseph's Cathedral for funeral rites Tuesday. The Most Rev Hartley served Weirton for 39 years and his casket will be borne in full pontifical robes with priests from Columbus taking part in the procession. War labor board review looms as steel wage case tied to Little Steel formula heads to the board. Ickes fractured collar bone after a fall at the Interior Department.
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War Labor Board
Pittsburgh
Columbus
James
Si Columbus
Vinton County Woman Dies in Home Fire
Fire at a McArthur residence claimed the life of Elizabeth Hughes 77. The blaze destroyed the home at Pump kin Ridge, prompting recovery efforts and official investigation by local authorities.
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Vinton County
McArthur
Elizabeth Hughes
Pumpkin Ridge
Farm boy Mercer County to be electrocuted for slain boy
A 17 year old farm youth from Mercer County faces the electric chair tonight for the July 3 death of six year old Richard Stober. The case centers on a violent crime that shocked the town and led to a capital punishment verdict by the local court.
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Columbus
Mercer
Richard Stober
Returning Army Not Likely To Run Country
Washington report outlines how veterans are urged to remain informed about war aims and home-front issues. Officials insist active duty and veterans are citizens of democracy and should not control political power, though they may influence discussion through informed debate.
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Washington
UM — Army
Cers
Vald War Department
Jty
Wiens
United States
Gas Emergency Eases but Restrictions Persist in Ohio
Statewide gas emergency enters third day as Ohio Fuel Gas Co. hints free gas use may resume tomorrow. E M Tharp warns lifting the ban is possible but several more emergency periods are expected between now and April as supply to about 20 industries remains cut back or turned off.
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Columbus
E. M. ‘Tharp
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Aprillis
Liberty Vessel Named For Carole Lombard
A Liberty ship will be launched at Los Angeles harbor bearing the name Carole Lombard and dedicated to her cause. Lombard, wife of actor Clark Gable, died in a Nevada airliner crash two years ago while campaigning for aid to the war effort. Gable, then serving in the Army Air Forces, edited films aiding bombing across Europe.
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Hollywood
Los Anegeles Harbor
Carole Lombard
Nevada
Unknown Mustang Pilot Dives on Nazi Formation
In a daylight raid over Central Germany on Tuesday, an anonymous American Mustang pilot dove alone into a formation of about 30 Nazi fighters. Bomber crews report his reckless duel, with guns blazing, possibly downing several enemy aircraft while five American fighters did not return from the battle.
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ONDON
Germany
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