Soviets Push Forward Across Front In 1942 Battles
Massive Soviet offensives reported along the 1,200 mile frontline from Leningrad to the Black Sea with tanks smashing toward Taganrog and Kharkov. German losses included 1313 Russians dead? 14,000 Germans killed across the central front. Soviets seized guns and tanks. Allied air raids targeted Hamburg Emden and northwest Germany while Free French and British forces attack Halfaya Pass.
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Taganrog
Rostov-on-Don
Semeon Timoshenko
Ukraine
Crimea
Sea of Azov
Mariupol
Leningrad
Black Sea
Red Army
Kharkov
Russia
Pittsburgh
Donets River
Adolf Hitler
Soviet Information Bureau
England
Royal Air Force
Hamburg
Emden
RAF
Germany
Low Countries
Hitler
Compiegne
Halfaya
de Gaullist
Ethiopia
Eritrea
Mussolini
Jouett Predicts Huge Air Force Within Year
Col. John H. Jouett, president of the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce, told about 50 aviation company representatives that war materials will flow smoothly into aircraft factories. He predicted by 1943 Hitler and his stooges would see an enormous mass of war planes.
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ST. Louis
John H. Jouett
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce
Hitler
Stooges
Classified Ad Buy Sell Rent Trade in Big Sunday Messenger
Big Sunday Messenger offers buy sell rent and trade ads with quick action at a small cost. Call before 3 o clock Saturday at dial 0242 to place your ad and reach many readers.
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BIG Sunday Messenger
Nelson to Be Final Authority in War Production
President Roosevelt is reported to have granted Donald Nelson, head of the War Production Board, final decision power on all production and supply matters. Congress awaits an executive order detailing Nelsons duties as agencies within defense face potential objections to delegation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Donald Nelson
New War Production Board
Congress
Nelson
Ohio draft boards plan rapid Feb 16 registration
Lt. Col. C. W. Goble said major Ohio cities may form registration branches to speed the February 16 wartime selective service date. Cleveland likely to act. boards must report five days before registration. If needed, Feb 14 and 15 registrations possible to avoid defense-industry delays. Speculation arises about a three day sweep for men 20 to 44 who did not register in October.
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Columbus
Ohio
Pearl Harbor
C. W. Goble
Cleveland
Goble
OPM Expected to Ration Retreaded Tires
OPM officials disclosed only 300 tons of crude rubber would be available this month for retreading passenger car tires. The amount could satisfy about 20 percent of the heavy demand tied to the new tire rationing program.
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Washington
OPM
Buggy Business Biggest Since Last World War
Lawrenceburg Indiana AP reports Standard Vehicle Co owner Edward Knapp says horse and buggy days may return amid a backlog of over 500 orders. He notes his staff, ten workers, is at its highest since 1919 as tire and automobile pinch tightens supply.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
Edward Knapp
Standard Vehicle Co
Australians Battle in Singapore Siege Deepens
In a wartime column, Dewitt Mackenzie reports Australians entering the Singapore defense, the British drawing up a counterattack on the Malayan Peninsula, heavy Japanese bombings on Singapore, refugees flooding in, and Dutch troops joining the defense alongside Allied forces. British airpower and reinforcements are pivotal as the siege unfolds.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Singapore
Malayan
Tobruk
North Africa
Johore
Propaganda Suspected in Axis Submarine Raids
Washington AP reports the Axis underseas campaign expands the Battle of the Atlantic to American shores. The threat includes mines and torpedoes in east coast shipping lanes as wartime U boat tactics from 1918 are seen as a likely model for boosting tonnage.
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Washington
Wet Dry Issue Rears Its Head In Congress Again
Washington reports revive the wet or dry controversy as Senate considers a proposal to bar beer and wine sales at army and navy posts. The raid is viewed as propaganda with Axis aims, while naval observers note torpedo use and supply limits in the submarine attack context.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
O’daniel
Gallipolis Woman Loses $40 to Purse Snatcher
Miss Mayme Barrows, operator of a Gallipolis restaurant, was robbed Thursday night as a purse snatcher took $40 from her bag. Police reported no arrests at this time.
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Gallipolis
Mayme Barrows
New Boards Named for Army Cadet Scholarships Rush
Columbus reports three new examining boards will be established in the fifth corps area to handle the expected flood of applications for army aviation cadet scholarships.
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Columbus
Fifth Corps
Cleveland Family Found Dead From Gas Heaters
The bodies of Mrs. Mary May aged 75 and her son Walter May aged 43 were discovered yesterday about ten days after they died from fumes believed to come from a gas heater in a bedroom.
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Cleveland
Mary May
Walter May
Navy confirms second sub attack off Long Island sinks merchant ship
Washington AP reports the Navy confirmed a second allied merchant vessel was sunk off the south shore of Long Island, with survivors aboard lifeboats and rafts and details still incomplete. The earlier Norness attack near Hampton Roads and the Panamanian tanker Norness reported similarly. Captain Hansen described a swift unidentified submarine attack with three torpedoes on his oil laden Norwegian registry ship.
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Norness
Long Island
U. S. Navy
Washington
Navy
Coast Guard
Quogue
New York
Third Naval District
Hampton Roads
New York City
Newport
R. L. Naval Base
Harold Hansen
Norwess
Hansen
Marietta Man Killed by Car Near Gallipolis
Albert Charles Salster aged 33 of Marietta R D 5 was killed while walking on Route 7 near Addison. Roy E. Stephenson a 46 year old Athens food broker was not charged after state patrols say Salster walked into the highway. Salster had been in the Gallipolis area for several days before the tragedy.
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Gallipolis
Albert Charles Salster
Marietta
R. D
Addison
Roy E. Stephenson
Washington St
Athens
Jackson
Salster
Washington County Selective Service Board
Stephenson
Federal Office Censors Radio During War Time
The Office of Censorship issued restrictions to prevent enemy spies from using radio to obtain military data and to block weather broadcasts. Broadcasters must avoid quiz shows and spot programs liable to aid Axis agents through prearranged signals. Some news service material approved for newspapers may not be suitable for radio.
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Washington
Office of Censorship
Byron Price
Buy Recapped Used Tires Plea of State
Ohio county tire coordinators urge applicants to buy used or recap tires. Paul Morton of the Office of Price Administration advised diverting cargoes to other transport if sufficient tires are unavailable. War food production and distribution are eligible for new tires. selective service board members are prioritized. A local board ruled beer a food and approved tires for Leisy Brewing Co.
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Columbus
Ohio County
Paul Morton
Office of Price Administration
Morton
Selective Service Board
U. S. Food and Drug Administration
Burt W. Griffith
Cuyahoga County
Leisy Brewing Co
Three Ohioans Aboard Destroyed Army Plane
SAN FRANCISCO AP Three Ohioans were aboard an Army bomber whose wreckage was found near San Bernardino. The crew of nine disappeared in stormy weather December 30. Sgt Roger F Organ Ironton RE 1 Pvt William R Chinn Columbus and Pvt Robert N Enyeart Columbus were the three Ohioans aboard. COLUMBUS County tire coordinators were advised to crack down on tire and tube bootleggers and chiselers and to cut local rationing boards if needed to speed operations.
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San Francisco
San Bernardino
Roger F. Organ
RE. D. 1
Springfield
William R. Chinn
Ironton, O
Robert N. Enyeart
Columbus
66 Year-Old Sergeant Enlists for Third Tour
Fort Thomas news notes 66-year-old William Cox of Cincinnati joining the army for a third hitch. Cox previously served as one of 16 sergeants guarding President Wilson at the Paris peace conference after World War I. He walked into the local recruiting station yesterday to enlist.
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Fort ‘Thomas
Uncle Sam
William Cox
Woodrow Wilson
Urge Cut in State Tax To Ease Heavy Burden
Washington Doughton of the Ways and Means committee urged states and municipalities to cut taxes to help individuals bear the burden of new federal levies for the war program. He noted a proposed 7 billion general tax bill and a 2 billion social security boost, and suggested cutting state sales taxes or shifting to a general sales tax to raise revenues. He said timing on hearings and Treasury testimony was not yet known.
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Washington
Doughton
D-Nc
House
Ways and Means
Roosevelt
Congress
Coughton
Treasury
Congressional
Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Australians Halt Drive In Malaya
Australian troops push into Malaya with a bold assault, inflicting heavy casualties on Japanese forces. Navy reports show a major Atlantic style victory as U S Asiatic Fleet sinks transports and cargo ships in the Western Pacific.
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Pacific
Malaya
Navy
Singapore
War Department
Batan Peninsula
MacArthur
Nine Killed in Army Bomber Crash Near Boise
An army bombing plane on a routine flight crashed and burned 13 miles southeast of Boise Idaho killing nine men aboard. The Second Air Force headquarters released the information last night.
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Spokane
Wash
Boise
Idaho
Second Air Force
Horse and Wagon To Deliver Groceries Now
Kansas City reports a novelty in grocery delivery as L. Turpin adds a horse drawn delivery unit to his fleet. The unit, styled in red, white and blue, marks a first for local carriage works since 1916.
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Kansas City
Turpin
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