Allied Fifth Army presses Gustav Line siege near Cassino
Allied forces along a 30 mile front under Lt Gen Mark W Clark reach the Rapido River at Cassino and launch heavy advances against the Gustav line as American and French troops push toward Rome.
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Lgiers
Mark W. Clark
Fifth
Rapido
Cassino
Gustav
Rome
U. S
Mt.Trocchio
Alphonse Juin
Apennines
Cardito
Liquid air rocket bomb eyed by Swedish press reporter
Swedish papers described a German liquid air rocket bomb with great destructive power usable against targets 70 miles away. Neutral experts reportedly expect a test on the Russian front before use against Britain. Allied air forces attacked targets across Italy and the region, while German and Vichy reports claimed submarine and destroyer losses amid a broader strategic bombing push.
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Stockholm
Stockholms Nidningen
Great Britain
Forts
Reich
Messerschmitt
Klegenfurt
Austria
Trieste
Vienna
Ira C. Eaker
Osoppo
Italy
Zara
Russia
Germany
Radio Berlin
Ohio to require affidavits on liquor imports
Ohio liquor permit holders importing distilled spirits must file affidavits showing amounts paid for the merchandise. Vendors already file affidavits confirming OPA regulation compliance. The move aims to curb reported black market liquor operations.
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Columbus
Ohio
Liquor Department
Don A. Fisher
OPA
Fisher
Eisenhower Takes Command of Invasion Prep Forces
General Dwight D. Eisenhower arrives to command invasion preparations and praises Allied air, naval, and supply forces in the United Kingdom. Omar Bradley becomes senior American ground commander in Britain. Sir Henry Wilson stresses campaign aims across the Mediterranean from the Balkans to the Pyrenees. In Kansas, Eisenhower spends a brief family reunion with his mother as he underscores public support and full reporting of operations.
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London
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Omar N. Bradley
Manhattan
Kas
United States
Kansas
David Eisenhower
Abilene
Germany
United Kingdom
Eisenhower
Quake Devastates San Juan City in Argentina
A survivor described the seismic strike on San Juan as sudden and absolute, plunging the 30,000 population into darkness. Troops and rescue crews work through rubble as authorities report 500 dead with estimates up to 1,600, and 90 percent of buildings destroyed in Argentina’s worst quake in 83 years.
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Buenos Aires
San Juan
Moises Rudman
Mendoza
Argentina
Rain Needed In Ohio for Spring Crops
Ohio faces one of its driest winters with only 5.88 inches of rain in four months, below the 10.69 normal. University extension service says no critical damage if rainfall returns to normal by spring, noting about seven inches should be stored in the soil before planting.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State University
Agricultural Extension Service
Ohio Hero Receives Medal of Honor at Fort Knox
Private Rodger W Young of Clyde Ohio was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously for sacrificing his life on New Georgia Island to enable his platoon to escape Japanese machine gun fire. Maj Gen Charles L Scott praised his example as an inspiration to American soldiers and the nation.
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Fort Knox
United States
Ohio
New Georgia Island
Charles L. Scott
Armored Command
Rodger W Young
Clyde
Scott
Colombia Joins Axis Foes in UN Declaration
President Alfonso Lopez of Colombia signed the United Nations declaration, making Colombia the 34th member in the alliance against the Axis. He attended a ceremony at the White House and later joined President Roosevelt for an informal luncheon in the president’s study.
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Washington
Alfonso Lopez
Colombia
White House
Lopez
Roosevelt
Ration Allowances for Schools Are Revised
Washington reports revised ration allowances for schools serving meals meeting complete nutritional standards set by the Food Distribution Administration. Children will receive larger amounts of rationed foods in school meals, as announced by the Office of Price Administration.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Food Distribution Administration
New Polish American Labor Council Formed in Cleveland
In Cleveland Polish Americans declared strong wartime support and urged full collaboration with Great Britain the Soviet Union and China. Leo Krzycki of New York, president of the new Polish American Labor Council, said the group formed yesterday by 75 leaders from AFL CIO and railroad unions represents over 600 000 Polish American trade unionists.
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Cleveland
Great Britain
Soviet Union
China
Leo Krzycki
New York
Polish-American Labor Council
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organization
Railroad Unions
Jack Plans To Fight Contract Assessment
Cleveland industrialist William S. Jack says he will fight in court a $7,000,000 Treasury Department renegotiation assessment against Jack & Heintz Co. He denounces the move as part of a drift toward socialized government and dictatorship greater than any ever seen.
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Cleveland
William S. Jack
Treasury Department
Jack & Heintz Co
Jack
America
Overseas Veteran Dies In Car Crash Near Greenville
Charles C. Huston, 29, of Arcanum, was killed when his automobile overturned near Greenville. He served 14 months as a gunner on a bomber in the Mediterranean area and was on furlough at the time of the accident.
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Greenville
Charles C. Huston
Arcanum
Here
Mediterranean
Bodies Found In Auto Along Eastern Road
In Lexington Massachusetts police found the bodies of James Keefe 24 John Keefe 17 and Ruth Place 16 all of Waltham in a car on a road off the Concord Turnpike. Grace Saunders 18 of Cambridge was taken to hospital in serious condition after describing a ride with the Keefe brothers and Place girl.
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Lexington
Mass
Concord Turnpike
James Keefe
John
Ruth Place
Waltham
Grace Saunders
Cambridge
John O’brien
Miss Saunders
Place
Keefe Brothers
MacArthur Prefers Manila Return to White House
Col. Charles H. Morhouse, MacArthur’s personal physician, said MacArthur would rather go to Manila than visit the White House. He stated the general’s greatest ambition is a victorious return to the Philippines in a parade and denied any political ambitions.
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Seattle
Charles H. Morhouse
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Manila
White House
General MacArthur
Philippines
Morhouse
British Flier's Body Recovered From River
In St Marys West Virginia a dredging crew recovered the body of Flight Lt Basil B W Howe 29 an Royal Air Force member who parachuted into the Ohio River Friday.
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ST. Marys
W. Va
Basil B. W. Howe
Royal Air Force
Ohio River
Allies Gain Ground in Pacific Campaign Front
Allied forces report swift gains in the Southwest Pacific with the capture of two key points from Japan and heavy air strikes that crippled enemy shipping and aircraft. Australian, American, and Allied air and ground actions push toward Saidor Madang and Cape Gloucester while Japanese raids on New Britain New Guinea and the Solomons incur light damage.
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New Guinea
Solomons
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Hongay
Indo-China
Burma
Akyahb
United States
Bergen Bay
Cape Gloucester
Sio
Saidor
Madang
Navy
Simpson Harbor
Rabaul
Bougainville
Treasury
Vella Lavella
New Georgia
Russel Islands
Arawe
Dumpu
Papacy Loses Favor in Italy
A Foreign Policy Association spokesman warned that Vatican influence hinges on religion in a postwar era. Sherman S. Hayden stated the Catholic Church may face strong anti clerical currents in Italy as critics foresee backlash against its Fascist tie and possible persecution.
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Washington
Vatican
Foreign Policy Association
Sherman S. Hayden
Italy
Hayden
Roosevelt Faces Party Fight on Civilian Draft
President Roosevelt faces opposition from both parties as Congress weighs national service legislation. Hearings begin tomorrow before the Senate Military Committee, with likely delays and potential use in the 1944 campaign. Senators Ferguson and Wheeler criticize or resist adding labor draft to the Democratic platform.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Congress
Senate Military Committee
Ferguson
Rmich
Michigan
Wheeler
D-Mont
Ice
Bergdoll to be freed from Fort Leavenworth
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll fifty year old reputed as the nation s top World War I draft dodger will be released soon from Fort Leavenworth Army Disciplinary Barracks. A War Department spokesman said Philadelphia’s U S District Court dismissed all criminal indictments pending since October 1941 allowing his eventual release. His wife and six children live on a farm at Downingtown Pennsylvania.
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Washington
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Philadelphia
Army
Fort Leavenworth
Kas
War Department
U. S. District Court
Phildelphia
Downingtown
Sale of Ohio Auto Tags To Begin March
Ohio's new license plates go on sale March 1 with a blue background and white characters. They must be displayed on the rear of all vehicles starting April 1. The War Production Board allocated steel for a single tag this year and next, after no tags were issued last year due to shortages. Motorists used 1942 plates with wind shield stickers for 1943 fees, and officials urged turning in 1942 tags for scrap.
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Columbus
Ohio
Dylon W. Wallace
State Registrar of Motor Vehicles
War Production Board
Hal G. Sours
Russia Dissatisfied With Polish Statement
The Soviet government, reading Poland’s Jan 14 statement as a rejection of a Curzon Line border negotiation, says it cannot enter official talks with a state cut off in diplomatic relations. Moscow recalls Goebbels Katyn charges and notes Polish recognition worsened the diplomatic break.
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London
Curzon Line
Moscow
Katyn Forest
Paul Joseph Goebpels
Six Army Fliers Killed In Plane Crash Near Elkins
Second Lt. Melvin M. Feiman of Canton Ohio died when an Army bomber crashed into the side of a mountain near Elkins West Virginia. Five other crew members were killed and state police said deep snow hampered body removal at the scene. MacDill Field officials announced the deaths.
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Elkins
W. Va
Melvin M. Feiman
Canton
Here
MacDill Field
Tampa
Fila
Naples Schools Reopen After Purging Fascist Texts
Neapolitan children return to classrooms as Italian capitulation is followed by Allied purge of Fascist texts and teachers. By February 1, public schools reopen across the Naples region serving about 125,000 pupils.
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Naples
Italy
Rumors in Pravda stun Washington over possible peace talks
Pravda published a dispatch from Balkan sources claiming two English officials met with Nazi Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop in a Pyrenees coast city to explore a separate peace. The report notes Britain would not seek peace without all Allies, including Russia, and stresses the rarity and impact of such rumors in official Moscow press.
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Pravda
Communist Party of Russia
Cairo
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Pyrenees
von Ribbentrop
Russia
Moscow
Washington
Pravada
Britain
Germany
Communist Party
Tass
United Nations
Teheran
Russians Force Push Toward Latvian Border In Major Offense
Soviet leaders announced a broad offensive sweeping toward the Latvian border and driving Germans back along a nine mile front. The push north of Nevel claimed 40 localities taken and the Novosokolniki Railway cut below Lake Ilmen. Vatutin’s First Ukraine Army reportedly killed 100,000 Germans and captured 7,000 in three weeks. Red Army advances also reached toward Pinsk and a key rail junction near Rovno, with heavy fighting reported near Vinnitsa and Uman. Weather described as a cold wave aiding tank movements.
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Old Poland
Red
White Russia
Ippa
Novoselki
Kalinkovichi
Pripet
Pinsk
Moscow
Vinnitsa
Uman
Stockholm
Berlin
Red Army
Bug River
Warsaw-Odessa
Nevel
Baltic States
Nasva
Novosokolniki-Dno
U S Retains Coal Mines
Secretary Ickes announced that the Justice Department rules allow the government to retain seized coal mines even as production recovers. The Smith Connally Act calls for returning mines within 60 days, but Attorney General Biddle states productive efficiency has not been restored under the War Labor Disputes Act, to avoid renewed interference from strikes.
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Washington
Ickes
Justice Department
Biddle
State Department reshuffles staff to speed foreign policy
The State Department reorganized its headquarters to streamline operations and free senior officials from administrative tasks. The moved staff will allow leaders to focus on specialized foreign relations work and speed execution of American policy worldwide.
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Washington
State Department
Prominent Republican Dies in Washington
Rush L. Holland a prominent Republican and former grand exalted ruler of the Elks Lodge in 1908 09 died last night at age 77 His funeral services were held here before burial in Cambridge He helped nominate Warren G Harding in 1920 and served as assistant attorney general until his retirement in 1925
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Washington
Rush L. Holland
The
Elks Lodge
Cambridge
Warren G. Hardings
Holland
Hope To Force Subsidy Debate
Washington administration leaders said they would push the entire food subsidy program, due to end in a month, before the Senate for debate. Senate Majority Leader Barkley urged Chairman Wagner to assemble the Banking Committee to force a floor vote, as supporters seek to preserve some subsidy payments amid price controls against rising living costs.
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Washington — Administration
Senate
Barkley
D-Ky
Wagner
D-Ny
Senate Banking Committee
Three U S Fliers Die In London Train Wreck
Nine dead and 30 injured in a double London train crash at Ilford. Three American airmen were killed and nine other U S soldiers were injured as trains crowded with troops on leave collided. Names of the Americans were not released.
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London
U. S
Ilford
Social Security Board backs federal health insurance plan
Washington report urges federal coverage of doctor and hospital bills for personal choice of physician and to preserve patient relationships. The eighth annual board submission to Congress calls for nationwide insurance that would let individuals select their own doctors and hospitals.
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Washington
Social Security Board
Congress
Soldiers Views on Vote Issue Banned
War Department bans soldiers from public comment on the soldiers vote. Correspondents may describe impressions but cannot quote individuals or conduct polls. Ruling rests on a permanent army regulation prohibiting officers or men from public debate on controversial political issues or matters before Congress.
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Allied
Algiers
War Department
Army
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