Formosa Air Raids Highlight Allied Push In Pacific
Allied air and sea actions press the offensive across the China coast and Southeast Asia. Carrier fleets report heavy strikes against Formosa and Hong Kong while ground forces push toward Manila and Luzon. Tokyo radios and U S reports note ship losses, shipping tonnage, and advancing American columns from the Philippines toward Baguio.
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Ke Island
China
Saipan
Tokyo
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Kyoto
Ates
Carver
Iron Island
Philippines
Mantaality
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Angier
Hong” Kong
Greton
Amoy Land
Atenuation Thanpeam
Hong Kong
Canton
Nimitz
Féport Wold
South China Sea
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Saigon
Luzon
Tauand
Baguio
Manila
Thi
Mone
Ada
MacArthur
U. S
Coal Shipment Orders Issued To Meet Needs
The United States Fuel Administration and United Mine Workers President John L. Lewis reached a seven day week with double pay pact for miners in four states to ease a coal shortage. A ban on certain high volatile coal from several central and southern districts will divert about 200 000 tons monthly to states with limited supply. Western Virginia mines included. Great Lakes locks exempt.
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United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
SFA
Iowa
Braska
Wisconsin
Missouri
Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Ups
Great Lake
Roosevelt pushes national service plan amid draft fight
President Roosevelt urged Congress to enact compulsory manpower laws for men 18 to 45, warning voluntary methods will not meet war needs. War Mobilization outlined critical production roles while Army and Navy heads prepared to brief lawmakers as hearings continued.
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Roosevelt
Congress
May
D-Ky
House Military Committee
White House
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
Roosevett
Army
Navy
Pemdle
War Manpower Commission
Byrnes
Allied and Soviet Advances Reported Across Europe in 1945 Drive
In a sweeping World War II update from Paris and London fronts, British forces push toward the Rhine as part of Eisenhower’s winter offensive while Soviet and Polish units claim Warsaw’s liberation. Red Army advances south of Warsaw press toward Silesia as German defenses crumble. Reports note German fighters at the Hoogwald line and heavy artillery in Ardennes sectors with Allied forces near key rail hubs. Moscow confirms Warsaw’s fall and ongoing Soviet breakthroughs toward Krakow and Radom.
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Meuse
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Panne
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Moscow
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Palndergr
Usdes
Keaton
Latiwestern
Poland
Berlin
San 2S
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Cape Se
Silesia
East Prussia
Snans
Schlossberg
German Silesia
Rosenberg
Tukov
Warsaw-Silesia
Czestochowa
Krakow
Radom
Rominten
Pilkallen
Sehlossberg
Junker
Lower Porlen
War danger seen as V bombs may strike U.S. cities
Columbus up German robot bombing of American cities is deemed entirely possible by AP war correspondent John A Moroso at the Only Dairy Products Association annual meeting. Details were scarce due to wartime secrecy and he did not elaborate on the claim.
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U.S. Columbus
John A. Moroso
Associated Press
Ohio Flier Found After Bomber Crash in Cascades
Ensign Aine Kruger Jr of Crestline was found alive today by a national forest ranger in the Cascades after parachuting from a medium bomber missing since Sunday. The 13th Naval District Headquarters reported searchers were hunting for four companions and did not know if Kruger was injured.
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Ohio
Seattle
Aine Kruger, Jr
Crestline
Cascades
National Forest
13Th Naval District
Kruger
FDR Pledges U. S. Aid In Greek Rehabilitation
President Roosevelt pledged American aid in Greece's rehabilitation in coordination with the State Department and informed Prime Minister Plastiras through an official message. Brig. Gen. Emmett O'Donnell Jr. earned the Silver Star for leading 111 B-29s in a Tokyo raid, returning 109 aircraft. Rear Adm. Theodore E. Chandler, the Navy's newest flag officer to die in service, was killed near Luzon.
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FDR
U. S
Washington
Roosevelt
Greece
State Department
Nicolas Plast
Iane Aivem Saner
Guam
Emmett “Rosie” O'Donnell
Tokyo
Yas
Theodore E. Chandler
Luzon
Pay Boost Eyed by National Solons
Washington congressmen face a plan from the National Planning Association proposing a $15,000 yearly raise to $25,000 for congressional pay plus a retirement pay program. The nonpartisan group warns the move could resurrect 1942 pensions sentiment while urging stronger Congress reforms.
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Washington
Con Ress
National Planning Association
NPA
Congress
Study of New Air Routes To Start April 3
The Civil Aeronautics Board moves to consider 55 airline route applications for service to major Middle Atlantic cities and beyond. A conference is set for April 3 to resolve preliminaries and set future steps. If approved, routes would include New York, Philadelphia, Newark, Baltimore, and connections to Virginia Ohio Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island and Maine.
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Middle Atantic
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
Ohio
Massachutts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Maine
Berlin
Edo
Youngstown
Ashtabula
RAF
Cleveland
Leader Reclassified 1-A Amid Draft Controversy
The article notes Victor Stemnberger, 29, was reclassified from 2B to 1A by his local Selective Service Board. It also mentions large scale Allied bombing targeting German oil plants and rail centers near Magdeburg and Utrecht, with rail disruptions and wartime labor actions affecting transport and workers.
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Raf Cleveland
Ger
Cio-Utility
Holland
Cleveland Electric Illinos
South Luminating Co
Utrecht
Victor Stemnberger
Susal
Selective Service Board
Navy fires steel by ships and auxiliaries in tests
Washington reports a five times July reposed test of naval fire power. The fleet, including combatant ships auxiliaries and coast guard vessels, hurled steel in a decisive eight second run. The exercise demonstrated the ability to deliver steel rapidly from multiple ship classes.
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Washington
Arenna
Navy
Record shows wartime taxes may not curb spending
Government economists report record 7.0 billion dollars spent on alcohol in 1944, up from 6.0 billion in 1943. They say wartime income tax rates did not reduce consumer spending and suggest higher tax rates could aid the total economy. They note beer wine and spirits purchases exceed prior year figures.
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Department of Commerce
GOP Solons Ponder Lausche's Procedure
In Columbus speculation grows on which Republican will carry Gov J. Lausche's legislative agenda as Ohio General Assembly convenes. The governor requests shelving partisan politics while a record pig crop is cited, with the Ohio Cooperative Crop Reporting Service noting 1944 projections and prior year gains.
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Columbus
Govrank J. Lausche
IGS
Ohio General Assembly
Ohio
Republican Legis
Intion
U S Plan Freezes Shipments For Farm Workers Under 26
Maj. Gen. Hershey announced a program to induct about half the farm workers under 26 into selective service. The plan accelerates supply shipments to European civilians and agricultural workers as part of a broader effort with Britain to aid Allied nations.
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P. E
Washington
B. Hershey
Euron
United States
Britain
Civilian Shoes Output To Be Cut This Year
The National Shoe Manufacturers Association reports civilian shoe production will be reduced by 55 000 pairs this year with repairs planned for 1945. Vice president W W S Stephenson notes adjustments amid wartime shifts.
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W. W. S Stephenson
National Shoe Manufacturers Agportation
Peace-Time Council Aims Patchwork Role for Big Five
FD reports readiness to meet Reds demands on a peace time council. Roosevelt may counter with 48 American delegates to a world peace body. Churchill and Stalin discussed four power pacts to demilitarize Germany and Japan. Debates over Big Five unity, Dumbarton Oaks plan, and reliance on unanimous consent linger as preparations for postwar peace treaties continue.
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Reds
Roosevelt
World Security Assembly
oneral_peace organization
Patabhington
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Germany
Japan
Wgonnally
Stumbe
Non
Ofa
Dumbarton
General Assembly
St Dumbarton Oaks
Wilson, Retired Army Surgeon, Dies at Columbus
Col. James Wilson, Tl, retired Army surgeon and former chief surgeon for the AEF in Siberia in 1919, died yesterday in Columbus. The report notes his service and key role during World War I.
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Wilson Deal
Columbus
James
Wilson
AEF
Siberia
Joise
Lewis Calls Meeting To Frame Pay Demands
Washington report says John Lewis and a policy committee will set wage demands for miners, to be presented at the opening of contract talks. Admiral Ernest J. King will address members and guests of the League of Municipalities in Columbus tonight.
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Washington
John Leas
Tle Altaifine
Columbus
Ernest J. King
U. S. Fleet
Naval Operations
League of Sho
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