Japanese Losses Mount in Southwest Pacific Aerial Fight
Japanese planes and ships suffered mounting losses as fighting intensified in the Southwest Pacific. Allied P-40 fighters claimed shooting down numerous enemy craft while defending the northern New Guinea coastal gateway at Cape Hoskins or Lae as American forces maintain pressure on the Nipponese.
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Southwest Pacific
Aidor
New Guinea
U. S
Chester W. Nimitz
Central Pacific
Gilbert Islands
Ameran
Pearl Arbor
Pafk
Ayu
Bur
Nal- Maya
Razabil
Maungdaw
Ima
Ninghyen
Ukawng
Ariny
Chindwin
U.S
Burma
Black Cats Sink Jap Cargo Ship In New Guinea Action
Allied air units report the Navy Black Cats destroyed a 10,000 ton Japanese merchant ship and damaged three others in a six-ship Kavieng convoy off New Ireland. Liberators and Mitchells delivered 87 tons of bombs on Arawo southwest New Britain as RAF and US planes strike Japanese facilities across the Pacific.
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New Guinea
Kavieng New Ireland
acArthur
Will Oppose King Carol’s Return
An official publication states ex King Carol of Romania would face bitter discontent if restored to power. It denounces him as an adherent of fascism and blames him for steering the nation toward Hitlerism.
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Lussia
Carol
Ashington
Carol of
Runia
Cracy
Tshal
Antonescu
Atonescu
Ano
Arthur for President Groups Organized at Meeting
Arthur for President clubs formed after an organization meeting where a resolution urged leadership to pursue a just peace. State Rep. Robert A. Wilkinson of Wert, Ohio, presided over the MacArthur Club. Die in grade crash claims Cloid C. Swatra, 59, and his wife Sarah, 57.
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Robert A. Wilkinson An Wert
MacArthur Club
Helby
Cloid C. Swatra
Sarah
Fourth War Loan Drive Inaugurated Today
Five million volunteers began the campaign to raise five and a half billion dollars in cash during the initial two weeks of the Treasury's 14 billion Fourth War Loan. Eisenhower in London pledged to crush Nazi resistance, while Nimitz in Honolulu urged continued war bond purchases to guarantee offensive success.
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Washington
Treasury
Dwight D. Eisenhower
London
Honolulu
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Pacific Islands
Catholics Pay Bishop Tribute
The Roman Catholic Church held a funeral for Most Rev James J Hartley bishop of Columbus who died at 85 after 40 years leading the diocese. Archbishop McNicholas led services at St Joseph Cathedral with Floersh and nine other bishops, an abbott and many priests as mourners.
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Columbus
James J. Hartley
John T. McNicholas
Province of
Cincinnati
St. Joseph's Cathedral
McNicholas
John A. Floersh
Louisville
Bald urges Ohio dealers to make the best of rationing
Fred J. Bald, of a New York distillery firm, told Ohio retail liquor dealers to accept a supply increase pause and “make the best of rationing” in the near term.
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Columbus
Fred J. Baldwin
New York
Ohio
900 Bodies Recovered After Andean Earthquake
Buenos Aires reports a national mourning as 900 bodies are recovered from San Juan ruins. The quake devastates the city with extensive damage, including the wine crop, with losses estimated at 400 million pesos about 100 million dollars.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
San Juan
Ohioans Down Four Nazis in Grand Air Battle
Two Ohio airmen claimed multiple enemy fighters shot down during a raid over Oscher Sieben. The Spirit of 44 bombers returned to base with 250 bullet holes though the crew survived, and total ten enemy planes were credited to the raid. The pilots included Lt. Eldridge V. Greer and Sgt. Caster Lekowski with Sgt. James Parton also contributing.
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U. S
Britain
Caster W. Lekowski
Peninsula
Summit County
Oschersieben
James E. Parton
East Liverpool
Air Ministry
Eldridge V. Greer
Houston
Tex
Intra-Party Differences Are Settled Intra-Party
Washington AP reports that the two major parties have ended internal squabbles. Southern Democratic governors in Washington last night announced they remain in the Democratic fold after meeting to settle freight rate equality disputes.
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Washington
Roosevelt national service bill delayed by House Military Committee
The House Military Committee postponed action on national service legislation requested by President Roosevelt. The panel left open future consideration while not endorsing a fourth term, as party unity and leadership changes roil the GOP and a forged Hopkins letter fuels intrigue. Mustering-out pay debate centers on a $300 base with possible top pay to $700.
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Washington
House Military Committee
Roosevelt
May
D.ky
Wendell Willkie
Willkie
Ickes
Harry Hopkins
Hopkins
Langer
Congressional Record
George N. Briggs
Sponge Iron Plant To Be Built at Warren
A progress report by Dr. R. R. Sayers to the House Merchant Marine subcommittee notes studies on low grade iron ore for sponge iron reduction. The first commercial sponge iron plant, built by Republic Steel, at Warren will begin operation in March.
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Washington
Bureau of Mines
Merchant Marine Subcommittee
R. R. Sayers
Bureau
Republic Steel Corporation
Warren
Dense fog sweeps southern Ohio crippling travel
A dense fog covered much of Ohio overnight, with low-lying smoke in cities. The fog lay heavy south of a line from Eaton to Carrolton, easing gradually today as the highway department reported improving conditions in the region.
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Columbus
Ohio
Highway Department
Eaton
Dayton
Delaware
Coshocton
Carrolton
Aluminum Company to Resume Tubes for Loeth Pastes
The Aluminum Company of America announced plans to resume manufacturing aluminum collapsible tubes for Loeth pastes. The move signals expanded production and market readiness, reflecting postwar industrial growth and the firm’s strategic reentry into consumer packaging markets.
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Pittsburgh
Aluminum Company of America Today
Thanksgiving To Be Observed on Nov 23
Congress set Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday of November, but 1944's calendar yields five Thursdays in November. Therefore Thanksgiving Day will fall on November 23, not the fifth Thursday, as some calendars show.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Will Curtail Gas Supplies Of War Plants
An Ohio Fuel Gas Co spokesman says the War Production Board may cut gas to critical war plants first if a new gas emergency is needed. He notes unemployment from cutbacks harms communities, citing Anchor Hocking Co in Lancaster and Federal Glass Co in Columbus as examples of broader economic disruption.
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Columbus
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
War Production Board
Lancaster
Anchor Hocking Co
Federal Glass Co
Bricker accuses federal overreach in Texas tour
Ohio Governor John W. Bricker charged that federal funds usurp state and local authority during a three day Texas tour. He said federal relief distribution bypasses states and warned that federal bureaus have attempted to fine states for rules Congress did not enact. Bricker cited an AA A action against Ohio over acreage limits set by welfare institutions.
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Dallas
Tex
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Texas
Bricker
Congress of the United States
Articultural Adjustment Agency
Eight Killed in Transport Plane Crash Near Oakland
An army transport plane crashed shortly after leaving Oakland airport. All aboard, estimated at eight, were killed. The twin engined aircraft fell in a residential area, demolished a house, and fire spread to several other homes with occupants of the house believed to have escaped.
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Oakland
Calif
Jenkins Seeks Subsidies for Dairy Production
Rep. Thomas A. Jenkins of Ironton told the Ohio Dairy Products Association that subsidies should be used to encourage adequate production and guarantee its distribution.
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Columbus
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ironton
Ohio Dairy Products Association
American Patrol Probes Gustav Line Near Cassino
Allied headquarters in Algiers reported an American patrol crossed the Rapido River north of Cassino and probed German Gustav Line defenses, engaging 'Gustav Line' positions and withdrawing after a skirmish. French forces seized Sant Elia, three miles northeast of Cassino, as German troops held fortifications 300 yards across the river.
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Algiers
Rapido River
Cassino
Gustav Line
Sant’ Elia
Rapido
Russo to Italy shuttle planned amid final Nazi stand
Gen Henry H Arnold says Allied air forces could launch from Italy to hit German targets en route to bases in Russia as Russians advance from the east. French troops seize Sant Elia and Valvori as Cassino tightens. Canadians reach Adriatic flank near Tommaso. Allied bombers target rail lines and yards from Florence to Rome and Anzio docks.
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Philadelphia
Germany
Russia
Italy
Henry H. Arnold
United State Army Air Forces
Richard
Fifth Army
Cassino
Sant’ Elia
Rapido
Adriatic
Tommaso
Pisa
U. S
Prato
Pontassieve
Arezzo
Florence
Rome
Chiaravelle
Viterbo
Orte
Anzio
Palo
Gallia Woman Paroled After Escape From Reformatory
Florence Sheline paroled March 1 for breaking and entering after escaping Marysville Reformatory with Velma West over four years ago. Sheline, last of the four who fled June 19, 1939, was at liberty longest before capture in October 1941 in Denver. West remains jailed for life.
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Columbus
Florence Sheline
Marysville Reformatory
Velma West
Gallia
Miss Sheline
Painesville
Mary Ellen Richards
Virginia Brandy
Miss West
Reformatory
Liberty
She
Denver
Tito rumor of wounding in Montenegro fighting broadcast
Cairo radio reported a rumor that Marshal Tito of the Yugoslav Partisans was wounded in fighting in Montenegro. The unverified broadcast circulated as wartime rumor in London notices.
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London
Marshal Tito
Cairo
Unity in Labor Agencies Urged for Federal Reform
AFL leaders in Miami hear John P. Frey urge consolidation of scattered federal labor agencies under a single department of labor. He argues multiple agencies fuel strikes by lowering morale amid conflicting policies.
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Miami
Fla
American Federation of Labor Executive Council
Washington
CIO
Department of Labor
John P. Frey
AFL Metal Trades Department
Frey
Church Members Win Fight Against Expulsion
MT VERNON 4 Expulsion of 16 persons from Vine Street Church of Christ was ruled illegal by the Third District Court of Appeals upholding a common pleas court finding they remain members. The court restrained two individuals from teaching Sunday School and ordered the church board to pay costs.
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MT. Vernon
Vine Street
Church of Christ
Third District Court of Appeals
Common Pleas Court
Appeals
J. C. Marriott
Isa Mee- Nabb
Church Board
Bankhead Declares Subsidy Compromise Impossible
Senator Bankhead of Alabama says a subsidy compromise is impossible and urges bringing the issue to the Senate floor. He leads a drive to ban federal payments intended to curb retail food prices.
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Bankhead
Washington
Senator Bankhead
D-Ala
Senate
Westport Industrialist Calls for Postwar Tax Stand
Miss Vivien Kellems of Westport Connecticut, owner of a war plant making shell lifters and cables grips, urged businesses to join a Westport Tea Party to withhold postwar reserves from taxes. She argues a pay-as-you-go plan taxes profits on work not yet delivered and could bankrupt small manufacturers, risking layoffs and harmed armed forces support.
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Kansas City
Vivien Kellems
Westport
Conn
Migs Kellems
Signal ‘Corps
Soviet Troops Drive on Rovno Amid Kyiv Front Tension
Soviet forces pressed toward Rovno 40 miles inside Poland as they attack from the east, northeast and north. Other units fought near Leningrad and in southwest Ukraine while Moscow denied a Cairo peace rumor and Churchill prepared for a war statement.
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Poland
Russia
Leningrad
Vinnitsa
Uman
Ukraine
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Cairo
von Ribbentrop
Foreign Office
Pravda
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Manchester Guardian
Spain
Reuters
Mostow
de Pravda
Churchill
Reddes
London
Commons
Dwight Eisenhower
Vatutin
Novograd Volynski
Oranienbaum
Berlin
Red Army
White Russia
Britain reports debt rise to seventy seven billion pounds
The House of Commons heard from Sir John Anderson that Britain's national debt on December 31 stood at about £19,237,000,000, roughly £77,334,740,000, compared with £8,026,000,000 in 1938, while the U S gross public debt reached $165,877,278,992.
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London
Britain
House of Commons
John Anderson
United States
Small Dehydrated Food Tablets Advertised for Quick Use
Connecticut readers see compact dehydrated portions of carrots cabbage and coffee sold in bundles the ads claim cook enough for a hundred servings. A sample sales pitch highlights a table top gas range and a local sale contact with a Messenger Want Ads result number and a charge it option.
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Messenger
Lorene Ave
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