Kobe Osaka area hit by Superforts assault
Allied air raids on the Kobe Osaka industrial zone in Japan, aided by B-29 bombers from Mariana bases, left reports of damage as Urdaneta in Luzon and Lingayen Gulf fronts expanded. American fighter planes operated from Lingayen airfields while Formosa and China coast targets faced long range strikes.
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Kobe-Osaka
Japan
Associated Press
Formosa
China
Philippines
Imperial High Command
Tokyo
Luzon
Urdaneta
Vital
Manila
Baguio
Agoo
Panipui
Panigui
Camiling
Tarlac
Lingayeng
Lingayen
China Coast
Federal Communications Commission
Far East Air Force
Fred Hampson
U. S
Celebes
Moluccas
Borneo
New Guinea
Bismarck Archipelago
Russian Drive Menaces German Oil Supply
Washington experts warned that the Red Army assault into Silesia threatens Germany's dwindling gasoline supply. Soviet thrusts in southwest Poland are cutting off one of the Nazis' last remaining fuel sources.
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Washington
Germany
Red Army
Silesia
Poland
Greater Assistance For Britain Is Urged
William L. Batt vice chairman of the War Production Board told the Engineering Society of Cincinnati that the United States must help a badly wounded Britain regain economic health after the war. He said U S needs Britain's economic cooperation to win the peace as much as military cooperation.
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Cincinnati
United States
Britain
William L. Batt
War Production Board
Batt
Engineering Society of Cincinnati
Navy of Nurses Draft Urged to Meet War Caseload
Army Surgeon General told the House Military Committee that nursing shortages hinder care as battle casualty patients rise 270 percent from 260000 to 450000 since May. He supported President Roosevelt’s nurse draft proposal, noting 30000 to 32000 monthly admissions vs 3500 in early 1944, with about 15000 leaving each month.
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Washington
Army
Norman T. Kirk
House Military Committee
Roosevelt
State of the Union
Congress
Kirk
Hill
Joint Boards To Continue After Germany Collapse
The United States Great Britain and Canada agree to keep the Combined Production and Resources Board CPRB Combined Food Board CFB and Combined Raw Materials Board CRMB active to coordinate production distribution and supply after Germany falls. These boards along with the Combined Chiefs of Staff Munitions Assignment Board and the Combined Shipping Adjustment Board form a tightly integrated inter Allied system guiding military and essential civilian needs.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Canada
Japan
Germany
Combined Production and Resources Board
CPRB
Food Board
CFB
Combined’ Raw Materials Board
CRMB
Combined Chiefs of Staff
Munitions Assignment Board
Combined Shipping Adjustment
Reams Plans To Visit Welfare Institutions
Columbus Ohio welfare director Frazier Reams said he would visit state institutions soon focusing on hospitals for mental patients. He will consider a mental health committee’s recommendation to raise capacity from 23 700 beds to 54 000 beds across state institutions.
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Columbus
UPI
Frazier Reams
Flying General Killed In Assault on Reich
Brig. Gen. Frederick W. Castle of Washington DC was killed leading a U S Eighth Air Force bombing raid against the German drive in Belgium on December 24. His Flying Fortress was shot down during the attack.
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London
Frederick W. Castle
Washington, D. C
U. S
Eighth Air Force
Belgium
Castle
Negro Admits 1943 Killing In Atlanta Home
Dekalb County Police Chief Nahklik announced a 30 year old railroad worker Horace Blalock confessed to killing Henry C. Heinz Atlanta banker former Kiwanis International president in his home on September 28 1943. The banker was shot by an intruder as his wife rushed to get a gun after discovering the break in.
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Atlanta
Dekalb County
Leo W Nahklik
Henry C. Heinz
Kiwanis International
Nahlik
Horace ‘Blalock
Asa Candler
Coca Cola Company
Heinz
Nazi Bridgehead in Italy Is Wiped Out
Allied forces report the destruction of a small German bridgehead on the Senio River near Fusignano. Eighth Army counterattacks have driven the enemy across the river, erasing the position established earlier this week about 130 miles northeast of Faenza.
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Italy
Rome
Eighth Army
Senio
Fusignano
Faenza
Losses of 106th Are Placed at 8,663 Men
Washington reports losses in the American Army’s 106th Infantry Division as 8,663, with 416 killed, 1,246 wounded, and 7,001 missing after the Ardennes stand at the center of the German counteroffensive. Officers call the division’s defense gallant and note many missing are presumed prisoners.
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Washington—P
Ardennes
Inaugural Speech Set for Shortest Roosevelt Address
Washington reports plans for Franklin D Roosevelt to take the oath for a fourth time and deliver what may be history s shortest inaugural address. The ceremony will be brief with about 5 000 to 6 000 invited spectators and no seats. Spectators will stand behind an iron fence about 200 yards away as the event unfolds.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
Freeze Of Shortening Ordered By OPA In U S
Washington dispatch reports housewives facing tighter rationing as the OPA froze retail sales of shortening and oils until Monday. Each product will be rationed at two red points per pound to prevent shortages. The move aligns with a War Food Administration directive that 40 percent of lard output be reserved for the armed forces.
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Washington
OPA
Stepa
War Food Administration
Landon Hits Isolationism and War Mobilization Plans
Alf M Landon 1936 Republican candidate in a Washington speech assails U S policy toward Europe as isolationist and accuses administrations of favoring British and Russian aims. He says more than 16 000 troops have been moved to noncombat work at home and warns 600 000 more overseas forces are needed by June 30 while 1 000 000 replacements are trained.
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Cleveland
America
Europe
Alf M. Landon
Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Jwi
Eine
Navy
Schools Not To Lose Funds Due To Storms
Ohio schools will not lose state funds due to closings from winter storms. Delbert Woodford says circulars explain procedures after the major attendance disruption. Cities seek a larger share of state sales tax revenue, with aims to spur private capital, match local indigent healthcare funds, and dedicate the gasoline tax to highways.
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Columbus
Department of Education
Ohio
Delbert Woodford
Ohio Conference of Mayors
Bricker to Speak Lincoln Day Address in New York
Former Gov. John W. Bricker 1944 Republican vice presidential candidate will deliver the Lincoln Day address before the National Republican Club in New York on February 12.
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Bricker
Columbus
John W. Bricker
National Republican Club
New York
British and American Forces Break Into Reich Front
British Second Army captured Hangen inside the Reich as U S Third Army took Rosport near Trier. First Army held positions near St Vith while Seventh Army lost ground near Strasbourg but advanced near Hatten and Leuthen. Diekirch in Luxembourg was largely enveloped as Patton’s troops moved toward the Sure and Our Rivers near the German border. Lodz was reported as stormed by Red Army forces, signaling a broad Soviet advance toward Berlin. Water scarcity hit Columbus as drought persisted.
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Paris
Holland Panhandle
Luxembourg
Hangen
Reich
Third Army
Rosport
Trier
U.S. First Army
St. Vith
von Rundstedt
Belgium
Einel
Ardennes
France
Seventh Army
Herrlisheim
Sessenheim
Strasbourg
Auenheim
Leutherheim
Hat‘ten
Rhine
Rundstedt
Holland
Germany
Ardennes Bulge
Dusseldorf
St. Vitch
Wills
Wallendorf
Hengen
Second Army
Roer River
U. S. Ninth Army
Echt
Schilberg
Erpelange
Bettendorf
Diekirch
Butzdorf
Noutheast
Luxembourg City
Rospart
Wasserhilling
Moselle
Saar
S Rhine
Koblenz
Nation Alerts Three German Agents in U S
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover issued a nationwide alert for three German espionage agents said to be under orders to enter the United States. He linked them to prior suspects Buch Gimpel and William Colepaugh, arrested after allegedly landing on the Maine coast from a submarine last month. Hoover urged public reporting of any suspicious persons to the nearest FBI office.
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
United States
Hoover
Buch Gimpel
William C. Colepaugh
New York
Maine
Declare Coupon Coal Rationing Impossible
In Washington the Solid Fuels Administration ruled out coupon rationing of coal, stating the step is out of the question. A spokesman noted that rationing is already partly in effect via shipment limits for consumers with large stocks. Fire at the Florence Mine near Martin's Ferry was contained after breaking out early yesterday.
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Washington
Solid Fuels Administration
SFA
Bellaire
Florence
Youghspheny
Ohio Coal Co
Martin's Ferry
Magnesium furniture predicted after war
Cleveland report quotes N H Simpson chief chemist of Consolidated Corp stating magnesium furniture could be crafted for postwar use. He claims the material is light and paintable in any color and suited for aircraft construction.
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Cleveland
N. H. Simpson
Consolidated Corporation
Magnesium Association
Battle of Belgian Bulge Changes Doughboys Attitude Toward Nazis
HAL BOYLE notes that American troops on the western front shifted from chivalrous ease with German prisoners to fierce hostility during the Belgian Bulge. After brutal German actions and prison abuses, soldiers hardened their stance, opposing Nazi propaganda and demanding rough treatment for captured officers.
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Hal Boyle
Belgium
Avith
Belgian Bulge
Siegfried Line
von Teindstedt
Warsaw Suffered Destruction as Reds Advance Across Poland
Soviet war dispatches report Warsaw razed by German withdrawal with the Royal Castle and other landmarks destroyed. German front lines stretched from Krakow to Lodz as Soviet forces surged, with Konev and Rokossovsky advancing toward Krakow and East Prussia. Moscow said heavy bombardment, large prisoner counts, and mass air operations accompanied the push toward Berlin, while Budapest’s garrison dwindled and German morale pitched.
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