Kobe Osaka Bombing Hit by Superforts
Allied air raids on the Kobe Osaka industrial area devastate facilities producing planes tanks and ships as U S bombing expands from the Philippines to Formosa and China coast. Reports describe mass strikes by B 29s and intensified operations across Luzon including Urdaneta Panipai and Lingayen areas with casualties and ruined buildings.
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Kobe-Osaka
Formosa
China
Carriers
Philippines
Imperial High Command
Tokyo Radio
Luzon
Urdaneta
Manila
Baguio
Agoo
Lingayen Gulf
Panipai
Paniqui
Camiling
Tarlac
Lingayeng
Lingayen
China Coast
Federal Communications Commission
Far East Air Force
Associated Press
Fred Hampson
U. S
Celebes
Moluccas
Borneo
New Guinea
Bismarck Archipelago
Russian Drive Threatens German Oil Supply
Washington experts said the Red Army smash into Silesia would deal the Nazis a severe blow to dwindling gasoline. Soviet troops driving through southwest Poland are depriving Germany of one of its last remaining oil sources.
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Washington
Germany
Red Army
Silesia
Poland
Krakow
Lodz
Kutno
Vistula
Moscow
Volksturm
Pittsburgh
Warsaw
Reich
Berlin
Marshal Konevy
Ukraine
Marshal Rokossovsky
Greater Assistance For Britain Is Urged
William L. Batt vice chairman of the War Production Board urged the United States to help a badly wounded Britain regain postwar economic health. Speaking to the Engineering Society of Cincinnati last night, Batt said the U S will need Britain to cooperate economically to win the peace as much as militarily in the war.
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Cincinnati
United States
Britain
William L. Batt
War Production Board
Batt
Engineering Society of Cincinnati
Nursing Draft Urged as Army Faces Nurse Shortage
Army surgeon general testified before a House committee that nursing care is inadequate amid a 270 percent rise in battle casualty patients. He cited patients increasing from 260,000 to 450,000 and monthly admissions of 30,000 to 32,000, with 15,000 leaving hospitals, urging selective service to fill the nurse shortage.
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Washington
Army
Norman T. Kirk
House Military Committee
Roosevelt
State of the Union
Congress
Kirk
Joint Boards To Continue After Germany Defeat
The United States Great Britain and Canada agree to keep the CPRB CFB and CRMB operating until Japan is defeated to ensure orderly filling of military and essential civilian needs. These boards with the Combined Chiefs of Staff Munitions Assignment Board and the Combined Shipping Adjustment Board form a tightly integrated inter Allied structure.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Canada
Japan
Germany
Combined Production and Resources Board
CPRB
Combined Food Board
CFB
Combined Raw Materials Board
CRMB
Combined Chiefs of Staff
Munitions Assignment Board
Combined Shipping Adjustment Board
Reams Plans To Visit Welfare Institutions
Columbus welfare director Frazier Reams said he would visit state institutions soon with a focus on mental hospital care. He will study recommendations to expand the present 23,700 bed capacity to 54,000 beds as urged by a mental health committee.
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Columbus
Frazier Reams
Flying General Killed In Assault on Reichs
Brig. Gen. Frederick W. Castle aged 36 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 mission.
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London
Frederick W. Castle
Washington, D. C
U. S
Eighth Air Force
Belgium
Castle
Negro Admits 1943 Slaying
Atlanta police report Horace Blalock a 30 year old Negro railroad worker confessed after 15 hours of questioning to killing Henry C Heinz banker and former Kiwanis International president in his home Sept 28 1943. The banker was shot by an intruder as his wife shielded herself in an adjoining room.
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Atlanta
Dekalb County
Leo Nahlik
Henry C. Heinz
Kiwanis International
Nahlik
Horace Blalock
Asa Candler
Coca Cola Company
Heinz
Nazi Bridgehead in Italy Is Wiped Out
Allied headquarters said counterattacking Eighth Army forces smashed a small German bridgehead on the south bank of the Senio River near Fusignano about 13 miles northeast of Faenza and drove the enemy back across the stream in Italy.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Senio
Fusignano
Faenza
16000 Soldiers Now Work in War Plants
A government official disclosed that over 16 000 troops have shifted from uniforms to industry to produce tires copper and foundry items. With 600 000 more needed for overseas duties by June 30 and 1 000 000 replacements trained the Army and Navy seek the 16 000 men returned to combat or support roles.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Cities Seek Greater Share of Sales Tax
The Ohio Conference of Mayors will ask the Legislature for a bigger city share of state sales tax revenue. They push private capital to remove blighted areas, state matching of local funds for indigent hospitalization, and routing the one cent gasoline tax to highway construction instead of general funds.
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Columbus
Ohio Conference of Mayors
Magnesium Furniture Predicted After War
Cleveland chemist N H Simpson, chief of the Consolidated Corporation, told a Magnesium Association meeting that postwar furniture made of magnesium could be portable enough for a woman to move without spousal aid. The Convair finish, developed for aircraft, is available in any color.
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Cleveland
N. H. Simpson
Consolidated Corporation
Magnesium Association
Three Die in Fire in Pittsburgh Family Tragedy
A wartime worker and two of his sons perished early today when a fire trapped them in Susie Garkle Braddock Hems area. Firefighters found and halted spread as authorities investigated the blaze and potential causes. Local officials expressed condolences to the family and community.
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Pittsburgh
Susie Garkle Braddock
Losses of 106th Are Placed at 8,663 Men
Washington reports the 106th Infantry Division losses at 8,663 for the Ardennes fighting. Official tallies include 416 killed, 1,246 wounded and 7,001 missing. Officers call the division’s stand gallant as many missing are presumed prisoners of war.
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Washington
Ardennes
Inaugural Speech Expected To Be Shortest
Washington reports President Roosevelt will take the oath for a fourth time in a wartime ceremony and deliver a brief address aimed at about 500 words possibly surpassing Lincolns wartime speech. Only 5 000 to 6 000 invited spectators attend with no seats, standing yards from the event behind an iron fence.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
Freeze of Shortening Orders Stuns Households
Washington report states housewives face rationing across a growing list of commodities. The OPA froze retail sales of lard shortening and certain oils until Monday to curb runs on scarce supplies while rationing is organized. A War Food Administration directive orders 40 percent of lard output reserved for the armed forces.
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Washington
OPA
War Food Administration
Landon Attacks U.S. Policy Toward Europe
In Cleveland Alf M Landon 1936 Republican presidential candidate condemned American isolationism in Europe and warned against imperialism by Russia and Britain. He told the Junior Chamber of Commerce last night that proposed territorial swaps to appease the victorious coalition would restore the old order.
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Cleveland
America
Europe
Alf M. Landon
Chamber of Commerce
Schools Not To Lose Funds Due To Storms
Ohio public schools will not lose state funds due to closures from winter storms. Delbert Woodford, assistant superintendent, said circulars are going to all school heads outlining the procedures after the largest disruption in pupil attendance in recent history.
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Columbus
Department of Education
Ohio
Delbert Woodford
Bricker to Deliver Lincoln Day Address in New York
Former Gov. John W. Bricker, the 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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Columbus
John W. Bricker
National Republican Club
New York
British U S Third Army Press Reich Border Tow n
Allied forces push from Holland Panhandle to Luxembourg as British Second Army and U S Third Army seize Hangen and Rosport near the Rhine. American Seventh Army gains and loses ground near Strasbourg while Ludendorff fronts shift with heavy fighting in Luxembourg Diekirch and German border towns.
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Lodz
Paris
Holland Panhandle
Luxembourg
Hongen
Reich
Third Army
Rosport
Trier
U. S. First Army
St. Vith
von Rundstedt
Belgium
Einel
Ardennes
France
Seventh Army
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Sessenheim
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Leutherheim
Hatten
Rhine
Rundstedt
Holland
Germany
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St. Vitch
Wiltz
Wallendorf
Hangen
Second Army
Roer River
U.S. Ninth Army
Echt
Schilberg
No Man’s Land
Nijmegen
Diekirech
Patton
Erpeldange
Bettendorf
Diekirch
Butzdorf
Luxembourg City
Wasserbilling
Moselle
Saar
Koblenz
Water shortage tightens Columbus reservoir supply
Columbus faces under three weeks of water in storage due to ongoing drought, said Clarence Hoover, superintendent of the water division. The warning underscores strain on local supply and the need for conservation measures.
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Columbus
Clarence Hoover
The
Water Division
Nation Alerted Against Three German Agents
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover issued a nationwide alert for three Nazi espionage agents trained in espionage and sabotage. They allegedly worked with Erich Gimpel and William Colepaugh who were arrested in New York last month after landing on the Maine coast from a submarine in November. Hoover urged the public to report suspicious persons to the nearest FBI office.
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
United States
Hoover
Erich Gimpel
William C. Colepaugh
New York
Maine
Declare Coupon Coal Rationing Impossible
Washington report states that the Solid Fuels Administration rules out any coupon rationing of coal. The agency notes current limits on shipments to consumers with large stocks as a practical form of restraint.
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Washington
Solid Fuels Administration
SFA
Mine blaze near Martin's Ferry quickly quenched
A fire broke out at the Florence Mine of the Youghspheny and Ohio Coal Co about two miles west of Martin's Ferry early yesterday and was soon extinguished. It caused no injuries and minimal damage, with crews on scene to prevent rekindling.
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Bellaire
Florence
Youghspheny
Ohio Coal Co
Martin's Ferry
Battle of Belgian Bulge Reforms Doughboys Attitude
The American First Army in Belgium reports a shift in mood among frontline troops after the Belgian Bulge. Doughboys now hate the Germans more intensely, viewing them as prolonging the war with no real aim of victory. They condemn Nazi brutality toward American prisoners and reject liberal gestures toward German officers as ineffective.
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Belgium
Malmedy
Channel
Nea-Acme
Harold Seigman
Signal Corps
NEA Radio
U.S.A
Belgian Bulge
Siegfried Line
von Rundstedt
Warsaw’s Finest Buildings Razed in Soviet Advance
Soviet war dispatches report Warsaw’s destruction as German forces retreat north and east. Royal Castle Belvedere Palace tomb of the unknown soldier and Chapman Monument are cited among razed landmarks. Reports describe fierce fighting along a Krakow Lodz corridor with massive Soviet advances and large prisoner captures.
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London
Russia
Warsaw
Red Army
Royal
Belvedere
Roosevelt couple heads to inauguration by air
Colonel James Roosevelt of the Marines and his wife departed Burbank California by plane last night to attend the President's inauguration. Local coverage notes the high profile travel for the event and the couple's arrival expectations in Washington D.C.
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Burbank
Calif
James Roosevelt
Marines
Hore
Lommollowes
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