Kobe Osaka Industrial Area Hit by B 29 Raids
American B 29s struck the Kobe Osaka industrial zone midday as part of a broad Pacific raid arc. Reports say Tokyo acknowledged damage while fighting continued on Luzon as U S forces push toward Baguio and Lingayen Gulf.
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Kobe-Osaka
Japan
Associated Press
Pacific
Formosa
China Coast
Carriers
China
Philippines
Imperial High Command
Kohbe-Osaka
Tokyo
Luzon
Urdaneta
Lirdaneta
Highway Three
Manila
Baguis
Agoo
Lingayen Gulf
Baguio
Russian Drive Menaces German Oil Supply
Washington experts warn that the Red Army advance into Silesia and Soviet thrusts through Southwest Poland threaten Germanys dwindling gasoline supply. The German war effort risks a severe blow as tank reserves thin and oil sources erode under Allied pressure.
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Washington
Germany
Red Army
Silesia
Poland
Greater Assistance For Britain Urged By Wartime Official
William L. Batt, vice chairman of the War Production Board, told the Engineering Society of Cincinnati that the United States must aid a badly wounded Britain to restore postwar economy. He argued U S support is essential for victory in peace as well as in war.
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Cincinnati
United States
Britain
William L. Batt
War Production Board
Batt
Engineering Society of Cincinnati
Drafting of Nurses Urged to Meet War Needs
Army Surgeon General tells House Military Committee that nursing shortages hinder care as battle casualties surge 270 percent. He supports President Roosevelt’s proposal for selective service to rapidly fill nurse vacancies amid growing hospital loads and sicker personnel. Major General Norman T. Kirk notes 30,000 to 32,000 patients arrive monthly, double the rate of mid 1944, with 15,000 leaving hospitals monthly.
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Ord.iru
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 extend until Japan's defeat the wartime machinery coordinating production and allocation of vital war supplies and food. The CPRB CFB and CRMB will continue postwar to ensure orderly filling of military and civilian needs.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Canada
Japan
Germany
Combined Production and Resources Board
CPRB
Combined Food Board
CFB
Combined
Reams Plans To Visit Welfare Institutions Soon
Columbus welfare director Frazier Reams said he would visit state institutions, focusing on mental hospitals and considering expanding beds from 23,700 to 54,000 per a mental health committee recommendation. London reported Brig. Gen. Frederick W. Castle, 36, of Washington, killed leading a U S Eighth Air Force bombing raid against the German drive in Belgium on December 24.
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Reams
Reich
Columbus —To
Frazier Reams
London
Frederick W. Castle
Washington
U. S
Eighth Air Force
Belgium
Castle
Losses of 106th Placed at 8,663 Men in Ardennes Fight
Washington reports the American Army 106th Infantry Division total losses tally 8,663 with 416 killed 1,245 wounded and 7,001 missing. Officers say the unit made a gallant stand in the Ardennes center of the German offensive, many listed as missing presumed prisoners of war.
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Washington
Ardennes
Roosevelt Inaugural Speech Poised For Shortest On Record
Wartime ceremony plans a short oath and a 500 word address by President Roosevelt. Only 5 000 to 6 000 guests invited with no seats provided, spectators to stand 200 yards away behind a fence. News notes include a separate DeKalb County murder confession involving Henry C Heinz.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
Essed
Dekalb County
Leo Nahlik
Henry C. Heinz
Atlanta
Kiwanis International
Nahlik
Horace Blalock
Asa Candler
Cota Cola Company
Heinz
Freeze of Shortening Sales Affects Households
Washington heads of households scramble to budget for fats and oils as the OPA freezes retail sales of lard shortening and salad oils until Monday. Each product will be rationed at two red points per pound. The halt aims to prevent runs on scarce supplies while rationing takes effect, tied to a War Food Administration directive that 40 percent of lard output goes to the armed forces.
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Washington
OPA
War Food Administration
Allied smash of Senio bridgehead near Fusignano
Allied forces report counterattack by the Eighth Army has crushed a small German bridgehead on the south bank of the Senio River established earlier this week near Fusignano about 13 miles northeast of Faenza.
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Rome
Senio
Fusignano
Faenza
16000 Soldiers Now Work in War Plants
A government official disclosed that more than a full division of troops has moved from uniforms to overalls to produce tires copper and foundry products. The Army and Navy estimate 600000 more men are needed for overseas duty by June 30 with 1000000 replacements, and seek these 16000 men to return to industry.
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Pan~ipui
Manila
Paniqui
Camiling
Tarlac
Lingayen
Formosa
China Coast
Associated Press
Fred Hampson
Luzon
U. S
Philippines
Celebes
Moluccas
Borneo
New Guinea
Bismarck Archipelago
Washington
Iwi
The
Amy
Navy
Cities Seek Greater Share of Sales Tax
Columbus report: the Ohio Conference of Mayors plans to ask the Legislature for a bigger city share of state sales tax revenue. It advocates private capital for blighted areas, state matching funds for indigent hospitalization, and directing the one cent gasoline tax to highway construction rather than the general fund.
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Columbus
Ohio Conference of Mayors
Magnesium Furniture Predicted After War in Cleveland
Magnesium furniture may enter postwar life as light enough for a single woman to move without help. N Y H Simpson chief chemist of Consolidated Corp spoke at the Magnesium Association meeting in Cleveland about new aircraft finish colors and uses. Carol Lynne Clifford three months old daughter of a Common Pleas judge suffocated in bed in Columbus. A wartime worker and two sons perished in a fire in Pittsburgh trapping them in their home.
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Cleveland
Kaby
Columbus—V
Carol Lynne
Clifford
Common Pleas
Joseph M. Clifford
Landon Critiques U S Europe Policy From Cleveland
Alf M. Landon, 1936 Republican presidential hopeful, told the Junior Chamber of Commerce in Cleveland that the United States pursues an isolationist Europe policy. He argued the proposed swapping of territories to satisfy victorious coalition claims is a return to old border principles and reflects imperialist bends by Russia and Britain.
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Cleveland
UPI
America
Europe
Alf M. Landon
Chamber of Commerce
Schools Not To Lose Funds Due To Storms
The Ohio Department of Education assures public schools they will not lose state funds due to closings from winter storms. Delbert Woodford, assistant superintendent, says circulars explaining procedures are being sent to all principals as attendance disruption ranks among the largest in recent history. Bricker to Speak in New York Feb 12.
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Columbus
Department of Education
Ohio
Delbert Woodford
British Troops and U S Third Army Reach German Border
Allied forces advancing from Holland to Luxembourg push German lines back as British troops seize Hengen inside the Reich and the U S Third Army occupies Rosport near Trier. In Alsace and near Strasbourg, American units lose some footholds but capture towns as operations widen toward the Rhine.
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Paris
Holland Panhandle
Luxembourg
Hengen
Reich
Third Army
Rosport
Trier
U. S. First Army
St. Vith
von Rundstedt
Belgium
Binet
Ardennes
Germany
Ardennes Bulge
Dusseldorf
St. Vitch
Wiltz
Wallendorf
No Man’s Land
Ni- Amegen
Diekirch
Pat[ton
Erpeldange
Bettendorf
Butzdorf
Luxembourg City
Wasserhilling
Moselle
Saar
Rhine
Koblenz
Lodz Taken as Russians Smash Ahead
Soviet forces pressed a major push toward Berlin with Red Army troops entering Lodz Poland's key industrial city as Cossacks and Siberian horsemen led the advance. The offensive rolled 70 miles from Warsaw to Lodz in two days signaling possible complete Budapest liberation and rapid Reich retreat.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Lodz
Poland
Reich
Warsaw
Budapest
Moscow
Silesian
Bressaix
Rokossovsky
Przasnysz
Konigsberg
Zhukov
Ikonev
Bursa
Theest
Danube
Red Air Force
Modlin
I Warsaw
Bilica
Declare Coupon Coal Rationing Impossible
Washington reports the Solid Fuels Administration dismisses any plan for coupon coal rationing saying such a move is out of the question. A spokesman noted current limits on coal shipments already restrict supplies for consumers with large stocks. Water scarcity in Columbus and a mine fire near Marlin’s Ferry were reported amid ongoing drought and reduced reservoir levels.
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Washington
Solid Fuels Administration
SFA
Columbus
Bellaire
Florence
Ohio
Clarence Hoover
Marlin's Ferry
Nation alert on three German espionage agents
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover issued a nationwide alert for three Nazi espionage agents trained in sabotage and linked to the Linberg ring suspects. He urged citizens to report suspicious persons to the nearest FBI office.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
United States
Hoover
Withrich Gimpel
William C. Cole
Paugh
FBI
New York
Maine
Battle turns Doughboys against Nazis on front
HAL BOYLE reports from the American First Army in Belgium that after the Belgian Bulge American troops have shifted from chummy conduct to a harsher, more vengeful stance toward German soldiers. They condemn Nazi brutality and favor a tougher approach, feeling war aims require no concessions or niceties.
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Hal Boyle
Belgium
iPelayed Ip
Jover-Caner
USA
Belgian Bulge
Siegfried Line
von ‘Rundstedt
Warshaw’s Finest Buildings Razed In Warsaw Retreat
A leading war correspondent reports German forces destroyed Warsaw’s landmark sites as they yielded to the Red Army. The Royal Castle, Belvedere Palace, the tomb of the unknown soldier, and the Chopin Monument are listed among notable structures razed. Moscow says Polish fronts opened toward Krakow and Lodz as Soviet armies press the German line.
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London
Russia
Warsaw
Red Army
Royal
Belvedere
Krakow
Lodz
Kutyno
Vistula
Moscow
Volksturm
Poland
Pittsburgh
Reich
Berlin
Marshal Konev
Ukraine
Rokossovsky
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Faye Emerson
Col
Elliott Roosevelt
Memphis
Tenn
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NEA
Italy
Landon
Bricker
John W. Bricker
National Republican Club
Gregory Zhukovlop
Ivan S. Konev
Nation
Guration Burbank
Calif
James Roosevelt
Marines
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