Allied Air Power Scorches Pacific Front From Paramushiro to Burma
Allied air forces pound Japanese targets across the Pacific including Paramushiro and nearby airdromes. Liberator bombers strike Hongkong and Taroa. Ground fighting pushes toward Madang as Japanese counterattacks slow in Burma. MacArthur’s planes sink freighters as Australian and U.S. troops advance toward Madang and Saidor.
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Associated Press
Pacific Battlefront
Paramushiro
Bur
Pacific
Vunakanau
Rabaul
New Britain
Gasmata
Arawe
Borpop
New Ireland
Kara
Bougainville
MacArthur
Ramu
New Guinea
Faria
Madang
Sio
Saidor
Hukawng
Burma
Lido
China
Joseph Stilwell
Arakan
Russians Threaten Nazi Rail Line Near Leningrad
Soviet forces swept along the Volkhov River banks after wiping out a German bridgehead on the east bank and moved within 10 miles of Chudovo. The Red Army aims to cut another crucial rail line serving the enemy below Leningrad, signaling a widening drive on the German supply route.
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Mga
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Fragmented OCR summary misspelled local note
Incomplete text fragment about a local matter with names and places obscured. Appears to reference Mrs and a junction at a street with movements or meetings. Unclear events or dates due to OCR errors.
Vaudeville Dancer Dies in Cleveland Apartment Fire
Thomas Owley aged 65 perishes in a Cleveland apartment blaze while trying to dress for escape. He was overcome by smoke and suffocated as neighbors evacuated.
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Cleveland
Thomas Owley
Lewis outlines deal terms with AFL to reinstate United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis seeks readmission to the American Federation of Labor with terms that would include chemical workers alongside mine workers once readmitted. The nine months long application to reestablish the United Mine Workers faces questions over the AFL Progressive Mine Workers of America and chemical workers already in the AFL.
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Miami
Fla
John L. Lewis
American Federation of Labor
Lewis
AFL Executive Council
United Mine Workers
AFL Progressive Mine Workers of America
Illinois
Kentucky
AFL
No Time To Pull Punches By Sir John Dill
Sir John Dill told Detroit's Economic Club that progress on the German contract is satisfactory but now is not the time to pull punches. He said Germany has endured punishment yet still has punches left and urged continued sea land and air strikes until Germany falls and Japan is destroyed.
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Detroit
Sir John Dill
Economic Club Today
Germany
Combined Chiefs of Staff
Japan
Study Program Aims to Fight Juvenile Delinquency
COLUMBUS A state committee on youth in wartime meets today to develop a program for combatting increasing juvenile delinquency in Ohio. The committee sponsored by the State Defense Council will plan local youth committees using welfare educational and other facilities to meet the problems.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Defense Council
OHIO Driver Kills Clarington Mayor John Wesley Rove
Nine term mayor and justice of the peace John Wesley Rove, 73, was struck and killed by a hit and run vehicle in Clarington. Rove served as mayor and was a correspondent for Ohio Valley newspapers. His widow and 10 of 17 children survive.
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Clarington
John Wesley Rove
Ohio Valley
Post-War Planning Focuses On Jobs In Southeast Ohio
The Messenger announces a special 20 page section on post-war welfare tomorrow in Southeastern Ohio. It highlights the Committee for Economic Development’s push to create private sector jobs and the 2 Post-War Planning Committee’s work to guarantee employment for returning war heroes.
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Ohio
Committee For Economic Development
Athens
National Committee
Messenger
Farley Again Missing From Democrat Parley
Washington reports James A. Farley did not attend official committee sessions last week while serving as New York State chairman. He spoke with friends at committee headquarters and reiterated opposition to a fourth term, as he once opposed a third.
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Washington
James A. Farley
Robert E. Hannegan
Frank C. Walker
Farley
New York State
Ever Increasing Need for New Airports Stated
John M. Hagen of Middletown Ohio told a nine state regional airport planners conference that regardless of current airports more will be needed soon. As executive assistant of Aeronca Aircraft Corp he urged small privately owned fields to serve individuals or groups with aerial vehicles despite many problems to be solved.
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Kansas City
John M. Hagen
Middletown
Nine States
Hagen
Aeronca Aircraft Corp
Parachutes Save Army Fliers in Ohio Crash
Two Army fliers parachuted from a twin engined training plane before it crashed ten miles from Steubenville Ohio. Wright Field officers said Capt. John B McMullan director of personnel at Wright Field headquarters suffered a slight head injury. The pilot was Lt Haughton Ehringhouse.
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Steubenville
Wright Field
John B. McMullan
Haughton Ehringhouse
Tragedy Strikes Car Fatal as Train Hits Vehicle
Albert Sisson and his infant daughter from Sandusky were killed early today when their car was struck by a passing train. The incident occurred near Marion as the vehicle failed to clear the crossing. Investigators await full reports from the scene.
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Marion
Albert Sisson
Sandusky
St Louis Bus Hit by Train Kills Eight at Delmar
Eight people burned to death and ten injured, seven critically, when a city bus was struck by a Wabash passenger train near Delmar Boulevard Station. The bus split in two, gasoline flames engulfed the wreckage, and bystanders fought to help as a watchman had just left his post. A boy, Guybert Barnes, 11, crawled through a window to rescue his brother.
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ST. Louis
Delmar Boulevard
E. E. Gallagher
Guybert Barnes
Ohio plans milk boost by increasing dairy cows in 1944
Ohio agricultural leaders from 19 agencies urged shifting farm stocks from pigs and beef cattle to dairy cows. They propose 1,101,000 dairy cows in 1944, up from 1,077,000, to lift milk production to about 5.17 billion pounds, while trimming pigs to 900,000 litters and beef cattle and sheep numbers.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State University
State University Rural Economists
Army Repair Shop To Be Set Up at Newark Ohio
Maj. Gen. James L. Collins announced that an Army repair shop for reclamation and rebuilding of ordnance materiel will be established soon at Newark Ohio. The unit will join a national chain of centers for reconditioning equipment damaged in combat overseas or in training within the United States.
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Columbus
Newark
James L. Collins
Fifth Service Command
Tractor-trailer crash near Kent kills driver Robert Hampe
A tractor-trailer collided with a tree near Kent, injuring others and causing the death of 38 year old Robert Hampe of Pittsburgh. Police investigated the fatal crash and reported the driver’s death.
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Ravenna
Kent
Robert Hampe
Pittsburgh
Labor Draft FacesOpposition as Senate Divides on National Service
A Senate Military Committee survey shows five opposed to Roosevelt’s national labor draft plan, one in favor, and nine undecided with at least five leaning toward opposition. War Secretary Stimson plans another testimony as lawmakers question the need for civilian mobilization now.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Senate Military Committee
Roosevelt
Stimson
Hancock Launched at Fore River Shipyard in Quincy
The U S S Hancock slid down the ways at Fore River Shipyard in Quincy marking the ship’s keel of the Navy’s newest aircraft carrier. Mrs Dewitt C Ramsey wife of Rear Admiral Ramsey served as sponsor, continuing the Hancock name after Lexington and Wasp precedents in wartime naval fleets.
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Quincy
Mass
U. S. S. Hancock
Fore River
Lexington
Wasp
Massachusetts
John Hancock
Dewitt C. Ramsey
Ramsey
Fate of Rome in Nazi Hands
The report predicts Rome’s fate hinges on Nazi actions and a potential Allied approach through a German hold on the lines. Meanwhile Soviet advances push German forces back from Tosno and across Pripet Marshes, with progress noted near Krasnoye Selo and Lenin grad as other fronts report activity.
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Rome
Allied Bombers Raid Europe in Daylight
Large formations of Allied bombers crossed the English Channel to strike European targets by daylight. RAF Mosquitos had attacked Western Germany last night and returned safely. More than 200 American Marauders dropped 300 tons of bombs on the French invasion coast yesterday. Nazi fighters offered little resistance.
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London
English Channel
Germany
Elba
Nettuno
Anzio
Salerno
Eisenhower Also Chief of All
United States forces in the European theater will be under Gen Dwight D Eisenhower who has taken command of U S forces in addition to his duties as supreme commander of the main Allied invasion forces A Sunday announcement says the move will streamline headquarters and free personnel for field duty
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London
United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
U. S.S
Coast Guardsman and Nora the dog Save Life at Sea
Heroine Coast Guardsman C G Evans embraces Nora pet of a North Carolina Coast Guard station Nora was guest of honor at an ASPCA dinner in New York where she received a medal She was on beach patrol alone when she returned to station with Evans cap A search party found him near the water edge having fainted but Nora’s action may have saved his life
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Coast
Green Ration Stamps Valid Feb To March 20
Washington announces green stamps K L and M usable for processed foods from February 1 through March 20. They will be the last green series for processed foods, as ration tokens later start February 27 alongside blue stamps. Both stamp types valid until March 20. tokens may be used as change for green stamps. Green values stay 8 5 2 and 1 points. blue tokens equal 10 points.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
War Department halts work on steel plants
The War Production Board orders an immediate halt to construction of seven steel plants, including three in Ohio, as federal funds totaling 97 million dollars for steel facilities are paused. Some plants are nearly finished while funding distribution is suspended.
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War Department
Washington
War Production Board
Ohio
WPB
Mother Killed By Train After Saving Children
Mrs. Geneva Leona Niswander 25 of Fostoria died after pulling her three children from a stalled automobile and returning to the vehicle on railroad tracks. The accident occurred near Halatea in Wood County.
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Horton Terry
U. S
North Baltimore
Geneva Leona Niswander
Fostoria
Halatea
Wood County
Dry Winter Threatens Worst Drought in Years
Ohio faces its driest winter in years with winter wheat damaged and water shortages feared. State geologist Dr. Wilbur Stout notes four months of rainfall below normal, while the water table fell 20 inches in the year. Southern Ohio counties including Washington, Gallia, Brown, Clermont and Hamilton feel the impact. Lake Erie region cited as critical. Cleveland reports relief with snow. The state farm pond program reports 17 dams completed, 3 under construction, 21 surveys and 19 applications filed. farmers share construction costs.
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Columbus
Ohio
Wilbur Stout
Ohio Water Supply Board
David S. Harker
Water Supply Board
Harker
Dr. Stout
Washington
Gallia
Brown
Clermont
Hamilton
Clarence M. Kruger
Berlin Heights
Erie County
Lake Erie
Cleveland
Cleveland Weather Bureau
Cooperative Farm Pond Development Bureau
State Division of Conservation and Natural Resources
Bureau
Allied push toward Rome drives Cassino front
Allied forces drive four miles inland from the Cassino front and threaten Rome within artillery range as German forces shift to counterattack. American and British troops push through the Rapido and Nettuno bridgeheads while German reserves evacuate Rome.
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Algiers
Rome
Appian Way
Pontine
United Nations
Tenth Army
Cassino
Rapido River
Fifth Army
Rapido
Nettuno
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