Allied Air Power Pummels Japanese Bases Across Pacific Front
Allied air forces strike Paramushiro and other northern targets while raids hit Rabaul Gasmata and Bougainville airfields. Liberator escorts attack Hong Kong and Taroa. Ground forces push toward Madang as Stilwell reports Japanese counterattacks on the Arakan front in Burma.
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Pacific Battlefront
Paramushiro
Burma
Tokyo
Hongkong
Taroa
Marshall Islands
United Nations
Madang
New Guinea
Kuriles
Pacific
Vunakanau
Rabaul
New Britain
Gasmata
Arawe
Borpop
New Ireland
Kara
Bougainville
MacArthur
Ramu
Faria
Sio
Saidor
Hukawng
Lido
China
Joseph Stilwell
Arakan
Vaudeville Dancer Dies in Cleveland Apartment Fire
Thomas Owle a 65 year old former vaudeville dancer died from smoke suffocation in a Cleveland apartment fire raised when he delayed dressing to flee. The blaze started early today. investigators seek the cause.
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Cleveland
Thomas Owle
Lewis outlines his deal to AFL and chemical workers
John L. Lewis seeks readmission to the American Federation of Labor with terms to add chemical workers alongside mine workers. The AFL Executive Council weighs jurisdiction over the Progressive Mine Workers of America and chemical workers as it revisits the United Mine Workers application.
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Lewis
Miami
Fla
John L. Lewis
American Federation of Labor
AFL Executive Council
United Mine Workers
AFL Progressive Mine Workers of America
Illinois
Kentucky
AFL
No Time To Pull Punches
British Field Marshal Sir John Dill told Detroit's Economic Club that progress on the German contract is satisfactory but not a time to pull punches. He said Germany has punishments left and urged continued sea land and air strikes until she cannot endure more, then focus on Japan. He stated the Allies are equally committed to defeating Japan.
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Detroit
John Dill
Economic Club Today
Germany
Combined Chiefs of Staff
Japan
Study Program To Fight Juvenile Delinquency
A state committee on youth in wartime meets in Columbus to draft a program against rising juvenile delinquency in Ohio. The plan calls for local youth committees using welfare educational and recreational facilities to address youth problems.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Defense Council
Hit Skip Driver Kills Mayor of Clarington
A hit and run driver struck and killed nine term mayor John Wesley Rose 73 of Clarington who also served as a justice of the peace and newspaper correspondent for Ohio Valley papers. His widow and 10 of 17 children survive.
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Clarington
John Wesley Rose
Ohio Valley
Postwar planning and jobs drive in Athens and SE Ohio
The article outlines a national and local push for postwar planning to secure jobs for returning servicemen. It notes the Committee for Economic Development guidance and a Athens planning group to ensure employment, with The Messenger publishing a 20 page postwar special on views, plans, and economic outlook.
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Athens
Wat
National Committee
Ohio
Win
Messenger
Farley Still Absent From Democratic Parley
Washington reports James A. Farley the New York State chairman remains missing from Democratic national committee sessions as Robert E. Hannegan assumes the chair. Farley opposed a fourth term just as he opposed a third, sources say.
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Washington
James A. Farley
Robert E. Hannegan
Frank C. Walker
Farley
New York State
Ever Increasing Need for New Airports Says Executives
Kansas City report quotes John M. Hagen of Middletown Ohio at a nine state regional airport planners conference. He argues that no matter how many airports exist, many more will be needed and supports small privately owned fields to accommodate individual aerial vehicles.
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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 reported Captain John B. McMullan director of personnel at Wright Field suffered a slight head injury. The pilot was Lt Haughton Ehringhouse.
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Steubenville
Wright Field
John B. McMullan
Haughton Ehringhouse
Tragic Car Train crash claims Sisson family
Albert Sisson and his infant daughter of Sandusky were killed early today when their car was struck by a train. The collision occurred as they traveled near the crossing, and local authorities are investigating the incident to determine fault and safety factors.
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Marion
Albert Sisson
Sandusky
Bus Train Crash Kills Eight in St Louis Suburb
A Wabash passenger train hit a city bus near Delmar Boulevard Station, burning the vehicle and killing eight passengers. Ten more injured, seven critically, as flames from the gasoline tank engulfed the wreckage. bystanders worked to rescue victims amid the hot debris. E. E. Gallagher recalled passengers screaming and a woman's fatal suffering, while Guybert Barnes, 11, crawled through a broken window to save his 16-year-old brother. The collision happened 45 minutes after the crossing watchman left duty.
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ST. Louis
Delmar Boulevard
E. E. Gallagher
Guybert Barnes
Ohio urged to shift livestock toward dairy cows in 1944
Ohio agricultural leaders from 15 agencies met at Ohio State University and urged cutting pigs beef cattle sheep herds and increasing dairy cows to boost milk output. They propose pigs from 1 078 000 litters in 1943 to 900 000 in 1944 beef cattle from 2 284 000 head to 2 213 000 and sheep and lambs drop by 30 000. Dairy cows would rise from 1 077 000 to 1 191 000 aiming for 5 170 000 000 pounds of milk.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State University
Army Repair Shop To Be Set Up at Newark
Newark Ohio will host a new Army repair shop for reclamation and rebuilding of ordnance materiel Maj. Gen. James L. Collins announced. The Newark unit will join a network of centers reconditioning equipment damaged or worn by combat overseas or training here at home.
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Newark
Columbus
James L. Collins
Fifth Service Command
Trucker Dead After Tractor-Trailer Hits Tree Near Kent
A tractor-trailer struck a tree near Kent, injuring others and killing driver Robert Hampe, 38, of Pittsburgh. Authorities reported the fatal crash and ongoing investigation.
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Ravenna
Kent
Robert Hampe
Pittsburgh
Labor Draft Faces Senate Skepticism On Capitol Hill
A small Senate Military Committee majority shows doubt about Roosevelt's civilian labor draft plan. Five oppose, one supports, nine undecided with at least five leaning against. War Secretary Stimson argued for the proposal and will again address the committee.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Senate Military Committee
Roosevelt
Stimson
Hancock Launched as Navy's New Aircraft Carrier
In Quincy Massachusetts the U S S Hancock slid down the ways for her first sea entry at the Fore River Shipyard. Sponsor Mrs Dewitt C Ramsey wife of Rear Admiral Ramsey attended the ceremony. The ship bears the name of Massachusetts patriot John Hancock the Declaration signer.
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Quincy
Mass
U. S. S. Hancock
Wavs
Fore River
Lexington
Wasp
Massachusetts
John Hancock
Dewitt C. Ramsey
Ramsey
Russians Threaten Nazi Rail Line Near Leningrad
Soviet forces advancing along both banks of the Volkhov River have wiped out a German bridgehead on the east bank and reached about 10 miles from Chudovo. The Red Army threatens to sever another key enemy rail line south of Leningrad, signaling a critical strategic move.
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Moscow
Volkhov
Red Army
Chudovo
Leningrad
Tosne
Leningard
Tosno
Pustinka
Mga
Pripet
White Russia
Simonovich
Mozyr
Fate of Rome in Nazi Hands
Wartime dispatches discuss a potential turn in Rome with the Nazis holding lines around the city and the Allies possibly advancing if the Germans retreat or stand their ground. Reports highlight Soviet offensives near Leningrad, in White Russia, and Crimea with shifting front lines and troop movements across multiple fronts.
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Rome
Washington
Vatican
Allied Bombers Raid Europe in Daylight
Large formations of Allied aircraft crossed the English Channel to strike European targets by daylight. RAF Mosquitos attacked Western Germany last night and returned without loss. More than 200 American Marines bombed the French invasion coast with 300 tons of explosives. Nazi fighters offered little resistance.
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London
English Channel
Germany
Eisenhower Heads All U S Forces in Europe
London dispatch reports General Dwight D. Eisenhower now commands all United States forces in the European theater in addition to his role as supreme commander of the main Allied invasion. The move aims to streamline headquarters and free personnel for field duty.
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London
United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
U. S
Coast Guardsman Honored by Dog Nora at New York ASPCA Dinner
Heroine Nora, the Coast Guard dog of a North Carolina station, earned a medal at a New York ASPCA dinner after her quick action saving C. G. Evans. During a beach patrol she retrieved Evans’s cap, and a search party found him collapsed near the water’s edge.
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Coast
Green Ration Stamps Sets Feb. 1 Start Date
The Office of Price Administration announced green stamps L and M will be valid for processed foods from February 1 to March 20. Blue ration tokens begin February 27 and run with green stamps until March 20. Tokens will be given as change for both stamps. green values are 8 5 2 and 1 points while blue is 10 points. Plan use of green stamps before the blue period.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
War Department halts steel plant construction nationwide
The War Production Board recommends an immediate halt on seven steel plant projects including three in Ohio, all ordered when steel was scarce. WPB urges suspending $97,000,000 in federal funds for these facilities, some nearly finished, to conserve materials and prioritize supplies elsewhere.
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Washington
War Production Board
Ohio
WPB
Mother Dies Saving Children in Train Disaster
Geneva Leona Niswander 25 of Fostoria sacrificed her life to rescue her three children after a car stalled on the tracks. The passenger train struck the vehicle near Halatea Wood County, killing Niswander and leaving her family to mourn.
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Baltimore
Geneva Leona Niswander
Fostoria
Halatea
Wood County
Dry Winter Threatens Worst Drought in Years
Ohio faces a severe drought with winter dryness damaging the wheat crop and threatening agricultural losses similar to the 1933-34 shortage. Rainfall over four months totaled about six inches while the normal fall exceeds ten inches, raising water-table declines and widespread well drying across the state. The most affected counties include Washington Gallia Brown Clermont and Hamilton with Lake Erie area also described as critical. Cleveland reports near drought relief with 2.4 inches of snow over the period and dam construction efforts expand to conserve water.
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Columbus
Ohio
Wilbur Stout
Ohio Water Supply Board
David S. Harker
Water Supply Board
Harker
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
Nazi Drive On Cassino Front Opens
Allied forces push four miles inland near Cassino while Rome enters artillery range. German Tenth Army shifts to offense, counterattacking across the Rapido as Nettuno and Anzio bridgeheads expand under Allied landings.
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Allied
Algiers
Rome
Appian Way
Pontine
United Nations
Tenth Army
Cassino
Rapido
Fifth Army
Nettuno
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Konstantin Rokossovsky
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Communist Party
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Europe
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