Major Battle Inside Reich Is Predicted
Massive German forces move from the Ardennes toward Poland and the Reich as Allied forces press through Saint Vith and Haguenau while British Second Army reaches Heinsberg and advances toward the Roer. American and British air and ground actions disrupt eastbound traffic and trains, signaling a major prolonged confrontation.
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Ateuse River
Heinsberg
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Clerve
Luxembourg
Binsfield
90Th Infantry
Sixth Cavalry
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Vianden
Ardennes
The
Beef Demand Up Amid War Strains Across Europe
The report notes civilians in the American and British sectors face meat shortages as rail traffic slows and transports are disrupted. Officials estimate an 8 percent rise in meat for civilians, with 4 percent less veal, 13 percent less veal, and 18 percent less pork, while locomotives and rail lines suffer damage and shortages persist.
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Mand
New Orleans
Dusseldorf
Hannover
George M. Lewis
Chicago
RAF
Jap Island Attacked by Superforts
Allied air forces struck Iwo Jima and Formosa as B29s and Liberators hammered targets across the Pacific. Japanese defenses stiffened over Nagoya with heavy losses claimed by U.S. forces while Manila advances pressed toward Clark Field. Reports describe Camp O’Donnell horrors and desolate ruins as Filipino and American prisoners remain a grim remembrance of the war.
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Ress
Iwo Jima
Nagoya
Tokyo
U.S. 14Th Corps
Manila
Glark
Philippines
O'Donnell
Bataan
Burma
China
Japan
Formos
Kuniahi
Laon Isand
Brines
Associated ‘Press
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Samoan
Barasy Fe
Clark
Bamban
Nimitz
Okinawa
Ryukyu Islands
Millard F. Harmon
Apa
Prices May Be Cut Vegetable Costs Talked in Columbus
Gov Lausche met Republican leaders in Columbus to discuss operating within current conditions. Democratic legislators in his party were present, signaling potential action on price controls. In Chicago, prices of fresh vegetables were debated with suggestions of possible 1945 ceiling reductions by the Office of Price Administration.
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Lausche
Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Gigreed
Chicago
Geoffrey Baker
Office of Price Administration
Dre
Nazi War Outlook and Labor Shifts Across the Front
Allied wartime reports discuss possible German retreat tactics and the impact of Soviet offensives on the eastern front. Soviet casualties cited and German manpower estimates noted, with speculation on strategic moves and the transfer of workers to high priority war jobs. Labor shifts include plans to pull workers from breweries and cement plants as non essential production is reduced. The Washington scene includes Frances Perkins’ resignation and its possible impact on Roosevelt's administration.
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Moscow
Poland
Allentown
War “Manpower Commission
Indus- Yeft
Frank Maguire
WMC
Directo
Hitler
Ning
Dencig
Maguire
Posnan and Breau
Stick
Washington
Mental Hygiene Commission to hear insanity plea in Switzer case
Huntington W Va cabell County Mental Hygiene Commission meets to review request for an insanity hearing for Nellie K Switzer 52 charged with the killing of her daughter Polly S Saunders 21 wife of a sailor. Saunders was to depart yesterday to rejoin her husband at Bainbridge Naval Base. Switzer told the matron she could not bear to see her baby go.
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Huntington
W. Va
Cabell County Mental Hygiene Commission
Nellie K. Switzer
Polly S. Saunders
Hear More Testimony On Ohio Milk Control
In Columbus today War Food Administration official C krau heard additional testimony on federal milk control for Central Ohio. Milk producers petition for federal oversight while dealers oppose. Yesterday's session focused on who qualifies as producer and handler and on definitions involved.
Margarine Point Cost to Rise in February Rations Adjusted
The Office of Price Administration announces February ration changes. Margarine points rise from two to three per pound starting Sunday, other fat and pork item points adjust while red point values for bread and meat remain largely unchanged. Butter stays at 24 points per pound. Five week February period brings smaller civilian meat supplies and revised red and blue stamps with new point values.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Peerea Arcae
Settlement of Strife Urged Amid World Tensions
Washington urged Yugoslavia and China to settle internal disputes. The statements, by acting Secretary of State Joseph C. Grew, asked rival factions to reach agreements as Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin face political pressure. The U S signaled willingness to aid Chiang Kai Shek's government in negotiating with the Communists in the north.
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Yugolavia
China
United States
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Joseph C. Grew
Yugoslavia
Chiang Kai-Shek
Grew
Nazis Report Anglo Yankee Spies Executed
German Transocean Agency said eighteen British and American agents were captured behind the front in Slovakia. Interrogation showed they planned sabotage and espionage for Anglo American interests. They wore civilian dress and were sentenced to death by a military tribunal and executed by shooting.
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Slovakia
Transocean
Berlin
Green
Emer
Serman Prisoner Camp In Path of Red Drive
A large prisoner of war camp for American officers sits along a Russian thrust through Northwestern Poland. The advance raises hope of release but Germans shift prisoners to other camps as fronts threaten the area.
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Serman
Red
Ermany
Athway
Poland
Messenger Applies for Athens FM Broadcast Station
The Messenger Publishing Company filed with the Federal Communications Commission for an FM station at Athens on 49,100 kilocycles. The Athens based publishers seek to serve the local area with new frequency allocation and broadcasting service.
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The
Messenger Publishing Company
Athens (Ohio
Federal Communicatio Commission
Athens
Major Battle Reported in Prospect in Poznan Area
Russian troops march through Silesian prize cities Oppeln and Gleiwitz driving toward Brieg and Cosel while reports say Konev’s men have not crossed the Oder though a bridgehead exists. Zhukov’s drive nears Poznan as fighting tightens along the Oder and in East Prussia with Rokossovsky close to key railway lines.
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Volkssturm
London
Oppeln
Gleiwitz
Brieg
Cosel
Oder
Moscow
Associated Press
Ivan Konev
Reuters
Konev
Germany
Brieg Les
Breslau
People's Army
Red Army
Poland
Marshal Zhukov
Berlin
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High Command
Armans
Reich
Krakow
Miakow
Jablunka
Czechoslovakia
East Prussia
Mareshal Rokossovsky
Junkers
Russians Shell Cities on Oder Front Near Breslau
Soviet and German reports detail Russian shelling of western Oder areas near Breslau and Oppeln as Konev’s forces press deeper into Silesia. Berlin confirms attacks east of Breslau and notes German defenses around Cosel and Ohlau while Zhukov fronts push toward Elbing and Poznan with heavy infantry activity reported.
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Cosel
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Ohlau
Brieg
Moscow
Eddy Gilmore
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Gilmore
NBC
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Sec
Silsia
Marshal Zhukov
Chicago
Poznan
Ohioan charged with train wreck attempt
A Baltimore Fairfield man Sherman D Consolver 40 was held on charges of attempting to wreck a New York Central freight train Sunday night. Federal agents arrested him yesterday. C Weeks head of the Cincinnati FBI office said Consolver admitted wedging pieces of steel on a curve near Thurston. the engine was not damaged.
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Sherman D. Consolver
Baltimore
Fairfield
New York Central
Federal Bureau of Investiagents
C. ‘Weeks
Cincinnati
FBI
Consolver
Thurston
Hindenburg coffin moved and memorial blown up by Nazis
A Nazi claim reports Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg's coffin and the Hindenburg memorial blown up as East Prussian towns fell to Soviet advance. The report also mentions removal of the coffin of Hindenburg's wife and flags from East and West Prussian regiments. In other notices, Pastor Nagar Hurst Cherrington, 85, a Methodist clergyman, died in Delaware after serving in multiple Ohio cities. Also noted, E Ward of Chardon, former Republican state representative, serves as a liaison for Gov Lausche.
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Lunvun
Columbus
Nagar Hurst Cherrington
Delawar
Cincinnati
Piqua
Urbana
Toedo
Bowling Green
Oxford
Xenia
Mechanicsburg
Lausche
P. E. Ward
Chardon
Ohio House of Representatives
Tour Rma
Frank J. Lausche
Production of Low Cost Clothing Under New WPR Plan
Washington reports a new government plan to boost production and reduce consumer costs for low and medium priced clothing including children’s and workers’ garments. The program aims to prevent a shift to higher priced items by ensuring more low priced goods reach the market, with emphasis on manufacturers willing to produce affordable lines and prioritizing steady supply over price hikes.
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Washington
Govrnment
OPA
Tina
Willy
Perry T. Ford
Thevisers Gould Femainact
Wallace and Jones Called in Cabinet Feud Hearing
The cabinet feud involving Wallace and Jones surfaced as officials prepared for an afternoon hearing. President Roosevelt had ousted Commerce Secretary and loan administrator nominee Wallace, with confirmation tests pushed to a later stage as a bill to split financial duties from the commerce secretary’s remit was debated.
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Houston
Roosevelt
Wallace
Yesterddiny
George
D-Ga
Commerce
Bakers face extended OPA limits says official
C C McBee district food rationing officer told the Ohio Bakers Association that no easing of wartime price controls is expected for at least three months. He cited the need to build up a backlog before any relaxation could be achieved and said restrictions would continue.
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Columbus
Bakers
C. C. McBee
Ohio Bakers’ Association
American army counts sentenced to 25 years hard labor
A court martial in Paris sentences American soldiers to 25 years at hard labor for railway looting cases. The proceeding targets multiple defendants, with the court asserting strict discipline within the forces stationed abroad.
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