Decalcomania Aims to Speed Warplane Scoring
In the South Pacific fliers replace painted score marks with decalcomania decals. Captain Gordon L. Kelley became the first to apply ten decals to a Boeing Flying Fortress. The Army Air Corps supply office seeks more decals and symbols including submarines transports ships and carriers with Tokyo maps planned for later use.
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Honolulu
South Pacific
Solomons
Army
Gordon L. Kelley
Lake Forest
Ill
Army Air Corps Supply Office
Biff
Vincent J. Masur
Bricker Urges U S Postwar World Involvement
Gov. John W. Bricker told the sixth General Assembly of State Governments that the United States must participate in world affairs after the war. Ohio's governor said no one can stay out, and Gov. Harold E. Stassen agreed isolationism is over. Both have been named possible 1944 Republican candidates. Bricker said wartime emergency powers are unnecessary.
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Baltimore
John W. Bricker
United States
Sixth
General Assembly of
Ohio
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Bricker
Stassen
Logan Woman Mary Isabel Tignor dies in Columbus
Funeral services will be held Tuesday morning at the Iron Street Christian Church for Mary Isabel Tignor 86 widow of Nicodemus Tignor. She died Saturday in St Francis Hospital Columbus after a December 22 admission for a broken hip. Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. Survived by sons John Columbus Frank New Gallilee Pa Samuel Iles Haydenville and sister Mrs Joe Collins Logan.
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Logan
Iron Street Christian Church
Mary Isabel Tignor
Nicodemus Tignor
St. Francis Hospital
Columbus
W. E. Appleman
Oak Grove Cemetery
John
Frank
New Gallilee
Samuel Iles
Haydenville
Joe Collins
Germans Arrest 6000 Marseille Residents
The Vichy radio reported French police arrested 6,000 people in Marseille on German orders to safeguard order after occupation forces decreed evacuation of the old port for military and security reasons. Berlin radio later said the old city area will be demolished except for archaeological or historical sites.
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London
Vichy Radio
Marseille
DNB
Berlin
Woollcott Dies During Broadcast on Radio
New York report says author and critic Alexander Woollcott 56 died of a heart attack during a radio program just before midnight Saturday Funeral plans were expected to be completed today His final remark disputed Hitler as the sole cause of the world’s woes arguing Germany bore responsibility
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New York
Alexander Woollcott
Woollcott
Hitler
Germany
May Dim Out Whole Nation
Washington officials say the War Production Board's power division is weighing a possible order to dim bright main street lights and storefronts to save coal used for electric power. A spokesman, speaking anonymously, said no decision has been made and there is no general power shortage at present.
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Washington
WPB
America
War Production Board
MacArthur outlines swift war goal in Pacific push
Gen Douglas MacArthur argues that victory in the Pacific will come from continuous air powered blows and rapid air supported offensives tested at the Papuan campaign. He cites air landings that transported troops and equipment as key to defeating Japan while warning of a counter blow.
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Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Francis Forde
MacArthur
White Bread Is Plentiful
CHICAGO readers note a wartime shift back to abundant white bread as wheat scarcity in 25 years past gave way to the return of staple loaves. Millers report many people dropped bread during the last conflict and even later limited white bread consumption with wheatless days and a daily wheatless meal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U S Minister Jay Moffat Dies in Ottawa
Jay Pierrepont Moffat, United States minister to Canada since 1940, died unexpectedly yesterday in Ottawa, removing a prominent figure from the diplomatic corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Canada
Jay Pierrepont Moffat
United States
Marshall May Become Allied Chief in Europe
British newspapers report speculation that General George C. Marshall could be named commander in chief of Allied forces in Europe. Washington observers and The Daily Mail correspondent foresee an imminent official announcement as Allied strategy for 1943 centers on a broad offensives to defeat the Axis.
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Joseph T. McNarney
War Department
General Staff
Senate
Treasury
Brookings Institution
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Edward J. Flynn
Democratic National Committee
Australia
London
George C. Marshall
Walter Farr
Washington
The
Daily Mail
General Marshall
Farr
Churchill
Sir Percy Noble
Germany
Hitler
Russia
Gibraltar
Spain
Mediterranean
England
U Boats Toll 601 Ships Sunk Since Pearl Harbor
The Associated Press reports 601 Allied and neutral merchant ships sunk by U boats in the Western Atlantic since Pearl Harbor. Eight ships were sunk last week, two American, seven off South America, as officials warn of intensified submarine danger. Admiral Stark notes U boats operating in larger packs with new tactics. Britain’s A V Alexander says U boats now lie in echelons of packs.
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Associated Press
Harold R. Stark
Atlantic
Pearl Harbor
South America
Washington
United Nations
Britain
Admiralty
A. V. Alexander
Pa Ks
Ohio Pilot Leads Raid On Japanese Airdromes
Capt. William Thompson of Canton Ohio piloting a B 17 led a pre dawn raid on Japanese airfields at Rabaul New Britain In the large scale attack he and his crew started two big fires the bomber said by his bombardier Lieut Robert Butler of Saint Pauls North Carolina
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New Guinea
Rabaul
Gasmata
New Britain Island
Lae
Slamaua
Solomon Sea
Guadalcanal
Espiritu Santo Island
New Hebrides
India
Schwebo
Burma
Akyab Island
William Thompson
Canton
Ohio
New Britain
Thompson
Lieut
Robert Butler
Saint Pauls
N. C
Closed Shop Banned by Railway Labor Act
The Railway Labor Act forbids maintenance of membership and the closed shop in railway contracts. Attorney General Biddle ruled, on request from the National Railway Mediation Board, that the union security issue be removed from a dispute between 15 non operating unions and carriers, leaving only the wage question.
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Washington
Biddle
National Railway Mediation Board
Meat Dealers Questioned in Black Market Probe
Akron officials of the Office of Price Administration ordered over 80 meat dealers to appear this week. They were told to bring records of all meat transactions from the past two months as part of a probe into asserted black market operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Drum says soldier's duty is not to die
Lieutenant General Hugh A Drum told Rutgers winter commencement that American soldiers are trained to kill enemy troops not die for the nation. He warned the Axis powers have about four million more armed men and noted plans to use colleges as advanced training centers for efficiency of forces.
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Drum
New Brunswick
N. J
Hugh A. Drum
General Drum
First Army
Eastern Defense Command
Rutgers University
United Nations
Murder on Train Baffles Portland Police
Mrs Martha Virginia Brinson James, 21, was found slain in Lower Berth 13 aboard a California bound train near Tangent Oregon. Police on the third day of inquiry report no motive or suspects though two men are held for questioning and a third unidentified passenger is sought. The victim, wife of Ensign Richard F. James, cried out before a scream as the train neared Tangent.
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Portland
Ore
Martha Virginia Brinson James
Navy
Klamath Falls
Harold R. Wilson
Buckley
Wash
John Funches
Oakland
Calif
John Doe
James
Norfolk, Va
Richard F. James
Seattle
Tangent
Time Zone Issue Dominates Ohio Legislature Session
Columbus reports the Ohio legislature reconvenes with a possible weekly settlement on the clock change to move from Eastern to Central Time. Attorney General Herbert may issue an opinion by Wednesday on legislative authority. The Senate favors removing sales tax on public place food and actions to retire the School Foundation debt. Budget proposals for 1943-44 exceed 300 million dollars. A plan to allow the legislature to convene any time after the regular session gains traction.
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Columbus
Ohio
Atty
Thomas J. Herbert
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
House
Youth Burned to Death While Siphoning Gasoline
In Cleveland an East Side dwelling fire started by siphoning from a storage drum fatally burned Timothy O Connor aged 19 and injured Edwin Schuschu aged 19. The blaze followed a flame from a hot water tank igniting fumes at the home.
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Cleveland
Timothy O’ Connor
Edwin Schuschu
Farmers Week Opens Tuesday at Columbus
Ohio State University's 31st annual Farmers Week begins Tuesday with a condensed six day program over three days. War time food production concerns mark the conference and Governor Bricker will speak Wednesday on The State's Function in the War Agricultural Program.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
John W. Bricker
Logan Youth Is Missing In North Africa
Staff Sergeant Charles O. Starcher age 20 son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Starcher of this city is reported Missing In Action in North Africa. The War Department telegram says the bomber he served as radio operator failed to return from a Jan 15 mission. Starcher enlisted in 1941 after high school and had been stationed in England before Africa.
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Logan
Charles O. Starcher
Ralph Starcher
North Africa
War Department
Starcher
Army Air Corps
England
Africa
Missing Airliner Is Forced Down in Peru
Rescuers sought to reach a Pan American Grace Airways transport that came down near the coast about 350 miles south of Lima while en route from Santiago to Lima with 11 passengers and a crew of four. The missing plane, located by a search plane, was reported "apparently badly damaged" but the fate of the 15 aboard remained undetermined.
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Lima
Peru
Pan - American - Grace Airways
Santiago
Chile
United States and Britain study North Africa administration plan
London AP reports talks in inter Allied strategy sessions consider a joint British American rule for North Africa. De Gaulle reportedly opposes a non French regime for the empire. Observers fear tangled politics unless De Gaulle and Giraud resolve their differences soon.
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London
North Africa
Charles de Geulle
de Gaulle
Henri Giraud
United Nations
Better Water Sources Are Claimed Necessary
The Ohio Water Supply Board told the General Assembly that Ohio must obtain adequate water from better sources to meet urban and industrial needs. It cited a northeastern steel mill demanding 200 million gallons daily and a steam generator needing 120 million gallons daily, arguing against population decentralization.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Water Supply Board
General Assembly
America maps postwar plans while war ends
Washington officials and private experts push for a robust postwar program to avert a downturn. The National Resources Planning Board urges a permanent 40 hour week and a 50 week year with high wages. Secretary Wickard and Vice President Wallace forecast full employment without sacrificing private enterprise. Federal agencies study demobilization, social security, health and education, and long term public works and tax adjustments.
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National Resources Planning Board
Wickard
Agriculture Department
Wallace
America
Horatio Algier
Resources Planning Board
Budget Bureau
Labor Department
Federal Security Agency
Federal Works Agency
The
Treasury
Allied raid nears coastal Tunisian road near Maknassy
American forces struck an Axis position near Maknassy about 33 miles from the Gulf of Gabes coastal road. The raid, described as in force, took 80 prisoners and represented the closest approach yet to the vital supply line while German and Italian troops faced mounting pressure on multiple fronts in Tunisia and Russia.
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Tunisia
Maknassy
Gulf of Gabes
Rommel
Jurgen von Arnim
WU. S
Ousseltia
Sousse
Hitler
Mussolinia
Red Army
Tuenisia
Rostov
Kharkov
Caucasus
Maikop
North Africa
Tripoli
Tunisian
Voronezh
Berlin
Upper
Don
Donets
Stockholm
Germany
Zuara
Sicily
Cairo
Eighth Army
London
Mrs. Ethel Brooks Mills Succumbs at Coolville
Mrs. Ethel Brooks Mills 65 wife of Clair Mills died suddenly Sunday night at her Coolville home. She was Coolville council clerk and active in local church affairs. Survivors include five sons Gordon Marion Arthur Pickerington Donald Paul Columbus Harold in the Army at Salina Kansas, her mother Mrs Emma Brooks Pickerington, three sisters and one brother. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Coolville
Ethel Brooks Mills
Clair Mills
Goredon
Marion
Arthur
Pickersington
Donald
Paul
Columbus
Harold
Salina
Kans
Emma Brooks
Pickerington
Judge Henry A. Shute Dies at 86 in Exeter
Exeter New Hampshire Judge Henry A. Shute aged 86 and author of The Real Diary of a Real Boy died in Exeter hospital after two days of illness. He had a long judicial career and his writings gained wide attention.
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Exeter
N. H
Henry A. Shute
Exeter Hospital
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