Allied Air Raids and Ground Advances Mark Pacific Front
Allied forces report substantial air superiority with heavy Japanese losses across Wewak Guinea and Rabaul while ground troops push toward Madang and inland targets in New Guinea. British command announces Mountbatten and Slim appointed to lead South East Asia operations as Arakan fronts advance.
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Edey
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Guinea
Rabaul
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Htchell
Wewak Guinea
Altompers
Madang
New Guinea
Bay Ridge
Dumpu Val
Crongpoint
Tye
New Britain
Bergen Bay
Arawe
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Fleet Air Wing
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Slim
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14Th Army Uariers
Biidan
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Arakan
Bun
Ohio Traffic Deaths Rise Step in 1943
Ohio State Highway Department data show nearly 106000 residents killed or seriously injured in traffic accidents last year. The report, from safety division head Harry E. Neal, accompanies the annual safety contest results and action plans for reducing fatalities.
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Harry E. Neal
War Casualties Mount to 142,289 in Latest US Figures
Washington AP reports total American war casualties reaching 142,289 with 32,662 killed in action. Navy losses through Jan 22 show 35,572 casualties including 1,520 dead and 7,296 wounded. Army figures through Dec 31 total 106,717, with 11,000 dead, 39,917 wounded, 2,413 missing, and 25,521 prisoners.
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Washington
Office of War Information
Navy
Marine Corps
Witness before federal jury on Hopkins letter case
George N. Briggs, a witness and aide to the Interior Secretary, testified before a federal jury in Washington regarding the Hopkins letter. He said he feels he is being thrown to the wolves.
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NEA
George N. Briggs
Specia
Interior
Hasid L. Tekes
Washingon
Hopkins
Subsidy Backed Hogs Sell at Higher Price on Market
Chicago trade sources report a unique market pattern where a 3810 pound hog will fetch less money than a 200 to 300 pound choice hog. Government subsidies of 13.75 per hundred pounds apply only to the lighter weights, not to heavier ones, affecting pricing for hog carcass types.
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Chicago
Ohio License Tags Costly for 1944 Plates
Ohio officials estimate nearly 5000 will be needed to cover overtime work by penitentiary inmates at five cents an hour to manufacture 1944 license plates. Metal was delayed by the federal government until October, delaying production and causing a shortfall with a March 1 deadline.
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Columbus
Ohio
Chicago
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp
Nick
Refusal to recognize Bolivian rebels signals new anti Axis move
The United States and seven western hemisphere nations declined to recognize Bolivia's revolutionary rulers. The policy aims to sever ties between Nazi Germany and Argentina, the sole American nation still maintaining German relations. The State Department described the Bolivian regime as allied with subversive groups hostile to the Allied cause. Foreign Secretary Eden suggested German agents aided the Bolivian coup.
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Chington
Alberto Gilbert
America
Great Britain
U.S
United States
Bolivia
Germany
Argentina
Gallia Robbery Suspects Battle West Virginia Officers
Robbery suspects in Gallia clashed with West Virginia officers as a search continued. Investigators tentatively linked the case to a fatal shooting near Charleston last week. Local authorities say the Gallia grand jury will review the evidence and may call a public session soon.
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W. Va
Charleston
Bagar
Robert Linkers
Dante
Dourne
Betty Jane Martin
Siachanton
Cageatin Department
Yiachaiog
Bowne
Price of
Ohio
Bio
Vilorha
Erbert Herter
Hive Hadlins
Victorsons
Battboe
Coun
Wright Plane Output Halted
An overnight strike by about 3,000 Wright Aeronautical workers on two shifts halted operations in the mechanical department at the Lockland plant near Cincinnati for nearly four hours. The company spokesman said the dispute concerned work assignment and pay and that workers returned to tasks about 12:30 am under a CIO United Automobile Workers agreement that arbitration cannot occur while production is stopped.
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Cincinnati
Wright Aeronautical Corp
Sourban Lockland
United Automobile Workers
CIO
Steelworkers U Official Reclassified 1-A at Draft Board
Canton J W Abel 35 year old district director of the CIO United Steelworkers has been reclassified 1-A by his draft board and passed his Navy pre-induction physical He leads about 31 000 steel workers in the area He is married and father of a two year old daughter In Portsmouth Ohio text notes fire tragedy in New Boston suburb where Leonard McNeal and his wife and three children perished in a dawn blaze
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Canton
J. W. Abel
CIO
United Steelworkers
Portsmouth
Leonard McNeal
Subuurban
New Boston
Used Gas Coupons Not Destroyed Revealed by IPA
The Office of Price Administration disclosed that a paper shredding machine failed to destroy ration coupons and fuel oil coupons, circulating on the Eastern Seaboard. Four people are in custody, including an employee of the salvage company in Washington, with ongoing investigations into the matter.
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Washington Naa
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Pseescesr
Civie
National and Distret
Fighting son follows Admiral Halsey aboard carrier
The young Navy officer is William F. Halsey Jr., 34, son of Admiral William F. Halsey Sr. He commands a 20 mm gun crew on the aircraft carrier Saratoga during battle conditions, continuing a family legacy of naval service.
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Navy
William F. Halsey
Admiral Halsey
Saratoss
Invasion Coast Again 1
Thunder across the channel as Allied bombers hit the French coast from Dunkerque to Boulogne for the third straight day. Observers report large formations and fighters engaging after dawn amid fine flying weather following a windy night.
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London
English Channel
Dunkerque
Boulogne
Channel
Brothers Arrested in $11000 Ohio Robbery
AKRON UP Chester Kuchinsky, 25, and his brother Henry, 18, were jailed in Summit County charged with breaking and entering in a Medina Road home theft valued at 11000. Officers reported 7.50 in cash War Bonds worth 182,800 and rings about 900 taken, most loot recovered.
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Akron
Chester Kuchinky
Henry
Summit County
Medina Road
Jack Lehr
Ghent
War Board Promises Help for Merchants Easter Inventory
Chester L. Jones announces WPB readiness to support retailers facing short inventories for the April 9 Easter holiday. The agency pledges sympathetic attention to inventory adjustments when the holiday date requires it. Also taped: Navy fireman first class David M. Dunninger and two others drowned in Narragansett Bay during a rescue attempt.
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War Production Board
Chester L. Jones
WPB
Omy Sano
Mica
Newport
David M. Dunninger
Sandusky, C
Navy
Narragansett Bay
Murray Urges Aid for White Collar Worker
Phin Murray of the CIO tells a Senate subcommittee that living costs have risen about 30 percent since January 1941 and that wage policy must be adjusted under the 1942 stabilization act. He says aid would benefit industrial and white collar workers, government employees, and the nation by ensuring steady production.
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Washington Phin Murray
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Senate
Shepar
Murray
CIO
Park Press Advocated in Ohio Park Planning
The Ohio Park Association urged a Southeastern Ohio park program to raise the water table and conserve resources. It proposed studying development with the Muskingum Conservancy District and formed a committee with Ford Hack of Lodi among members to discuss postwar park planning with the Ohio Natural Resources Planning Board.
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Columbus
Ohio Park Association
Ohio
Muskingum Conservancy District
Ohio Natural Resources Planning Board
Ford Hack
German Dead Among Vast WWII Battles Near Rome and Leningrad
A British veteran recalls heavy German casualties near Minturno while Soviet forces press in around Leningrad, halting Nazi advances and severing supply lines. Moscow reports a tightening encirclement as Govorov and Meretskov push toward the Baltic border, with key rail junctions and towns fell to Red Army offensives.
Germans try to escape as Red Trap tightens lines
German efforts to break out near dsant Aeretskov failed as Soviet forces captured Borok 140 miles north of Shimsk, a rail junction feeding German troops stationed at Staraya Russa by Lake Timen. More than 3,000 Nazis were reported killed in these operations. Moscow did not mention front lines in White Russia or Crimea, but noted counterattacks repelled in the lower Ukraine where Gen. Vatutin’s First Ukrainian Army advanced toward the Russian frontier.
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Leningrad
Russia
Leonid A. Govorov
A. K. A. Meretskov
Volkhov
Novgorod
Moscow
Govorov
Krasnogvardeisk
Pushkin |Tsar
Batkaya
Luca
Eston
Pskov
Lake
Peipus
Aeretskov
Borok
Shimsk
Staraya Russa
Lake Timen
Ukraine
Nikolai Vatutin
Hayes Reception Center to Close All Inductees Sent Elsewhere
Maj. Gen James L. Collins announced the Hayes Reception Center at Fort Hayes would close on February 2 and all Ohio inductees thereafter would be sent to Fort Thomas Kentucky or Indianapolis for processing. Collins said the move would yield considerable savings in personnel and men.
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Columbus
James L. Collins
Fort Haye
Ohio
Fort Thomas
Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis
Collins
Fifth Service Command
Urges Abolition of Specialized Army Training
Washington The House Military Committee recommends abolishing the Army’s specialized training program to save about 200000 prewar fathers from induction.
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Washington
House
Art of the Army
Spe
Allied forces seize roads linking Rome to Cassino front
Allied troops push 12 miles inland from Nettuno Anzio bridgehead and dominate the Appian Way and the coastal railway to the Garigliano Cassino sector. German air attacks seek to halt reinforcements as battles continue at the Cassino bridgehead and surrounding fronts.
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Associati
Nettuno- Anzio
Rome
Garigliano-Cassino
Fifth Army
Rapido River
Cassino
Nettuno
Rites
Appian Way
Dixie Democrats Seek Southern Voice on Roosevelt Ticket
Southern members of Congress and the Democratic National Committee push for a Southern vice presidential candidate to share the Roosevelt ticket. Possible choices include J. Melville Brounston, Ellis Arnall, Sam Rayburn, and James F. Byrnes, as the base campaign groundwork forms. A separate debate centers on reducing U S aid for foreign relief and tightening protections for veteran voting and state rights in the soldier vote plan.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
J. Melville Broushton
North Carolina
Ellis Arnall
Georgia
Sam Rayburn
Texas
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Westenance
House
United States
O'Connor
Montana
U. S
Destroyer Taussig Launched at Staten Island Shipyard
A 2,200 ton U S destroyer named USS Taussig was launched at Bethlehem Steel’s Staten Island yard. The ship honors Rear Admiral Edward D Taussig who served from the Civil War era to 1918 and claimed Wake Island for the United States in 1809.
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New York
Meat Spot Under Fire in Senate Probe
Washington reports a Senate investigation starts after Senator Thomas accuses officials of letting large quantities of meat spoil or be destroyed due to government delays in suspending meat inspection.
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Meat Spot
Senate
Washington
A. Senat
Thomas
Post war planning in Athens and Southeast Ohio
The Messenger reviews postwar activities in Athens and Southeastern Ohio in a 20 page section. It gathers views of many individuals on the postwar era, reflects on last year’s business, and outlines the outlook for the future. Business leaders see progress linked to private employment and national welfare.
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the Messenger
Athens
Ohio
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