Allied Drive Continues Across Pacific and Asia Fronts
Allied air and ground actions press the Japanese on multiple fronts from China to Burma and Biak. In China the fight around Changsha intensifies as Chinese forces advance, while in North Burma Mountbatten reports gains and Japanese withdrawals. Biak and New Guinea see heavy air battles with significant Japanese losses, as MacArthur adjusts tactics amid advancing Allied operations.
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Tokyo Radio
China
Changsha
Hunan
India-Burma
Louis Mountbatten
Japan
Miyukyina
Burma
Mamsun
Ansiang
Yochow
Lee Loyang
Nghsien
Yunnan
Schwell River
Tengchung
North Dutch New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Rmy
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Tain
Truk
Carolines
New Guineast
Sarmiin Bay
Biak
Hollandape
Mullins Manufacturing CIO workers back on jobs after conciliation
CIO United Workers of America said a federal conciliator will investigate conditions after a one day strike over overtime pay for Saturday work during the same week as a holiday. A separate report notes Glen Gause, 12, drowned in the Licking River near Port, son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Gause.
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LEM
CIO
Mullins Manufacturing Corp
Unitedorkers of America
Rowns
Nesville
Glen
Licking River
Clarence Gause
Port
Food Situation Improves Says OPA Director
CHICAGO Walter F. Straub director of the OPA Food Rationing Division said the nation would enjoy a breathing spell in food rationing for an indefinite period. He spoke at the National Association of Retail Groceries convention noting it is the most quiet period since rationing began and that rationing may be relaxed further if conditions warrant. He warned that if supply changes occur the country may have to return to earlier rationing levels to prevent panic buying and hoarding.
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Chicago
Walter F. Straub
OPA
National Association of Retail Groceries
Straub
Johnston urges closer S S and Russian trade ties
Eric Johnston, head of the U S Chamber of Commerce, told Soviet trade leaders there is a gulf between the USSR and United States economies but bridges of practical cooperation can be built. He spoke at a luncheon hosted by Anastas Mikoyan and released his remarks at a press conference.
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Moscow
Eric Johnston
United States Chamber of Commerce
U.S.S.R
United States
Woman Gives Birth in Cambridge Telephone Booth
Mrs. Winifred Sadler, 24, delivered a baby girl in a Cambridge telephone booth while waiting for a friend to fetch a car to take her to the hospital.
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Cambridge
England
Winifred Sadler
Prediction of High Demand for Synthetic Rubber After War
Rubber Director Bradley Dewey told an Akron University commencement address yesterday that synthetic rubber would see strong demand postwar. He said it would help industry develop new products without the fear of prohibitive price swings.
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AKRON
Bradley Dewey
Akron University
Ceilings Set on Employment in Four Ohio Regions
The War Manpower Commission ordered employment ceilings in 19 Ohio Michigan and Kentucky war industry centers as a step toward national manpower control. Regions include Cleveland Lima Alliance Columbus Fremont Port Clinton Lorain Elyria Mansfield Marion Piqua Troy Sidney Youngstown Warren and Findlay Tiffin. Male hiring is limited to US Employment Service referrals due to a regional labor shortage totaling about 80 000 workers with 60 000 men.
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Cleveland
Regional War Manpower Commission
Ohio, Michigan
Kentucky
WMC
Paul V. McNutt
Lima
Alliance
Columbus
Fremont-Port Clinton
Lorain-Elyria
Mansfield
Marion
Piqua - Troy-Sidney
Youngstown- Warren
Fostoria- Findlay- Tiffin
Ohio
United States Employment Service
Robert C. Goodwin
Goodwin
Steel Mills Surpass Quota for Fifth War Loan Drive
STEUBENVILLE Weir ton Steel Co. mills have more than filled their quotas for the Fifth War Loan Drive a week before the national opening. L. B. Lafferty, president of the Weirton Independent Union Inc, reported.
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Steubenville
Weirton Steel Co. Mills
L. B. Lafferty
Weirton Independent Union, Inc
Allied Air Power Hammer Boulogne Calais Fortifications
Allied airfleets led by 1,250 American heavy bombers and fighters struck Boulogne and Calais areas with 2,200 tons of bombs. The raids, part of a Pas de Calais campaign, followed RAF strikes on Cologne and French targets as U S Eighth Air Force concentrated on tactical aims behind the invasion front. No American planes were lost. several German aircraft were claimed shot down amid heavy bombardment across northern France.
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London
Boulogne
Calais
Pas de Calais
France
England
Cologne
Germany
English Channel
U. S. Eighth Air Force
Pas-De-Calais
Channel
Dieppe
Dunkerque
Paris
Dover Strait
Folkestone
Britain
Italy
Europe
U. S
Three Drowned When Lake Cruiser Capsizes
Coast Guard units kept searching Sandusky Bay for the owner of a 30 foot cabin cruiser that capsized in a gale Saturday night. Homer Price, 58, the craft owner, was missing. Bodies of Lee Lewne, 54, and Fred L. Litter, 61 were recovered. Two other occupants Marvin Smith, 29, and Otis Gill, 64 were rescued by bystanders and fishermen. All were from Columbus.
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Sandusky
Coast Guard
Sandusky Bay
Homer Price
Coast
Lee Lewne
Fred L. Litter
Marvin Smith
Otis Gill
Columbus
Axis Strives To Minimize Importance of Rome Fall
German broadcasts claim Rome fell and seek to limit perceived impact while noting street fighting. Allied envoys return to Rome as public amusements close in northern Italy. German propaganda downplays Rome's value and highlights tourism. Cold weather hits New Jersey with near freezing temperatures.
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Axis
Rome
London
Adolf Hitler
Tiber
Holy See
Hare
Berlin
Italy
Germany
Mussolini
Toledo Bakery Truck Drivers Strike Prolongs Bread Shortage
Toledo bakers face a second week of bread famine as 128 bakery truck drivers refuse to obey a regional War Labor Board return to work order. The drivers voted unanimously to ignore the order and remain idle. they belong to the Bakery Drivers and Salesmen's Union AFL.
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Toledo
War Labor Board
WLB
Bakery Drivers and Salesmen's Union
AFL
Limitations on Court Martial To Be Extended
The Senate favors a six month extension while the House proposes a one year extension to the statute of limitations for court martials. The current extended period expires at midnight Wednesday unless new legislation is passed. The measures aim to fix responsibility for the Pearl Harbor disaster of December 7 1941.
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Washington
Congress
Pearl Harbor
Senate
House
Polish Premier Here For Talk With FDR
Polish Premier Stanislaw Mikolajczyk arrives in Washington for talks with President Roosevelt to discuss bridging the gap between Russia and Poland and to outline potential cooperation during the official visit.
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FDR
Washington
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Roosevelt
Russia
Poland
Allied drive seals fate of German 10th 14th Armies near Rome
Allied Fifth Army swept through captured territory southwest of Rome crossing the Tiber and trapping large German forces. Prisoners exceed 20,000 as retreating units suffer heavy losses while Allied air power disrupts supply lines and wrecks hundreds of vehicles. The Eighth Army pushes from the Sacco Valley capturing Fiuggi and Paliano as Germans retreat toward the Tyrrhenian coast and up the peninsula.
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Fifth Army
Rome
Tiber
Italy
Pescara
Eighth Army
Sacco
Fiuggi
Piglio
Paliano
Guarecino
Cave
Civitavecchia
Livorno
Ancona
Adriatic
Naples
Mark W. Clark
Rome Falls as Allied Forces Sweep in
German demolitions scar Rome as Fifth Army closes in on the capital. Fiat plant is damaged while gas water and electric utilities are targeted. Prisoners total 377 from 50 Nazi companies as retreating forces suffer mounting losses. Roosevelt notes the victory in a televised brief as Italy faces reorganization under Badoglio.
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Rome
Fiat
Velletri
Fifth Army
24 States To Back Dewey For Nomination
Washington report that 24 states and three territories pledged support for Thomas E. Dewey's Republican presidential nomination. With Nevada finishing on Saturday, Dewey held 291 delegates, 139 short of the first ballot tally, while rivals led by John Bricker seek to block him.
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Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Nevada
Dewey
John W
Bricker
Ohio
Dispute Looms Over Price Control Extension
The proposal to extend price controls for 18 months faces Senate debate with cotton policy as the core issue. Senator Bankhead adds an amendment to set new cotton textile ceilings using parity prices plus manufacturing costs and a reasonable profit.
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Washington
Senate
Bankhead
Ala
Allies Enter Rome as Partisans Aid Push Against Nazis
Italian civilians join the Fifth Army in a break for liberation as tanks enter Rome from Centocelle toward the Tiber. Partisans flash red flags while Italians of all ages cheer, kiss soldiers, and resist German efforts to slow the advance along the city streets and bridges.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Centocelle
Tiber
Wehrmacht
Sherman
San Lorenzo
Porta Maggiore
Emanuele
Via Nazionale
American Slavs Back Roosevelt for Fourth Term
The American Slav Congress of Greater New York reports fifteen million Americans of Slav descent were polled to support President Roosevelt for a fourth term. A resolution from its third annual conference calls for him to run as the surest guarantee against the Axis.
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New York
Roosevelt
Greater
Postwar Tourist Plan In Americas Revealed
Senator Connally announced a postwar plan for motor tourists in the Americas after an accord among 12 American republics. The pact would standardize registration rules driving licenses and vehicle standards and set cross border record procedures. Senate ratification remains required.
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Americas
Washington
Senator Connally
Tex
Connally
Senate
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