Allied Forces Gain Ground in Pacific War Reporting
Navy says total enemy ships sunk by Marine and naval action reaches 627 with a large tanker five transports and ten cargo vessels added. MacArthur reports Beachhead at Willaumez Peninsula held as Allied troops push toward Saidor and Green Island airstrip completed in Solomons. Burma fighting shows 650 Japanese killed against seven Americans.
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Arines
Arine
Trans
Japan
Pacific
Bismarck Sea
Los Negros Island
Admiralty Group
New Britain
Willaumez Peninsula
Associated Press
Marlin Spencer
Talasea
Rabaul
Douglas MacArthur
New Guinea
Saidor
Cape Hoskins
Admiralties
MacArthur
Green Island
Solomons
New Zealand
Lakunai
Tobera
Kavieng
Cape Torokina
Empress Augusta Bay
Bougainville Island
Burma
Frank Merrill
Joseph Stilwell
Hukawag Valley
Paremushiro
Kurile Islands
Pacific Fleet
Strike spreads in Welsh coal mine district
The Welsh coal strike widens as 90 000 idle miners, about one percent of the total, walk out. A conference led by Gwilym Lloyd George produced an agreement granting extra pay for working in dust and water and promising further considerations on South Wales allowances after workers return. Most miners ignored the minister’s appeal to resume work pending wage talks.
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London
Gwilym Lloyd George
Lloyd George
South Wales
Willkie Urges Real Cooperation for America’s Future
Wendell Willkie, the 1940 Republican presidential contender, told the New Hampshire Good Roads Association that the nation can become the greatest in history through abandoning narrow nationalist policies and achieving real cooperation among nations. He argued initiative, self-reliance, and citizen character must unlock America’s economic doors.
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U. S
Willkie
Concord
N. H
Wendell Willkie
America
New Hampshire Good Roads Association
Mason Countian Dies Of Accident Injuries
Pete Dallas, 34, died in Charleston hospital from injuries after a Monday morning automobile crash. A former Weirton resident, Dallas had lived in Mason County since 1942 and was under indictment here for anti gambling raids.
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Point Pleasant
W. Va
Pete Dallas
Charleston
Dallas
Weirton
Ohio Schools to Offer Vocational Training for Disabled Veterans
Ohio education leaders told the Ohio Post War Program Commission that state schools are prepared to provide vocational training for all disabled veterans. Suggestions included university guidance services, standard curricula, and short non degree courses. housing concerns were noted by Miami University’s president.
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Columbus
Ohio
A. C. Johnson
The
Columbus Dispatch
Ohio University Board of Trustees
Johnson
Earl Anderson
Ohio State University
Alfred H. Upham
Miami University
Knox urges continued lend-lease to seal decisive WWII victory
Navy Secretary Knox testified to the House Foreign Committee that Allies face critical offensives and Congress must extend the lend-lease act beyond June 30. He noted 1,400 ships transferred with title retained and 4,000 naval aircraft supplied, aiding Britain as decisive battles loom.
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Washington
Navy
Knox
Congress
United States
House Foreign Committee
Lendlease
U. S
Collett Takes Stand In Trial for Murder
James W. Collett testifies in his triple murder case in Washington C. H. as chief defense counsel James N. Linton says Collett will explain why he told his son he killed Elmer McCoy aged 59 last Thanksgiving eve. Collett is also charged with killing McCoy's wife Forrest 64 and daughter Mildred 22.
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Washington C. H
James W. Collett
James N. Linton
Collett
Elmer McCoy
McCoy
Forrest
Mildred
Rangers Lose Two Battalions in Anzio Fight
Allied dispatch from Naples details two US Fifth Army ranger battalions driving from Anzio toward Cisterna Di Littoria on the morning of January. Surrounded and outnumbered, they held fire and explosives until their ammunition was exhausted, with only a few survivors returning.
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Allied Headquarters
Naples
United States
Fifth Army Rangers
Anzio
Cisterna di Littoria
Expensive Sailor Nelsonville Inducted Into Navy
Clarence Johnson age 37 coal miner of Connett York Township near Nelsonville was accepted for Navy service after pre induction exam in Clarksburg W Va Tuesday with 122 Athens County registrants. He passed the exam and will join his family of ten dependents including wife Vaughndell and children Marilyn Donald etc the government will pay 280 monthly after induction based on allotment figures.
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Nelsonville
Clarence Johnson
Connett
York Township
U. S. Navy
Clarksburg
W. Va
Johnson
Athens County Selective Service Board
Pearl Harbor
Kimberly
Vaughndell (Sampsill) Johnson
Pickeway County
Arence Jr
Marilyn
Donald
Robert
Darlene
Patty
Carla
Clyde
Arthur
Delores
Denver
Vegetable seed reads catalogs but cannot respond
Clyde Moore laments seed literacy and catalogs offer little inspiration for seeds. A gas range is for sale in good condition at 34 Lorene Ave with phone contact 21814 after 6 pm. An advertiser notes selling the store yielded good results and invites price inquiries to 0242.
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Lorene Ave
U S Casualties Hit 162282 With 37853 Dead
Secretary of War Stimson disclosed total American casualties through February 23 reach 162,282. Army losses total 121,458 with 20,592 killed, 47,318 wounded, 26,326 missing, and 27,222 prisoners. Navy and Marine figures bring total naval losses to 40,824 with 17,261 killed and 9,910 wounded.
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Washington
Stimson
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Navy
Conscientious Objectors Seek Pay Raise at White House
A Civil Liberties Union committee urged President Roosevelt to raise pay for conscientious objectors in work camps from 2.50 to 15 dollars monthly plus maintenance. They noted 2,500 objectors have dependents with no provisions and proposed a maximum of 50 dollars per month, matching base army private pay, with civilian control over objectors.
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Washington
Civil Liberties Union Committee
Roosevelt
White House
Seek Source of Japs Weather Reports 1941
FCC Chairman James L. Fly testified before a House investigating committee that the Pearl Harbor attackers likely obtained military and weather data through regular cable channels. The commission had monitored for weeks but found no illicit radio stations feeding the fleet approaching Pearl Harbor.
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Washington
House
Pearl Harbor
James L. Fly
Federal Communications Commission
Nazis Use Planes in Desperate Effort to Save Army
Soviet dispatches report the German army command commandeered all available transport planes to rescue a mud bound mechanized force in Southwestern Ukraine. The move reflects widening military strain as the war drags on.
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Moscow
Ukraine
Reds Break Nazi Escape Corridor Near Proskurov
Soviet forces pushed through muddy terrain toward the Proskurov junction on the Odessa Warsaw line, claiming control of Cherni Ostrov and Gruzhevitsa as Germans retreat else. Soviet reports say over 3,000 Nazis killed with heavy tank and infantry actions across the Staro Konstantinov area.
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London
Zhukov
Red Army
Ukraine
Proskurov
Moscow
Odessa-Warsaw
Volochisk
Chern-Ostrov
Staro-Konstantinov
Lwow
Cernauti
Rumania
Zhmerinka
Dnieper
Cherni-Ostrov
Gruzhevitsa
Volosytsy
Fritz von Mannstein
Tarnopol
Krivoi Rog
Kirovograd
Industries Look Toward Ohio After War
Columbus reports many industries are eyeing relocation to Ohio after the war. W H Hampton of the Ohio Development and Publicity Commission said the group can provide information on plant sites and utility availability including water gas electricity and railway service to aid planning and site utilization.
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Columbus
Ohio
W. H. Hampton
Ohio Development and Publicity Commission
Bricker to Visit Northwest for Republican Nomination
Spokane report says Gov. John W. Bricker of Ohio, a Republican presidential candidate, will tour the Northwest next month to drum up support.
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Spokane
Wash
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Northwest
German air attack on Allied convoy off North Africa repelled
An Allied convoy off the North Africa coast faced a heavy German air attack. Allied airmen claimed five enemy planes shot down and two damaged in the engagement announced today.
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Algiers
North Africa
Heavies Raid Nazi Capital in Daylight Attacks
U S bombers struck Berlin in waves for a fifth daylight raid in a week. Soviet inspired? No. The report notes 42 planes destroyed and 83 fighters down, with 301 incidents over two days, as VKF Erkner factory targets were hit and Allied air forces claim growing German losses and weakened resistance.
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Berlin
Reich
USAAF
U. S
Great Lakes
London
VKF
Erkner
Hitler
Stockholm
London Daily Mail
Fifth Army
Italy
Cassino
Carroceto
Garigliano
Eighth Army
Santo Stefano
Rome
Mitchell
Orte
Churchill
Commons
Finland
Daily Mail
Petsamo
Arctic
Leningrad
Gas Company Appeals for Conservation
The Ohio Fuel Gas Company warns that a cold wave and strong winds brought gas supplies close to emergency levels. Industries using gas have been curtailed, with critical war industries already limiting use. Officials urge households and businesses to conserve to avoid nationwide curtailment.
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Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Seven Runaway Barges Recovered on Ohio River
Seven oil laden barges used for TNT manufacture broke from West Virginia Ordnance Works during a high wind and were recaptured after a five mile chase on the Ohio River by two steamers and a Coast Guard cutter. One barge was towed 100 am from the New York Central sway bridge.
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Point Pleasant
W. Va
Coast Guard
Ohio River
West Virginia Ordnance Works
New York Central
Cincinnati Mayor Seeks Republican Gubernatorial Nomination
Cincinnati Mayor James Garfield Stewart filed with the Secretary of State petitions to qualify as a candidate for the Republican gubernatorial nomination at the May 6 primary in Columbus Ohio.
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Columbus
James Garfield Stewart
Cincinnati
Secretary of State
Germans Use Tanks Against Italian Strikers in North Italy
Naples dispatch reports German forces deploying tanks to quell strikes in Milan and other Northern Italian centers. The Bari Radio cites the National Committee for Italian Affairs urging all Italians under German rule to arm themselves and join the general strike.
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Naples
Milan
Italy
Bari
National Committee For Italian Afafirs
Cold Weather To Persist Across Ohio Tonight and Friday
The Weather Bureau forecast a statewide drop to about 10 above by tonight with continued cold on Friday. Temperatures were around 14 above last night with Akron and Dayton at 10 above as the state’s minimum. Cleveland fell to 12, Canton to 13, and Cincinnati to unseen lows as fuel gas officials urged conservation to avert a third gas emergency and asked war plants to curb use.
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Columbus
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Seden
Ship Named for Athens War Hero
The Maritime Commission will name a Liberty Ship built at Bethlehem Fairfield Baltimore for Robert Ellis Lewis of Athens Ohio, Red Cross Public Information director in the Southwest Pacific who died in a Port Moresby New Guinea air crash last year.
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Washington
Maritime Commission
Bethlehem Fairfield
Baltimore
Robert Ellis Lewis
Athens
Red Cross Public Information
Southwest Pacific
Port Moresby New Guinea
Roosevelt nominates Holcomb as minister to South Africa
President Roosevelt taps Gen. Thomas Holcomb retired commandant of the Marine Corps to serve as American minister to the Union of South Africa. The nomination follows Holcomb's recent retirement from military service and reflects diplomatic appointments of senior military officers.
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Washington
Thomas Holcomb
Marine Corps
Roosevelt
Union of South Africa
Fighting Pittsburgh Irishman Earns Medal of Honor
Washington reports technical sergeant Charlies E. Kelly of Pittsburgh to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor for extraordinary actions near Alta Villa during the Italian campaign. He risked life repeatedly, held positions under attack, improvised grenades from mortar shells, fired rockets, used an anti tank gun, and sustained only minor injuries after 70 days of combat.
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Washington
Charlies E. Kelly
Pittsburgh
War Department
Altavilla
Kelly
Irene Kelly
Fire damages canteen at St. John's Cathedral in Cleveland
A fire discovered early this morning at St. John's Cathedral canteen caused about 2000 dollars in damage. No injuries are reported and cause is under investigation. Fire officials responded quickly to extinguish the blaze.
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Cleveland
St. John’s Cathedral
Narva Destroyed in Night Russian Assault, Stockholm Reports
The German controlled Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau said Russians struck Narva in a night long attack Monday, destroying the ancient Estonian seaport. The report cites Stockholm as the source of the declaration.
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Narva
Stockholm
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