Allied Air Offensive Intensifies In Philippines and Ulithi Invasion
American carrier forces press raids on the Philippines from the north while land based fighters strike from the south. Ultriri Atoll invasion proceeds with minimal resistance as US scouting reports show Japanese retreat and captured anchorage helping typhoon forecasting.
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Bulletin
Washington
Navy
Forrestal
Associated Press
Philippines
Nimitz
List Army
Ulithi Atoll
Carolines
Task Force 58
Manila
Clark Field
U. S
Islands
Legaspi
MacArthur
Mindanao
Iis
Marc A. Mitscher
Formosa
Mitschel
20Th Bomber Command
Ulithi
Wildcat
Ulithi Lagoon
Guam
Palau
Caroline Island
Tokyo
China
14Th Air Force
Hongkong
Mitscher
Kweilin
Hingan
Million Cigarettes Destroyed in Columbus Fire
A blaze in Columbus destroyed the Levy Mendel Tobacco Co. plant on the northern edge of downtown, wiping out more than 1,500,000 cigarettes that had arrived just yesterday and were to be distributed to retailers today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Levy Mendel Tobacco Co
The Pay Off and a Mixed Ad Lineup in 1941
An elderly ad filled page notes insurance claims paid at 56 500 per minute 400 000 per hour and 300 000 per day. It features a single spooled bed chest set and other prewar household items with a tone of blunt sales pitches. A salesman boasts how quickly items sold after ads appeared and urges dialing a number to place an ad.
Dewey Foreign Policy Stance May Dominate Tonight
Governor Thomas E. Dewey may present the Republican Party foreign policy line tonight in New York City on The Herald Tribune Forum, three days before President Roosevelt outlines his views. Dewey will advocate responsible participation in an international organization to assure peace, while Roosevelt plans a nationally broadcast talk on Saturday night.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
New York City
Roosevelt
New York Herald Tribune
United States
Herald Tribune Forum
Foreign Policy Association
EWT
Dewey
Joseph Ball
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Chicago
Minneapolis
Tire Company Employee Jailed for Tire Theft Case
Newark Common Pleas Judge F. M. Black sent Fred C. Provin, 40, to six months for grand larceny in a case tied to selling company tires. Provin, an employee of Phar is Tire and Rubber Co., was accused of selling tires to John A. Spence, who received a two month sentence for receiving stolen goods.
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Newark
Common Pleas
F. M. Black
Fred C. Provin
Provin
Pharis Tire and Rubber Co
John A. Spence
Licking County
Home Front Army Organized in Germany
London dispatch reports Berlin announces the formation of a People's Storm Corps, a military body for all German men aged 16 to 60 engaged on the home front. The move signals broad mobilization within Germany as war pressures mount.
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Home Front Army
Germany
London
Berlin
People's Storm
Refugee Crisis in Hungary and Air Victory Report
Washington reports about 200000 Hungarian refugees, nearly all Jewish, may not survive weeks as German forces control government in Hungary. War Refugees Board official John W. Pehle warns lives are in danger. Rome notes Lt Josh J Voll of Goshen Ohio scored three air victories over Austria while returning to Italy with engine trouble.
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Washington
Hungary
John W. Pehle
War Refugees Board
Rome
Josh J. Voll
Goshen
Clermont County
Ohio
Italy
Austria
Bricker Hits New Deal Waste and Spending Claims
Long Beach California Governor John W Bricker Republican vice presidential candidate attacks the New Deal as wasteful and extravagant citing 31 000 press agents 190 million annual cost 18 Tugwell settlements 4 million losses 2 679 million Arthurdale West Virginia project and 175 000 offer to homesteaders Roosevelt blamed for excessive pamphlet printing in a paper shortage. he cites Truman remark as counterpoint.
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Long Beach
Calif
GPI
John W. Bricker
Harry S. Truman
Bruker
Truman
Bricker
Arthurdaie
W. Va
C. B. Baldwin
Roosevelt
Tropical Hurricane Heads Toward Florida Keys
Miami report outlines a tropical hurricane moving from the Gulf toward the Florida Keys with hurricane winds up to 140 to 160 mph gusts previously striking Havana. The Weather Bureau warned of very high tides and possible hurricane conditions along the Florida Keys and toward Fort Myers and Tampa, urging emergency readiness.
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Miami
Fla
Havana
Gulf of Mexico
Florida Keys
Weather Bureau
Florida
Cuba
Fort Myers
Tampa
Probe Deaths Of Mother And Four Children
ERIE Pa A mother Bertha M Wolfe 22 and her four sons Merlin 5 Emmet 4 Daniel 3 Douglas 18 months died apparently from a mysterious illness authorities will autopsy. Howard Wolfe the truck driver husband said the family ate spaghetti sauerkraut Monday night. Children fell ill after returning home. Initial theory food poisoning by Detective Barber, but pathologist Dr Armstrong said deaths came too fast for that.
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Erie
Bertha M. Wolfe
Merlin
Emmet
Daniel
Douglas
George Barber
Howard M. Wolfe
Wolfe
Barber
E. L. ‘Armstrong
Disciples of Christ Convention Opens in Columbus
Delegates at the Disciples of Christ International Convention begin a six day program led by Dr. C E Lemmon who warned that the war's end starts a long struggle with social problems. About 2 500 delegates from all states attend as church officials report a lay membership near 2 060 000 across thousands of churches.
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Columbus
UPI
Disciples of Christ International
CE. Lemmon
Columbia
Lvery
Union
Disciples of Christ
British Landing Force Seizes Greek Island at Dawn
Rome report says two British destroyers landed troops and occupied Scarpanta after the Greek population reportedly contained the enemy garrison there. Allied parachute drops increased near Athens, with no obvious enemy opposition reported.
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Rome
Scarpanta
Athens
Skunk Mascot at Coast Guard Barracks Faces Penalty
The pet skunk nicknamed Stinky, belonging to Boatswain's Mate Chester Mason of Fort Scott Kansas, risks instant sea duty for misbehavior. Stinky serves as the Coast Guardsmen mascot at Port Security Barracks New York City, per a USCG photo from NEA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stinky
Chester Mason
Fort Scott
Kan
Port Security Barracks
New York City
NEA
Bombers Hit Cologne As U S Eighth Strikes Again
The U S Eighth Air Force attacked Cologne for the fourth time in five days, aiming to cripple the Ruhr city before the next ground push. About 300 to 600 Flying Fortresses reportedly took part, with part diverting to Kassel to hit industrial targets as escort fighters shielded the raid.
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London
U. S. Eighth Air Force
Cologne
Ruhr
Kassel
Restrictions on Men's Clothing To Be Eased
Washington reports that suits with belts patch pockets and pleats may reach men’s clothing stores in late spring or early summer. The War Production Board notes that most prewar styling demands cannot be granted due to labor and fabric shortages, despite hopes for extra trousers.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
American Troops Near Bologna Advance in Italy
Allied reports say American troops advancing toward Bologna have moved nearly a mile north of Livergnano on Highway 85. Eighth Army units in the Adriatic sector push deeper into the Po Valley, gaining several yards on the Rimini Bologna Highway and closing in on Cesena from the east and south.
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Rome
Bologna
Livergnano
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Cesena
Farmers urged to cut production costs says Purdue expert
Dr. E. C. Young of Purdue University told the Mortgage Bankers Association of America that postwar farming’s greatest opportunity lies in reducing production costs for items like meat and milk. He warned profits go to farmers who adopt cost-saving measures as costs fall, aiding those emerging from war with manageable debts and economic-sized farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
UPI
E. C. Young
Purdue University
Mortgage Bankers Association of America
Dr. Young
Ohio Grange Is Leader In Membership Drive
Ohio Grange reports leading all states in both new members and new local units formed in the year ending September 30. National Orange advised 900 local units in Ohio with total membership of 96 000. Fifty five local units were organized, and state membership rose by 6 900 persons, per Ohio Master Joseph W. Fichter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio Grange
Ohio
Joseph W. Fichter
Fichter
National Orange
Electric Cooperative Mortgaged in Columbus
The South Central Rural Electric Cooperative Inc of Lancaster has placed a mortgage of 1,827,000 with Huntington National Bank of Columbus. The loan covers all equipment and transmission lines across Franklin, Fairfield, Hocking, Licking, Madison, Muskingum, Perry, Pickaway, Ross, and Vinton Counties. Esther Tegenkamp 20 died in a car crash on Montgomery Pike near Cincinnati. Eduard R Lusk 36 died from injuries after being wedged against a wall by heavy crates at the Columbus Army Service Forces Depot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
South- Central Rural Electric Cooperative Inc. of
Lancaster
Huntington National Bank of Columbus
Raymond Schaeffer
Schackfer
Franklin
Fairfield
Hocking
Licking
Madison
Muskingum
Perry
Pickaway
Ross
Vinton
Eduard R Lusk
Berlin Radio Says Reds Penetrate Junkers’ Stronghold
Berlin Radio reports Russians have invaded East Prussia and pushed a major Baltic offensive toward Schirwindt, forcing Virbalis to fall after stiff German resistance. Russian gains near Kalvarija and Memel threaten Konigsberg, with Hungarians possibly deserting Germans to aid Moscow. A planned Carpathian junction would link Northern Transylvania to the Fourth Ukrainian Army, shortening supply lines.
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Germany
East Prussia
Red Army
Baltic States
Schirwindt
Reich
Moscow
Virbalis
Junkers
Vikece
Kalvarija
Ernst von Hammer
Lithuania
Schiwindt
Insterburg
Konigsberg
Budapest
Tngary
Malinovski
Transylvania
Fetrov
Poland
Carpathians
Allied push in Western Europe tightens front lines
Allied forces press across the Netherlands and Belgium with Venray and Deurne road link restored. Canadians reach Iyzendijke near Breskens as U.S. Third Army nears Metz and Aachen seizes up under heavy bombing while Berlin warns of a looming Cologne offensive.
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Venray
Holland
Duisburg
Berlin
Netherlands
Antwerp
Aachen
U. S
Cologne
France
Third Army
Metz
Vosges
Reich
Enilish
Second Army
Maas
Supreme Headquarters
Venray-Deurne
Schelder
Berskens
Veskens
Belfort
H. D. Crerar
Iyzendijke
Breskens
Supreme Allied
Shombers
West Kapelle
Walcheren
Eisenhower
First Army
Siegfried Line
Woman President for U. S. Seen in Future
Harvard University anthropology chair Earnest A. Hooton said a woman will sit in the White House someday. He argued that if women ran world affairs for ages they could hardly have worsened them than men have, noting his optimism in Cambridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
Earnest A. Hooton
Department of Anthropology
Harvard University
White House
Point Pleasant Youth Shot While Hunting
Point Pleasant was the scene of a hunting accident that seriously wounded 14 year old Robert Haynes on a Henry White farm. Haynes was shot on the head and shoulder while hunting with Hamilton A. Johnson who said a Mr Taylor fired the shot accidentally.
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Point Pleasant
Robert Haynes
Harold Haynes
Eighth St
Henry White
Hamilton A. Johnson
Haynes
Taylor
Johnson
Holzer Hos Columbus
Ipial
Gallipolis
Edward J. Hummel
Ohio
Japanese vice admirals die in Tokyo dispatch
Bertin broadcasts from Tokyo report the deaths of three Japanese fleet vice admirals in a naval update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bertin
Tokyo
War Ends Perfect Marriage by Hal Boyle in Germany
Kath Irvin writes of her husband Bede Irvin AP war photographer killed near St Lo when an American bomb fell short. In two years overseas she kept letters cheerful then faced finality of death. She recalls a perfect marriage, his good soldier’s death, and enduring grief as she awaits an impossible return. Continued on Page 2.
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Hal Boyle
Germany
Kath Irvin
Bede Irvin
St. So
Bede
Associated Press
France
William N Hunter Dies At Peach Ridge Home
William N Hunter 79 died at his Peach Ridge home after a several day illness. He was a lifelong Athens County farmer born there. Survived by one daughter Miss Gladys Finster of Pittsburgh one grandson Robert Hunter at home and two great grandchildren. Funeral Friday at 2 30 p m at Poston Community Church with Rev Gilbert Courtney. Burial in Hunter Cemetery. Friends may call after Thursday noon.
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William N. Hunter
Peach Ridge
Hunter
Athens County
Gladys Fimter
Pittsburgh
Robert Hunter
Poston
Gilbert Courtney
Hunter Cemetery
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Ferenc Szalasi
Arrow Cross Party
Tire Company
Ohioan Downs Nazis
East Coast
Isle of Pines
George Philip Weyerhaeuser
Tacoma
Wash
Fort Lewis
U. 8
Electric Cooperative
Cincinnati
Esther Tegenkamp
Montgomery Pike
New Drive
William Hunter
Lebanon
L?i
Kings Mills
King 'Powder Co
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