Pre Invasion Bombardment Is Unopposed
Washington dispatch reports American submarines destroyed 32 Japanese vessels, including seven warships. Carrier air forces continue raids on the Philippines from the north and land-based fighters strike from the south. Ulithi Atoll occupation and new staging bases bolster the invasion plan as MacArthur and Mitscher’s commands coordinate air and sea activities. The Manila radio cites waves of air attacks on Manila Clark Field and Legaspi while Mindanao supports a daylight assault.
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Bulletin Washington
Navy
Forrestal
Associated Press
Philippines
Nimitz
Ulithi Atoll
Carolines
Manila
Clark Field
U. S
Legaspi
MacArthur
Mindanao
Mac Arthur
Marc A.mitscher
Formosa
Mitscher
20Th Bomber Command
Wildcat
Wulithi
Ato
Ulithi Lagoon
Atoll
Guam
Soutern Palau
Caroline Island
Tokyo
China
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Rand Om
Hongkong
Kweilin
Hingan
Million Cigarettes Destroyed in City Fire
Fire swept through the Levy Mendel Tobacco Co. plant on the northern edge of downtown Columbus destroying more than 1,500,000 cigarettes just received for distribution to retailers. No further details on casualties or causes were immediately available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Levy Mendel Tobacco Co
Down’town
The Pay Off and Prewar Ads in a 1941 Notice
A clipped 1941 page item notes steady payoffs by American insurance firms at high rates, alongside a jumble of classified items including a single spooled bed, blue wool coat, baby bed, and wearables. It hints at quick completion times for ads and asks readers to dial for placement.
Foreign Policy Stand May Be Dewey Topic Tonight
Governor Thomas E. Dewey may outline the Republican foreign policy in a New York City speech on The Herald Tribune Forum three days before Roosevelt’s broadcast. The candidates have not answered a call to approve a forceful world peace without a congressional declaration of war.
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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
Minn
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Chicago
Minneapolis
Company Employee Accused of Illicit Tire Sales
Newark judge F M Black yesterday sentenced Fred Provin, 45, an employee of the Pharjs Tire and Rubber Co, to six months in prison on a grand larceny conviction tied to tire theft. Provin was accused of selling company tires to John A Spence, who was sentenced to two months in Licking County Jail for receiving stolen goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
P—Common Pleas
F. M. Black
Fred €. Provin
Provin
Phar Jis Tire and Rubber Co
John A. Spence
Licking County
Home Front Army Organized in Germany
Berlin announced the formation of a People's Home Front Corps described as a military organization of all German men between 16 and 60 working on the home front. The announcement emphasizes nationwide participation and mobilization on the home front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Front Army
Germany
London
Berlin
People's Sterra Corpsan
Refugees in Hungary Face Deadly Outlook in War Time
Washington reports about 60,000 refugees in Hungary nearly all Jewish may not survive the coming weeks as German control tightens. War Refugee Board executive secretary John W. Pehle warns the military and political situation endangers these refugees, about a fourth of those originally in the country. Rome dispatch notes Lt. Josh J. Voll of Goshen Ohio downed three enemy aircraft while nursing his Mustang home after engine trouble over Austria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hungary
John W. Pehle
War Refugee Board
Rome
Josh J. Voll
Goshen
Clermont County
Ohio
Italy
Austria
Bricker Upsets Budget Critics With New Deal Waste Claims
Gov. John W. Bricker charged the New Deal with extreme waste citing Truman quotes and examples. He cited 31,000 federal press agents costing 100 million annually and Tugwell projects handed to taxpayers for 4 million losses, plus Arthurdale art spend and 18 tons of paper used to publish pamphlets amid a paper shortage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Calif
John W. Bricker
Harry S. Truman
Bricker
Truman
Arthurdale, W. Vara
C. B. Baldwin
Roosevelt
Tropical hurricane heading for Florida Keys and east coast
Miami Fla. Up hurricane winds up to 140 to 160 miles per hour lashed the region as a tropical storm strengthened. The Weather Bureau predicted full hurricane force across the Keys and along the west coast toward Fort Myers and Tampa with very high tides. An emergency alert urged residents and interests to stand by for further advisories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Isle of Pines
Havana
Cuba
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Florida Keys
Weather Bureau
Twaivland
Fort Myers
Tampa
Hurri- Bureau
Cane
Navy inducts Tacoma boy amid 1935 kidnap saga
George Philip Weyerhaeuser, once abducted at age nine from his Tacoma home in 1935, smiles at Fort Lewis after learning he passed induction exams and is assigned to the Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Philip Weyerhaeuser
Tacoma
Wash
Fort Lewis
Navy
Probe Deaths Of Mother And Four Children
ERIE Pa a mother and her four young sons died apparently from a mysterious illness. Mrs Bertha M Wolfe 22 and children Merlin 5 Emmet 4 Daniel 3 and Douglas 18 months. Father Howard M Wolfe a truck driver reported spaghetti and sauerkraut at a relative's home then the children fell ill. Investigators consider food poisoning though a pathologist says the deaths were too rapid for that cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Bertha M. Wolfe
Merlin
Emmet
Daniel
Douglas
George ‘Starver
Howard M. Wolffe
Wolfe
Barber
E. L. Armstrong
Church Group Sees Struggle At International Convention
Delegates of the Disciples of Christ International Convention in Columbus hear a warning that war’s end will spark a long, tedious struggle with vast social problems. Dr. C E Lemmon of Columbia urges unity to begin addressing these issues as the denomination tallies about 2,000,000 lay members in over 8,000 churches across the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Disciples of Christ International
Otheir
C. £. Lemmon
Columbia
Disciples of Christ
British Landing Force Seizes Greek Island
Rome reports two British destroyers landed forces to take over Scarpanta at dawn after the Greek population contained the garrison. Allied parachute drops continued in the Athens area with no sign of enemy opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Scarpanta
Athens
Stinky the Mascot Skunk in Coast Guard Duty Tale
The pet skunk named Stinky, mascot of Coast Guardsmen at Port Security Barracks in New York City, faces an "instant sea duty" penalty for misbehaving as a cautionary tale. Chester Mason of Fort Scott Kansas is noted as the boatswain's mate associated with the story.
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Stinky
Chester Mason
Fort. Scott
Kan
Port Security Barracks
New York City
NEAY
U S Bombers Hit Cologne In Fourth Raid In Five Days
The U S Eighth Air Force pressed its aerial campaign against Cologne for the fourth time in five days, with about half of a 600 Fortresses force targeting industrial sites including freight yards in Cologne and nearby Kassel, escorted by a reef of 450 Mustangs and Thunderbolts after Germany had a quiet night in a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.S Eighth Air Force
Cologne
Ruhr
Iassel
Restrictions on Men's Clothing To Be Eased
Washington report says suits with real pleats and patch pockets may reach men’s clothing stores in late spring or early summer. War Production Board notes shortages of labor and worsted fabric prevent granting extra trousers while prewar sizing remains in demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Production Board
WPB
American Troops Push North of Livergnano and Rimini Highway
American forces advancing in Italy report moving nearly a mile north of Livergnano on Highway 65 and inching toward Cesena. In the Adriatic sector the Eighth Army continues toward the Po Valley, gaining small advances along the Rimini Bologna Highway and closing in on Cesena from multiple approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Bologna
Livergnano
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Rimini-Bologna
Cesena
Farmers Must Cut Production Costs, Purdue Expert Says
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 staple products like meat and milk. He urged farmers to pursue cost-cutting through research to boost profitability as they emerge from wartime economic pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
E. C. Young
Purdue University
Mortgage Bankers ‘Association of America
Parmners
Dr. Young
Ohio Grange Leads In Membership Drive
Ohio Grange topped all states in new members and local unit growth for the fiscal year ended Sept 30. Ohio Master Joseph W. Fichter reported 900 local units and 96 000 members, with 65 units organized last year and a 6 000 member increase.
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 placed a 1,327,000 mortgage with Huntington National Bank of Columbus, covering all equipment and transmission lines across Franklin Fairfield Hocking Licking Madison Muskingum Perry Pickaway Ross and Vinton counties. Esther Tegenkamp 29 died when a car she rode in overturned on Montgomery Pike after being crowded from the road. Edward R Lush 36 died at the Columbus Army Service Forces Depot from injuries when a heavy crate wedged him against a wall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus—I
South- Central Rural Electric Cooperative Inc
Lancaster
Huntington National Bank of Columbus
Raymond Schaeffer
Schaeffer
Franklin
FairGeld
Hocking
Licking
Madison
Muskingum
Perry, Pickaway
Ross
Vinton
Cincinnati
Esther Tegenkamp
Montgomery Pike
Columbus
Edward R Lush
Berlin Radio Reports Red Army Breaks German Stronghold
Berlin radio asserts the Reds penetrated East Prussia and extended a new Baltic offensive to Schirwindt. It claims Virbalis fell after German resistance, with Memel area forces nearby and ongoing battles in the Baltic theater amid Prague and Budapest developments. Moscow hints at Belgrade victories as Hungarian troops reportedly switch sides.
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Berlin
Junkers
New Drive
Germany
East Prussia
Galtic States
Schirwindt
Reich
Moscow
Virbalis
Kalvariya
Schiuwindt
Ernst von Uammer
Vatvaria
Lithuania
Vrai
Insterburge
Kongsberg
Baltic
Memel
Onngsberg
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Allied offensive tightens across Dutch and Belgian fronts
From Venray to Breskens and Antwerp’s approaches, Allied forces press in Eastern Holland and along the Schelde estuary as German pocket defenses shrink. Canadian and British units link lines near Venray, while U S and French troops push toward Metz and Vosges passes. Aachen encircled, Cologne target looms, and bombers strike Cologne as Eisenhower plans further moves.
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Veniay
Holland
Duisburg
Berlin
Netherlands
Antwwerp
Aachenstil
U. S
Cologne
France
U.S. Third Army
iMelz
Vosges
Reich
Second Army
Venray
Maas
Supreme Headquarters
Tomries
Venray-Deurne
Schelder
Antwerp
Berskens
Breskens
Belfort
H. D. Crerar
Tjzenditke
Aachen
Fisenhower
Woman President for U. S. Seen in Future
Harvard anthropologist Barnes A. Hooton predicted a future where a woman sits in the White House. He joked that if women had run world affairs for thousands of years they could hardly have made a worse mess than men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
Barnes A Tlotun
Department of Anthropology
Harvard University
White House
Point Pleasant youth wounded while hunting
Robert Haynes, 14, of Point Pleasant, was seriously wounded Tuesday evening while hunting on the Henry White farm east of Point Pleasant. A shotgun pellet struck him on the head and shoulder. He was reported in satisfactory condition at Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis. Andrew Hamilton Johnson said the shot was fired accidentally by Mr Taylor, whom he did not know. Also noted a Tokyo dispatch reporting the deaths of three Japanese vice admirals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Robert Haynes
Harald Haynes
Eighth St
Henry White Farm
Hamilton
A. Johnson
Haynes
Fred
Taylor
Jnhoem Johnson
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
War Ends Perfect Marriage in Germany
NY columnist Hal Boyle reflects on a soldier’s death and a wife’s enduring love. Kath Irvin’s letter recounts her husband Bede Irvin, an AP war photographer killed near St Lo, and the ache of a perfect marriage broken by war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
Germany
Kath Irvin
Bede Irvin
St Lo
Bede
Associated Press
France
Secretary of State Orders Boards to Probe Voter Registrations
Columbus Secretary of State Edward J. Hummel ordered election boards to launch an immediate probe after receiving information about a possible large scale duplication or false registrations in Ohio. He directed boards to collect evidence of fraud and turn it over to prosecuting attorneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Edward J. Hummel
Ohio
Todas
Election Boards
William Hunter Dies At Peach Ridge Home
William N. Buster, 79, died at his Peach Ridge home this morning after an illness. Survived by a daughter and a son, services planned for the day after at the local church. Burial to follow at Gilbert Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hunter
Peach Ridge
Wiliham N. Buster
Dave
Mr Hunter
Athens
Hove
Hunter
Sursay
Mass
Gilbert Cor
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Arrow Cross Party
East Coast
Electric Cooperative
Budapest
Malinovsky
Transylvania
Petrov
Poland
Carpathians
Red Army
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