Americans Break Siegfried Line Front Near Schneiden
American forces under Lt. Gen. Omar Bradley push across the Our and Sure rivers into Germany from Luxembourg on a 24 mile front, breaching the Siegfried Line near Schneiden and advancing toward Pruem and Schmidt amid heavy rain and light opposition.
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Austin Bealmear
Paris
eThe
U. S. Third Army
Germany
Luxembourg
U. S S
Olof River
Schneiden
Siegfried Line
St. Vito
Schnee Eifel
Wascheid
Pruem
Holling
Omar N. Bradley
Aachen
Roermond
B0th
Blue E
Sure River
Numbers racket setback forces stock tickers to mask totals
New York on February 7 reports that the two major stock exchanges revised reporting rules to curb the numbers racket. The New York Stock Exchange and the curb exchange will print only the approximate figures on tickers and confine the rest to cipher totals. The changes, urged by Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, aim to remove payoff figures from public view. The curb will implement the change on February 13.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Curb Exchange
F. H. Guardia
Ree
Churchill aides killed in crash near big three conference
London reports ten passengers including six foreign office aides died when a plane to the big three conference crashed en route. Several war and air ministry officers were among the dead or injured with crew members among those missing and presumed killed.
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London
British
Foreign Office
Churchill
Ter Noel Loxley
Armine Roderick Dew
John Chaplin
Robert MacDonald Guthrie
H. J. Battley
P. M. Sullivan
War Office
W. G. Newey
A. K. Charlesworth
Air Ministry
P. S. Jackson-Taylor
H. Hooper
H.A.C. Sanderson
W. H. Finch
The
AFL to AGT on UMW postwar plan in Miami
AFL executive council in Miami proposes a seven point program to forestall postwar low mood and urges swift reconversion measures. The plan calls for government labor industry and agricultural mobilization, universal recognition of free collective bargaining, public works, a comprehensive program, and removal of wartime controls. It also seeks to address unemployment and wage policy while opposing John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers return.
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Miami
Fla
American Federation of Labor
Executive Council
Ooe
Sena
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
AFL
Progressive Miners
John Marchiando
Council
Felix Goodnick
C. C. Drennan
Ike Tours Nazi Victory Road Amid Western Front Ruins
General Ike Eisenhower and Lt. Gen. Omar Bradley traveled the broken route from Houffalize to Bastogne in Belgium as Allied forces pressed the Bulge. They passed cratered towns, wrecked tanks, and abandoned houses, meeting Gen. George Patton at Bastogne before an advance headquarters showed a softened mood and a claimed restricted victory.
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Belgium
Eisenhower
Bies
Houffalize
Marche
Western Front
Omar N. Bradley
the Bulge
George 8
S. Patton
Third Army
Bastogne
Rehde
Hitler Poised to Quit Dictatorship and Seek Peace
Stockholm reports claim Hitler plans to relinquish the Fuehrer title and form a new government with Franz Von Papen as chancellor. Rumors, attributed to a free German service, note Hjalmar Schacht as finance minister and Walter Brauchitsch as war minister amid Allied pressure.
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Stockholm
Hitler
Germany
Franz von Papen
Free German
Fuehrer
Reich
von Papen
Turkey
Hjalmar Schacht
Walter von Brauchitsch
Schacht
Reichsbank
Brauchitsch
Ernie Pyle Heads to the Pacific in Navy Dispatches
The trusted columnist explains his return to war, choosing the Pacific theater with the U S Navy. He reflects on leaving Europe and resuming wartime writing, acknowledging the challenge of regaining his rhythm and the personal reluctance to return to combat.
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Ernie Pyle
Navy
Pacific
San Francisco
West Virginia Labor Hearings Spotlight Fair Employment Plan
Charleston February debate on racial discrimination sees CIO oppose grander union court power while push for a state fair employment practices commission gains support from Negro leaders. Lawmakers hear from NAACP, West Virginia State College faculty, and AFL reps amid stalled bills and unified calls for action.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
CIO
House of Delegates Labor Committee
Fair Employment Practices Commission
Yaawaapenees
Emplo
Nover
John B. Easton
CIO State Industrial Union Council
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Cnetgenteater
Cittees
Bomber Mission Targets Saigon and Rama VI Bridge
B-29s attack Saigon and strike the Rama VI bridge near Bangkok in a doubleheader mission. Crews report good to excellent results on the bridge, while Saigon bombing was hindered by weather with no observed results. The Rama VI bridge is a critical 1400 foot link on the Bangkok Moulmein railroad used for enemy supply lines.
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20Th Bomber Command
India
Saigon
Rama VI
Bangkok
Burma
Menam
Bangkok- Moulmein
Philippine Islands
Big Three Hold Secret Talks in Black Sea Area
The Associated Press reports Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin met with top advisers in a secret conference in the Black Sea area. They discussed unconditional surrender of Germany, occupation plans, and postwar security with hopes for a permanent international body to sustain peace.
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Black Sea Area
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Germany
Washington
Black Sea
Eege
Emmet Stalin
Europe
Moscow
London
Retirement plan for West Virginia judges proposed in House
A bill in the West Virginia House proposes a pension system for judges with a 4 percent salary contribution, retirement at 65 after six years served or at any age after 24 years, a 75 percent cap on pension, disability pay, and retirement as unpaid special judges. The measure follows a 1943 defeat and is paired with other house bills on hospital insurance extensions, corporate meetings, and revised school attendance laws.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
House of Delegates
Davis
Kanawha
Stealey
Wood
Holt
D. Lewis
House
Amos
Raleigh
Underwood
Tyler
Soldier's Death Sentence Revoked at Camp Roberts
Pvt. Henry Weber 27 of Vancouver Washington had his death sentence overturned by a general court martial at Camp Roberts California. He was sentenced to life imprisonment at hard labor, a dishonorable discharge, and forfeiture of pay after refusing to drill and declaring he would rather be shot than take up arms.
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Camp Roberts
Calif
Pvt
Henry Weber
Vancouver
Wash
Weber
Regiment Colors Saved At Corregidor Presented To MacArthur
The colors of the 57th Philippine Scouts, saved from surrender on Bataan and Corregidor and hidden during the Japanese occupation, were delivered to General Douglas MacArthur. Survivors of the unit carried the flag to Corregidor after their final fight on Bataan. Capt. Franklin Oliver Andrews hid the colors in a pillow at Bilibid prison and later recovered them after liberation.
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Manila
Bataan
Corregidor
Philippine Scouts
Douglas MacArthur
U. S
Franklin Oliver Andrews
Bilibid
Andrews
Man Convicted of Old Murder in Fairmont Trial
Benjamin Franklin Male was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the 1905 death of school teacher Walter O. Smith. The jury rejected first-degree murder, accepted self-defense partially, and imposed a potential one to five year prison term. Trial earlier marked by decades-long absence and postwar persona.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Benjamin Franklin
Walter O. Smith
Oregon
J. Worley Powell
Charles E. Miller
Smith
Male
Cecil Male
Charles F Livesay Found Dead in Fairmont Hotel Room
Charles F. Livesay, 32, a field auditor for the state tax department since 1941, was found dead today from a heart attack in his hotel room in Fairmont West Virginia. The body was discovered by a hotel employee and a member of his family. He is survived by his widow and one son.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Charles F. Livesay
State Tax Department
Employe
Paraguay Declares War on Axis in World War II
Asuncion Paraguay reports Paraguay declared war on the Axis and broke diplomatic relations with Germany and Japan in January 1942. The move comes as part of wider Allied actions during the war in Europe and the Pacific.
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Paraguay
Asuncion
Germany
Japan
Russians Reach Bridgehead Near Berlin Amid Push to Kuestrin
On the Eastern front Soviet forces established a seventh Oder bridgehead near Kuestrin about 30 miles from Berlin and entered the city itself according to German accounts. Moscow did not confirm river crossings while reporting mopping up east of the Oder and captures near Guestebese and in Silesia.
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London
Oder River
Kuestrin 4
Berlin
Silesia
Kuestrin
Berlin-Kuestrin
Moscow
Zhukov
Oder
Red Army
Red Star
Selesia
Deutsch Krone
Exchange Ship To Leave Marseilles
The Swedish steamer Gripsholm is scheduled to depart Marseilles tomorrow and expected to reach the United States about February 21 or 22. It will carry American wounded prisoners and internees from Germany as part of the exchange ships, the state department disclosed.
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Washington
Marseilles
United States
State Department
Germany
Manila Clears Japanese Demolition Units. North Manila Secured
American forces have cleared the Manila district north of the Pasig River of Japanese demolition squads and hold the area while advancing into southern sectors. MacArthur reports about 48 000 enemy casualties in Luzon with 1 609 killed and 5 276 wounded among Americans. fighting continues around Nichols Field and Pasay, with bridges blown, internees freed from Santo Tomas, and bombardment of Corregidor and Caballo islands ongoing.
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Manila
Pasig River
Pasay
Nichols Field
Douglas MacArthur
Luzon
Fred Hampson
Associated Press
Rela
Paan
Pasig
Stoner
Arthur Feldman
Blue Network
Japan
First Cavalry
Quezon City
Eleventh Airborne
MacArthur
Russell Brines
Santo Tomas
Brines
Corregidor Fortress
Manila Bay
Caballo Island
San Jose-Lupao- Munoz
Rizal
San Jose
Echague
Cagayan Valley
Kirun
Formosa
Rasa Land
Okinawa
J Oper
Favaks
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Maisbenden
Gemeind
Ike
France
America
William C. Chase
U. S. 1St Cavalry Division
Senate
Labor Committee
Fleming Jones
D. McDowell
AFL State Federation of Labor
Volney Andrews
Federation
L. J. Callinan
State
Jones
Nell Walker
D. Fayette
T. G. Nutter
Association For the ‘Advancement of Colored People
Thomas Posey
West Virginia State College
William Brown
Daniel Ferguson
State College
Ferguson
Yank
M’arthur
Kntew
White House
Russia
World Security Council
Eastern Front
Zellin
Linnich-Juelich - Dueren
Reno River
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