Germans Break Through Modor River Line In Offense
The German attack across the Modor River front at four points is checked by savage U S Seventh Army counterattacks. Dawn assaults along a 20 mile front with armored divisions gain up to two miles but are halted with heavy losses. American positions near Haguenau and Alsace face renewed pressure as German forces attempt reconquest.
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Austin Bealmear
Paris
France
U. S. Seventh Army
Pivota Haguenau
Modor
Hagubenau
Ale
U. S
Alsace
Hitler
Reich
Sweden Internes x German Scientist Y Bomb Expert
A Swedish internment report details a German scientist who directed V bomb experiments for use against New York. The scientist fled Sweden posing as a Danish refugee and was granted special privileges for his knowledge. Swedish sources claim V4 is more accurate than V3 and describe its weight, speed, and altitude.
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London
Newark
Stockholm
Reuters
Jutland
Sweden
Taff
U S Troopship Sunk with 765 Dead and Missing
Washington January 25 Secretary Stimson announced the sinking in European waters of a U S troopship carrying American troops with 765 dead and missing The loss added to a tally of 36 456 army casualties and followed prior sinkings in the Mediterranean and north Atlantic. next of kin have been notified and the time of sinking was not disclosed.
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Washington
Stimson
Mediterranean
Army
Navy
Marine
Henry R. Mal
Iceland
Mallory
North Atlantic
Roman
President Coolidge
Los
Northeast Suffers Deep Freeze With Fatal Toll
Blizzard like cold grips the northeast with temperatures below zero and record lows across New York New England and Pennsylvania. Seven deaths reported as high winds snowdrifts disrupt transport while a missing school bus driver returns with 40 children. Coal supply disruptions force limited deliveries and mine shutdowns in western Pennsylvania.
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Associated Press
New England
New York
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
New York State
Cowlesville
N. Y
Syracuse
Buffalo
Albany
New York City
Morris County
N. J
St. Mary's
Baltimore
Western Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Solid Fuels Administration
Naval Task Force Hits Nwo Island In Major Assault
U S Pacific Fleet headquarters reports an Incan naval task force shelled Nwo Island in the Volcanos as Superfortresses and B-29 bombers attacked with more than 187 tons of bombs. It marks the third joint operation by Marianas and Pacific Fleet ships in two years and the sixth surface shelling of the fortress island guarding southern approaches to Tokyo.
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U. S. Pacific Fist
On Harbor
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Marianas
Pacific
Fortress
Tokyo
East Coasts Fuel Oil and Coal Shortage Likely to Worsen
Washington January 25 The east coast fuel oil and coal shortage is likely to worsen according to Harold L Ickes secretary of the interior acting as solid fuels administrator He warned the situation will not ease for a while and said he would not create false hopes or spark runs on dealers He also said he had written John L Lewis UMW president seeking comment on an early wage agreement as current talks expire March 31 with negotiations set to begin March 1.
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Washington
Ickes
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Eisenhower and Stalin Establish Recent Contact
NBC correspondent Merrill Mueller reports that Gen. Eisenhower has established contact with Marshal Stalin. The liaison arrangement was learned from a talk at the Supreme Headquarters in Paris about a week earlier, though details of the channel were not disclosed.
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New York
Merrill Mueller
NBC
Supreme Allied
Paris
Gen
Eisenhower
Marshal Stalin
Mueller
Supreme Commander
War In Brief: The Road to Berlin Fronts and Advances
Eastern front reports 125 miles to Bal tic and 200000 Nazis trapped by a wedge toward Konigsberg. West front says Ta sa ee line breached in four places as British Fifth Army nears the Roer river. US First and Third Armies push east to push Germans out of the Ardennes salient. Pacific front notes Sixth Army seizes Clark Field and Fort Stotsenburg in Luzon with other columns within 40 miles. in Burma American and Chinese troops hinder Japanese escape near Wanting on the Burma Road.
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Oder River
Baltic
Koningsberg
Herent Pees River
France
Roer River
U. S
Ardennes
U. S. Sixth Army
Clarkfield
Fort Stotsenburg
Luzon Island
Philippines
Poznan
Berlin
Swarbedz
Murowanagoslina
Warta
Swarzedz
Clever
Steetin
East Prussia
Konigsberg
East Prussian
Starkenberg
State Hospital Probe Ordered by West Virginia House
The West Virginia House commissions a seven member committee to probe Weston state hospital conditions as delegates prepare to resume after a long recess. A separate inquiry into the death of Miss Lucy Ward is planned with investigations by the board of control and county prosecutors.
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House Committee
Weston
Charleston
W. Va
House of Delegates
Weston State Hospital
Ette
Irman Postalwait
Boone
Degruyter
Kanawha
Desist
Harrison
Chambering
Raleigh
Ross
Upshur
Maness
Preston
Hartigan
Harry A. Garrison
Weson
Hs A
Spencer State Hospital
Shupbach
D. Wetzel
House Ientiary Committee
Huttonsville
Lucy Ward
Randolph County
Clarence W. Meadows
Board of Control
House
Harve
Monroe
Rd of Public Works
Andrews
Rowan
Monroe County
Carola
Senate
William Woodyard
Spencer
Lilly Triplets Have Separate Birthdays
Beckley West Virginia January 25 Daniel Morris Samuel Norris and Anna Doris Lilly are reported in good health and will celebrate separate birthdays. D M Hoke notes the triplets born near October last year at a farm near Flat Top mountains three miles from the Oakes homestead. Daniel Morris weighed five and a quarter pounds born close to midnight January 17 Samuel I ris weighed six pounds and Anna Doris four pounds born about an hour later on February 18.
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Hoke
Daniel Morris
Samuel I Ris
Anna Doris
Reds Seal Of 200000 Nazis In East Prussia Ahead Of Americans
General MacArthur reports Clark Field in the Philippines captured with Fort Stotsenburg as U.S. forces push toward Manila. The drive also bombs Corregidor and Cavite naval base to soften defenses while Maj. Gen. Griswold’s 14th army corps advances rapidly from Lingayen Gulf reducing Japanese opposition.
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General MacArthur
Clarkfield
Fort Stotsenburg
Manila
Lingayen Gulf
America
Clark Field
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
China
Oscar W. Griswold
14Th Army Corps
Ridge Oam
Clark
Corregidor
Cavite Naval Base
West Virginia legislature introduces state bar measure in 1943
Charleston dispatch reports a renewed 1943 bill to create a state bar with ethics code under the supervision of the state supreme court. The plan requires attorney annual dues up to five dollars and integrates active lawyers including those in service. Also listed are engineer registration revisions and driver license renewal fee hikes amid other bills.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Neely
Davis
Ohanawha
Hugus
Ohio
State Supreme Court
Knight
D . Kanawha
West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers
Blankenship
Wyoming
Hagus and Callahan
R-Onio
Ward
R-Releigh
Hitler Orders Fleeing Nazis To Scorch Abandoned Soil
London reports Hitler ordered German commanders on the eastern front to scorch every inch of soil they abandon as Prague and eastern Czechoslovakia come under siege. Goebbels laments the Reich stands deserted while Red Army nears Berlin at about 125 miles from Prague. Swiss Moscow sources say Hitler may speak Jan 30 anniversary, urging Germans to resist to the last drop of blood.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Prague
Berlin
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Neoscow
Gestapo
Moscow
Hitler
Goebbels
Wallace slams Jones over big lending agencies
Washington reports Henry A. Wallace challenging Congress to review how Jesse Jones runs the government lending agencies. Wallace vows to serve the common man and small business if confirmed as commerce secretary and RFC head, while Jones is labeled unqualified. A Senate committee debates splitting commerce and related posts with a likely vote tomorrow afternoon.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Congress
Jesse Jones
Wallace
Roosevelt
RFC
Jones
Senate Commerce Committee
Commerce Department
George
D-Ga
Bailey
D - NC
Pepper
D-Fla
George Plan
Commerce
Federal Reserve System
Soviet Envoy Dies In Plane Crash In Mexico City
Soviet ambassador Constantine Oumansky, 42, was killed when a Mexican air force plane crashed near the airport during takeoff. His wife and seven others perished. two of 11 aboard survived with injuries. Oumansky had been chosen to represent Russia in opening diplomatic relations with Costa Rica. The incident occurred as he prepared to officiate in the Costa Rican opening.
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Mexico City
Constantine Oumansky
Mexico
Oumansky
Costa Rica
L. Garnett
Anticon Deities Hospital
United States
Washington
Finland
Germany
Russia
Ene Geal Rith
Tass
Charles Hearn Cleared of Five Liquor Tax Counts in Bluefield
A U S district court jury acquitted Charles Hearn 35 of Bramwell Road Bluefield on five liquor tax counts. Testimony wrapped Wednesday. judge instruction followed amid other cases including guilty pleas by William Eugene Warfe and multiple Bluefield defendants charged in liquor tax conspiracy. Jurors for the trial and other court actions were detailed as court proceedings moved forward.
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U. S. District Court
West Virginia
Charlies Hearn
Bramwell Road
Bluefield
Sallie Loving
Lawson Street
Geraldine Hicks
North
Mercer Street
Ben Moore
William Eugene Warfe
Falls Mills
Mercer County
Princeton
United States
Frank Arthur Gearhart
Lillie Lawrence
Isaac Sigler
Carl
Mullins
Luther Cecil Scott
Raymond Williams
William Leonard Carter
John Knaidney Bailey
Lawrence Allen
Robert William Hickma
Fred Tolliver Hooker
L. W. Worley
Bolt
Max Dawson
Kimball
Sam J. Stacks
Welch
S. A. Nameth
K P. Meadows
Earl Snead Beckley
Jess T. Stacks
Thomas Venters
Beckley
Roy Keyser
W. F. Gammon
Northfork
James Belcher
Clearfork
Kyle Bailey
Ameagie
John Sidney Bailey
Stoney Ridge
Embargo on Freight Hauls Affects Eastern Rail Routes
The Association of American Railroads placed an embargo on all except war freight in areas east and south of the Great Lakes to ease a traffic jam from blizzards. Effective 12:01 a.m. Eastern War Time January 27, it runs until 12:01 a.m. January 30, covering Indiana Michigan Ohio Pennsylvania New York Maryland Delaware New Jersey West Virginia and parts of Virginia.
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Washington
Association of American Railroads
Great Lakes
Office of Defense
W. T
Indiana
Lower
Railway escape route severed in East Prussia encirclement
German and Soviet forces clash as the Red Army severs the trunk rail line out of East Prussia near Elbing sealing off about 200000 German troops. Moscow reports wedge to the Baltic coast and near Poznan as Soviets push toward Berlin.
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London
Red Army
East Prussia
Berlin
Upper Oder
Breslau
Silesian
DNB
East Prusia
Baltic
Elbing
Danse
Moscow
Sunday Mining Dates Changed for Coal Regions
The Sunday coal mining schedule in southern West Virginia and other districts was shifted to February 4 and 18 due to a lack of empty railroad cars. United Mine Workers official William Blizzard said miners will get Sunday pay for the changed dates to ease the fuel shortage. Kentucky and Virginia districts report similar changes and note rail delays and weather affected car delivery.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
William Blizzard
United Mine Workers
District 17
Solid Fuels Administration
Blizzard
Caddy
Inirginia
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