British Sink Three German Destroyers in Bay of Biscay
London reports British warships and planes have sunk three German destroyers in the Bay of Biscay with cooperation from coastal command aircraft. One homeward-bound Axis blockade runner was also sunk, as German surface raiders reappear near the French coast and northern Spain.
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London
Bay of Biscay
Admiralty
Air Ministry
Atlantic
Europe
Scharnhorst
Spain
His Majesty
Coastal Command
Communiqte
Japan
Lord Bruntisfield
Norway
North Cape
Germany
Union leaders vow no railroad strike amid war effort
The piece notes union leaders declare no rail strike will occur, arguing the transportation system is vital to the war. It discusses government railroad operation in 1918-19, traffic patterns, and prudent handling of the crisis without strike disruption.
First Step Taken To Put MacArthur On Illinois Ballot
The Gen MacArthur for President club began moves to place MacArthur on the Illinois presidential preference primary ballot hitting county chairmen precinct committeemen and Republican officials with petitions. Petitions will be filed with the secretary of state after enough signatures are collected. The letters note the right of the American people to draft a citizen for service in a time of peril.
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Chicago
Gen. MacArthur
Illinois
Joseph P. Savage
MacArthur
Stimson
Last Civil War Veteran George S. Bushnell Dies in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids resident George S. Bushnell the last Civil War veteran in the city and Linn County died at home at age 94 95. He enlisted at 15 in Company E 46th Iowa Infantry and guarded the Memphis and Charleston railroad. Survived by daughter Jennie and four great grandchildren, services planned at Barta chapel with burial at Oak Hill cemetery. Burial will end his era as one of Iowa G A R veterans.
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Cedar Rapids
George S. Bushnell
Thirtythird Street
Bushnell
Linn County
Iowa
Mark H. Morse
Wyoming
46Th
Iowa Infantry
Memphis and
Charleston
Memphis
Carpenter and Copper
Federal Building
Jennie Bushnell
Fredonia
Curtis B. Boughton
Iowa City
First Christian Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Grand Army of the Republic
Iowa G.A.R
Fifteen Drown After Lake Chapala Boat Sinks
Fifteen people are believed to have drowned when a launch sank on Lake Chapala near Guadalajara Tuesday night. All aboard were Mexicans, authorities said.
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Guadalajara
Mexico
Lake Chapala
Roosevelt deflects fourth term question at wartime briefing
President Roosevelt dismissed as petty the idea his Win-the-War slogan signals a fourth term. He described the New Deal as a wartime doctor now replaced by Win-the-War and said postwar plans must address conditions of 1932 while ensuring the nation avoids returning to those old conditions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Picayune
Win-the-War
United States
New Deal
Pearl Harbor
Wie
Federal Deposit Insurance
Home Owners Loan Corporation
WPA
PWA
Securities Exchange Commission
Korosten Taken as Soviet Forces Press West
London AP reports the Red Army has captured Korosten, a key north Ukraine rail and highway junction west of Kiev, as Gen. Vatutin pushes toward Zhitomir. Soviet units near Korosten since recapturing Korostishev and Smolovka have advanced, with heavy artillery near the city.
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London
Red Army
North Ukraine
Korosten
Kiev
Moscow
Nikolai Vatutin
Zhitomir
Leningrad-Odessa
Vyatutin
First Ukraine
Korostishev
Smolovka
Zlobichi
Bekhi
Vatutin
Fritz von Mannstein
Kiev Bulge
White Russia
Ivan Bagramian
Siberian
Vitebsk
Yanks Bay 37 Jap Air Raiders in New Britain
Allied command reported 37 of 50 Japanese aircraft were shot down during a raid on Arawe New Britain. American air forces destroyed 30 planes on the ground and ground units claimed three more as U S Marines advanced five miles toward Cape Gloucester airstrips.
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Yanks Bay
New Britain
New Guinea
Arawe
Douglas MacArthur
Cape Gloucester
Madang
Bergen Bay
MacArthur
United States
Sixth Army
Umtingalu
Ramu
Bogadjim
Solomons
Kieta
Sergeant's Hoax Convoy Puzzle Nabs Danbury
A staff sergeant in a army uniform duped Danbury officials by claiming a convoy of 100 paratroopers was en route from overseas. He slept at the USO center while volunteers prepared a welcome, then vanished after arranging a fake convoy incident and cashing a $20 check. FBI and state police found no accident or convoy.
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Danbury
Conn
USO
Mitchel Field
Boston
War Council
Red Cross
Protestant Episcopal Church of St. James
William J. Meary
Brewster
N. Y
George Howell
White Plains
Howell
FBI
New York State
Army
Roosevelt Sidelined by Head Cold
President Franklin D. Roosevelt is sick with a head cold and will stay in the White House quarters. Doctor Rear Admiral Ross T. McIntyre advised rest and no official appointments were scheduled for the day.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Ross T. McIntyre
White House
Ortona Falls as Allied Troops Push Toward Pesaro
Allied headquarters report the eight day Ortona battle ended with the town in ruins as Canadian forces drive north along the Adriatic coast toward Pesaro. The Eighth Army advances from Castel di Sangro while Fifth Army repels a German coastal assault near Ponte di Garigliano amid snow and storms.
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Algiers
Ortona
Mediterranean
Adriatic
Pescara
Eighth Army
Apennine
Castel di Sangro
Rome
Ciampino
Centocelle
Taliman
London
Paris
St Peter's Basilica
Apennines
Pescara-Rome
Fifth Army
Ponte di Garigliano
Gangliano
Chieti
Italy
15Th Air Force
Second Front Team Quickly Taking Shape
Allied high command for the northwest Europe invasion nears formation with two Britons named to command naval and air forces under Eisenhower. Ramey as naval commander in chief and Leigh-Mallory to head the air forces. Doolittle to command the Eighth Air Force in Britain and Eaker to direct all Allied air units in the Mediterranean under Wilson. Patton not listed for invasion command.
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London
Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Bertram Ramey
Trafford L. Leigh-Mallory
Rafs
Washington
Roosevelt
James H Doolittle
Eighth Air Force
Great Britan
Tia C Eaker
Mediterranean
Henry Maitland Wilson
Jacob T. Devers
United States
Britain
Wilson May
Nathan F. Twining
Solomons
Fifteenth Airy Force
George S Patton, Jr
Anon
Patton
Sen Edwin C Johnson
Dcoro
Leigh Mallory
School of Army Cooperation
Ramsay
Dunkirk
Sicily
Leigh-Mallory
Carl A. Spaatz
United States Strategic Air Forces
Menace of Great U S Troup Ends
Washington reports that three holdout union chiefs pledged no strike actions that could threaten wartime logistics. David Robertson H W Fraser and T C Cashen said they will cancel the strike and support arbitration on wage and overtime issues.
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U. S
Washington
War Department
Brehon Somervell
David B. Robertson
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
H. W. Fraser
Order of
T. C Cashen
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Roosevelt
Oslo Says German Fighter Ace Killed
London report says Capt. Wilhelm Lamke a 23 year old Luftwaffe fighter ace credited with 125 Allied aircraft destroyed was killed in action against Great Britain in a Radio Oslo broadcast recorded in London Wednesday.
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London
Wilhelm Lamke
Great Britain
Oslo
Mussolini Reported Dead Again from German Clinic
A non-Spanish diplomatic source said Mussolini died in a German clinic 10 days ago due to old stomach ulcers and mental derangement. The claim drew cautious note in London, as Mussolini had been reported dead before on previous occasions.
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Madrid
Benito Mussolini
Germany
London
Mussolini
Thief Passes On Sable Pieces For $3,500 Mink
A Philadelphia burglar who cut a shop window passed up two sable neckpieces valued at 1000 and 800 dollars and took a 3500 dollar mink coat.
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Philadelphia
Bern Hears Nazi Food Chief Ousted
Stockholm AP dispatch says German State Secretary Herbert Backe who ran food affairs is ousted due to a poor potato crop. The Swedish Social-Demokraten reports the move occurred Wednesday.
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Bern
Sstockholm
Social-Demokraten
Herbert Backe
Gibraltar Ship Movements Reported by Axis Radios
Axis radios report heavy Gibraltar shipping activity. Vichy says a British cruiser and nine torpedo boats left the harbor while 58 merchant vessels remain. Madrid cites a convoy of 77 ships, mostly 10,000 tonners, arriving from the Atlantic.
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London
Gibraltar
Berlin
Madrid
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