Allied Hold Maintains Beachhead as Italy Battles Rage
Allied forces repelled a furious Nazi drive south of Rome near Carraceto and Cassino, with heavy losses on both sides. German and American troops fought in intense house to house combat for Cassino while air operations tried to curb reinforcements. German communique claims violence mirrors eastern front struggles as Hitler urges best effort to erase the beachhead.
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Aprilia Sth
Cassino
Algiers
Rome
Carraceto
Liri
Hitler
Berlin
Italy
U.S. 2Th Air Force
5Th Army
Gustav
Adolf Hitler
France
Toulon
Cannes
Ickes Reveals Persian Gulf Pipeline Plan
Petroleum Administrator Harold L. Ickes disclosed a $230 to $165 million Persian gulf to Mediterranean oil pipeline backed by a one billion barrel crude reserve for US military and naval use. The project, to be built and owned by Petroleum Reserves Corp, requires Saudi and Kuwait consent and may be funded by US cash.
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U. S
Near East
Washington
Harold L. Ickes
United States
Petroleum Reserves Corp
Arabian-American Oil Co
Gulf Exploration , Co
Persian Gulf
Ickes
Saudi Arabia
Kuwait
Standard Oil of
California
The
Texas Co
Gulf Exploration Concern
Guilt Oil Corp
Roosevelt
State Department
War and Navy Departments
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Army-Navy Petroleur Board
Saudi
Arabia
Powell and Robertson Enter Sheriff Race in Kanawha County
A late filing at the circuit clerk's office adds several Democratic and Republican hopefuls to Kanawha county contests. Watt B. Powell and Charles H. Rand headline Democratic sheriff bids while Herbert L. Carney leads Republicans for circuit judge. Among house of delegates entrants are J. Horner Davis and John E. Amos, both Charleston incumbents, with multiple other candidates from Charleston and surrounding areas.
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Kanawha County
Sherff
House of Delegates
Watt B. Powell
Chartestan Senators
Guy M. Robertson
Clendenin
State Department of Agriculture
E. M. McConshay
Charleston
Julian F. Bouthelle
Mack” Mathews
Hudson S. Campbell
Beauregard St
State Senate
J. Horner Davis
John E. Amos
Davis
Congress
Amos
House
John O. Kizer
Five West Virginians Wounded in Action
War Department dispatches list five West Virginia soldiers wounded in action. In the Mediterranean theater Pvt John H. Belcher Tad Cpl Loren C. Crites French Creek Pfc Eugene E Rebold Blacksville Pvt Charles H. Staubs Harpers Ferry are named. 1st Lt Edward E. Bailey Helen appears wounded in the Southwest Pacific.
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West
Edward E. Bailey
Herman E. Johnson
Helen
Southwest Pacific
M CORKLE PAVING NEARS FINISH IN CHARLESTON
City Engineer H L Campbell announced Cunningham and Haynes are on the last lap of the MacCorkle Avenue two mile repaving project. Two lanes are open from east of the O station to 26th Street, with one lane set to complete from 28th to 35th Street today. Weather conditions may delay pouring the additional lane, and Mission Hollow Road remains traffic blocked with a right detour around the ball park.
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MacCorkle Av
H. L. Campbell
Cunningham & Haynes
Charleston
26Th St
South
Ruffner
28Th St
35Th St
Red Drive in Poland 85 Miles Past Line
Soviet forces push into old Poland advancing toward the Russian German boundary. Lutsk and Rovno captured with 200 plus towns seized, 2,000 Hungarian troops routed. Stalin orders a 20-gun salute as 84 miles inside Polish frontier is reached. Soviet units encircle German positions near Dnieper bend while Lenin grad front clears east bank Narova.
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Red
Poland
London
Red Army
Old Poland
Lutsk
Rovno
Warsaw
Mos
Russia
Joseph Stalin
Stalin
Moscow
Serebra
Nikolai F. Vatutin
Dnieper Bend
Dnieper River
Zrénizgorodka Shpola
Olshana
Shpols
Leningrad Front
Narova River
Estonia
Neely To Run For Congress In 1st District Bid
West Virginia political news reports Neely entering the 1st Congressional District race and filing to be a delegate at the Democratic National Convention. A three way Democratic contest for the 6th district emerges as Patrick D. Koontz and Dr. B. A. Hedrick seek the nomination, while Hubert G. Ross had filed earlier. Deadline for 1944 candidates moved up as filings close.
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Matthew Mansfield Newly
West Virginia
Congress
House of Representatives
Neely
Washington
U.S. Senatg
Ale Large
Patrick D. Koontz
Charleston
B. A. Hedrick
Beckley
Joe L. Smith
Hubert G. Ross
Secretary of State
Half of Payroll Savings War Loan Quota Attained
The payroll savings division of Kanawha county s 4th war loan drive has reached the halfway mark in its campaign for 2 730 000, chairman LeRoy L. Osborn announced. West Virginia reports total sales of 68 717 022 about 92 percent of the 75 000 000 goal with Rhode Island already meeting its minimum quota. The payroll group covers firms with 25+ employees in Kanawha County, with over 190 establishments using payroll deductions affecting about 45 000 workers. Awards include flags for high participation and per cent of payroll bonds.
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Kanawha County
LeRoy L. Osborn
West Virginia
Rhode Island
Osborn
Kanawha
Spain Releases Four Malian Ships Amid Neutrality Gesture
Madrid freed four Malian merchant vessels, allowing them to sail to Allied ports as the Franco regime maintains strict neutrality. The move follows Allied pressure to release Italian ships interned in Spanish ports and signals possible actions on remaining vessels and military assets tied to the recent alliance tensions.
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Madrid
INIS
Spain
United States
Britain
Pietro Badoglio
Badogio
Germany
Francisco Franco
U. S
Voluntem
Russia
Mesa Officials Defiant Over War Board Subpoena
DETROIT Feb. national secretary Matthew Smith of the Mechanics Educational Society of America says he will ignore a subpoena to appear before a National War Labor Board hearing in Washington. He plans to be in Washington Monday but will not attend the WLB hearing to determine sanctions against about 125,000 MESA members on strike in Michigan and Ohio. MESA president George Witte’s subpoena status was unclear as of late afternoon.
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Detroit
Matthew Smith
Mechanics Educational Society of America
Wir
Michigan
Ohio
National War Later Board
Washington
Joan Smith
U. S
Smith
WLB
MESA
George Witte
Cleveland
Unis
Murs
Chiilman
William H. Davis
George White
Heavies Drop 1120 Tons on Six German Air Dromes
London reports a daylong Allied bombing of central and northern France with 700 American heavy bombers and 500 plus fighters dropping at least 1120 tons on six German air dromes. More than 1200 Allied planes struck targets across occupied France, with heavy loss of German wireless and DNB transmissions noted.
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London
U. S
France
Germany
Britain
Fiee
Senate Quits After Brief Battle Over War Ballot Bill
In a brief Senate session on February 5, administration backers failed to secure needed votes for a federal war ballot bill, adjournment motion passed 24 to 20 as Barkley labeled efforts to reach a quorum futile. Proponents of a states rights voting approach shouted for recognition before the chamber closed.
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Barkley
Washington
Senate
Feu
Ferguson UR
Mich
Dunkerque Battleship Fire Report From Toulon Strike
A Nazi controlled Vichy radio reported the 26,500 ton French battleship Dunkerque burning furiously after a yesterday American air raid on the Toulon naval base. The ship had survived prior attacks, including actions near Toulon in 1942. A German broadcast claimed nine American bombers were shot down in the Toulon raid.
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Tondon
Vichy
Tonto
Toulon
Red Cross Deluged by Data Requests on Muster-Out Pay
World War I veterans flooded Red Cross offices with questions about immediate mustering-out pay after President Roosevelt signed legislation. West Virginia Army enlistees must apply to the U.S. Treasury in Richmond Virginia. Navy and Coast Guard personnel should apply to the Navy Bureau in Cleveland. Marines must contact the Marine Corps in Washington.
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Red Cross
Salora
Roosevelt
Inca Red Cross
Catherine Terry
Home Service
Tne Red Cross
Army
West Virginia
U.S
Main St. Richmond
Navy
Coast Guard
Cleveland
Ie Marine Corps
Washington, D
Hamill Appointed Airport Engineer For Coonskin Ridge
M R Cy Hamill former road commission secretary was chosen by the county court to supervise construction of the Coonskin Ridge airport as chief engineer. J Lewis Hark and Fred C Alley named as assistant city engineer and resident to Hamill. Bowen petition against the $3,000,000 airport bond issue was refused by the state supreme court, clearing another hurdle for the project.
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Crasanton
J. Lewis Hark
Fred C. Alley
Olds
Hamill
Randolph County
The
Road Commission
Bury H. Simpson
Charleston
Bowen
Institute
State Supreme Court
Samuel Eb.bowen
Coune
World War II Life Loss Estimated at 6 Million
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co reported that by year end 1943 about 6,000,000 military deaths were predicted, largely Germans and Russians. U S battle deaths and missing were about 43,000 with several thousand Americans dying in Japanese captivity. The total dead reached about 7,500,000.
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New York
Metropolitan Life Ensurance Co
United States
Modified Food Subsidy Plan Debated in Senate
Senators proposed a 350 million dollar annual food subsidy limited to low income families as an amendment to the Aiken-LaFollette stamp plan. It aims to replace broad subsidies with targeted aid for earners under about 1600 dollars yearly, while Bankhead would abolish subsidies outright. The measure faces Senate consideration next week amid mixed support from WFA farm groups and labor representatives.
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Washington
WFA
Reilef
Sen. Aiken
Sen. Bankhead
Senate
Bankhead
Aiken
Ty@ings
Charleston Clergy Decry Race Antipathies in Message
Charleston ministers in cooperation with the Federal Council of Churches denounced race prejudice in a message released yesterday. A community meeting is planned at Charleston High School on Sunday Feb 20 with speakers including Rabbi Arieh Goldburg Fr Boniface Weekman Dr E A Bolting Rev Harry S Longley to urge interracial respect and cooperation amid wartime strain and anti Semitism. The statement warns against racial contempt and stresses unity with Allies China India and other nations in a democratic world order.
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Charleston
Charleston High
Arieh Goldburg
Boniface Weekman
E. A. Bolting
Harry S. Longley
China
India
Viong
Anr
Nat “Ave
Kwajalein Atoll Falls to U S Forces in Pacific Drive
Air raids smash Kwajalein atolls as 7th and 4th Division units secure Kwajalein, Ebeye, and Loi islands. Lincoln-sharp gains extend U S airfield and seaplane base potential while Roi Namur advance to the north. Nimitz announces progresses and bombings at Enewetak Wake and other Marshall targets.
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Kwajalein Island
Ebeye
Lot
Kwalein
Roitflag
4Th Marines
KwJalein Atoll
Ebadon
U. 8
Pacific Fleet Head
Pearl Harbor
America
Japan
Marshall Islands
7Th Division
Kwajalein
Loi
Aden
Chester W. Nimitz
Roi
Namur
Gugegoge
Gureguae
Adm
Nimitz
Gureguge
Gugeguque
Kawajalein Island
Marshalls
Eniwetok
Atoll
New Guinea Jap Bases Hit Again
Allied airmen again strike Japanese targets in New Guinea. MacArthur reports 108 tons of bombs on Wewak over two days, with eight planes shot down and two destroyed on the ground. Rabaul and Madang aerial strikes join the campaign as destroyers shell Bougainville.
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Southwest Pacific
Wewak
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Fifth Airforce
Rabaul
Japan
New Britain
Madang
Alexishafen
Bougainville
Solomon Islands
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Kwajalein Isles
Persia
Powell
Robertson
Debu
Tabik
Ebadon Bisogis
Tati
North Passe
Amto
Edgigen Schell
Gagan
Emak
Bigei US
M’corkle
Treasury Department
T” Mag
Blan-Knox Constru |Tion Co
Dunkerque
Marshall Atolls
Max Werner
Sunday Gazette
Charleston Gazette
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