MacArthur says Japan's Luzon plan failed in Manila drive
General MacArthur disclosed Japan planned to defend Manila from the south with 20,000 troops, heavy guns, mines, and concrete fortifications. A captured document showed Tokyo hoped to use Manila as the turning point of Luzon. The North-led American envelope disrupted the plan as Bataan and Corregidor came under sustained air and sea attacks.
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Manila
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Luzon
Nippon
Bataan
Corregidor
MacArthur
Abucay Bay
Domei
Tokyo
Tokyo Fed. B
Manila Bay
AFL Miners Fail To Close AFL Merger Talks
In Miami on February 15 the AFL executive council announced negotiations for reaffiliation with the United Mine Workers failed. President William Green said a last minute condition from John Lewis blocked readmission. The miners left the AFL officially in 1938 and Lewis had demanded UMW representation on the council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
American Federation of Labor
Counell
Joan
United Mine Workers
Lewis
AFL
Willliam Green
Green
Milners
All Three Bond Issues Are Ratified in Charleston Vote
Charleston voters approved three bond issues for city improvements in separate votes. The bridge project asks 150000 for a new Virginia Street bridge, (recreational system) 1270,000, and widening Sume mers At between Washington and Lee Streets for 30000. Mayor Boone Pawson announced early returns from 38 of 91 precincts showing the bridge issue 3080 to 35, the Summers Street project 1989 to 24, and the recreational system 3107 to 233, with 60 percent needed to pass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Virginia Street
Sk River
Washington and Lee Sts
Boone Pawson
Summerea St
Teacher Pay Bill Advances In House Battle
The State Education Assoc demonstrated strength to move a 4.8 million teacher salary bill through the house amid a test of leadership. The measure would raise pay with a 25 monthly bonus and a graduated scale, costing about 3.4 million more annually than current funding, while facing finance committee pushback and limited four day review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Education Assoc
House of Delosures
Senate
Education Committee
Bit
Gav
Meadows
Awas
Frotesis
Earlieer
Finance
del. C. A. Hiankenship
D.wyoming
Julian Hanne Barter
DavcDateell
Hansberger
Swift Russian Drive Swamps Nazi Defenses
Soviet forces smash central Oder river defenses in a 3 mile breakthrough southeast of Berlin. Konev and Konyev’s northern wing push toward Dresden and Sommerfeld, reaching within 67 miles of Berlin and 14 miles west of Sommerfeld. American and Soviet actions collapse German positions along the Oder with heavy bomber support.
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Dressen
London
Red Army
Oder River
Berlin
Stalin
Reich
Konev
Ukraine
Sommerfeld
Greater Berlin
Sorau
Gruenberg
Dresden
Caplut
Saxony
Nelse
Goer+litz
Prague
Lg Berlin
Forst
Neisse River
Berline Bret Inn
Per Highway
Cottbus
Oder
Fuerstenberiz
FDR Investigates Relief to France
Paris reports President Roosevelt ordered a review of American aid to France amid concerns only about one quarter of promised food clothing and medical supplies has reached the country. Judge Samuel I. Rosenman leads the inquiry as Allied and French officials await official word on any French visit.
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Paris
Roosevelt
France
Samuel I. Rosenman
Spon
Dodge Rowen
Allied Supreme Headquarters
Licely
Penicillin Pills Devised By Cyanamid Researcher
NEW YORK Feb 15 Diacov ory bf a method to make penicillin pills to replace injections was announced by Lederle Laboratories of American Cyanamid Co The pill coating uses a gelatin outer layer and a cottonseed oil inner layer to deliver penicillin to the small intestine. Trials on animals then humans showed blood levels longer lasting than needle injections, with stability at room temperature for months.
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New York
Lederle Laboratories
American Cystamid Co
Raymond L. Libby
Cyann
Infd
Stamford
Cann
Stonroe J. Romansky
Acre
Libby
Science
Official Journal of American Scientists
Nazis Admit Refugees Dying in Winter’s Cold
London reports that German officials say several millions of eastern refugees are fleeing into the central Reich as the Red Army advances. Goebbels warns Germany has an essential chance for victory only if it uses every resource, while Goebbels urges bold defense at all costs amid harsh winter conditions and mass exoduses.
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London
East
Reich
Red Army
Wren
Gere Mars
DNB
Paul Joseps Gorbbels
Das Reich
Germany
Goebbels
Far East
Federal Communications Commission
Storshal Ivan S. Konev
Oder
Silesia
Stilehind
Goebbely
Mae Ferful
Textile Sabotage Shocked WPB Head
Washington reports claim the War Production Board chairman J A Kriz was shocked by sabotage allegations against the inexpensive garment program. Officials cite a pressure campaign by the textile industry to secure higher cotton fabric prices and block wage increases while plans to limit civilian fabric to cheap apparel and roll back prices proceed.
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Washington
War Production Board
J. A. Kriz
Ssa
Pelee
Cheater Bowles
Krug
Jacobs
Lester
Rowles
William P. Jacobs
Cut
Fen Manuacturers
Clinton
S. C
Bowles
OPA
Pope Pius Confined By Influenza At Vatican
Vatican City February 1 Pope Pius is confined to his bed with influenza localized in his throat. Papal audiences are suspended. The Vatican physician Dr Miccarile Galenzal Lisi is visiting two or three times daily. The Pope continues his work, receiving secretariat of state officials as able.
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Pinus
Vatican City
Pius
Vatican
Miccarile Galenzal Lisi
Pon Ix
Secretariat of State
China to Draft 500000 Men for All Out Offensive
Lt Gen. Wedemeyer in China reported plans to conscript 502000 Chinese by March end to support an all out counter offensive with American landings on the China coast. Conscription minister Lu Chunellu announced the draft as Burma reverses and Japanese shipping losses mount.
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Chungring
Japan
U. S
China
Albert C. Wedemeyer
East
Gond
Lu Chunellu
Auchinieck Opthalsite
Claude Auchineeck
New Delta
Burma
Geneissimo
Chiang Kai-shek
Gen Wedemeyer
Wedemeyer
Philippines
Allied Air Blitz Hits German Rail Hubs Hard
More than 1100 American heavy bombers with 450 fighters struck Germany for a second day, targeting Dresden Cottbus and Magdeburg while energizing long rail lines. A Mandeburg refinery came under a major assault as Vienna and other targets endured allied sorties and warnings of further bomber movements from west and south.
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London
Ona
Mussina
Furning Dresden
Cottbus
Aining
Dresden
Waa
Mandeburg
Berlin
Germany
Western
U.S
Daly
Austria
Vienna
Britain
Magdeburg
American 7th Opens Limited Push in South
Paris dispatch reports Canadian 1st Army crossing the Niers river and gaining a five mile bridgehead toward Germany's Rhine region while U S 7th Army launches a limited offensive pushing toward the Ruhr. Allied forces coordinate across the Rhine as Meuse areas push deeper into German lines. Page 15 Col 1.
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Paris
INS
Emmerich
Ruhr
U. S. 7Th Army
God
Germany
Niers
Moyland
Calear
Wesel
Nijmexen
Harendeich
Kleve
Soorland
Himling
Bienbrueckenwantis
Cen. Henry
Saeedeenie
Enemy Transport Columns Blasted in Yugoslavia Retreat
UN reports heavy air strikes by American and British planes against Nazi movements in Yugoslavia and along the Zagreb Vienna evacuation route. B-24s and Liberators hit rail yards at Graz Maribor and Zagreb while Lightning fighters hit trains. Ground actions near Strettona and Scravera saw small infiltrations and artillery exchanges. Brazilian troops repelled a German patrol near Affie 27 miles from Colorado.
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Nome
Balkan
Yugoslavia
Zagreb-Vienna
U.S
TAF
Vienna
Graz
Maribor
Zagreb
Naz
Strettola
Scravera
Affiie
Colorana
Mitscher's Pacific Fleet Bombards Tokyo and Islands
U S Pacific Fleet task forces off Japan pour hundreds of carrier planes at Tokyo while other ships bombard Volcano and Bonin islands. Vice Admiral Mitscher leads a large carrier strike, marking the first major carrier attack on Tokyo from regular navy planes, with battleship-led groups and airfield bombardments reported by Tokyo and U S headquarters.
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U.S. Pacific Fleet
Guam
Japan
Tokyo
Volcano
Bonin Islands
Nippon
Iwo Jima
Mitchher
Nirtgen
Boso Peninsula
Loater
Kanto
Mitscher
iTokyo
Chester W. Nimitz
Wnder
Marc A. Mitscher
Docilttle
Bonlin Islands
Marianas
Batile
B 29s Smash Nagoya from Tinian Base in New Strike
Washington reports Superfortresses flying from the newly revealed base on Tinian Island joined the latest raid against Japan. The target was Nagoya according to Japanese broadcasts, with B 29s over other areas and some damage admitted. Officials note a new wing of the 21st Bomber Command, the 31st, operates from Tinian, with some raiders from Guam and Saipan also involved.
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Tinian
Washington
Stimson
Nera
Guam
Ao Lake
Tinian Island
Marianas
Honshunee
Nagoya
Ierald
2Th Air
2 1St Bomber Command
31Sth
Bass
Saipan
Secretary of War
Manchuria
Oriental Ag
Slogans Rally German Troops on Western Front
German forces painted white and red slogans on captured bulletinas to boost morale in the Kiev area. The banners read Victory or Death, We shall win yet, and Everything counts now as Allied forces press the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nasia
Germany
Kieve
Hell
Sthecia
German Oil Shortage Threatens Offensive Power
Paris reports Allied advances have cut German oil output by about 80 percent from refiners and synthetic plants. Only a fraction of major plants remain in enemy hands as Allied bombings target production. Despite shortages, German command seeks to field 12 to 20 divisions by borrowing air from defensive units.
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Paris
Air Force
Muxslans
Eisenhower
Germany
U. S
Strategic Air Forces
Europe
Avril
High Command
50Th Air Force
Britain
15Th Air Force
Italy
Treol
Alles
Bohs
Ten
Rutland
Magdebure
Lenna
Merseburg
Superfort crashes in New York Bay
Army authorities report a large B-29 Superfortress crashed and burned in New York Bay near LaGuardia after takeoff from Mitchel Field. Fifteen aboard were aboard. five survivors rescued by coast guard and crash boats. Missing persons' identities withheld pending investigation.
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New York
Flushing
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South
Willie Willis
Robert Quillen
Oder Line
Yale
del. Holt
D-Lewis
Blankenship
FDR
Pacific Fleet
Iwo Jima Island
New York Bay
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