Allied Planes Sink Two Jap Transports Off New Guinea
Allied headquarters dispatches report heavy air strikes against a Japanese convoy near New Guinea, sinking two transports and disabling a third as part of the Papuan campaign. The battle included heavy AA fire and multiple Allied aircraft losses, with preparation to seal off Japanese forces on the Papuan peninsula. The campaign’s broader aim is the destruction of Lieutenant Horii’s Papuan army, bringing Port Moresby closer to relief.
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Associated Press
Australia
New Guinea
Japan
Ve Eonyas Aippars Ensily
Guinea
Secand
Lia Pour Munique
New Cannes
New Britain
Huon Gulf
Tas
Naw Galen Canat
Sanangada Point
Sixteen Corry Boys Inducted After Physicals
Sixteen Corry boys were inducted into the force after medical examinations in Corry yesterday. The list includes Larue M Hamilton Cascade Street, Nelson C Thompson Sas Smith Street Samuel M Wood Snyder Grete John A Malone Ridge Street, Edwis G Stock ton Bond Street, Waller D Johnson Marion Street, Ernest W Whaley Pleasant Street, George C Lawson West Frederick Street, Wenldell Gage Summer Street, Thomas J Crowe West Pleasant Street, John Dubrosky RD a duck Downey West Smith Street Morley Smith Hant Street Arthur J Burch West Irving Street.
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T. Be
Erle Yestoy
Ust
Larue M Hamilton
Cascade Street
Nelson C. ‘Thompson
Sas Smith Street
Samuel M. Wood
Snyder
West Frederick Street
Wenldell
Gage
Summer Street
Thomas J. Crowe
Pleasant Street
John Dubrosky
Duck J. Downey
West Smith Street
Morley, Smith
Hant 6Th Street
Arthur J. Burch
West Irving Street
John Scuretowech, Jr
R. D
President backs pay-as-you-go tax plan debate
President Flonnevelt discusses a pay-as-you-go tax approach, weighing forgiveness of all or part of current taxes. He cautions the treasury would lose if immediate relief is granted, signaling a plan that spreads costs over taxpayers’ lifetimes and invites debate on immediate versus long term budget impact.
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Washington
Flonnevelt
Itive
Roosevelt
Roosevilt
Ernest
Twe Lake
Four Believed Dead Thirteen Missing In Mine Fire
A fire swept Pursglove Coal Mine No 15 near Morgantown West Virginia trapping 73 workers just three miles from No 4 mine where 20 died last July Rescue teams from Monongalia and nearby counties plus the U S Bureau of Mines assisted with the effort As of early reports officials feared four men dead and thirteen missing while the rest had escaped or reached the surface Investigators suspected a spark from trolley wire or motor igniting flames in the mine while the ventilation system remained in service
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Associated Press
Morgantown
West
Jaz
Pursglove Coal Mining Company
No.4
Pursglove
George Stewart
Jesse HL Redyard
Huwlege
Monongatia County
Marion Count
U.S
Coal shortage grows as 13 collieries close
Wilkes Barre Pa January report on emergency session of the Committee of Twelve to end a miners strike. Thirteen collieries closed precipitating a growing coal shortage in the oil rationed northeast. Proposals call for prompt resumption of work while pay raises face limits due to revised work weeks and time and a half for Saturdays. Separately Philadelphia OPA confiscated gasoline ration books from motorists and cited others as enforcement of the pleasure driving ban intensified.
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Associated Press
Wilkes-Barre
Solid Puels
Ickes
John
Lewis
United Mine Workers
William Genesident
Gen Alden Coal Company
Levis
Laday
Mark S.james
Pennsylvania
Eng
Philadelphia
OPA
Police Monitor Vehicles Under New Driving Ban
Police extend watch on cars as government bans pleasure driving across districts. OPA agents and local police conduct checks, urging cooperation and reporting violations while avoiding confrontation. Governor asks motorists to curb Sunday driving except for worship and essential travel as authorities prepare continued patrols and enforcement.
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Comy Joller
OPA
Pennsylvania
Corry
eRutar
Pagterts
Hisksburg
James
Cooper Ie
Guy Swope
Central Pennsylvania
Darrisboro
Gas conservation plan eyed for defense workers transport
City transportation committees and defense plant panels conferred at the Municipal building to double up transport of defense workers and cut gasoline use. Plans include readjusting schedules to move three to five workers per car, checking ration books, and curbing mileage to ensure fuel and rubber conservation for workers.
British Say Convoy Safe in North Russian Run
The Admiralty announced Allied convoy reached North Russian ports without loss after a heavy enemy force attacked off North Cape. A destroyer was sunk or damaged in the two hour action before British reinforcements drove off the pursuers and the ships fled to Norwegian bases.
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Asoyeimscu
London
Sutmialty
Javad Petson
North Cape
Admiralty
Rubber Plans Jeopardized by Priority Shortfall
Washington dispatch notes Rubber Director Williams M. Jeffers warns the synthetic rubber program needs a clear priority on at least 65 to 10 percent of plant construction to prevent catastrophe. He says delays risk straining inventories and could affect military gear and civilian tires as the 1944 target of 240,000 tons nears.
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Jeffers
Associated Press
Washington
Williams M. Jeffers
Belive
Peters
Baruch
Tess
Baruch Committee
Experco
Brad
Juley Dewey
North Center Street Building Lot Bought
Worth Hammond has purchased the Rogers Structural Steel Company lot on North Center street just north of Mrs. G T Kincaid home. The deal was confirmed recently. The parcel, once a prime site in the area, will become a residential lot but the owner says construction prospects are not bright for the near term.
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Worth Hammond
Rogers Structural Steel Company
Center Street
GT. Kincaid
Bulletin of Allied North Africa Operations and War Updates
From North Africa to Burma and Tunisia, a flurry of military and political items. Reports state Aldidd Headquarters engaged near Tarat on the Pripotitanian border, killing 450 people in a French military context. Ament Miller and pacific forces are cited. weather and terrain affected land movements. A separate dispatch notes bombers blasting Akyab, Burma, with several enemy sampans sunk. Berlin and London chatter claim northern Tunisia action and British losses. In U.S. politics, Senator McNary is re-elected House minority leader amid committee assignments. Newburgh indicts labor leader Samuel Naveas for misappropriating funds in a subpay scheme affecting New York water workers.
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Associated Press
Aldidd
North Africa
Jan Boa Frotioh
America
Canet Corps
Tanent Miller
Tarat
Daday
Algeria
Fcent
Berlin Radio First Report On Nazi Reverses
AP reports Soviet forces advanced within about 65 miles of Rostov on the Lower Don as Berlin acknowledged Nazi reverses. Red Army tanks and planes drive through German lines, threatening Rostov and overrunning towns along the Caucasus and Lower Don, while Berlin notes German withdrawals and retreat. British air raids toward the Baker region are also noted.
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Uy Associated Press
Russia
Rostov
Don
Wer
Berlin
Raverses
Sus
Bax Een
Rahev
Mos
Rebev
Moscow
Dan River
Restoy
Rostoy
Red Army
Sol River
Bolshaya Griavny
Caucasus
Dongal
Jey
Andusundis
Stalingrad
Velikie Luk
Stalin— Grad
Hitler
Pittsburgh Plans Protest to Remove Gas Shortage Area
Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce renews effort to move the city and western Pennsylvania out of the eastern Seaboard area amid fear of gas shortage. Officials say there is no immediate shortage and plan to lodge a protest in Washington within 24 hours.
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Pittsburgh
Gommeren
Steel City
Seaboard
Pennsylvania
Washington
Four Year Old Killed in Danville Shooting
In Danville Pennsylvania an unknown mother and father were critically wounded in a late night shooting scene. A four year old boy died after being shot through the heart while the 12 day old infant daughter remained unharmed in the home. Police say Kenneth Beyer, the father, fired at the family as he entered the room. The boy, Kenneth Jr., died in his father's arms at the Danville home. The mother and father were hospitalized with serious injuries.
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Jan
Pennsylvania
Wils Jett
Joseph
Schultz
Malcolm Beyer
Kenneth Beyer
Kenneth, Jr
Atlee
Benjamin Snyder
Snyder
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