Teheran Pact Targets Knockout Blow For Europe
The Teheran conference of Franklin Roosevelt Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin outlined a three pronged strategy to defeat Germany this winter. Washington observers say coordinated attacks from east west and south could deliver a decisive victory, with relentless pressure on German armies U boats and war plants, and a call for unconditional surrender.
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John Mightower
Washington
Roosevelt
Churcailt
Stalin
Europe
Teheran
Hitler
Germany
United States
Britain
Churchill
Iran
London
Reachert
Newspapers Launch Scrap Paper Drive for War Effort
The campaign seeks to salvage about 2,000,000 tons of waste paper for war production and civilian goods. Robert O’Brien, county salvage director, cites shut mills and part time operation, urging a one third increase in collections. Mayors and civic groups are asked to appoint focal heads to organize monthly school and community drives, with bundles specified in size and shape and prices guaranteed through Feb. 15.
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United States
Robert RB. O'Brien
Donald M. Nelson
O'Brien
J. Jobnk
Council
Council Bluffs
American Legion
Germans Watch Turkey Closely in War Speculation
Anxious axis speculation follows a German claim that Turkish President Inonu met with Roosevelt and Churchill in Cairo. Reports say Turkish Foreign Minister Menemencioglu and other officials joined, while Papen hints at continued axis collaboration to shield Turkey from war. Allies push Turkey to declare side in the conflict.
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London
Turkey
Tmet Inona
Roosevelt
Churchill
Cairo
Iran
Britain
United States
Transocean
Ankara
Inonwas
Numan Menemencioglu
Foreign Ministry
Emir Mensur
Ibn Saud
Saudi Arabia
Imir Fahad
DNB
Vichy Radio
Franz von Papen
Aae
Hns
Tistantul
Berlin
Germany
Ats
Thas
Axis
Black Sea
Balkans
Mediterranean
Mehemensioglu
Anthony Eden
Moscow
Associated Press
Ankira
Dawn wedding links Dinah Shore to Army officer
Las Vegas reports a dawn double ring ceremony uniting singer Dinah Shore and Cpl. George Montgomery Letz a Montana born ex cowboy now in the U S Army Signal Corps. They wed in a pre dawn ceremony conducted by Justice Paul O Malley and planned a Hellywood after glimpse. Shore 25 Montgomery 27 both named ages. Shore hails from Nashville and has a radio voice noted in the piece.
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Las Vegas
Dinah Shore
Auburn
Har
Cpl
George Montgomery
Ita Hedy LaMarr
U. S. Army Signal Corps
Holly Wood Canteen
Justice of the Peace
Paul O'Malley
Hellypwood
Montgomery
George Montgomery Letz
Frances ‘Rose Shore
Misa Shore
Nashville
Tenn
South Omahan to Face Murder Charges
Douglas County Attorney Kelso Morgan said he will file second degree murder charges against Charles Hutter, 55, former Sarpy sheriff, in the shooting of Grant Fallon, 23, an Elkhorn farmer, outside Green Gables tavern on Omaha’s outskirts Sunday. Hutter, now operator of a South Omaha bar, denied any complicity in the shooting.
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Douglas County
Kelso Morgan
Charles Hutter
Sarpy County
Grant Fallon
Green Gables
Omaha
Fallon
Morgan
Hutter
South Omaha
New Heights in Italy Fall to Fifth Army Clash near Rome and Moro River
Allied reports say the American 5th Army bypassed German strong points to seize heights commanding the road to Rome west of Mignano while the British 8th Army drove to the Moro river, 19 miles beyond Sangro. German counterattacks and reinforcements followed as British warships shelled Adriatic targets and aerial bombers hit Split and Orbetello. Weather and local temperatures accompany the battlefield brief with traffic tallies from Des Moines and council bluffs.
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Algiers
5Th Army
Rome
Mignano
8Th Army
Moro
Sangro
Bth
Venafro
6Th Army
Mark W. Clark
Groud
Mount Maggiore
Sth
Mount Camino
Cassino
Italy
Adriatic
Born
Pescara
Giulianova
Ancona
San Benedetto
Split
Orhetello
Suh
San Vito
Nazi Power in White Russia Crumbles Fast
Soviet front dispatches report deep penetration across White Russia as Red Army drives toward Mogilev and Gomel while German forces retreat under pressure. German counterattacks are repelled in Cherkasy and Kremenchug areas, with heavy losses and mounting Nazi casualties.
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White
Russia
London
Propoisk
Red
Mogilev
White Russia
Zhiobin
Rogachev
Gomel
Red Army
Propotsk
Varodo
Bahki
Zabluke
Kremenchug
Cherkasy
Kiev
Reuters
Nazine
Kerch
Crimea
Kindurinskaya Kosa
Dnieper
Vordtadt
Pokrovesky
Moscow
Kalinkovici
Mozyr
Zhlobin
Rogacher
Leningrad-Odessa
Cold readings linger after Sunday gusts across Iowa
Gusty winds Sunday pushed highs to 50, then fell to 33 by Monday morning with readings easing later. Weather bureau forecasts call for continued cold, with a Tuesday low around 35. Rain totals varied statewide from trace in Council Bluffs to over an inch in Cedar Rapids and freeport areas, while Fort Dodge posted a 29 degree low.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri
Iast
Weather Bureau
Cedar Rapida
Dubuque
Ames
Des Moines
Davenport
Burlington
Fort Dodge
Ernie Pyle Is Overseas Again in Europe
Tarnie Pyle has gone back to covering war news in the European theater. His first dispatch on the trip appears in today's paper on page 4. The Nonpareil will carry his stories daily, detailing what is happening among the troops as they face Hitler.
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Tarnie Pyle
Hitler
Drnne
Count Galeazzo Ciano Executed Amid Italian Fascist Upheaval
Reuters reports from the frontier state Ciano, Mussolini's son in law and former foreign minister, was shot by a firing squad in northern Italy after a high treason conviction by a Mussolini era puppet regime. The reports claim a death sentence by a special court and a back shot execution, amid shifting loyalties and a grand council vote that aided Mussolini's ouster.
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London
UPA
Reuters
Galeazzo Ciano
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Savad
Clano
Musso ‘Lini
Mussolini
Grand Council
Duce
Pistro Badoglio
Ciano
Counet
Musccsini
Diana
Hilo
Jinx Ship Completes Missions At English Bomber Base
Lt Avery J Inds of Cleveland Ohio finished a three month combat tour aboard a Flying Fortress nicknamed Jinx. The crew credited Sgt E N Pederson of Newell Indiana with keeping the aircraft reliable during raids on Marienburg Gelsenkirchen Bremen Stuttgart and Munster. Ground crew earned naming rights for the plane, which was dubbed Groundhog.
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U. S
England
Avery J. Inds
Cleveland
Ohio
E. N. Pederson
Newell
Ink
Pederson
Marienburg
Gelsenkirchen
Bremen
Stuttgart
Muen Ster
Hold Up Light Pigs Appeal to Farmers in Omaha Market
The Omaha livestock committee urged farmers Monday to keep hogs under 219 pounds on the farm and to ease shipments to the Omaha market for the next two or three days. A three day hog supply followed a 26,000 hog run and 7,000 carryover, while packers can process 80,000 to 95,000 weekly but only about 59,000 remain for the week. Farmers should check with commission men before shipping hogs.
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Omaha Livestock Committee
Omaha
Omaha Packers
Teheran Conference Vows United Victory Across Fronts
In Cairo on Teheran talks Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin declared complete agreement on the scope and timing of operations to destroy German forces from east west and south. They pledged enduring peace and a world family of democratic nations while planning further Allied action and security measures in the war.
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John F. Chester
William McGaffin
Cairo
Egypt
Roosevelt
Churchill
Joseph Stalin
Teheran
Iran
United States
Britain
Russia
Stalin
United Nations
Stelin
Vyacheslav Molotov
Klementi
Voroshilov
Yankees Extend Battle on Japs
Allied bombers struck Japan s defense perimeter across a widening front. Tokyo claimed a 100 carrier based raid on the Marshall Islands and Japanese forces bombed Tarawa and Makin, with Tarawa wounded three and Makin undamaged. Australian forces repelled counterattacks on the Huon peninsula as American Liberators attacked bases in the Gilbert and Marshalls. Navy officials forecast heavy naval fighting in 1944 while planners push for continued Pacific advance as Australia presses toward Wareo and Cape Gloucester.
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Associated Press
Japan
Tokyo Radio
Marshall Islands
Central Pacific
Tarawa
Makin Islands
Gilberts
Makin
Navy
Huon Peninsula
New Guinea
China
Hunan
John Curtin
Australia
Guardian
Hare Island
Kapingaé
Marshalls
Alnkings
Washington
Knox
Army and Navy Journal
United States Naval Service
Willam R. Furlong
Pearl Harbor Navy Yard
Pacific
Milla
Wareo
Cape Glouster
New Britain
Dimpier Strait
Sattelberg
Jungle Red
Waren
Boygalyttie
Solomons
Empreas Augusta Bay
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National Campaign
Fifth Army
Totel
Ernie Pyle
Galliazzo Ciano
Big 3
Aegean Sea
Naxos Island
Greece
Shelley
Gulf of Genoa
Toulon
Tia Cone
Swise Radio
Sweden
Arendal
Norway
Yankees
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