Missing Marine Ace Greg Boyington Believed Safe by Mother
Okanogan Washington reports Maj Gregory Boyington, famed Marine Flying Ace, is missing in action after a dramatic Guadalcanal sweep that credited him with multiple kills. His mother remains hopeful, recalling his vow to fly and his earlier letters. The record shows his unit, the Black Sheep squadron, tallied several confirmed and probable victories across the Pacific.
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Okanogan
Wash
Pii
Gregory Boyington
Washington
Marine Corps
Rabaul
Joe Foss
Simm Falls
S. D
Eddie Rickenbacker
U. S
New Entein
Guadalcanal
Greg
Pappy
Marine Corps For
Air Service
Idaho
Greg Boyington
Boyington
St. Maries
Hallenbeck
Layington
Seattle
NEA Community Development Committee Formed Amid Postwar Plans
CHICAGO IA Albert S Hardy president of the National Auditorium association announced the formation of the NEA community development committee to steer postwar community restoration to peacetime activities. Appointed publishers include Charles B Holfenstein Raymond B Howard B E Esters Roy A Brown and Leon S Barnes. The committee will serve as a clearinghouse for publisher ideas on employment and broader postwar renewal.
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Chicago
Albert S. Hardy
National Auditorial Association
NEA
Charles B. Holfenstein
Live Oak
Fla
Raymond B. Howard
London
E. Esters
Houston
Maine
Roy A. Brown
San Rafael
Cells
Leon
Barnes
Howard
Brown
Hardy Sail
Lincoln Republican Beynon to push Griswold for 1944 ticket
Ire Beynon of Lincoln was named Nebraska's new GOP national committeeman and pledged to campaign for Governor Dwight Griswold's inclusion on the 1944 Republican national ticket. He won 49 votes on the first ballot over Charles Reed 30 and Cliff Abbott 4, and the election was made unanimous. He will serve until after the national convention, succeeding Bert Carpenter who took a War Production post.
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Grand Islaind
Neb
Charles Reed
Omaha
Cliff Abbott
Hyannis
Reed
Griswold
Beynon
Lincoln Attorney
A. HE
Bert) Carpenter
War Production Board
Office
Veteran Iowa Publisher Dies at Sioux City
Sampsons, 62, president of the Journal-Tribune Publishing Co and Perkins Bros., a longtime Sioux City business and civic figure, died Friday morning at his residence after a heart attack. He had been in ill health but active in affairs Thursday. his career spanned more than 56 years with the Journal and Journal-Tribune.
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Wilam
Sampsons
Journal-Trivune Publishing Copay
Perkins Bros. Company
Sio City
Civi
Sammons
Tates
Journal
Journal-Tribunge
Save Your
Donets Basin Mines Reopen Under Russian Restoration
Moscow reports restoration work on more than 150 Russian coal mines in the Donets basin is underway. Assistant commissar Abakumov said Friday that current output is already several times higher than during the German occupation.
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Moscow
Donets
Abakumov
Senators Seek Pork Rationing Break Amid Surplus
Senators Reed Wherry Johnson and Thomas push for a two week halt to pork rationing to drain the hog surplus after wartime dictates. WFA and OPA warn against maldistribution, while a Midwest bloc threatens legislation if relief from current agencies stalls. A House proposal for a wartime super board to coordinate rationing and wages surfaces as officials stress distribution chaos.
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Washington
U?.i
War Food Administration
WFA
Atl
Reed
R-Kan
Wherry
R-Neb
Johnson
D-Colo
Thomas
Idaho
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Dork
John J. Madigan
Santhoff
Wis
Influenza Deaths Show Increase Across Nation
Washington reports a rise in influenza related deaths for the seventh consecutive week ending January 1. The Census Bureau cites 89 cities and notes the weekly death rate at 60.4 percent above the three year average and 13.2 percent above the prior week, indicating broad epidemic impact.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Soldier Recovers From Flu After Dieppe Valor
First Sgt. Franklin Koons, a Dieppe raid veteran and early American fighter on French soil, returns home on furlough with influenza after two years on war fronts. The 24 year old ranger snipers leader, praised for leadership, served in Italy and faces a new assignment at Fort Sheridan near Chicago.
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Swha City
Gpii
Franklin MM
Dieppe
Sgt
Koons
Farmy
B Koons
Sgt. Koons
Waa
Gueual Dur
Cuuyiuuug
Italy
French
Fort Sheridan
Chicago
Count Ciano Trial Opens Saturday in Verona
The trial of Count Ciano and 18 other fascist grand council members who voted to oust Mussolini will begin Saturday in Verona Italy per Berlin radio. Ciano Mussolini’s son in law and former foreign minister faces court first. sentences expected within days. Five others of the 19 who opposed Mussolini are jailed in Verona. several defendants will be tried in absentia per prior German reports.
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Associated Frees
Count Ciano
Grand Council
Mussolini
Verona
Italy
Berlin
Reguae
Ciano
Mussolin
Emilio de Bono
Tullio Cianett
Carlo Pareschi
Biovanni
Marinelli
Milita
Balleta
Dino Grand
London
Japanese Prison Camp Conditions Describe Some Comforts
In a Shanghai camp 1174 American soldiers are interned with no mail since May 1942. Red Cross reports praise conditions as satisfactory while noting Christmas dinner scaled back. Haiphong road camp and Hoten Manchukuo camp details include housing, work, canteen, sickbay, and limited heating. Mail delays persist. prisoners can send cards per rank.
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William
Lowell
Washington
International Red Cross
Thomas (Dutah
Senate
Stimson
Shanghai
Haiphong Road
Hoten
Mukden
Manchukuo
Philippines
Bataan
Corrigi
Gramopanes
Rank
May
Hawkins
Eiers
Amercans
Allies Claim Perfection of Rocket Plane
The United States and Britain announced a jet propelled fighter plane has reached success after hundreds of test flights. The craft uses rocket propulsion, eliminates the propeller, and promises high altitude and extreme speed with a standard engine design credited to Group Captain Frank Whittle. The announcement notes wartime secrecy limits details while hinting at possible combat use and broader applications to bombers and passenger ships.
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Karl R. Bauman
Washington
Army Air Forces
Royal Air Force
United Nations
Junkers
Germany
Ernst Udt
AAP
RAF
Frank Whittle
The
RAT
B. L. Dryden
Bureau of Standards
Save Your Tin Cans The First Flight Frights London
Citizens fled for shelter as the experimental jet propelled plane crossed over outer London. A distant screech grew to a whistle then the powerful engines roared overhead in the unfamiliar device nicknamed the squirt. Over time residents grew used to the sound and the craft became a familiar sight.
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London
Germans Claim 7 700 Heavy Guns Across Europe and Coastline
London radio broadcast says Germany boasts 7 700 heavy guns from the Pyrenees to Narvik, plus over 3 000 heavy anti tank guns and millions of land mines along the coast south from the North Sea. It cites a new heavy short battery capable of shelling sea targets and bomber formations.
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London
Berlin
Atlantic
Pyreness Mountains
Narvik
Norway
North Sea
Plan to Meet on Rail Wages By Presidential Board
A three man presidential board, Judge Elwyn R. Shaw, Judge Richard F. Mitchell, and Walter C. Clephene, prepare informal meetings Friday to study overtime claims in the rail wage dispute affecting 15 non operating unions. The panel, formed January, must report within 30 days, amid unions seeking overtime independence and unresolved scope of authority.
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Washington
WPI
Heariga
Elwyn R. Shaw
Springfield
Richard F. Mitchell
Fort Dodge
Walter C. Clephene
James F. Byrnes
Fred M. Vinson
United Front
D. B. Robertson
H. M. Fraser
T. ©. Cashen
Brotherhood of ‘Locomotive Engineers and Brothers ‘Hood
Russian Troops Push Deeper Into Old Poland From Rakitno
Russian forces reported to have driven toward Poland from captured Rakitno near the prewar frontier, threatening the Warsaw Odessa railway as German retreats appeared limited. Allied and Balkan reports traced shifting fronts from Leningrad to the Dnieper, with heavy fighting around Cassino and micro-detention of German positions amid a broader war mobilization.
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Old Poland
Rakitno
Richard McMurray
Associated Press
Warsaw- Odessa
Rumania
Kiev
All Russia
Leningrad
Black Sea
Tass
Warsaw
Lublin
Radom
Jaroslaw
Algiers
Zagreb
Reuters
Stockholm
Yugoslavia
Balkan
Marshal Tito
Benja Luka
Monte Maio
Italy
Cassino
Vis Casilino
Rome
Venafro
San Vittore
Adriatic
Germany
France
Stalingrad
Volga
Berlin
Rovno
Poland
Russia
Allied Forces Nearing Madang in New Guinea Push
Allied forces press toward Madang on New Guinea as Marines in Cape Gloucester and other fronts report heavy fighting and enemy losses. Third Kavieng air strike damages two destroyers and 10 planes. additional aircraft shot down over Rabaul. Reinforcements rumored at Saidor while Tokyo hints at a future strike on Japan’s capital.
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Morrie Landsberg
Associated Press
Madang
New Guinea
America
Vitiaz Streits
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Bismarck Archipelago
Kavieng
New Ireland
Rabaul
Japan
Los Angeles
Adm
William F. Haleey
South Pacific
Tokyo
Southwest Pacific
Berlin
Saidor
Cape Gumbi
Saidor Peninsula
Huonplain Stle
U. S. 16Th Army
Bergen Bay
No-pay Income Tax Returns Rising in Des Moines Area
DES MOINES UP There were 170000 no pay income tax returns filed with the state tax commission last year on 1942 incomes. M L Abraham cashier says there will be more this year as the big federal income tax is deductible. No pay reforms apply to those with enough exemptions to cancel payment. Iowans will deduct less from federal tax due to state tax reduction and deduct more from state payments due to higher federal tax, Abraham explains.
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Des Moines
State Tax Commission
M. L. Abraham
Abrahamaon
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