Torture of U S Flyers Revealed by Exiled Editor
J B Powell former editor of the China Weekly Review in Shanghai tells Frances Long of eye witness accounts from Shanghai’s Bridgehouse prison. He recalls six American aviators captured after the Doolittle raid being subjected to daily torture before some were taken to Japan and executed. Powell, now hospitalized, describes brutal confinement and forced sitting as punishment, with beatings common despite any disobedience.
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Tokyo
J. B. Powell
China Weekly Review
Shanghai
Frances Long
Pearl Harbor
Manila
Fowel
Philippines
Powell
eBay
New York
Jimmy Doolittle
Powel
Bridgehouse
Presbyterian Hospital
Japan
Shanghai Proper
Chapei
Pr Hospital
Tam Gisd
Army
Navy
Bach Home
Far East
Bridges House
Demand Vote on Over $1,550 Worth Soldier Ballot of Bonds Sold
Washington report notes Senate debate over a federal war ballot plan for armed forces with filibuster fears and amendments. Bridges proposes printing president and vice president on federal ballots. Democrats consider timing for national convention and overseas voting impact. At Cave wie Thomas Jefferson high school, students bid over $1,550 in a war bonds auction, highest at $344.85 for a German helmet donated by the War Department.
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Bob O. Wise
Avenue D
Thomas Jefferson
John C. Larsen
Danion Street
Lona Marie Brown
West Broadway
Charles G. Holler
Avenue C
Howard Fileger
Washington
Senate
Green
Dri
Sridges Mas
Bridges
Roosevelt
Armed Service
Thomas Jefferson High School
War Department
Lena Marie Brown
Charles Heller
Heller
Jackie Cooper
Will
Five More File for Alderman
Five candidates filed for aldermanic nomination ahead of the Saturday noon deadline. Nomination seekers include Lloyd W. McKee seeking the Republican First Ward seat, incumbent G. A. Bartel, Herbert Furs seeking Democratic Sixth Ward, J. T. Duggan seeking Democratic Fifth Ward, W. E. Schrader filing Republican Fifth Ward, and William Floyd seeking Republican Sixth Ward.
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Lloyd W. McKee
Benton Street
B. F. Goodrich Company
G. A. Bartel
Herbert Furs
Avenue 3
Worth Western Railroad Stores Department
Sixth Ward
J.T
Jin” Duggan
Seventh Avenue
Great Western Railroad
Fifth Ward
W. E
Bill" Schrader
Sixth Avenue
Omaha
Willian
Bill" Floyd
Avenue G
Omaha Standard Bod Corporation
Iowa Legislators File Nominations For Re‑election
Nomination papers were filed with the Iowa secretary of state by 24 legislators. Republicans listed present house members J. P. Brindle Arthur C. Blatti Theodore Klempsrud W. R. Fimmen B. L. Dausman Walter Bom Victor Harold F. Nestm E W Scott Edwin A. Gotscher join S Heffner M F Bockwoldt G Hosness Paul Parrish Thomas Wellington G Good S A Martin Iven R. Mills George E. Farmer Rep. William M. Tatum and Henry H. Stevens sought re election while in the senate Republicans J A Newsome Fred J Ritchie Hector Edwin C Schuster W A Yager also filed papers but had not decided office.
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Des Moines
UPI
Secretary of State
Iowa
House
J. P. Brindle
Contract
Arthur C. Blatti
New Hampton
Theodore Klempsrud
Thomnson
W. R. Fimmen
Bloomfield
L. Dausman
Inwood
Walter H. Bom Victor
Harold F. Nestm
Sioux City
A. J. Johnson
Moorhead
Bond Sales Hit New York State One-Day Record
New York state residents set a one day bond buying record in the fourth war loan drive with 22.3 million dollars in bonds purchased on Friday. The total to Friday night reached 242.2 million dollars, about 24.6 percent of the statewide quota of 3921 million. The committee notes Friday’s figure surpasses any other four day sale since the drive opened.
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New York
New York State
War Finance Committee
Crisis Nearing in OWI Squabble
Washington reports indicate Byron Price, director of censorship, may head and reorganize the Office of War Information with Roosevelt’s approval, sidelining Elmer Davis. Davis clashes with overseas chief Robert Sherwood, whose New York branch runs independent propaganda decisions. Price’s possible plan would keep the overseas unit intact while shrinking domestic operations to a small news bureau.
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Washington
Office of War Information
Byron Price
White House
OWI
Roosevelt
Elmer Davis
Davis
Robert Sherwood
Stephen Earry
Price
OWL
Army
Office of Strategic Services
Sherwood
New York
Local Gas Ration Orders Issued For Feb 3 Start
Saturday authorized offices of price administration announced local boats may issue gasoline rations beginning February 3 to move new trucks from factory to sales agencies and between agencies. Weather outlook for Council Bluffs and Nebraska Missouri shows cloud increase with light rain, warmer in west, temperatures 25 to 42 degrees, total precipitation .62 inch.
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Price Administration
OPA
U. S. Weather Bureau
Countil Bluffs
Nebraska
Missouri
Say
Essential Motorists Eligible for New Tires Next Month
Washington reports that the most essential low mileage motorists will qualify for new synthetic tires in March but overall tire supply remains limited. Local ration boards will keep quotas near current levels with about 760,000 tires available for 1 March and must assess essential status for each applicant with an A or BY card. The mileage ration basis will be removed. only those in essential jobs or car sharers driving over 601 miles per month can receive tires beyond pre war used and recapped stock.
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Washington
Washington Post
William A White Dies at Emporia Editor and Sage of Emporia
William Allen White famed editor of the Emporia Gazette and longtime Republican elder statesman died at 75 after a year of declining health. He underwent Mayo Clinic surgery and returned home unable to resume duties. His last editorial praised a new linotype and he authored multiple books on politics. Funeral plans were not announced.
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Emporia
Kan
William Allen Wite
Emporia Gazette
White
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Omporia
The
Gazette
W. L. White
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Ku Klux Klan
Kansas
Stone
Franco Faces Fresh Drastic Allied Action
The state department and Britain warned Franco to sever ties with the axis or face further sanctions after oil shipments to Spain were cut off. Spain faces an economic crisis as up to now oil only covers essential needs, while five American demands press for policy shifts and removal of Axis-friendly actions. Franco balances Allied and domestic critics while falange strength risks waning with tougher line.
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Washington
Spain
Franco
State Department
U. S
Britain
Tovian
Gibraltar
United States
Francisco Franco
Germany
Blue Division
Falange Party
No Real Winter in the Offing Forecast Suggests Mild Weekend
Weather bureau indicates no real winter in sight with slowly rising temperatures for Sunday. Cloudy skies expected for another 24 hours, with a Sunday low near 20. Saturday’s high was 24, a 41 recorded Friday.
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Weather Bureau
Jimmy Doolittle Arrives in London
Maj. Gen. James H. Doolittle arrives in England from the Mediterranean theater to take command of the Sixth United States Army Air Force. Rep. Glenn E. Robinson sworn into the Marine Corps and to train at Parris Island, S.C. Rep. Earl C. Fishhaugh Jr. entered the Air Corps last year and presided in the house during the soldier gate special session.
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London
James H. Doolittle
England
Mediterranean
Sth
United States Army Air Force
Armed Forces
Des Moines
Glenn E. Robinson
R.colesburg
Armed Services
Robinson
Marine Corps
Parris Island
Earl C. Fishhaugh
Shenandoah
Air Corps
Ion
Hough
Death March Route Remains Symbol of Pacific War Atrocities
A wartime AP report notes the forced 1942 march from Mariveles to San Fernando as thousands of American and Filipino soldiers endured the infamous Death March. Survivors recall crowding into railroad cars to Tarlac before marching to Camp O'Donnell and later to Cabanatuan concentration camp. Lt. Col. William Ke. Dyess, who authored the report and was later killed, chronicled the ordeal.
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Mariveles
San Fernando
William KE. Dyess
Tarlac
Camp O'Donnell
Cabanstuan
Allies Rampage Across Pacific in World War II Push
Allied air offensives strike at Rabaul and New Guinea bases, with 400 Japanese aircraft destroyed or damaged in January. Marshalls and Nauru targeted as Australian troops advance toward Madang. Reports cite Japanese brutality against prisoners fueling unity for unconditional surrender. Japanese broadcasts dismiss allied charges as propaganda.
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Morrie Landaberg
Associated Press
United Nations
Pacific
South Pacific
Rabaul
New Britain
Admiralty Llands
New Guinea
Madang
Marshalls
Marshall Islands
Nauru
Wotje
Maloélap
Miliatolla
mid-Pacific
Hansa Bay
Portuguese Tre Oor
Saldor
America
Brugh
Japan
U. S. Bombers Hit Frankfurt in Major Raid
Allied air power drives a large daylight raid on Frankfurt amid heavy fighting on multiple fronts. Vivid progress reported near Rome, Cassino, and Anzio as Allied forces push forward. Berlin air battles intensify with heavy night raids and evacuation rumors. Soviet momentum nears the Estonian border while German forces counter.
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Alton L. Binkessee
Associated Press
Frankfurt
Germany
Reich
RAF
Berlin
Italy
Rome
U.S
Fifth Army
Anzio
Carraceto
Cisterne
Appian Way
Warsaw
Leningrad
Moscow
Air Ministry
Pas-de-Calat
France
Ings
Britain
United States
Spain
Axis
Generalissimo
Franco
Kistanje
Croatia
Krka
Turkey
Bularia
Russians Rush Work on Railroad Lines
Soviet railway crews were dispatched to the Leningrad Moscow rail line to restore traffic between Baltic Leningrad and the capital. Many residents who fled Leningrad plan to return once the first direct train resumes service.
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Moscow
Leningrad-Moscow
Russia
Baltic
Leningrad
Five Children Die in Stone Park Fire Tragedy
A Chicago fire killed five children aged 15 months to 31 years as a one-story frame house burned in Stone Park. A sixth child escaped while the Porter parents, Mrs Bre Porter, were at work in a war plant when the blaze started.
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Chicago
UPI
Stone Park
Bre
Lawrence Porter
Port Ues
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