Germans Fail to Hold Gains Made at Anzio
Allied headquarters report renewed Allied air and ground pressure at the Anzio beachhead. American Flying Fortresses and Liberators bombarded German concentrations while doughboys counterattacked, regaining ground and pressing toward Cisterna and Cerrocetto amid heavy artillery and tank actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anzio
Richard G. Massack
Naples
Cerroceto
Cisterna
Kennedy
Naa Bield
Albert Kenselring
Carroceto
Hna
Iselabella
Ponte Rotta
Digaribald
Steag
Moletta
Germany
5Th Army
8Th Army
Wawes Yeo
Tin Can editor John W. Carey improves after illness
John W. Carey, editor of The Journal and the Journal-Tribune, who fell seriously ill shortly after leaving his office Tuesday, showed improvement and spent a comfortable night Thursday as family members report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sauua Guus
Ure
Vonn W. Carey
Mangg
Journal
The
Journal-Tribune
Iowa Rejections Reach New Low
More than 75 percent of men examined at the Camp Dodge selective service center in February passed their pre induction examinations. Officials reported a new all time monthly high for the station and predicted March would see even more examinations to build a pool of acceptable men for a draft call lasting at least 45 days.
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Camp Dodge Selective Service Center
New War Looms on Price Control
Washington report on congressional moves to revise the wartime price control act before June 30. Rep Wolcott R Michl proposes banning consumer food subsidies, granting court review for price control complaints, and tightening act provisions to curb liberal interpretations. McCormack signals administration resolve to defend price control and subsidies against amendments. Martin urges rapid debate to extend OPA, warning against last minute tactics. The clash over subsidies and inflation policy intensifies as the bill nears expiration.
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Francis M. le May
Washington
Office of Price Administration
Congress
Rep. Wolcott R.michl
McCormack
Massachusetts
Wolcott
Banking Committee
Jane Republican
Martin
Conress
Roosevelt
Eye Poking Claim Fails to Clear in Washington Visit
Two youths who said they were Italian campaign veterans visited United Mine Workers Union Leader John L. Lewis in the UMW office. One claimed he punched Lewis in the eye, but Lewis’ office said there was only waving of hands and no injury. The men identified themselves as Cpl. Henry Isania of Schenectady New York and Pvt. Jacob Rucotta of Rochester New York.
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Washington
Pvt
Jacob Rucotta
Rochester, N. Y
British Subs Join Fight on Jap Shipping
British submarine actions in the Malacca Strait helped threaten a 7,000-ton Japanese aircraft carrier and support ships as Allied forces press in the Southwest Pacific. Reports cite Dutch submarine remnants hitting Japanese shipping, while Momote airdrome on Admiralty Islands nears full operational status for air cover against Rabaul and Kavieng.
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Richard
Bergholz
Associated Press
Malacca Strait
British Admiralty
Sumatra
Japan
Burma
Admiralty
Rapal Momote
Southwest Pacific
Momote
Admiralty Islanda
Los Negros Island
Admiralties
6Th Army
Bismarck Sea
Rabaul
Kavieng
Bismarck Archipelago
Orance
Pacific
Andance
Truk
Carolines
New Guinea
Central Pacific
Wake Island
U. S S
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Aix
Marshall Islands
Nauru
Marshalls
Dutch East Indies
L. G. van der Kun
Washington
van der Kun
Tokyo
Makaw
Kaladan
U.S
Policy Toward Rome to Be Determined by German Use
Secretary of War Stimson outlined allied policy on Rome stressing the safety of American lives over material loss. He said Rome would be spared where Germans avoid, with exceptions if the enemy uses monuments for military aims endangering troops, and noted efforts to target rail lines and airfields while protecting religious sites and Vatican City.
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Rome
Washington
Stimson
Monte Cassino
Preas
War Department
Anzio
Italy
Vatican City
Finnish Peace Terms Shock Finland. Helsinki Edges
Russian armistice proposals, published in Finnish papers for the first time, drew shock and disappointment. Terms demand restoring 1940 borders, immediate ceasefire, no government changes, internment of German ships, and seven divisions with possible Red Army help. Finnish press and officials debate prospects and policy.
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Edwin Shante
Stockholm
Helsinki
Aftonbladet
Red Army
Russia
Finland
Helsink
Moscow
Collection Dates for War Service Paper and Tin and Fats
Schools will collect paper on specified days and districts. Call the principal for uncollected paper. Tin is collected on the third Friday after the third Thursday. if not collected, contact the district principal. Fats: bring waste cooking fats to grocery stores for payment.
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Roosevelt
Eighth Street
Avenue B
Franklin
Walnut Grove
Holy Family
Corn Processing Plants Face Shutdown Risk
Government food officials seek a painless method to pull up to 75 million bushels of corn from farms in coming months to avert shutdowns in processing plants. With supplies short and farmers preferring livestock feed, moves to increase market flow are debated. Requisitioning is ruled out. price policy changes, including possible higher ceiling prices or hog price cuts, are considered but have objections. Officials seek suggestions to avert idle plants and support war industry needs.
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Ovid A. Martin
Washington
Chicago
New York Paper Hints at Scandal Involving Lepke Buchalter
The New York Daily News said Louis Lepke Buchalter signed a statement alleging political intrigue tied to the Becker case of 1912. The document cites offers to quash the Rosen murder indictment and reduce narcotics sentences, naming prominent figures and a casino campaign donor.
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New York
New York Daily News
Louis “Lepke” Buchalter
Becker
News
Ead
Brooklyn
Murder, Inc
Sing Sing
Electric Cin
America
Willam E. Snyder
Lepke
Death House
Thomas E Dewey
RAF Bombers Smash Again at Stuttgart
London reports Allied air power pummels Stuttgart with 600 plus bombers from U S and RAF. Mosquito raids hit Munich while other formations strike targets in France and the Low Countries. Bomber losses are low as ground weather limits fighters. Goering lauds German defenses on the ninth anniversary of the Luftwaffe.
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Gladwin Hill
London
U. S
Germany
RAF
Stuttgart
RCAY
Munich
France
Europe
Britain
Italy
Hermann Goering
Foregn Broadcast Intelligence Service
Save Your Tin Cans Knocks for U S Service Law
Navy Secretary Knox told senators that enacting a national service law would shield the United States from a labor slump risking Pacific war effort. He warned turnover rose last August and September and urged action before Germany’s defeat alters U S industry. He cited Japan’s hope for such destabilization and Germany’s supposed response.
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Washington
Navy
Knox
Pacific
Military Committee
Germany
Italy
United States
Japan
Iowa Farm Prices Advance One Point
Iowa farm price index rose one point from January 15 to February 15 driven by higher livestock prices especially sheep and lambs. Leslie M. Carl director of the Iowa crop and livestock reporting service reported the gain on Thursday.
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Iowa
Des Moines
UPI
Leslie M. Carl
Iowa Crop and Livestock Resporting Service
Reds Move In on Three Key Points
Soviet forces pressed on three German strongholds Narva Pakov and Vitebsk on the northern front with Govorov's Leningrad army seizing a Narva bridgehead and cutting theReval rail link. Pakov near Baltic gateway and Vitebsk surged as Bagramian's Baltic army drove toward the fortress city.
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London
Red Army
Narva
Pakov
Vitebsk
Moscow
Estonia
Leonid A. Govorov
Leningrad
Narova
Reval
Are
Baltic
Nevaditsy
Pskov
Polotsk
Russaki
Ivan C. Bagramian
Bagramian
Auvere
Narva-Peval
Tommy Gunners Fight Way Into Pskov Streets
Soviet field dispatches report Red Army units pushing west from Lake Peipus into suburban Pskov, with Gen Leonid A. Govorov leading forces spreading across the Lovier Estonian republic. The operation aims to cut Narva’s rail link to Reval, 120 miles west, as heavy fighting unfolds in the region.
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Pskov
Moscow
Red Army
Lake Petpua
Narva
Leonid A. Gavor
Leningrad
Lake Peipus
Lovier
Estonian Republic
Reval
Saae
Army to open center for blinded veterans at Valley Forge
Secretary Stimson announced a new army medical center to provide social adjustment training for blinded servicemen before their release. The center, jointly supported by the army navy war manpower commission and veterans administration, will serve veterans from all services and be led by Col. Frederic Thorne, stationed at Valley Forge General Hospital in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania.
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Washington, i
Army Medical Center
War Stimson
Army
Navy
War Manpower Commission
Veterans Administration
Frederic Thorne
Valley Forge General Hospital
Phoenizville
Butler Urges Iowa Governor to Close Carter Lake Night Club
Omaha Mayor Dan Butler asks Iowa Governor Bourke Hickenlooper to shut down Chez Paree a gambling night club near Carter Lake Iowa. He cites a Nonpareil poll showing strong support for tougher enforcement and urges action by local and state authorities while officials say they have not received the letter.
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Dan Butler
Omaha
Iowa
Carter Lake
States
Pottawattermie County
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Otfer
Don Jackson
Riley Nelson
Dewey
John Mf. Rankin
Des Moines
Hickenlooper
Countlez
Rankin
Butler
Pottawattamie County
Municpal
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John W. Carey
John L. Lewis
DEMS
Dorothy Vrendeburgh
Alabama
Democratic National Committee
NEA
Henry Leader
Circuit Court of Appeals
Clarence C. Galston
Louia (Lepke) Buchalter
Buchalter
dollar @ death
Emanuel “Mendy" Wess
Louis Capone
Joseph Rogen
Frankie Costello
New York City
Daylight Blow
U.S. Service Law
Reds
Narve
Gov. Hickenlooper
U. S. Weather Bureau
Council Bluffs
Nebraska
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