Men Under 26 Move Fast to Battle Lines
Mass movement of men under 26 accelerates with selective service calling up for immediate pre induction physicals. New interagency plan and rapid reconsideration of deferments aim to meet army needs while preserving essential industry.
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Max Hall
Washington
Awifter
Lewis B. Hersheg Wald
Hershey
Joe Doakes
Hits State
Interagency Committee
Interm
Office of Defense Transportion For Transportation
War Production Board
Bluffs Nearts Red Cross Quota Rises Toward Goal
Figures released by C L Crawford of the Red Cross war fund show Council Bluffs near its quota with about $4 500 added, bringing totals to about $49 200 in community drives. District collections exceed last year with house to house workers in the women's division reporting over $3 000 and teachers boosting contributions, while weather notes forecast continued cold and variable conditions for the weekend.
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C. L. Crawford
Council Bluffs
Leon Morse
Algae
Covert T. Brown
Brown
Pierce
Washington Avenue
Floyd Hughes
Phi B. Freyder
Bert Gurney
Phil B. Freyder
Crawford
Merrill's Army Scores Advance In Burma Drive
Merrill's Army under Brig. Gen. Frank Merrill pushes through Burma toward Myitkyina, within 68 miles as British commandos move from the north. Chinese reports downplay Japanese Indo-India drive while Allied air forces hit Bougainville to northern New Guinea and strike near Ponape in the central Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard C. Bergholz
Associated Press War
Frank Merrill
Burma
Mogaung
Japan
Myit “Kyina
South Pacific
Myitkyina
Chungking
Associated Press
Spencer Moosa
India
China
Bougainville
New Guinea
Rabaul
New Britain
Fransa’ Bay
New Gainea
Wewask
Central Pacific
Ant Island
Carolines
Ponape
Marshall Islands
Pray Rome spared from destruction plea to world leaders
Buenos Aires reports Cardinal Capello, primate of Argentina, sent a message to President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill urging that Rome be spared from destruction. The secretary notes the message was directed to belligerent nations, asking Rome not become a battlefield. no confirmation on sending to Hitler. Roosevelt acknowledged receipt.
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Buenos Aires
Luis Cardinal] Capello
Argentina
Roosevelt
Churchill
Rome
Sto
Adolf ‘Hitler
Rosevelt
Joan Berry Tears in Court Over Chaplin Letter Read
In Los Angeles during Chaplin Mann Act trial, Joan Berry wept as a letter she wrote to Charlie Chaplin was read. The judge limited defense questions about her past relationships, narrowing lines of inquiry for next session.
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James Lindsley
Los Angeles
Joan Berry
Charlie Chaplin
J. F. T. O'Connor
Jerry Giesler
Chaplin
Geisler
Miss Berry
Joan
Hans Reusch
Oklahoma
Mexico
United States
Glesler
Tulsa
Okla
Glasler
Charley
New York
Bridget
Jerry Grealer
Giesler
David Hecht
Flam
Flamm
Miss. Berry
Waldorf-Astoria
Edward Chaney
GOP Bellows Sharpen Foreign Policy Debate in Campaign
Washington critics say the administration lacks a clear policy as Republicans press the issue. Senator Vandenberg predicts foreign relations will be a prime campaign topic while Reed notes public questions about U S diplomacy. Hull reports to GOP House members describe a Germany plan but lack British Russian approval, with Britain and Russia at odds over Poland.
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Washington
Thomas
Dewey
New York
Vandenberg
R.mich
GOP
Reed
R.-Kan
Arizona
United Nations
Hull
Republican House
Germany
U. S
Finland
Britain
Russia
U. S. State Department
Nazis Reinforce Cassino Troops During Tough Battle
Allied reports from Naples describe German paratroopers ordered by Lt Gen Richard Heindrich to hold Cassino at all costs as New Zealand troops occupy tight terrain in the southern town. German forces reportedly moved three more tanks into Cassino’s Continental hotel lobby and are said to be reinforcing via tunnels stretching from the abbey atop monte cassino hill toward pantie hill. Allied bombers hit Rimini rail yards and Legnano port facilities, with eleven Allied planes missing and twenty German planes downed. The fight around Cassino continues as Indian troops defend on Hill 202 and Hangman’s Hill, aided by air drops, amid ongoing artillery and tank clashes near the Continental hotel and Hoel Des Hoses. Local legends say tunnels from the sixteenth century link the Continental hotel to Cassino, built in a past search for buried treasure.
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Naples
Richard Heindrich
Cassino
New Zealand
Mangatery
Pantie
Bth
Anzio
Carroveto
Rome
Cisterna
Rimini
Ancons
Leghorn
Orvieto
Salmons
Fano
Nettuno
Botha Continental Hotel
Hoel Des Hoses
Hangman’s Hill
Castle Hill
West Virginia Mine Blast Kills 15 Men
A violent explosion at a central West Virginia coal mine killed 15 men who were battling a fierce fire. Flames Belched from the mine driving debris 150 feet, with early reports miscounting the dead as names were confirmed. Rescue teams struggled to reach the No 4 Katherine Coal Mine as the blast shattered the scene.
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Shinneton
W. Va
West Virginia
Katherine Coal Company
Soviets Split Nazi Armies in Southwest Russia
Soviet offensives drive deep into southwestern Ukraine and Bessarabia, encircling German garrisons and severing escape routes along the Dniester and Lwow-Tarnopol rail lines. Zhukov’s 1st Ukrainian Army reports heavy German losses with 20,000 killed and 3,600 captured in four days, as Byeltsi and other rail junctions are threatened and large stores of equipment fall into Soviet hands.
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London
Balkans
Russia
Dniester
Zaleshchigi
Old Poland
Kamenka
Mogiley Podolski
Moscow
Saleschlid
Czernowitz
Balkan States
Tarnopol
Rue Manian
Bucovina
Gregory K. Zhukov
Ukraine
Red Army
Gaivoron
Zaleschichiki
Zhukov
Proskurov
Odessa
Ivan S. Konev
Bessarabia
Mogilev Podolski
Byeltsi
Moldavia
Lwow
Trarnopol
3Rd Ukraine
Voznesensk
Rodion Y. Melinovsky
4Th Ukraine Army
Nikolaey
Black Sea
Bug
BBC
New York
NBC
CBS
Zukhov
Deiester
Colder Tonight Warmer Sunday Weather Update
Colder tonight and warmer Sunday with clear dawns expected. Saturday low around 26 while Sunday near 20. Friday high 45 with a trace of snow reported. Navy says a medium U S merchant vessel torpedoed late January in the Arabian Sea. all crew saved and landed at Boston.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Council Bluffs
Nebraska
Loswest
Seuligh
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Washington
Navy
U. S
Arabian Sea
Boston
Five guilty plead in wartime espionage case in Detroit
Miss Grace Buchanan Dineen led a group of four Detroiters and four women who pleaded guilty to conspiring to violate the wartime espionage act. Sentences ranged from five to twenty years with Mrs Theresa Behrens receiving the stiffest term. Others included Emma Leonhardt five years, Carl Leonhardt ten years, Walter Abt ten years, and Fred William Thomas sixteen years for fortnight age. Marianne von Moltke had sentencing deferred.
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Detroit
Grace Buchanan-Dineen
Emma Leonhardt
Carl John W. Leonhardt
Walter Joseph Abt
Marianne von Moltke
Wayne University
United States ‘District Attorney
Leonhardt
Abt
Fred William Thomas
Bertrand Stuart Hoffman
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Switzerland
Sweden
Portugal
Hungary
Germany
FBI
Gyula Rozinek
FSI
Gestapo
Sari de Hajek
London Air Raid Night Battle Leaves Berlin Burning
British and American air forces mounted a major night raid on Berlin Friday night, with about 1 000 RAF bombers and 750 US Forts and Liberators. German reports say 73 RAF bombers were downed as night fighters attacked from Heligoland to Berlin. London suffered its heaviest raid in 12 months with incendiaries hitting churches and homes, including the well known church and Royal Albert Hall area.
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Gladwin Hut
London
Berlin
Gare Man
Britiatt
RAF Aramada
Helgoland
Air Ministry
Kiel
Germany
Leipzig
Weimar
Afr
Brankfurt
Brostlesst
Reich
Wiemtar
U. S
Frankfurt
Schweinfurt
Nancy
St. Dizier
8Th Air Force
Homelds
Royal Albert Hall
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Bucharest
John Russo
Didles
Russo
Joseph
Patrick
Dante
Merrill's Army
Mogaung Valley
Llora
Tin Cate
Ukkaine
Grace-Buchanan Weneen
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