Air Cadets Killed In Bus Train Collision Near Kingman
KINGMAN Ariz AP Twenty seven soldiers were killed and several injured when a Kingman Army Air Corps bus collided with a Santa Fe freight train at the entrance to the gunnery school about 9 pm last night. Public relations officers said the dead were aviation cadets returning from a gunnery mission near the base. An engineer cited the train traveling at about 43 miles per hour.
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Kingman
Ariz
Kingman Army Air Buss
Air Base
Army
C. L Hickey
Needies
Calif
Halsey Pledges Celebration on Tokyo Site
Admiral William F. Halsey spoke at the Army-Navy war conference on the Pacific theatre and praised American troops as a single team while avoiding speculation on Tokyo's celebration date. He praised Marines and Seabees yet dodged questions on MacArthur’s politics and soldiering beliefs. NBC announced Halsey would broadcast from Hollywood at 8:15 p.m. tonight.
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Halesy
Gen
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Halsey
Tokyo
Orator
Marine Corps
Seabees
Mundas
United States
Douglas MacArthur
New York
National Broadcasting Company
Admiral Halsey
Hollywood
World Today: Allied lands and WWII notes across Europe
Reuters reports Allied divisions landed along the Adriatic coast of Yugoslavia near Croat capital. Soviet and Italian fronts claim advances while RAF night raids target northern France. Far east, Japan suffers 60 more dead as jungle warfare continues.
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Reuters
Myere
Adriatic
Yugoslavia
Tundebout
Jagrad
Stockholm
Rushia
Wokerman
Corres
Beadanta Nesis
Rass'a
Leningrad
Blackhea
Reg
Fifth Army
Male
Venalra
Cen Wal Taly
Brives
RAF
France
Pacific
Harvey Wremines
Japan
Japenane Defenders
GOP Senator Challenges Dems to Drop International Issue
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan urged Democratic National Chairman Frank Walker to act on a four month old Republican invitation to remove foreign policy from the presidential campaign. He cited a GOP resolution for bipartisan US leadership in postwar world cooperation and urged Democrats to state their concrete foreign policy stance.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Vandenberg
R.-Mich
Frank Walker
Walker
Postwar Advisory Council
United States
Tara
Strike Halts Work On Invasion Craft
Philadelphia AP reports a 2 day work stoppage at Cramp Shipbuilding delaying production of invasion ships for the Navy. Seventeen thousand workers faced reassignment if Navy takes over the yard, with about six thousand outside as gates opened and workers stood by.
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Philadelphia
Navy
Cramp Shipbuilding Company
Pates
Germans Set Trials For Ciano, Others Who Turned On Duce
The Associated Press reports trials begin tomorrow in Verona for Count Ciano and 18 Grand Council members who voted to oust Mussolini. Ciano, Mussolini’s son in law and former foreign minister, faces treason charges. several co-defendants are imprisoned in Verona while others, including Count Dino Grandi, will be tried in absentia.
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Ciano
Duce
Associated Press
Count Ciano
Grand Council
Mussolini
Verona
Italy
Berlin
Cianote
Musascini
Emilia de Bono
Tullio Cianetti
Carlo Parenchi
Giovannia Marinelli
Balleta
Dino Grandi
London
Napier Field to Graduate 1944 Chet Class of Flyers
The 1944 Chet class at Napier Field will receive wings this afternoon in a ceremony led by Captain Charles Monetad. Cadets and aviation students, the largest class yet, will assemble at Post Headquarters to be sworn in as second lieutenants and may officers. The event includes an invocation, address by Colonel James L. Daniel Jr., and aerial gunnery badges awarded by Majors Larrebee and Weaver and Captain Freund.
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Napier Field
Dbm
Charles Monetad
Paul J. Cuddy
James L. Daniel, Jr
Daniel
Charles Simzeon
Frank Dreher
Alee
Vance HL Larrebee
Pred Weaver
Cosmosders
Albert Freund
Fern
Fifth Army Pounds Key Strongpoints In Nazi Defenses
Allied forces pressed the Fifth Army offensive along the front near San Vittore and Canario. American troops seized Monte Maio, gaining ground near Vilicuso and Viticuso, while advancing through stony terrain and facing German artillery and mortar fire to split the defense.
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Richard G. M78sock
Algiers
San Vittore
Fifth Army
Via Castlina
Roma
Canario
Aix
Monte Maio
Vilicuso
Vevafro
Cevaio
Viticuso
Special Allied Troops Reported In Yugoslavia
Reports reaching Stockholm claimed Allied special troops landed at several Yugoslav coastal points. London and Algiers sources called the tale erroneous and planted by Germans as a feeler. Reuters cited Stockholms-Tidningen with Zagreb and Vipratavia mentions. all reports should be treated with caution.
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London
Stockholm
Yugoslavia
Ved
Algiers
Reuters
Stockholms-Tidningen
Zagreb
As & Feeler
Vipratavia
Zazeeb
Budapest
Allies Develop Rocket Plane Record in Kiel Raid
American Thunderbolt 234 Lightning fighters escorted heavy bombers in the Kiel assault, destroying 18 Watt aircraft without loss and setting a new American fighter record over Germany. The Marauder bombers also struck northern France as RAF Mosquitos raided the west.
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London
Kiel
Germany
France
Western
Jet Propelled Aircraft Reported In Production
Washington AP report reveals a twin engined jet propulsion fighter developed by the United States and Britain. The craft, using rocket propulsion instead of a propeller, has completed numerous test flights with production starting soon. Details remain secret due to wartime restrictions while officials say it operates at high altitudes and extreme speed.
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Kari
United Nations
219 Absentee Votes Issued In Houston
Houston probate office issued 219 absentee ballots for the special Democratic primary to elect a congressman from the Third District. Officials noted some applicants were ineligible due to poll tax delinquency and other requests could not be issued. Probate Judge Say Poyner said election officers received instruction on voting machines handling and purging ahead of Tuesday’s vote.
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Houston County
Meyers
Say P. Poyner
New Tax Return Forms Full Of Complications On Way
James Marlow and George Ziel report that the IRS is mailing new federal income tax forms. The long form will be about twice as large and complex as last year, with March 15 as the deadline. Early filers are urged to start soon as offices expect a busy period. Two forms will be available, a short form for 邻4 income under 2900 and mainly wage or investment income, otherwise the long form applies.
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James Marlow
George Ziel
Washington
Bae
Lima
Bureau
Internal Revenue
U S Australian Troops Threaten Madang Jap Garrison
Allied forces press toward the Madang area on New Guinea as American Marines clash along the Vittax Straits and Cape Gloucester fights intensify in New Britain. Carrier strikes at Kavieng disrupt Nipponese air strength while air sweeps over Rabaul add to daily losses. A Halsey London broadcast hints at a major Tokyo strike as Allied bombing deepens in the southwest Pacific.
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Morrie Landsberg
Preeq
Allied
Japanrae
Medang
New Guinea
Vittax Straits
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Bismarck Archipelago
Kavieng
New Ireland
Rabaul
Japan
Los Angeles
Adm
William F. Halsey
Paele
Tokyo
Madang
Southwest Pacific
Berlin
Siddar
Imites Gous Eaat
Abit Ling
Ale Base
Cape Gumbi
Saldor
Cape Guinhi
Jupenens
Denna
Britain
German Weakness In Reserves Seen By Russian Rout
London AP notes German High Command struggles to send enough reserves to the eastern front amid a Red Army advance. With 300 to 325 divisions estimated in the field, Germany faces stretched lines while Teheran strategy presses hard on multiple fronts as rail corridors threaten timely reinforcement.
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James M. Long
London
Naz East Wall
Germany
Teheran
Arma
Norway
France
Europe
Air Force
Gialin
Red Army
Nien
Esatem
Poland
Warsaw
Warsaw-Rovno-Berdichev
Krakow-Lovow-Odenau
Garmana
Nineteen Nations Study Bolivian Revolt
Washington AP says nineteen American nations begun a joint study on Bolivias revolt and the new regime led by Major Gualberto Villarroel. The exchange of information among Washington and capitals will decide if the La Paz government earns friendly recognition or faces measures that could isolate Bolivia economically and politically. Argentina may face similar procedures if the influence underpinning the old government is seen as present.
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John M. Inghtowere
Washington
Axia
Bolivia
Gualberto Villarroel
Sovereien Staten
Halivia
Argentina
la Pex
Draft Sets Up New Induction System
Washington AP reports a plan to standardize draft processing by ending local board screening and requiring final pre induction examinations at least 21 days before induction. It also eliminates post induction furloughs and begins early preinduction for 1-A men to meet January quotas, with 21 day delays initially extending later.
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Washington
Bervice
Army
Navy
Soviet gains push 10 miles inside prewar Poland front
Soviet forces under Vatutin drive across 175 miles from the Pripy marshes toward the Dnieper basin and the Warsaw-Odessa line. The First Ukrainian Army claims capture of vast booty and heavy enemy losses as German lines near Rakytno, Zhmerinka, and Lipovets come under pressure. Varied offensives to the north and southwest threaten Kiev communications and Romania.
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Wenrey
Cassidy
Moscow
Nikolai Vatetin
Poland
Ukraine
Sey Dnieper
Priny Marshes
Rakitno
Zhanhkov
Belaya Tzarkov
Ivan Pagramian
Deap
Lmia
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ware @ peril
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Dnieper
Black Sea
Vatutin
Kirovograd
Xrivot Rog
Doleper
Fntenes
Mockholm
Kiev
Warsaw
Bhapatovka
Novograd
Valynaki
Vinnitse
Zhit
Mir
Dnilester
Rumania
Zhmerinka
Vinnitea
Odesae
Odes
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Niko
Val Valutin
Wuardy
Kiel-Warsaw
Saray
Barny
Dniepar
Gorodaital
Novogod-Volynski
Chudnov
2Hitomir
Rusalga
Vatutins
Second Ukraine Army
Iven & Konev
Lipovts
Vinniten
Odesce
Vimniten
Shepetovka
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