Yank Planes Smash Eemy Installations Coast Of China
American reports say carrier-based aircraft struck Formosa and the South China coast, sinking or damaging multiple enemy ships. Four 86 Superfortresses aided the raid while Halsey’s force attacked Canton, Swatow, and Hongkong. Initial tallies claim 104,000 tons of shipping sunk or damaged and several vessels, including a destroyer and escort, sunk or damaged. Follow-up details remain incomplete.
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Leof Erickson v. & Facific
Pear Harbor
Taird
China
Formosa
Hongkong
Avengers
Royal Navy
Taikoo
Mday
Adm
William F
South China
Swatow
Chester Witz
Cantonstow
Eney
Takao
Fokyoradio
Hongzong
Pratas
Siardsy
World Today Highlights Global Frontline Moves
AP report outlines eastern front actions with U S Seventh Army near Strasbourg and Maginot Line checks. Russian advances unchecked in the south. Polish theater gains around Krakow and Lublin radio reports. Italian front notes U S patrols near Bologna. minor counterattacks slow American push toward Manila via Formosa and central highway.
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The
Associated Press
Estern
Fresp Brif
Tord River
St. Ih
U.S. Seventh Army
Fees
Maginot Line
Strasbourg
Poland
Krakow
Lublin
Red Army
U. S
Bologna
Manila
Formosa
Allied Officials Aiming At Triple Help For China
Allied officials target a threefold increase in supplies to China after the Ledo Road opens in the next five weeks. About 100000 tons of munitions monthly expected once operational, with over 30000 tons a month already moved from India. If schedules hold, a moderately equipped Chinese army could operate in the Chungking area before year end, aided by the North Burma campaign’s progress.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
China
Ledo Road
India
Chungking
Burma
No Man Under Thirty Safe From Service
James Marlow notes a shift in draft policy: under 30s must prove fitness for service as draft boards tighten deferrals. Previously 26 and under were prioritized, with 30 and over often deferred, but now all men under 30 are subject to selection. The government considers 39 essential activities to guide boards.
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James Marlow Washington
Tran Bas
Armed Services
Soldiers Wait But Faye Gets Her Dog
Antioch California AP report on Seaman First Class Leon Leroy 18 on emergency leave due to a dog being assigned to Mrs. Elliott Roosevelt Faye Emerson. Leroy claimed his return was delayed because a dog occupied a higher priority crate aboard a cargo plane, with details linking the dog to Col. Elliott Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt in Hollywood.
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Antioch
Calif
Leon Leroy
Tony
Memphis
Tenn
Elliott Roosevelt
Hollywood
Faye Emerson
Leroy
Funker
Exid
Col
Elliott Rosecvelt
Kea Angeles
FDR Presses Congress on Work or Fight Legislation
President Roosevelt urged Congress to pass national service measures. He signaled a firm push for penalties against men aged 18 to 45 who refuse war work, with May forecasting a bill to use Army work units and penalties up to ten thousand dollars and five years in prison. Industry and CIO debate voluntary vs coercive plans ahead of committee action.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
May
D.-Ey
House Military Committee
White House
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
Army
Navy
National Association of Manufacturers
State Rests Case In Dozier Slaying
In Birmingham, 72-year-old lawyer D. M. Griswold faced the end of the prosecution’s case in the Dozier slaying trial as nine of 84 witnesses testified. Deputy Nabers described a threat after which Griswold allegedly said Dozier was “bigger and younger,” while toxicologist Brooks noted bullets entering Dozier’s back. An earlier witness, Ed Thurman, testified he did not see Dozier strike Griswold before the shooting.
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Birmingham
D. M. Griswold
Thomas Dozier
L. Nabers
Dozier
Nabers
Griswold
D. Brooks
Ed Thurman
Nazis Make Banzai Charge At Americans
On January 15 near Houffalize the Second Armored Division reported a light tank encountered about 60 German cyclists. The riders dismounted and charged the tank in a banzai fashion, screaming and cursing before being mowed down. Lt. E. A Trohan of Lafayette described the attackers as possibly drunk or chilled by the cold.
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Houffalize
Second Armored Division
Houfffalize
E. A Trohan
Lafayette
Davis Pardoned To Visit Mother In Dothan Georgia
Unarmed Merchant Marine Huey W. Davis, 47, received clemency after surrendering to the Georgia Department of Corrections. The Board commuted his two consecutive auto theft sentences. he plans to visit his mother in Dothan, Alabama, before returning to sea duty.
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Francis J. Hammick
Department of Corrections
Davis
Edward B. Everett
Georgia Pardon and Parole Board
Hoey W. Davis
Jeanke Davis
Montgomery
Clayton Davis
Dothan
U. S. Navy
Lotisville
Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
Atlantic
Pacific
Mediterranean
Alabama
Caribbean
Hammick
Helen Coxon
Jeff the Caprte
Ala
New York
Kentucky
Kentucky Parole Board
Everett
Robert Elliott Burns
New Jaraey
Burns
Atlanta
Wna
Liberty
Chicago
Letebe
Stether
Georgia
Harry J. Moore
Board of Pardons and Paroles
Ellis Arnall
Burna
Warsaw Falls as Soviet Forces Liberate Polish Capital
London dispatch reports Soviet Field Marshal Zhukov’s 1945 advance into Warsaw from two Vistula bridges, completing the liberation of the Polish capital. Stalin lauded the victory while German fronts near Czestochowa and Silesia faced intensified pressure. First Polish Army involved in the capital’s seizure.
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London
Wartsaw
Greorg K. Zhukov
Vistula
Stalin
Warsaw
Balk
Balkans
Krakow
Cairom
Moscow
East Prussia
Berlin
Sehlosaberg
Zhukov
Poland
Lublin
Praga
Canite
Red Columna
Czestochowa
Silesia
Modlin
Nasielsk
Court Of Appeals Affirms Horace Jackson Conviction
The Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction of Horace Jackson charged with possessing a still and manufacturing whiskey. He was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary by Houston Circuit Court in July last year. Notice of appeal was filed and sentence suspended pending the appellate ruling.
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Court of Appeals
Horace Jackson
Jackson
Houston
Drastic Alabama registration bill seeks single county registrar
A proposed bill for Alabama would replace three member county boards of registrars with one full time county registrar appointed by the governor. The registrar would oversee continuous purge of poll lists and be removable by the governor. The measure, drafted for Rep L W Sanderson, is part of interim legislature hearings ahead of the May 1 session.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Boards of Regislars
L. W. Sanderson
Agriculture
Sanderson
Agriculture and Industries
Conservation Department
W. W. Garrett
Misa Loula Dunn
Welfare Committee
Appropriations and Finance Group
Protestant Editors Back Free Press for World Peace Plan
In Cleveland AP report editors Homer W. King of The Protestant Voice and Charles C. Morrison of Christian Century urge the international peace conference to include support for an international free press and a simple world organization based on ongoing consultation. They advocate reducing Dumbarton Oaks provisions and aligning with Kent Cooper on press freedom. Over 500 delegates attend the state conference of the Federal Council of Churches commission on a just and durable peace.
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Cleveland
Peace Conference
Homer W. King
Fort Wayne
Ind
Protestant Voice
Kent Cooper
Associated Press
America
Charlies C Morrison
Chicago
Christian Century Magazine
Counci
Churches of Christ In America
Commission On A
FSA Committees Readying Plans for GI Loan Certifications
MONTGOMERY AP report says County TSA committees in Alabama Georgia Florida and South Carolina will be ready by Feb 10 to certify veteran loan applications under the GI bill. Director E S Morgan of the Farm Security Administration announced after a training conference for personnel who will pend to handle loan applications. Committees will be enlarged by one veteran member with extra pay, and Morgan stressed they act only as certifying agents for the Veterans Administration which has final approval.
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Montgomery
TSA
Alabama
Cheorgia
Florida
South Carolina
E. S. Morgan
Farm Security Administration
Veterans’ Administration
Morgan
Morgen
Yanks One Third Way To Manila In Broad Sweep
General MacArthur reports the Sixth Army is one third of the distance to Manila in a broad advance from Luzon. American spearheads reach Moncada, 32 road miles from Lingayen Gulf, while main north south highway pushes toward Manila with light Japanese opposition. Artillery shells the enemy as tanks move toward Tarlac and Catling.
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Manila
C.ates McDaniel
Tarlac
MacArthur
Ture
Congress Weighs 15000 Pay Rise for Senators
Washington AP report says the 14 point plan from the nations planning association urged boosting Congress salaries from 16000 to 39000 and adding retirement pay. Lawmakers feared a revival of pension moves and warned the measure could threaten legislative modernization efforts amid concerns after Senator Francis Maloney's death.
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Washington
Congress
The
Nations Planning Association
WPA
James F.byrnes
NPA
Conoyenswen
Trey
Francis Maloney
D -Connd
Rep. Monroney
Protests on Draft of Farm Workers At House Hearing
Washington AP protests resounded in the House over drafting farm workers and echoed elsewhere as Selective Service Director Hershey warned about the likely call up to mid year. Lawmakers pressed the Tydings Amendment while farmers and Grange leader Elbert Gross urged halt pending probe into effects on food production.
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Washington
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Tydings Amendsarat
Rep Hope
WEA
MacArthur
Hoffman
Rmirch
Madden
D-Tadt
Tydings
Elbert S. Gross
National Grange
Roosevelt
German Salient Flattened By Ist Army
AP reports Allied bites into German lines as Second Army troops push into Dieteren near the Meuse and Roer, driving up to 1000 yards in winter advance. First Army nears St Vith while Third Army traps enemy near Butzdorf. British push on with heavy artillery and a bridge taken over the Roer.
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James We Long
PARIS
Dieteren
Mane
Meuse
Roer
Aachen
Exsenhower
Germany
U. S
Ninth Army
Lumich
Schmidt
U. S. First Army
St. Vith
Butzdorf
Third Army
Montgomery
Ronde
Lillard
Foer
Linnich
Road to Berin in WW II battle update amid fog and minefields
The report details Allied and German moves on the Western Front with U S First Army pressing toward St Vith as weather, ice and German minefields hinder advances. Forces from the Seventh Army and First and Third Armies engage near Houffalize and Fayermont while pursuit of pockets and key rail corridors continues amid air raids on German billets near Wassemberg and Wegberg.
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Arenes
Wassemberg
Wegberg
Roer
Hetten
Strasbourg
Alexander
Patch
Houffalize
Thare
Thwest
12Th
Ger
Omar N. Bradley
Thirimont
Faymerville
Germnga
Donations Reported For March Of Dimes Drive
Ted Bauman, chairman, announced $221.05 in donations during the first two days of the March of Dimes drive in Dothan. He noted that half of contributions will stay in Houston County.
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Dothan
Ted Bauman
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U. S. Merchant Marine
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