Long Factions Bid For Power In Louisiana Vote
In a Democratic primary Louisiana race Jimmie H. Davis trails Lewis L. Morgan as returns from parishes roll in. Morgan leads in city counts while Long ally Huey P. Long’s brother Earl K. Long surges to a decisive lieutenant governor tally amid a field of rivals.
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New Orleans
Jimmie HE. Davis
Public Service
Lewis L. Morgen
Morgan
Davis
James H. Morrison
Mayor Caldwell
Shreveport
Ernest Clements
Dudley Leblanc
Vincent Moseley
Lee Lamer
Earl K. Long
Huey P. Long
Morgar
Long
Emile Verret
Frank Bell
Gladdep
Harrison
Sam Tennant
Carl T. Jeansonne
Lewie L. Morgan
Voters Speed Up Poll Tax Payments
The county Tax Collector reports 1,725 voters had qualified for the February primary to nominate Congressmen from the Third District. Since Saturday, 225 more have paid poll tax, while records show 1,500 already paid and 21 citizens sought to qualify yesterday. Registrations rose to 79 tempering since books opened Monday for a ten day period.
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Dietrick
Board of Registrars
Allied Forces Drive Across Garigliano and Leningrad Front
The World recaps Second War fronts with Fifth Army river crossings at Garigliano and three bridgeheads, while Russia reports new offensives around Leningrad pushing through German lines. Pacific actions include Allied push on Arawa Peninsula and Rabaul region as part of a broader strategy to sever enemy positions.
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Italy
Fifth Army
Garigliano
Appian Way
Rome
Russia
Rad
Leningrad
Moscow
Pacific
Arawa Peninsula
New Britain
Rabaul
le Guivass
Railroads Restored to Private Ownership After Settlement
The U S rail system returned to private operators as War Secretary Stimson ordered seized lines back to owners effective midnight. President Roosevelt announced wage settlement with raises for workers, while Senator Wheeler warned manpower shortages threaten military strength. Estimated annual road costs run about 240 million dollars with retroactive pay. strike action averted as service continues.
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Jaqoeson& Elliott
Washington
Wheece
D-Mont
Rooseve
Stimeon
Unlona
Stimson
Ware
Vinson
Wheeler
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Jtore
Montasen
Sertove Trou
Last Minute Bulletin Fire Incendiary Report
Last Minute Bulletin brief reports a fire incendiary incident in Barcelona and a separate AP dispatch from Washington noting urgent public safety developments. The fragments reference brief alerts and agency attributions, signaling developing coverage.
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Barcelona
Purchase Of E Bonds To Decide Drive's Success
Houston County sets a 2 084 000 quota for the Fourth War Loan drive with emphasis on selling E Bonds In county districts Clyde L Lovern county executive chairman announced each beat will receive an E Bond quota of 462 000 and every wage earner and farmer will be urged to participate A canvass plan was formed with C M Ling county agent and a manager appointed to lead a committee to organize the sales efforts A B nai Brith chapter will hold an E Bond auction at the Dothan Recreation Center to kick off the effort with bond booths planned at twelve sites through February 15.
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Houston County
Clyde L. Lovern
Avery
Levern
C. M. Ling
Wea
Ack
Lovern
Dothan
Ena B'rith
Dothan Recreation Center
North Foster Street
B'nai Brith
Typewriters Sought In Hopkins Forgery Case
Interior Secretary Ickes testified before a Federal grand jury investigating the Hopkins letter case. He arrived with a sling and a broken collarbone, declined comment, and two typewriters were seized from George N. Briggs, Ickes aide, by Federal agents amid the inquiry.
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Hopkins
Washington
Ickes
Ickea
George N. Briggs
Briggs
Tas
Senate
Smith Denies He Is Supporting Andrews
Roy J. Statthney attorney in Phenix City says Smith denied offering support to Navy Lieutenant George W. Andrews in the February run off for Third District Congress. Smith wired Union Springs chairman Winton Blount denying any public endorsement and urged Montgomery Advertiser to publish the correction.
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Roy J. Statth
Phenix
Congramsman
Navy
George W. Andrews
Union Springs
Ta & Telegram
Winton Blount
Union Springe
Andrews
Wee
Montgomery Advertiser
Smith
Chencey
Blount
Montgomery
Sundey
Thed
British Denials Of Peace Talks Halt German Rumor
London papers condemned Pravda for rumors of Britain and Germany seeking peace. Moscow radio broadcast a full denial to the nation while Britons and Americans in Moscow welcomed the clarification. The Daily Mail called the claim dead and The News Chronicle accused Germany of spreading the talks to gain leverage.
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London
Pravda
Moscow Radio
Moscow
London Daily Mail
Communist Party
Tle
News Chronicle
Britain
Gnot
Stimson Seeks Civilian Labor Draft to Share War Burdens
Washington AP report shows Secretary Stimson urging Congress to enact National Service as a civilian draft. He argued soldiers deserve support from all able-bodied Americans and warned each month of delay costs lives and billions in defense needs.
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Washington
Fetary
Mimsom
Congress
Senate
Emilitary Committee
al T
Roosevelt
Bumson
National Service
Billigna
Defiara
Yugoslav Partisans Trap German Motorized Division Near Lipovac
Yugoslav Partisans encircled a German motorized division of about 400 vehicles near Lipovac in western Bosnia. Heavy fighting continued in rugged terrain as a relief column struggled to reach the encircled Nazis, with Tito announcing the situation amid conflicting reports of a breakout toward Jace, near Hanjy Luka on the Vrbea river.
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London
Lipovac
Bosnia
Marahal Josip Brot
Tito
Jace
Hanjy Luka
Vrbea
Allied forces cross lower Garignano river toward Rome
Allied Headquarters reported Lt Gen Mark W Clark’s Fifth Army crossed the Garignano river at three bridgeheads as heavy fire pressed. The three crossings near Sulo, along the Caupa–Roma railroad, and at Argento moved under intense resistance, with British and Canadian units engaging along the Casilino road toward Rome. Naval actions persisted in the Adriatic and coastal shelling continued along the Dalmatian coast while air reports noted bombers targeting key lines.
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Allied
Algiers Cap
Mark W. Clark
Fifth
Garignano
Rome
Sulo
Jain Prograg
Caupa
Roma
Argento
Eighth Army
Britt
Fifth Army
Casulno
Adriatic
Istrian
Peningwalz
Durazzo
Albenta
Drevenik
Vala
Korcula
Dalmatian
Spezia
Sumartin
Brac Island
Bankhead Subsidy Bill Reported Out
The Senate Banking Committee rejected the administration request for 1.5 billion dollars in food subsidies for 1944. It acted favorably on the Bankhead bill to terminate all subsidies by June 3, sending the measure to the Senate floor for debate.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Senate
Tearson
Roosevelt
Congress
Favorabla
Ture
Victorious Marines Reach Hill 660 in Jungle Fight
U S Marines push inland at Cape Gloucester New Britain with heavy rain and mud as Captain Bucking’s company presses the 660 hill assault. Japanese resistance collapses after fierce fighting. marines report several enemy losses and the area littered with wreckage and observation barges along Bergen Bay shore.
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Marlin Sfeicer
U. S
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Hill 660
United States
Madney
Feu
Ilaway
Joseph Bucking
Devers
Mans
Buckley
Bergen Bay
Gravan
Jepensas
Former California Governor Sets Off Fourth Term Draft
Former California governor Culbert L. Clear started an unofficial fourth term draft movement in Washington. He predicted California delegates would back Roosevelt on the first ballot, with Olson and others attending a Democratic National Committee meeting to unite behind a Roosevelt Wallace slate.
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Jack Bell Washington
Culbert L. Clear
California
Vale
Roosevelt Olson
Democratic National Committee
Roosevelt
Wallace
Olson
Ward
National Committee
James C .Quigley
Nebraska
Quiging
Robert I Hannigan
Internal Revenue
Umicrord
Frank
Walker
Chris’ Go
Quigley
Whn
North Dakota
South Dakota
Wyoming
Colorado
Kansas
Oklahoma
Mineourt
Iowa
Minnesota
Montana
Indians
Wisconsin
Harvey Captured After Yet Another Escape in Georgia
In Reidsville Georgia AP Leland Harvey famed for repeated prison breaks was recaptured less than an hour after slipping away eight miles from the state penitentiary He and Leon Fallon escaped with aid from a truck driver paying 100 and were tracked by a bloodhound after exiting through the back gate Officials say Harvey has 24 prior escapes and the duo were retaken together on the woods edge near Collina.
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Reidsville
Leland Harvey
Georgia
State Penitentiary
Leon Fallon
la Grange
Harvey
Guarde
Prinin
H Te DuVall
Amsintant Diractor of
Morgan Milner
Fallon
American Indian troops stalk Japs in New Guinea jungles
Advanced Allied HQ reports Bushmasters from 20 tribes in Arizona and New Mexico guiding jungle advances against Japanese on New Britain New Guinea. They pierced defenses to near Ustingu village and disrupted enemy lines aiding American advance toward Madang and Henss Bay with air and ground support from Liberators Mitch and Thunderbolts.
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New Guinea
New Britain
Arizona
New Mexico
Bundegat
Arawe
Douglas MacArthur
Panama
Ustingalu
Bowman
Bowman Beach Poslons
Madang
Henss Bay
Thunderbolts
Darwin
Australia
Ambon
Amboina
Lone Pilot Howard Fends Off 30 German Fighters
London AP reports James H. Howard of At Louis Missouri a Flying Tiger fought off thirty Nazi fighters in a flaming half hour to protect B-17 formations. At thirty he becomes America’s first air hero to serve in both Pacific and European theaters and draws comparisons to Butch O’Hare.
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London
James H. Howard
At Louis
Flying Tiger
Oebersleten
America
Edeeard H (Butch) O'Hare
Eighth Air Force Command
Mag. Howard
Soviet Offensives Reach Across Northern Fronts
Red Army forces on the Leningrad and Volkhov fronts push south and north with simultaneous offensives to break German lines around Leningrad. Russian troops seize towns, destroy counterattacks, and press toward Novgorod and regions near Rovno as weather hinders German defense.
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Pripet Marshes
Moryr
Prudak
Poland
Dombrovités
Boviet
Saroy
Konotopy
Novograd-Volynaul
Henet C
Laningrad
Oranienbaum
Paterhof
Russia
Baltic
Kronstadt
Red Army
Volkhov
Novgorod
Leningrad
Lake Kimen
Germany
Frussia
Novosokolnik
City Gets Priority On Prisoner Camp
The United States Employment Service announced that a prisoner camp in Alehame received top priority among camps. Plans have been forming for weeks, with labor shortages and crop harvest pressures driving accelerated action. The camp would house about 256 German prisoners for agricultural work, funded in part by the city and county pending government site approval.
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L. Dennis
Employment Service
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Louisiana
U.S
Seothe
London Press
Garigliano River
Bankhead
Sovert
Ivan Bagramiso
Bhubing
Novegokolniki
Ukraine
Nikolai Vatutin
Rovno
Pinsk
Slavute
Gorln
Shepetovka
Guppies
Tuchin
Goringred
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