Reds Close On Rovno To Imperil Germans In Southern Russia
Soviet dispatch from Moscow reports Gen. Vatutin's First Ukrainian Army closing on Rovno in old Poland, threatening a railway junction and German controls in southern Russia. Northward, the Leningrad front advances yield five more localities as German defenses stiffen. The Rogossky drive near Uman and Vinnitsa sees heavy losses for Germany while Ulman actions destroy dozens of tanks and support vehicles.
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Rovno
Russia
Henry c
Vatutin
Pripet
Berdichev
Tuchin
Leningrad
Novosokolniki
Velikie
Luki
Riga
Nevel
Lake Ulmen
Oranienbaum
Berlin
Red Army
Lakemen
Vitebsk
Pinsk
White Russia
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Sarny
Horyn
Finsk
Ukraine
Uman
Vinnitsa
Author Author Villain Unfound In Hopkins Drama
Washington satirical intrigue swirls around Interior Secretary Ickes suspending aide George Briggs amid the Hopkins letter hoax. Langer and senators parse Briggs sparks, Sparks, and a forged Hopkins letter, with Ickes denying knowledge and seeking grand jury action. The affair touches W. Langer, Phillips of Phillips Petroleum, and Umphrey Lee at Southern University.
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Washington
Ickes
George Briggs
Hopkins
Grand Jury
Briggs
Senator Langer
Senae
C. Neilson Sparks
Wendell Willkie
Anger
Sparks
Harry Hopkins
Roosevelt
Langer
Tekes
Beiggs
Interior Department
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Bill Langer
North Dakota
Patterson Press
Langes
Umphrey Lee
Southern University
Willkie
Lee
Southwest
Frank Phillips
Phillips, Petroleum Company
Bartlesville
Okla
Senate
Oklahoma
Crossroads
Phillips
MacArthur Clubs Form In Chicago For MacArthur Campaign
Chicago January 18 A Pi Ana signal association of MacArthur for President Club formed to campaign for General Douglas MacArthur in every state. Joseph P Savage Chicago attorney and Illinois club president elected chairman as representatives from Ohio Minnesota Wisconsin Indiana and Illinois attended with proxies from Massachusetts West Virginia California Montana and Missouri. The association will be headquartered in Chicago and plans to organize in every state, pledge delegates to the Southwest Pacific commander, and enter his name in primary ballots where consent is not required.
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Chicago
PiAna Signal Association of
MacArthur For
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Joseph P. Savage
Illinois Club
Ohio
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Indiana
Ilinois
Massachusetts
West Virginia
California
Montana
Missouri
Savage
Southwest Pacific
Catholic Archbishop Enthroned in Westminster London
In London on January 18 the Rt Rev Bernard Griffin was enthroned as Catholic archbishop of Westminster. At 44 he ranks among the youngest prelates chosen for that high office, succeeding the late Arthur Cardinal Hinsley as head of the English Catholic hierarchy.
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London
Bernard Griffin
Westminster
England
Arthur Cardinal Hinsley
Forcing Ideals on Russia War Today Analysis
The War Today column argues the U S and Britain must decide how far to push their ideals on Russia amid Russo Polish disputes. It notes Moscow’s realism and warns allied unity is vital for both victory and long term peace, urging cautious coordination among the Big Three.
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U. S
Britain
Russia
Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Moscow
Beadle County Launches 926000 Fourth War Loan Drive
Beadle County begins the campaign to raise 926000 for the Fourth War Loan with township committees forming to canvass farms. Huron votes to start next Tuesday as 60 canvassing teams target business districts and women lead residential outreach. The speakers committee plans brief addresses at theaters and meetings as rural and city leaders urge residents to buy bonds to support service members.
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Beadle County
al Barnes County
Huron
Cecil Bartholow
S. A. Maxness
Bartholow
George Chitty
Chairman Chitty
G. R. McArthur
Carl Weir
W. Coursey
Delbert Reutter
William Olson
O. D. Dunbar
C. N. Hall
Richard Pease
George McDougall
Les
Beadie
Churchill Returns to London After Pneumonia Battle
Prime Minister Winston Churchill came back to London from North Africa after recovering from pneumonia and told the House of Commons he hopes to speak on the war soon. He appeared in good spirits, urged latitude on timing, and was greeted with cheers as he entered Parliament.
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London
Winston Churchill
Middle East
House of Commons
Europe
North Africa
Britain
Churchill
Marrakech
Morocco
80 War Plants Are Strike Bound
In Seattle and across the Pacific Northwest nearly 80 war plants halt production as about 6,000 AFL mounders and foundry workers strike over wage rules set by the regional War Labor Board. Operators say an additional 4,000 workers in allied shops would idle, with army intervention looming. George Bernard Noble urges action as the board rejects the union demand for higher pay in the journeyman scale.
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Seattle
Wash
Pacific Northwest
Oregon
Washington
Mounders and Foundry Workers Union
AFL
War Labor Board
George Bernard Noble
Regions War Labor Board
WLB
Draft Clerk Named In Case Is death by own action
NEW YORK January 18 Edward Wilson 58 former draft board official under indictment with brewery heir Gert Hans Von Gontard on a charge of conspiracy to visit the Selective Service Act plunged to his death last night from a midtown building. The building houses local draft board No 2001 of which Wilson was chief clerk Police said Wilson also under arrest on charges then a 27 year old fourth addressed to no one
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New York
Tohn
Edward Wilson
Draft Board
Gert Hans von. Gontard
Selective Service Act
Wilson
Rapid City Bomber Crash Kills Seven Fliers
Seven airmen were killed when a four engined Flying Fortress crashed about a mile south of Martin near Rapid City just after 1:35 am during a routine flight from the local base. Col. Frank P. Hunter Jr. announced the fatalities. none of the crew were local.
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Rapid City
Martin
Frank P. Hunter, Jr
Lepke Released For Sentencing
Louis Lepke Buchalter, serving 14 years on a narcotics charge, will be released to New York to face a pending death sentence for Murder Inc. Governor Dewey and U.S. Attorney General Biddle agreed on surrender terms for a clemency hearing. If the death sentence stands, Buchalter would be returned to federal custody. Capone remains under death sentence, with a set date of February 10.
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Albany
N. Y
Louis
Lepke) Buchalter
New York
Murder, Inc
Nathaniel L. Goldstein
United States
Francis Biddle
Thomas E. Dewey
Biddle
Brooklyn
Murder Suspect Held For Trial
MILBANK January 18 Rasch Selmer 29 Wisconsin ex soldier bound over at prelim hearing to next circuit term on charge of slain traveling companion war worker James Gaunt 22 Connecticut near Marvin last August. State's Attorney Tait presented evidence to identify him as the shooter who dumped the body from a westbound train. Rasch denied the charge. arrested December while herding sheep near Lander Wyoming.
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Milbank
Selmer Rasch
Wisconsin
Marvin
George C. Middlebrook
Frank Tait
James Gaunt
Connecticut
Rasch
Lander
Wyo
Eight Die As Plane Crashes Into House
An army transport plane leaving Oakland airport crashed into a residential area killing eight aboard and destroying a house. The fire spread to several homes while Mr and Mrs Arthur E Jacobsen were spared as the plane hit their breakfast room where they were having eyes and coffee.
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Oakland
Cal
Jan
Arthur E. Jacobsen
American Patrol Probes Nazi Line At Rapido River
Allied headquarters said an American patrol crossed the Rapido north of Cassino and probed the Gustavine line while French forces seized Sant Elia and Valvori. Canadians with tanks gained a foothold inland near Tommaso as Axis defenses on the Rapido were strengthened. Weather varied from clear to windy with snow inland on the Seventh Army front. Allied bombers hit Pisa Prato Pontassieve Arezzo Chiaravelle Viterbo Orte and targets near Anzio and Sibenik with no losses reported.
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al- Biers
Rapido River
Cassino
Gustavine
Sant’ Elia
Rapido
Sant' Elia
Valvori
Rome
Fifth Army
Mt. Castellone
Adriatic
Tommaso
Eighth Army
Pisa
W. S
Prato
Pontassieve
Arezzo
Florence
Chiaravelle
Viterbo
Orte
Labor Draft Bill Suffers Setback
President Roosevelt's national service proposal faces a setback as the House Military Committee votes to shelve it indefinitely. Chairman May notes no final defeat, with Senate hearings ongoing and potential future House action possible if developments warrant. The move halts immediate progress while preserving avenues for later review and information from Senate inquiries.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Capital Hill
House Military Committee
White House
May
D-Ky
Senate
House
Hyde Flier Missing After Bombing Raid
Highmore residents, Mr and Mrs Arthur Sanderson, report their son Staff Sergeant Alvin E. Sanderson is missing in action after an eight raid over France on December 31. The waist gunner of a Flying Fortress had been based in England for months, with a letter home dated December 29 saying he was well and had bought a bicycle for recreation.
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Highmorn
Van
Arthur Sanderson
Highmore
War Department
Alvin E. Sanderson
France
Sanderson
England
Europe
War Bond Drive Kicks Off With $5.5 Billion Target
Five million volunteers begin the Treasury fourth war loan campaign aiming to raise $5.5 billion from individual Americans over two weeks. Insurance firms and banks will join next. Pershing County Nevada already surpassed its quota, selling $185,000 in bonds in nine minutes against a $155,800 goal.
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Washington
Treasury
Pershing County
Nevada
Pershing
Jap Ship and Plane Losses Mount in Pacific Push
Allied air and naval actions continue to erode Japanese strength in the Southwest Pacific. American P-40s claim 18 to 20 enemy planes during a Saidor assault. Liberators and Mitchells bomb Arawe and Rabaul. Kavieng convoy ships sunk or damaged. raids hit Maloelap Likiep Jaluit and Mili. Nimitz vows intensified action to drive the enemy from remaining island arcs.
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Southwest Pacific
Saidor
New Guinea
U.S. Lict
Arawe
New Britain
South Pacific
Rabaul
Kavieng
New Ireland
Maloelap
Likiep
Jaluit
Mili
Marshall Islands
Central Pacific
Nimitz
Chester W. Nimitz
Gilbert Island
Pearl Harbor
Highmore Pilot Missing in Southwest Pacific
Captain Donald J. Ryan, 24, a Highmore native, dive bomber pilot and University of Minnesota graduate, is reported missing in action in the Southwest Pacific after serving there for some time. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Ryan, confirmed the War Department notice.
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Highmore
J. G. Ryan
War Department
Donald J. Ryan
Southwest Pacific
Ryan
Highmore High School
University of Minnesota
Britain Denounces Pravda Separate Peace Rumor
London papers blaze over Pravda report of a British German separate peace talk. The Daily Mail derides it as ignorant while the Manchester Guardian calls it a slanderous accusation against an ally. Madrid and Lisbon dispatches deny Ribbentrop and any peace talks.
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London
Pravda
London Daily Mail
Manchester Guardian
Moscow
Communist Party
Cails Pravda
Daily Mail
Britain
Daily Express
Lord Beaverbrook
Russia
Two Moscow Papers Mum On Peace Talk
Moscow reports reveal Tavestia and Red Star did not publish rumors of a separate peace meeting between two British officials and Joachim von Ribbentrop. Pravda remained silent as diplomats questioned why the rumor surfaced, with observers linking prior Hess peace proposals to the current chatter.
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Moscow
Tavestia
Newpaper
Red Star
Red Army
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Tzvestia
Pravda
Spyres
Russia
Rudolph Hess
Britain
Marines Repel Five Japanese Attacks at Cape Gloucester
At Walt's Ridge Cape Gloucester five Japanese charges were repelled by U S Marines amid dwindling ammo and renewed supply. Lt Col Lewis Wait led the defense near the ridge named for him as a pivotal clash in the campaign. The fight proved decisive in securing the key terrain called Hii 660 and marked a turning point in the broader operation.
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Cape Gloucester
Walt's Ridge
Lewis Wait
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