Bitter fighting rages along Cassino front
The Moscow press reports two Soviet formations driving German lines near Leningrad and Novgorod as Govorov and Akov force a westward collapse of Nazi rail links. Up to 250000 troops face encirclement while the Estonian border threat concentrates German units along Krasnogvardeisk Narva.
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Cassino Front
Sever Krasnogvardeisk-Narva Center
London
Leningrad
Russia
Leonid A. Govorov
A. K. Akov
Volhov
Novgorod
Moscow
Lenin
Govorov
Smolkovo
Leningraddeisk
Southern Democrats seek southern running mate for Roosevelt
Southern members of congress and the Democratic national committee begin a drive to place a southerner on the ticket for Roosevelt's 1936 reelection. Senator Maybank says no agreement yet on the candidate. Gov. J Nelville Broughton and Gov. Ellis Arnall receive mention while Speaker Sam Rayburn is viewed as a likely favorite by southern Democrats. War Mobilization Director James Byrnes also has some support. See SOUTHERN DEMMY Page 1
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Jack Bell Washington
Congress
Democratic National Committee
Roosevelt
Maybank
8. C
J. Nelville Broughton
North Carolina
Broughton
Associated Press
National Committee
Goy
Ellis Arnall
Georgia
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Rayburn
Senate
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Japan Paying Huge Toll In Planes In Fruitless Effort
Japan fights to halt Allied air offensives over Rabaul and New Guinea bases, but incurs heavy losses. Between Dec 24 and Jan 24, Allied forces claim 349 Japanese planes down at Rabaul, with 79 Allied planes lost. December Pacific losses show Japan 483 to 68 for Allies. MacArthur says big raids on Wewak and Rabaul cost Japan 51 planes, with 14 probable. Allied fighters and bombers unleash fires and explosions across Lakunai airfield area.
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Japan
New Guinea
Rabaul
New Britain
South Pacific
Pacific
Wewak
Douglas MacArthur
Lakunai
Ack Ack
Portal To Portal Mines Ruling In U S District Court
In Lynchburg Virginia Judge A D Barksdale ruled the 1938 Labor Standards Act does not require mine operators to pay miners for underground travel time to work. The decision, a portal to portal test case, suggests back pay prior to April 1 may be limited and a declaratory judgment favored Jewell Ridge Coal Corporation.
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Lynchburg
A.D. Barksdale
U. S. District Court
Barksdale
Congress
UMW
Jewell Ridge Goal Corporation
Southwest
Virginia
Jewell Ridge
Chinese New Year Observed With Work At Lowry Field
At Lowry Field near Denver airmen from the Allied republic studied bombsight maintenance in a quiet observance of Chinese New Year. No firecrackers or gaiety, no Maotai wine, and no Mien dishes as rationing touched all, with Lt Amwei Kung Liu noting the restraint and tradition amid wartime conduct.
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Denver
Lowry Field
China
Amwei Kung Liu
Allied Bombers Hit Dunkerque To Boulogne Coast
Allied air forces hammered the French invasion coast from Dunkerque to Boulogne in three straight days of attacks as clear skies followed a turbulent night. Observers on the English coast saw large formations of bombers and fighters dive in at dawn with raids over the channel. Twenty-one German planes fell yesterday in battles as U S Flying Fortresses and Liberators braved bad weather to hit targets in western Germany.
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London
English Channel
French
Dunkerque
Bowlogs
English
Channel
Germany
Balkan prospects widen as allied success grows
The War Today analyst describes brightening Allied prospects in Italy reflecting on the Balkans. He cites Dr. Stoyan Gavrilovic predicting the Balkan monarchies will yield to popular rule, with four royal crowns under an acid test as dictatorships give way to democracy amid political upheaval.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Italy
Balkans
Hitler
der Puehrer
Europe
Greece
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Rumania
Stoyan Gavrilovic
Balkan
Peter
National
Allies claim destruction of Appian Way town near Rome
Berlin radio reports that Appian Way south of Rome has been destroyed and that Allies captured the town. American troops find debris and ashes as their bombs turned the settlement into ruins. Velletri lies about 18 miles northeast of Nettuno.
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Berlin
Rome
Velletri
Nettuno
West Virginia War Losses and Hatchery Output Rise
West Virginia military losses and casualties are reported from January 25, including Pfc William H Argo killed in action and Pfc Billie Fisher missing or wounded. The Charleston bureau notes a 28 percent rise in commercial hatchery chick output in 1943 due to wartime demand, totaling 4,583,000 chicks. Suburban Bellview records its first war casualty, Seaman Second Class William Edgar Ganoe, missing after a patrol boat crash near Key West. Additional West Virginia soldiers wounded in action are listed from Clarksburg Monongah Prenter Montroal and Northfork, with Kenna M Lester wounded in the Southwest Pacific. See West Virginia Page 2.
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Washington
Navy
William H. Argo
Marine Corps Reserve
Esther Argo
New Martinsville
W. Va
Pfc
Billie Fisher
Mary H. Fisher
Craigsville
Robert Lee Trump
Russell Vivian Trump
Sc Creery
Charleston
West Virginia
Federal-State Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
Fairmont
William Edgar Ganoe
Key West
Fla
Bellview
Hobart J. Ganoe
War Department
James E. Hawkins
Clarksburg
Tech
Henry C. Hoffman
Monongah
Clifford H. Keenan
Wharncliffe
Frank Masel Jy
Prenter
Bill Maxey Jr
Montroal
Mediterranean Area
Kenna M
Bolivia Snub Signals Escalating Axis Ties Probe
London and Washington reject recognition of Bolivia's new rulers amid suspected German backing. Eden says Britain aligns with the United States on diplomatic and economic actions, delaying a London posting to La Paz. The move foreshadows broader Western Hemisphere steps to curb pro Axis influence and strain ties with Argentina over the crisis.
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Bulletin
London
Britain
United States
Bolivia
Anthony Eden
Commons
Eden
la Paz
Western Hemisphere
State's Rights Issue Returns to Haunt Absentee Vote Plan
The senate faces opposition as supporters move to revive a federal war ballot plan for armed forces. A new bill keeps a federal ballot for president, VP, and Congress with a bipartisan federal ballot commission, but grants local election officials power to judge ballot validity. Southern Democrats push an amendment to protect existing election laws and voting requirements.
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Howard Flieger
Washington
Senate
Congress
Hotel Murder Mystery Leaves Few Facts Known
Chicago January 26 The Williams murder mystery shows a near zero box score with only minor details from police. An army officer saw Mrs Williams speak with a woman matching the suspect description at the Drake addition hours after the shooting. maid Eva Fritz heard a phone conversation outside Williams room about 4 40 p m and saw no one enter or leave during the hour. The murder weapon, an antique Ivor Johnson revolver, was found in the hotel but no sale record exists.
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Chicao
Prank Starr Williams
Will
Drake Hotel
Eva Fritz
Williams
Allied troops push inland from Nettuno in Rome invasion
Allied headquarters in Algiers announced Jan 25 that forces have driven 12 miles inland from the Nettuno Anzio beachhead. Patrols push deeper with no strong German opposition. Reports claim the entire Nettuno to Tib er coastal stretch is held, threatening Rome, as German air attacks persist to halt reinforcements.
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Algiers
Nettuno-Anzio
Rome
Geneva
la Suisse
Nettuno
Tiber
OWI
AFL Council Takes Up British Invites For World Parley
The AFL executive council considers inviting British labor to a world conference in London next June with signs pointing to a polite rejection. Robert J. Watt reports on London talks with Sir Walter Citrine and confirms an April International Labour Office meeting in Philadelphia. A counter idea favors calling conferences through the International Federation of Trade Unions to exclude the Soviet and CIO.
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Joseph A. Loftus Miami
Fra
Executive Council
London
Robert J. Watt
AFL
Walter Cgrine
British
Trades Union Congress
Watt
International Labor Office
Philadelphia
APL
CTO
Artaint
Tripartie Organization of Government, Industry and Labor
International Federation of ‘Trades Unions
CIO
International Federation
Council
John L. Lewis
AFL Council
Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs Mary Henert to Crazy House show
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs Mary Henert of 2 East Wilford Street to attend tonight's presentation of Crazy House at the Opera House Theatre featuring Olsen and Johnson with Cass Daley Martha ODriscoll and Patrick Knowles as the current attraction.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Fred Hickman
Maple Ave
Princess O'Rourke
Olivia de Havilland
Robert Cummings
Strand Theatre
Lena Horne
Bill Robinson
Cab Calloway
Dixie Theatre
Mary Henert
East
Wilford St
Olsen and Johnson
Cass Daley
Martha O'Driscoll
Patrick Knowles
Opera House Theatre
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Burma
Jennie Tinkovicz
Fostoria
Olive Greiner
Evansville
Ind
India-Burma
U. S
Bougainville
Bougainville Island
U. S. Marine Corps
Southern Demans
WN South
Strand
Dixie
District Court
Army Air Base
Larry Chen
Yang Wei Wu
Boulogne
John M. Hightower
South America
Argentina
Alberto Gilbert
Buenos Aires
Nettune
Ted
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