New Tax Bill Near Final Polish Amid Edits and Rates
The $2 315 800 000 tax bill advances after sixth day drafting in Congress as conferees resolve issues such as war renegotiation, pari mutuel tax, and new excise rates including cosmetics, handbags, movies, and liquor. It faces vote in both houses with Bush-era figures and Senate leaders predicting floor action soon.
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W Francis
Berner House
Senate
George
D-Ga
House
Barkley
Wake Island Raid Reported With No Planes Lost
Navy says two squadrons of seaplanes bombed Wake Island to prevent interference with U S operations in the mid Pacific. Announcements note bombs on or near Wake and Marshall targets but no planes lost. Official status on larger task force movements remained silent.
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William Hipple
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Japan
Wake Island
mid-Pacific
Marshalls
Wake
Radio
Marshall Islands
U. S. Fleet Force
Marshall Island
Tokyo
Truk
Rabaul
Himmler Said Alive in Sofia Despite Rumors of Execution
The report notes German press hints that Heinrich Himmler centralized power and may have fallen out with Martin Bormann. Stockholm dispatch says Morgen Tidning claims Himmler is in Sofia, while no confirmation of his execution surfaced.
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Madrid
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Hitler
Deutsche Allegemeine Zietung
Himmler
Martine Bormann
Bormann
Nazi Party
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Stockholm
Morgen Tidning
Heinrich Himmier
Sofia
Spain Main Channel for Nazis to Get Oil
Moscow dispatch reports in Red Star that Spain has become the main channel through which Germany obtains American oil. Writer Hofman claims Franco Spain remains a faithful ally of Hitler and participates in subversive activities and espionage, offering mediation and aiding Hitlerite maneuvers.
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Moscow
Spain
Germany
Kman
Red Star
S.in
Hitler
Hofman
Franco
Ranco
Winchell Suit Dismissed For Lack Of Libel
Federal Judge John P. Barnes dismissed the 1 million dollar libel suit brought by George Washington Robnett against Walter Winchell and co-defendants after ruling no libel was shown in the complaint. The action alleged defamation during broadcasts of the book Under Cover on July 25 August 1 and September 19, 1943. The judge gave 30 days to file a new complaint.
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Chicago
John P. Barnes
Today
Walter Winchell
Andrew Jergens
J. A. Cobbey
B 25 Pilot Dives Plane On Japanese Merchant Ship
Forward Base New Guinea January 30. Delayed dispatch reports a Mitchell bomber with a burning right engine and wing diving onto a Japanese merchantman. The aircraft and freighter exploded, killing all aboard. the pilot was one of the Southwest Pacific’s most trusted airmen who vowed not to be captured.
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New Guinea
Hansa Bay
Southwest Pacific
High Command Should Decide Avers McNutt
Washington February 1 4 War Manpower Commission Chairman Paul V McNutt said he would accept the high command verdict on a national service law in a critical wartime period He added he supported such a law if called for by the armed services and the commander in chief and reiterated timing rests with the president and the commander in chief The administration has urged enactment of national service as a wartime measure.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission
Paul V. McNutt
High Command
WMC
Armed Services
Roosevelt
Congress
Best Man Guns Aid Comrades In Fighting Fort
American bomber crews endure heavy flak and near misses over Solingen as Lieut James W Conley’s Flying Fortress lags behind. Radio operator Edward McCarther and waist gunner Eugene Laakso are wounded while sergeant Julius Wukitsch and sergeant David Williams assist them amid continued enemy attack.
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Lou Azrael
International News Service
American Fortress Station
England
Solingen
Ruhr
James W. Conley
St. Paul, Minn
Focke-Wulfs
Conley
Sergi
Julius Wukitsch
Schenectady
N. Y
Edward R. McCarther
Coatesville
Allied advances near Rome and Anzio as war heats up
Allied forces press toward Cisterna and Cassino corridor within sight of Rome. U S units reach half a mile from Cisterna and seize 250 prisoners as German defenses crumble along the Gustav line. British and American offensives push to Campo and north of Cassino while bombers hit Klagenfurt and fields in northern Italy. Prisoners report supply shortages amid ongoing frontline fighting.
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Bio ED
Ales Se
Rome
Cisterna
Appian Way
Y. Is
Anz
Cassino
U. S
Anzio
Campo
Austria
Klagenfurt
Italy
Associated Press
Hay Boyle
Fifth Army
Gustav Line
Cassini
Moscow
Kingisepp
Initian
Lake T Men
Gulf of Finland
Nukopol
Dnieper
Dnerepropetrovsk
Govorov
Fayetteville Police Probe Fatal Shooting
Fayetteville police investigated the death of 25 year old Miss Alexander Burke of Syracuse New York who died from a chest wound in a city hospital. She was a temporary employee at a dental laboratory near Fort Bragg and was found on a private lawn after being shot in a parked car. The car owner has an alibi and a note she left offered little light, with investigators unable to locate her street address or family details.
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Fayetteville
Alexander Burke
Syracuse
N. Y
Burke
Fort Bragg
N. A. Wetherington
John Weems
Landings in the Marshalls Open Pacific Campaign
U.S. troops landed in the Marshall Islands near Roi and Kwajalein and established beachheads. Admiral Nimitz reports light opposition and moderate initial US casualties as forces move to seize Kwajalein and Roi, with heavy air and surface bombardment supporting the assault.
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Pearl Harbor
Marshall Islands
Roi
Kwajalein
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Admiral Nimitz
Fourth Marines
Harry Schmidt
Roi Island
Seventh Infantry
Charles H. Corlett
Kwajalein Island
Kwajalein Atoll
Marshalls
Seventh Aaf
Hitler's Strength in War as Invasion Looms in Europe
The piece argues Germany's fighting power is waning while Allied forces build supply and momentum. It notes the planned assault on the Marshall Islands as a prelude to a western invasion, and predicts Hitler must rely on reserves as Allied air and ground pressure increases.
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Germany
Russia
Hitler
Marshall Islands
Europa
Europe
Reiche
Six-Month Total Of Jap Planes Downed Is 1 450
Advanced Allied Headquarters at New Guinea reports 1 450 enemy planes downed in six months, marking a major air victory in the Rabaul Bougainville campaign. MacArthur says 56 more Allied planes were destroyed or damaged at Rabaul in raids on New Britain.
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New Guinea
Japan
Southwest Pacific
South Pacific Naval
Rabaul- Bougainville
Douglas MacArthur
Rabaul
New Britain
Tobera
Lakunai
South Pacific
Solomons
Tokyo
Republicans Clash Over Soldier Ballot Vote in Senate
In Washington the Senate amid clashes over responsibility for delaying a vote on the administration war ballot for armed services. House Republicans including Rep. Martin of Massachusetts forecast opposition to a special roll call on the measure while Sen. Barkley warned soldiers may miss voting in 1972. Taft blamed House Democratic leaders for blocking floor action.
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Washington
Senate
House
Martin
Massachusetts
Barkley
Taft
Ohio
Roosevelt
House Republi
Worley
Seth
Kingisepp Falls as Red Army Push Reaches Narva
Moscow announced the capture of Kingisepp a key rail hub near the Estonian border five miles east of the frontier and 14 miles from Narva. Govorov’s Leningrad Army executed an outflanking maneuver prompting a Stalin declared victory with a 12 gun salute as Russians press toward Narva and push beyond along the Baltic front.
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London
Red Army
Kingisepp
Moscow
Vamburg
Estonia
Narva
Reval
Leone A. Govorev
Leningrad
Joseph Stalin
Stale
Leonid A. Kgove
Baltic
Gunner On Fort Recommended For Decoration
A U S bomber base in England reports Tech. Sgt. Marcus A. Boudreaux of Gonzales is recommended for the Distinguished Service Cross for heroism over Bremen on November 26. Wounded twice and temporarily blinded, he returned to his gun after a battlefield injury and aided a comrade while directing oxygen to keep the crew alive. He is returning to the United States for medical treatment of his eye.
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England
Bremen
Marcus A. Boudreaux
Gonzales
Upite
Miss Na Mae
Boureaux
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