Mosquito RAF Bombers Bat Berlin Amid Invasion France Push
British Mosquito bombers pressed raids on Berlin last night following Sunday’s heavy attacks while U S heavy bombers struck northern France targets with Marauders providing escort. RAF claims 16 500 tons dropped on Germany in January setting a monthly record as air chiefs note progress toward crippling the capital.
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London
Berlin
France
U. S
Pas-de-Calais
Jonly
Westernay
Air Ministry
RAF
Germany
Reich
Tehes
U.e Raf
Air Vice
Robert Saundby
RAF Command
Buckingham
Sir Robert
Invasion of Marshall Islands and Soviet Union Reshaping
The article notes the American invasion of the Marshall Islands with Marines ashore at Kwajalein and Roi while detailing the Soviet Union's move toward a commonwealth of nations granting wider sovereignty. It discusses potential League of Nations implications and the chance of expanded Soviet influence if Yugoslavia Bulgaria or Greece join.
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Marshall Islands
Soviet Union
League of Nations
United States
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Greece
Russia
Pacific
Japan
Roi
Kwajalein Islands
Kwajalein Atoll
Truk
Drive Continues Targeting Narva and Kingisepp Front
Russian forces west of Leningrad push toward Narva after capturing Kingisepp securing the southern Gulf of Finland shore. The Baltic fleet may join the land offensive as Narva links rail and road routes from the Baltic coast to Pskov and Reval, with Tevve and Taps as key western junctions. German defenses collapse in places while booty and war materiel rise, as front lines expand toward Leningrad-Pskov railroads and beyond.
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Moscow
Red Army
Leningrad
Estonia
Keikino
Kingisepp
Narva
Gulf of Finland
Peipus
Baltic
Pskov
Reval
Tallinn
Tevve
Taps
Ukraine
Donpropetrovsk
Novograd-Volynsky
Lake Ilmen
White Russia
Berezina
Pripet
Allies Break German Gustav Line And Press Cassino
Allied forces drive deeper into the Gustav line near Cassino after pushing through to the Rapido and seizing terrain north of Cassino. Allied operations at Anzio bridgehead repel German counterattacks west of Littoria while French and American units advance, taking prisoners and capturing coastal rail links as reports note heavy fighting and advancing lines.
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Algiers
Cassino
Gustav Line
Anzio
Littoria
Pgp
Rome
Cisterna
Fifth Army
U. S
Terelle
Manna
Teretle
Paul Devinck
Henri Giraud
Italy
Devinck
Tobruk
Africa
Western Desert
Radio France
Campoleone
Berlin
Rapido
Adolf Hitler
Garigliano
Eighth Army
Ortona
Orion
Soemba
Gulf of Gaeta
Soviet Accusation Sparks Separate Peace Charge
A Russian writer accuses Moscow of pro fascist policy prompting a Catholic leader to warn Russia is laying groundwork for alienating the allies and making a separate peace with Germany. Msgr Sheen says Soviet condemnation of the Vatican is part of a larger pattern Russia is working out.
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Washington
Russia
Germany
Vatican
Msgr
Fulton J Sheen
Philmen
Catholic University
Radio Catholic Hour
Germans use flamethrowers on Ily village in reprisals
An Annemasse dispatch to the Journal de Geneve reports German forces using flame throwers on the village of Ily near St. Jeofre in Haute Savoie France burning it in retaliation for attacks on a garrison.
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Bern
Switzerland
Journal de Geneve
Ily
St. Jeofre
Hautevoie
France
Azi
South Carolina Co ed Missing In New York
New York police issued a city wide alert for Margaret Mabon Williamson 19 a University of South Carolina sophomore who vanished after arriving in New York on January 4. Her parents Mr and Mrs W Roland Williamson of 1620 Green Street Columbia DC said they spent two days searching before requesting the broadcast. The missing student a music major wrote she had a good job and a nice place to stay in New York and told them not to worry.
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New York
Margaret Mabon Williamson
University of South Carolina
W. Roland Williamson
Green Street
Columbia
D. C
Williamsons
New Yor
Arthur B. Smith Dies Former Engineer and Baseball Player
Arthur B. Smith aged 56, retired civil engineer from Asheville and former professional baseball player, died at 4 p m yesterday at the Bennettsville home of his daughter Mrs Ralph Greenwood where he was visiting. He had shown declining health for about two years.
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A. B. Smith
Bennettsville
D. C
Arthur B. Smith
Asheville
Ralph Greenwood
Allied air forces drop 18 000 tons on Germans in January
Allied air forces in the Mediterranean area dropped about 18 000 tons of bombs on German targets in January, raising the total since the North African landings to over 100 000 tons.
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Algiers
Mediterranean
FBI Arrests 18 In Blood Pressure Ring
The FBI announces 18 Washington men arrested in a blood pressure drug ring aimed at evading the Selective Service Act. Included are an orchestra leader and two tax employees.
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FBI
Washington
Federal Bureau of Investigation
All-Out Production Promised By Farmers
North Carolina farm bureau federation opens its annual two day conference in Raleigh pledging all out production of essential war crops in 1944. More than 1,000 delegates from every county registered by noon for the largest attendance in the organization’s history and a post war program to tackle farm problems is urged.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Farm Bureau Federation
Hotel Employee Questioned In Chicago Death Case
Chicago investigators said two sisters, questioned for nearly 30 hours, would undergo more interrogation in the unsolved murder of Mrs Frank Starr Williams. One sister works at the Drake hotel where the diplomat’s wife was slain. The women are held without charges as detectives pursue leads about the Jan. 19 attack and the gunwoman’s identity.
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Chicago
Frank Starr Williams
Drake Hotel
Thomas J. Courtney
Williams
Senate Backs President's Service Men's Ballot Bill
In Washington on February 2 1948 the Senate voted 68 to 23 to defeat Overton's state's rights amendment and back the administrations Green Lucas bill to send a uniform federal ballot to armed service voters. The vote came a day after the House rebuffed a federal versus state balloting issue. Overton pushed a third roll call seeking outright repeal of poll tax and local registration voting requirements.
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Washington
Armed Services
Senate
Overton
D-La
House
Slain Blonde Was Engaged To Army Flier
Fayetteville February death of 25 year old Alexandra Helen Buske a civil service employee at a dental lab near Fort Bragg. An inquest planned later this week follows discovery of a 32 caliber revolver wound in the chest. Police say Lt Walter McClain of Cleveland with Miss Burke from 9:30 p m to 12:05 a m. A note to McClain was found in her pocket and pistol ownership is linked to Mrs. T. R.
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Fayetteville
Alexandra Helen Buske
Mineola
S. J
Miss Burke
McClain
New York
Worrell
N. A. Wetherington
Moscow Moves Toward Soviet Commonwealth Raises Global Questions
Washington watches Moscow restructure the Soviet Union into a commonwealth of republics and questions how this might affect Baltic state control Latvia Lithuania Estonia and broader recognition. Officials weigh implications for a future peace table and for American diplomatic strategy while preserving autonomy rights and avoiding forced territorial changes.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Soviet Union
Commonwealth of Nations
United States
Moscow
Baltic States
Latvia
Lithuania
Estonia
Russia
World League
European Advisory Commission
London
Jeach
Marines and Soldiers Consolidate Roi Namur Beachheads
U S Marines and Soldiers push to secure Roi and Namur islands in Kwajalein atoll Marshall Islands. Early landings on Roi and adjacent islets report light resistance with prisoners taken. Continuous bombardment by ships and aircraft accompanied rapid footholds and mentions of fires and oil stores.
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Roi Island
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
Roi
Namur
Kwajalein Atoll
Marshalls
Rowand
Esterday
Marines and Army stake Kwajalein islet in bold Pacific invasion
Bulwarked by over 2 million tons of naval might United States forces invade Kwajalein atoll in the Marshall Islands. Fourth Division marines hit the north while Attu veterans land from the south, striking the western Balik line and bypassed eastern Radak defenses. Front reports note Roi air base nearby as a heavily defended target and Kwajalein’s strategic value in the mid Pacific.
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William Hipple
Pearl Harbor
United States
Japan
Marshall Islands
Kwajalein Atoll
mid-Pacific
Kwajalein
U. S. Army
Attu
Marshall
Harry Schmidt
Roi Air Base
Atoll
Seventh Infantry Division
Charles H. Corlett
Kwajalein Islet
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