Allies Break Through Gustav Line At Cassino
Allied forces pound the Gustav line near Cassino with American and French troops widening a three mile breach and closing on Rome. Heavy fighting rages as troops push toward Liri Valley, Anzio, and coastal fronts while German defenses resist in caves and mountain positions.
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London
Cassino
Rome
Cairo
Don Whitehead
Italy
Gustav Line
Liri
Anzio
Littoria
Adriatic
Mark W. Clark
Relle
Cassino-Terelle
Terelle
Mt. Castellone
Stalingrad
Mt. Manna
Monte Villa
Durazzo
Nathan Fawi
15Th Air Force
Balkans
Albano
Way Town
Marino
Formia
Balkan
Invasion of Kwajalein Captures Roi Airfield and Kwajalein Islet
Four day old U S invasion of the Marshall Islands achieves a quick airfield capture at Roi on Kwajalein atoll and threatens Kwajalein islet. Landings at Namur and Roi with heavy shelling and air power show minimal Japanese resistance as U S forces secure strategic positions in the central Pacific theater.
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Pearl Harbor
United States
Marshalls
Roi
Kwajalein Atoll
Kwajalees Islet
Aejalein Atoll
Kwajalein
Ae Rong
Chester W. Nimitz
Admiral Nimitz
Hawaii
von Gilberts
Nimitz
Namur
Alva Cocking
Associated Press
Kwajalein Islet
Tran
Kwajaeein
mid-Pacific
Mare Oan
Pepeees
Namur Island
Fayetteville Blonde’s Death Ruled Self-Inflicted
Coroner W C Davis said Miss Alexandra Helen Burke 25 of Mineola Long Island died of a pistol wound in what investigators term a death by own action Fayetteville officers probe the Fort Bragg road case two army sergeants say they picked up a woman who asked to be taken to Fayetteville and later identified Burke’s body The inquest decision not yet made but Burke’s sister urges one.
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Fayetteville
W. C. Davis
Alexandra Helen Burke
L. F. Worrell
Fort Bragg
Mary Kelsey
Mineola
Long Island
N. Y
Worrell
Miss Burke
Walter McClain
Cleveland
Ft. Bragg
McClain
Casualties in 5th Army Rise Since Rome Beachhead
Washington reports cumulative casualties among American troops of the 5th army since last September. Total 2? 3,384 killed 14,879 wounded and 5,144 missing. Figures include losses from operations around the newly established beachhead south of Rome.
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Washington
5Th Army
Rome
Soviet Union expands sovereignty to include military diplomacy
The piece argues that the Soviet Union now asserts sovereignty over its republics in military and diplomatic affairs, creating a flexible commonwealth that could admit noncontiguous nations as members. It suggests Yugoslavia Bulgaria and Greece could join the USSR with full sovereignty if they adopt its government, and notes many prewar governments are in flux.
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Soviet Union
Russia
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Greece
Clapper Dies in Plane Crash Over Marshalls
Raymond Clapper, noted Washington columnist and political commentator, died in a plane collision while covering the Marshalls invasion. The navy reported both planes crashed in a lagoon with no survivors. He was 51, native to Kansas, and had a long career with United Press and Scripps-Howard.
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Washington
Raymond Clapper
Marshalls
Central Pacific
Navy
Pacific Fleet
Raymond Per
Clapper
Scripps-Howard
Honolulu
Australia
Linn County
Kansas
University of Kansas
Kansas City Star
United Press
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
New York
Washi
Clapper Ameomenty
the Washoe
Pang Fries
Sigma Delta China
Stalin Announces Soviet Push Across Ukrainian Fronts
Russian offensives on the first and second Ukrainian fronts report capture of Smela, a key rail hub. General Konev and Vatutin lead drives from Kirovograd and Byelo-Tserkov, with gains claimed up to 45 miles and over 300 inhabited places recaptured.
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London
Smela
Dnieper
Joseph Stalin
Ivan S.S. Konev
Moscow
Konev
German withdraw from Lutsk and Rovno amid Soviet push
London dispatch reports Nazi high command saying Lutsk and Rovno were abandoned as the Red Army advances west from Novohrad-Vynnytsia. Evacuations follow heavy defensive fighting with Vatutin's Ukrainian army gaining momentum and threatening the lower Dnieper line.
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London
Lutsk
Old Poland
Rovno
Novograd
Vki
Narva
Estonia
High Command
DNB
Luzk
Nikolai Vatutin
Dnieper
Bessarabia
Pownee
Romania
Moscow
Freezel
Arer
von Mannstein
Vannitsa Ad Uman
Ukraine
Bombers Hit Wilhelmshaven in Daylight Raid Chronicle
U S strategic daylight raid on Wilhelmshaven involved 1100 American bombers and long range fighters supported by RAF rain and night attacks on western targets. The operation marked one of the war's largest offensives with no aircraft losses reported.
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London
Jarnlhelmshaven
Germany
Army
RAF
Channel
U. S
France
Marines tighten grip on Roi Namur after heavy bombardment
Alva Copking reports from Namur and Roi in the Marshalls as U.S. Marines mop up light resistance after the October 2 assault. Japanese bunkers and pillboxes were blasted. the Roi airstrip fell in four hours and prisoners were taken as combat continued through the first day.
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Roi
Namur
Woman Shoots Doctor Then Surrenders in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh last night Dr Louis I Schulman 42 president of the Pittsburgh Medical Forum was shot dead as he left his office. A 38 year old seamstress and former patient Martha Ashear walked into Central police station and calmly said I just shot a man here is the gun. Detective Inspector Walter Monaghan identified her.
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Pittsburgh
Louis I. Schulman
Pittsburgh Medical Forum
Central Police Station
Leo Walsh
Walter Monaghan
Martha Ashear
South Carolina Senate Rejects Prohibition Amendment
In Columbia on February 3 the South Carolina state senate voted 28 to 17 against adding a prohibition amendment to the general appropriations bill. Supporters urged preserving citizens honor and morality while opponents warned of a serious financial blunder.
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Columbia
D. C
South Carolina
Moderate earthquake recorded by Franklin Institute siesmograph
An earthquake described as moderate was recorded at 8:23 a m today on the Franklin Institute seismograph. Dr R K Marshall said the shock direction could not be determined but he believes it may have occurred in Peru.
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Washington
Senate
Lucas D
Danaher
R-Conn
Lucas
Taft
Ohio
Glass
Spurnas
Benin
House
Ill
Plan United
Philadelphia
Franklin Institute
R. K. Marshall
Institute
Peru
Greensboro to Be Named Ship Sponsor by Cleveland firm
Mrs. C. S. Carlson of Greensboro North Carolina was chosen by the American Shipbuilding Co as sponsor of the 303 foot escort frigate U N S Greensboro to be launched at Cleveland yards next Wednesday.
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Cleveland
C. S. Carlson
Greensboro
N. C
American Shipbuilding Co
Bevin Links European Japanese Wars in Commons
Britain views the European and Japanese conflicts as one war and maintains national service acts to keep manpower in force until Japan is defeated. Minister Ernest Bevin stated this to the House of Commons.
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London
Ernest Bevin
Commons
Britain
National Service
Japan
O Nea l Urges End To Consumer Subsidies In Postwar Policy
Edward A O Nea l president of the American Farm Bureau Federation advocates ending consumer subsidies and preserving the agricultural adjustment administration and the commodity credit corporation after the war. He also calls for breaking down world monopolies and artificial trade barriers in a Raleigh speech dated February 3.
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Raleigh
Edward A O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Commodity Credit Corporation
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Alva Copking
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Cocoanut Grove
Clark Honey
Leonard C. Riley
Boston
Franklin A. Hart
la Jolla
Calif
Charles D. Roberts
Kansas City
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