Submarine Losses Reported as Two More S Could Not Return
The Navy announced the loss of the submarines S-44 and Cisco with crews of ten and about 65 respectively. Skipper Richard J. W. Coe of the Cisco is listed missing in action and Lt Commander Francis E. Brown of the S-44 is presumed lost. The two vessels bring US naval losses since the war began to 141.
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Mip de Cnarating
Cisco
Richard James W. Coe
Francis E. B
Brown
Missi
West 10Th Street
Juanita
Euclid Venue
Long Beach
Calif
United States
United State N
Russians Press German Trench Warfare at Dnieper Bend
Moscow reports the Red Army trapping 15 German divisions in the Dnieper bend with thousands of Axis troops cut down and circles of death tightening around Nikopol and Cherkasy as Russian forces offensive to crush the pocket.
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Moscow
Dnieper Bend
Red Army
Nikopol
Cherkasy
Soler Vote Billets New Amendment Soler Vote Billets New Amendment
Washington February 8 The administration seeks to amend the federal war ballot bill to let overseas servicemen vote using state or federal ballots if state forms arrive late. The change, backed by Green Lucas supporters and Ferguson, passed 62 to 20 in the Senate. Taft warned practical issues remain but said assurances exist that military ballots will be provided.
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Washington
Ferguson
R-Mich
Green-Lucas
Itr
Gren-Lucas
Itor Taft
Ohio
Gasoline released to relieve North Carolina shortage
The Petroleum Administration for War announced 34 000 barrels of gasoline released in the Wilmington area to avert a critical shortage hindering defense workers and farm tractors. Governor Broughton warned of a developing shortage in Franklin Vance and Warren counties due to old allotment figures and Camp Butner not yet built. Sawmills consuming large amounts of gas also noted.
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Petrleum Administration For
Charlotte
Wilmington
Broughton
Franklin, Vance and
Warren
Camp Butner
Red Army liquidates Nikopol bridgehead in four day drive
Moscow announced that the Red Army has wiped out the German bridgehead at Nikopol, a manganese center in the Dnieper bend. In a four day offensive Stalin said seven German infantry divisions were heavily defeated in the east bank operation.
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London
Red Army
Nikopol
Dnieper
Moscow
Stalin
Soviets Press In On Nikopol Front As German Hold Slips
Russian communique reports heavy Soviet assault around Nikopol and Krivoi Rog as Gen Malinovsky and Gen Popov’s units close in on the manganese region. Ukrainian armies trap Cherkasy pocket and push toward threatened rail lines, with German defenses using dug-in armor and artillery.
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Nikopol
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Nikolai Vatutin
Ivan S. Knoev
Cherkasy
Greeny
M. M. Popov
Second Baltic Army
Novosokolniki
Pskov -Warsaw
Dnieper
Nikopol-Krivoi Rog
Germany
Reich
Must Retain High Levies Says Eccles
New York February 8. Federal Reserve Board chairman Marriner S Eccles warned against premature tax cuts. He urged a balanced budget after the war and said whole sale tax reductions are out of the question to preserve employment. He proposed reducing indirect taxes on consumption and possibly shifting to direct income taxes.
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New York
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Eccles
Treasury
Jap Air Bases Hit Throughout East Indies
Allied forces from the Southwest Pacific report heavy raids by Liberator bombers on Admiralty Islands near New Guinea and Lakunai airdrome at Rabaul. Over 120 aircraft participated from Halsey’s Solomons base, dropping 81 tons and 39 tons of bombs. Japanese anti aircraft fire was strong but air resistance remained light. Seven Japanese fighters were shot down with four probable, while three Allied fighters and a torpedo plane were lost.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
Admiralty Islands
New Guinea
Lakunai
Rabaul
New Britain
Adm
William F. Halsey
Solomons
Douglas MacArthur
Starvation Threat Looms Over Hopei Province
Chungking reports over 20 million Chinese in Hopei North China facing famine due to Japanese oppression. Destruction of irrigation works and coerced crop purchases reduce harvests to 20 to 50 percent, with many labor battalions shipped abroad.
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North China Province
Chungking
Hopei
China
U S Warns Finland Again To Break German Alliance
The United States renewed its warning to Finland to quit the war or face Allied actions. Secretary Hull disclosed the démarche during a press briefing, noting exchanges with Stockholm and Finland over Finland's collaboration with Germany. The move signals ongoing diplomatic and possible military pressure on Finland to disengage from Germany.
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U.S
Finland
Washington
Hull
United States
Germany
Stockholm
U. S
Iton
Chinese Impressed By American Bombardment Of Jap Island
Chinese observers praise the US naval bombardment of Paramushiro as proof of American fleet strength and readiness for a showdown with Japan. Takung pao predicts Japan will engage and be defeated before Germany collapse and British fleet arrival in the Pacific.
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U. S
United States
Kurabu Point
Paramushiro
Tokyo
Siberia
Aleutians
Home Island
Chungking
Takungpao
Germany
Pacific
Flying Forts Rampage Over Frankfurt in Major Bombing
American Flying Fortresses and Liberators struck Frankfurt again driving heavy damage to rail yards aircraft components and chemical plants as part of a sustained offensive. RAF Mosquitos also hit Western Germany while daylight raids joined by Liberators and British fighters pressed targets in Northern France.
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Germany
Frankfurt
Main
Rhine
France
RAF
Dominion
USAAF
Air Ministry
English
Calais
Channel
General tours US 29th station hospital in Algiers
Gen Sir Henry Maitland Wilson commander in chief on the Mediterranean front inspected the U S 29th station hospital in Algiers today. He spoke with over 100 patients as he was escorted by hospital commander Lt Col William C Knott of Burlington North Carolina.
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Algiers
Henry Maitland Wilson
U. S. 29Th Station
William C. Knott
Burlington
N. C
Rocket Glider Bombs Will Be Invasion Problem
Allied air forces must counter German rocket propelled glider bombs during the invasion. The weapon, launched from a Heinkel bomber, is fast, hard to hit, and can attack ships from the side with radio guidance. Some bombs miss or fall into the sea, but others penetrate decks and explode inside ships.
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Naples
Major Struggle Looms Over Anzio Invasion Front
Allied reports say German air waves hit the Anzio beachhead while heavy shelling sparked a major forthcoming battle. An attack on an American evacuation hospital killed at least 22 and wounded 63, including nurses. nineteen German planes were shot down as U.S. and British forces tighten the bridgehead and Cassino defenses stiffen amid near encirclement.
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U.S
Edward Kennedy
Algiers
Abvasion
Anzio
Nelew
Rome
Associated Press
Daniel de Luce
Red Cross
de Luce
Red Crosses
Cassino
Nazi Plane Bombs Red Cross Hospital on Anzio Beachhead
German fighter bombers attacked a crowded evacuation hospital on the Anzio beachhead in daylight, killing 27 and wounding 65 including nurses. The strike was reported by Allied press correspondents detailing the casualties among patients and staff.
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Daniel DE Luce
Associated Press
Fifth Army
Anzio
London Papers Criticize Beachhead Caution in Italy
London editors urge bolder Allied advance after initial landings at Anzio. Daily Herald praises Russian gains while lamenting slow Italian progress. Times questions missed opportunities for rapid inland action with mobile forces. Daily Express notes Rome campaign struggles and contrasts with Russian advances.
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London
Anzio
Italy
Daily Herald
Times of London
Daily Express
Rome
Fle
Jalian Alps
High Point Doctor Led Evacuation Unit in Italian War Zone
Relatives say Lt Col George T Wood from High Point commanded an evacuation hospital unit in the Italian theatre near Naples. Dispatch suggests his unit was not the hospital attacked, as names of medical officers listed do not connect with Wood's unit.
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George T. Wood
Ira
High Point
Col. Wood
Naples
Nurses Die as Hospital Raid Strikes Red Cross Site
Sixteen dead and 43 wounded among hospital staff and patients, with two nurses killed and a Red Cross girl wounded. Lt Col Hubert Brinkley reported the toll two hours after the 3:30 p.m. raid, noting deliberate enemy action amid strikes on multiple clearly marked hospitals.
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Red Cross
Hubert L. Brinkley
Denver
Colo
Washington
War Department
Corp
Jeff Young
Dayton
Ohio
Agl
Howard Patterson
Roosevelt Hospital
York
New Nazi Weapon Described for Gas Blanket Shell
Zurich dispatch to Dagens Nyheter reports a German secret weapon a rocket shell that releases heavy inflammable gas over a target area ignited by an incendiary bomb. It could be fired from long range and was supposedly used against Russians at Sevastopol with unclear effectiveness.
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Stockholm
Zurich
Dagens Nyheter
Germany
Sevastopsl
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