Victory on Guadalcanal seals long campaign in Solomons
General Knox said American forces now hold Guadalcanal with only scattered holdouts, a result of the months long push to deny Japan critical bases. He noted possible Japanese evacuations and warned that final confirmation was awaited while highlighting the strategic shift in the Solomons and its effect on Australian shipping routes.
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Australia
Southwest Pacific
Solomons
Knox
Guadalcanal
Pacific Command
Alexander M. Patch
Patch
Tulagi Island
New Hebrides
New Caledonia
Russians storm key city as siege ends in destruction
Pravda reports Soviet counterattacks across the Yamskoy district and Tuskar River as German defenses collapse. Russians seize Proletarian Square and the railway station while the city is described as virtually demolished with museums and galleries destroyed and many buildings burned.
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Lgov
Yamskoy
Young Pioneers
Gorsy Street
Tuskar
Red Army
Pravda
Seim
Ikwursk
Museui
Peiure
Nursk
Desolated Ruins Define German Collapse at Stalingrad
Destruction covers Stalingrad with ruined walls and rubble as Soviet reporters describe the city’s collapse. Field Marshal Paulus and other German leaders are shown in scattered quarters while Red Army soldiers and civilians begin to advance amid mines and continued bombardment.
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Red Army
Stalingrad
Friedrich von Paulus
Sixth Army
Paulus
Don Ibakius
Schlemmer
14Th Tank Corps
von Daniel
376Th
Maurice von Dreb Ser
Century
Hillv
Orrencer
von Paulus
New York Stocks Mixed as Trading Closes
February 9 AP report shows a varied session with Parm Pix at 17 55, Pepsi Cola 33 56, Phillips Pet 45 75, Radio 14 1 5, Reynolds 12 5, Sears 64 4, Std Oil NJ 49 5, Studebaker 7 5, Swift 24 5, and other large and small equities moving within fractional gains and losses.
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Penney
Pullman
Reynolds
Ind
Oil NJ
Stewart Warner
Studebaker
Swift
Eastman Rod
Alaska
Firestone
Freeport Sul
Alleghany Allis
Roll Mill
Goodrich
Sm & Ref
Goodyear
Arm Ill
At&s&sf
Harvest
Atlas
Nick Can
Aviat Corp
Tel & Tel
Baldwin
Johns Man
Barnsdal
Kennecott
Bendix Aviat
Kroger Groce
Beth Stl
Boeing Airpl
Borden
Libby O F Gi
Borg Warner
Ligg & Myers B
Loews
Briggs Mfg
Lorillard
Budd
Burl Mills
Burr
Consol
Curtiss Wright
Curtisa Wright A
Ohio
Otis Eley
Darison
Navy Cross Honors Highlight Wartime Submarine Crew
Wartime awards salute Lieut. Comdr. Vernon L. Lawrence of Winston-Salem N C and Oscar in English of Anderson S C for leadership and valor aboard a submarine in enemy waters and for jettisoning powder from a burning compartment. A final tip suggests rubbing a halved potato on a windshield to remove ice.
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Hoth Said
Vernon L. Lawrance
USN
Winston-Salem
N. C
Navy Cross
Oscar
Ate
Anderson
S. C
Ghost tablets reveal hollow hormone implants in cows
Doctor H. W. Blakeslee reports in Nature that implanted hormone pills in cows became hollow shells as hormones are absorbed. Living tissues coated the tablet with a protein outer shell while absorption continued, a phenomenon unknown in humans yet.
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Science
New York
Nature
Britain
S. J. Foller
National Institute For Research In Dairying
University of Reading
Folley
Goering Warns of Europe at Risk If Germany Falls
Indications rise Germany faces possible disaster from the Red Army as Goering marks the Jan 30 anniversary. He argues collapse would trigger Bolshevik spread across Europe and draws a stark warning to allies neutrals and enemies about unity against Soviet advance.
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Germany
Red Army
Goering
Europe
Hitler
Knox News Roundup Promotes Free World Resolve
A wartime statement denounces Knox conscription, theft, and forced labor by the Axis. It contrasts Axis aims to enslave humanity with a united free people supporting the Lend Lease Act and Congress to halt aggression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Wine bill held over and highway bond proposal
A Caveness wine control bill was held over on the house calendar for possible action today. Senator Gregg Cherry introduced a bill proposing $15,000,000 in state highway bonds to fund postwar employment and restore highway, causeway, and bridge construction. The state treasurer would issue bonds as needed.
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Gregg Cherry
Gaston
McFarland Jr Appointed Aviation Cadet for Meteorology
John A. McFarland Jr son of Mr and Mrs John A McFarland of 306 Elm Street and a senior at High Point Senior High School has been named an aviation cadet to study meteorology. He will report to an induction center then transfer to a university for training and upon completion be commissioned a second lieutenant. Bethlehem Pa was founded on Christmas Eve 1741.
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John A. McFarland, Jr
John A. McFarland
306
Elm Steet
High Point Senior High School
Army Air Corps
McFarland
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U S Smelt & Ref
U S Steel
Vick Chem
Warner Pic O's
West Mary
Western UN
West el & Mfg
Wilson
Woolworth Yell T& Clé
Youngs
S. Man
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Mandrake the Magician
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Phil Davi
Narda
Mickey Finn
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Mickey
Tom
Flossie
Sweeney
NAVY
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Ham Fisher
Fred Harman
W. T. Hamlin
Boots
Wale
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Donald Duck
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