War Report Analyzed Diversion At Beachhead Invasion
The piece discusses the Allied landing at a 30 by 8 mile beachhead, noting heavy German artillery and superior Allied air power. It argues the operation aimed as a diversion to pull German troops from the south, questioning why forces didn’t advance inland earlier and predicting future movement along transports and rail links.
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Gestapo
Ditler
Rome
Weill
Hitler
Italy
Balkans
Adriatic
Judge Rules Beer Not a Toothache Cure in High Point
W L Travis of 412 Winslow Street faced High Point Municipal Court after being arrested for public drunkenness. Judge Mac Rae placed him on probation with weekly reports, good behavior conditions, and a ban on intoxicants, noting his long record of drunkenness.
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W. L. Travis
Winslow Street
High Point
MacRae
Travis
Partisans Claim Great Victory
London February 9 partisans say they inflicted a devastating defeat on axis troops 45 miles south of Sarajevo in a broadcast by the Yugoslav army of liberation. The communique also reports a 20 day battle between partisan forces and a German Bulgarian army in western Serbia and notes a German ammunition ship sunk by a British warship off an unspecified coast.
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London
Sarajevo
Yugoslav Army of Liberation
Draja Mihailovic
Josip Broz
Tito
Serbia
Weeks Named Senator To Replace Sen Lodge
SigClair Weeks treasurer of the Republican National Committee was named U S senator from Massachusetts succeeding Henry Cabot Lodge Jr who resigned to active army duty. Weeks a Newton resident was sworn in by Governor Leverett Saltonstall in the state house. The governor announced his own candidacy for the Senate in November and Weeks pledged to pursue victory in the war to its unconditional conclusion.
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Boston
Sigglair Weeks
Rblican National Committee
U. S
Massachusetts
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Army
Newton
Leverett Saltonstall
Senate
Weeks
William Dunn Named Acting Paroles Commissioner
Governor Broughton announced William Dunn Jr will serve as acting state paroles commissioner in Hathaway Cross absence as he enters the army. Garland E. Midgette named assistant commissioner in Raleigh notice dated February 9.
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Raleigh
William Dunn, Jr
Hathaway Cross
Broughton
Cross
Garland E. Midgette
Newton Citizens Buy Bonds For Stalin
Newton Mass February 9 One hundred fifty residents of the city of Governor Saltonstall and Senator-Elect Sinclair Weeks presented Joseph Stalin of Russia with 1675 dollars in series E war bonds. Rupert C Thompson Newton war finance committee secretary directed the Newton Trust Company to hand the bonds to Orville S Poland New England associate director of the war finance committee, who will present them to the Russian embassy in Washington.
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Newton
Mass
Saltonstall
Sinclair Weeks
Josef Stalin
Russia
Rupert C. Thompson
Newton War Finance Committee
Newton Trust Company
Orville S. Poland
New England
War Finance Committee
Washington
Governor asks extra gasoline for three North Carolina counties
Governor Broughton requested the Petroleum Administration for War provide an additional gasoline allotment for Vance Warren and Franklin counties to ease a severe shortage.
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Raleigh
Broughton
The
Petroleum Administration For
War
Vance, Warren
Franklin
Soldier Found Dead in Selwyn Hotel
The nude body of a soldier with a sweatshirt twisted about the neck was found today sprawled across a bed in the Selwyn hotel downtown Charlotte. The discovery was made February 9. Authorities investigated the scene.
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Charlotte
Selwyn
Men and Women in Service Pfc Beck on Furlough
Pfc. Robert L. Beck of Appala chicola Florida spends a brief furlough with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Olin H. Beck at 710 East Commerce Street. Beck is stationed at the Army Air Base in Appalachicola.
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Pfc
Robert L. Beck
Appalachicola
Florida
Olin H. Beck
East Commerce Street
Beck
Army Air Base
Kirakides Visiting Here From RCAF Duty
First Lieut. Bob Kirakides spent several days with his mother Mrs. Leslie Bryant at 907 English Street after returning from England where he served as a flight officer with the RCAF. He was transferred December 1, 1943 to the RAAF and will return to duty after a short visit to Canada.
Soldier Returns From Leave To Duty At Camp Adair
Corporal Roland H. Hicks of the T1si evacuation hospital at Camp Adair Oregon has resumed duty after a visit with his mother Mrs. Jine Hick of 1007 Park Street.
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Cpl
Roland H. Hicks
Camp Adair
Ore
Jine Hick
Park Street
AFL Men On WLF For Wage Boosts
Four AFL members of the War Labor Board call for wage boosts arguing price controls fail to protect living standards. George Meany Matthew Woll Robert Watt and James Brownlow petition Roosevelt to adjust the little steel formula above 15 percent of January 1 rates to reflect cost of living changes through May 1 1942.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
War Labor Board
Little Steel
George Meany
Matthew Woll
Robert Watt
James Brownlow
Roosevelt
National War Labor Board
Small Cities Air Service Growth is Recommended
Two examiners urged the Civil Aeronautics Board to act quickly to expand air service to small cities but to defer helicopter proposals until commercial helicopters are available. Examiners William J. Madden and Albert F. Beitel warned against assuming immediate easy transport to all urban areas and noted mail pay must justify expansion.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
William J. Madden
Albert F. Beitel
Red Army storm Nikopol and advance toward Krivoi Rog
Russian forces under Malinovsky storm Nikopol after a four day battle, routing seven German divisions and seizing a major industrial center. Troops advance toward Krivoi Rog from Apostolovo as Vatutin and Konev crush remnants of German divisions near the Dnieper.
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Krivoi Rog
Nikopol
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Smieper
Malinovsky
Krivoi
Apostolovo
Ukraine
Adolf Hitler
Nikopol Brideghead
Nava
Dnieper
Gomel
Nikolai Vatutin
Ivan S. Konev
Not Yet ALBEMARLE and Baltic Front Updates
Local tale shows a child patient at a Charlotte hospital refusing ambulance transport. A Baltic front surge reports Gen Govorov driving toward Luga with a 10 mile advance in 24 hours. Southward, towns fall to Popov near Novosokolniki as Red Army advances slow near Estonia and the Gulf of Finland.
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Albemarle
Buck Spencer
New London
Charlotte
Cherkasy
Leonid A. Govorov
Luga
M. M. Popov
Novosokolniki
Red Army
Estonia
Gulf of Finland
Rovno
Lutsk
Dnieper
Reval
Govoroyo
Narva
Vinnistu
Pharispea
Ranger Carrier Heroic Role in North Africa Invasion
The Navy credits the carrier Ranger with a decisive air superiority role in the North Africa invasion. Under Rear Admiral Calvin T. Durgin the Ranger's air group carried out 60 missions, dropping over 48 tons of bombs and firing 2000 machine gun rounds to support invasion forces.
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Ranger
North Africa
E. D. McWhorter
Norfolk
Atlantic Fleet
Calvin T. Durgin
Cape May
N. Y
Britain Considers Italian Abdication Demand
London February 9 The British government studies the demand from Italian political parties for King Vittorio Emanuele abdication. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden declined to reveal possible British action.
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London
Vittorio Emanuele
Anthony Eden
Britain
Weather outlook for North and South Carolina
Rain with little change in temperature this afternoon in parts of North and South Carolina. Cloudy and slightly colder tonight with light rain east and central areas. Thursday brings partly cloudy skies and cooler conditions. South Carolina experiences rain and cooler temperatures, with further cooling north and colder conditions in the south, followed by partly cloudy skies Thursday.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Parallel Allied German advances and house-to-house fighting
Allied American and German forces attacked in parallel formations amid general confusion. Bayonet clashes reported at a crossroads named Femina Morta divide German and American positions. Berlin said German bridges near the bridgehead extended several miles and 700 prisoners were taken.
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Berlin
Stockholm
Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau
Nettuno
Finland urged to act for peace through negotiations
A Finnish social democrat warned the nation must take the initiative or risk others deciding for them. Swedish and Nordic papers urged exploring options for peace via negotiations and called for serious consideration of Finland's move.
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United States
Finland
Finska Social Demokraten
Hull
Demobilized Records Office Promotes Three Officers
The Demobilized Records Office announced promotions for three officers from second lieutenant to first lieutenant. The promoted are Kenneth Paul Mahony of CIB Emerywood Court Apts, Arthur Greenberg of 3A Oakwood Court Apts, and Sarg M. Janes of 405 Edgedale Ive.
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Kenneth Paul Mahony
CIB
Emerywood Court Apts
Arthur Greenberg
Oakwood Court Apts
Sarg M. Janes
Edgedale
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William Dunn
Newton, Mass
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Hicks
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WLF
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Sweeney
Sue
Kie
Solomons
Jo-vean
New York
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Tonto
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Clay
Suoveney
Louie
Sax
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Stockholms Tidningen
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