Allied Push Near Madang Intensifies Pacific Fight
Allied forces report heavy advances as American 32nd Division nears Saidor and Australian troops close in on Madang. Reports say Japanese positions along the Huon Peninsula are being isolated, with raids on Rabaul and base activity diminishing under relentless bombardment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Eunson
Southwest Pacific
Paign
Douglas MacArthur
Saidor
Old Yagomia
Madeng
Olen Clements
al Butay
Cig Clemente
Maewenping
Dang
Clements
Madang
Ramu
Finisterre
Sio Jan
Huon Peninsula
Alexishafen
Wewak
Rabaul
New Britain
MacArthur
Adm
William F. Halsey
South Pacific Command
Germans Trapped in Ukraine Death Pocket Near Cherkasy
Soviet forces closed a tight ring around a German pocket near Cherkasy as they struck from multiple directions toward Kherson and Nikolaev. Encircled divisions include the 112th 88th 2nd 72nd 167th 168th and 57th, while other formations advance toward Gorodische and along the Dnieper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Kherson
Dnieper River
Dnieper
Krivol Oy
Ukraine
Apost
Cherkasy
Koesun
Iian
Gorodische
Boouslav
Beachhead Struck In Six Places By Strong Nazi Blows
Allied headquarters in Algiers reports German attacks at six points along the Anzio defense perimeter as fighting rages in Cassino. United States and British forces countered near Cisterna and Carroceto while Allied air forces hit German gun positions and communications ahead of the beachhead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
Anzio
Cassino
Carroceto
Aprilia
Cisterna
Homer Bigart
New York Herald Tribune
Represe
Reninch
Forrestal Praises Pacific War Efforts and Steel-Like Power
Undersecretary James V. Forrestal spoke of mounting power in the Pacific theater saying the thread of strategy has become steel thanks to MacArthur and the navy. He praised the Marshall campaign as spectacular and credited meticulous planning and air power for the Allied progress. He spoke during a visit to MacArthur's headquarters with Vice Admiral Moreell and Rear Admiral Carter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yates McDaniel
Allied
Inuthwest Pacific
Theavy
James V. Forrestal
Uth
Southwest Pacific
South Pacific
Forrest
MacArthur
Navy
Pacific War Area
Ben Moreell
Bureau of Yards Ad
William Carter
Navy Bureau of
Supes
Forrestal
Ajalein
Marsh
Fic
Inunan Named Washington Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Meph Nunan Jr of Douglaston New York was nominated by President Roosevelt to be commissioner of internal revenue. Nunan, who has served as internal revenue collector in Brooklyn, will succeed Robert E Knegan who resigned to chair the Democratic national committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inunan
Washington
Meph Nunan, Jr
Douglaston
Sevelt
Iternal Revenue
Nunan
Internal Revenue
Inrooklyn
Robert E& Knegan
Democratical Committee
East Coast Gas Supply Faces Critical Test
Interior Secretary Ickes warned the east coast gasolene and fuel oil supply is at a crucial juncture as winter demand climbs. He said transportation limits will race the period's heavy consumption, with hope that emergency measures can reduce widespread shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ickes
Tito's Partisans Joined by British Units on Hvar Island
Tito announces in a broadcast that British units have joined his partisans on Hvar, a crucial Dalmatian island. London reports no large landing yet and notes possible British liaison groups and across Adriatic supply. German forces push in Slovenia while heavy battles occur near Kocevije and Sinj with inconclusive results.
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Tito
London
Josip Broz
Hvar
Balkans
Algiers
Italy
Adriatic
Split
Dubrovnik
Dalmatian
Veliko ,Grablye
Slovania
Kocevije
Susak
Fiume
Sinj
Yanks Rescue Trapped British Force
The Fifth Army in Italy reports a German night counterattack on February 3 trapped thousands of British troops near Carroceto north of Rome. American tank destroyers knocked out six to eight Tiger tanks aiding a relief action that freed most of the British and captured 300 prisoners while reserves held the road.
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FIFTH
Italy
Anzio
Carroceto
Rome
FR Picks Spruance For Promotion To Admiral
Washington February 10 Vice Admiral Raymond A Spruance 58 who commanded the assault force against the Marshall Islands was nominated by President Roosevelt for promotion to admiral Rear Admiral Richmond K Turner 59 a top navy commander under Spruance was nominated for vice admiral
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Washington
Raymond A. Spruance
Mid- Pacific
Marshall Islands
Roosevelt
Day
Richmond K. Turner
Spruance
Wake Island aerial attack repulsed by Japanese fire
Tokyo radio reported eight American heavy bombers attempting to strike Wake Island were repelled by Japanese anti aircraft fire. Wake Island lies north of the Marshalls and near Pearl Harbor. it had been raided on the night of February 14 by U S Navy bombers.
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Mikado
Marshalls
Enus
Kwajalein Atoll
Chester
Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Tokyo
Tavier Tojo
East
Japan
Tcial Domei
Vely
Asiac
China
New York
Wake Island
Marshalls Group
Pearl Harbor
Heavy bombers strike Brunswick and Gilze-Rijen bases
U S heavy bombers attacked Brunswick in central Germany while Liberator crews hit Gilze-Rijen in Holland and Marauder units targeted northern France. The raid on Brunswick hit aircraft parts plants including Brunswick-Waggum, as 2,000 long tons of bombs fell on the city in 23 minutes during a prior RAF night assault.
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London
U. S
Brunswick
Germany
Gilze- Rijen
Holland
France
Gilze-Rijen
Oschersleben
Halberstadt
Hannover
Brunswick-Waggum Mello
Colombia Considers Martial Law Amid Political Turmoil
Colombia warns opposition it may invoke martial law as protests flare after conservative leader Laureano Gomez is jailed on contempt charges. Street clashes injure scores. conflicting tallies from El Siglo and El Liberal about casualties. Police reinforce order between rival factions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bogota
Colombia
Laureano Gomez
Gomez
Germany
Advisory Committee On Foreign Affairs
el Siglo
el Liberal
Bricker Says British Press Interfering In U.S. Election
Ohio Governor John W. Bricker, a Republican presidential hopeful, condemned British press interference in America's election. He urged Americans to elect their president without outside influence and defended wartime leadership while criticizing New Deal policies as drifting toward totalitarianism. Bricker spoke at a Lincoln Day event and outlined views on taxes subsidy labor draft postwar policy and international trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bell
Washington
John W. Bricker
Ohio
United States
Roosevelt
Bricker
Brigeer
Congress
Mackinac
Republican
Allies withstand German counter attacks at Anzio beachhead
Acting Secretary of War Robert Patterson said German assaults at Anzio are intense but Allied forces remain firmly established. He noted initial ground loss was recovered, German tanks repelled, and several prisoners taken as they bring up reserves, artillery, and planes to harass the beachhead despite poor weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert Patterson
Anzio
Patterson
Savas
Terson
Rome
Italy
Russia warns Finns as Red Army braces for more air raids
Moscow broadcasts an editorial warning that Russian forces will decide Finland's border, not Finnish collaborators with Hitler. Red Star notes intensified air raids to come and cites a front where Finnish lines touch the Gulf of Finland near Leningrad and reach to Lake Ladoga, threatening Lenin grad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Red Star
Red Army
Arces
Adolf Hitler
Finland
Gulf of Finland
Leningrad
Karelian
Luga
Lake
Ladoga
Soviet Union
Soldier Admits Killing In Charlotte Hotel
Pvt. Charles Reynolds 19 of Columbus confessed killing Pvt. Lee M. Riley of Webster City Iowa in a hotel room fight in Charlotte North Carolina last Monday night Chief of Detectives Leo L Phillips said Reynolds would be taken into custody by Charlotte police en route to Columbus Reynolds was stationed at the Greens N C unit.
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Columbus
Leo L. Phillips
Charles Reynolds
Lee M. Riley
Webster City
Iowa
Charlotte
N. C
Phillips
Reynolds
Greens
N.C
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