Boy Falls in Furnace in Vancouver During Cold Air Grate Incident
Two year old Allan Marlatt fell from a home air grate into a furnace but wartime fuel rationing kept the fire low. City firemen freed him after removing furnace pipes and the soot covered child was unharmed by heatless day. Combined wheat crops of Australia and Argentina are estimated at 388 million bushels.
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Boy Falls
Vancouver
B. C
Allan Marlatt
Australia
Argentina
Congressmen Shudder Over Income Forms
Senators react to new income tax return blanks with humor and frustration. Senator Cotton Ed Smith warns of a coming uproar as lawmakers struggle with Form 1040 questions on fiduciary income and amortizable bond premiums. Others call for tax simplification to ease the process for citizens. Canada has 952 public civilian hospitals.
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Washington
Congress
Ttem
Cotton Ed Smith
Senate
Senator Smith
South Carolina
Smith
Byrd
D-Va
Red Army advances along Dneiper bend toward Krivoi Rog
Soviet forces push along the Dneiper in a drive toward Krivoi Rog after capturing Nikopol and clearing pockets on the east bank. Other Red units crush remnants of German divisions trapped near Cherkasy as the fight continues.
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Dneiper Bend
Krivoi Rog
Nikopol
Cherkasy
Ration Roundup Calendar for February and March
Ration details list calendar validity for processed foods and meats and fats from different books. Sugar stamps No 30 and No 40 expire March and February respectively. Shoes Stamp No 18 remains valid indefinitely and airplane stamp No 1 becomes valid. Period 3 coupons move to A-9 valid February 9.
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Green
Nip Supply Lines Cut By Allied Offensives
Allied operations are breaking a three hundred mile stretch of defense blocks in the Pacific as advances reach Bougainville Cape Gloucester and Arawe on New Britain and threaten Madang on New Guinea. Navy actions report bombarding Milo River and Choiseul Bay while destroyers roam the northern Solomons.
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Associated Press
Japan
Pacific
Bougainville-Buka
Solomons
New Britain
Madang
Wewak
New Guinea
Truk
Cee Phili Ss
Alexishafen
Douglas MacArthur
Milo River
Choiseul Bay
To En Ville
Rabaul
Bougainville
Cape Gloucester
Bergen Bay
Empress Augusta Bay
Arawe
Daidor
Centralia Fire Chief Triggers False Alarm By Jerked Door
Centralia Washington fire chief Don Barn er tested a refinery alarm when a door stuck jerking it on. He arrived at the scene to find the department responding to its own chief as the culprit.
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Centralia
Wash
Don B. Barner
Barner
Dutch Evacuation Massive as Occupation Expands
About one million residents have been displaced from their homes in the Netherlands due to measures by occupation authorities. The mass expulsion affects major cities and rural regions, creating widespread shelter shortages and humanitarian concerns.
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Holland
Cornel co-eds bowl in unusual eight-woman team setup
Ithaca N Y INS reports that Cornell coeds are solving a pin shortage by fielding eight woman teams for a ring tournament. In each game four participate with two bowlers a setter and a scorer, then roles reverse for the next game.
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Ithaca
N. Y
INS
Cornell
Philadelphia Ordnance Dept claims 50 planes fire one million rounds in two minutes
Officials in Philadelphia report that a flight of 50 fighter planes can discharge one million cartridges in two minutes, according to figures from the Army Ordnance Department. The release underscores the firepower of modern air fleets and their sustained rate of fire.
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Philadelphia
INS
Philadelphia Army Ordnance Department
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Long Island City
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Cc. J. Sears
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T. R. Sullivan
Paul Byrum
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