Bills Aim to Reshape University, Enforcement, and Liquor Law
Raleigh report outlines plans to expand medical education at the University of North Carolina, consolidate enforcement agencies, redraw educational districts, and set a postwar statewide liquor referendum. Legislation on appropriations and a hospital expansion to 400 beds await floor action.
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Raleigh
University of North Colina
Te Bureau of Investigation
Jeey Patrol
Safety di
Cherry
Board of Education
Arese
Orces
Roosevelt outlines proposals on trade and cartel control
The article notes President Roosevelt detailing plans for currency and trade measures. He cites a $2,750,000,000 US subscription and calls for a series of recommendations including controls on cartels and direct American financial stimulation, tied to Dumbarton Oaks discussions.
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Dumbarton Oaks Leity
Roosevelt
Legisla
United States
Johnson Act repeal and Bretton Woods noted by the President
The Chief Executive announced repeal of the Johnson Act which bans such lending and hailed Bretton Woods as the cornerstone for international economic action while calling the Dumbarton plan the cornerstone for international political cooperation.
American forces press through Intramuros walls and Nichols Field
American artillery and air forces target enemy positions in Manila. The 11th Division under Maj. Gen. Joseph M. Swing fights around Nichols Field and advances northward. In five days near Nichols Field US troops capture 12 large guns including 10 eight inch and two six inch cannons.
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Intramuros
11Th Division
Joseph M. Swing
Nichols Field
Germans seize Liegnitz and Bunzlau in western advance
German forces captured Liegnitz a transport hub 40 miles from Breslau and entered Bunzlau 65 miles west of Breslau marking a 15 mile gain from Haynau. Soviet reports note artillery fire on defenses near the Bober river as Bunzlau sits on the Oder tributary east bank within the Neisse defense zone.
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Breslau
Bunzlau
Haynau
Marshal Staints
Moscow
Bober
Oder
Neisse River
Divorce Sought On Grounds Of Mental Incompetence
Co L Everhart files for absolute divorce from M B Everhart in Municipal Court alleging mental incompetence at the time of their April 1941 marriage and defrauding him into believing she was sane. Elaine Myrick Beard seeks divorce from Jessie Harris Beard on grounds of two years separation.
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Jessie Harris Beard
Penetro Nose Drops Promises Stuffy Nose Relief
An advertisement promotes Penetro Nose Drops with a claim of relief for stuffy noses. It urges use as directed and highlights a two-drop nasal dosage.
Behind the Scenes in Hollywood A Roundup by Harrison Carroll
Hollywood notes report Lana Turner plans a Palm Springs vacation to focus on motherhood and await a possible decision on Turhan Bey as her third husband. John Carroll and Myrna Loy figure in a Crillon opening night moment as Charlie Morrison introduces guests. The piece notes studio strikes potential, Warners shifting titles for Errol Flynn, and Marlene Dietrich praised on front lines. Lauren Bacall tops Warner fan clubs with a new all time record.
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Harrison Carroll
King Features Syndicate
Hollywood
the Waldorf
Lana Turner
Palm Springs
Cheryl Christine
Steve Crane
Lana
Turhan Bey
Charlie Morrison
Crillon
Mocambo
John Carroll
Clark Gable
Morrison
John Hertz, Jr
Myrna Loy
Warners
Lauren Bacall
Hollywood Hi Jinx and Celebrity Spotting News
Adolphe Menjou is named a Nebraska admiral. Bob Hope will MC Look Magazine's Achievement Award on February 20. Bettejane Greer with Al Herd at the Crillon. Jane Hale and Jack Tavelman at the same spot. Bill Hollingsworth with Dolores Moran at the Biltmore Bowl. Patsy Parker with Leo Gorcey at Charley Foy's. Sharon Lynne and Barney Glazer at the Trocadero. Fans wonder if June Hutton is Ina Ray Hutton's sister.
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Hollywood
Adolphe Menjou
Nebraska
Bob Hope
M.C
Look Magazine
Bettejane Greer
al Herd
Automobile Man
Crillon
Jane Hale
Jack Tavelman
Bill Hollingsworth
Dolores Moran
Biltmore Bowl
Patsy Parker
Leo Gorcey
Charley Foy
Sharon Lynne
Barney Glazer
Trocadero
June Hutton
Ina Ray Hutton
Betty
June
Russian Armies Rapidly Advance Across Europe in Far-Reaching Offensive
Moscow declares the Red Army's month long push has nearly completed the capture of Poland and driven to within 12 miles of Berlin. Zhukov’s First White Russian Army moved 285 miles from the Vistula to the Oder. Konev’s First Ukrainian Army traveled 265 miles toward the Rboder. Petrov’s Fourth Ukrainian group advanced 125 miles in Slovakia and 75 miles through mountains. Rokossovsky’s Second White Russian Army cut 125 miles to the Baltic at Elbing. Cherniakovsky’s Third White Russian Army neared Koenigsberg after crossing toward East Prussia.
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Red
Poland
East Prussia
Berlin
Gregory Zhukov
Vistula
Oder
Ivan Konev
Sandomierz
Rboder
Petrov
Slovakia
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Narew
Warsaw
Baltic
Elbing
Ivan Cherniakovsky
Koenigsberg
Allied push breaks German defenses along Rhine and Reichswald
Allied forces press toward the Rhine as British Canadian units seize Reichswald fir thickets and cross the Spoy canal near Kleve. U S Fourth Division advances into Germany behind breached Siegfried Line while First and Seventh Armies mop up Roer and push toward Koblenz and Colmar area amid floodwaters and soggy ground.
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Echternach
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Oberhoffen
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Haguenau Forest
Colmar
Propeller metal hand made for boy by Seabee craftsmen
In the Marianas Seabees fashioned a serviceable aluminum hand for 16 year old Jesus Castros Salias after a grenade accident. Workers used a propeller blade cast from the brother’s right side and metal from a Japanese propeller to shape the hand. They engraved skin lines and added fingernails, with the hand designed to cup objects.
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Marianas
Jesus Castros Salias
War Today Warns of Famine as Allied Front Presses
The article warns famine could reach dimensions by autumn due to Russian advances and Allied losses. It notes hunger weakens civilian morale, aiding German capitulation, and describes Allied combat in flooded terrain from Kleve toward the Rhine. The Roer river barrier is swollen after the Schwammenauer dam breach near Aachen.
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First Army
Kleve
Cologne Plain
Hundred Mile
Pruem
Roer
Rhine
Schwammenauer
Aachen
Ex Winston Newsman Wounded In Action
Pfc Raleigh Allsbrook, on leave from the Birmingham Bureau of the Associated Press, was slightly wounded in Belgium on January 20 and is hospitalized there. He previously edited in the AP bureau in Atlanta and worked for the Richmond Times Dispatch and Winston-Salem Journal. A University of North Carolina graduate.
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Ala
War Department
Raleigh Allsbrook
Associated Press
Belgium
Allsbrook
Paenacene AP
Atlanta
Richmond Times-Dispatch
The
Winston-Salem
N. C
Journal
University of No Carolina
American Fifth Army Retreats Slightly Near Massa
Rome February 12 Allied headquarters announced American Fifth Army forces after advancing to about two miles from Massa on Italy s west coast withdrew slightly in face of determined German counterattacks and heavy artillery. The 92nd Division Negro troops held positions near Massa at Fiume La Foce before pulling back under fire.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Massa
Strettoia
92Nd
Fiume la Foce
Water gun used to clear mines on Brighton beaches
The British army operates a high pressure water cannon on Brighton shores to remove sand and trigger mines buried along the coastline. This unconventional method aims to expose and neutralize underwater threats with minimal blast risk to troops and civilians.
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Brighton
England
Airplane Scraps Become Watch Bands On Peleliu
Pieces of 117 Japanese planes littered the captured airstrip here have been stripped for value. Watch bands made from Japanese metal fetch high prices while small instrument panels with Japanese inscriptions are especially valuable.
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Peleliu
Turnkeys Do A Prison Make Fort Sheridan Ill
Cpl Marv Weiss arrived at night and detained an AWOL soldier in a makeshift jail until train time. After pounding on the locked door an elderly man said the turnkey would not return until morning forcing the soldiers to relocate their business elsewhere.
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Ill
Marv Weiss
A.W.O.L
O.K
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