Paasikivi Arrives in Stockholm Amid Peace Talks Hint
Dr Juha Kusti Paasikivi lands in Stockholm on a private visit amid renewed Finnish peace efforts. The 74 year old former foreign minister says the trip is not political and hopes to stay as long as possible. Eljas Erkko notes Finland is considering every way to seek peace as U S pressure and wartime dynamics shape strategy.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Juha Kusti Paasikivi
Min- Eljas Erkko
Paasikividis
Moscow
Associated Press
Avozdkov
Leningrad
Fin
Finland
Soviet Sponsored Polish Patriots Set Up Council
Moscow radio reports the union of Polish Patriots formed a national council inside Poland uniting peasants and workers groups. Wanda Vassilevskaya leads the union, signaling a possible Poland government framework aligned with the Soviet Union amid German threat. Pravda editorial warnings accompany the broadcast as Poles are urged to unite with the red army and allies.
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Judson O' Quinn
Lon i
Union of
Poland
Moscow
Russia
Communist Party
Pravda
London
Polish Patriots
Polish Peasants Party
Socialist Workers Party
National Council
Wanda Vassilevskaya
Alexander Kchuk
Ukraine
Ministry of Information
Polish Socialists
Polish Workers Party
Polish Republic
Red Army
Yanks Down 43 Planes In Solomons
Allied air sweeps over Rabaul and Kavieng wipe out 43 Japanese planes and damage runways with 174 tons of bombs. American fighters lose four planes halving the interceptors as dive bombers hit Vunakanau and Kavieng, with fires and ground losses reported. Meanwhile Burma and China actions, plus the refloating of Oklahoma, mark Allied momentum toward Tokyo.
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Kavieng
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Douglas MacArthur
Vunakanau
Tobera
Solomons
Neon
Pacific
New Ireland
Solomon Islands
New Guinea
New Britain
Bergen Bay
Sky Dragons
South China Sea
14Th U. S. Air Force
China
Burma
Arakan
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Kaladan
Russia
Tokyo
Pearl Harbor
Oklahoma
Relief Promised as Severe Cold Eases Across Regions
The Associated Press reports over a fourth of the United States faced subzero cold after a storm blanketed many areas. Snow cleared along the east while the Midwest and North remained buried in drifts. Deaths were linked to the blizzard and cold wave with lows reaching minus figures in Lincoln, Sioux City, Houghton, and Chicago as relief from Rocky-watcher warmer air neared.
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Associated Press
United
Midwest
Lincoln
Neb
Sioux City
Kansas City
Houghton
Mich
Louis
Chicago
Superior
Wis
Sinking of German Submarine Off Crete Reported
A broadcast claims 12,646 of 3,173 Italian prisoners were drowned when a German submarine was sunk 17 miles off Crete. The report notes the incident occurred as a submarine attack was intercepted and naval losses were recorded.
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Indon
Crete
Democratic National Committee Secretary Resigns
George E. Allen resigns as secretary of the Democratic National Committee citing personal business pressures. Chairman Robert E. Hanagan accepts the resignation with regret. A second personnel change follows the previous night’s appointment of Paul A. Porter as chief of publicity to replace Charles Michelson. no successor for Allen is named yet.
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Washington
George E. Allen
Democratic National Committee
Robert E. Hannegan
Democratic National
Hannegan
Paul A. Porter
Charles Michelson
Allen
Army Officer Sacrifices Life to Save Puppy in Mine Field
Fifth Army report tells of an American officer who ignored danger to rescue a crying Italian girl’s injured dog. He entered a mine field to help the pup, leaving behind his own nine year old daughter’s imagined likeness and risking his life in the act.
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David H. Whittier
Associated Press
Fifth Army
United States Army
Rome
British Inflict Heavy Casualties In Burma Battles
In nine days of heavy fighting on the Arakan front in Burma British forces inflicted heavy casualties on the attacking enemy. British advances were reported in the Kaladan and Tiddim areas while American trained Chinese units fought near Taipha Ga. RAF and American heavy bombers raided the Japanese port of Akyab and other targets including Prome.
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W. W. Hercher
London
Pas- De-Calais
Britain
Channel
Sumantians
France
RAF
Howard Holladay
Somerset
Liberator
Evelyn
Atlantic Wall
Pas-De-Calais
Germany
Paris
Rouen
Frankfurt
Ludwigs
New Delhi
Arakan
Burma
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia Command
Taung Bazaar
Kaladan
Tiddim
Hukawng
Taipha Ga
Akyab
Prome
Reds Advance Toward Latvia And Estonia
The Red army reaches the outskirts of Luga 80 miles south of Leningrad on the road toward southern Estonia and Latvia as Ukraine battle reports claim 4,200 Nazis killed and 70 tanks wrecked near the Dnieper. Russian forces also take Batetskaya rail junction and push Nazis from Korsun sector, with heavy losses on both sides and several German weapons captured.
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Tom Yarbrough
Red Army
Luga
Leningrad
Estonia
Latvia
Ukraine
Dnieper
Moscow
Batetskaya
Korsun
Golyaki
Kavashin
Ring
Fourth War Loan Now 93 Per Cent
Washington reports Fourth War Loan drive sales reaching 12.964 billion dollars, 93 percent of the 14 billion goal. Corporate and institutional buyers total 9.512 billion, 112 percent of their target, while individuals purchas ed 83.452 billion, 63 percent of theirs, and overall results exceed or miss small quotas in certain categories.
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Washington
Treasury
Ae T
Berge-popula
Uota
Small Business Priority in Postwar Reconstruction
WPB chief Donald M. Nelson declares small business must get first chance to reconvert and rejoin the economy, ahead of large firms, as regional directors hear that the small plants sector will lead postwar restoration. Senator Murray argues only independent small business stays competitive.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
War Production Board
Donald M. Nelson
WPB
Nelson
War Plants Corporation
Maury Maverick
Texas
Maverick
America
Murray
D-Mont
Ress
Senate
Eense
Russian Offensive Freed Leningrad As German Drive Began
Leningrad front chief Maj. Gen. Alexander Gvozdkov said the Red army’s offensive that freed Leningrad started just as Germany planned a new push to take Russia's second largest city. He spoke at a Red Army House briefing after returning from the front. The report describes siege background, frozen landscapes, and battlefield scenes including improvised dwellings and foxhole covers known as Siegfrieds. The piece notes a looming settlement in Finland.Continued on Page 2.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Leningrad
Alexander Gvozdkov
Red Army
Russia
Finland
Uritsk
March On Rome Sure To Come Clark Declares
Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark told Fifth Army troops at Anzio beachhead that supplies were arriving and Rome’s capture was sure to come. German counterattacks were repulsed with inshore naval support and artillery fire, tightening Allied hold on the shell-pitted front.
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Rome
Clark
Fifth Army
Anzio
Mark W. Clark
Churchill says Rome will be won despite anxiety at Anzio
London reports Prime Minister Winston Churchill states Allied commanders assure Rome will be won and there is no justification for pessimism amid the tense Anzio bridgehead fighting Cassino front. Roosevelt confirms a very tense situation and heavy combat at Anzio, praying for better weather to aid operations.
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London
Winston Churchil
Rome
Cassino
United States
Roosevelt Anid
Anzio
Allied Landing Supplies Arrive as Weather Breaks
General Clark urged western Italian front troops to break German lines and push north while supplies reach the beachhead. He said improved weather could restore allied air superiority and enable mass engagements against German forces along the Cassino sector.
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Cassino
Clark
CBS
Hopkins' Son Dies In Action In Marshalls
President Roosevelt informed Harry L. Hopkins that his 18 year old son Stephen was killed in action in the Marshall Islands and buried at sea. Stephen, from Hopkins first marriage, had two brothers in service and a sister. Stephen graduated from Hill School at Pottstown Pennsylvania last June.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Harry L. Hopkins
Stephen
Marshall Islands
Hopkins
David
Robert
Italy
Diana
Hill School
Pottstown
Penna
Photographer in draft group images sparks editor reply
An Illinois State Journal City editor explains that pictures of today’s draft group were not included because the photographer was part of the group, provoking an indignant caller who questioned the decision.
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Springfield
Illinois State Journal
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