House Committee Rejects Federal Soldier Ballot
Washington reports the House Rules Committee voted 7 to 5 to reject a uniform federal ballot for armed forces members. Chairman Worley pledges to push the issue to the floor, arguing the move would deny 11 million service members the vote while Rankin counters that the act preserves voting in all offices from president to constable.
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Washington
Jan
Hoe Yen Newage
Federat Ei
Worley
D-Tex
House
Army
Navy
Tarawa
Italy
Germany
Congress
Rankin
Miss
War Today on Redrawing Europe to Break Prussian Power
An article argues for postwar redrawing of borders to curb Prussian militarism. It supports Poland gaining parts of East Prussia and Silesia with forced German population transfers, claiming East Prussia must be exterminated as a hotbed of Junker rule. The piece frames Soviet Poland talks around the Curzon line and supports aggressive reeducation of German inhabitants.
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Russia
Curzon Line
Red Army
Poland
East Prussia
Prussia
Moscow
United Nations
Germany
Elbe
Silesia
Now We Know New Deal Is Dead Labor Draft Warns
Rail unions condemn the new draft plan as Franklin D Roosevelt asks Congress to conscript workers for private profit. A cartoon shows a worker at a machine under an Army Navy award while a pair of hands labeled F D P hold out handcuffs marked draft law, promising a grim reward.
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Washington
Labor
F. D
Congress
Patterson
Hitlerites Stage Mock Defense of Greek Capital
ANKARA Jan 13 German divisions staged a day long mock defense of Athens with a new Greek defense line aimed at deterring an allied invasion from southeastern Italy. Smoke screen teams were to cover Aegean islands on alert. Greek saboteurs continued to harass the Nazis amid reports of a 5000 ton supply ship blown at Salamis and 30 Greek hostages shot in retaliation.
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Ankara
Athens
Greece
Salamis
Yelton Successor Approved Name Withheld
Governor IM ee said the school board unanimously approved selectors for Nathan Yelton’s successor as controller but would not disclose the name pending release from his present assignment. Yelton, commissioned a captain in the army’s military government division in December, may have a temporary successor by gubernatorial action with board approval per a Supreme Court ruling.
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Raleigh
Gov
IM. Ee
Nathan Yelton
Yelton
Supreme Court
Picket Lines Block U. of Minnesota Gates
Picket lines blocked main entrances at the University of Minnesota as about 500 campus building service employees walked out at midnight. Classes were canceled as negotiations for a labor agreement and union recognition continued.
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Minneapolis
University of Minnesota
University
Public Buildings Service
AFL
Duke Professors Named on Sociology Dictionary Board
Three Duke University sociology professors served on the editorial board for a new Dictionary of Sociology published by the Philosophical Library in New York. Board members include Dr. Charles A. Ellwood Dr. Hornell Hart and Dr. Howard E. Jensen.
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DUKE
Durham
Duke University
American Iology Society
Philosophical Library of New York
Charles A. Ellwood
Hornell Hart
Howard E. Jensen
Poles Seek Conciliatory Reply to Soviet Border Row
Jan. 14 report says Poland framing a conciliatory response to the Soviet Curzon line proposal as cabinet considers the issue. British censorship limits discussion while Polish factions debate tone. Analysts note that the reply may be cautious and closely coordinated with Britain.
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Judson O'Quinn
Ee King
British Press Association
the Express
Daily Worker
Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz
P i
Weekly
Tribune
Unknown Yank Dives Into 30 Nazi Planes
An anonymous Mustang pilot diving alone into a formation of 30 Nazi fighters earned praise from bomber crews and officers. Witnesses say he engaged the enemy with guns blazing and could have downed several planes before vanishing into the clouds. Maj. Allison Brooks and Maj. Edwin W. Brown lauded his bravery and gifted him lasting recognition.
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London
Germany
Maj
Allison Brooks
Pasadena
Calif
Edwin W. Brown
Oakland
Hillman Ready to Produce Records on Committee
Sidney Hillman, chairman of the CIO political action committee, said he was prepared to give all information to the justice department or any agency regarding charges that the committee violated the Smith Connally anti strike law.
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New York
Sidney Hillman
CIO Political Action Committee
Department of Justice
Gypsy Air Routes Via Italy Judge War’s Transit Fliers
In an American Airfield in Italy on January 14, the wartime transport fliers, a casual skilled crew, fly battered planes across the Mediterranean. Lt. A. T. La Prade, 23, from Phoenix, recalls ferrying paratroops, whiskey, and even Bob Hope, reflecting on life among the latter day Marco Polos of the war.
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Italy
Mediterranean
Co Polos
A. T. la Prade
Phoenix
Ariz
la Prade
Bob Hope
Prade
French Forces Push Two Miles In Apennines
Allied headquarters reported French forces under Gen Alphonse Juin pushed two miles eastward through the Apennines while American units advanced from the south in a surrounding drive on Cassino. American air forces hit three German airfields north of Rome and Mussolini’s jet airport at Guidonia. over 8,000 German troops were said to be prisoners on both Fifth and Eighth Army fronts since Sept 3.
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Joseph E. Dynan
Algiers
Alphonse Juin
Italy
Apennines
Cassino
Gustav Line
Rome
Guidonia
Benito Mussolini
Cerraro
Mt. Trocchio
Coast Unions Back Draft of National Service Act
The CIO Sencenever act and Warehousemen's Union endorsed Roosevelt's national service act. Led by Harry Bridges, the union said the act would not disturb workers in essential war industries but would place other workers into essential roles when needed for national safety. The West Coast longshoremen joined in backing the proposal. Six Spokane labor groups also telegrammed support to the President.
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San Francisco
CIO Sencenever
Roosevelt
Harry Bridges
Spokane
CIO
AFL
Methodist Bishops Lead Raleigh Mass Meeting on Postwar World
Four Methodist bishops led a mass meeting at Edenton Street Church Raleigh on the Christian’s relation to the postwar world. It was part of the Crusade for a New World Order with about 100 other local services nationwide. Similar sessions occurred in Charlotte and Winston-Salem.
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Raleigh
Methodist Church
Edenton Street Methodist Church
Charlotte Tay
Winston-Salem
Escape Route Cut Near Mozyr in White Russia
The Moscow radio reported that Soviet forces cut the escape route of retreating Nazi troops from Mozyr in White Russia. Mozyr, a rail center near the Pripet marshes, faced siege guns as Russian drives pushed toward Pinsk and the railway junction 140 miles west.
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London
Moscow Radio
White Russia
Mozyr
Pripet Marshes
Pinsk
Moscow-Warsaw
Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Kalinkovichi
Pri Marshes
Konstantin Kossovsky
Nazis Increase Pressure on Bosnia Railway
Fierce fighting for control of the Banuna Luka Zagreb Railway in Bosnia continued as German forces pressed Yugoslav partisans in a 25 mile sector between Banja Luka and Prijedor. Tito reports said partisans claimed downing two Nazi transports and destroying a troop train near Brod, with 45 men killed and captured. Southward, partisans seized a lead mine producing 800 tons yearly as Germans push toward the Adriatic through the Dinaric Alps.
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London
Banuna Luka-Zagreb
Bosnia
Banja Luka
Prijedor
Josip Broz
Tito
Free Yugoslav Radio
Wagenide
Brod
Dinaric Alps
Adriatic
Red Guerrilla Leader Returns From Action To Moscow
Col Victory Liventsov, 25, commander of a White Russian guerrilla brigade, arrived in Moscow after two and a half years behind German lines. He was twice with the order of the Red Banner and named Hero of the Soviet Union. His unit was credited with killing several thousand Germans and destroying fascist equipment. The Germans placed a price on his head.
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Moscow
Tass Jews Agency
Victory Liventsov
Soviet Union
Russia
Liventsov
Sai
Virginia faces $235 million general bill in assembly
A Virginia general bill worth 235 million dollars dominated the assembly agenda today with action expected on revisions and funding measures. The report notes the bill's central role in state budgeting and legislative priorities.
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Richmond
Virginia
Assembly
Jan
Thirteen More Jap Barges Are Sunk In New Guinea
Allied planes and light naval craft strike in northwestern New Guinea sinking 13 enemy barges and hitting Alexishafen with 104 tons of bombs. Forces press toward Kapugara river area as Australians push enemy from coastal cliffs while Allied bases from the Solomon Islands conduct a cape St George assault with 36 tons of explosives.
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New Guinea
Alexishafen
Gensuas MacArthur
Com
Reis Point
Kapugara River
Res
Cape Gloucester
Price
Ray
Arawe
New i
Japan
Solomon Islands
Cape St. George
New Ireland
Chips the Canine Hero Receives Award for Valor
Chips, a 600 pound canine nicknamed Chips the Canine Nibbler of Garbageman, is honored with the Distinguished Service Cross for courage in singlehandedly disabling a machine gun and prompting enemy surrender. Maj. Gen. Lucian Truscott added the ribbon to Chips' collar, already bearing the Silver Star and Purple Heart, in Pleasantville New York.
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Pleasantville
N. Y
Gar Me
Lucian Truscott
Carri
New York
Mao
Mosquitos Bomb Western Germany. Reich Battle Continues
RAF Mosquitos bombed western Germany last night in raids the air ministry says cost Nazis 152 fighters and damaged three enemy aircraft factories. Typhoons and fighters shot down eight more enemy planes in northern France, with one Typhoon lost. Fresh figures from Tuesday’s daylight raid on Germany show enemy fighter losses rising to about 100, bomber gunners credited with 125, plus 27 damaged factories and other wreckage as US bombers pressed the battle to the Reich.
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London
Germany
Reich
Berlin
Air Ministry
France
Onermany
Blaz
Iny
Eighth Air Force
United States
Budget Message London Headlines
Editorial notes on a 1944 budget message from London, praising bold visions and lasting priorities. The piece suggests general favorable coverage and highlights the emphasis on a strong wartime budget response.
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London
Knox Says End of War Wishful Thinking, Backing Labor Draft Law
Secretary Knox dismissed talk of an early war end through German collapse as wishful thinking. He urged resolve, noted long, costly Pacific fighting, and expressed support for national service legislation to mobilize labor for war production.
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Knox
Cleveland
Secretary of the Navy
Himmler
Gestapo
Twin Triumphs Reported as Red Army Captures Mozyr and Kalinkovichi
Soviet forces under Rokossovsky overran Mozyr and Kalinkovichi on the Moscow Warsaw line, securing a major rail junction and clearing paths toward Pinsk. Stalin issued a special order praising a skillful outflanking maneuver and the troops' bold assault in the Pri marshes area.
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London
Mozyr
Kalinkovichi
Lobinchev
Constantine Rokossovsky
Moscow
Warsaw
Leningrad
Prohibition Law Movement in South Carolina Legislature
In Columbia on January 14, lawmakers debated a record $19,592,131 appropriations bill with an amendment to restore prohibition as a substitute for the current licensed liquor stores. The plan would abolish the Winthrop College trustees' post April 1, create an 18-member board, and push for a new Winthrop president. Senator Britt urged delaying, requested removal of armed forces units from college property, and noted Army aviation cadets are training at Winthrop.
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Columbia
S.C
Rep
Hines
Darlington
Winthrop Woman's Cell
Rock Hill
Shelton Phelps
Sprint
Q.E. Britt
York
Winthrop
Army Aviation
Britt
Cadet Blinded In Air Lands Safely In California
Aviation Cadet R D Seale 25 Taft California went blind while piloting a one man trainer. He landed safely under calm guidance from Lieut Col C W Thaxton and a radio control tower. Doctors said the blindness was temporary.
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Chico
Calif
R.D. Seale
Taft
C.W. Thaxton
Army Field Control
Seale
Thaxton
Army Hospital
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