Soviet Attack Grinds At Nazi Summer Gains
London report details Red Army advances across the Donets toward Rostov, with recapture of Millerovo and multiple Donets towns. Soviet fronts stretch from Voronezh to the Caucasus as units push toward Kharkov and Rostov, threatening key Nazi supply hubs and rail lines.
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Associated Press
London
Red
Donets
Kamensk
Rostov
Germany
Russia
Kharkov
Ukraine
Moscow
Soviet Monitor
Voeronezh
Caucasus
Millerovo
Kalitvenskaya
Ety
Stalingrad-Novorossisk
Rostov-Baku
Catecasus
Red Army
Rostox
Don Bend
British bomb Berlin with 8000 pounders in heavy raids
World War II war brief notes British heavy bombers strike Berlin with 8000 pound blockbusters for a second night, describing Berlin’s worst weekend, while Nazi counter raids on London are called puny. The British say they aim to knock Berlin out of the war as others report advances in North Africa and the Donets Valley.
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Berlin
London
Giant Kaiser Tanker Sinks While In Dock
The 16500 ton tanker Schenectady, first built at Henry J. Kaiser Swan Island yard, cracked open and sank at a dock after a faultless trial run. Investigators found no sabotage. a sand ridge under the dock from a recent flood may have broken the keel as water level fell.
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Portland
Ore
Schenectady
New
Henry J. Kaiser
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Bus Wreck Near Tryon Leaves Three Seriously Hurt
A Carolina Scenic Coach Line bus traveling from Asheville to Spartanburg overturned near Tryon North Carolina. Mrs. Margaret Powell of Inman W S Dobbins of Tucapan and Albert Cage of Fort Jackson sustained serious injuries. Six other passengers received treatment for minor injuries as the bus plunged into a mountain stream.
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Spartanburg
S. C
Margaret Powell
Inman
W. A. Dobbins
Tucapan
Albert Cage
Fort Jackson
Carolina Scenic Coach Line
Asheville
N. C
Tryon
N.C
Record Breaking Opening Day Throng At War-Time Furniture Market
An estimated record opening day throng of furniture buyers crowded the Mid-Winter Southern Furniture and Rug Market. Merchants from eastern and southern states jammed four main exchanges flooding demand though inventories and war restrictions limit immediate delivery. Buyers expressed strong future buying, with many orders placed for May or June delivery as centers reported unprecedented attendance and sales prospects.
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High Point
Southern Furniture Ae
George T. Wood and Sons
Broad Street
Tomlinson
Exhibition Building
Johnston Inauguration Set Tomorrow in Columbia
Olin D. Johnston 46 of Spartanburg to be sworn in as South Carolina governor for a four year term. A wartime rationed parade is scrapped. events begin 11 a.m. with a Fort Jackson band and a short procession to a state house platform for the oath administered by a supreme court justice.
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Columbia
D. C
Olin D. Johnston
Spartanburg
South Carolina
R. M. Jeffries
State House
George Collins
Arrangements Committee
Fort Jackson
Senate
Edgar A. Brown
House
So Blatt
O. K. Webb
Supreme Court
Overnor
General Assembly
Senator Brown
Webb
Rumor Aims Kirk as East Minister to Egypt and Courtly Diplomat
Ray Tucker surveys Alexander C Kirk a scion of the Kirk soap family described as a witty, monocled envoy. He has served in Paris Rome and Cairo, reportedly entertaining colleagues in mansions abroad while Cecil Brown calls him one of the world’s ablest foreign representatives.
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Ray Tucker
Alexander C. Kirk
East
Egypt
Cordell Hull
Asia Minor
Alex
Kirk Soap
Paris
Rome
Gairo
Ameri
Cecil Brown
Suez
Singapore
Cecil
Brown
RAF bombs Berlin in renewed war of the capitals
London reports a strong force of RAF bombers hitting Berlin with huge fires, while German defenses suffered heavy losses. The barrage by London's anti aircraft guns disrupted Nazi raids, with 22 bombers shot down and Allied losses at seven other aircraft in Western Europe and the North Sea. The German high command claimed 25 enemy planes destroyed, many four motor types.
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Associated Press
London
Berlin
Ciy
Air Ministry
High Command
Europe
North Sea
Walker Named Successor For Edward Flynn
Chicago Jan 18 Frank C Walker postmaster general was elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee to succeed Edward J Flynn who resigned to become ambassador and personal representative to Australia The nomination was unopposed and noted by Culbert Olson and Emma Guffey Miller The meeting marked Flynn's last as chairman as he said he resigned to serve the nation in a different field and Walker pledged to lead the party with the president's aims in mind.
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Chicago
Frank C. Walker
Democratic National Committee
Edward J. Flynn
Roosevelt
Australia
Walker
Flynn
Culbert L. Olson
Forme
California
Emma Guffey Miller
Pennsylvania
Frank Walker
Frank H. McHale
Indiana
Ottos
Eyote
British Eighth Army Advances Toward Tripoli in Libya
Allied forces under General Montgomery push across Libya toward Tripoli, closing in to about 100 miles from the city after breaking Rommel defenses at Buerat El Hsun. The advance runs through Tauorga Bir Dufan and Beni Ulid along the Tripolitanian coast as Axis air actions threaten Allied ships.
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Eighth Army
Buerat el Hsun
Cairo
Ronmmel
Tripoli
Rommel
Buerat
Libya
Naugh
Urata
St Bernard L. Montgomery
Em Ulid
Montgomery
Beni Alid
Tauorga
Bir Dufan
Rome
North African
Misurata
Beni Ulid
Allied fliers strike Burma and China in weekend air moves
United States and British fliers reported sharp blows against Japanese positions in Burma and southwest China. Strikes disabled the Bhamo storage base with damaged warehouses and dumps, while Curtiss Warhawks fought off numerically superior Japanese planes, shooting down several zeros and bombers. American bombers then hit Lashio base as RAF planes attacked Ratherdaung and other Burmese targets.
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New Delhi
United States
Burma
China
Chungking
Joseph W. Stilwell
Bhamo
Yunnan
Comunique
Lashio
Ratherdaung
U S Bombers Sink or Damage Five Jap Merchant Ships
Allied air forces sank or badly damaged five Japanese merchant ships totaling 25 000 tons in a three hour raid on Rabaul New Britain during the weekend. Aerial fire sat ablaze area ports and airfields as Fortress bombers returned safely.
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U.S
Melbourne
Australia
United States
Rabaul
New Britain
Pacific
Japs Heavily Pounded By U S Bombers In Solomon Island
Washington reports American bombers struck Japanese positions on Shortland Island in the Solomons. Ground troops on Guadalcanal claim about 150 additional Japanese killed and several prisoners as mopping up continues.
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Solomon Island
Associated Press
Washington
Shortland Island
Solomons
Navy
Guadalcanal
Merger of Western Union and Postal Telegraph Approved
The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee unanimously approved a bill permitting the merger of the Western Union and Postal Telegraph Companies. Senator McFarland said the measure remained unchanged from prior congress reports as the committee noted Postal’s deficit around 9 million dollars, a principal reason for consolidation.
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Washington
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Western Union
Postal Telegraph Companies
McFarland
D-Ariz
Postal
Strikers Hold Line as Government Seizure Fears Rise
In Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania thousands of anthracite miners await possible government seizure of closed collieries while 12 500 idle miners refuse to end the 19 day wildcat walkout. An additional 8 500 to reopen nine mines ended participation, leaving 1 000 still on strike and the War Labor Board weighs referring the case to President Roosevelt for a direct appeal.
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Wilkes-Barre
Pennsylvania
War Labor Board
Pearl Harbor
Washington
Roosevelt
Eee
White House
Senate Confirms Prentiss Brown For Price Administrator
The Senate confirmed Senator Prentiss M. Brown of Michigan to be Price Administrator and head of rationing programs. Brown, 53, takes over the Price Control Administration from Leon Henderson, after Henderson's resignation for health reasons. Brown, a former House member and long-time senator, pledged to devote full time to the role and defend price stabilization and rationing as protective rather than punitive.
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Senate
Roosevelt
Prentiss M. Brown
Price
Brown
St. Ignace
Mich
Leon Henderson
Henderson
House
Assembly Enters Second Week With Budget Hearings
Raleigh January 18 A state budget session resumes as the appropriations committee reviews department requests. The General Assembly starts a new week with renewed committee activity and new bills. The joint Finance Committee meets tomorrow while the House Education committee weighs the Umstead nine month school bill. The State Board of Charities seeks a $330,976 biennial budget increase for salaries field inspectors and defense area costs, down from $347,634 currently.
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Raleigh
Wiit
General Assembly
Joint Finance Committee
Tomore Row
House
Umstead
State Board of Charities and Public Welfare
Appropriations Committee
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