Franco’s Dilemma Deepens as Britain Protests Spain Pact
Britain's Eden accuses Spain of aiding Nazi Germany by allowing Spanish volunteers to fight with the Nazis in Russia. The article notes Franco’s balancing act between Germany and the Allies, plus internal Leftist-Rightist clashes threatening his dictatorship and shifting Spain toward neutrality or monarchy.
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Franco
Hitler
Britain
Eden
Spain
House of Commons
Samuel Hoare
England
Russia
Nane Ton
Franco Falange Party
Valencia
Falange Party
Alfonso
Germany
Mussolini
Stimson cites signs Japanese may escape by barges at night
Secretary of War Stimson said indications point to possible Japanese attempts to escape by barges at night as Allied forces press in northern New Guinea and New Britain. He reported sunk troop barges, advancing Allied beachheads, and heavy American losses in Cone Gloucester.
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William Frye Washington
New Guinea
Stimson
Pacific
Vincke Point
Saidor
New Britain
Cone
Gloucester
Germans Trapped as Soviet Offensives Reach Novgorod
Stalin announced capture of Novgorod in the Leningrad offensive as Red armies push north and west, forcing German evac from key centers and isolating the German base city. The victory opens routes toward the Baltic and Moscow–Leningrad rail links while advancing two-pronged attacks from Leningrad and Oranienbaum.
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London
Joseph Stalin
Novgorod
Ilmen
Leningrad
Red
Leonid A. Govorov
Baltic
Stalin
Kirkill A. Meretskov
Volkhov
Lake
Simen
Peter the Great
Russia
Oranienbaum
Gulf of Finland
Lake Simen
Tallin
Estonia
Vologda
Moscow-Leningrad
Lake Ladoga
Moscow- Leningrad
Krasnogvardeisk
Gatcchina
Founders Strike May Be Settled On Coast
Seattle report says a back-to-work proposal sponsored by the war department prompted renewed optimism for ending a strike by 6,000 foundry workers in Washington and Oregon. A five hour to conference with government and military officials led the Molders and Foundry Workers Union to plan a local vote at 10 a.m. tomorrow on the proposal.
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Seattle
War Department
Washington
Oregon
Molders and Foundry Workers’ Union
AFL
Philadelphia Garbage Collection Faces Potential Citywide Break
Philadelphia's garbage system hung in the balance as over 300 private contractor trucks joined the strike by public works workers demanding a 10 cent per hour wage rise.
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Philadelphia
Public Works Department
Don't Worry About MacArthur's Retiring
Secretary of War Stimson said at a news conference that General Douglas MacArthur would not be relieved of active duty at 64 next Wednesday. He noted MacArthur is already on the retired list and the retirement law would not apply. MacArthur retired in December 1937 at his own request but was later recalled to active service.
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Washington
War Stimson
Douglas McArthur
Stimson
MacArthur
Fifth Army Enlarges Bridgeheads in Italy
Allied headquarters report the Fifth Army in Italy widened bridgeheads above the Gari river to two miles in places after capturing Argento Tufo and Suiothe villages. Minturno reportedly evacuated by Germans. British and French units made river crossings and conducted patrols while air forces targeted rail yards and airfields near Rome Florence and Perugia.
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Aligiers
Jan
Fifth Army
Italy
Gargliano River
Minturno
Argento
Tufo
Suio
Appian Way
Mintu
Berlin
Rome
Iman
Cassino
Rapido
Garigliano
Tyrrhenian
Suto
Ciampiano
Rene
Centocelle
Eld
Perugia
Pontassieve
Florence
Viterbo
Rieti
Sulmona
Eighth Army
Colleferro
American Airmen And Aussie Ground Forces Lead Markham Valley Drive
From Lae to Dumpu American and Australian forces have built a major Markham Valley network by air and sea transport. The combined operation under Fifth Air Force and Anzac troops pushes toward Madang Alexishafen and Hansa Bay, driving back Japanese defenses along the Bogadjim road while bomber sorties widen the threat to Dutch New Guinea.
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Markham Valley
New Guinea
Madang
Alexishafen
Hansa Bay
Southwest Pacific
INS
Fifth Air Force
Lae
Huon Peninsula
Dumpu
Bination
Markham
Dutch New Guinea
Saidor
Hollandia
United Nations
Bogadjim
Hoover Defers on Advisement to FCC Testimony
J Edgar Hoover refused to reveal suggestions he gave the FBI directorate during a House committee probe of the Federal Communications Commission. He cited a presidential directive, while committee counsel argued blanket orders cannot shield testimony. The case involves broadcaster Alfonso Lombrazi of Boston who was allegedly barred from air.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal
Au of
House
Federal Communications Commission
Roosevelt
Eugene L. Garey
Hoover
Alfonso Lombiazi
Boston
Lombiazi
Garey
Lea
D-Calif
W Ully
FBI
Lombrazi
Hart
Butler Seeks Record of U S Latin America Aid
Senator Butler submits a second accounting in the Senate detailing U S spending commitments and credit extensions in Latin America totaling 5.73 billion dollars over the last three years. He calls it a refutation of administration denials and attaches a 20 page itemization from government reports and letters.
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Washington
United States
Latin America
Butler
R-Neb
Senate
U. S
Vatican Recognizes Japanese Allied Philippine Government
Berlin radio reported that the Vatican recognizes the Independent Philippine Republic government led by Jose P. Laurel, aligned with Japan. The claim suggests Rome’s acknowledgment of the Tokyo‑backed regime established under Japanese aegis.
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New York
Berlin
Vatican
Philippine Republic
Ageis
Jose P. Laurel
Three Jap Merchant Ships Sunk And Five Damaged
ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD QUARTERS reports three Japanese merchant ships sunk and five damaged near Simpson Harbor at Rabaul New Britain after a raid by over 100 Allied planes. The attack involved forty torpedo and dive bombers and sixty fighters from Bougainville, with heavy losses on both sides. some pilots estimated six ships sunk.
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New Guinea
Simpson Harbor
Rabaul
New Ritain
MacArthur
Bougainville
Solomons
Japanese Imperial Headquarters
Tokyo
Fourth Service Ordnance Warehouse In Atlanta Destroyed By Fire
Fire of undetermined origin at the Atlanta ordnance depot destroyed the fourth service command base shop and a warehouse. Loss estimated between 2.0 and 2.5 million dollars. No casualties. First alarm at 2 43 a.m. both buildings smoldering by 9 a.m. The depot is at Forest Park on the Jonesboro road, ten miles from Atlanta.
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Atlanta
Fourth Service Command
Forest Park
Jonesboro Road
Secret parley linked to Bolivian revolt surfaces
Report from Montevideo says a secret Buenos Aires conference at Count Von Luxburg's home preceded Bolivia’s December revolt. Bolivian leaders and Argentine nationalists discussed funding for Villarroel regime, with Victor Paz Estenssoro allegedly receiving millions of Argentine pesos.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Buenos Aires
Karl von Duxburg
Argentina
Bolivia
Victor Paz Estenssoro
Gualberto Villarroel
Vilarroel
von Luxburg
Latin America
U. S. States Department
Pedro Ramirez
Axis
Chile
Brazil
Allied Planes Bomb Rome Suburbs Again
A German news agency in Berlin says allied aircraft raided the outer suburbs of Rome this morning. Heavy bombs hit Ciampino and Cinetto airfields, marking a second Rome area raid in two days announced by Allied headquarters in Algiers.
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London
Berlin
Rome
Ciampino
Cintecello
Algiers
Nazis Launch New Drive Near Fiume Croat Coast
London reports Tito says heavy fighting spreads along the Croat coast below Fiume as Germans push two drives toward the shore. He claims major clashes near Ograd, west of Zagreb, and near Ljubljana with hundreds of German officers killed and parts of the Zagreb Belgrade line disrupted.
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London
al Josip Broz
Tito
Fiume
Associated
Croatia
Tioto
Oalj
Zagreb
Ljubljana
Slove
Ital
Zagreb-Belgrade
Cacko Hercegovina
Rayburn Warns Postwar Job Risk to Central Government
Chicago dispatch reports Speaker Rayburn warns at a U S conference of mayors that bungling a postwar job could revive demands for centralized government. He vows to appoint a partisan House committee to frame peace prosperity legislation next week and questions future leadership if a strong leader like Franklin D. Roosevelt is not available.
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Chicago
Rayburn
Tex
Unit States Conference of
America
Franklin D. Roosey
T ‘Man
Assertions That Japanese Fliers Deteriorating Not Shown
New Guinea January dispatch argues that claims of Japanese air force deterioration lack support. In the RaBaul raid over New Britain, Japanese pilots fought a numerically superior American force, with about 18 definite and 15 probable Japanese losses to 12 American planes. General MacArthur’s spokesman notes Japan continues to learn and improve, while Tokyo broadcasts claim heavy Allied air raids on Rabaul. The piece says Japanese air strength remains present and capable despite Allied pressure.
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Clen Clements
Allied
New Guinea
Rabaul
New Britain
Dif
U. S
MacArthur
Tokyo
Southwest Pacific
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Oe Tien
Eng
North New Guinea
Sth
Focke-Wulf
Oschersleben
Messerschmitt
Brunswick
Junkers
Halberstadt
Red Army
Kerch
Ateies
South Pacific
U. S. Navy
By Edward Kennedy
Lee van Atta
FCC
South America
Rabaul Harbor
Fourth Service Ordnance
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