United Nations World Strategy Mapped in London
London observers report plans for a unified Allied strategy in 1943. Key goals include a genuine war council with United States, Britain, Soviet Union, and China, faster North Africa political settlement, and coordinated multi theatre offensives to finish the Axis. High officials foresee bold, tightly coordinated actions with Washington talks by Stark and Gilliand seen as crucial to these plans.
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E. C. Daniel London
United Navas
United States
Tain
Russia
China
North Africa
Baird
United Allons
Seven Seas
London
Washington
Adiral Harold D. Stark
U. S
European
John Gillant
Marshal Rommel
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Tunisia
Marines Unload Guadalcanal Supplies as Crew Refused Work
Navy investigates reports that Marines off Guadalcanal unloaded their own supplies after a merchant ship's crew refused Sunday work due to union rules. Veterans and officials describe the incident as the war’s worst scandal. NMU denies policy and says sailors would help if asked.
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Guadalcanal
Akron
Beacon Journal
Navy
Guadalcanal Island
National Maritime Union
New York
Leo Huberman
NMU
Joseph Curran
Washington
Office of Censorship
Beaecon Journal
Red Army tightens encirclement before Stalingrad
Soviet field dispatches report Red Army forces blasting through western fortifications and trapping remnants of 22 Axis divisions before Stalingrad. The encirclement widens along a Rostov arc with gains toward Kharkov Voroshilovgrad and the sea of Azov.
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Moscow
Red Army
Stalingrad
Voronezh Front
Moscow-Rostov
Don River
Rostov
Don
Donets River
Voronezh
Russian High Command
Kharkov
Voroshilovgrad
Likhaya
Sea of Azov
British forces press toward Tripoli as by-passing push aims at Tunisia
British troops reported advancing through suburbs of bombed Tripoli while spearheads move to cut the road to Tunisia. Axis rear guards retreat as Rommel’s forces are pursued, with American air raids extending into Tunisia. Cairo says British engage west of Homs and south of Tripoli as Italians claim movement by the city.
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Eighth Army
Tripoli
Rommel
Africa Corps
Tunisia
Tunis
Bizerte
Edward D. Ball
London
Morocco
Mussolini
Cairo
Homs
One Jap Pocket in Sanananda Liquidated in New Guinea
Allied headquarters report one of four Japanese pockets at Sanananda in New Guinea eliminated. About 150 Japanese soldiers were slain in the action near the beach road. Other fronts show heavy fighting as Allied and Axis forces clash from Tunisia to the Pacific with air and sea strikes ongoing.
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Sanananda
Australia
New Guinea
Sanananda Road
Miners still out as coal strike nears end
In Wilkes-Barre Pa January 22 1944 only about 2400 miners remain on strike in the anthracite fields as key locals plan returns after President Roosevelt set a back to work deadline. UMW locals report meetings to decide whether to resume work while the White House hopes most will comply.
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Wilkes-Barre
R Harbor
Ccal
United Mine Workers
Susnehanna Collieries Company
Nomine
Payne Coa
Roose II
UMW
Peter
Vest
White House
Yester
Roosevelt
War Labor
Upward Parity Price Revision Action Approved by House Committee
The House Agriculture Committee unanimously approved a bill to raise farm parity price levels to include farm labor costs, restarting a farm bloc push opposed by the administration last year. Author Rep Page says costs would rise minimally this year and less than 4 percent in 1944.
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House
Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Congress
Roosevelt
Page
D.-Ga
Fulmer
Business Men To Have Voice In OPA Rules
Washington January 22 The new price administrator Prentiss M Brown plans to restore industry advisory committees to draft OPA regulations. He aims to shift enforcement to U S attorneys nationwide and reduce centralized policing of price orders. He believes local administration will lessen unpopularity and reflect regional conditions.
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Washington
Prentiss M. Brown
Brown
OPA
United States
U. S
Geng's Air Power and U S War Strategy
An analysis by Ray Tucker notes Washington's slow embrace of an independent air force and highlights air power’s growing role. The piece details aviator presence, decorations, and senior leaders like Marshall, MacArthur, and MacNarney, with officers scattered globally and a hint of continued coverage on page 3.
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Ray Tucker
Army High Command
Congress
Washington
George C. Marshall
Douglas A. MacArthur
Nine Months Optional Under New Proposals
Substitution bills propose a 180 day school term with optional sixty day suspensions for agriculture needs. State Board of Education or local authorities, with approval, could reopen on Saturdays or holidays to finish within nine months. In emergencies, the board could order general extended recess to aid planting or harvesting operations.
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Raleigh
Horton
Martin
Johnson
Duplin
Evans
Hertford
Umstead
Orange
Reynolds
Buncombe
Arch Allen
Wake
Wallace
Johnston
Leary
Chowan
Broughton
State Board of Education
Sellars Of Alamance Seeks End To North Carolina Sales Tax
Raleigh dispatch reports Rep Sellars of Alamance introduced a bill to repeal the state sales tax arguing it was enacted during a financial emergency and should be removed as the deficit eased. The same day bills to protect pickup labor disputes and to criminalize violent efforts to hinder lawful work were sent to committee. Senate action included a measure to invest 20 million dollars of the general fund surplus in securities, with debate over raising to 22 million and possible use against bonded debt.
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Sellars of Alamance
North Carolina
Sellars
Alamance
Finance Committee
Senate
Taylor of
Anson
Bulgarian troops sent to France Belgium and Poland
The Algiers radio announced in a broad cast to France that Bulgarian soldiers were sent to France Belgium and Poland to relieve German troops occupying those areas so they could be deployed on the Russian front.
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New York
Algiers
France
Belgium
Poland
Navy fliers sink 65000 tons of Japanese shipping
In a two week effort after the Dutch Harbor attack Patrol Wing Four crews, under Wing Commander Capt. Leslie E Gehres, sank 65000 tons of Japanese shipping and damaged four transports a destroyer and three cruisers. Lt Comdr Charles E Perkins and Lt Lucius Campbell earned Navy Crosses for risky missions.
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San Diego
Calif
Navy
Dutch Harbor
Leslie E Gehres
Coronado
Patrol Wing
Roosevelt
Gehres
Lucius D
Campbell
Seattle
Wash
Kiska
Charles E. Perkins
Wendell
N. C
Perkins
RAF Returns To Attack In Germany For First Time Since Berlin Raid
The RAF attacked the Ruhr during the night marking the first raid on Germany since Berlin. Four RAF planes were lost with large fires reported in the target area. Berlin said British planes crossed Western Germany with damage and casualties. six four engine planes were shot down according to Berlin. Allied daylight raids on Northern France and the Lowlands were supported by USAAF fighters with multiple Boston bombers targeting Cherbourg Le Harve Caen and Thiequeville.
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RAF
Germany
Berlin
Ruhr
London
Air Ministry
Britain
France
United States Army Air Forces
Caen
Thiequeville
le Harre
Cherbourg
Flushing
Netherlands
England
American Base Bombed By One Japanese Plane
Navy communique reports a lone Japanese plane bombed Espiritu Santo in the New Hebrides with no casualties or damage to U S installations. It notes additional raids on Ballale and Guadalcanal with minor damage and casualties, while U S ground forces continued mop up operations on Guadalcanal.
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Washington
Espiritu
Santo
Navy
Hebrides
South Pacific
United States
Ballale Island
Shortland Island
Espiritu Santo Island
New Hebrides
Guadalcanal
Balloon blast in Vallejo kills soldier and injures others
An Army barrage balloon exploded at its mooring in Vallejo California on January 21 killing one soldier and injuring five soldiers and twelve civilians. The incident occurred as the air device malfunctioned during mooring procedures drawing an immediate response from local and military authorities.
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Vallejo
Calif
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GTO
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Pont du Fahs
Unis
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Ate
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