Fourth Term Roosevelt Seen Certain by Democrats
Democratic leaders expect Roosevelt to seek a fourth term and plan for a vice presidential choice at the July Chicago convention. Robert Hannegan was elected chairman to replace Frank Walker as the committee shifts focus to the upcoming battle with the Republicans. Wallace and Rayburn are discussed as possible running mates amid strong support for Roosevelt.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Democratic National Committee
Chicago
Robert ©. Hannegan
Frank C. Walker
Frank Walker
Robert E. Hannegan
St. Louisan
Presiden Roosevelt
Midwest Democratic Conference
James P. Alyward
Missouri
Vicette Wallace
Sam Yburn
Tex
House
Wallace
James A. Farley
New York
al Hannegan
Soviet Capture Of Mga Opens Moscow Leningrad Rail Link
Soviet troops seized Mga, a strategic rail junction 30 miles southeast of Leningrad, reuniting Russia's second city with Moscow by rail for the first time since Leningrad’s siege began two years ago. The move freed the Leningrad Moscow trunk line and advanced a new front toward Vinaygolovo, while Baltic front battles continued as Rokossovsky’s troops claimed nine towns. The nation marked Lenin’s death centennial amid a broader strategic push in the north and Baltic regions.
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London
Mga
Leningrad
Russia
Moscow
Seige
Muremansk
Volkhov
Nerva
Vinyagolovo
Vokhov
White Russia
Rokossovsky
Baltic
Nikolai Lenin
Stalin
Red Army
Stalins
Farm Wage Control Program Established By Food Chief
War Food Administrator Marvin Jones orders a nationwide farm wage control system with maximum ceilings of 2400 a year. State farm wage boards or hearings will set wages, mirroring the wartime labor board, as farm pay rises to new highs and many workers migrate to war plants.
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Washington
War Food
Marvin Jones
War Food Administration
WFA
War Labor Board
WLB
James F. Byrnes
Tal
Anhor
WEA
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
D B Bell Dies After Fall From Ship Side
The body of D B Bell 53 a painter at Norfolk Shipbuilding Drydock Corporation was recovered after a fatal fall from a scaffold late Friday in Norfolk Virginia He was a native of Enfield North Carolina and had lived in the area for several years He was unmarried and the body remained at Gregory Funeral Home pending relatives notification in North Carolina
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Norfolk
D. B. Bell
Oo Ggia
Norfolk Shipbuilding Drydock Corporation
Gregory Funeral Home
North Carolina
Bell
Enfield
N. C
Police Officer Fatally Shoots Self in Charlotte Home
Wiley H. Hunnicutt, 50, veteran Charlotte officer for 25 years, died at his home after an apparent self-inflicted gunshot. He had been wounded nine years earlier by a fugitive’s bullet and suffered ongoing illnesses.
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Charlotte
Wiley H. Hunnicutt
Allied Planes Hammering At Jap Bases
Allied planes pounded Japan's bases in Madang and the Marshall Islands as part of a timed campaign to soften positions for possible new landings. No Japanese air interception was reported in the latest raids, suggesting fighters were pulled back or supply lines strained. over 200 Japanese planes were listed as destroyed in the Rabaul area this month.
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Pacific
Madang
New Guinea
Marshall Islands
Tokyo
Rabaul
MacArthur
New Guia
Two Raids Hit Paramushiro Major Jap Base
The navy announced two bombing runs against Paramushiro, a major Japanese naval base at the Kuriles. Planes flew from the Aleutians to raid the southern and northern coastal areas, with the first raid met by light anti aircraft fire but all planes returning safely. The two attacks raise total raids on Paramushiro to seven.
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Washington
Paramushiro
North Pacific
Navy
Aleutians
North Pacific Ocean
Kurile Chain
Louisiana Democrats Set Second Primary Runoff
In New Orleans on January 22, Louisianans learned a second Democratic primary will be held. Gubernatorial candidate Lewis L. Morgan announced he will enter the runoff against James H. Davis and believes the governorship is within reach despite Davis leading by 29,104 votes in Tuesday’s first primary. The second primary is set for February 29.
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Orleans
Louisiana
Lewis L. Morgan
James H. Davis
Shreveport
Morgan
Uruguay Avoids Recognizing Bolivia Regime
The Uruguayan government will not establish diplomatic relations with Bolivia’s month-old revolution after completing consultations with 19 American republics. Argentina is the only Latin country to recognize Gualberto Vélez, who displaced Enrique Penaranda on December 20.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Foreign Office
Argentina
Gualberto Ve
Enrique Penaranda
Planes Lost In Massive RAF Night Bombing Run
The RAF carried out a major night raid on Magdeburg and surrounding targets with more than 2,000 long tons of bombs. Losses included 55 bombers, among the heaviest to date, as German and British air forces engaged over southeast England and Pas de Calais.
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Tom Yarbrough Long
RAF
Magdeburg
Saxony
Benin
Germany
London
England
France
Pas de Calais
Berlin
Elbe River
Leipzig
Kassel
Hamburg
Brunswick
Air Ministry
Channel
Allied air campaign knocks out all Rome area airfields except one
An Allied Mediterranean air force spokesman said air raids have destroyed or blocked airfields and rail lines around Rome and Leghorn. Only one airfield remains operative near Rome, with rail blocks largely effective elsewhere.
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Rome
Allied
Algiers
Allied Mediterranean Airforce
Leghorn
German Argentine Consul Seized By British As Spy
British authorities seized Osmar Alberto Hellmuth auxiliary consul at Barcelona en route to Argentina, labeling him an enemy agent. Argentina launched an espionage probe and said Hellmuth was relieved of duties amid reports of a wider spy ring. The incident followed a British seizure in Trinidad, a British possession off Venezuela. An Associated Press report in Montevideo noted a Nazi embassy letter allegedly directing South American agents.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Osmar Alberto Hellmuth
Barcelona
Spain
Trinidad
Venezuela
British Foreign Office
Foreign Office
Hellmuth
Associated Press
Montevideo
Uruguay
la Razon
Rapper Weilheimer
South Amer
Morse divorce granted after husband’s stingy movie-house spite
Mrs Edna J Morse won a divorce from John H Morse a studio worker in the army air corps after she charged he would drop her at a cheap cinema then go to a pricier one He married her on a bet Mrs Morse said they had hamburger and potatoes for three months and they lived on a bet marriage ended in divorce in Los Angeles on January 22.
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Los Angeles
Edna J. Morse
John H. Morse
Army Air‘corps
Little opposition to landings behind Germans by air
Advanced Air Base in Italy reports sunrise air cover over the western Italian coast with minimal artillery fire on the beach and no enemy aircraft sighted. Pilots say weather was ideal, coastal boats beached, and ships shuttling supplies as P-40s Spitfires and Beaufighters provide day and night cover for ongoing amphibious operations.
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London
Jan
Croatia
Josip Broz
Tito
Yugoslav Liberation Army
Bosnia
Tuzla
Istrian
Slovenia
Kenneth 8
Dixon
Italy
12Th Air Support Command
Judge Grants Divorce Over Failure to Pledge Citizenship
New York judge rules failure to pledge loyalty to become a citizen justifies an annulment. Anna Jaeger obtains divorce from Ludwig Jaeger who admitted not pursuing naturalization since 1933. He traveled to Germany, embraced Nazi views, refused joint citizenship efforts, and was confined as an enemy alien at Camp Lincoln, North Dakota.
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New York
Supreme Court
Aaron J. Levy
Anna Jaeger
Ludwig
United States
Jaeger
Germany
Camp Lincoln
N. D
Landings Near Rome Break Nazi Defenses
Allied forces landed on the central Italian coast near Rome with a bold assault aimed at breaking the Gustav and Adolf Hitler lines. Gen. Mark W. Clark led the operation under Gen. Sir Harold Alexander, supported by air and naval bombardments and inland advances across the Rapido near Cassino.
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Algiers
Fifth
Rome
Italy
Gustav
Adolf Hitler
Tiber River
Nettuno
Nettune
Pontine
Nettuno Harbor
Mark W. Clark
Mediterranean
Harold Alexander
Gen. Clark
Rapi River
Cassino
Hidden Nazi Headquarters Destroyed Near Castel Gandolfo
Advanced air raid by the 12th air support command destroyed a German Flieger Korps headquarters in a villa near Frascati south of Rome. Two groups of eight A36 Invaders dropped direct hits on the villa’s west wing, with pilots reporting a massive explosion and black smoke. Lt. Col. Harold E. Kofahl led the mission after briefing and photographing the target to ensure accuracy.
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Kenneth L. Dixon
Italy
Air Corps
Pius XII
12Th Air Support Command
Castel Gandolfo
Rome
Harold E. Kofahl
Fellows
Calif
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