Red Army Reclaims Armavir and Seizes Voronezh Front Gain
Moscow dispatch reports Armavir retaken locking Maikop oil fields from Nazi control, while Voronezh front advances take Volokonovka and cut the Yelets Kupyansk railway. About 12,000 Axis prisoners captured, boosting total to 34,000 in nine days of offensives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Red Army
Armavir
Maikop
Caucasus
Voronezh
Volokonovka
Kharkov
Belgorod
Maiop
Tuapse
Black Sea
London
Ttvaucasus
Stalingrad
Ain
Navy Reveals High Ranking Officers Lost
SAN FRANCISCO January 23 The Navy disclosed the names of the missing aboard a transport plane that disappeared since Thursday Rear Admiral Robert H English commander of the Pacific Fleet submarine force is among the 19 aboard Three captains three commanders and two lieutenant commanders are among the officers declared lost One nurse Lieut J G Edna Owella Morrow was aboard The last contact with the plane came Thursday morning as weather prevented landing A Coast Guard raft was later found near Santa Cruz and two rafts tied to the Coast Guard were identified as likely from a vessel The officers addresses and spouses were listed in the release and the search continued with hopes for their safety fading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Robert H. English
Pacific Fleet
Navy
J. G. Edna Owella Morrow
South Pacific
Bay Area
Clear Lake
John Pianevilla
Santa Cruz
Coast Guard
Admiral English
Warrenton, Ga
Eloisa Walker English
Lowell St. N. W
Washington
Allies Pressing Attacks On Jap Ships At Rabaul
Allied reports say two more ships were hit at Rabaul as air strikes earlier in the week sank four vessels totalling 24,000 tons. MacArthur's communique notes continued fighting over New Guinea with 117 Japanese prisoners taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rabaul
Allied
Australia
New Britain
Allied High Command
Papuan
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Saaskénau
Southwest Pacific
Lae
Solomons
Bride Of Ensign Slain In Pullman Berth No 13
Eugene Oregon January 23. Murder aboard the West Coast Limited left Ensign Richard F James wife Martha Virginia Brinson James dead in lower berth 13. Throat cut, body found by Marine Private Harold R Wilson. Robbery not motive. $112 found on victim. Dark husky man seen fleeing toward the rear. Suspects detained in Klamath Falls and Tangent area as posse searches continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bride of Ensign
Pullman
Berth 13
Eugene
Ore
Lower Berth No
Martha Virginia Brinson James
Richard F. James
Marine Pvt
Harold R. Wilson
San Diego
Upper 13
Wilson
Lower 13
Limited
Tangent
Klamath Falls
Roy Southerland
Southerland
Tripoli Falls as British Drive to Tunisia Ends Axis Grip
British Eighth Army captured Tripoli early today opening the western advance toward Tunisia. Montgomery’s men widened the bomb alley toward Rommel as Allied planes bombarded Zuara and coast road defenses. The French said fighting continued as forces prepared for rest and reorganization after the Libyan push.
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Noland Norgaard
North Africa
Britain
Tripoli
Mussolini
Tunisia
Rommel
Montgomery
New York
Plains of Nebraska
Zuara
Admiralty
London
Royal Navy
Gafsa
Jurgen von Arnin
Libya
Rationing Aims Move To Cheese Butter Next
Washington officials indicate cheese may be rationed next spring alongside meat as a substitute. civilians will face limited butter supplies. OPA targets March 1 for point rationing of canned dried and preserved fruits vegetables and baby foods. meat and cheese rationing may follow in coming weeks.
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Washington
Office of Rice Administration
OPA
Rch 1
Probbaly
Woollcott Dies Sudden at 56 in CBS Broadcast
Alexander Woollcott, famed author and actor, collapsed shortly after seven while taking part in a CBS broadcast in New York. He was 56.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woollcott
New York
Alexander Woollcott
Re Tonight
Ing
Columbia Broadcasting System
North Carolina Senate Bills Stocked For Coming Week
The North Carolina Senate hopper fills with new bills including a nine month school measure and a companion House bill. Also up are revisions to absentee ballot laws retirement fund changes district creation UNC board politics removal effort and city court terms. The week saw approvals enabling investment of surplus funds and a $20 million postwar reserve.
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Woodrow Price Raleigh
Senate
House
Law Enforcement Officers
Board of Trustees
University of North Carolina
State Board of Health
Council of State
Sen. Blythe
Mecklenburg
Caswell Training School
Carolina Coal Mine Reopens in Chatham County
The first coal car in North Carolina in nearly two decades was shipped from the Carolina Mine in Chatham County to the Atlantic and East Carolina Railway for testing in locomotive fireboxes. Investor H. B. Chatfield said reopening the Deep River coal field aims to restore the state's coal production.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Carolina
Chatham County
State News Bureau
Atlantic and East Carolina Railway
H. B. Chatfield
Southern Pines
Deep River
Congress
Rise of Axis Strain Seen Amid Cold War News
Confidential advices from Switzerland Spain and Portugal suggest Axis leadership under stress. Reports claim German officers fear internal power struggles as rumors spread of American weapon production and likelier military reverses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucker
State Department
Switzerland
Spain
Portugal
Herrenvolk
Washington
Hitler
Red Front
Junkers
Federal rule caps filling station hours nationwide
The Petroleum Administration orders limit stations to 72 hours per week or 24/7 service for trucks with T ration stickers. Dealers must serve all customers for 12 consecutive hours and only T card holders during the rest. Credit buying bans take effect February 1, with card restrictions already in place since January 1. Federal and local government sales remain exempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Petroleum Administration
100000 Poles Shifted To Near East Zone
More than 100000 Poles have arrived at a Persian port to bolster the Polish army in the Near East under General Wladyslaw Anders. The force was sent from Russia under a 1941 agreement between the Soviet government and the Polish government in exile. A three square mile reception camp houses the unit with British food clothing and Russian arms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Russia
Near East
Wladyslaw Anders
India Office
American Flying Fortresses Blitz Lorient Brest Sub Pens
American B 24s blasted submarine pens at Lorient and Brest in a major daylight raid with five Fortresses lost. RAF Mustangs struck inland targets while Wellingtons and Mosquitos targeted railways in northwest Germany. The joint communique reported excellent visibility and fighter interceptions over the bays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorient
Brest
London
Europe
U. S
Air Ministry
Bay of Biscay
RAF
Dover Strait
French
Bomber Command
Germany
Quakenbruck
Governors Will Discuss Oil With Ickes
Maryland Governor Herbert O Conor, president of the council of state governments, asked Federal petroleum coordinator Harold Ickes to meet eastern state governors in Baltimore to discuss the fuel oil coal and gasoline situation. Ickes will speak Tuesday at 10 30 a m on a nationwide broadcast and the conference may precede or follow the address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Herbert R. O'Conor
Maryland
Council of State Goverments
Harold Ickes
Baltimore
Ickes
Council of State Government
O'Conor
O’conor
Flynn says he would not accept any dishonor for Australia post
Edward J. Flynn testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that he would not have allowed President Roosevelt to nominate him as minister to Australia if there were anything dishonorable in his life. The committee planned a Wednesday vote after reviewing three days of hearings and a printed record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. Flynn
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Washington
U. S
Australia
Flynn
FDR
William T. Peacock
Roosevelt
Connally
D-Tex
Senate
Monroe Goldwater
F. H. la Guardia
New York
Robert L. Moran
Bronx
la Guardia
Bridges NH
AFL Work In War Program Highly Lauded
Miami dispatch reports Under Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson praising the American Federation of Labor for its labor force in war production. He cited planes and weapons built by AFL workers and noted P-38 Lightning planes helped halt enemy bombing on Guadalcanal. Patterson commended AFL members across construction, machine tools, transport and warehousing for sustaining the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Robert P. Patterson
American Federation of Labor
Executive Council
AFL
William Green
Patterson
American Federation of Labor Workers
Guadalcanal
America
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