Nazi Officials Leaving Rome Reported as Allies Close In
Madrid dispatch says German quarters moved to Florence while the communications center shifts to Phila. Rome's exit traffic fills with German and Italian Fascist officials vehicles as battle looms. Civilians face restricted lines and neutral journalists note anti German demonstrations in Genoa.
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Rome
Madrid
Florence
Phiusi
Ise
Stockholm
Switzerland
Genoa
Loons
Jaly
France
Jap Relocation Plan in Georgia Dropped
SAVANNAH GA January 24 A plan to relocate 100 Japanese agr workers from the Pacific coast to Richmond Hill Plantation in Georgia was abandoned after misunderstandings and local opposition. J F Gregory manager said evacuees would stay only temporarily, but replies showed they favored staying longer. officials urged relocation but his group rejected a permanent arrangement.
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Savannah
Pacific Coast
Henry Ford
Georgia
J. F. Gregory
Richmond Hill Plantation
Amache Pioneer
I¢H
Greg
Morse To Resign From War Labor Board This Week
Dean Wayne L. Morse, public member of the War Labor Board, indicated today that he plans to resign this week. He said the probabilities are very strong that this will be his last run with the board during the Typo- Heaprical Union hearing.
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Washington
Dean Wayne L. Morse
War Labor Board
Morse
U S Heavy Bombers Raid Reich in Northern Germany
U S heavy bombers with Thunderbolts Lightnings Mustangs and Spitfires attacked multiple military objectives in Northern and Western Germany U S Army Headquarters said. A formation of Flying Fortresses targeted an important objective leaving fires and smoke and drones of air battle followed by fighter escorts.
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Henry B. Jameson
London
United States
Reich
Germany
U. S. Army
St.eee 5
Chicago
U. S
France
RAF
Dominion
Ex Ickes Aide Testifies Before Grand Jury On Hopkins Letter
George N Briggs a suspended interior department employee tied to the Hopkins letter investigated by a federal grand jury said he was a victim of power politics. He denied hiding and declined to promise to answer questions, awaiting next steps in the inquiry.
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Briggs
Ickes
Hopkins
Max Hall
Jan Arate
George N. Briggs
Interior Department
Federal Grand Jury
Harry L. Hopkins
Newsmen
Senate
Langer
R-Nd
Wendell Willkie
C. Nelson Sparks
Sparks
Ckes
Illkie
Langer Imperiene
North Dafor
Jap Installations At Paramushiro Hit Four Times
At Paramushiro in the Aleutians navy fliers raided Japanese installations for four nights in succession with no plane losses. Commodore Leslie Gehres reported the damage extent was not disclosed after being awarded the Legion of Merit for aiding Alaska defense. Vice Admiral Fletcher presented the decoration and credited Gehres with contributing to the Aleutian defeat of Japan.
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Aleutian
Navy
Paramushiro
Leslie E. Gehres
Fleet Air Wing 4
Alaska
Aleutians
Frank Jack Fletcher
North Pacific
Fletcher
Fate of Rome In German Hands
Rome stands to become a bloody battleground depending on Nazi choices. With Rome within Allied artillery range, the United States and Allies would move or bypass based on whether the Germans retreat or make a stand in the city, with Vatican reaction noted as likely supportive of German restraint.
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Rome
Washington
United States
Vatican
Venezuela Refuses to Recognize Bolivian Regime
Venezuela said it would not recognize the new Bolivian government installed after a coup. Caracas ordered its charge d affaires to return home. Cuba and Uruguay also announced nonrecognition of the Bolivian regime.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Villarroel
Bolivia
Cuba
Uruguay
Army closes on Chudovo threatening rail line near Leningrad
Forces sweep along both banks of the Volkhov river driving German positions. After wiping out a head on the east bank, the army reached within about 10 miles of Chudovo, aiming to cut another vital enemy rail line below Leningrad.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Aks O Volkhov
Chudovo
Leningrad
Russian Forces Seize Pushkin and Pavlovsk South of Leningrad
Soviet allied forces report capture of Pushkin and Pavlovsk 14 and 18 miles south of Leningrad. The two railway junctions give control over key lines feeding Moscow, described as a skillful outflanking maneuver and determined frontal assault. Pavlovsk lies four miles beyond Pushkin, completing the gains.
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Pushkin
Pavlovsk
Leningrad
Russia
Moscow
Tsarskoye Selo
German Russian warfare reports from east and north fronts
A Soviet communique claims German forces retreating from the Tosno area near Mga as Russian troops threaten Tosno rail junction. It also notes success in lower White Russia and a Pripet march advance toward Mozyr. Berlin reports battle near Kerch with landing and inland advance, while Berlins lines mention a northern Finnish front action.
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Chudovo
Lenin
Volk
Tosno
Pustinka
Mga
White Russia
Pripet
Simonovichi
Mozyr
Berlin
Red Army
Petsa
Kerch
Crimea
German Counterattack Expected At Nettuno
London reports strong German counterattacks against Allied forces in Italy around Nettuno. Analysts expect a German push within a week, aided by reserves from the south and north, though risky due to the fresh Allied ground drive and flooding in the Pontine marshes.
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London
Nettuno
Italy
Fifth Army
Pontine
Pravda Says Hitler Failed To Split Allies
Pravda declares Hitler has failed in destroying Allied unity and cites the Moscow Teheran conferences as proof of their strengthened alliance. A British denial followed, with Sir Archibald Clark Kerr returning to Moscow after discussions with Churchill and Eden.
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London
Pravda
Hitler
Moscow
Teheran
Cairo
Archibald Clark Kerr
Russia
Churchill
Anthony Eden
Nazis Press Bitter Bid for Adriatic Port Senj
Yugoslav partisans reported heavy German losses as troops and matériel pour into Senj, a Croat coastal town near Fiume, in an 18 mile front from Senj to Otocac. Reuters quoted Zagreb stating Senj was occupied and mopping up finished on Hvar island.
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London
Senj
Fiume
Josip Broz
Tito
Otocac
Reuters
Zagreb
Hvar
Stilwell's Chinese Gain Ground In North Burma
Allied communique reports Chinese forces driving toward Taipha Ga and Mingru Ga in North Burma with Japanese positions in Taro area overtaken. Strong counterattacks in Butung repelled as U S and RAF aircraft bomb Burma targets including Prome, rail yards and enemy camps.
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Stilwell
Burma
Steis
Saos Tree
Mingru Ga
Taipha Ga
Aree Oo
Anotheast Asia Ters
Taro
Lido Road
China
Butung
Arakan
Akyab
U.S
U. S
Prome
Chindwin
RAF
Mogaung
Newest U.S. Aircraft Carrier Hancock Launched
The navy's newest mighty aircraft carrier U. S. S. Hancock slid down the ways today at Fore River Shipyard in Quincy Massachusetts dipping her keel in the sea for the first time. Associated ships Lexington and Wasp have previously left the yard.
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Quincy
Mass
U. S. S. Hancock
Fore River
Lexington
Wasp
Allied amphibious strike previews Italian west coast invasion
Allied commanders reveal amphibious warfare as the key to cracking Hitler’s west wall. In a coordinated push south of Rome, air forces targeted Northern Italian rail and air fields, while ships and Fifth Army units moved to seize staging points. The operation hinges on exact timing as German reserves shift in response.
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Algiers
Hitler
West Wall
Rome
Dieppel
Philippines
Java
Cific Islands
North Africa
Sicily
Italy
Salerno
Norway
Fifth Army
10Th Army
Panzer Grenadier
Harold Alexander
Aussies Close On Jap Madang Base In New Guinea
Allied dispatch reports Australian ground forces press the drive toward Bogadjim and Madang in New Guinea after routing Japanese defenders near Faria river. MacArthur says 100 Japanese dead in retreat. Lib erator raids hit Borpop airdrome and targets at Rabau l, Bougainville, and Kahili in the Solomons.
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Bogadjim
Madang
Borpop
Rabaul
New Britain
New Ireland
Kara
Kahili
Bougainville
Solomons
Prew Pleads Guilty Of Graft Conspiracy
Ernest J. Prew vice-president of General Finance Corp Detroit pleaded guilty in Lansing circuit court to participating in a legislative graft conspiracy. He waived the preliminary exam, was released on $2,500 bond, and is to be sentenced on a date not specified.
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Lansing
Mich
Ernest J. Prew
General Finance Corp
Detroit
Circuit Courr
Leland W. Carr
Carr
Prew
AFL Council Rejects Lewis Terms to Readmit UMW
The AFL executive council rejected John L. Lewis terms for readmitting the United Mine Workers and offered to readmit the miners only on the prior status they held through 1936.
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AFL Council
Lewis
Miami
Fla
American Federation of Labor Executive Council
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
German 10th Army Goes Into Offensive on Cassino Front
Allied reports say German 10th Army launched counterattacks along the Cassino front as Americans and British forces push inland within 30 miles of Rome. The drive aims to disrupt Fifth Army and threaten positions near the Pontine marshes, with heavy fighting reported and bridgeheads near Cassino under renewed attack.
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Wes Gallagher
Algiers
Rome
Appian Way
Pontine Marshes
Nettuno
Littoria
Pontino
Cassino
Pido
Fifth Army
Allied Airmen Strike 18 Targets Behind German Lines
Fifteenth Air Force in Italy reports B1 bombers and fighters hitting about 18 targets south of Rome in support of landing operations. Lt. Steney B. Rogers of Morristown NY downed one German plane in a treetop pursuit. Fortresses landed two direct hits on the Pontecorvo bridge and damaged another crossing of the Liri River near Cassino.
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Fifteenth Air Force Base
Italy
151 Air Force
Rome
Steney B. Rogers
Morristown
N.Y
Pontecorvo
Cassino
Liri
San Giorgio
Cas
State Planning Group Sets First Meeting After New Chair
RALEIGH Jan 24 The state planning commission will hold its first meeting Wednesday with new chairman Collier Cobb Jr of Chapel Hill appointed by Governor Broughton The group has sought a managing director to supervise postwar planning for state cities and counties with a salary up to 5000 a year The post has been vacant under former Chairman George Ivey of Charlotte
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Raleigh
State Planning Commission
Collier Cobb, Jr
Chapel Hill
Broughton
George Ivey
Charlotte
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