Eden warns Japan on prisoner treatment and war crimes
Britain will not forget Japan’s cruelty says Anthony Eden in Commons. He cites U S disclosures of starvation and murder of 36 000 Allied soldiers at Bataan and Corregidor and reports deteriorating prisoner health in Thailand and Hong Kong with brutal acts alleged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Anthony Eden
of Commons
Britain
Japan
Eden
U. S
Washington
Bataan and
Corregidor
Thailand
Nazis and Allies in War News Across Fronts
A wartime roundup reports von Ribbentrop blaming Argentina amid Allied trade ties as Nazi forces retreat along Leningrad Moscow line. Soviet offensives lift the siege of Leningrad and recapture hundreds of towns, signaling a widening Red assault toward Narva and Pskov with continued operations across the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Russia
Narva
Estonia
Luga
Ingrad
Volosovo
Tosno
Lyuban
Chudovo
Leningrad- Moscow
Leningrad-Moscow
Leningrad
Red Army
Soviet Union
Govorov
Andrei Zhdanov
Decla Tt
Captured U S Soldiers Die By Thousands
Washington reports describe mass deaths of American POWs held by Japan with no relief expected. Secretary Hull says the U S is gathering information to punish war criminals after the conflict ends. Senator Clark urges the United Nations to bomb Japan and execute the Mikado for wartime atrocities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Stephen Early
Hull
United States
United Nations
Japan
Clark
Barkley
Bombers Hit Southern France Airfields in Fast Raid
U S bombers from the 18th Air Force attacked three German airdromes near Marseille and Montpellier, leaving them in flames. About 21 enemy planes were shot down as escorts fought off German fighters. Other formations targeted the Appian Way junction at Velletri near Rome while pushing inland from Nettuno beachhead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Italy
Marseille-Montpellier
France
Appian Way
Velletri
Rome
Nettuno
Cancer Not Hereditary Says Noted Authority
Dr. Robert L. Sanders of Memphis Tenn. declares at a regional conference that cancer is not proven to be contagious or hereditary. He defines cancer as a process marked by unrestrained cell activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Robert L. Sanders
Memphis
Tenn
Women's Field Army
The
American Society For the Control of Cancer
Sanders
Army Investigating WAC Officer's Death
Maj. Lillian Reilly, WAC regimental commander, was found dead at the foot of a cliff near Lookout Mountain Tennessee. Military authorities led by Col. Howard Clark continued the inquiry with an officers' board and two Chattanooga detectives. foul play was not yet found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lookout Mountain
Tenn
Lillian Reilly
WAC
Howard Clark
Fort Oglethorpe
Reilly
Chattanooga
Patton Letter Reaches Both Sides Of Slapping Incident
Atlanta at Jan 28 1943 Mrs St Elmo Massengale publishes a letter from Lieut General G S Patton Jr commander of the U S Seventh Army. In it he says he regrets striking an enlisted man in a Sicilian hospital and urges understanding. The letter notes many people are loath to condemn without hearing both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
St. Elmo Massengale
G. S. Patton, Jr
U. S. Seventh Army
Oll
Patton
United States
Bombing of Berlin Intensifies As RAF Attacks Continue
London reports the 12th heavy night assault on Berlin as very strong with 34 aircraft lost. RAF bombers also hit Helgoland and targets in western Germany and northern France, laying mines and delivering an estimated near 18 000 tons of bombs in two months.
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London
Berlin
H. H. Arnold
Helgoland
North Sea Island
Germany
France
Air Ministry
Aftonbladet
Channel
French Channel
Britain
Atrocity Reports Prompt U S Release Of Sworn Statements
A government release details sworn testimonies from survivors of the Bataan and Corregidor defense, describing starvation, torture, and executions by Japanese forces. Three witnesses are named: Commander Melvin M. McCoy, Lt. Col. S. M. Mellink, and Lt. Corl Liam E. Dyess. Dyess is noted dead in a recent crash. Mellink assists MacArthur in the Pacific. McCoy serves in the United States.
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William
Washington
Bataan and Corregidor
Pacific
Melvin M. McCoy
USN
Indianapolis
S.M. Mellink
Coast Artille
Dunmore
Corilliam E. Dyess
Air Corps
Albany
Tex
Dyess
Burbank
Calif
Mellink
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
McCoy
United States
Vandenberg Supports Service Men's Vote Bill
Senator Vandenberg announced he would vote for the service men voting bill to ensure service personnel participation in the November election. He planned an amendment to facilitate handling state and federal absentee ballots amid Republican opposition and Democratic charges over the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Vandenberg
R-Mich
McNagy
Ore
Senate
Roosevelt
Harris Dies in Gas Chamber After Expressing Regret
Alex Harris self confessed triple slayer died in the North Carolina gas chamber after saying God forgives him and that he wished to die as an example to others. He admitted killing Mrs E A Bill and her son Eugene and daughter Estelle at a Raeford filling station in August 1942 after a prior tragic loss. Harris condemned punishment but preferred death to life in prison. He appeared cheerful in the chamber and slept well, asking to be laid to rest in Raeford after burial services Sunday.
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Raleigh
Alex Harris
E.A. Bill
Raeford
Hoke County
Watts
Harris
Bill
Eugene
Estelle Williamis
Fillington
Johnny
Eugene Bill
State Supreme Court
Broughton
Chaplin Watts
Nazis Rushing Heavy Guns To Protect Rome
Allied reports say the German 10th army struck at the Nettuno beachhead near Anzio but was repulsed by British forces near Carroceto on the Via Anziate as raids crippled German air power. Germany suffered a major air defeat with at least 50 planes down in 24 hours over the beachhead and southern France while heavy armored trains and 60 ton tanks were readied to defend positions toward Rome.
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United Navy
Argentina
Joachim von Ribbent
von Ribbentrop
Germany
England
Britain
United States
Hitler
Central
South America
Algiers
10Th Army
Nettuno
Carroceto
Via Anziate
Anzio
Rome
France
Marseille
Montpellier
Gardents
Negro squadron shines in Italy dogfights over Nettune beachhead
The U S fighter squadron, an all Negro unit, claimed eight enemy planes destroyed in dogfights yesterday over Nettune. In morning battles they chased Focke Wulf 100s almost back to Rome. London papers highlighted the success of Negro pilots flying Warhawks south of Rome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
U. S
Nettune
Rome
London
Italy
Allied forces press toward Rome as Fifth Army expands bridgehead
Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark reports a widened bridgehead with numerous German prisoners. British and American troops push to within 12 miles of Anzio, Rome menaced as beachhead depths reach five to six miles. German defense concentrates in farmhouses with machine guns as heavy losses mount. Adolf Hitler orders holding the Gustav line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Associated Press
Don Whitehead
Rome
Anzio
Harold Alexander
Hermann Goering
29Th Armored Grenadiers
Adolf Hitler
Tenth Army
Gustav
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Novgorod
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Pskov
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Kerch
Crimea
Perekop
Black Sea
Ukraine
Len- Pskov
Star
Viritsa
Lake Ilmen
PACE
Lanus
Egremont
Mass
Army
Stars and Stripes
OWI
W. W. Hercher
Elizabeth City
Eliabeth City
Walter W. Spence
Pasquotank
McNary
American Negro Air Squadron
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