Americans Pound Frankfurt In Record Heavy Raid
More than 1800 tons of bombs were dropped in the Frankfurt raid, the largest ever by U S forces, with a 1500 plane escort. They shot down 102 German fighters and saw 31 bombers and 13 fighters fail to return. The attack followed RAF strikes on Berlin and set a new record for fighters downed at 42. Leaflets of the Atlantic Charter were dropped on Frankfurt, and the raid continued to impact the city for hours.
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London
VU. 5
Air Ministry
U. S
Frankfurt
Germany
Ile
RAF
Berlin
Europe
United States Carrier Forces Hit Marshall Islands Atolls
Admiral Nimitz announced Pacific fleet carrier strikes against Maloelap Wotje Kwajalein and other atolls in the Marshall Islands. The action follows daily pounding by Seventh Air Force and Navy planes as U S forces mount a major offensive after Pearl Harbor.
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Pearl Harbor
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Marshall Island
Maloelap
Wotje
Kwajalein
Unit States
Marshalls
Seventh Aaf
Navy
Gilberts Marshalls
Adm
William Halsey
United States
Pacific
Nimitz
A “Pacific Fleet
Taroa
Jaluit
Mili
Gilberts
Taroa Islet
Radka
Wot
Army to give up 70 college training bases
The Army Air Forces will return 70 colleges and 14 civilian contract schools used in pilot training to civilian use. Trainees presently in programs will finish, but no new AAF students will be enrolled at these sites. The move aligns with General Arnold's view that focus shifts to replacements as the war continues.
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Washington
Army Air Forces
War Department
AAF
Department
H. H. Arnold
Taining Command
Train Tanker Crash Near Pipeline Terminal Kills One
A Winston-Salem bound Southern railway train struck a tanker truck near the Plantation pipeline terminal at Friendship. One man died and two were critically injured. Fireman W H Michaels died from burns. Engineer A E Wilson was in serious condition with burns and a broken leg. J S Bergman credited for guiding the train clear. Coughton to seek reelection in 1940 after wartime service.
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Friendship
Greensporo
Greensboro
Southern Railway
J. S. Bergman
Southern Railroad
Shirley L. Messagee
Charlotte
W. H. Michaels
Derita
Mecklinburg County
A. E. Wilson
Asheville
Ree Long Hospital
Greensbo
Me Ee
Pit Memorial Hospital
Bergman
Wilson
Vatican Denies Jop Claim On Philippines
The Vatican formally denies Japanese claims that the Holy See has recognized the republic of the Philippines. The denial was issued by the se department in Washington on January 29.
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Vatican
Philippines
Washington
Holy See
Republic of the Philippines
Beach Position Expanded as Allies Reach Near Rome
Allied headquarters report the beachhead widened south of Rome with British troops within 18 miles of the Eternal City and Americans within artillery range of Cisterna 14 miles northeast of Anzio. British advance extended three miles past Carroceto. German airfield and railroad interests in the area were masked by bombardment and troop movements.
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Edward Kennedy
Algiers
Rome
Eternal City
Cisterna
Anzio
Carroceto
Isterna
Cassino
Nengetskas
Italy
Castel Gondolfo
Pius XII
Wilmington May Buy Tide Water Property
Wilmington officials express definite interest in acquiring Tide Water properties in New Hanover county at fair value. A Philadelphia hearing set for Feb. 8 by the Securities and Exchange Commission concerns Tide Water sale to Warren W. Bell of New York for 55 000 cash for 115 789 Tide Water common shares.
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Wilmington
New Hanover County
Philadelphia
Securities Exchange Commission
Tide Water
Warren W. Bell
New York
Bell
Soviets Lose Ground As Nazis Counter-Attack
Soviet forces withdrew from several towns in the South Ukraine amid a German counter-offensive that left 2,800 Germans killed and 86 tanks lost. In the north the Red Army advanced toward the Estonian border, retaking Chudovo and pushing along the Lenin line toward Narva.
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James M. Long
London
Red Army
Ukraine
Leningrad
Moscow
Isa
Vent
Furniture Buyers Brace for Rationing After Chicago Markets
Chicago reports show 11,519 buyers at the national furniture and home furnishings market and 9,950 at the international homes furnishings market, with totals slightly below last year. Buyers are resigned to short rations in most furnishings lines for another year as markets close.
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Chicago
National Furniture and Homes
American Furniture Mart
International Homes
Merchandise Mart
Allies raid Rabaul as January losses exceed four hundred
ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD QUARTERS reports Jan 27 raid on Rabaul added to a month tally of more than 400 Nipponese planes shot down. Mitchell bombers with fighters hit Lakuina airfield while Catalina aircraft sank a 4,000 ton enemy cargo vessel near Kavieng, New Ireland. Liberators later struck supply dumps at Rabaul as Japanese defenses collapsed.
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New Guinea
Rabaul
Rters
Solomons
Lakunai
New Britain
Kavieng
New Ireland
Madang
Bogadjim
Ramu
77Th
Kavienw
New Draft Regulations Take Effect Tuesday
Local draft boards switch to pre induction physicals to clear about 600000 men into the armed forces in January and February. The changes shift examinations to Army Navy doctors 21 days before induction, tighten deferments for ages 18 to 21, and curb college student exemptions creating a likely induction lag early February.
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Max Hall
Washington
Armed Services
Congress
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
American Born Japs React to Brutality Reports
Jerome war relocation center residents of Japanese ancestry condemn Japanese brutality toward American prisoners in the Philippines. Frank Arakawa, Jerome Community Council chairman, expresses disgust and vows action, praising Japanese Americans in the U.S. Army.
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Jerome
Ark
Jerome War Relocation Center
Philippines
War Relocation Authority
Frank Arakawa
Arakawa
United States Army
United States
Guffey resigns as campaign chair amid pressure
Senator Guffey of Pennsylvania offered his resignation as chairman of the Democratic senatorial campaign committee amid party tensions. Senator Barkley of Kentucky said a successor will be chosen soon and noted Guffey sought relief due to internal opposition and eligibility concerns under Senate rules.
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Washington
Barkley
Kentucky
Guffey
D-Pa
Byrd
D-Va
Pennsylvania
District of Columbia
Eugene de Savitsch
Health Department
Senate
Davispore
Argentine Mayor Expelled By Troops
A mayor in Tucuman Argentina was expelled by troops who occupied the town hall after he ordered flags at half staff and seven days of mourning in protest against the break with the Axis. Travelers from Buenos Aires reported the city of 40,000 as a nationalist hotspot.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Buenos Aires
Tucuman
New Type Destroyer Launched In Maine
The U S S Mansfield slid down launching ways into the Kennebec River at Bath Iron Works Inc. It is the second destroyer launched this year and is named for Sergeant Duncan Mansfield of Albany New York, a naval hero who helped destroy the captured frigate Philadelphia in Tripoli.
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Bath
U.S.S. Mansfield
Bath Iron Works Inc
Kennebec River
Duncan Mansfield
USMC
Albany
N. Y
Naval
Marine Corps
Tripoli
Philadelphia
Himmler Execution Rumor Signals Power Shake in Germany
NBC from Bern cites Journal De Geneve claiming Heinrich Himmler was replaced as interior minister by Martin Bormann and that reports of his execution align with rumors of a plan to eliminate Hitler. The report notes possible upheaval within the Nazi leadership and a shift in near term leadership.
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NBC
Paul Archinald
Bern
Switzerland
Journal de Geneve
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Adolf Hitler
Archinald
Himmler
Martin Bormann
Hitler
Fuehrer
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