Allies Pound Berlin and German War Machine in Sustained Bombing
Allied air forces based in England and Italy dropped more than 3,900 tons of bombs on the German war machine in 48 hours ending Sunday night. U S and British bombers blasted Berlin in a major night raid, while Liberators broadened targets into Pas de Calais and northern France.
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London
U . S. Army
England
Italy
Austin Bealmear
Berlin
Mosto
U. S
Pas-De-Calais
France
Lange
Thunderbolts
Germany
Brunswick
Frankfurt
Swe
Stockholm
RAF
Nen
Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau
German Colonists Fleeing Aspeds Approach Baltics
Corporations may charge off contributions to veterans organizations as a non taxable business expense after a tax bill vote. The conference plans further talks to finalize the measure and push wartime purchase taxes into effect by March 1. Excise duties would raise revenue, with liquor taxes rising to nine dollars a gallon and a 20 percent levy on furs jewelry cosmetics luggage, plus other services and admissions.
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Hada
Papain
House
Senate
Hitler appeals for aid as war widens and allies split
The article reports Hitler's January speech on the eleventh Nazi anniversary urging Anglo American aid to avert Soviet victory. It portrays his fear of a three-way split among the Allies and warns that Bolshevism threatens Europe. It also covers Soviet advances from the Baltic to Leningrad, and German retreats along the Narva frontier.
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America
Germany
Russia
Soviet
Europe
Britain
England
United States
Reich
London
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Red Army
Gulf of Finland
Lake Peipus
le Ft Ionian
Narva
Leonid A. Govorev
Leningrad
Isepp
Veimarn
Kotly
Weimarn
Gulf
Allied forces widen beachhead below Rome near Cassino
British and American units press the Cassino front as they push from the Anzio wedge toward Rome. American infantry and tank teams seize key hills Nos 223 and 167 and push into Cairo and Monte Villa while air forces claim a record anti axis raid in northeastern Italy.
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Algiers
Rome
Cassino
Alleid
High Command
Italy
Anzio
Alban Hills
Cisterna
Eternal City
Berlin
Rapido
Fifth Army
Cairo
Monte Villa
Lovers Lane Deaths Linked to Army Man Held at Dix
Mercer County Prosecutor Walter D. Cougle said a man identified as Clarence Hill 33 of Hamilton Township in the army since March 12 1 is in custody at Fort Dix in connection with six shotgun slayings on Duck Island’s Lovers Lane. No charges yet. statements reportedly conflict with facts. Police search for a shotgun used in the double murders and an army mine detector will sweep the area. The case follows past fatal incidents in the same area in 1938 1939 and 1940.
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Trenton
N.J
Mercer County
Walter D. Cougle Ecey
Ft. Dix
Lovers Lane
Bleak Duck Island
Cougle
Clarence Hill
Hamilton Townshi
Hill
Tor
Madisor
Pearson
Army
Walter D. Dougle
Hamilton Township
Russian Push Into Estonia Sparks Unease in Stockholm
By Robert Studevant Stockhom, Jan 31, reports from Stockholm note growing unease as Russian forces press toward Estonia raising regional tension and prompting warnings from diplomatic circles about potential broader conflict.
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Robert Studevant
Stockholm
Estonia
Briggs pleads not guilty to Hopkins letter forgery
George N. Briggs former aide to Interior Secretary Ickes pleaded innocent to federal indictments charging forgery false pretense and use of the mails to defraud He requested time to file motions or demurrers and his $3000 bond was continued The case centers on the faked Hopkins letter exposed by C Nelson Sparks of Akron Ohio a Willkie opponent
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Washington
George N. Briggs
Hopkins
Briggs
Interior
Ickes
Interior Department
C. Nelson Sparks
Akron
Wendell Willkie
General Wheeler Awarded Oak Cluster
Maj. Gen Raymond A Wheeler of Washington awarded the Oak Leaf cluster to the Distinguished Service Medal for meritorious service in organizing maintenance and services in the India Burma China theater. Lt Gen Stilwell presented the award at American headquarters in New Delhi.
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New Delhi
Raymond A. Wheeler
Washington, D. C
India- Burma-China
Joseph W. Stilwell
Supreme Court upholds Massachusetts literature ban on minors
The court ruled 5 to 4 that a Massachusetts law prohibiting parents from giving Jehovah's Witness literature to a child for sale is constitutional. Justice Rutledge led the majority. Justices Murphy Jackson Roberts and Frankfurter dissented, cautions on promoting religious freedom. Mrs. Sarah Prince of Brockton challenged the law after being convicted for supplying material to her eight year old niece.
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Supreme Court
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Sarah Prince
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Frankfurter
Rutledge
Murphy
Japanese Gendarmerie Brutalities Revealed Against War Prisoners
Washington reports detail brutal treatment of American and Filipino prisoners by the Japanese gendarmerie in Manila and Shanghai. Tortures include beatings, the rack, water cure, prolonged kneeling, and other methods. Thousands affected across occupied Asia with many deaths and no medical care for victims.
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Russell Brines
Washington
Bataan
Corregidor
Manila
Shanghai
Santo Tomas
Roy Bennett
Manila Fly Bulletin
Fort Santiago
Theo. H. Davies
Philippine Free Press
Asia
Occidentals
Kuangson
Chungking
Dies Committee Urges Vigilance Over Japanese Plot
The Dies committee reports ongoing Japanese subversion in the United States. It describes the Axis invasion as starting a decade ago with a complex fifth column. It recommends tighter immigration rules and new legislation to stop foreign penetration.
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United States
Dies Committee
Pacific
House
Dies
D-Tex
Russians Toast FDR At Birthday Banquet
In Moscow at the Spasso House a birthday ball for Franklin D Roosevelt featured trumpets and a vodka toast. Attendees included diplomats and soldiers from many nations with Maxim Litvinov among Russians present. Stalin and Molotov sent regrets. Ambassador Harriman hosted.
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Moscow
Roosevelt
Spasso
W. Averill Harriman
Archibald Clarkert
Joseph Stalin
Vyacheslav Molotov
Maxim Litvinoff
United States
Franco Still Helping Nazis Says Moscow
The Soviet embassy reiterated that Spanish rulers continue to serve Hitler and fight on the Russian front. It claimed Spanish troops aid Fascist Germany by camouflage under neutrality and supply fresh consignments of cannon fodder to the Axis.
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Washington
Hitler
Embassy Information Bulletin
Germany
U S Submarines Sink Fourteen Japanese Ships
The navy announced 14 Japanese vessels sunk in Pacific operations, including two large transports possibly carrying troops to the Marshall Islands. Submarines conducted the attacks, adding to a tally of 572 ships either sunk or damaged since the war began, with details listing two large transports among the losses.
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Marshalls
Navy
Pacific
Far East
U. S
Navy Department
U S Navy Nears Marshall Atolls in Massive Second Day Bombardment
Adm. Chester W. Nimitz reports a vast task force moved within 10 to 20 miles of Marshall Islands atolls to shell shore installations for a second day. Carrier groups bombarded Kwajalein Maloelap Roi and Wotje as ground forces pressed the invasion. Radio silence kept details scant but ships’ proximity signals heavy air and sea pressure on Japanese defenses.
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Pearl Harbor
Marshall Islands
Chester W. Nimitz
Kwajalein
Maloelap
Roi
Wotje
Tarawa
Gilbert Islands
Eniwetok
U. S
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Japan
Taa
Seventh Army
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