Russians renew Sakhalin fisheries pact with Japan for five years
The 1941 neutrality based renewal grants Japan oil and coal exports from Sakhalin storerooms, with transfer to begin within five days. Lozovaky and Naotake Sato signed the accord, effective immediately, seen by London as Tokyo’s peace gesture and by Pravda as a diplomatic victory.
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Sakhalin
Lozovaky
Naotake Sato
Pravda
London
Tokyo
Roosevelt's bronchial ailment shown as steadily improving
President Roosevelt’s bronchial ailment was reported steadily improving by secretary Stephen Early. The President was doing light chores and had a single appointment with film producer Cecil B. DeMille and Navy Commander Corydon Wassell, connected to DeMille’s motion picture about Wassell’s refugee rescue.
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Washington
Stephen Early
Roosevelt
Cecil B. DeMille
Navy
Corydon M. Wassell
de Mille
Wassell
Java
Union Official Is Arrested For False Statement
Thomas De Lorenzo, agent of local 365, United Automobile Workers, indicted by a federal grand jury for false statements in an affidavit tied to his War Labor Board appointment. He allegedly claimed no prior arrests beyond traffic offenses and listed Brewster Aeronautical Corp. plant employees as his representation.
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NEW
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National War Labor Board
de Lorenzo
Brewster Aeronautical Corporation
Poe Erga
New York City
Thomas F. Murphy
U. S. Attorney's Office
Hackensack
N. J
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Congress Shares Responsibility for Soldier Voting Rights
The piece argues that soldiers overseas must retain voting rights and opportunities. It notes Senator O Mahoney predicted few would vote from abroad and that leaders expected the president to sign the bill into law without a signature.
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Fgents
O'Mahoney
Dwye
Germans claim annihilation of Soviet divisions near Narva
German war dispatches say a large Soviet formation was encircled and destroyed southwest of Narva in northern Estonia after days of fighting. Berlin reports 6,000 Soviet dead and hundreds captured while denying a comparable Narva engagement by the Russians for weeks.
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Prut
Allied Air and Sea Campaigns Stretch Across Asia Front
Allied forces reported heavy bombing and strafing near Imphal, with Japanese scatter into the hills northeast of Imphal. Airborne commandos raided Aniskan airfield destroying an aircraft as 950 Allied sorties were flown with minimal loss. Auchinleck cautioned temporary disruptions may occur while asserting Imphal remains in British hands. Palau and other Pacific targets saw U S air power strike Truk and Palau to trap ships and degrade defenses as Japanese positions in Burma and Arakan resist, with Merril and Stilwell forces pressing operations.
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Weekend Weather Outlook for Carolinas
North Carolina sees fair skies with cool conditions Friday and improved afternoon warmth in the west. Clear Friday night with scattered light frost in the west and central areas. Saturday looks fair. South Carolina enjoys warmer Friday with lighter frost risk north interior Friday night. Saturday should be fair to partly cloudy and warm.
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South Carolina
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Russians Capture Lipcani and Break Kamenets Podolsk Pocket
Russian dispatches report the town of Lipcani seized 40 miles east of Czernowitz. In heavy forest fighting near Myakovtsy 28 miles northeast of Kamenets Podolsk 2,000 Hitlerites killed and many prisoners taken as Kitaigorod pocket nearly wiped out. Malinovsky's Third Ukrainian Army presses Odessa from east and north driving toward the Dniester delta and the Black Sea port from Voznesensk toward the south.
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Allies Push Toward Myitkyina to Link Burma Road Network
The report describes Stilwell advancing south with Chinese forces toward Myitkyina to secure a rail head and link the Burma road to India. Merrill’s jungle fighters support on Stilwell’s right, with British units on Uncle Joe’s left and Ingate’s gliders south of the town. The objective is to capture Myitkyina before the monsoon. Columbus’ 1492 settlement at Santo Domingo is noted.
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India
Ledo
Myitkyina
Stilwell
Merrill
Joe
Ingate
Speed Up Output Of Landing Craft
War Production Board Chairman Donald Nelson urged a ten percent increase in invasion craft construction after a 90 mile training trip aboard an LCI vehicle. He praised rapid Navy progress toward 80 000 landing craft and noted planned invasions in Europe and Asia demand even greater effort amid crews outpacing production. The report also notes Texas population growth between 1890 and 1940.
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United States
War Production Board
Donald Nelson
Chesapeake Bay
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