Rumor Mongering and Public War News Reflections
A Rosston note warns against rumor re Cpl Hugh Ward and explains military notification rules. The column laments rumor spreaders, urges asking kin, and urges cautious public discussion amid war. It also critiques Gallup poll criticism and lampoons supermarket crisis propaganda and wartime prophecy rationing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamesh Thrasher
Congressional Investigating Committee
House
George Gallup
Gallup
Congress
House Committee
Dr. Gallup
Ardent Letter Sparks Marriage Hopes at Navy Center
A sailor at the Bainbridge Naval Training Center receives a 20 page love letter from a girl who wants to marry him but the note lacks a return address and signature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bainbridge
Naval Training Center
British Push Germany From Holland in Ardennes Move
Jan 18 dispatch reports British forces advancing from Holland into Germany across four villages and toward the Rhine. American units press from St Vith toward the Siegfried Line while German defenses along the Alsatian frontier resist and shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Long
Paris
Germany
Holland
Ardennes
U.S
St. Vith
The
Reich
Nennig
Luxembourg City
Strasbourg
Stattmatten
Dengelsheim
Sessenheim
Herrliusheim
Hatten
Miles C. Dempsey
Susteren
Echi
Overeind
Overhaven
Dutch Panhandle
Sittard
Roer
Mundel Gladbach
Dusseldorf
Netherlands
U. S. 9Th Army
Miles
First Army
Omar N. Bradley
12Th
Recht
Vielsalm
Stul
Siegfried Line
Eisenhower
George S
Oer
Houstalize
Wiltz
Luxembourg
Rundstedt
France
Hermann Balck
Alexander M. Patch
Guadalcanal
Bitche Salient
Saarbrucken
Grapefruit Juice Ration Rules Revised for Canned Juices
Washington reports two juice categories readded to the ration list. Beers and orange grapefruit blends move to higher point values under Office of Price Administration rules effective midnight, following War Food Administration orders to reserve all output for the armed forces. Orange juice stays point free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
War Food Administration
Dauntless Dotty Myles Inspires B 29 Crews With Song
The story recounts Dotty Myles, a 17 year old singer burned in the Cocoanut Grove fire of Nov 28, 1942, who survived burns over 45 percent of her body and earned the nickname Dauntless Dotty. Her resilience and songs uplift battle weary airmen headed for Tokyo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estelle Sond
Boston
Jetty
Tokyo
New
Dotty Myles
Mickey Alpert
Cocoanut Grove
Ng Rush
Holocaust
Burns
Dauntless Dotty
Dotty’s Courage Inspires GI Joes and a Tokyo Mission
A young woman nicknamed Dotty battles lifelong injuries after a long illness and multiple surgeries. Her perseverance revived a musical career starting at 19, with radio performances and hospital fanfare. A B-29 named Dauntless Dotty honors her bravery in a Tokyo mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dotty
New Guinea
Dottie
Pacific
Robert K
Bob) Morgan
869
Tokyo
Three servicemen bumped for Col Roosevelt dog on cargo plane
In a Memphis incident three service members were ordered off a California bound plane to make room for a prized dog sent by Col Elliott Roosevelt to his wife. T-Sgt Dave Aks and Seaman Leo Leroy confirmed the report amid public attention. Faye Emerson sat among higher priority passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antioch
Cal
Dave Aks
Elliott Roosevelt
Aks
Riverside
Memphis
Tenn
Seaman
Leo Leroy
Leroy
Roosevelt
Hollywood
al Leroy
Army T
Calif
Col
Faye Emerson
New York
Dayton
Patterson Field
Army Air Transport Regulations
Albuquerque
Thieves Steal Two Trucks from Gunter Lumber Lot
Thieves stole a lumber truck and trailer from Gunter Lumber Co last night drove it across town until it overheated from a leaky radiator and stalled then took another truck and trailer. The first truck was recovered near First Methodist Church and the second found later in a ditch by Grayon Anthony Lumber Co on State Highway 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gunter Lumber Co
Gunter Lumber Company
First Methodist
Graydon Anthony Lumber Company
Reds Drive to 17 Miles of East Prussia
London dispatch reports Marshal Rokossovsky's Second White Russian Army pushing 17 miles from East Prussia's southern border as part of a broad Soviet offensive in Poland. Berlin notes a disengaging movement while Moscow claims over 1,000 towns and villages, including Modlin, have fallen along the Narew toward Danzig and the isolation of East Prussia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Hercher
London
Konstantin Rokossovsky
East Prussia
Poland
German Silesia
Berlin
Moscow
Germany
Silesia
Stalin
Modlin
Warsaw
Vistula
Bug
Rokossovsky
Przasnysz
Konigsberg
Narew
OPA Rent Study Opens for Hope
OPA inspectors in Hope study a proposal to reimpose rent ceiling control as housing shortages rise around Camden due to wave rocket plant construction. The Star urged local action with editorials and letters to state OPA. An earlier rent ceiling operated from Spring 1942 until withdrawal without public notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
A. E. Stonequist
The
Star
Camden
Key Japs Flee Manila as Yanks Near
Japanese evacuees flee Manila by air as American forces push toward the capital. airlifted units head toward northern Luzon possibly Formosa while U S troops tighten control along Lingayen Gulf and advance to Bolinao and Rosario with heavy air and ground attacks on Clark field and surrounding routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
William B. Dickinson
MacArthur
Luzon
Manila
Formosa
Philippine
FCC
Lingayen Gulf
Tarlac
Great Clark Air Center
Pangasinan
Alaminos
Clear
Bolinao
Dasol Bay
Sixth Army
Aimerican Ptones Sain
Fort Stotsenburg
Poles Celebrate Warsaw Capture by Russians
London reports Moscow radio said Soviet troops took Warsaw triggering spontaneous celebrations in Lublin. Edward B Morawski urged Poles in liberated zones to join the anti German fight as Kremlin bells rang and cannons fired amid a large crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Warsaw
Lublin
Edward B. Osubka-Morawski
Lubin
Germany
Moscow
Tony
Kremlin
Front Line Troops Solve Murder Case With Us: Jerry Non-Com
In Belgium Jan 13 14 troops of the American Second Infantry Division report a murder mystery case of a German non-com found tangled in barbed wire with a bruised throat and forehead. Stories recount POWs snatching a Nazi and a rifle shot breaking a German captive’s fall while evacuating casualties. Artillery and anti-tank actions saved the line, costing about 1.5 million dollars in four days, with 37 tons of shells used against counterattacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry
Ox Hal Boyle
Belgium
Fontline
George W. Wortman
Muskogee
Okla
Gene D. Weaver
Silverlake
Ind
Alex J. Stuart
Nyack
Britain and Russia Agree on Balkans Policy
Prime Minister Churchill says he and Stalin have a joint Balkans policy with no postwar division of territory. He predicts German withdrawal from Italy soon and warns northern Italian food shortages could destabilize Rome. He asserts Britain seeks no Italian partnership and urges free elections for liberated nations, praising Tito as Yugoslavia’s leader while noting friction among allies to be avoided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. King
London
Churchill
Marshal Stalin
Balkans
Peter
Yugoslavia
Commons
Italy
Rome
Britain
Spain
Mediterranean
Free Hope
House
Greece
Moscow
Anthony Eden
Stalin
Ivan Lubashc
Tito
Belgrade
Spain Lives Up to Terms With Allies
Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius, Jr. said Spain has essentially fulfilled all obligations from last spring’s accord with the United States to curb wolfram shipments to Germany. He cited arbitration leading to the release of five interned Italian ships and noted Spain’s removal of Axis agents from Tangier and the Spanish mainland, closure of the German consulate in Tangier, release of Italian ships to the Allies, and withdrawal from the Russian front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Spain
United States
Germany
Madrid
Stettinius
Tangier
Spanish
Marine earns Silver Star for 90 Japanese killed in four minutes
A Marine sergeant from Portland, Duane W. Frost, killed 90 Japanese in four minutes on Tinian in the Mariana Islands. The action was disclosed by the Marine Corps relations section and earned Frost the Silver Star medal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Pre
Tinian
Mariana Islands
Thearine Corps
Duaze W. Frost
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Hugh Ward
War Department
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Cpl. Ward
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NEA
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NEA Telephoto
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Polzin
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Lodz
LITH
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Schlossberg
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Grojec
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Radom
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Brunn
Krakow
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Hungary
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NEA Telemap
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Yoth
Hope
Albert Graves
E. P. Young
Iihientt
Hope School Board
Frank Rider
John Vesey
Steve Carrigan
Charles Rheynerson
Lawrence Martin
Terrell
Cornelius
Ched. Hall
Syd McMath
Reds
E. Prussia
Egypt
H. G. Cockrell
Hillsboro
Texas
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J. C. Webber
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Carl M. “Iucket
Rochester
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Bari E. Bolta
Arthur F. Boltz
Plymouth
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Dovera
William M. LaFond
Marquette
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Marshal Circle
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