Casablanca Conference Reveals Roosevelt Churchill Meeting
The Casablanca gathering drew near all American and British readers. Stalin and Chiang avoided attendance, likely to avoid provoking Japan, while Stalin’s stance signals calculated restraint. The event aimed to unite French leaders de Gaulle and Giraud, though division persisted.
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America
Press Association
Roosevelt
Churchill
Casablanca
Africa
Wilson
Incom
French North Africa
Giraud
de Gaulle
Roosevelt-Churchill
Joseph Stalin
Russia
Chiarny Kai-shek
China
Stalin
Chiang
Germany
Japan
United Nations War Council
Joe Stalin
Statin
United Nations
Seize Important Pass and Strategic Points in Tunisia
Allied forces in Tunisia report breakthrough from the Oussellia Valley to seize the Kairouan Quiseltia pass and nearby mountain routes. U S warplanes supported from the air as Messina was bombed in Sicily and Axis columns retreated toward Zuara near the Tunisian border. Several prisoners were taken and fronts are being consolidated amid rains and mired artillery.
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Wes Gangher
North Africa
WBS
United States
Oussellia
Tunisia
Dusseltin
Kairouan
Messina
Sicily
Zuara
Tunisian
Pont du Fuchs
Quiseltia Pass
Alchers
End of Year Draft Forecast for Men With Children
Washington January 27 An announcement estimated the nation’s armed forces would total 10 420 000 by year end as drafting shifts toward childless married men. Maj Gen Lewis B Merre selective service chief signaled childless married men would be drafted around October 1 1940 with additional calls of 18 and 19 year olds. Since then the minimum draft age was lowered but deferments for older workers rose, broadening occupational exemptions as war needs grow. Drafting of childless married men has been underway for weeks and could begin in Washington after July 1.
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Washington
Qaidu
Lewis B. Mer. Mshoy
Mershoy
District of Columbia
Police Seek Clue in Train Slaying of Martha James
Investigators on the overnight murder aboard a sleeping train questioned witnesses and awaited the arrival of a diner cook who fled from Los Angeles. The victim, Martha Virginia Brinson James, 24, daughter of a Norfolk family, was stabbed in her sleeper car. No motive or suspect yet. two men held as material witnesses.
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Allamy
Oredon
Palige
Martha Virginia Brinson James
James
Norfolk
Robert Fokes
Los Angeles
Clay Kirkett
Folkes
Meg
Wey
Robert Funches
Harwich
Move in House to Reduce Holidays in Arkansas
Sebastian County delegation leaders introduced a resolution for a five member committee to study reducing statutory holidays and designating certain days as legal holidays for all purposes while others honor individuals and occasions. The House then passed a bill to relieve hospitals and charitable and educational institutions from state inheritance tax on property bequeathed.
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Rocklan
C. G. Hall
Sebastian County
House
General Assembly
Heartsill Rugon
Rupert Condrey
Russel Turnipseed
L. W. Wheatley
Garland
Famed American Flying General Dead
Brig. Cen. Carlyle H. Wash aged 53, a veteran air officer, was killed with nine other airmen when their twin-motored Army transport crashed in a wooded area near Mobile, Alabama, during a heavy storm. Wreckage strewn over a large area, with a wing found far from the fuselage.
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Mobile
Ala
Cen
Carlyle H. Wash
Here
Flomalsa
Wlavida- Alabama
Germans trapped near Stalingrad face liquidation
A Soviet bulletin reports about 12,000 German troops stranded in two pockets before Stalingrad, surrounded by the Red Army. The Russians claim a two to three day window to annihilate the encircled forces, with 40,000 of the German force killed or captured since surrender began. The report covers front-line actions from Voronezh to Armavir, rail reopens, and lists commanders credited with the victory.
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London
Stalingrad
Titler
Red Army
Manito
Stalinerad
Rostov
Caucasus
Salsk
Tatsinskuya
Povorina
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Slatf
Malinin
Commaniqe
Vorohezh Front
Gyups
Lieutenant General Kenney Praises Sgt Formby for Valor
Lieutenant General George C. Kenney commends State Sergeant Fred Formby of Hope on his Distinguished Flying Cross award and a Dutch decoration for extraordinary aerial service in the Southwest Pacific from February to November 1942. Formby flew over 200 hours in dangerous long range reconnaissance missions as gunner and photographer aboard a Flying Fortress, facing heavy anti aircraft fire and Japanese fighters. Kenney expresses pride in having Formby in his command and credits him and other American airmen with a tangible contribution to victory and peace.
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Fred Formby
Hope
Army Air Corps
Southwest Pacific
Netherlands
We Mietion
George C. Kenney
Weiling
Formby
Edgar F. Formby
South Pine Street
Kenney
Combal Organization
Bis
Pitti Ai
Two Jap Zeros Downed Over Wake Island
Washington reported that US recon over Wake Island faced attack by eight Japanese Zero fighters on January 25, with two Zeros shot down. American planes returned safely. It notes prior and recent raids including a Ballale Island airfield strike by B 17 bombers and outlines positions relative to Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, and Pearl Harbor.
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Washington
Wake Island
Navy
Wakle S
U. S
South Pacific
Ballale Island
Shortland Islands
Ballele Island
Solomons Group
Ballale
Shortland
Henderson Airield
Guadalcanal
Penl Harbor
Midway Iskind
OPA Reopens Milk Price Question in Arkansas
Washington January 27 The Office of Price Administration through its Dallas office has reopened milk price ceilings in Arkansas to see if they are too high or too low in communities Representative Norrell said today Several Arkansas members of Congress have protested to C W Nichols OPA regional price executive at Dallas that ceilings are too few in certain faces and are driving dairymen out of business Norrell said he received a telegram from Nichols replying to telegrams about milk prices in Jefferson Dallas and Saline counties
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Dallas
Texas
Arkansas
Norrell UD
Nichols
Norrell
Jefferson
Saline
Congressmen Expect Good News on War
Washington observers, including Senator Wagner and House Speaker, await signals from the Casablanca conference between President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill. Reactions ranged from optimism at potential unconditional Axis surrender to regret that the publicly announced outcomes were limited.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Casablanca
Wagner
D-Ny
House
Final Deadline to Buy Licenses Set for Saturday
J L Pilkinton from the Site Revenue office at the county courthouse announces the final deadline to purchase state automobile licenses without penalty is Saturday. Despite January 31 being Sunday, auto owners must buy by Saturday to avoid a penalty. chauffeurs badges and driver licenses follow the same deadline.
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J. L. Pilkinton
Nomination of Flynn Approved by Committee
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved President Roosevelt's nomination of Edward J. Flynn as minister to Australia and personal representative in the Southwest Pacific. The vote was 12 to 10 with three Democrats joining seven Republicans against confirmation. Committee endorsement sends the nomination to the full Senate next week amid GOP opposition and Democratic protest over the process.
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Jack
Bell Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Roosevelt
Edward J. Flynn
Australia
Southwest Pacific
George
van Nuys
Senate
Flynn
Johnson
Calif
Capper Kus
Vandenberg
Mieh
White
Shipstead
Mipni
Nye
N.D
Bavis
Penn
Senaor LaFollette
Connally
Wagner MY
Thomas Utahi
Murray «Monti
Pepper Flat
Green
Barkley Ky
Reynolds
Guffey
Australia’s War Casualties Total 54142
Canberra reports Prime Minister John Curtin announced in parliament that wartime casualties in all theaters reached 54142 through December. The figures break down to 6826 killed, 23892 missing, 9059 known prisoners, and 12871 wounded.
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Canberra
Australia
John Curtin
Flashes of Life spark events across cities and states
A collage of brief items notes a Neward New Jersey gasoline shortage joke, a Texas origin tale to New York City, a New Britain Connecticut war game cancellation due to a measles outbreak, a World War veteran’s weight guessing stunt for war bonds, and a Aurora Illinois pigeons trapping plan near city hall with a joking 41,5000 birds estimate.
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Associated Press
Neward
N.J
Joseph Anello
de Jc Paris
Texas
New York City
Aurora
Lan Schoberlein
FDR Churchill Plan Axis War Strategy 1943
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill reportedly agreed on defeating Italy and Germany first with a general European offensive to start soon, leaving Japan for later. The plan delegates decision on execution to the Combined Chiefs of Staff, with emphasis on maintaining initiative across theaters and preventing Pacific relief to concentrate on Europe.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Jan
Italy
Germany
Japan
Roosevelt
Churchill
Europe
Iiea
England
Rapvelts
Wwa
Casablanca
United Nations
Rusia
China
Henri Giraud
Charles Gaulle
Australia
Pacific
Bose
Rugsin
Naples Bombed Again as Rome Reports Bombardment
Rome broadcasts recorded by the Associated Press say Naples was bombed last night by a single plane at dawn, causing damage. Messina in Sicily was reported bombed yesterday morning and last night by four engine bombers. In North Africa on land, western Tripolitania saw repeated armored encounters and an attack with armored support in the Tunisian sector was repulsed.
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iPi
Naples
Halina
Rome
Associated Press
Messina
Sicily
Tripolitania
W ‘Yunisian
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