Allied Troops Shorten Rome Road Japs Lose Face In Jungle
Allied forces report progress in the Pacific and New Guinea with a jungle offensive forcing a costly retreat by Japanese troops. Soviet dispatches claim major advances near Leningrad and Krasnogvardeisk as the Red Army pushes toward a critical rail link, capturing prisoners and boosting supply routes.
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Fourth Term Rally Drives Demand for Roosevelt at Demo Meeting
Theme centers on Franklin D Roosevelt as world humanitarian leader in war and peace. Chicago chosen as convention city with Robert E Hannegan named national chairman. Resolution urges continuation of Roosevelt, without explicit fourth term pledge. Chicago pledges convention funding. Republicans set June meeting with $75 000 baseline.
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Adjustment On New Tax Bill Starts Monday
Senate action ends a veto threat as contrast to House moves. Conferees meet Monday to reconcile differences between the two chambers on a tax bill worth over 32 billion dollars. Tax experts warn the Treasury could lose hundreds of millions by delaying added excises and higher postal rates. The measure aims for March 1 enactment with only about one fifth of the earlier 410.5 billion dollar revenue goal.
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Spaatz predicts German air force knocked out in summer
General Spaatz, new head of the two way heavy bombardment force, says with reasonable weather the German Air Force could be knocked out in summer. He notes U S bombing is weather limited, not by planes or crews, and shuttle bombing between Britain and Italian bases may play a key role.
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Aussies Advance in New Guinea Drive Near Madang
Allied headquarters report an Australian jungle push from the Ramu Valley toward Kakaryo, 40 miles south of Madang, with Kittyhawks and Thunderbolts providing air support. Japanese forces in the area faced air attacks. losses included 15 Japanese shot down and six raiders lost.
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Salt Spills Shoppers Scatter As Clerk Contends With Renewal
A man in a torn rage swings a paper grocery sack spilling five one pound salt packs on the sidewalk while shoppers watch. Clerks, exhausted after long shoe sales, sigh and say they have no more shoes left to sell as the renewal delay prompts frustration with the ration board.
Magdeburg Ablaze After RAF Heavy Night Bombing
The central German city Magdeburg suffered massive destruction as RAF and allied air fleets dropped more than 2000 long tons of explosives in a 34 minute attack, part of a 25 hour battle involving about 3000 aircraft. Berlin and London raids accompanied the strike as RAF losses rose to 52 bombers.
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Yanks and Britons Land South of Rome Pressing Inland
Allied troops and air support poured ashore on a coast south of Rome with minimal resistance. Forces advanced past Nettuno and Fi um, severing access routes toward the capital as planners pressed the inland push.
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New Series Of Attacks Aimed At Paramushiro
A Saturday communique reports a new bombing campaign against Paramushiro a key Japanese naval base in the North Pacific. Bombers based in the Aleutians struck twice at the northern fortifications as part of a broader push toward the enemy homeland. The Navy notes launches from the Aleutians about 720 miles from Paramushiro.
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Uruguay and Cuba Refuse to Recognize Bolivian Regime
Uruguay and Cuba said they would not recognize Bolivia’s regime amid a flare of reports on Nazi activity in South America. The sequence included a London report that Osmar Hellmuth, Argentine consular agent, confessed to Nazi ties and a foreign office note accusing others of Nazi espionage. An Argentine statement and a US admiral’s remark about Argentina’s stance framed the diplomatic tension.
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Hitler names Rommel anti invasion chief amid high command tension
London reports Adolf Hitler appointed Erwin Rommel inspector general for Europe defense while Karl von Rundstedt likely remains in charge of the Atlantic Wall. The move signals an attempted tightening of Nazi control over the army amid fears of a coup by senior officers.
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