Argentina Breaks Axis Relations Yanks Storm Across Rapido
Allied forces push north of Cassino crossing the Rapido River while German units pull troops from the Cassino front to meet a new Allied threat. Miles from Rome, Fifth Army advances as British troops seize Mt Certisole and the push toward Rome accelerates amid heavy air and artillery actions.
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Argentina
Cross Rapido
Cassino
Itheast
Appian Way
Caasino-Rome
Caasino
Rapido
Crece
Viettuno-Anzio
Aled
Nicer
Rome
Cnira
Mark W. Clara
Fifth Army
Sea Larmadas
Impaision Zone
Florence
Germany
Rapido River
U. S
U.S. Signal Corps
Nea
Art Bren Zarzlers
Street Scene After Bakery Truck Spills Cakes at Five Points
A small crowd gathers as boxes of cakes spill from a bakery truck near Five Points. A slow traffic stream on Center Street flows around the scene while bystanders inspect the fallen goods and await pickup. The incident disrupts both lanes as onlookers watch the unfolding commotion.
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Muiti
Ingea
Terri
Center Street
Argentina breaks with Axis and rounds up espionage ring
Argentina severed diplomatic relations with Germany and Japan becoming the last of 21 American republics to quit the Axis. Police rounded up many suspected espionage members as President Ramirez announced the decree and passports were to be handed to German and Japanese ambassadors. The move followed the British arrest of an Argentine consul and involved authorities urging a united Western Hemisphere stand.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Germany
Japan
Americas
Gene Pedro Ramirez
Ramirez
Axis
Tylmnidad
Europe
Osmar Alberto Hellmath
Barcelona
Spain
Gan
Alberto Gilbert
Foreign Ministry
Rios Gallards
Rios Gallarda
Gilbert
United States
Norman Armour
Rios Gallardo
Deputy Collector Aids Area Tax Filers At Civic Auditorium
A Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue will assist area taxpayers at the Civic Auditorium on February 8 9 19 11 and from February 80 through March 15 from 8 to 4 30 p m to help prepare 1943 income tax returns. Returns for 1943 must be filed by March 15 1944 with the district collector. Rules set income thresholds for filing and indicate two forms UMOA and the long form for different income levels and sources of income.
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Internal Revenue
Civic Additorium
WLB Accused of Violating Constitution
A House committee today accused the National Labor Board of violating the constitution by demanding maintenance of union membership in labor contracts. The report warns the action risks the private economy and shifts power from laws to men, with dissenting reps Voorhis and Delaney opposing.
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Washington
National Wallabor Board
House
Flys
Smith
D-Va
Voorhis
Californis
Delaney
New York
Demseras
Genaress
Peterson D-Gad
Maptley
RMD
Jennings
R-Tenn
Hoffman
R- Mich
Congress Candidates From Service Roster Grow
Congress faces a rising trend of veterans seeking office. Service members return home with campaigns in mind, with races in Indiana and Oklahomayboth parties considering military incumbents and new contenders. The shift alarms current lawmakers as they fear veterans' wartime records may outshine their own.
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Ero
Texas
Congress
TSU. Mey
Army of 250000 Nazis in Peril as Reds Slash Rail Lines
Soviet dispatches report the Leningrad offensive threatening main Moscow Leningrad rail arteries. Gogorov’s Leningrad Army pushed toward Krasnogvardeysk and Lug, forcing German units back from key junctions near Luga and Pskov. Meretskov’s Volkhov Army advanced from Novgorod toward Ostrov, with 1800+ German dead and a captured train stockpiled for tanks and guns.
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Moscow
Leningrad
Leonid A. Gogorov
Ikrasnegyardeisk
Russia
Reval
Rasnogvardeisk
Inky
Gavoaroy
Leningrad- Moscow
CBS
Tosio
Coveroy
Luga
Pskov
Linus
K. A. Meretskov
Volkhov
Novgorod
Moscow-Leningrad
Broghet
Kirishi
Chudova
Meretskov
Ostrov
Leningrad- Vitebsk
Iggb
Kingsport Buys 20000 In E War Bonds Tuesday
Kingsport purchases total 305,006 in EB and other bonds as drive nears 800,000 goal. Bond buyers eligible for premiere of Destination Tokyo at State Theater Thursday with film stars Cary Grant and Judith Carrafat amid war bond promotion.
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Kingsport
Tokyo
B. M. Brown
War Finance Committee
State Theater
Boam
Bank
Plini
Bone
Marisat
Broad Streets
Clyie
Lone Magazine
Life
Cary Harbor
U. & Bombers
Cary Grant
Juha Carrafat
Navy Erts
J. C. Peaney Company
J. Fred Johnson Company
Kingsport Industries
Bodies of 11,000 Polish soldiers found by Soviets
The Moscow radio announced a Soviet commission located 11,090 bodies in Polish uniforms near Katyn, Smolensk, saying they were Polish war prisoners shot by German invaders. Lt-Gen. Nikolai Burdenko led investigators who studied bodies, documents, and evidence amid a thorough inquiry begun September 26, 1948.
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London
Moscow
Katyn Povest
Smolenals
Special Commission
Niikolai N. Burdenko
People's Commissation of Health
Smolensk
Pace Fi
FDR Battles Soldier Voting Wrangle in Congress
President Roosevelt again opposes a Senate passed measure on absentee ballot rights for soldiers. He calls the bill meaningless and urges a complete reform of absentee voting machinery to allow service members and merchant marines worldwide to vote without delayed, state-bound processes. He endorses proposals by Senators Green, Lucas, and Tanlis and by Rep Worley for a unified, efficient system.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Green
D-Ri
Taiias
D-In
Ren. Worley
D-Tex
Ure Meibers
Lucas
Worley
Eden Says Britain Not To Recognize Poland Changes
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden reaffirmed Britain's policy not to recognize any territorial changes in Poland since August 1933 and not to recognize changes during the war unless by free consent of the parties. He cited the Atlantic Charter and noted Churchill's prior statements on wartime borders and unconditional surrender terms for enemy nations.
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Eden
Britain
Poland
London
Anthony Eden
Prrmter
Wladyslaw Sikorski
Conmmons
Churchilla
Get
Chureull
Soviets Reject U S Offer In Polish Rift
Secretary of State Hull said the Soviet Union rejected the United States offer to use good offices to restore diplomatic relations between Poland and Russia. He stated Moscow felt conditions were not ripe for such mediation at this time and that further U.S. action, alone or with Britain, was not announced.
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Washington
Hull
Russia
United States
Ite
Poland
Hall
Shex
Britain
Elec
Huis
MacArthur Receives DSM From FDR On 64th Birthday
Advanced Allied Headquarters in New Guinea reports General Douglas MacArthur is awarded the Distinguished Service Medal on his 64th birthday. The ceremony, conducted by Maj Gen Richard J. Marshall, honors his leadership in New Guinea and New Britain as the Southwest Pacific forces push toward Japan. Messages from Secretary of War Stimson and Gen. Hap Arnold praise his offensive gains and resolve, wishing continued victories along the road to Japan.
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New Guinea
Roosevelt
Douglas MacArthur
New Britain
Pacffic
Macarthuy
P Silfens
Richard J. Marshall
Estaff
MacArthur
Australia
Stimson
Benty J, Arnold
Army Air Forces
Japan
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Mengall
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Than
Ate
Byeyer
MW Colarete
Tie Democraty
Lawrence Lewis
Dean M. Dillespie
Sayour
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