Army troops on Attu report progress amid harsh conditions
Secretary of War Stimson said U S Army units on Attu Island in the Aleutians are advancing despite severe weather. They seized portions of Holtz Bay and Massacre Bay, merged their forces, faced light casualties, and captured substantial equipment including an intact anti aircraft battery and ammunition for use in shore bombardment.
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Washington
Attu Island
Stimson
Holle Bay
Eugene M. Landrum
Eyoperie Tlons
Cormandy
Attu
Army Aconta
Holtz Bay
Massacre Bay
Taland
Calin
Holtz Bey
Guntheron
Forre
Forres Unis
Ga Son
Chichagof Harbor
Anid
Mail Applications For Ration Book 3
Washington announces new War Ration Book 3 to replace older books. Office of Price Administration explains stamps cover sugar meat canned goods and shoes with airplane and artillery images. Recipients are asked not to return blanks yet due to no receiving machinery yet set up.
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Washington
Sam
Office of Price Administrativar
Oda
United Mine Workers tighten strike stance on Attu remnants
Bulletin reports United Mine Workers president John J. Fawls orders four striking sft cowl dippers to resume robe after Miri marriage. Washington dispatch notes American forces completed enveloping remnants of Japanese on Attu in the Aleutians after seizing a partially built enemy airfield. In labor news, Ernest Sharp, 47, a coal miner, died in a motor accident at Res Mines near here late Wednesday.
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United Mine Workers
Nines Miri
Hon Fron
New York
VUMW
John JT
Washington
Attu Island
Aleutians
Laboulette
Venn
Res Mines
Here
Ernest Sharp
John Lewis
American Federation of Labor
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APL
CTO
Lewis
American Labor Movement
District 50
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UMW
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William L. Hutchenson
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Air Raids Roll On In High Berlin Hit Again By RAF Bombs
London dispatch details a continuing RAF raid on Berlin as British forces strike in daylight over northern France and the channel. American Flying Fortresses join the campaign with firebombing at Kiel and Flensburg, causing extensive infernos and heavy combat losses.
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England
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Kendler
Reds Repel German Attacks in Kuban and Donets Fronts
Soviet releases report heavy German losses as Red Army artillery and air power shattered counterattacks in the Kuban valley and around the Donets river. Intense fighting and air clashes extend from Leningrad to Novorossiysk with emphasis on Kuban and Tayum areas. Berlin claims troop movements in the Caucasus remain under observation.
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Karelian
Leningrad
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Dre
Belgerod
Trine de
Japan Admits U S Success On Attu In Broadcast
Tokyo radio reported a Doni news agency account of the Attu battle noting U S planes and warships drove Japanese troops from ridge positions and killed over two thirds of one Japanese unit. The claim of heavy American losses and other unverified details were cited. U S sources gave lighter losses than Japan claimed. Admiral Wiley dies in Florida at 78. War Department awards a Memphis, Tennessee contract for temporary frame buildings in Shelby County.
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Tokyo
Doni News Agency
Hattia
Attu
U.S
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New York
Washington
Knox
United States
War Department
Fred Young
Sam Maury
Memphis
Tenn
Tlee WG
Shelby County
Tennessee
McKellar Reopens Douglas Dam Controversy Facing Delays In Tennessee
McKellar renews charges about fissures delaying Douglas Dam construction amid hearings before the Senate Appropriations Committee. Olds defends engineering measures while noting no major delay and possible coordination gaps. The discussion references Center Hill Dale Hollow Watauga and Holston dams and notes prior War Production Board actions.
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Douglas
Tennessee Valley Authority
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Beate Appropriations Committee
Senate
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Tkat
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Olds
Power Commission Dic
War Production Board
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Dama
Tennessee
Nazis May Forego Summer Drive To Guard Coast
Reports from Ankara indicate Germany may skip a major summer offensive to defend the Atlantic wall and guard the Balkan coast. Observers say Berlin fears an Allied thrust through the Balkans and is reinforcing southeastern Europe while rumors of a Balkan invasion persist but lack solid foundation.
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Iran
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Balkan
Tio
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Adolf Hiller
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Dardarelies
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Berlin
Rome
Kingsport Slaying Case Opens in Sullivan Court
In Sullivan County Circuit Court here Thursday morning, the trial of Astra Koonin Blountville native Otto P. Vyers charged with the murder of Byron Greer of Kingsport began with seven witnesses heard before noon. Greer was shot Oct 10, 1942 at Myers home in Tranbarger Hollow. A prior defense claimed the shotgun in Myers' seven year old son Jack caused the death.
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Hart Hammone
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Warm Springs
Court
Churchill Signals Possible Shift in Allied Strategy
Churchill addressed Congress hinting at urgent aid to China and questioning air power alone ending Germany. He defended no basic change from 1942 policy and warned invasion of Europe remains essential, with effort to ease pressure on Russia in 1943 while continuing air assault on Italy and Germany.
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China
Germany
Italy
High Command
Hitler
Japan
Hiller
Pacific
Russia
France
Tre
Sea Churchill
Negro Arrested In State Slaying Case
In a Tennessee case near Camp Forrest, a Black man identified as Johnson shot himself at the Nashville bus station while authorities sought to arrest him for the murder and criminal assault of 19 year old Norma Faye Scogin, wife of Lt. Scogin. A second man Pittman Ward is jailed as a material witness in Manchester.
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George
Slim
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Towa
Hauriat
Allies Bay 73 Axis Planes In Italian Area
Allied forces claim a major air battle results in 75 Axis planes destroyed and 44 more at ground sites in Sicily and Sardinia. U S bombers hit Milo airfield near Trapani and Moncerrato and Cagliari harbor areas with Mitchells and Marauders sustaining four losses.
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North Africa
Ricily
Sardinia
Tunisia
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Axia
Milo Field
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Cagliarid
Nation Not Santa Claus declares postwar food rationing likely
Secretary at Agriculture Paul H. Appehy said the United States must prepare to continue rationing for several years after the war. He rejected the notion that the UN Food Conference aimed to let the U S play Santa Claus, but warned Europe will require large aid for some time after hostilities cease.
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Gton Springs
Yst
Er—Uylers
Cretary
Paul H. Appehy
United States
United Nations
Europe
U S Steps Up Bombing Raids On Japs In Burma
U S Army Air Force reports a record more than 109 tons of explosives dropped on Japanese targets in Burma. Fires raged in the Trrawaddy Valley 100 miles below Mandalay and 150 miles above Rangoon. Medium bombers also hit Manywa on the Chindwin River and Myitkyina and Prama targets with large tonnages.
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Anaur
Japan
Burma
Othu
S&s Army Air Force
Trrawaddy
Mandalay
Rangoon
Manywa
Chindwin
Myttkyina
Terget
Pramea
Bamba
Aleutian Offensive Seen as Start of Sustained Bombings
The article outlines a forecast of sustained bombing against Japan from Aleutian bases. It notes American air power could strike Tokyo this summer and hit Kuriles with long range bombers. It cites Churchill and potential Russian involvement, plus strategic aims to wreck Japanese cities.
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Washington
Japan
Aleutians
Pacific
Army Air Force
Noth Pacific
Tokyo
Kuriles Islands
Attu
Kuriles
Thenin
Churchill
Russia
Siberia
Kamchatka Peningula
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