Unbelievable Atrocities Of Japanese Revealed
A U S government report details the brutal treatment of Bataan and Corregidor captives. It cites starvation, forced labor, water denial, beatings, beheadings, and bodies left to rot along a six day march known as the march of death. Commanders McCoy Mellink and Dyess survived. Dyess is dead, Mellink serves with Gen. MacArthur in the southwest Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvyn H. McCoy
USN
Indianapolis
S. M. Mellink
Coast Artillery Corps
Dunmore
William E. Dyess
Air Corps
Albany
Tex
Dyess
Burbank
Calif
Pacific
Mellink
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
McCoy
United States
Marajen Dyess
Champaign
Champaign News-Gazette
O'Donnell
Cabanatuan
Camp O'Donnell
Bataan
Mariveles
Corregidor
San Fernando
Pampanga Province
Calcutta
Destroy Japan demands bomb Japan and hang the Mikado
Senator Clark and other leaders condemned Japanese atrocities against American and Filipino POWs. They urged the United Nations to destroy Japan and punish its leaders, while warning such cruelty would harden resolve to strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United Nations
Japan
Senator Clark
D-Mo
Clark
Atic
Barkley
Nnion
Thomas
U S Gathers Data To Arrange For War Criminal Punishment
Washington reports that Secretary Hull states the United States is gathering information on Japanese prisoner mistreatment to prosecute war criminals after the war. Officials indicate public release of facts aims to influence Japanese attitudes and discuss possible trials and exchanges with Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Washington
Bataan
Hull
Pacific
Office of War Information
Philippines
Japan
Army-Navy
Corregidor
United States
Gripsholm
U.S. Gathers
Tokyo Urges U S Promote Peace Club
New York reports a Tokyo propaganda broadcast urged Americans to form a "peace for the world club" as the army navy noted atrocities against POWs. The speaker referenced internment camp inmates and joked about Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men as camp entertainment, asking readers to write to newspapers or radios. Government monitors had not heard a Japanese reply to the atrocity statement by noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tokyo
United States
Army-Navy
U. S
John Steink
Army Navy
Senate approves farm funds for 1944 labor program
The Senate on Friday halted soldier vote debate to approve 35 million dollars for the 1944 farm labor recruitment program and added 1.3592 million dollars for the War Manpower Commission to import alien lumber workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
War Manpower Commission
Romanian Nab Japanese Diplomat for Moscow Radio Contacts
The Japanese military attache in Bucharest has been arrested and jailed by Romanian authorities on charges of illicit radio communication with Moscow. He reportedly attempted suicide when his residence was raided but was captured swiftly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ankara
Turkey
Bucharest
Moscow
Leningrad Celebrates Freedom From Siege
Soviet report says Leningrad is liberated after 27 months of blackout nights and bombardment. Residents celebrate with singing and dancing as 24 salvoes from 324 guns mark the city’s full liberation yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Leningrad
Milwaukee Youth Questioned in Fatal Street Struggle
Police detained a 16 year old after the death of Leo Kowalski aged 33 who was found on a Milwaukee sidewalk. The youth said Kowalski grabbed him, knocked off his glasses, and he punched Kowalski in the chin and stomach in retaliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Leo Kowalski
Kowalski
Berlin Fire Grows as RAF and US Bomb Berlin Again
Berlin afire after another RAF night raid and US eight air force hit, targeting Berlin and northern France. The campaign draws toward a finishing stroke with heavy losses and sustained bomb tonnage, while Helgoland and western German targets also suffer damage. The US 8th Air Force marks two years of operations with thousands of tons dropped and hundreds of planes lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Berlin
H. H. Arnold
Hitler
Europe
Atlantic Wall
U. S
France
Helgoland
North Sea Island
Germany
RAF
Air Ministry
United States
8Th Air Force
Bolivia Stands Calm Over Republic Recognition Split
Bolivia rejects external pressure as 18 American republics decline to recognize President Villarroel. Foreign Minister Jose Tamayo says Bolivia received the decision with calm firmness and a clear sense of freedom from fault in a message to the peoples of America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Paz
Bolivia
Villarroel
Jose Tamayo
America
Bus Strikes Bridge Killing Passenger Near Hubbard
A Jefferson Transportation Company bus crashed into a cement bridge and a tree on Highway 65 five miles south of Hubbard Iowa, killing a 23 year old passenger, Mrs. Wesley Rice, and injuring 16 others. The bus top sheared by a limb. Patients were in hospitals at Iowa Falls and Eldora.
Battered Nazi Troops Falling Back Before Smashing Soviets
Soviet forces on the Leningrad front broke siege lines around Lenin grad and seized Volosovo and Tosno rail junctions. German troops retreated toward Narva as Red Army units advanced from Lyuban and Chudovo, with heavy casualties reported on multiple fronts including Crimea and southern Ukraine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Russia
Narva
Estonia
Luga
Staraya Russa
Leningrad
Volosovo
Tosno
Lyuban
Chudovo
Govorov
Narva-Revel
Volkhovo
K. A. Meretskov
Volkhov
Ory
Novosolniki
Ukraine
Nikolai Vatutin
Odessa-Warsaw
United States cuts Spain oil supplies amid policy review
The United States suspends February oil shipments to Spain from the Caribbean, pressuring Madrid to redefine its stance toward Germany and the Allies. Hull to announce the move, tied to a broader re-examination of policy toward the neutral, amid a German Spanish debt deal and Nazi spy concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Spain
Germany
United States
Caribbean
Hull
Rap
Britain
Ice Recedes On Mississippi River Near La Crosse Early Friday
Ice in the Mississippi near La Crosse broke up around 3 a m as colder air moved in from the northwest. Meteorologist A D Sanial cited warmer days, snow flurries, and a high of 45 degrees then a drop to 35 by noon with a 25 degree low forecast for Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi River
la Crosse
A. D. Sanial
Weather Bureau
Dresbach
Sanial
Sanal
Three Killed Taking Down Telegraph Lines
Three Western Union employees were electrocuted while removing lines formerly used by the Postal Telegraph company in St. Joseph Missouri. The victims were Robert E. Carter 27 of MacAlester Oklahoma Elgin J McDaniels 17 of Virginia Minnesota and Carl E Raschke 17 of Crystal Lake Illinois. Henry Henderson Jr 16 of Goodwater Alabama sustained burns on both hands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Joseph
Western Union Telegraph Company
Postal Telegraph Company
Robert E. Carter
MacAlester
Okla
Elgin J. McDaniels
Virginia
Minn
Carl E. Raschke
Crystal Lake
Ill
Henry Henderson, Jr
Goodwater
Ala
Former Bank Teller Pleads Guilty in Federal Court
Harold Brown aged 33, a former teller at Merchants and Savings Bank of Janesville, pleaded guilty to falsifying bank records in federal court and received a suspended 18 month sentence plus two years of probation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison, Wis
Harold Brown
Merchants and Savings Bank of
Janesville
Second Windfall Tax Break Repeal Moves Forward
Tax bill conferees agreed to repeal the second windfall provision taxing excess over normed earnings based on 1938 39 or 40 income plus 20000. They also revised a newsprint import amendment and approved wartime luxury duty increases on cabarets cosmetics theater admissions furs wallets and pool tables among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Four German Destroyers Among Sunk Ships
Berlin radio claimed German submarines sunk seven ships totaling 51 500 tons and four destroyers in recent days attacking Allied convoys. No Allied admissions confirmed shipping losses or locations of the sinkings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Berlin
Bond Solicitors to Begin House to House Drive in Fourth War Loan
Civilian defense office will start house to house bond solicitation Monday. A L Christensen chairman says materials are being distributed by OCD captains in each ward. Women workers are eager to start with one having already completed a block. La Crosse quota is 2.1 million for individuals. Gysbert Van Steenwyk says individual sales progress slowly but aims to cover most by month end. Wisconsin total individual sales reach 21.1 million, 18.6 percent of 113 million state quota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Civilian Defense
A. L. Christensen
Bond Drive
OCD
Christensen
la Crosse
Gysbert van Steenwyk
Wisconsin
Federal Reserve
Eaker to Command Mediterranean Allied Air Forces
Allied HQ Algiers announced creation of the Mediterranean Allied air forces under Lieut. Gen. Ira C. Eaker. The unit replaces the Mediterranean air command led by Sir Arthur Tedder and the Northwest African air forces led by Gen. Carl A. Spaatz and will comprise U S 12th and 15th air forces and RAF units at Malta and the Middle East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied Headquarters
Algiers
Mediterranean
Allied Air Forces
Ira C. Eaker
Henry Maitland Wilson
Mediterranean Air Command
Arthur Tedder
Carl A. Spaatz
U. S
15Th
Malta
Middlest
Gunners Train With Rocket Target At Camp Davis
Army reports anti aircraft gunners at Camp Davis North Carolina trained with a rocket propelled target traveling at airplane speeds. The 5 foot target initial speed 450 miles per hour and range about 2200 yards. Officers say accuracy improved markedly and both rocket and airplane towed targets are used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Davis
N. C
Army
Pole Premier Coming To U S In February
London reports Premier Stanislaw Mikolajczyk will depart in February for Washington to meet President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Cordell Hull about the Russian Polish border dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Washington
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Tin and Paper Collection Night In La Crosse
The La Crosse Tin Salvage committee and Boy Scouts will collect tin cans and waste paper Saturday. Residents should place cans in one container and paper in another, on the curb if possible. If bad weather occurs, paper should be placed on porches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse Tin Salvage Committee
Boy Scouts
Allied Forces Hold Anzio Beachhead In Fierce Ground Fight
British and American troops repulsed German efforts near Carroceto ten miles north of Anzio as Allied forces widened the bridgehead and captured prisoners. German losses included planes and armored trains. Allied air and naval units attacked targets from Marseille to Gaeta, while German diversions sought to halt progress and mines impeded Rapido crossings.
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Giers
Rane
Nettuno
Carroceto
Via Anziate
Anzio
Rome
France
Marseille
Montpelier
Corres Dents
Mark W. Clark
5Th Army
Associated Press
Don Whitehead
Harold Alexander
Hermann Goering
29Th Armored Grenadiers
Adolf Hitler
10Th Army
Gustav
Rapido
Cassino
Rapido River
8Th Army
Gulf of Gaeta
Appian Way
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William Frye
Bataan and
Lieut. Col
Mellnnk
Lieut. Col. Dyess
Commander McCoy
Solons
Utah
Shanghai
Hong Thomas
Stephen
State Department
Publica
D-ay
Catedilitary Committee
Toyo
Hades
Rumania
Aftonbladet
Kerch
Novgorod
Ilmen
Pskov
Vitebsk
Crimea
Perekop
Black Sea
Progrebishche
Uncle Sam
Flora Lewis
Chicago
Midwest
Rocky Mountain
Rapid City
S. D
South Dakota
Nebraska
Minnesota
H. L. Jacobson
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Jacobson
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Eaker
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Italy
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