Biggest Yet Hurled By Yank Heavies Over Frankfurt
More than tons of bombs dropped on Frankfurt by 800 U S Flying Fortresses and Liberators with 1 500 escort planes in the largest American bomber assault of the war. 102 German fighters were downed. 31 U S bombers and 13 fighters failed to return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Frankfurt
Germany
U. S
Air Ministry
RAF
Berlin
Atlantic Charter
Deutschlandsender
Assalt
Reat Tempelhof
British Press Association
Roger D. Palmer
Grand Neb
Reds Fight Bitter German Counterattack in South Ukraine
Soviet forces clashed with renewed German attacks in south Ukraine as the Red Army withdrew from several towns to bolster defenses. In the north, Russians advanced toward the Estonian border within 22 miles and cleared the Moscow Leningrad line, capturing Novosokolniki rail hub. The Moscow communiqué says 2,800 Germans were killed and 86 tanks lost in Ukraine while the Nazis evacuated Smela.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Red Army
Ukraine
Moscow - Leningrad
Novosokoliiki
Moscow
Vinnitsa
Smela
Dnieper
Odessa-Lwow
Berlin
Russia
Leningrad
Zagoritsi
Baltic
Narva
Afder Gained Power 11 Years Ago Today
William Smith White reflects on the 11th anniversary of Hitler’s rise to power in Germany. He recalls Hindenburg’s dismissal of his cabinet and the Nazi ascent, noting Berlin’s ruins and the world’s long fear from 1933 to the present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Afder
von Hindenburg
Hitler
Stalingrad
Stuttgart
Moscow
Munich
Hindenburg
Wilhelmstrasse
Hermann Goering
Wilhelm Frick
England
Berlin
Mrs. C. F. Michel Dies At Home In La Crosse
Mrs. Carl F. Michel age 54 died suddenly Saturday at 1 30 PM at 1431 Cass Street La Crosse. Born Nina Faustman in Ripon Wisconsin April 15 1889 she lived in La Crosse since her 1916 marriage. Surviving husband three children and one grandchild, Lieut. Carl F. Michel Jr. and Frederick Michel, Mrs Solie of Seattle, and Catharine Solie, brother Carl Faustman of Ripon. Funeral plans await word from Mrs Solie. She had served on the La Crosse Home for Children board and chaired two annual Charity balls in 1930 and 1931.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl F. Michel
Cass Street
Michel
Nina Faustman
Ripon
Wis
Ripon College
Theodore Solie, Jr
Seattle
Wash
Carl F. Michel, Jr
Fort Bellvoir
Frederick Michel
la Crosse
Catherine Margaret Solie
Carl Faustman
Solie
Draft Boards Overhaul Selective Service to Meet Quotas
Draft boards undertake major overhauls to process about 600000 men into the services in January and February. New rules impose pre induction physicals 21 days before oath and restrict deferments for 18 to 21 year olds unless farming or industry necessity is certified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Armed Services
Army Navy
Congress
Selective Service
Navy
Army
Allied drive reaches 18 miles from Rome near Cisterna
Allied HQ reports beachhead expansion south of Rome with British forces within 18 miles of the Eternal City and Americans within range of Cisterna. The push includes a capture of a railway bridge 18 miles south of Rome and advances near Castel Gandolfo. Air battles tally heavy Nazi losses while Allied navies shell coastlines and disrupt a German supply train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
Rome
Eternal City
Cisterna
Anzio
Carroceto
5Th Army
Mount Belvedere
Cassino
Garigliano
Suio
Mt. Rotondo
Castelforte
Himmler Executed Could Be Say Swiss Reports
NBC correspondent Paul Archinald quoted the Journal de Geneve that Heinrich Himmler may have been executed due to plans to replace Hitler. The paper allegedly said Martin Bormann replaced Himmler as interior minister and that the Fuehrer’s plan called for elimination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
NBC
Paul Archinard
Bern
Switzerland
Journal de Geneve
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Adolf Hitler
Archinald
Himmler
Martin Bormann
Hitler
Fuehrer
Associated Press
Bormann
Lions Break Loose at Circus in Nuevo Laredo
At a main intersection in Nuevo Laredo during a Ferrandi circus engagement two lions broke from their cage and pounced on two mules. Circus attendants shot the lions as they were eating the animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neuvo Laredo
Mexico
Ferrandi Circus
Nuevo Laredo
Klode Undergoes Leg Amputation at Milwaukee Hospital
Frank C. Klode former director of the state board of public welfare underwent amputation of his left leg Saturday at St. Josephs hospital. Klode who resigned as state welfare director October 29 1943 has been ill for several months. He is 78 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klode
Milwaukee
Frank C. Klode
State Board of Public Welfare
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Block Workers To Spur Bond Sales In La Crosse
War bond drive rolls out in La Crosse with house to house solicitors starting Monday. Ward captains receive materials, contact details, and guidance to collect pledges only. Citizens urged to decide investment and provide steady payments via issuing agents to earn window stickers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nh Em
City of la Crosse
Charles Wachs
Issung
Bankers Committee
John Blair
North 9Th
Karl Ruplin
South 4Th
A. M. Johnson
B. E. Nelson
North 7Th
Nic Weber
Avon
Ward
L. H. Kramer
South &Th
Borghild Verket
Bond Drive
Marshalls Invasion Inferred As Carrier Air Strikes Intensify
U S forces massed carrier task forces launch extensive air raids on the Marshall Islands in the mid Pacific with targets including Taroa Maloelap Wotje and Kwajalein. Adm Chester Nimitz calls the attack the opening stroke of an invasion with no further details released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hipple
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Marshall Islands
mid-Pacific
United States
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Taroa
Maloelap
Wotje
Kwajalein
Marshalls
Seventh Aaf
Navy
Atrocity Story May Be News Even To Tokyo
James D. White reports on U S reactions to documented Japanese atrocities in Bataan Corregidor and Nanking and on Tokyo officials’ cautious responses The piece notes potential shifts in policy if Red Cross access is allowed and highlights wartime bond drive upticks and calls for deportation of Japanese in the United States by the American Legion leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
James D. White
Associated Press
Peiping
China
Washington
Japan
Bataan
Tokyo War Office
Domei
Guadalcanal
Nanking
Tientsin
International Red Cross
Treasury
New York
New Jersey
Maryland
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Morgenthau
Warren H. Atherton
American Legion
Boston
United States
The
Legion
Vatican denies Philippines recognition claim
The Vatican has officially denied Japanese allegations that the Holy See recognized the so-called republic of the Philippines. The claim of Vatican recognition of a Japanese puppet regime in the Philippines appeared in an enemy broadcast on January 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Vatican
Holy See
Republic of the Philippines
State Department
Philippines
Air Losses In January Exceed 400
Air losses in January exceed 400 as Allied bombing and naval actions press toward New Britain and Rabaul. Tokyo admits home-broadcast optimism but faces harsher casualty figures and stronger U S and Allied pressure in the central Pacific theater.
Allied Air Raids Hit Rabaul and Kavieng in January Drive
Clements reports Allied air offensives from New Guinea to Kavieng, with 23 Japanese planes shot down in the latest raid, bringing January losses above 400. Mitchell bombers and fighters attacked Lakunai Airdrome and the Ramu valley while a cargo ship near Kavieng was sunk, heavily loaded with fuel oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kavieng
Ireland
Navy
Air Arm
New Guinea
Madang
Bogadjim
Ramu
Rabaul
Catalina
Adeldang
Kankiryo Saddle
20000 British Miners Idle In Wage Dispute
Twenty thousand miners idle over a new national minimum wage of 20 dollars a week for underground workers and 18 dollars for surface workers. Thirty eight pits in Lancashire, Staffordshire and Wales affected as some miners walked out while others were idle due to lack of work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lancashire
Straffordshire
Wales
British Shore Guns Fire Across Channel
British coastal batteries in the Dover strait fired across the Channel at a suspected German convoy between Calais and Boulogne. German guns replied with longer bursts as shells fell in the Dover area. The glow lit the Channel, coming a week after a British coastal battery sank an enemy ship off Cap Gris Nez.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Dover Strait
Calais
Boulogne
Dover
Cap Gris Nez
Tammany Leader Quits New York
Michael J. Kennedy resigned as head of Tammany Hall on Saturday night. Edward V. Loughlin, secretary to Supreme Court Justice Ferdinand Pecora and head of the 4th assembly district, was named his successor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tammany
New York
Michael J. Kennedy
Tammany Hall
Edward V. Loughlin
Supreme Court
Ferdinand Pecora
4Th Assembly
Also Mentioned on This Page
Yank Heavies
Europe
France
Tannic
Brittany
Jersey
Reds
South
Estonia
By James M. Long
Moscow-Leningrad
Chudovo
William Smith White
By Max Hall
By Edward Kennedy
Appian Way
Italy
Pope's
Castel Gondolfo
Pope Pius XII
Philippine
New Britain
Military Subcommittee
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!