Cassino Lines Crumble as Allies Break German Defenses
Allied infantry and tanks breach German lines north of Cassino after a Rapido River flood barrier. In Italy, Allied air forces claim a record 63 German planes downed as British and American units push from the Anzio bridgehead toward Rome, expanding the wedge 19 or 20 miles below the capital. The German defense line along the Alban hills is being blasted from haystacks, farm buildings, and villages while a Berlin broadcast notes a major offensive from the bridgehead. Dispatches indicate six infantry divisions plus armor and guns have entered the wedge.
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ALGIERS
Rapido
Cassino
Italy
Anzio
Rome
Alban hills
Cisterna
Eternal City
Berlin
high command
PAS DE CALAIS
LONDON
C.P
United States
France
U.S. army
JAR
BURMA
NEW DELHI
A.P
Ledo road
Hayden Boavier
Joseph W. Stilwell
EUROPE
Reich
KINGISEPP
BALTICS
Northwest Territories
ABlavik
Edmonton
Sadao Iguchi
Reds 17 Miles Nazi From Estonia
Russian troops push toward Kingisepp and the Estonian border as Govorov advances from Leningrad and Popov’s front nears Latvia. German reports claim Russian gains, while caution cites infractions, with losses and captures given. Economic disaster shadow looms as Germany exploits Poland’s grain and meat for sustenance.
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OSCcOW
Leningrad
Gulf of Finland
Kingisepp
Baltics
Leonid A. Govorov
Weimarn
Estonia
Reval
Tallinn
gulf
Lake Chudov
Markian Popov
Novosokolniki
Latvia
Moscow-Riga
Dnieper
Dniperopetrovsk
Cherkasy
Belaya Tserkov
Lake Ilmen
Pripet
Berezina
White Russia
Pogrebishche
Japs Report Marshalls Invaded By Americans
EW YORK Jan 31 AP Tokyo radio said Japanese army and navy units intercepted powerful enemy forces attacking the Marshall group since dawn Jan 30 and fierce fighting was under way. A second Tokyo broadcast said strong enemy forces began an offensive at dawn Jan 30 and Japanese forces were in hard fighting in this sector.
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YORK
A.P
Tokyo radio
Marshall group
North America
United States foreign broadcast intelligence service
Tokyo
Italy
United States
Marshalls
US Subs Bay 14 Jap Ships in Pacific Haul
The United States navy said submarines sank 14 Japanese ships, including two large transports. The tally brings enemy ships "sunk, probably sunk or damaged" to 572 since the war spread to the Pacific, with 422 sunk, 36 probably sunk, and 114 damaged.
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Subs Bay
Marshalls
Pacific
Valid D Coupons Good For New Ration Increase
OTTAWA January 31 The prices board announced that the increase in preserves rations takes effect February 3 and applies to all valid D coupons held by consumers on that date. The board said retailers and consumers asked whether the new value covers coupons becoming valid on or after February 3 or all accumulated coupons.
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OTTAWA
West Zorra elects council by acclamation in 1944
The West Zorra township in Ontario elected its 1944 council by acclamation, a rare outcome suggesting strong approval of the current administration. The council includes a McKay, a Sutherland and two Murrays, a pattern echoed historically in the town. The piece notes the region’s Scotch heritage and lists prominent local names tied to church trustees and early settlers.
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West Zorra
Ontario
Toronto Telegram
McKay
Sutherland
Murrays
McKays
Mc Donalds
Ross, Sutherland
Matheson
Mcpherson
Donald McKenzie
Ross
Munro
McDonald
Air Forces Hit Rabaul and Marshall Islands In Big Strikes
United States airmen struck Rabaul in New Britain for the month’s 26th time, shooting down 30 Japanese planes and likely destroying 20 on the ground while losing six of their own. Allied raids also pummeled Kwajalein Roi Maloelap and Wotje atolls, with carriers bombarding shore targets and heavy bombardment of Eniwetok to neutralize air strength nearby.
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New Guinea
C.P
United States
Rabaul
New Britain
mid-Pacific
Marshall Islands
Arawe
Gloucester
Madang
POUND ISLANDS
PEARL HARBOR
Kwajalein
Roi islands
Maloelap
Wotje
Chester W. Nimitz
United States navy
central Pacific
Eniwetok
Marshall atolls
Boys Hold Five Escaped Nazis At Gunpoint
In Indianaola Nebraska on Sunday five German prisoners of war who had escaped from a local camp were held at gunpoint by five armed boys in a henhouse until military authorities arrived. The boys, who recognized the uniforms, forced the prisoners to remain until Lt Col Frederick E Whitten and his guards came to return the prisoners.
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INDIANAOLA
Neb
Frederick E. Whitten
Germans Move Troops From Russia to Jutland
Stockholm dateline reports German forces shift from the Russian front to Jutland Denmark with summer hotels and villas requisitioned to quarter troops, per a Danish press service dispatch dated Sunday January 31.
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STOCKHOLM
Jutland
Journalism's Gold Medal To W. A. White
William Allen White of Emporia Kansas will receive a posthumous American Society of Newspaper Editors gold medal for journalism at the April meeting. Roy A. Roberts, KS City Star editor and society president, said the award was planned as a surprise. Mrs. White knew of it and told him as his illness grew critical.
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KANSAS CITY
William Allen White
Emporia, Kas
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Roy A. Roberts
the
Kansas City Star
King Rules Out Wartime Election Confidence in War-time Stayill
Ottawa Jan 31 Prime Minister Mackenzie King said in the house the government will not be interrupted by a general election during wartime and that he intends to remain PM until victory. He noted Parliament could operate under statutory limits until June 1945 and opposed extending life beyond that term unless extreme. He assailed John Bracken as lacking a seat and thus unable to represent Canadians, while defending the authority of elected leaders.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Mackenzie King
house of commons
CPI
John Bracken
Progressive Conservative
Arthur Meighen
Mr. King
King
Bracken
Britain May Shift to Right Hand Drive After War
New Jersey highway commissioner Spencer Miller, back from Britain, reports the British ministry of transport will recommend adopting right-hand side driving as a postwar project for Britain, signaling a potential road rule change after the war.
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Britain
NEW YORK
Spencer Miller
New Jersey
ministry of transport
Berlin Hit by Third Major Allied Air Attack
London reports a massive RAF and USAAF bombing of Berlin and three other major industrial cities, creating widespread fire and rubble. Mosquito aircraft aided the raid after heavy bombers, with Sweden-Berlin communications disrupted and Germany entering its 19th year under Nazi rule amid continued night raids on central and western targets.
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AUSTIN BEALMEAR
Associated Press
LONDON
R.A.F
R.C.A.P
Berlin
Germany
Brunswick
Hanover
United States
Frankfurt
Sweden
Stockholm
air ministry
Graydon criticizes govt social security plan in Commons
Ontario born Progressive Conservative House leader Gordon Graydon labeled the Liberal throne speech social security plan a dying declaration and urged fuller government details on army organization at home and overseas. He questioned postwar aviation aims and labor reforms while insisting on faster parliamentary action.
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OTTAWA
C. PJ
Gordon Graydon
Progressive Conservative
Commons
Graydon
Canada
ARMY
Fourth German prisoner in US dies at camp suicide
Concordia Kas January 31 1940 Army officials report Lieut Karl Hasert 36 a German war prisoner and hospital psychiatric patient killed himself Saturday at the Concordia prisoner of war camp His death is the fourth war prisoner listed as dying by own action at the camp though officers say it likely has no connection to earlier deaths tied to Nazi and anti Nazi feuds Hasert was found strangled with one leg of his pajama pants.
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CONCORDIA
Kas
Karl Hasert
Hasert
Receipts For Income Taxes Going Out In Ottawa
Ottawa reports a steady flow of income tax payments and compulsory savings leaving the revenue department. Deputy Minister Fraser Elliott said thousands have already gone with hundreds of thousands still to go. He noted the payments are moving at a satisfactory rate and that the staff needs time beyond six months to finish the full job for one million taxpayers.
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OTTAWA
Sim OG
revenue department
Fraser Elliott
Hitler Warns of Grim Year as Europe Faces Bolshevism
London dispatch reports Adolf Hitler on Sunday delivering a gloom filled speech marking his 11th year in power. He warned of a stark choice between Europe and Bolshevism, urged Germans to persevere, and claimed only Germany can defend Europe against Soviet Russia.
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LONDON
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Soviet Russia
Berlin
Europe
Hitler
Russia
England
Britain
United States
Gen Simonds Promoted to Acting Lieutenant General Command
Ottawa Jan 31 Defence Minister Ralston announced major changes in the Canadian Army. Maj Gen Guy Simonds, 41, is promoted to acting lieutenant-general and to command of the Canadian Corps. Lt Gen Sansom relinquishes corps command. Eng Charles Poulkes appointed to command a Canadian division overseas with acting rank of major-general. Lt Col James Curry Jefferson appointed to acting brigadier general.
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OTTAWA
Defence
Ralston
Guy Simonds
B. W. Sansom
Hiness
Eng
Charles Poulkes
James Curry Jefferson
Edmonton
Alts
Allies Launch Major Offensives South of Rome and Cassino
Allied forces pushed from the beachhead south of Rome and along the Cassino front in renewed strikes. The German high command acknowledged intensified battle with powerful tank and infantry operations in northern and northeastern directions from the Rome wedge.
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WES GALLAGHER
Dnieper River
LISBON
Poland
Balkan
Red army
REDS
HELSINKI
FINLAND
FALLINN
TATVIA
ENIRGRAD
LAKE, ILMEN
SHIMSK
RUSSA
VELIKIELAKE
NEVEL
Baltic
star
Narva
WASHINGTON
Bruce county
West
London Times
University of Oxford
Nuffield Provincial Hospitals Trust
Lord Nuffield
university
Jans
DENMARK
Journalism
W. A. White
Mr. Graydon
JAMES McCOOK
EDWARD D. BALL
Gen.Simonds
Foulkes
Sansom
GEN. SIMONDS
ACT
SIMONDS
GEN
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