Russians Reach 65 Miles From Rostov as Germans Admit Reverses
Allied air and ground operations push Soviet forces toward Rostov on the Don as Berlin acknowledges Nazi reverses. 65 miles from Rostov marks a major advance with potential to sever the Caucasus gateway. Rzhev evacuation signals threat to central front.
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Rostov
Russia
Don River
Berlin
Caucasus
Rzhev
Moscow
Don
Red Army
Sal
Bolshaya Orlovka
Hitler
Germany
Palermo
Sicily
New Guinea
Tunisia
Libya
Tripoli
Burma
India
Akyab
Bay of Bengal
Rathedaung
Nazi
Loss of Face by Congress Explained
A Washington Post reprint quotes Dr. Walter E. Brehm urging faith in Congress to avoid democracy’s decline. Merle Hartman, delivering Daily News to Gore, reports $600.60 in War Bonds and Stamps sold since October 2, including four $100 bonds and a mix of smaller bonds and stamps.
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Merle Hartman
Daily News
Gore
Merle
Morgenthau
Miss Leonard Joins WAAC as City's Fourth Enlistee
Phyllis Leonard daughter of Walter Leonard takes oath in Columbus becoming the fourth Logan girl sworn into WAAC. Her brother Albert joined the Marines at Quantico, his zeal inspiring her. A 1939 LHS graduate, she studied at Ohio State and Office Training School, then served as assistant accountant for Town and Village Insurance in Columbus awaiting call.
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Albert
Marines
Leonard
College of Education
Ohio State University
Town and Village Insurance Company
Columbus
L. C. Hunt
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Four Die In Big Mine Blaze At Pursgrove Coal
Morgantown West Virginia January 8 A sudden underground fire at the Pursgrove Coal Mining Company trapped 78 men three miles from the entry as officials feared four men dead while 74 others were accounted for first reports said.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Pursgrove Coal Mining Company
No. 15
No. 2
S. R. Pursglove
Roosevelt Flags United Nations Victory Hope for 1944
President Roosevelt at a press conference reiterated a hope for a United Nations victory in 1944 and deferred defining the meaning of possibility when asked if the war might end that year. He suggested Congress could influence whether the world is freed from fear but did not promise a 1944 end.
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Washington
Jan
Roosevelt
Congress
United Nations
CIO Aims 1943 Legislative Targets Abolish Dies Committee
CIO announces 1943 aims including abolition of the Dies Committee and the poll tax, plus passage of a tax bill shielding residents from any form of sales tax, signaling broader labor reform objectives in Washington.
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CIO
Washington
Dies
Pay as You Go Plan Wins Nod
President Roosevelt approves a pay-as-you-go tax plan but warns the treasury would be hurt if current taxes are forgiven. He discusses whether losses would be immediate or spread over years and says taxpayers must pay present taxes while saving for next year.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury
Mumps Epidemic Hits City and County Schools
City and county school officials report an unusual spike in student and staff absences due to a mumps epidemic. Logan Junior High Principal Howard E. Kirk notes a new high in absentees while Senior High officials say most missing students are ill with mumps. Monica Acker a Senior High commercial teacher contracted the illness and duties are covered by Mrs. Jack Pierce. County officials confirm many absentees across several classes.
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Howard E. Kirk
Logan Junior High School
Monica Acker
Miss Acker
Jack Pierce
Two transport ships sunk during New Guinea clash
Allied air forces battered a Japanese convoy in northeastern New Guinea, sinking two transports, damaging a third, and downing 18 fighters. The communique touts near completion of the Papuan campaign and destruction of about 107 enemy ships since July 23, with heavy troop losses aboard the sunk vessel.
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New Guinea
MacArthur
Buna
Five children die in flaming farmhouse near East Liverpool
Five children Duane Boyles 14 Arlene Boyles 9 Donna Jean Boyles 7 Donald Yarwood 2 and Charles Yarwood 4 died when a farmhouse 12 miles northwest of East Liverpool burned. Mrs Boyles and two grandchildren Lucille Yarwood were taken to Salem hospital in serious condition.
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East Liverpool
Here
Duane Boyles
Arlene Boyles
Donna Jean Boyles
Donald Yarwood
Charles Yarwood
Frank Boyles
Salem
Boyles
Ohio Liquor Director Joins Army as Major in Finance Dept
Gov. Bricker announced Liquor Director Jacob B. Taylor has been granted a leave of absence to join the Army as a major in the Finance Department. Don Fisher, assistant director, will take charge of the department. Fisher is a Belmont County native who previously worked in the auditor's office before joining the liquor division.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Jacob B. Taylor
Bricker
Don Fisher
Taylor
Fisher
Belmont County
OPA Advises Ohio Applicants on Heating Stove Replacements
The State Office of Price Administration announced that Ohioans seeking to replace worn out oil or coal heating stoves should apply to local war price and rationing boards rather than the War Production Board. The notice clarifies which agency handles stove replacement requests.
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Columbus
State Office of Price Administration
Synthetic Rubber Plan Faces Priority Crisis
Rubber Director William M. Jeffers warned the synthetic rubber program needs a clear priority go ahead for 65 to 70 percent of plant construction to avoid a disaster in military and industrial transport. He cautioned a few bad breaks could spell catastrophe while opposing extending the East Coast pleasure driving ban to save tires, predicting possible revision next summer as travel rises.
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Washington
William M. Jeffers
Military
Indus
Jeffers
WLB orders elections at Lima Locomotive Works
The Labor Board directed Lima Locomotive Works to hold employee elections within 30 days to determine a collective bargaining agent.
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Washington
Lima Locomotive Works, Inc
Lima
Wolf Hunting Popular In Carroll County
Wolf hunting has become a popular and lucrative sport in Carroll County. Four wolves of a pack were shot by hunters in the past week, with the Carroll County commissioners paying a $20 bounty for each. One wolf, believed to be the last of a five wolf pack, has killed over 100 sheep on local farms since last July.
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Carroll County
Birch donates park site legacy to Florida
Fort Lauderdale obituary notes Hugh Taylor Birch retired Standard Oil general counsel who once gifted his Yellow Springs home to Antioch College. He died at 94 after giving a $1,000,000 oceanfront site to Florida for a state park last March.
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Birch
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Hugh Taylor Birch
Standard Oil Company
Yellow Springs
Antioch College
State of
Florida
Local Boards Informed On Recent ODT Order
County Superintendent S H Dillon mailed Friday afternoon information to all boards of education about the Office of Defense Transportation Order No 21 issued by Joseph B Eastman. The letter says to wait for compliance forms and clarify the order before acting. It notes rumors the order may be modified before February 1 to reduce drastic provisions that administrators fear will harm children.
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ODT
Joseph B. Eastman
Office of Defense Transportation
Hocking County
Boards of Education
County Superintendent of Schools
S. H. Dillon
Supt. Dillon
Joseph B. East
FDR Speech Wins Backing From Bipartisan Lawmakers
Washington reports Congress gave unusual bipartisan approval to President Roosevelt s address with a conciliatory tone. Republicans and Democrats praised his non belligerent domestic stance and his push for a broader social security system while omitting concrete timelines or programs. Some observers doubt the timing but note the president s appeal to conservative voices.
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Roosevelt
America
Urges Return to Gasless Sundays in Miami
James M. Cox former Ohio governor and 1920 Democratic nominee urged banning driving on Sundays holidays and after 8 PM to cut fuel use by about 50 percent and prevent paralysis of essential wartime efforts. He cited WWI practice and claimed bootleggers have drained seaboard refineries.
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Miami
Fla
James M. Cox
Ohio
Miami Daily News
Seaboard
Car Strikes Soldiers Injuring Eleven Near Fairfield
An 18 year old driver blinded by lights plowed into a marching Patterson Field soldiers near Fairfield Ohio injuring eleven. Police say the driver reported he could not see clearly due to glare from an approaching vehicle.
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Dayton, O
Patterson Field
Fairfield
Elias Quinn
Hopkins Facing Probe Over Emerald Gift Rumors
Lord Beaverbrook denied giving $500000 in emeralds to Mrs Harry Hopkins as reports circulated in Washington. Rep Martin claimed colleagues planned an inquiry into Hopkins activities, while Mrs Hopkins denied ownership of emeralds. White House officials urged basing gossip on substance.
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Hopkins
Stephen Early
White House
Washington Post
Washington Bureau
Chicago Sun
Rep. Martin
R. Mass
House
Washington Times-Herald
Chicago Tribune
Rep
Hoffman
Sweater Girl Seeks Divorce in Hollywood Shakeup
Los Angeles January story: Lana Turner, famed film colony figure and one of 1942 elopers, files for divorce in 1943. The glamorous actress, nicknamed for her honey hair, had revealed a few months earlier that she was separating from her husband.
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Los Angeles
Lana Turner
Hollywood
Lana
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OPA
Clark Gable
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Warren A. Maxwell
Gable
Army Air Forces
Tyndall Field
Panama City
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