Jones fired amid Texas split stirs Capitol intrigue
Avalanche staff writer C W Ratliff reports on Jesse Jones's firing as President Roosevelt reshapes his cabinet to reward loyalty to Wallace. The piece notes divided Texas factions, Senate whispers, and Texan officials like Senator Connally and Representative Rayburn weighing in as Roosevelt plans a voyage with Churchill and Stalin.
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C. W. Ratliff
Washington
Capitol
Jesse Jones
O’daniel
Jones
Wallace
Neednd
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Texas
Tom Connally
Rayburn
Grover Seliers
Austin
Connally
Sellers
Lyndon Johnson
Harold H. Young
Dallas
FDR
Churchill
Stalin
Ius
Senator Connally
Anne of Congress
Aseen
Thanti
Jones Indicts Wallace Ideas in Senate Commerce Hearing
Jesse Jones testified before the Senate Commerce Committee that Henry Wallace is not qualified to succeed him as secretary of commerce and loan administrator. He warned untried ideas and visionary planning could wreck the country while Pepper pressed for factual data. The session lasted over three hours with Wallace to speak Thursday.
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Washington
Jesse Jones
Henry Wallace
Senate
Roosevelt
Jones
Wallace
Senator Pepper
D-Fla
Pepper
Senate Commerce Committee
Commerce
Red Army Enters Battle As German Fronts Shift
Allied and German forces clash across the Western Front as British Second Army advances toward the Roer, U S First and Third Armies flatten the Ardennes bulge, French First Army pushes crossings on the Ill, and civilians flee with thousands evacuated. American withdrawals near Alsace show line shifts and renewed German pressure while RAF and US air forces disrupt rail yards and transport.
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Austin Bealmear
Pross
Pis
Second Army
Roer River
Germany
U. S
Third
Ardennes
Ill River
Alsace
U. S. Seventh Army
Alexander M. Patch
Seventh Army
Reiperswiller
Niedermodern
Havenau
Bischolz
Bischwiller
FFI
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
Rhinebank
Colmar
Maas-Roer
Heinsberg
Linnich
U. S. Ninth Army
Sir Miles C. Dempsey
Uphoven
Haaren
Montfort
Weerd
Holland
Maas
Roermond
Evacuation Begun At Breslau On Berlin Highway
Soviet forces push toward Berlin across Poland and Silesia as Breslau prepares for evacuation. Oppein and Breslau cited as key targets while East Prussia flickers toward severance from Germany. Allied reports note Oder River crossing and new advances near Elbing and Danzig. Mobility and caution mark German responses as the war widens across the frontier.
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W. W. Hercher
Associated Press
Ondon
German Silesia
East Prussia
Oppeln
Upper Silesian
Breslau
Oder River
Poland
Poznan
Berlin
Stalin
Moscow
Oder
Nasis
Silesia
Reuters
Germany
Ivan 8
Konev
First Ukraine Army Gro
Margaretit
Lau
DNB
Vistula
Elbing
K. K. Rokossovsky
Danzig
LAAF To Receive 250 War Prisoners at Lubbock Field
Congress member George H. Mahon reports the War Department plans lodging 250 war prisoners at Lubbock Army Air Field and other West Texas sites. Officials say SPAAF may be inactivated February 15 but could be converted to a large prisoner camp, with possible farm and compress labor use under guard.
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George H. Mahon
Congress
Texas
Lubbock
South Plains Army Air Field
Army Air Forces
Army
SPAAF
Mahon
Avalanche
War Department
War Food Administration
War Manpower Commission
Laaf
West Texas
Eighth Service Command
Dallas
SAAF
Arch S. Underwood
Washington
Underwood
Old South
Freshmen senators back U N plan and world peace role
Sixteen new members of the treaty ratifying body pledge support for U S participation in an international peace organ. They urge early formation of a United Nations organization and American involvement in decisions shaping postwar law and order, backing Roosevelt in dealings with Stalin and Churchill.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Stalin
Churchill
U. S
St Presbes Mbarfton Oaks
United Nations Organization
Dumbarton Oaks
America
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate
Russia
Germany
Foreign Relations Committee
Connally
D-Tex
Barkley
D-Ky
Two Killed In West Coast Plane Crash
Fresno report says Air Force Captain Peter B. Keene 23 of San Antonio and WAC Pfc. Viola J. Smith 23 of Parksdale Oregon were killed when their twin engine fighter crashed five miles east of Burrel Hammerfield base.
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Fresno
Calif
Women’s Army Corps
Hammerfield
Burrel
Peter B. Keene
San Antonio
WAC
Viola J. Smith
Parksdale
Ore
Dallas Attorney Oscar Floyd Dies at About Sixty
Oscar Floyd a Dallas attorney aged about 60 died today after a brief illness. The obituary notes his local practice and indicates his prominence in the Dallas legal community.
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Dallas
Oscar Floyd
Lady Astor Faces Labors Over Overseas WAC Duty
Virginia born Lady Astor challenged Labour protests in the Commons over overseas WAC assignments. Bevan fired back with insults, calling her "cheap Jack" in a heated exchange as the House approved the war credits bill.
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Associated Press
Lady Astor
Commons
Wacs
House
James Grigg
Britain
Tary
Aneurin Bevan
Laborites
Labor Party
Bevan
Committee OKs Work Fight Bill with Choice Clause
The House Military Committee advanced a limited national service bill for men aged 18 to 45, omitting an anti closed shop clause. It shifts to local draft boards the power to assign essential jobs and allow a reasonable choice of employers, with exemptions for discharged veterans and a final House vote anticipated late next week.
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William F. Arbogast
Associated Press
Washington
House Military Committee
Arr
May
D-Ky
Rules Committee
War Mobilization
Frances Perkins To Retain Post In Roosevelt Cabinet
President Roosevelt declined to accept Frances Perkins resignation as secretary of labor, keeping her in the fourth term cabinet. Perkins split with a letter to the President and rejected quitting after 12 years. The White House alternated between oral and written confirmation of his decision.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Frances Perkins
Miss Perkins
Roosevelts
Interior Ickes
CIO
AFL
Philip Murray
William Green
Murray
Green
Labor
Probable Sinking Of U Boat Reported By RAF Coastal Command
London reports the probable sinking of a German U-boat in the Atlantic about 400 miles from Britain. Norwegian sources claim Germany has recently stationed 100 new U-boats at Norwegian ports north to Narvik to resume submarine warfare underway.
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London
Atlantic
Britain
RAF Coastal Command
Narvik
Hockley Farmer Is Victim Of Gunshot
Levelland Texas January 24 Special Merril Strickland a 39 year old Hockley county farmer shot himself at his farm seven miles southeast of Levelland Ed Hofacket sheriff said he drove to a field placed the shotgun in his mouth and pulled the trigger death was likely instantaneous top of head blown off inquest verdict death by gunshot related to ill health survivors include wife Hollie Allene Strickland and foster parents E W Strickland services at First Methodist church Levelland burial in Lubbock cemetery Plains Funeral Home directing
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Levelland
Merril Strickland
Hockley County
Ed Hofacket
Hockley
Hofacket
Strickland
A. F. O'Dell
Hofacker
Hollie Allene Strickland
E. W. Strickland
County
First Methodist Church
W. E. Paterson
Lubbock
Plains Funeral Home
Germans plan move of government offices within Germany
Travelers arriving from Germany report that preparations are under way to relocate the German government from Berlin to a central German location.
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Stockholm
Germany
Berlin
Progress On Manila Road Advances In Luzon Campaign
American motorized patrols push toward Clark field and Pampanga, entering Bamban and Mabalacatito regions as MacArthur reports 14 000 Japanese casualties and 3 145 American losses. Air raids against Formosa, Borneo oil fields, Iwo Jima and Ryukyus continue with B 29s over Iwo Jima.
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Ray Cronin
Associated Press
Luzon
Manila
Clark Field
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Central Plains
Bamban
Mabalacatto
Clarkfield
Fort Stotsenburg
Pampanga Province
Rosario
Lingayen Gulf
Corregidor
Corregidor Island
Manila Bay
Baguio
Benguet
Subic
Dasol
MacArthur
Formosa
Borneo
Iwo Jima
Tokyo
Korea
Ryukyu Islands
Washington
U.S
Radio
Saipan
Volcano Islands
Iwo
Marianas
Radio Tokyo
Japan
Honshu
Koera
Nagoya
Halgard
Osaka
Ryukyus
Nazi Exodus To East Signals Berlin At Risk
Allied air scouts report a desperate Nazi retreat from the western front toward the east, with reserves pulled from the west to bolster eastern lines near Breslau and Berlin. Analysts say a master crisis looms as the German high command thin its western defenses to reinforce the east.
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Kirkel. Simpson
Associated Press
Germany
Oder River
Berlin
Dusseldorf-Hannover
Dussendorf
Hamm
Herford
Hannover
Berlin Wesl
Oder
Frankfurt
Germans Dig Trenches to Defend Berlin in War Mobilization
Nazi leadership orders all able bodied Germans into war effort as Berlin fortifications expand. Reports say civilians are being recruited for the Volkssturm and Home guard while Himmler forms an Eastern front defense council with broad powers.
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Associated Press
Ondon
Berlin
Gestapo
Himmler
Moscow
Silesia
Pomerania
Warthegau
Poznan
Nazi Transocean
Reich
Paris
Transocean
Solkssturm
Eastern Front Defense Council
Heinz Guderian
Volkssturm
Landwehr
Fifth Army Presses German Defenses Near Bologna
Fifth Army patrols engaged strong German defenses on highway 65 within eight and a half miles of Bologna as snow ceased on the Italian front. Germans were reported tearing down houses near the Senio river stronghold at Alffonsine to hinder advancing troops. German air force attacked supply routes to the front. no damage or casualties reported.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Bologna
8Th Army
Senio
Alffonsine
Watch Ad Heads to King's Ladies Lapel and Wrist Watches
Classified ad notes arrival of new watches at King's Ladies shop. Ad highlights lapel and wrist styles and urges quick visit for availability. Limited details read as a simple retail notice from the store.
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King's Ladies
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