Knox Predicts Air Attack on Tokyo and Guadalcanal Pressure
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox returns from a Pacific inspection with optimism on air strike prospects against Tokyo and relief that Guadalcanal will face intensified pressure within 30 days. He reports strong Allied bases, ample supplies, and stout Japanese resistance ahead. He notes Atlantic submarine challenges but sees improvements near Guadalcanal.
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Pacific
Tokyo
Guadalcanal
Washington
Esparitu Santo
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Soom
Parificeek
Wilem F Halsey
Wuth Pacific Force
Heid
Pearl Harbor
Shonerger
Geng
Atlantic
Eviction Court and Nazi Trial Dominant in Mixed News
The court scene shifts from a labor gathering to a Nazi case as Sylvester Viereck appeals a conviction for withholding activities and pays the price in federal penalties. The report also notes fallout from labor circles and wartime politics with figures like Sam Murzs and Wallace connected to trials.
Roosevelt Ends Africa Journey With Return to Washington
President Roosevelt returns from a long trip to North Africa and Europe as he meets with Secretary Hull and other top officials. He plans extended talks with Hull and later civic leaders to report on his 16 day series of conferences with Churchill and allied leaders.
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Washington
North Africa
Roosevelt
Humansy
Hull
White House
Churchill
Sumner Welles
Harvid Ark
United States
Africa
Winston Churchill
Casablanca
Oran Lass
Kansas City
Ernest Harmon
Mark Stark
Liberator bomber fires Japanese vessel off Arawe New Britain
Lieutenant James Crawford of Taylorville piloted a Liberator bomber to bomb a Japanese vessel off Arawe on New Britain’s south coast. He then machine gunned the ship, starting a fire that burned as they departed. Earlier Allied planes raided Rabaul shipping and harbors.
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New Guinea
James Crawford
Taylorville
Arawe
New Britain
Gasmata
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Rabaul
Flynn Nomination to Australia Withdrawn by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt reluctantly withdraws Edward J. Flynn from the post of envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Australia amid mounting Senate opposition. Flynn asked Roosevelt to withdraw, citing reasons and praising the president’s Africa trip, as Republicans call the move a political victory for the administration.
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Roosevelt
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United States
Australia
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Congress
Edward J. Flynn
New York
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Fiven
Capitol Hill
Africa
New
Senate Committee OKs Rutledge Nomination Amid Court Bill Doubt
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 11 to approve Judge Wiley B. Rutledge for the Supreme Court, with four senators withholding over his position on Roosevelt’s 1937 court enlargement bill. Chairman O Mahoney said Wheeler Langer Ferguson and Revercomb asked questions about Rutledge’s stance and had not yet received a clear answer.
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Senate Judiciary Committee
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Supreme Court
Rutledge
Roosevelt
O'Mahoney
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Wheeler
Montana
Langer
South Dakota
Ferguson
Michigan
Revertomb
West Virginia
Routledge
District of Columbia Appeals Court
Senate
Wrecked Naval Plane Found Near Mendocino Coast
A shattered naval transport plane carrying 19 aboard from Pearl Harbor to San Francisco was found burned at the foot of a cliff in Southern Mendocino county. No survivors were reported. The crew included ten officers led by Rear Admiral Robert H. English and three navy captains. nine other victims were civilians.
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Calif
Pearl Harbor
San Francisco
Mendocino County
Navy
Robert H. English
Pacific Fleet
Louisiana Woman and Daughter Killed in Train Collision
Mrs. William S. Kleinpeter, 52, head dietitian at Our Lady of the Lake sanitarium, and her adopted daughter Effie Nell, 3, died when their car was struck by a southbound Kansas City Southern train near Kleinpeter station around 6 26 pm.
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Baton Rouge
William S. Kleinpeter
Our Lady of the Lake Sanitarium
Effie Nell
Louisians
Kieinpeter Station
Tragic Truck Collision Near Crowley In Dense Fog
Two trucks carrying workers to plants in Lake Charles collided near Mermentau, 14 miles west of Crowley, in heavy fog. Seventeen men injured, six or more seriously, including Leon Duplechin and Willis Guillory of Estherwood, who may not survive.
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Crowley
Mermentau
Lake Charles
Estherwood
Leon Duplechin
Willis Guillory
Eber Hoffpaulr
Sam Wright
Murder on Train Case Tied to Arkansas Cook Folkes
Robert E. Lee Folkes a 20 year old Arkansas born cook on a Southern Pacific limited train gave a detailed statement corroborating an earlier confession that he killed Mrs. Martisa Virginia James nine days ago. District Attorney Harlow L. Weinrick said the Los Angeles negro would be arraigned to decide if he will be held for Linn county grand jury. Folkes arrived yesterday from Los Angeles after the train ended its run through Oregon and California.
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Ove
Robert E. Lee Folkes
Arkansas
Cook
Southern Pacific
Martisa Virginia James
Lower
Harlow L. Weinrick
Weinrick
Los Angeles
Linn County Grand Jury
Folkes
Oregon
California
Surrender of General Told in Stalingrad Retreat
Moscow reports the fall of Stalingrad and a winter offensive by the Red Army as hundreds of former residents return to rebuild. German troops capitulated or were captured while citizens trek back by sledge and on foot, amid ruined streets and widespread devastation.
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Stalingrad
Red Army
Volga
Senators Seek Navy Admiral Way to Halt Inductions
A manpower subcommittee asked Rear Admiral Emery S. Land, chairman of the maritime commission, for a plan to halt army inductions until civilian manpower needs are determined. The group inquired how many men can be transported overseas this year and kept in supplies, with an overseas force estimated at about 1,500,000.
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Washington
Emery S. Land
Maritime Commission
Germans Admit Army Is Lost At Stalingrad
The Associated Press reports Berlin finally acknowledged the trapped German forces at Stalingrad have been nearly wiped out. Propaganda praised the army of the dead while claiming the stand tied down Soviet divisions, with Hitler promoting Paulus to field marshal and Heitz to colonel general as broadcasts clash over the collapse.
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Stalingrad
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Friedrich Paulus
Paulus
Federal Communications Commission
Ludwig Sertorius
Transocean
Judge W Carruth Jones Dies After Acute Attack
District Judge W Carruth Jones of East Baton Rouge parish died at 5 45 am in Baptist hospital New Orleans after a brief illness His widow was with him Funeral arrangements awaited arrival of their son. Judge Jones had served 15 years on the bench before a six year absence and returned December 5 prior to heute death. He was born October 25 in Jackson La and educated at Centenary College Tulane Law School and admitted to the bar in May 1902.
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New Orleans
W. Carruth Jones
East Baton Rouge Parish
Baptist
Judge Jones
Baton Rouge
Baptist Hospital
Jackson
John Welch Jones
East Louisiana State Hospital
H. F Brunst
Supreme Court
War Production Gasoline Rationing Tightened Through Feb 28
OPA Director U S Goodman announced that workers who have exhausted supplemental gasoline rations will not receive new allowances until February 28 unless unusual circumstances exist. Local boards are urged to review extra-usage claims carefully, ensuring rations are used for work travel only.
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OPA
Goodman
War Plant
Germans suffer crushing losses at Stalingrad siege
Moscow reports the German siege force of about 331,000 at Stalingrad nearly wiped out and Field Marshal Paulus captured with 15 generals. About 240,000 buried, 46,000 held by Reds. remaining troops in the Caucasus also suffer reverses as Russian advances widen near Krasnodar and Maikop.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Adolf Hitler
Stalingrad
Friedrich Paulus
Don River
Hitler
Volga
Don
Paulus
Berlin
Germany
Russia
Hed
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Krasnodar
Black Sea
Belorechenskaya
Maikop
Alea
Red Army
Voronezh
Sanatorium Fire Claimed 29 Lives in Seattle Area
A repairman dropped a spark that ignited flames at the Lake Forest Park sanatorium killing at least 29. Thirty-nine patients were in the building. 17 with burns, three unaccounted for, and one more died later. The privately run facility housed elderly and ill residents.
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Seattle
Wash
Mathead
Lake Forest Park
Marjorie Westberg
J. C. Bookey
Roosevelt Transmits China Extraterritoriality Treaty
President Roosevelt sent to the Senate a treaty relinquishing U S extraterritorial rights in China. Signed January 11 by Secretary Hull and the Chinese ambassador, the pact ends the U S ability to operate courts for American cases in China and to use Chinese rivers and coastal waters. The message says the move aligns with public and government wishes of the United Nations.
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China
Hull
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