British Army Races On After Capturing Tripoli
World War analysis notes Allied air power shifting the balance in Russia Africa and the Pacific. It argues Allied blows against Japan are imminent, with air superiority reducing Axis ground defenses from Egypt to Tunisia and across New Guinea and Burma.
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Russia
Africa
Europe
Pacific
Japan
Roosevelt
Egypt
Tunisia
Tomme
Luftwaffe
Moscow
Turfe
Terrie
Rock Hitler
Japs surrender in Papuan jungle after long campaign
Allied headquarters in Australia reports 117 Japanese soldiers surrendered in New Guinea's Papuan jungle ending a campaign once totaling 15 000 troops. The surrender follows heavy Allied air raids and bombardments around Rabaul and Lae, with multiple ships damaged and Japanese fighters intercepted during ongoing operations.
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Australia
New Guinea
Japan
Rabeul
New Britain
Rabaul
Douglas MacArthur
Puilore
Koepenk Im Tienor
Madang
Finehhafen
Lae
Selameua
Port Moresby
Sur
Liie
Butter and Cheese Rationing Planned by OPA Next Spring
Washington officials indicated butter and cheese may be rationed next spring as part of meat substitutes while civilian supplies remain tight. Officials noted plan changes delay fruit and vegetable rationing to March 1 and meat and dairy controls to follow after the new point system is tested.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Purse Found After Report Made in Monroe
Mrs. Fey Shipp of Gilbert reported losing a purse with more than 45 dollars gasoline ration hooks inspection data and a diamond pin. Sgt Ward told her to cancel the report after Gertrude Blanchard found the purse near Washington and North Fourth Streets and notified police.
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Mra
Fey Shipp
Gilbert
Denk
H. T. Ward
Monroe
Ward
Haile Resident Slashed At Brass Rail Club
H. D. Taylor of Haile was critically wounded in a knife attack at the Brass Rail club near South Second Street and the Winnsbory road. Doctors at Wright Ben Del clinic performed two hours of surgery after Taylor was cut in the abdomen and intestines. police hunted a suspect described as about Taylor’s age, with no arrest made.
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H. D. Taylor
Haile
Wright- Bendel Clinic
Brass Rail
Winnebors
Taylor
Brave Rail
South Second Street
Winnsbory Road
Klamath Falls
Ore
Jan
Martha Virginia Brinson James
Tichener
John Funches
Oakland
Calif
Jones to Oppose Building Pipeline
Baton Rouge January 2 7 Governor Sam Jones plans to travel to Nashville Tennessee to testify before the Federal Power Commission against a proposed multi million dollar natural gas pipeline from northwest Louisiana to Alabama and Tennessee State officials say the line would deplete Louisiana gas reserves to supply fuel for coal depots and nearby areas.
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Baton Rouge
Sam Jones
Federal Power Commission
Nashville
Tenn
Louisiana
Alabama
Tennessee
Jones
Ursula Parrott Bride Slain in Train Berth Case Trials Begin
In Miami Ursula Parrott wife of four, faces trial Feb 2 on charges related to aiding a deserter soldier Private Michael Neely Bryan. Prosecutors allege harboring a deserter and subversive acts. defense challenges the war act count as duplicative.
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Ursula Parrott
Miami
Fla
A. ©. Creasster
Mra Parrott
Bryan
Ernest L. Duhaimie
John W. Holland
Dresser
Woollcott the actor author dies after broadcast collapse
New York January 21 56 Alexander Woollcott veteran author actor and radio voice collapsed in a Columbia network broadcast shortly after seven o clock He had suffered heart trouble in recent weeks and the studio audience was unaware of his illness as medical help rushed to his side
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New York
Alexander Woollcott
Columbia Broadcasting System
Woollcott
Edmond Kean
Soviet gains widen front with Armavir captured and Volokonovka seized
Red army reports Armavir recaptured linking to Maikop oil fields while Volokonovka railway junction northeast of Kharkov fell to Soviet forces. 12,000 more Axis prisoners taken, total 64,000. Nine days of offensives claim to have routed 11 Axis divisions. Rostov and surrounding lines threatened as Soviets advance toward the Sea of Azov.
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Moscow
Red Army
Armavir
Maikop
Caucasia
Voronezh
Volokonovka
Kharkov
Belgorod
Caucen
Maikara
Tungwe
Black Sea
Axia
London
Caucasus
Stalingrad
Volokomovka
F. I. Golikov
Yelets-Kupyansk
Kursk Kharkov
Volokonovkai
Valuiki
Voroshilovgrad
Donets Basin
Kuondrashevskaya
Stanichno-Luganskoye
Ogee
Raine
Sea of Azov
Rostov
Monitor
Gigant
Salek
Karvilnoye
Salsk
Tikhovetsk
Red Armies
Rescue at Six Alarm Hotel Blaze Ends Without Loss
In Philadelphia a six alarm fire trapped guests at the 43 year old Rittenhouse hotel at 22nd and Chestnut. No fatalities. 25 guests treated for shock. Louis Lesnick, 35, was rescued from a sixth floor window ledge as 300 firefighters battled the flames.
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Philadelphia
Rittenhouse
22Nd
Chestnut Streets
Louis Lesnick
Navy Yard
Fall Of Tripoli Ends Italian Gamble In Epic British Drive
Cairo January 23 The British Eighth Army captured Tripoli at 5 am after a 1300 mile push from Alexandria. Montgomery’s forces pursued Rommel toward Tunisia as Zuara port was bombarded. Axis rear guards delayed them briefly before rapid advance cleared Tripoli and signaled a wider push across the coast.
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Cairo
Jen
Tripoli
Eighth Army
Alexandria
Mussolini
Tripolitania
Bernard L. Montgomery
Marshal Rommel
Africa Corps
Mareth
Tunisia
Missing Admiral English and 18 aboard plane in Pacific search
San Francisco January 22 Navy and Coast Guard search continues for Rear Admiral Robert A. English commander of the Pacific fleet submarine force and 18 others aboard a missing naval air transport plane from Pearl Harbor to San Francisco. Names of ten officers and nine crew members were released, including Captain Robert Holmes Smith and Captain Robert E. Thomas.
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San Francisco
Navy of Safety
Robert A. English
Pacific Fleet
Navy
Fidale
Edna Owelia Morrow
South Pacific
Bay Ares
Clear Lake
John Pisnevilla
Santa Cruz
Coast Guard
Washington
Robert H. English
Naval Air Transport
Pearl Harbor
English
Admiral English
Warrenton
Robert Holmes Smith
Rocky Mount
N. C
Robert E. Thomas
Navy Civil Engineer Corps
Pacific Division
Bureau of Yards and Decks
Whitman Street
Rockford
Donald D. Godwin
Twelfth Naval District
West Main Street
Williamston
N.C
John J. Crane
Miami Street
Toledo
Ohio
Francis L. Black
Moore Steet
San Diego
Calif
William G. Myers
Wagner Act acceptance grows as representation cases rise
The National Labor Relations Board reports in its annual year ending June 30 a shift toward representation cases, with 53 percent of 1,977 new matters involving representation. Employers show increasing acceptance of the act, while unfair labor practice cases rise only modestly.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
British win long see saw struggle in North Africa
A wartime recap details the British Eighth Army's progress from Egypt to Libya, highlighting key dates from September 1940 to February 1941. It notes Italian advances to Sidi Barrani, Tobruk's fall with 25,000 Italian prisoners, and a back-and-forth campaign before the third offensive secured all of Libya.
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Associated
Preas
Tipeli
Miusaclini
Afrian
Hed Ie
Egypt
Libya
Bengasi
Aghella
Agnella
Erwin Rommel
Sidi Barrani
St. Archibald P Wavell
Tobruk
Flynn asserts honor in Australia minister nomination
Edward J. Flynn told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee he would not have allowed his nomination as minister to Australia if there had been any dishonor in his life. The committee will vote next week on whether to recommend confirmation after three days of hearings featuring Flynn, his law partner Monroe Goldwater, Mayor La Guardia, and others.
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Washington
Edward J. Fivon
Senate Foreign Relaions
Roosevelt
Australia
Fitnes
Connally
Texas
Senate
Flynn
Monroe Goldwater
F. H. la Guardia
New York
Robert L. Moran
Bronx
Public Works
la Guardia
State employes take written civil service exams
About 750 administrative and supervisory state workers sat written qualifying exams across Louisiana in Baton Rouge New Orleans Shreveport Monroe Alexandria Lake Charles Lafayette Angola prison and Jackson East Louisiana State Hospital The tests prepare for rank and file exams totaling nearly 15 000 workers next Saturday at the same sites plus additional locations The schedule includes later physical and unassembled exams for manual labor and certain technical staff including physicians and nurses.
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Baton Rouge
New Orleana
Shreveport
Monroe
Alexandria
Lake Charles
Lafayette
Angola
East Louisiana State Hospital
Jackson
Civil Service
Allied planes bomb Rommel retreating forces in North Africa
British Eighth Army captures Tripoli to topple Mussolini's African empire and drives west toward Tunisia. Allied bombing hits Rommel's fleeing forces and Zuara port as Montgomery's troops advance, with Axis units withdrawing to join von Arnim.
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North Africa
Britain
Eighth Army
Tripoli
Mussolini
Tunisia
Marshal Bormel
Montgomery
New York City
Plains of Nebraska
Rommel
Zuara
Admiralty
London
Royal Navy
Gafse
Ollo
Tunisian
Jurgen von Arni
Night air raids pound Axis targets over Europe
London reports night bombing waves cross the English Channel to strike Axis targets as Allied daylight attacks pound Lorient Brest and inland transport. Five Flying Fortresses are lost in the Lorient base raid, with air forces claiming good visibility and strong results.
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London
Europe
Lorient
Brest
United States
Britain
Air Ministry
Bay of Bucay
Comemiunique
Local Rent Control Powers Urged by Louisiana Realtors
Baton Rouge Jan 23 Delegates of the Louisiana Real Estate association urged transferring rent control powers to local boards similar to prior practice. They objected to OPA rules requiring buyers to pay and give 90 days notice to vacate. The convention called for private industry to take a major share of war housing.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Real Estate Association Et Ihe
OPA
Fiea
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Harold R. Wilson
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