Marshall Mentioned as Possible Allied Commander in Chief
London reports speculated General George C. Marshall could be named commander in chief of allied forces in the European theater of war. British commentary noted hints from Cordell Hull and intensified focus on plans to defeat the axis with possible offensives in 1943 and strategies involving De Gaulle and Giraud.
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London
George C. Marshall
United States Army
Walter Farr
Washington
The
Daily Mail
Marshal
Inaime
Farr
Charchius
Percy Noble
Noble
Wahington
Alles
Oat
Germany
Hitler
Russia
Gibraltar
Spain
Mediterranean
England
British Near Tunisian Border In Pursuit Of Rommel's Army
Berlin dispatches report Nazi press preparing the German public for news of a major defeat on the Russian front. Leading papers warn of reverses and pressure to endure, while editors urge resilience as a lost war looms. The Bern newspaper Die Tat calls the January communique highly pessimistic but notes the need to avoid overestimating current setbacks.
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Stockholm
Berlin
Rome
Hannibal
Boersen Zeitung
England
Bernmead
Die Tat
Fuehrer
Westbrook Pegler on Communists and Non-Aggression Pact
The piece recounts Westbrook Pegler's analysis of the Soviet Nazi non aggression pact and the alleged Communist opposition to U S involvement. It cites Molotov with a pamphlet supporting shifting relations and Browder’s Madison speech condemning the war as imperialistic and urging action by the peoples.
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United States
Russia
Nazi Germany
Hitler
V. M. Molotov
Supreme Soviet
Workers’ Library
New York
Europe
Germany
Ussr
Eat
Browder
American Cammunist Party
Epermeus Cenepiracy
Madison
Asinens
Guadalcanal Airmen Down 30 Japanese Planes and Vessels
Guadalcanal based planes claim the day by shooting down 30 enemy Zeros and scoring hits on two destroyers and a cargo ship. Captain Joe Foss, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, downed three more Zeros to reach 26. Foss and his Grumman flight cleared the way for the attack near Vella Lavella.
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Guadalcanal
Foss
Vella Lavella Island
Grumman Flight
Bell Airacobras
Navy casualty announce lists 46 missing and dead
Washington January 25 The Navy reported 46 casualties among Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard personnel including three dead, wounded and 41 missing. Names include Herman Avery missing and James DeCordell Washington missing with parent details listed. Total national casualties since December 7 1941 stand at 21 812 with 6 396 dead 3 905 wounded and 11 511 missing.
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Washington
Theavy
Navy
Marine Corps and Coast Guard
Next of Kin
Ince
United States Navy
Louisiana
Avery
Herman
Joe H. Avery
Calhoun
Byrd
Karl
Seaman
Samuel Byrd
Holden
Mississippi
James DeCordell
Henry Washington
Homechitto Street
Natchez
Plans Made for Woollcott Rites
Funeral plans for Alexander Woollcott critic and raconteur are expected today after his death from a heart attack late Saturday. He collapsed during a discussion on a Columbia network program and died at 11 46 pm after being treated by a heart specialist. Woollcott was born January 19 1887 in Phalanx New Jersey and earlier worked as a dramatic critic for the New York Times.
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New York
Alexander Woollcott
Woollcot
Pepples
Columbia
Hitler
Germany
Harry D. Gideonse
Brooklyn College
William Woollcott
Catonville
Woollcott
Phalanx
N. J
New York Times
Army
The
New York World
New York Herald
New York Sun
Pay Deductions Deeply Cut Weekly Salaries
A Washington discussion outlines how federal income tax, the Victory tax, and social security will reduce a worker’s take home pay. The 1942 income tax sits around 19 percent of taxable income, with a 5 percent Victory tax on earnings over 12 dollars a week and a 1 percent social security deduction. Future changes may raise these rates.
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Joe
Prevent Lon
Congress
Social leader in Shreveport dies after brief illness
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Mabel Scanland Jones wife of Dallas L. Jones in Shreveport. A social civic and religious leader she belonged to D A R Writers club Author's club Woman's Department club and the Christian Service society. Surviving are her husband two sons two sisters three brothers and others.
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Shreveport
Mabel Scanland Jones
Dallas L. Jones
W. H. Seanland
Bossier Banner
Louisiana
Jones
State Department of Agriculture
William Scanland
Dallas Jones, Jr
Kate Cabeen
Cowan
Tenn
E. F. Montgomery
Glendale
Calif
Abney Scanland
Benton
W. H. Scanland
Dallas
Tex
Aignes W. Scanland
The
MacArthur Sees Swift Massive Blows As Way To Win
General MacArthur outlined a strategy of swift massive strokes using coordinated air and land forces to win in the Pacific. He cited the Papuan campaign as proof of air power’s offensive potential and its ability to move troops and supplies across rugged terrain and sea, enabling rapid advances toward victory.
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MacArthur
Australia
Pacific
United Nations
Papua
Sijp
Wreckage Reported Near Blue Lake Raises Navy Plane Mystery
A large plane reportedly demolished was found near Blue Lake in Lake County about 100 miles north of San Francisco. Santa Rosa police and postmasters offered conflicting statements, as Civilian spotters reported nothing. The search follows earlier reports of a missing navy transport with 19 aboard including Rear Admiral Robert H. English and several captains and commanders.
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Santa Rosa
Calif
Blue Lake
Lake County
San Francisco
Blue Lake District
Marie Partenger
Middletown
Navy
Army Bomber Crashes Near Ordway Killing Up To Eleven
A four motored army bomber crashed and burned 18 miles north of Ordway Colorado late last night. Undersheriff J J O Connell said all aboard were killed with toll estimated between nine and eleven. Ambulances from La Junta Army Air Base reached the scene early this morning.
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Ordway
Colo
Colorado
J. J. O'Connell
O'Connell
la Junta Army Air Base
Here
Sees Neglect Of Small Man In Business
Senator James E. Murray urges formation of an independent civilian supply administration and a state federal liaison committee to aid small businesses. He warns war led to excessive concentration, risking thousands of small firms and bankruptcies across communities as production shifts.
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Baltimore
James E. Murray
Montana
Council of State
Murray
Dewey to Unveil Part of Tax Reform Program
Albany January 3 Governor Thomas E. Dewey will outline a major portion of his first term tax program to a Republican legislature. He proposes broader personal income tax deductions and exemptions including insurance premium deductions up to 149 dollars and medical expenses above five percent of net income up to 1500 dollars. The plan also extends the 4 dollar exemption for dependents to adult full time students. If enacted these measures would take effect with the first 1943 tax levy in April.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dewey
Fleeing Germans Move Under Mareth Line in Tunisia
Allied dispatches report Rommel's Africa corps crossing into southern Tunisia and forming behind the Mareth line. British Eighth Army and US units push westward from Tripoli while Maknassy near the Gulf of Gabes sees American action.
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Cairo
Erwin Rommel
Africa Corps
Tunisia
Mareth
Tripolitania
Eighth Army
London
United States
Marshal Rommel
Tripoli
Gulf of Gabes
Maknassy
Rommel
Jurgen von Arnim
North Africa
Quaseltia
Pont du Fahs
Kairouan
Ousseltia
von Arnim
Tunisian
Red Cross conducts one day conference in Fifth district
Parishes of the Fifth district sent representatives to a one day Red Cross conference at the Hotel Virginia roof to review 13 months since Pearl Harbor and plan the coming year. Albert Chamberlain H R Martin and Milton C Tainter represented the American Red Cross with focus on armed forces services.
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Fifth Congressional District
Red Cross
Virginia
Pearl Harbor
American Red Cross
Albert Chamberlain
War Fund
H. R. Martin
Milton C. Tainter
MacArthur to Observe Birthday in Australia Celebration
General Douglas MacArthur and Australia share birthdays as Foundation Day marks 155 years since Britain raised the flag at present Sydney. MacArthur, 63, faces a busy day at headquarters with his wife and son after reflecting on the Papua campaign’s success against Japan.
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Melbourne
Douglas MacArthur
Australia
Southwest Pacific
Sydney
Arthur
MacArthur
Corregidor
Bataan
Papua
Is Mm
War mobilizes 3.5 million to aid farm labor needs
War Manpower Commissioner Paul V. McNutt and Food Administrator Wickard proposed a land army of about 3.5 million volunteers to work seasonal farm jobs. They said workers would be paid regular farm wages and recruited via extension service surveys to aid wartime production while the Senate military committee weighs overall manpower needs for ships, weapons, and food.
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Washington
Paul V. McNutt
Wickard
Agriculture Department
Extension Service
McNutt
Senate Military Committee
Reynolds
Navy
Maritime Commission
War Manpower Commission
Episcopalians Hold Initial Meeting Here
The 105th annual Louisiana diocese convention opened with a preliminary meeting at the church. The session will consider delegates to the national triennial in Cleveland and discuss education at Sewanee and All Saints College, plus a revised children’s home plan. The diocese budget also comes up for approval.
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Diocese of
Louisiana
Episcopal Church
Cleveland
University
Sewanee
Tenn
All Saints College
Vicksburg
Miss
New Orleans
Germans claim freeing French prisoners in North Africa
Associated Press reports German propaganda claims a fourth transport of French prisoners in the North Africa area has reached France and all are being released by Hitler. The piece suggests released soldiers are being absorbed into Nazi forced labor and must register for rations, aiding German labor drafts.
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Associated Press
North Africa
France
Adolf Hitler
Transocean
New York
Crowelines
Russian Drive Threatens Rostov After Caucasus Breakthrough
Russian forces report a major advance from Rostov toward the German stronghold, capturing Peschanokopskoye and surrounding areas. The Midday Soviet communique notes capture of Starobelsk and further near Kharkov, with large German losses including prisoners and materiel.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Red Army
North Caucasus
Rostov
Peschanokopskoye
Starobelsk
Kharkov
Ukraine
London
Voronezh
Caucasus
Leningrad
Peschanckopskoye
Staligrad-Tikhoretsk
Train slaying of Navy ensign's bride baffles police
In Portland Oregon on January 25, Mrs Martha Virginia Brinson James 21 was found slain on a California bound train. Her throat was cut in lower berth 13 as she rode with Ensign Richard F P James. Police held two men for questioning and issued a John Doe warrant for a third man. No motive or suspects yet.
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Portland
Ore
Martha Virginia Brinson James
Klamath Falls
Harold R. Wilson
Buckley
Richard FP. James
Virginia
Seattle
Tangent, Ore
Brooks Picked for Democratic Congressional Committee Seat
In a party meeting Lowe istena members pick Representative Brooks Democrat Louisiana to represent them on the Democratic congressional committee the key steering body for Democrats. The sixth zone Alabama Louisiana Mississippi selects Representative William M Whittington Mississippi and Representative Jos Starnes Democrat Alabama as steering committee members.
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Washington
Lowe Istena
House
Brooks
Demcrat
Louisiana
Alabama
Mississippi
William M. Whittington
Jos Starnes
Agite
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