Atrocity Reports and Demand for Quicker Actions on Japan
The text discusses public pressure in Britain and the United States to accelerate actions against Japan after reports of brutal treatment of surrendering troops in the Philippines and other theaters. It notes anticipated coordinated land sea and air drives, with hints of broader Pacific operations and strategic momentum from shared intelligence. The passage frames a rallying mood in Congress and Parliament to “bring Japan to book” through intensified military campaigns and alliances.
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Washington
London
Bataan
Hong Kong
Singapore
Atlantic
Japan
Congress
Britain
United States
China
Germany
Son
Philippines
China Sea
Manese
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South Pacific
Key Marshal Island
Admiralty Ds
Jones Group Wins At Democratic Meeting In Louisiana
Louisiana's new state Democratic central committee elected officers and national committeemen after a four hour session marked by Old Regular protest over proxy votes. Norman Bauer was chosen national committeeman, while Mrs. Roland B. Howell was re-elected national committeewoman. Leaders and challengers included Leander Perez and former governor James A. Noe, with a quorum of 53 present as the committee adjourned amid disputed votes and procedural battles in Baton Rouge.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Democratic Central Committee
John Fred Odom
E. Wayles Brown
Shreveport
Frank J. Whitehead
J. Clyde Pierce
Norman Bauer
Petez
Perez
Wade O. Martin, Sr
Vincent Mouser
Major A. W. Newlin
A. S. Cain
Industry leaders dispute wage committee report view
Industry members dispute the wage committee report on living costs. H B Horton of Chicago Bridge and Iron and George K Batt of Egan Brothers Newark say no committee fund was established and caution final data must be weighed before reporting to the president. Chairman William H Davis says the document reflects not the committee but the CIO and AFL contentions regarding the Bureau of Labor Statistics index.
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H. B. Horton
Chicago Bridge and Iron Company
George K. Batt
Egan Brothers
Newark
N. J
Horton and Batt
Blic
William H. Davis
Cmmittee
C. I. QO
Bureau of Labor Satistics
Bureau of Labor
R. J. Thomas
United Automobile Workers
George Meany
Famous Kansas editor William Allen White dies at 75
Emporia, Kansas report that William Allen White, famed editor of the Emporia Gazette, died after declining health. He would have turned 76 on February 10. White rose from printer to publisher and author, gaining national fame for a political editorial "What’s the Matter with Kansas?" and shaping local and national journalism for decades. He and his wife Sally Lindsay White and son William L. White were at his bedside.
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Emporia
Kas
William Allen White
Emporia Gazette
Rochester
Minn
Sally Lindsay White
William L. White
White
Topeka
University of Arkansas
Kansas City Star
The
Gazette
Kansas
Alam
Cantor Sells Bonds In Marathon War Drive
Comedian Eddie Cantor raised 6 270 380 dollars in war bond sales from 6 am to 2 pm on radio station KPO as he continued a marathon broadcast. He planned to keep the program running until 6 am Sunday with interruptions for news, interviews, auctions, and songs while outlining Japanese atrocities and featuring celebrities.
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San Francisco
Eddie Cantor
KPO Today
KPO
Changes in Draft System In Washington January
Local draft boards face overhaul to speed 600,000 January February inductions with pre induction physicals required at least 21 days before induction. 18 21 year olds lose most deferments except farming or industry necessity. College deferments tightened. boards rush to implement sweeping pre induction exams.
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Washington
Armed Services
Congress
Selective Service
Bourg Withdraws From State Auditor Race in Louisiana
Emile J. Bourg, who aimed for the state auditor runoff against L. B. Baynard, withdraws after Baynard backs Lewis L. Morgan for governor. Bourg says he will support Morgan and urges labor allies to campaign for Morgan and his ticket on February 29.
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Baton Rouge
Emile J. Bourg
Agaist L. B Baynard
Lewis L. Morgan
Bourg
Tam
L. B Baynard
Mr. Bay
Allies Reach Eight Miles From Pope's Summer Home
Allied forces push south of Rome with British within 18 miles of the capital and Americans in range of Cisterna, 14 miles northeast of Anzio and 33 miles from Rome. Cisterna hub on Appian Way and Cassino rail line, airfield under heavy bombing. Air war peaks with 1,500 Allied sorties, 37 German planes downed, 5 Allied craft lost.
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Algiers
Rome
Eternal City
Cisterna
Anvio
Cairoceto
Appian Way
Cassino Front
Italy
Atrocities Denied by Japan in Bataan Reports
Washington observers note Japan delays in replying to documented reports of soldier barbarities in Bataan. They suspect Tokyo's war office loosens troop discipline and that the army acts independently in combat zones, with government and public often uninformed.
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James D. White Pormer
Associated Press
Peps
China
Washington
Japan
Bataan
Tokyo
Tokyo War Office
Allied air power over Italy claims 37 more German planes
Allied air forces across Italy report 37 additional German planes downed, bringing two day total to 69, with heavy raids on Bologna and Anzio beachhead. American pilots led by Captain Charles E. Hall claim multiple victories, while Fortresses and Liberators hit rail lines and air fields in northern Italy. Nightly Moscow briefing notes Soviet advances near Estonian border and heavy combat in south Ukraine.
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Algiers
Swammia
Italy
Rome
Mediterranese
Tunis
Biberto
North Africa
Bologna
France
Switzerland
Germany
Yugoslavia
London
Associated Press
Charles E. Hall
Brazil
Ind
Anzio
Aviano
Venice
Brenner Pass
Verona
Ferrara
Orvieto
Red Army
Ukraine
Moscow-Leningrad
Novosokoliik
Moscow
Missouri Battleship Launch Amid War Avenger Hope
New York January 29 The battleship Missouri rolled into the East River at the Brooklyn navy yard in a swift ceremony. Miss Mary Margaret Truman splashed the bow with champagne as 26,000 spectators cheered the launch of the world’s largest warship, built by 10,000 workers.
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New York
Missouri
Bataan
Mary Margaret Truman
United States
Harry S. Truman
Democrat
East River
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Navy
Death March route described in World War II report
A declassified report by Lt Col William E Dyess details the forced 1942 movement of American and Filipino POWs from Mariveles to San Fernando. Prisoners were crowded into rail cars to Tarlac and then marched to Camp O'Donnell, later moved to the Cabanatuan concentration camp.
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Army-Navy
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Australia
William E. Dyess
Melvyn H. McCoy
MacArthur
S. M. Melnik
Dyess
California
McCoy
Meliiik
War Department
United States Signal Corps
Mariveles
San Fernando
Albany
Tex
Tarlac
Camp O'Donnell
Cabanatuan
Tokyo concedes Rabaul doomed in air war drift
Tokyo radio conceded Rabaul is doomed as General MacArthur reported more than 40 enemy planes destroyed at the New Britain fortress this month. American bombers and fighters shot down about 420 defending fighters in raids around Sdkunai and Kavieng, with six American planes lost.
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Associated Press
Rabaul
Tokyo Radio
Douglas MacArthur
New Britain
Sdkunai
Kavieng
New Ireland
Army Air Forces to Quit 70 Colleges in Training Program
The Army Air Forces will return 70 colleges and 14 civilian contract schools to civilian use. Trainees now in progress will finish courses, but no new students will be accepted at these sites. The move follows General Arnold's plan to shift from mass training to replacements and aims to reduce railway burden and travel costs while considering geography and training needs.
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Washington
Army Air Forces
The
War Department
Army Air Force
H. H. Arnold
Giant US bomber raid on Frankfurt in daylight
London reports the US heavy bomber armada of more than 800 Flying Fortresses and Liberators, with escort, dropped high explosives and leaflets on Frankfurt. The mission, 800 miles round trip, followed recent RAF strikes on Berlin, marking a third major assault in 36 hours. 102 German fighters were claimed shot down, with 31 bombers and 13 fighters reported missing.
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London
Frankfurt
Germany
United States
British Air Ministry
Berlin
Northwest Europe
War Loan Drive Lags in Ouachita Parish Shortfall Noted
Ouachita Parish reports only 785 005 dollars of its Fourth War Loan quota subscribed with about 13 days left in the campaign. Co chairmen C D Oshley and S J Rogers warn that 2 252 800 dollars in additional bonds must be sold to maintain the parish record of meeting quotas. Worby Didier of the Louisiana Bankers association laments lagging public interest across parishes, attributing it to politics or belief the war is over.
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Quachita Parish
C. D. Oshley
S. J. Rogers
Ouachita Parish War Loan Committee
Oakley
Ouachita Parish
Worby Didier
Louisiana Bankers Association
State War Finance Committee
Didier
Baton Rouge
Mr. Didier
Service Edition Next Sunday Promises 1000 Photos
The Men in Service edition of the News Star World will publish next Sunday featuring over 1,000 photographs of local service members. Copies are included for subscribers at no extra charge and newsstand buyers pay seven cents. extra copies with special wrapper cost 35 cents to cover printing and labor.
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