Rescue at Bataan: 513 Prisoners Freed by Rangers Raid
General MacArthur reports a daring 25 mile commando raid behind Japanese lines in Nueva Ecija Luzon. About 400 Sixth Ranger Battalion troops and Filipino guerrillas freed 486 Americans, 23 British, 3 Dutch and 1 Norwegian from a prison stockade. 27 Rangers and several guards died. many rescued prisoners were too weak to walk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Yates McDaniel
MacArthur
Luzon
Bataan
Corregidor
Singapore
Sixth Ranger
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Nueva Ecija
Japan
Sixth
Ranger
Henry Mucci
Bridgeport
Conn
Rangers
Roosevelt insult to Wallace and Jones over commerce job
The piece criticizes President Roosevelt for pressuring Henry Wallace and Jesse Jones to exit commerce roles for Wallace. It portrays Roosevelt as rude and patronizing toward his White House press corps and questions Wallace's qualifications while arguing the plan served political aims rather than merit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Henry Wallace
Jesse Jones
Jones
Henry
White House
Wallace
New Deal
United States Employment Service
Mass Terror Grips Germans in Forced Exodus
An Associated Press dispatch cites a Berlin report estimating 4.5 million German refugees fleeing the east. It describes snowbound roads, abandoned farms, and towns overwhelmed by arrivals, with Nazi welfare agencies promising aid and rapid news on individuals. Refugee centers in transit stations are staffed by party assistants to manage the crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
le Belin
Federalmmunications Commission
Sayng
Berlin
Stockholm Tidogen
Warthegau
Five Nazi Prisoners Sentenced to Death
New York Feb 1 Newsweek reports five German prisoners of war have been sentenced to death by a court martial for beating to death a fellow prisoner suspected of passing information to the United States. The victim, Cpl Johann Kunze, died at Tonkawa Oklahoma November 5. The five officers Walther Beyer Berthold Seidel Hang Demme Willi Scholz and Hans Schomer await execution in a federal penitentiary. Under the Articles of War the court had no choice but to pronounce the death sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Newsweek Magazine
United States
Newsweek
Amp Tonkawa
Okla
Cpl Ohann Kunze
S Walther Beyer
Berthold Seidel Hang Demme
Willi Scholz
Hans Schomer
Kunze
Louisiana Names Among the 2722 Wounded in World War II
Washington reports 2722 U S soldiers wounded in action across central Pacific Europe and the Mediterranean with Louisiana natives named including Cpl Howard W Bond Mangham Pvt Edward D Fields Pvt Alton J Porter Sgt Jacob C Akin Lt Carroll G Jones Pfc Lee R McKinney Sgt Jonnie V Simpson Pvt Vivian F Thompson Pvt Charles A Claude S Welch Elbert M White and others The Navy Marine and Coast Guard tally lists 354 Louisiana casualties led by Pfc James E Phillips Bastrop wounded for a second time Last reported wounded Sept 5 1944
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
United States
Central Pacific
Louisiana
Bond
Howard W
Dena R. Bond
Jonesville
Fields
Edward D
Nancy Fields
Mangham
McCarty
Pfe
Lula McCarty
Winnsboro
Porter
Alton J
Mae Porter
Rayville
Akin
Jacob C
Pauline M. Akin
Bernice Jones
Carroll G
Bertha G. Jones
Thornton Street
Ruston
McKinney
Lee R
Mary McKinney
J. L. Malone
Downsville
Simpson
Jonnie V
Lillie Simpson
West Monroe
Thompson
Vivian F
Ada Thompson
Lillie. Welch
Charles A—Claude S. Welch
White
T . Elbert M
Delia A. White
Jena
Navy Department
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Phillips
James E
Leo M. Phillips
Bastrop
Father of Quads Killed in Action in Germany
Gainesville Ga Feb 1 Pvt Charles Lee father of four newborn quads born here last summer is dead in Germany The War Department informed his wife he died in action during the recent Nazi counteroffensive Lee was on emergency leave from Camp Blanding Fla when the four boys were born two babies died shortly after and the remaining two stayed at County Memorial Hospital here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gainesville
Charles Lee
Germany
War Department
Lee
Camp Blanding
Fla
County Memorial Hospital
Maine Fire Disaster Kills 17 In Auburn Boarding Home
Maine officials open investigations into the 5:40 a.m. blaze that killed 16 children and a nurse at a privately run boarding home in Auburn. Governor Hildreth and state health head Harry Page pledge thorough fact finding while insurers also review the fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Maine
Harry O. Page
Eva Lacoste
Blanche Tanguay
Wife Happy Over Husband's Rescue in Luzon Camp
Mrs Erephile Gremillion Daniel spoke of the liberation of her husband Lt Claude P Daniel from a Luzon prison camp as wonderful. Daniel was the first Louisianan freed among 513 prisoners rescued by American Rangers and Filipino guerrillas. She has seven postcards from him in nearly three years of captivity and notes the telegram and news of their baby, a 32 month old daughter born after his disappearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bogalusa
Erephile Gremillion Daniel
Claude P. Daniel
Luzon
Daniel
Louisia
New Orleans records 18th traffic fatality of year
In New Orleans on February 1 a pedestrian, Julius K Seeger age 35, was killed after a collision involving a stolen car and a city garbage wagon. Police also arrested 16 drivers for speeding, including one clocked at 90 mph on Gentilly highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Gentilly
Julius K Seeger
Newspaper Editors Meeting Postponed in War Year
John S. Knight, president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, announced that the society's spring meeting in Washington is indefinitely postponed. The board said annual Washington conferences with government and armed forces leaders are valuable to the war effort, but no exceptions will be made to the general rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Johns. Knight
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Washington
J D Brown Killed In Tallulah Auto Train Crash
J D Brown aged 35 of St Joseph was killed when his car collided with a Chicago Mill Co engine at a highway 80 crossing near Tallulah at 1 am. The engine was moving slowly and dragged the auto about 45 feet before stopping. Brown worked for Chevrolet in Tallulah and leaves a wife and child in St Joseph. Funeral plans not set. Also reported Himmler purge of officers from the eastern front condemned by Ankara radio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallulah
J. D. Brown
St. Joseph
Chicago Mill Company
Brown
Chevrolet Company
Wallace Nomination Delayed as Senate Weighs RFC Split
Washington February 1 The Wallace cabinet bid stalls as the Senate delays action, with a 43 to 41 vote defeating Senator Bailey's push for immediate consideration. Taft switched to no, avoiding a reversal, while Barkley moves to advance Senator George's bill to separate lending agencies from the Commerce Department. Wallace backers warn confirmation hinges on either passage of the George bill or Roosevelt moving agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Henry Wallace
Senate
Wallace
Commerce Department
Bailey
North Carolina
George Bill
RFC
Taft
Republican
Ohio
Truman
Barkley
Kentucky
George
Georgia
Roosevelt
Per
Quick Manpower Shift to Speed End of Japanese War
Washington dispatch reports a plan to move troops from Europe to the Pacific after Germany falls. European forces would leave equipment to be rearmed in the Pacific, potentially saving months in war effort but increasing war costs and delaying reconversion. Factors include shipping shortages and a faster Japanese campaign, with equipment like trucks, construction gear, aircraft, and arms prioritized for transfer or salvage.
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Washington
Europe
Pacific
Germany
Stimson
Japan
France
Italy
Belgium
Holland
Siegefried Line Breached by US First and Ninth Divisions
Allied forces penetrated deep into the central Siegfried line, erasing the Christmas bulge in the American front. First division patrols breached the Siegfried fortifications 11 miles southeast of Monschau, with larger advances along a 40 mile front. Villages fell as US First and Third armies pushed deeper into German defenses amid quiet artillery duels.
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Paris
Siegfried Line
First Division
Monschau
Hitler
First
Aachen-Roer
Germany
Singapore Area Raided by B 29 Superfortresses
The 20th Air Force reports B 29s under Brig. Gen. Roger M. Ramey bombed Japanese military installations in the Singapore area today for the third time. The daylight raid from India bases follows attacks since November 5 and January 11, with details to be released as reports arrive. Singapore, seized by Japan in 1942, serves as a major naval base with large repair facilities.
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Washington
Singapore
20Th Air Force
Roger M. Ramey
20Th Bomber Command
India
Malay Peninsula
Britain
Gibraltar
Penang
Georgetown
Omura J
Bangkok
Formosa
Saigon
Twentieth Air Force
H. H. Arnold
Hundreds Die As Mexican Train Wreck Near Cazadero
At 12:47 a m a freight train crashed into the rear of a passenger train carrying pilgrims from a Virgin Mary festival in San Juan de Los Lagos. The disaster at Cazadero Hidalgo left more than 100 dead and about 150 injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Cazadero
Soviets Drive To Berlin Front Near Oder River
Soviet forces massed tanks and infantry along a 70 mile front to threaten Berlin from the Oder near Kustrin and Frankfurt as German defenses, air reports, and Moscow dispatches describe a deep push toward the Reich capital. Zhukov’s spearhead drives through the Frankfurt salient while German reserves halt the rapid advance.
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James F. King
London
Oder
Austria
Berlin
Kustrin
Reich
Greegory Zhukov
Frankfurt
Warthe
Berelin-Frankfurt
Moscow
Associated Press
Kustria
DNB
Zhukov
U S Fleet in Subic Bay and Manila Front Advances
American forces reach Subic Bay with Eighth Army units clearing Olongapo and Grande Island without resistance. MacArthur reports use of the anchorage and underway naval base development while Sixth Army moves toward Malolos, 22 miles from Manila, after crossing the Pampanga River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacArthur
Luzon
Subic Bay
Olongapo
Manila
Grande Island
U. S
Seventh Fleet
Robert Eichelberger
Eighth Army
Douglas MacArthur
Associated Press
James Hutcheson
Sixth Army
Calumpit
Pampanga River
Malolos
Georgia Houses Repeal Poll Tax in Historic Vote
Both Georgia chambers voted overwhelmingly for repeal of the $1 per year poll tax. The senate backed a substitute bill maintaining permanent registration, while the house passed a version for biennial registration. Gov. Ellis Arnall warned he could suspend the levy under a power from a century-old act if repeal did not occur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Georgia
Senate
House
Ellis Arnall
Eugene Talmadge
Arnall
Talmadge
Alabama
Arkansas
Mississippi
South Carolina
Texas
Virginia
Tennessee
State Supreme Court
Service Bill Near Passage In House Votes Expected
Washington reports the big hurdles for limited national service law cleared with two major provisions attacked by Roosevelt backers. The military committee forecast a late today passage by at least a two to one margin, with no major amendments. The bill would direct men ages 18 to 45 to essential war work under punishment for noncompliance, pending director approval of what counts as essential work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Roosevelt
May
Kentucky
Military Committee
WMC
Corrc
Cive
War Mobilization
Two Brothers Killed in Action in Italy on Same Day
Eugene Lester aged 23 and his brother Ned, 20, were killed in action in Italy on the same day while serving in different units. The deaths were reported to their Dallas parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Lester, on successive days. Three other Lester sons are in the armed forces. Two new medical discharges.
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Dallas. Ga
Eugene Lester
Ned
Italy
J. B. Lester
Dallas
Lester
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Vadd
Tin
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Heath
J.D. Brown
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Heinrich Himmler
Eastern Front
Free German Committee
War Manpower Commission
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