Allies seize Green Islands as Solomons drive ends
General MacArthur declares the Solomon Islands campaign complete while American and New Zealand troops seize the Green Islands in a surprise operation. The move isolates 22,000 Japanese on Bougainville, Buka, Cholsea and the Shortlands from Rabaul as air raids continue on the enemy stronghold.
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Associated Press
MacArthur
Solomons
Pacific
Japan
New Zealand
Green Islands
Bougainville
Buka
Cholsea
Shortlands
Rabaul
New Britain
Tulagi
Guadalcanal
New Georgia
War Bond Offer For Berlin Serviceman
Berlin Conn local service committee offers a $25 war bond to the first Berlin serviceman or woman who sends a post card or letter from Germany. A separate bond awaits the first word from Tokyo. Prisoners do not count.
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Krlin
Conn
Local Service Committee
Berlin
Berermany
Tokyo
War Food Reserves Seen As Potential Political Issue
Vast stocks of butter cheese canned goods and pork held as emergency reserves prompt War Food Administration officials to weigh release to military civilian use or hold for 1945. The WPA backed a civilian supply forecast similar to 1943 as scrutiny grows ahead of the election year.
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Shington
War Food Administration
WPA
Bureau of Agricul Economics
Statistical Army
Chief Grosch Believes Siracusa Is Dead
Orleans Feb 16 The Chief John J Grosch expresses belief that something happened to Tommy Siracusa 42 who vanished under strange circumstances Siracusa is one of two men charged with murder in Jefferson parish in the slaying of Don Masotto Gene French Market butcher found in a swamp grave last November Siracusa’s wife says he left her last Thursday night and has not been seen Grosch says he has checked with associates who are at a loss to explain his disappearance He notes others search across four states and theories that Siracusa was killed or abducted still unresolved
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Orleans
John J. Grosch
Tommy Siracusa
USA
Jefferson Parish
Intion
Don Masotto
Gene
French Market
Siracusa
Grosch
Eisenhower Urged Protection of Historic Monuments
Washington reports General Eisenhower ordered December 29 to spare historic monuments as long as war permits. He said if forced to choose between a famous building and Allied lives, lives take priority and buildings may fall. The plan aims to avoid slackness or indifference under military necessity.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Roosevelt
Eisenhower
Europe
Two Louisiana Air Officers Prisoners Named in War Dept List
The War Department announced two Louisiana officers among 252 U S soldiers held as prisoners of war. Eight are held by Bulgaria and 224 by Germany. The officers listed include Second Lieutenant Frederick N Kemp and Second Lieutenant John Thompson with home addresses in New Orleans and West Monroe.
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Washington
War Department
Louisiana
United States
Bulgaria
Germany
Frederick N Kemp
Mary L. Kemp
Pine
New Orleans
John Thompson
Lois W. Thompson
Cypress Street
West Monroe
Chaplin Cleared of Paternity Amid Mann Act Prosecution
United States Attorney says Charles Chaplin is not the father of Joan Berry's four month old daughter despite blood tests. Chaplin faces federal charges for Mann Act violations and conspiring to deprive Miss Berry of her rights. Medical board verdict confirms paternity not possible.
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Los Angeles
United States
Charles H Carr
Charles Chaplin
Joan Berry
Charlie Chaplin
Chaplin
Miss Berry
J. J. Irwin
Carol Ann
Irwin
California
Beverly Hills
Roy Hammiack
Regre
Open battle in congress over civilian labor draft
Opponents of the civilian labor draft opened a fight in the Senate and House hearings today. A F L leader William Green and CIO head Philip Murray were invited as first opponents. Senator Austin's national service bill faced sustained opposition though administration officials endorsed it earlier.
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Washington
Congress
Austin
Republican
Vermont
William Green
Senate Military Committee
Philip Murray
CLO
Green
Murray
Roosevelt
War Stimson
Robert Patterson
Joseph C. Grew
Japan
Emory S. Land
Maritime Commission
British freighter halves split off York Island in blizzard
Twenty four of forty four crewmen on a British freighter were lost when the 47 244 ton vessel struck Boon Island ledge twelve miles off York Maine in a blizzard. The ship split in two after crashing onto the rock at 2 23 pm eastern war time and sank with rescue ships unable to reach all survivors. Thirteen bodies were recovered and survivors were hospitalized after being ferried to Portland and Portsmouth. Chief Engineer Svend Haagensen described leaping into the sea as the ship broke apart and fighting thirty to fifty foot waves through the night.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Boon Island Ledge
York
Naval District
Admiralty
Svend Haagensen
Coast Guard
United States Naval
Portland
Haagensen
Turbulent Argentina Crisis Ends Led by Army Coup
In Montevideo a coup ousted Argentine Foreign Minister Alberto Gilbert amid a German note dispute over Nazi espionage. President Ramirez faced pressure as generals seized the foreign ministry and other officials resigned, amid fears of a government collapse and potential resignation of Ramirez.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Germany
Friedrich Wolff
Argentina
Alberto Gilbert
Wolff
Gilbert
Spain
Pedro Ramirez
Japan
Ramirez
Enrique Gonzalez
Foreign Ministry
Gustavo Martines Zuviria
Justice
Axis
Buenos Aires
Luis Perlinger
Oscar Ibarri Garcia
United
Edelmiro Farrel
Farrel
Gonzalez
Nurses Trek Through Nazi Occupied Albania to Safety
A group of 13 American army nurses and 17 British soldiers trek for 60 days across Albania after a crash in Bari Italy. Led by British officer Lt Gavan Duffy they endure snow blizzards and mountain hikes, narrowly escaping German pursuit, aided by Albanian partisans, before a four-plane rescue by Allied air and ground forces.
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Cario
Albania
Gavan Duffy
Sicily
Bari
Italy
Adriatic Sea
Messerschmitt
Duffy
Monastery fortress at Mt Cassino blown apart by bombs
Allied reported that the Mt Cassino monastery fortress on the Fifth Army front was destroyed yesterday by four waves of American heavy and medium bombers. Direct hits on buildings and approaches were observed, and the monastery on Abbey hill burned intensely as crews described the fortress blowing apart like a pack of cards.
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Allied Headquarters
Algiers
Mt. Cassino
Cassino
Fifth Army
Abbey Hill
Bradford Evans
Webster Street
Palo Alto
Calif
Thomas Duffy
Sargent Street
Hartford
Conn
German Pressure on Hitler Over Finnish-Russian Peace Talks
The German northern Finland commander urged Hitler to recall troops to avoid entrapment by potential Russian Finnish negotiations under way. Dietl conveyed the appeal, with transport officers scarce for a large movement amid Finland’s nickel mine losses in Ukraine.
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Stockholm
Finland
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Edward Dietl
Dietl
Hitler
Diet
Germany
Russia
Helsinki
Juha Kusti Paasikivi
Sweden
Mme
Alexandria Kollontay
Elias Errko
Stock
Louisiana flood control plan eyed for Boeuf and Tensas rivers
Washington officials were asked to include a 5 million dollar flood control and drainage program in the omnibus measure for northeast Louisiana and southeast Arkansas. Louisiana public works head Witt Pyburn and Rep. McKenzie urged the project to enable agricultural expansion. Mississippi River Commission head M C Tyler noted no evidence the Lake Charles channel opened salinity but a study is planned and a Cameron bridge may be considered.
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Washington
House Flood Control Committee
Boeuf
Tensas
Bayou Macon
Louisiana
Arkansas
Witt Pyburn
Louisiana State Department of Public Works
McKenzie
M. C. Tyler
Mississippi River Commission
Larcade
Lake Charles
Mermentau
Calcasieu
Tyler
Cameron
Davis Stresses Independence In Louisiana Governor Race
In New Orleans and Lake Charles campaigns, gubernatorial hopefuls Jimmie H. Davis and Lewis L. Morgan pressed independence from factional strife. Davis urged a unifying leadership to end bitter politics and exploit Louisiana's resources, while Morgan pledged four years without vengeance amid slander allegations and called for a liberal administration.
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New Orleans
I.p
Jimmie H. Davis
Lewis L. Morgan
Louisiana
Davis
Four Louisiana Men Casualties Reported in Navy
Washington reports four Louisiana casualties among 91 U S naval forces losses. Names include Joseph Ledet fireman third class United States naval reserve listed as Missing with wife Estellina Rita Ledet of Houma. Nolan Joseph Lenon steward's mate second class United States navy Missing with mother Estelle Leon of New Orleans. Ferdinand Henry Lindenlaub fireman third class United States naval reserve Missing with parents Chris and Mrs. Lindenlaub of New Orleans. Anthony J. Macaluso Jr private first class United States Marine Corps Reserve wounded with wife Mrs. Anthony J. Macaluso Jr of New Orleans.
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Washington
Navy Department
United States Naval Forces
Cruis Joseph Ledet
United States Naval Reserve
Estellina Rita Ledet
Mahler Street
Houma
Nolan Joseph Lenon
United States Navy
Estelle Leon
Marais Street
New Orleans
Ferdinand Henry Lindenlaub
Plane crash sighted near Lake Pontchartrain investigated
New Orleans officials said searchers were sent to a swamp area near the lake to determine if a crashed plane is the one carrying Flight Officer Roland F Louque who parachuted Friday. The pilot has not been located and the wreckage may belong to a previous crash.
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New Orleans
New Orleans Army Air Base
Lake Pontchartrain
Roland F. Louque
Bombing of Berlin by RAF Sets Record For Night
London Feb 16 The RAF unleashed a massive assault on Berlin dropping over 2800 tons in a 20 minute period by 800 to 900 heavy bombers. The raid involved 1000 heavy bombers and 200 lighter aircraft with 45 missing. Berlin was hit after a feint on Frankfurt and Mosquitos reported large fire plumes four miles high. Mines were laid in nearby waters.
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London
Berlin
German Reich
Germany
Reich
Frankfurt-on-Oder
Holland
Berelin
Russians Press Forward Toward Pskov After Quick Gains
Moscow reports rapid Red Army advances along the Luga to Pskov corridor and toward Byelaya Keofilova Pustin as German defenses bend. Fighting around the Cherkasy pocket rages, with Soviet forces probing forested approaches and guerrilla groups aiding supply cuts behind enemy lines.
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Moscow
Red Army
Luga
Pskov
Byelaya
Kepfilova-Pustin
Lake Peipus
Dnieper
Cherkasy
Fritz von Mannstein
Leningrad
Gdov
Keofilova
Gdav
Lake Poipus
Lias
Laga
Red Star
Prisoners of War Reported From Local Parishes
At least 40 men from Shreveport Caddo and Bossier parishes and former members of the 27th bombardment squadron at Barksdale field are reported prisoners of war of Japan. Five others captured have died in Japanese camps. All 45 were taken when the Philippines fell. The figures come from Shreveport Times readers and official War Department reports.
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Shreveport
Caddo
Bossier
Barksdale Field
Philippines
Shreveport Times
War Department
War Departement
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China
Chester W. Nimitz
Ed Press
Lliamsport
Flity Pole
Lycoming Y
Pennsylvania and Light Company
Varities
Elphia
Thomas Annesley
Angeles
Andian Ad
Raleigh
N.C
Paskrs
Alloran General Hospital
Army Emergency Relief Office
Chicago Natural Museum
DSCH
Thers
Imies
Leusa
On Parish
Louisiana Air Officers
Ernie DeFort
Winnipeg
Canada
Mayo Clinic
N. E
Morgan
Earl K. Long
J. Emile Verret
New Iberia
Long
Morgan-Long
Verret
Overton
George Montgomery
J. L. McCarthy
Baton Rouge
W. T. Talbot
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