Berlin Is Given New Bath Of Fire
Snowbound trucks bombed Allied headquarters in Algiers as heavy fighting raged north of Ortona. Canadian troops pushed within nine miles of Pescara while medium bombers attacked rail yards and bridges along the Italian coast and inland routes near Terni and Avezzano.
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Berlin
Pescara
Allied
Algiers
Jan
Ortona
Adriatic
Italy
Taggia
Ventimiglia
Arma Riva
Italian Riviera
Terni
Rome
Operaliora
Apennines
Avezzano
Nice
Ventinigus
San Benedetto
New Deal label under attack as war demands clash
The piece argues President Roosevelt clings to the New Deal despite its abuses and disunity it creates. It cites Justice Frankfurter and party ties, claims unions ally with the administration, and questions whether social security and other measures could have passed without such conflict.
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Roosevelt
Vhicanery
Felix Frankfurter
Three Killed As Cargo Plane Crashes In Los Angeles
A cargo plane overshot Minesfield last night and crashed killing three men and damaging three houses and a power line. One occupant was decapitated in a car crushed beneath the wreckage. Army men on board reportedly totaled two dead. mortuary reports list three. A civilian radio operator , Francis A. Pluff, was injured. Second Lieutenant Robert L. Hall escaped with shock. An effect dropped from the ship hit a bedroom. Fire sparked and ammunition exploded but no additional injuries were reported.
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Los Angeles
Louis E. Westphalen
Lennox
Francis A. Pluff
West Davis Street
Dallas
Tex
Robert L. Hall
Hillsfield
Utah
George F. Dopheide
West
106Th Street
Dovheide
Wanted Pictures of Ouachita Parish Servicemen and Women
A community newspaper calls for photographs of all Ouachita Parish residents serving in the armed forces for a special Hero Edition. Readers are urged to contact the advertising department at once for details and submission instructions.
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Ouachita Parish
Chiang Forecasts Decisive Stage in War Against Japan
Chiang Kai-shek said 1943 marks the axis fate and predicted IMS will begin a decisive stage against Japan. He joined Roosevelt at the Cairo talks, urged Japan to choose its government after overthrowing the military regime, and noted Allied landings broke Japan's second line of defense.
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Chungking
Chiang Kai-Shek
IM4
Japan
Roosevelt
Chiang
Cairo
New Britain
Pacific
Solomons
Bismarck Sta
Asiatic
China Theater
Pacific Ocean
Courageous tail gunner continues firing after bomber wrecks
Staff Sergeant Ben P. Colecchi of New Castle Pennsylvania kept firing from the severed tail of his bomber during a September bombing mission as Zeros strafed the plane. The B-24 Lib orator crashed after a two Zero attack and Colecchi is listed as missing in action. He has been awarded the Air Medal by order of Major General Davenport Johnson. His father Benedetto Colecchi resides at 307 White Street, New Castle.
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Washington
Jan
War Department Today
Ben P. Colecchi
New Castle
Colecchi
Davenport Johnson
Wir
Benedetto Colecchi
White Street
U. S. Destroyer Sinks After Explosive Blast Off New York
A United States destroyer sank in lower New York bay after a mysterious explosion near Sandy Hook. At least 163 survived, 108 injured, with 54 taken to Fort Hancock Army Hospital. The ship burned and broke apart, crews abandoned ship, and the incident prompted widespread alarm across Brooklyn Queens and northern New Jersey.
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New York
New York Bay
Army Hospital
Fort Hancock
N. J
Sandy Hook
Navy
Third Naval District
Coast Guard
Brooklyn
Queens
New Jersey
Coney Island
Curley and others indicted again in Engineers' Group case
Rep James M. Curley of Massachusetts is indicted for a second time by a federal grand jury in the Engineers' Group Inc case described as a government war contracts brokerage racket. The new indictment names six defendants, including David E. Desmond, with 16 counts on mail fraud.
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Washington
James M. Curley
Massachusetts
Engineers’ Group, Inc
Department of Justice
Curley
Boston
David E. Desmond
Desmond
District of Columbia Federal Court
Donald Wakefield Smith
Pittsburgh
National Labor Relations Board
James G. Fuller
James Barton Underwood
Cairo
Egypt
Argentina Recognizes Villarroel Regime in Bolivia
Buenos Aires January 3 reports the Argentine foreign minister formally recognizes the Bolivian government of Major Gualberto Villarroel who assumed the presidency on December 20 after a coup, making Argentina the first American republic to do so.
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Villarroel
Buenos Aires
Gualberto Villarroel
Argentina
Proposed Judgment Forms Filed in Antitrust Suit
The Associated Press filed in U S district court a proposed form of judgment clarifying prior government suggestions in the antitrust case involving the news cooperative. The court, ruling October 6, asked both sides to submit interpretations of its decision. The DOJ filed its findings and conclusions November 12. AP's counterproposals propose changes to by law language. Both sides have 60 days to appeal after the final ruling.
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New York
Associated Press
United States District Court
News Cooperative
Department of Justice
A. P
Supreme Court
Roosevelt and officials clash over war rail tension
President Roosevelt's secretary said he appeared to share lines with an official who argued that rail and steel strikes strengthened German morale. Early noted Roosevelt said action could be taken if needed and emphasized concern for American forces. Railroad unions condemned the unnamed New Year remark and vowed to seek Senate inquiry.
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Washington
Jan
Stephen Early
Roosevelt
Early
Railroad Brotherhoods
Germany
Truman Senate Committee
Russian Troops Close On Polish Border in Dual Drives
Soviet columns under General Nikola Vatutin reached within about 15 miles of the old Polish frontier and 10 miles from Poyski railway town. Moscow reports say Novograd Volynsk and Korosten area fortifications are under heavy attack as Red Army advances press toward the pre war boundary.
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London
Jen
Novograd Volynsk
Zhitomir
Joseph Stalin
Poland
Nikolai Vatutin
Korosten
Poyaski
Old Poland
Novograd Volynski
Stalin
Moscow
Nikola Vatutin
Novograd
Volynsk
Poyeski
Red Star
Red Army
Markhlevsk
Vershnitsa
Diary of a Nazi Youth Troop Leader Renounces War
Allied release details a captured former storm troop leader in the Hitler Youth whose diary shows a dramatic turn from combatant to pacifist. Entries from early 1943 reveal optimism about soldiering, then growing disillusionment, ending with a final breaking of old life and lasting hatred during retreat.
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Allied
Algiers
Allied Headquarters
Storm
Hitler Youth Movement
Italy
Staff Sergeant James F Roswell Seriously Injured in Pacific
Mr and Mrs Jeff Roswell of Sterlington learn their son Staff Sergeant James F Roswell was badly injured in a December 26 accident in the southwest Pacific. His condition is grave. He has served two years as a gunner and is a Ouachita Parish High School graduate.
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Jeff Roswell
Sterlington
James F. Roswell
Southwest Pacific
Ouachita Parish High School
Invasion Talk Rises as U S Troops Pour Into London
Berlin propaganda amplifies invasion threats as American troops flood London streets. A four motor Flying Fortress crashed near McClellan field killing 13 aboard and injuring others, with surviving Major James H. Wergen. victims mainly from Washington and Oregon.
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London
Berlin
England
Sacramento
Calif
McClellan Field
Allied Dalmatian landings reported
A Budapest dispatch in Stockholm Tidningen cites Belgrade rumors of Allied landings and bridgeheads on Dalmatian coast islands in the Adriatic as part of a Yugoslavia invasion plan. Tito’s partisans and guerrillas reportedly united under Marshal Josip Broz with many divisions now commanded by Allied officers.
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Stockholm
Budapest
Stockholms
Tidningen
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Dalmatian
Adriatic
Greece
Josip Broz
Tito
Roosevelt Still in Bed With Cold
President Roosevelt remained in bed today suffering from grippe which began as a void. A decision on delivering the annual message in person rests with his physician Rear Admiral Melntire. The White House said he might rise this afternoon but no appointments were set.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
Ross T. Melntire
Melntire
Berlin Bombarded Again as New Year Attacks Continue
British airmen pressed a second 1000-ton raid on Berlin within 24 hours amid heavy anti aircraft fire. The RAF reported 28 aircraft lost and described the flak as dense. Berlin and western Germany endured fresh bombardments while Nice suburbs were attacked from the air.
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Air Ministry
Berlin
Germany
France
RAF
M. Sherman
Toronto
Comé Munique
Vichy
Nice
England
Lonsdon
Stockholm
Aftonbladet
Four Convicts Recaptured After Anamosa Break
Four inmates escaped from Anamosa state reformatory after a melee in which a guard was stabbed. The four were recaptured near Davenport Iowa with help from a local boy, a state senator, and a bus driver who alerted police.
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Davenport
Iowa
Anamosa State Reformatory
Frank Brown
Poplar Bluff
John Bryl
Cinaha
Ralph Cassidy
Steve Ratliff
Marengo
Ratliff
Brown
Forrest Warren
Warren
Herbert
Wareren Yates
Bey
Cassidy
Frank Martin
Martin
Martin House
Orsville Graham
Graham
Anamosa
L. J. Wamachka
Dan Beam
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