Fall of Last Axis Citadel in Libya Near Tripoli
Allied forces surge toward Tripoli as Rommel's retreat widens to the west. British eighth army and a Fighting French desert column push from Refus ridge along the coast toward Tarhuna and Henne, within about 35 miles of Tripoli with heavy air attacks.
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Libya
Associated Preas
Miusaolini
Erwin Rommel
Tripoli
Eighth Army
Italy
Eritrea
Sormaliland
Abyssinia
Civenaica
Tripolitenia
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Anny
Tarbune
London
Jan
Rommel
Refus Ridge
Tripeli
Tarhuna
Henne
Cairo
Treasury Tax Language Sparks Debate On Withholding Tax Start
The piece questions the Treasury Press Service Bulletin No 480 arguing the 5 percent victory tax begins after December 31, 1942. It notes payroll periods can force tax on income earned before January 1 1943 and warns literal readings clash with Treasury interpretations.
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Treasury Departent
Department
Dober
Internal Revenue
Washington
Treasury
Brown given free hand as chief of OPA
Prentiss M. Brown assumes control of the OPA with authority to shape price controls and rationing policies. He directs immediate actions including seeking a $20 million deficiency appropriation, exploring new subsidies, and reviewing top agency personnel as he meets with Congress and the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Opa
Washington
Prentiss M. Brown
Great Lakes
Congress
Michigan
Leon Henderson
James F. Byrnes
Marines Replaced on Guadalcanal by Army Troops
Washington dispatch reports Undersecretary Patterson says army ground troops under General Patch replace Marines in the Solomons with headquarters moved from New Caledonia to Guadalcanal. Patch relieves Vandergrift. Harmon commands all south Pacific army forces while Haley oversees operations. The position has improved, but Japan may reinforce.
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Washington
Robert Patterson
Solomons
Alexander Patch
New Caledonia
Guadalcanal
Patterson
Patch
Army
Alexander A. Vandergrift
Millard
Harmon
South Pacific
William F. Haley
A F L Draws Up Five Point Plan To Extend Social Security
The American Federation of Labor backs a five point program to extend social security to all workers and fund the war effort through higher taxes on both employees and employers. The executive council urged immediate presentation to senators and representatives to shield workers from poverty and destitution while financing wartime needs.
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Miami
Fra
Congress
American Federation of Labor
A. F. L. Executive Council
Council
London School Bombing Death Toll Reaches 44
The London school destroyed by a German bomb has a confirmed death toll of 44, including three teachers, with fifty others injured. Rescue workers toiled through the night as fighters of the Royal Air Force and medium bombers moved toward Dieppe and the German coast, while an enemy aircraft was shot down.
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London
England
English Channel
Dieppe
Davies Bares Peace Feeler From Germans
Joseph E. Davies former ambassador to Russia reveals Nazi peace proposals in 1940 that would spare Hitler while Germany keeps its European conquest. He said he was approached in New York by spokesmen at a conference arranged by unnamed civic and business leaders, but he refused to present their message to the president or Secretary Hull.
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Los Angeles
Hitler
Davies
Gern
Hull
Final Link of Big Pipeline Lowered at Mississippi River
At 4 am workers lowered the final link of the first section of the world’s largest oil pipeline into the Mississippi bed. The 24 inch line runs from Longview Texas to Norris City Illinois with initial pumping already under way and head expected in Norris City between February 1 and 4.
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Little Rock
Ark
Missisnippi
B. E. Hall
Norris City
Enfield
Ohio Oil Company
Hull
Philadelphia
New York
Bombed Japanese destroyer reported off Bougainville
Navy communique reports an air strike on a Japanese destroyer off Cape Friendship Bougainville and eight enemy planes shot down in the Shortland Island area. It also notes bombings at Munda New Georgia and Guadalcanal command changes involving Major General Patch and Major General Vandergrift.
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Washington
Navy
Bougainville
Iland
Selomens
Shortland Island
South Pacific
United States
Munda
New Georgia Island
Cape Friendship
Bougainville Island
Alexander M. Patch
United States Army
Guadalcanal
Patch
Alexander A. Vandergrift
United States Marine Corps
Plane Crash Kills New York Official
New York City welfare commissioner William Hodson on leave to assist former Governor Lehman was killed in a Surinam plane crash. Hodson, 51, a Minneapolis native, had served as New York welfare commissioner since 1954. He leaves a widow Gertrude Prindie of Minneapolis and three children.
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New York
William Hodson
New York City
Herbert H. Lehman
Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation
Surinam
Dutch Guiana
State Department
Hodson
Paramaribo
Minneapolis
Minnesota Child Welfare Commission
Children's Bureau of
Minnesota
State Board of Control
Gertrude Prindie
William
Durham
Jeremy
University of Mayat
Thomas
Washington, D. C
German Gains Scored On Tunisian Front At Bou Arada
German thrust into central Tunisia near Bou Arada pushes the front toward Pont Du Fahs with seven miles gained and a later small advance noted. Allied planners seek to rectify the line while questioning whether the move signals a bold offensive or a retreat corridor for Rommel.
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Bou Arada
Tunisia
Pont du Fahs
Jurgen von Arnim
Hitler
Rommel
Var
Arnim
Bou Arada-Goubellat
Roban
Wildcat Mine Strike Appears Ended in Pa
Wildcat strike in Pennsylvania coal regions eases as strikers return to work at major collieries before a Roosevelt deadline. About 3,000 idle remain with voting meetings under way at Exeter and Washington collieries and at Prospect Henry. No disorder reported. The back-to-work votes include Lance and Glen Alden locals with strong returns.
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Wilkes-Barre
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Woodward, Huber and Lance
Glen Alden Company
Prospect-Henry
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
David Cummings
United Mine Workers’ Lance Colliery
Exeter Colliery
Payne Coal Company
Old Washington
Westmoreland
Lehigh Valley Company
Lance
Glen Alden
South Wilkes-Barre
Coliery
Axis Nations Sign New Pact
The Berlin radio announced a new economic treaty among Germany, Japan and Italy. The pact aims to exploit the war potential of the axis and create permanent collaboration after a victory. It covers extensive goods exchange and technical cooperation while noting the allied blockade.
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Associated Press
Germany
Japan
Italy
Berlin
Foreign Office
First Gas Coupons Expire Tonight in New Orleans
New Orleans report says the first page of eight coupons in rationing book A expires at midnight. Coupons are good for four gallons each and no one may accept 3 coupons for gasolline after expiration. Coupon No. 4 becomes usable tomorrow.
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New Orleans
Office of Price Administration
George W Norris to return to McCook Nebraska home
George W Norris the long serving senator known as the old warrior will return to McCook Nebraska after losing his bid for a sixth term. He plans no government posts and hopes to help shape postwar peace. Norris will move into his 11 room family home across from the city park. He previously served as district judge before entering Congress in 1902 and is father of the Tennessee Valley Authority. Public reception arrangements are being made.
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McOok
Norris
McCook City Park
Congress
Tennessee Valley Authority
Sentencing of Reid Deferred in Roosevelt Threat Case
Willian Thomas Reid, a 35 year old oil operator, was convicted yesterday of threatening the life of President Roosevelt. The sentencing was deferred pending a motion for a new trial. Reid faces up to five years in prison and a $1000 fine or both.
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Shreveport
Willian Thomas Reid
Roosevelt
Reid
United States
Washington
Flynn Accuser Testifies in Sworn Flynn Case in Los Angeles
Peggy LaRue Satterlee's parents and sister were summoned to testify as police said they would pursue inquiry into her statement that an operation occurred, alleged abortion, during a period after a yacht trip in 1941. Satterlee testified she was twice ravished by Errol Flynn under cross examination.
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Los Angeles
Peggy LaRue Satterlee
Errol Flynn
Miss Satterlee
Flynn
Sivncco
Robert W. Bolling
Edward Walker
Police Juvenile Control Division
Satterlee
Bolling
Sinclair Company Faces Injunction In Oil Discrimination Case
New York Jan 21 The Sinclair Refining company faces a permanent injunction after a fuel oil ration order violation claim. Federal District Judge Samuel Mandelbaum ordered show cause for a permanent injunction and issued a temporary restraining order on a complaint by the Office of Price Administration alleging dealer discrimination from January 9 to the complaint date.
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New York
5Incla Refining Company
Office of Price Administration
Samuel Mandelbaum
Mandelbaum
OPA
Mitchell Jelime
Russell H. Potter
Sylvan L. Joseph
Russians Threaten Pincers as Kharkov Push Expands
Russian shock troops reenforce westward drives 15 miles from Salsk as they threaten to encircle Rostov and Kharkov. German efforts to hold the Manych line falter while Soviet detachments claim gains near Urazova and Byelokurakina in the ongoing winter offensive.
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Russia
Leningrad
Caucasus Front
Stalingrad
Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Manych
Salsk
Caucasus
Rostov
Red Star
Kharkov
Donets
Voroshilovgrad
Maikop
Lake Ladoga
Axi
Lakemen
Urazova
Byelokurakina
Chamber Holds Annual Dinner Returns To War Urgency
Monroe Louisiana chamber of commerce toast addresses wartime unity. Colonel Williamson of the Eighth Service Command urges total effort from all citizens as war becomes a coldly scientific battle. The event at Hotel Virginia roof featured Chamber leaders and local officials including A K Kilpatrick Paul Reising Tom Hicks and Dixie Ordnance Works.
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Reyden Williamson
Eighth Service Command
Dalles
Tex
Chamber of Commerce of
Monroe
West Monroe
Hotel Virginia
A. K. Kilpatrick
Chamber
Sam Smith
Smith
Paul Reising
Junieor
Earl Naiden
Selman Aire Port
Williamson
Fire destroys 23 barracks at Camp Carson
Fire destroyed 23 barracks buildings today at Camp Carson in Colorado Springs. Army officers reported no injuries and firemen prevented damage to water houses but could not stop the blaze. Officials did not estimate damages or cause.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Camp Carson
Wternment Camp
Warerhouses
Eptic
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Westbrook
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Conti
George Norris
U. S. Post
Peggy
Beulah Greenwalt
Army Nurse Corps
Bataan
Corregidor
Jason R. King
St. Louis
Greenwalt
Sinclair Company
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