Fragments From The Day Across The Nation
A patchwork of brief items includes Sheriff Ed Platt debating a barbed wire fence for Fairfield County jail to keep prisoners in and the public out, amid scattered local notes from Ridgeport. Memphis switchboards ring with war questions. Baltimore reporters tour bars for a feature. quail hunting without guns in Abbeville. and a Temple wire service note citing Proverbs on furloughs.
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Associated Pre
Ridgeport
Conn
Edrd A. Platt
Fairfield County
Argentine fleet frozen as diplomatic break with Axis unfolds
Buenos Aires reports the military government ordered the state merchant fleet to remain in port while new orders are issued, amid Argentina’s break with the Axis. Authorities cite submarine danger and the need to protect assets, with convoy possibilities discussed.
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Buenos Aires
Thergentine
Cmlain
Ramirez
Pampero
Transocean
Germany
Japan
Noticias Graficas
Sweden
Switzerland
Spain
Stock Exchange
Nine Month Old Baby Dies Of Starvation Near Buffalo
Medical Examiner says the nine month old boy found in a two room cottage near Buffalo died of starvation. The infant had no fat and minimal food, with three cans of milk and a sack of flour in the home. The case prompts a neighborhood probe by local authorities and a call for action from Mayor Kelly.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Paul J. Rutecki
Tobacco Road
Rutecki
Alice Cook
Catherine Magyar
Soviet Offensives Trap Nazi Force Near Leningrad
Stalin announced Leningrad had been liberated by the 14 day twin offensives of Govorov and Meretskov. Nazis driven 40 to 60 miles from the city as Soviet armies close a pincers around 250,000 troops and push toward the Estonian border. Casualties exceed 40,000 with about 6,000 prisoners. Krasnogvardeisk fell as rail lines near Tosno and Volkhove open.
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London
Joseph Stalin
Leningrad
Leonid A. Govorov
K. A. Meretskov
Russia
Novgorod
Krasnogvardeisk
Lake Limen
Vitebsk
Pskov
Riga
Baltic
Govorov
Leningrad-Moscow
Tosno
Volkhove
Moscow
Lake Ilmen
Mereteskov
Tak
WAC Officer Dies in Fall on Lookout Mountain
Major Lillian Reilly commanding officer of a WAC training regiment at Fort Oglethorpe fell from a 100 foot cliff on Lookout Mountain in dense fog. The body was found at 4 a.m. after she disappeared Wednesday afternoon. her husband Captain John A Reilly served at the fort earlier. Reilly was a WWI veteran and a Phoenix native who led the 22nd training regiment. Benito Mussolini’s health worsened with specialists visiting a villa near Como. doctors advised against surgery due to his condition.
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Lookout Mountain
Tenn
Lillian Reilly
WAC
Fort Oglethorpe
Howard Clark I
Phoenix, Ariz
Reilly
22Nd
John A Reilly
Bern
Switzerland
Benito Mussolini
Como
la Suisse
Geneva
Open Campaigns Stir Louisiana Gubernatorial Race
Davis and Morgan launch second primary campaigns with statewide broadcasts from New Orleans and Shreveport. The piece notes Secretary of State Gremillion shifting support, the Fourth War Loan drive slogan Back the attack, and Ouachita parish war bond efforts highlighting the cost and scale of military equipment for soldiers.
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Davis, Morgan
New Orleans
Lewis L. Morgan
Jimmie H. Davis
Shreveport
Davis
James A. Gremislson
Morgan
Gremillion
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Democratic Central Committee
Davis and Morgan Lead New Orleans Primary Standings
STANDINGS LISTED NEW ORLEANS Jan 27 Here is the Davis and Morgan ticket standings as the gubernatorial campaign for the second primary opens. Davis ticket plurality for governor and incumbents in state auditor and state treasurer plus Morgan candidates in runoffs for several offices. Nine statewide races in first primary six in second primary.
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New Orleans
Davis
Morgan
Register of State Land Office
Commissioner of Agriculture
Louisiana Primary Shifts Reduce Contests
The article notes Wade O. Martin Jr.'s automatic nomination for secretary of state as the first primary results leave six contests for the second primary. Martin led Gremillion in the initial counts 198,293 to 172,500 while Jimmie Davis remains in the race amid party statements of silence and charity.
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Louisiana
Lewis L. Morgan
Wade O. Martin, Jr
Baton Rouge
Martin
Gremillion
W. H. Talbot
Davis
Jimmie Davis
Louisiana Seabee Crushes Jap Nest at Guadalcanal
Chief Carpenter's Mate C. T. MacDouglass of New Orleans tracked a lone Japanese scout for days through Guadalcanal jungle. From a mountainside he spotted the valley hideout with binoculars and guided Marines to destroy the nest after an eight day search that began August 19, 1942.
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New Orleans
Louisiana Navy
Guadalcanal
Eighth Naval District
Carpenter
C. T. MacDouglass
Tenaru
William W. Studdert
Civil Engineer Corps
May Ballot Today on Soldier Vote
Admin senators pressed a second try to pass a federal absentee ballot plan for the armed forces with a vote expected today. About 15 members may leave the Capitol for funerals and a ship launch, risking delay to next week. Senator Lucas and Taft traded sharp words as the battle over the Green-Lucas bill continued.
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Washington
Capitol
Indiana
van Nuys
New York
Missouri
Taft
Ohio
Roosevelt
Lucas
Illinois
Allies say 14 Japanese ships sunk or damaged in Pacific raids
Allied air forces report sinking or damaging 14 Japanese vessels from a minesweeper to a freighter in raids on Rabaul and surrounding areas. U S bombers also hit two 1,200 ton freighters and a minesweeper off the east China coast, with further losses at New Britain and in the Admiralty islands.
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Br Associated Press
Pacific
Rabaul
New Britain
Admiralty Islands
Far East
United States Air Force
East China
MacArthur
New Georgia
Solomons
Navy
Simpson Harbor
Keravia Bay
Associated Press
Vern Haugland
Arawe
Feazel Hearing Continues on Gas Operations
Testimony at the federal power commission hearing in Monroe covers Feazel et al natural gas operations. Arthur Roy Campbell of Mid-Continent Oil and Gas testifies about visits to Governor Leche and conservation chairman Maestri regarding gas draw from company wells. Session presents gas sale figures from United Gas Pipe Line and prior Cox testimony. The morning features R. H. Hargrove of Shreveport, VP and general manager, as the next witness.
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Federal Power Commission
Post Office
Monroe
Feazel Et al
J. C. Shattuck
Arthur Roy Campbell
Shreveport
Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Company
Lambert McAllister
The
Power Commission
Richard W. Leche
Robert Maestri
State Conservation Commission
Shattuck
United Gas Pipeline Company
Feazel Partners
F. J. Cox
R. H. Hargrove
Higgins Industries Builds Rocket Gun Armored Boats
Higgin s Industries Inc disclosed in New Orleans on January 27 that it is manufacturing armored support boats based on 36 foot spoon bow landing craft now armored and armed with rocket guns. Andrew J. Higgins Sr. said the mounting makes these boats the most deadly of their size in the world.
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New Orleans
Higgins Industries, Inc
Andrew J. Higgins
Army to Close Domestic Camps as Two-Thirds Go Overseas
War Secretary Stimson outlined plans to close several U S army camps in coming months and shift soldiers from administrative duties to combat units. By year end two thirds of the army are projected to be overseas, up from about one third at the close of 1943, with some officers placed on inactive status due to lack of suitable assignments.
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Washington
America
Stimson
National Guard and Reserve Corps
Sailors Union Opposes Race Mixing Crew Assignments
The Sailors Union of the Pacific asked a House committee to probe government efforts to require mixed white and Negro crews aboard ships. Harry Lundberg said the War Shipping Administration warned the union to "checker-board" crews from January 15, 1944, and argued the president's race order does not compel social mixing aboard merchant ships.
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Washington
Sailors’ Union
House
Harry Lundberg
Sailors’ Union of the Pacific
New York
Craig Vincent
War Shipping Administration
Checker-Board
Lundberg
Germans Dodge New American Thunderbolts
At a United States Fifteenth Air Force base in Italy on January 27 1944 pilots of the veteran fighter group converted from P-40 Warhawks to P-47 Thunderbolts report improved speed and maneuverability. They say the new plane lets them engage German fighters from deck level to 40000 feet and provides protection for bombers in strategic attacks. Lieutenant Ray B Hogg and other pilots praise the Thunderbolt as easy to fly with immense power and note reduced German fighter activity in recent missions.
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United States
15Th Air Force
Italy
Ray B. Hogg
Atlanta
Rome
Hogg
Phil Whiteside
West Frankfort
Lowry
Archie Hall
Huntsville
Ala
England
Rouen
Hall
Walker Plans Soothing Southern Trip for Democrats
Former Democratic chairman Frank Walker will tour the South to ease discontent after Jackson Day dinners. Georgia's J Lon Duckworth warned no funds would be raised for the national party until leaders cooperate. Ed Pauley will accompany Walker to Raleigh and Birmingham. Robert Hannegan has decided otherwise.
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Washington
Democratic Party
Frank Walker
J. Lon Duckworth
Georgia
Walker
South
Democratic
Duckworth
Atlanta
Louisiana Cattlemen to Convene in Monroe
Louisiana Cattlemen’s Association adjourns board meeting announces a statewide convention in Monroe March at the Frances Hotel. J M McLemore of Alexandria is president, with R C Pollock of Chicago and FE Molin of Denver slated as principal speakers.
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Alexandria
Louisiana Cattlemen's Association
Monroe
J. M. McLemore
R. C. Pollock
Chicago
Livestock and Meat Board
Molin Denver
American National Livestock Association
McLemore
J. D. Cooper
Natchitoches
Jim Stanley
P. T. Sartweil
Lake Charles
J. H. Williams
J. H. Greene
Abbeville
William Kingery
Kinder
W. A. McDonald
Baton Rouge
Bureau of Animal Industry
Frances Hotel
Allies Crush First German Counterattack Near Rome
Allied headquarters report the German counterattack southeast of Littoria repulsed as Allied forces push toward Cassino and the Liri valley. Hermann Goering division strengthened, while Fifth Army units press advance through flooded terrain and across the Rapido, with French and British actions described along the Cassino front.
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Italy
Nettuno
Rome
Terracina
Gulf of Gaeta
Cassino
Giers
Sir Harold Alexander
Mediterranean
Hermann Goering
Littoria
Pontine Marsh
Fifth Army
Liri Valley
Mt. Il Lago
Sant’ Elia
Secco
Mt. Belvedere
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Ceccarino
Cisterna
Itri
Appian Way
Anzio
Romestri
Gaeta
Cevceano
Rapido
Cassing
Atina
Solon Heath Dies in Mississippi Car Crash
Jackson Miss January 27 John W Heath 33 of Fitler state representative from Issaquena county was fatally injured when his car struck a concrete traffic post at the Capitol street center intersection in front of the old capitol building He died at Baptist hospital at 2 15 am Investigators say rain may have impaired his vision Heath a Port Gibson native was a farmer automobile dealer and former banker A second fatal accident on highway 80 near Clinton claimed 65 year old W A Thomas night watchman for a warehouse when struck by a car driven by F H Lifer of Clinton
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Jackson
Miss
John W. Heath
Fitler
State House of Representatives
Issaquena County
Capitol Street
Siate Street
Old Capitol Building
Peacock
Jackson City
Heath
Baptist Hospital
Port Gibson
Banke
W. A. Thomas
Clinton Road
F. H. Lifer
Clinton
Highway 80
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Edi
J. R. Ham
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North
Warsaw
Pescara
Assino
Naples
Mortana
Vasto
Quachita Parish
Ouachita Parish
Contin
Rabaul Port
Conti
Feazel
Hopkins
George N. Briggs
Interior Department
Solon
Mississippi
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