Axis gains push near Bengasi as war minds shift
The Italian high command and Berlin announce German and Italian troops entered Bengasi, the Cirenaica capital, at dawn. Amid Soviet advances, Hitler's leadership is described as relying on experienced generals after dismissing von Brauchitsch. Rommel resumes a Libyan counter offensive nearing Bengali on the Gulf of Sirte.
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Rome
Bengasi
Cirenaica
Berlin
Associated Press
Russia
London
Adolf Hitler
Walther von Brauchitsch
von Brauchitsch
Hitler
Ministry of Information
Die Zeitung
Fuehrer
von Bock
von Rundstedt
von Leeb
Germany
North Africa
Middle East
Erwin Rommel
Gulf of
Sirte
Rommel
Westbrook Pegler Rants Against Communists in Wartime Politics
A heated column targets southern-tier senators representatives and fellow travelers in Congress. Pegler accuses politicians of tolerating infiltration, defending Russia as ally, and branding dissenters as Red baiters while urging action against Communists and their sympathizers in Washington and across states.
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Keyes
Illinois
New England
West Coast
Neal
Washington
Munists
Inshington
Martin Dies
Russia
Stalin
Ivan
Tooty
Roosevelt to Tell of War Progress in Radio Address
President Roosevelt plans a radio talk around February 22 to update the nation on the war effort. Presidential Secretary Stephen Early said the White House hopes to address rumors and provide a clearer view of the war and its implications. The president believes late next month may be a better time to speak.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Stephen Early
George Washington
Wants Retribution Against Japanese Airman Navy Gunner Speaks
Grim ex-army sergeant Walter Bozarth of Olympia Washington arriving at a San Diego naval training station declares his sole aim is to shoot down Japanese bombers. He says his father and brother were killed at Pearl Harbor and that he wants retribution.
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San Diego
Calif
Grimly
Pearl Harbor
Japan
United States Navy
Walter Bozarth
Olympia
Wash
Naval Training Station
New Orleans Cancels Mardi Gras School Holiday This Year
The city will not give the usual two day Mardi Gras break for February 16 and 17. School superintendent A J Tete announced that the celebration is canceled due to the war.
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New Orleans
A. J. Tete
United States Air Force Bags Enemy Planes
A wartime notice urges joining the Penny-A-Plane club to support Keep Them Flying as the Army Air Forces report bagging enemy aircraft.
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United States Air Force
Second Hawaii Probe Refused by House Naval Committee
The House naval committee voted 14 to 6 to decline a supplementary inquiry into Pearl Harbor. The motion sought documentary evidence from the president's Robberts commission. Chairman Vinson did not elaborate as the motion was tabled.
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Washington
Jan
House Naval Committee
Pearl Harbor
Special Commission
Owen Roberts
Maas
Minnesota
Vinson
Georgia
Senate
Capitol
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
House
Naval
Chiang Kai-Shek Praises FDR On Birthday
Chiang Kai-Shek sent a message to President Roosevelt on the eve of his 60th birthday praising his wise leadership and expressing confidence in guiding mankind to overthrow aggression and achieve truth equality and justice.
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Chung King
Chiang Kai-Shek
Roosevelt
Argentine Envoys Plane Crashes Off Rio. All Safe
An Argentine airliner carrying foreign minister Enrique Ruiz Guinazu and delegates from the Pan American conference plunged into the sea at Rio de Janeiro during takeoff. All 11 aboard were rescued. Ruiz Guinazu had a chest injury but was listed as not seriously hurt. Navy cadets aided victims, with some taken to a naval hospital and others to city facilities. In a separate note, Brazil’s finance minister Arthur de Souza Costa will visit the United States February 2 on an undisclosed mission as Pan American talks concluded with Peru and Ecuador agreeing to a boundary settlement.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Enrique Ruiz Guinazu
Argentina
Ruiz Guinazu
Naval School Hospital
Naval School
Ruiz Guinard
Arthur de Souza Costa
Brazil
United States
Peru
Ecuador
Medal of Honor Awarded Posthumously to Nininger
Second Lieutenant Alexander R. Nininger Jr. is awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for gallantry in the Philippines. He died January 12 on the Batan peninsula after volunteering with another unit to fight Japanese snipers and destroy fox hole positions. His body was found with a Japanese officer and two enlisted men nearby. The medal will be given to his father in Fort Lauderdale Florida. He was a star football player and Boy Scout leader in Fort Lauderdale.
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Washington
Alexander R. Nininger, Jr
United States
War Department
Nininger
Philippine Scouts
Batan
Douglas MacArthur
Fox Holes
MacArthur
Alexander R. Nininger, Sr
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Alexander WN. Nininger, Jr
Philippines
Senate panel bars Langer from North Dakota seat
The senate elections committee declared Senator Langer unfit for the seat citing contempt for public duty and acts including lawlessness and civil disobedience. It urged the chamber to deny membership and called for action by a simple majority vote, with continuation noted on the fifth page.
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Washington
Senate Elections Committee
Langer
North Dakota
Senate
Churchill Wins Wide Support in Commons on War Confidence
In London on January 29 the House of Commons, with one dissenting vote, expressed confidence in Prime Minister Churchill's wartime leadership as he stated the United States aims to close with Germany soon. The vote totaled 464 to 1, with J. Maxton opposing. 24 members abstained. Churchill cited U S troop presence in the United Kingdom and said Singapore has been steadily reinforced. He also proposed a British counterpart to Donald M. Nelson as US war production chief.
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London
House of Commons
Churchill
United States
James Maxton
Independent Labor Party
Jock McGovern
Campbell Stephen
United Kingdom
Northern Ireland
Donald M. Nelson
Singapore
Republic
War Production Board
Johore
General shakeup assigns Martin to Second Air Force
Washington Jan 29 Major General Frederick Martin, relieved after Pearl Harbor, was named commander of the Second Air Force with headquarters at Fort George Wright Washington. The unit handles aerial defense for the northwest sector of the continental United States. Continued on Sixth Page.
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Washington
Frederick Martin
Hawaiian Air Force
Pearl Harbor
Army Air Forces
Martin
Second Air Force
Fort George Wright
Northwest
Continental
United States
Roberts Commission
Walter C
Older Brother Indicted In Brutal Slaying Of Beauty
Jackson county grand jury indicts George W Welsh II for the murder of his sister Leila Adele Welsh, age 24, in Kansas City. The case details a brutal overnight attack after Leila returned from a police circus date with Richard Funk. Welsh pleads not guilty.
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Kansas City
Marie F. Welsh
Leila Adele
Young Welsh
Richard Funk
Welsh
MacArthur’s forces inflict heavy losses in Philippines battle
The war department reports MacArthur’s artillery and infantry inflict heavy Japanese losses on Luzon’s Bat an peninsula. In the Makassar strait at least 38 enemy ships sunk or damaged. A transport in Balikpapan harbor destroyed and another set on fire. Two enemy planes shot down by American bombers.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
War Department
Macassar Strait
Germany
Texas
MacArthur
Batan
Luzon
Borneo
Balik Papan
Batavia
Mobilization Aim Outlined by Selective Service Chief
Brigadier General Lewis B. Hershey, national director of selective service, told the Advertising Club that 60,000,000 Americans may need to be mobilized for all-out war. He warned against complacency and hysteria and said many wartime actions are still to come.
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New York
United States Armed Services
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Advertising Club
Teamsters propose $8 million loan to U S government
Dan Tobin authorized to turn $8,000,000 belonging to the Teamsters International union over to the government as a loan. He plans to confer with treasury officials in Washington to transfer funds for national use, hoping for a broader flow of interest free money into the federal treasury. Tobin signals potential $20,000,000 from another organization and notes possible machinery questions.
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Miami
Fla
Dan Tobin
Teamsters International Union
Federal
Treasury
Tobin
Washington
American Federation of Labor
International
United States
Hatch Act exemptions for spotters and wardens approved
Washington January 29 news that air raid spotters fire wardens and other part time war workers will be exempted from the Hatch Act with senate approval. The measure preserves draft board members and dollar a year workers while granting broader wartime political immunity and other emergency powers. The omnibus bill also allows military personnel free first class mail and authorizes the war production board to audit defense contractors and pursue injunctive actions to enforce priorities. A government seizure power for defense machinery is expanded and a new five cent coin is proposed to conserve nickel.
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Washington
Hatch
House
Senate
War Production Board
Bloody air and sea clashes dot Burma and Malaya
Allied pilots claim at least 13 Japanese planes shot down over Rangoon with possible four more, while British and American forces harry Japanese advances toward Singapore. In Malaya, 30 miles from Singapore defenses, Japanese vanguards press toward Johore Strait as Australians counter-attack. Reports also detail U S heavy bombers in action against ships at Macassar Strait and continued assaults on Chinese Theatre positions.
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Rangoon
Burma
Plea Bargain in Brookhaven Husband Slaying
In Brookhaven Mississippi on January 29 1954 Ray Delaughter and Mrs Braxton Ryals pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the ambush killing of Ryals husband. Delaughter received life imprisonment while Mrs Ryals got ten years. Ryals was shot January 20 near his home as he rode to work.
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Brookhaven
Miss
Ray Delaughter
Braxton Ryals
Delaughter
Ryals
Rental Listings Open For Quick Results In The News Star
A reader seeks a vacant room apartment or house and is urged to place rentals in The News Star World for fast results at low cost. The notice targets tenants and landlords hoping for swift matches through the local paper.
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News Star— World
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