Red Army nears Salsk in Rostov Kharkov push
Soviet forces drive steadily against Rostov and Kharkov as tank boasted infantry advance. A wing nears Salsk, less than 10 miles from the vital rail junction, with front reports saying the distance to the rail hub is shrinking hourly. Offensive operations continued despite German concentrations and a three hour battle east of Rostov.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natalia Kenet
N.S
Moscow
Rostov
Kharkov
Russia
Caucasus
Salsk
Red‘ Army
Buying War Bonds Now Seen as Patriotic Service
The piece urges readers to buy war bonds and stamps as a patriotic duty. It argues purchases help finance the war, curb inflation, and protect the purchasing power of citizens by diverting funds from unnecessary buys.
Victory Pie Ends Adolf's Appetite In War Bread
Ida M. Crutchman of 30244 Pine Street baked what appeared ordinary but a V mark baked into the top crust of her apple pie. The odd symbol mocked Adolf’s retreat in the Ukraine as readers consider plans for war gardens next spring and summer to boost local food production.
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Ida M. Crutchman
Pine Street
Adolf
Ukraine
Daily Weather Report Summary
United States weather statistics for the 24-hour period ending at 9 a.m. show a maximum temperature of 29 and a minimum of 16 with no precipitation and a river stage of 8.2 feet. The same date last year recorded a maximum of 34, a minimum of 23, and precipitation listed as trace.
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United States
Lrace
Enlist Farmers In Crop Effort In Lawrence County
About fifty community committeemen from Lawrence County met in Court Room One to learn the campaign for enlisting farmers through farm plans. The aim is to reach all farmers in the next weeks to prepare individual plans covering labor, machinery, credit, and other needs for next summer as part of 1943 food production goals. Howard K. Chambers, a V award recipient, described his impressions from Indiantown Gap and the importance of increasing food output to sustain the military machine.
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Lawrence County
Agricultural Conservation Association
Dennis L. Parkman
Howard K. Chambers
Indiantown Gap Military Reservation
Niles Youth Killed in Dutch Guiana Plane Crash
News from Niles reports Lieut. Carlo Matteo died in the crash of an army ferry plane in Dutch Guiana. Matteo, who would have turned 25, was the first local war victim. His father Stephen Matteo, 60, learned of the loss after an operation in Youngstown. The war department announced 35 total fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Niles
Carlo Mateo
Dutch Guiana
Stephen Matteo
Matteo
Youngstown
War Department
Girl bitten by rabid cat hospitalized in Norristown
Five year old Antoinette Smith entered Montgomery Hospital in Norristown Pa after a pet cat bitten by the Smith family dog was found rabid. Authorities learned of the infection today though the bite occurred January 15. Both animals have been killed.
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International News Services
Norristown
Dan
Antoinette Smith
Montgomary Hospital
Smith
Hospital Vifleiate
Japanese Cruiser Blasted By Allied Bombers at Amboina
Heavy Allied air strike on Amboina in the Netherlands East Indies damaged a 5,000 ton Japanese merchant ship and two other cargo vessels. The cruiser was listing and sending heavy smoke as bombers hit the Raabau harbor on New Britain, with the raid described as targeting major naval facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee van Atta
SON. S. Statf
United Nations
Australia
Netherlands East Indies
Amboina
Rabaul
New Britain Island
Port Darwin
Army Takes Up Drive On Enemy In Guadalcanal
American army troops specially trained for jungle fighting stalk Japanese in Guadalcanal in what appears to be the second offensive phase of the Solomons campaign. Maj. Gen. Alexander M. Patch has been placed in command on Guadalcanal.
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Joseph .A. Borscins
Washington
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Alexander M. Patch
Huge Throng Bids Farewell To City Men Departure to New Cumberland Pa
A large group bidding farewell to city men leaving for army duty departed this morning for New Cumberland Pennsylvania via the Pennsylvania Railroad. The mobilization totals included men drafted by Selective Service Board One with one from County Board Two. The Lawrence County Service Men's Aid Association hosted the exercises with Capt Carl Andreasen delivering remarks and Rev Sidney Bliss offering prayer. This group is the last from the county in the January call.
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New Cumberland
Pennsylvania Railroad
Selective Service Board
County Board
Lawrence County Service Men's Aid Association
Carl Andreasen
Joint Funeral For Victims Of Nazi Brutality
London announces joint burial services under civic auspices for children killed in a German air raid on a suburban school. The toll rose to 57 dead, four missing, 40 injured, with some expected to die. Workers continue digging the rubble hoping for survivors, including a 10 year old girl found alive after more than 10 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Altia
Ruhr Sector Bombed Again Huge Fires Seen
London reports RAF raid on Ruhr last night left large fires in the industrial Ruhr area. Observers could not fully assess results due to cloud. Four bombers are missing, Germans claim many planes destroyed, and British raid targeted western Germany amid ongoing air war.
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Ruhr
William Wade
I. N.S
London
Germany
Royal Air Force
Air Ministry
Berlin
Bviln
DNB
Western
Fourteen American Women Held In Nazi Camp Report
Stockholm dispatch reports fourteen American women residents of Norway were arrested weeks ago by German authorities in reprisal for mistreatment of German nationals in the United States. They have been confined in the Libenau concentration camp near the Swiss border.
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London
Norway
United States
Stockholm
Reuter
Libenau
Moose Block Montana Highway Stands Still on Snowy Route
Butte dispatch reports a herd of moose halted traffic on a Montana highway eighty miles from Butte. Deputy Game Warden Lester Barton chased the animals back toward the high country but faced resistance as locals feed the moose and leave salt, hindering removal.
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Butte
Mont
Wiserver
Depty
Lester ‘Barton
Davies seeks new coachman after carriage purchase
International News Service reports former U S ambassador Joseph E Davies and his wife seek a new chauffeur. They have bought a carriage and a pair of horses on the East Coast and are advertising for a coachman with driving experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Washington
Russia
Giddug
Leningrad Victory Spurs Norway Front Possibility
Washington dispatch notes lifting the Leningrad siege and Sweden’s fears of invasion revive talks of opening a northern front in Norway. If Soviet forces push strong near Leningrad they might link with Allied invaders via Finland, aiming at Norway. Arguments cite air and naval bases, supply routes, and possible pressure on Finland to draw German strength away. Continued on Page Two.
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Kingsbury Smith Ci. N. S
Saure
Washington
Leningrad
Sweden
Norway
Finland
Germany
Russia
Murmansk
Archangel
Hitler
Pogstrike
Four U S Bombers Down 12 Jap Fighters In Pacific Battle
Four US B 24 Liberator bombers returned to base after a daring over Wewak New Guinea engagement. They shot down 12 of 25 Japanese Zero fighters and damaged at least 51 more, with all crew unharmed though their planes were heavily damaged. The furious air battle over the north coast era ended with exhausted crews and battered aircraft.
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U.S
Frank Robertson
New Guinea
Southwest Pacific
United States
Wewak
Hart
Power Director Appointed by WPB Headed by J A Krug
Washington January 22 WPB Chairman Donald M Nelson announced the creation of the office of power director and appointed J A Krug of Madison Wisconsin as its head Krug will take over complete responsibility within WPB for electric power gas water and communications He was previously manager of power for the Tennessee Valley Authority and has served as WPB power branch chief and deputy director general for distribution Nelson said the action is necessary as maximum war production in the last half of 1943 depends on expanding power gas and other utilities as planned by WPB.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Washington
WPB
Donald M. Nelson
J. A. Krug
Madison
Wis
Krug
Tennessee Valley Authority
Nelson
Abolish Unneeded Regional Government Offices
Senator Kenneth McKellar proposes a bill to abolish regional offices of federal bureaus and agencies except where Congress authorizes them. The plan aims to reverse decentralization as agencies pushed local matters and regional capitals proliferated amid expanding government control.
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International ‘News Service
Washington
Sen
Kenneth
McKellar
Dent
Death Notices And Obituaries From Local Ledger
Edith White Randall, 53, New Bedford, and Mary Sélmidt, 62, 8 De 7 New Castle, are listed among recent deaths. John We. Baller, 8%, Cinebreath Mes. Ehla, Coll: 52, Clevehind, 0, appear in the casualty lines with sparse details.
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Edith White Randall
New
Bedford
Mary Sélmidt
Castle
John We. Baller
Cinebreath
Mes
Ehla
Clevehind
MICE ANTI AXIS IN MISSOULA PROOF FOUND
In Missoula Montana Assistant music professor Clarence Bell of Montana State University spotted mice in his garage where he kept music The mice damaged only one score the Mikade The discovery was reported January 22 1942 in the local paper Here the mice are described as anti Axis in a light humorous note
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International News Service
Missoula
Monk
Montana
Clarence Bell
Montana State University At
Storm Damage Across San Francisco Bay Area
United Press International reports a major midwinter storm in the Vallejo Carquinez Strait region. Six deaths and over 20 injuries. more than 100 homes partially demolished and about 150 families left homeless. Communications and traffic disrupted. several coastal towns isolated. a barrage balloon exploded in Vallejo killing one soldier and injuring many. Army officials investigate.
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International News Service
San Francisco
Vallejo-Carquinez Straits
Vallejo
Army
Workers Overcome by Gas at Kobuta Rubber Plant
Fifty one carpenters and helpers on the night shift at the Kobuta synthetic rubber plant in Beaver County were overcome by coke gas fumes. Forty five returned to work within hours, six stayed overnight, with two in serious condition. They were working inside a partly built area heated by coke-burning salamander stoves and ventilation apparently failed to vent the gas.
War Stamp Fare Plan To Be Tried In Pittsburgh
A plan to share rides using war stamps may be tested in the Pittsburgh area. A passenger offers a 10 cent war stamp for a lift, and motorists will wear ear adornments like the stamp book cover. Drivers can redeem stamps for bonds.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Allegheny County War Transportation Committee
Bonds Inter
Woman Slashes Wrist While Cutting Wood
Mrs Lucy Caraway aged 45 of 7 West Home Street was admitted to Jameson Memorial Hospital at noon today with a severe wrist laceration after a knife slipped while she was cutting wood. She suffered loss of blood and shock but is reported stable.
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Lucy Caraway
West Home Street
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Caraway
British Troops Said Inside Tripoli as City Reports Fire
Cairo dispatches claim Gen Sir Bernard Montgomerys Eighth Army reached Tripoli suburbs and possibly the city itself amid Mussolinis African empire collapse. BBC note and radio reports mention fires, bombardment, and Rommels retreating remnants attempting a Dunkirk style breakout toward Sicily.
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W. P. Saphire
Cairo
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Tripoli
Mussolini
Middle East
Libya
Morocco
Montgomery
Army of Liberation
Homs
Erwin Rommel
Dunkirk
Mediterranean
Sicily
FFC
New York
Lone Japanese Planes In Raids On Guadalcanal
U S army jungle fighters mop up pockets of resistance on Guadalcanal as lone Japanese planes conduct nuisance raids on American positions in the New Hebrides and Guadalcanal. American airmen press the sky offensive against Japanese bases in the south Pacific with night harassing raids on Ballale in the northern Solomons. One Japanese plane dropped several bombs on Espiritu Santo.
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Joseph A. Bors
Washington
Guadalcanal
New Hebrides
Navy
South Pacific
U. S
Ballale Island
Solomons
Espirin Santo
Clarifying Pleasure Driving and Local Rules
A neighbor seeks guidance on the meaning of pleasure driving and where legal limits begin and end. The piece mentions errands like groceries, doctor visits, dining out, and asks for definitions, timing, and applicable weather-era context. It references a driving score tied to the topic.
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Uris
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