Strong New Nazi Attack Repulsed By U.S. Troops
Allied headquarters report a strong German assault on the Anzio beachhead breached the Allied perimeter near Cisterna but was driven back to the starting point. American and British forces pressed counterattacks along the Cassino line and across the Adriatic sectors as medium bombers struck rail yards, airfields, and target towns north and south of Rome.
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Algiers
Anzio
Cisterna
Rome
Carroceto
Aprilia
Daniel de Lute
Associated Press
France
Cassino
Fifth Army
Mt. Cassino
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Pizzoferrato
Sant’ Angelo
Montenerodomo
Torricella
Orte
Frascati
Piombino
Senate defeats second bid to block federal ballot bill
Washington February 7 The administration fended off a second Senate challenge to derail its federal ballot bill defeating a state’s rights amendment that would leave armed service voting to the states. The roll call ended 44 to 42. The coalition backed measure previously tied Friday. The vote keeps the Green-Lucas bill under Senate consideration after more than two weeks of debate.
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Washington
Senate
Ten From Board One Leave For Camp Today
Ten white men from Local Draft Board One are set to leave for Fort Meade this afternoon to enter the Army after final physicals and 21 day furloughs. Acting corporal and group leader is Ralph W. Boyer AAA manager. others include City Officer Carl E. Rentzell James W. Crothers Howard A. Hoff Austin B. Kelly John C. Combs John F. Thompson Arthur V. Wetzel Earl L. Troup and Clarence B. Whichard.
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Fort Meade
Army
Ralph W. Boyer
AAA
Carl E. Rentzell
James W. Crothers
Howard A. Hoff
Austin
Kelly
John C. Combs
John F. Thompson
Arthur V. Wetzel
Earl L. Troup
Clarence B. Whichard
Swiss Hand U. S. Note On Prisoners To Japan
Berlin radio quoted Tokyo dispatch saying the United States handed Japan a note protesting treatment of American war prisoners. The broadcast was recorded by the Associated Press.
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U. S
Japan
London
Berlin
DNB
Tokyo
United States
Associated Presa
American Artillery Forces Nazi Unit to Relinquish Gains
From the Fifth Army beachhead at Anzio Italy American gunners drove back an enemy unit by a heavy barrage that forced a major gain to be abandoned. Soldiers reported regaining lost ground and the harbor area receiving ongoing shelling as German batteries fired from Colli Laziali hilltop inland from Anzio.
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Daniel Deluce
Associated Press
Fifth Army
Italy
Anzio
Colli Lazialli
Henry Maitland Wilson
Mediterranean
Albert Kesselring
Cisterna
Carrace
Dispute Triggers 25000-Strong Strike Across Plants
In Cleveland on February 7 the executive board of the Independent Mechanics Educational Society of America planned a strategy meeting as a 25,000-strong walkout continued into its fourth day. George White and Matthew Smith defied a War Labor Board order to appear in Washington for a hearing on potential sanctions, including reclassification under selective service or loss of union benefits. Subpoenas were issued for White and Smith. Smith warned the board would have to come to Detroit to compel his presence. The strike began Friday in Toledo, Ohio, in protest of NLRB procedure related to a Willys-Overland dispute between MESA and CIO United Automobile Workers over a tool room.
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Cleveland
Independent Mechanics Educational Society of America
Michigan
Ohio
MESA
George White
Matthew Smith
National War Labor Board
Washington
Detroit
WLB
Smith
War Labor Board
U.S. Marshal's Office
White
Toledo
National Labor Relations Board
CIO
United Automobile Workers
Willys-Overland Motor Co
Death ruled natural in Hahn railroad death case
Marvin D. Hahn 32 of High street Hagerstown died from coronary occlusion rather than injuries from a fall on a Western Maryland Railway siding near Thurmont. Autopsy showed he was dead on impact after riding a box car. Survived by his wife and a Greencastle engineer and a Smithsburg conductor helped with the investigation.
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Marvin D. Hahn
High Street
Hagerstown
Thurmont
Horace M. Alexander
Western Maryland
Hahn
Idamay
W. Va
Corp
W. W. Corbin
Western
Maryland
M. L. Creager and Son
Mussolini names new Roman prefect Caruso
London broadcasts report that Benito Mussolini appointed Pietro Caruso, a veteran fascist, as prefect of Rome, signaling a continuation of fascist control amid wartime tensions.
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London
Vichy Raido
Benito Mussolini
Pietro Caruso
Rome
Red Army encircles Nikopol and advances near Cherkasy
Russian forces report encirclement of five German infantry divisions at Nikopol in the Dnieper bend and a drive from Nikopol to Morganets. Moscow says 12,000 Nazi dead, 2,000 captured, and 250 towns liberated as Mar Ganets and Devladovo rail hub fall.
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London
Nikopol
Dnieper
Moscow
Cherkasy
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Stalingrad
Apostolovo
Rodion Y ¥. Malinovsky
Krivoi Rog
Marganets
Malinovsky
Devladovo
Fear Landing In The Kuriles
A Tokyo dispatch via Berlin speculates that American forces may attempt a spring landing on the Kurile Islands chain northeast of Japan. Yomiuri Hochi notes reinforced U S naval units in the North Pacific and strong airborne formations. Vice Admiral Fletcher has been named commander of the North Pacific area, highlighting the theater’s importance. Paramushiro, an enemy Kurile base, has been bombed frequently from the Aleutians.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Berlin
Kurile Islands
Yomiuri Hochi
U. S
Northern Pacific
Frank J. Fletcher
North Pacific
Paramushiro
Kuriles
Aleutians
Parole Applications Of Three Up On Thursday
Article notes 31 prisoners will have parole applications reviewed Thursday. Among Frederick County inmates are Henry Harris for assault with intent to rob and for assault to murder, Charles F Key for manslaughter, and Raymond Woods for breaking and entering and larceny. Also mentions Wendell L. Willkie entering Nebraska primary on April 11 and a coal reserve warning from Interior Secretary Ickes about a potential shortage.
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Frederick County
House of Correction and Penitentiary
Herman M. Moser
Associated Press
Frederick
Henry Harris
Charles F. Key
Raymond Woods
House of Correction
New York
Wendell L. Willkie
Nebraska
New York Times
North Platte
Neb
Washington
Interior
Ickes
Bucknell Trainees Adopt Mascot Queenie After Pup Births
Marine trainees at Bucknell University in Lewisburg adopt a stray collie named Queenie as a mascot. Queens birthday soon after adoption, Queenie gives birth to 12 puppies, boosting campus morale.
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Lewisburg
Wa - Marine
Bucknell University
Queenie
Paramushiro Island: Northernmost of Japan’s home islands
Washington reports Paramushiro as Japan’s northernmost home island, about 790 miles from Attu and 1,600 from Dutch Harbor. The Aleutians reoccupation has enabled air raids by Navy bombers on Paramushiro, with increasing frequency amid severe weather and proximity to the Kurile chain. The island’s location links to Honshu and Japan’s main naval bases, raising concerns over potential Allied landings and broader Pacific proximity to Russia.
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Washington
Paramushiro
Japan
Attu Island
Aleutians
Dutch Harbor
Navy
Pacific
United States
Kurile Island
Kurlie Islands
Honshu
Russia
Kamachatka Peninsula
Purple Heart Award Is Made For Major Hendrickson
Major Milton H. Hendrickson Air Corps was killed in China on January 10 and posthumously awarded the Purple Heart his wife Mrs Ely H Hendrickson of New Windsor was informed in a note from Secretary of War Henry L Stimson expressing sincere sympathy and hope the victory will ease the grief. Major Hendrickson was the son of Prof and Mrs Dean W Hendrickson of Westminster. They Always Lie Sadao Iguchi spokesman for the Japanese Board of Information replied to Allied charges of atrocities by citing alleged Japanese outrages against civilians and prisoners of war.
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Milton H. Hendrickson
China
Ely H. Hendrickson
New Windsor
Henry L. Stimson
Air Corps
Major Hendrickson
Dean W. Hendrickson
Westminster
Associated Press
Sadao Iguchi
Japanese Board of Information
United States
Japan
Japs Strike Back Captured Taung Bazaar Feb 4
Allied communique reports Japanese forces on the Atkan front in southwestern Burma captured the town of Taung Bazaar on February 4 as they mounted counterattacks.
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New Delhi
Burma
Taung Bazaar
Japan Turns Output to Fighters in New Guinea Campaign
The report notes Japan shifting aviation production to fighters for defense as bombers dwindle in the Southwest Pacific. Allied raids continue with limited Nipponese air power, while fighter sorties from Truk, Rabaul, and even Japan press the attack, despite high losses and morale questions amid stimulant use.
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New Guinea
Japan
Southwest
South Pacific
New Zealand
Pacific
Truk
Carolines
Rising Sun
Rabaul
Wewak
Pearl Harbor
French Revolt Urged By BBC in France
The BBC broadcast an appeal from Haute Savoie patriots leader urging Frenchmen to rise against German oppressors. A four point program calls arms-bearing citizens to join guerilla bands, workers to strike, sabotage nationwide with limited risk, and to record names of German militia and Vichy police leaders.
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London
British Broadcasting Company
Ant
Haute Savoie
Vichy
Japs Claim Sinking Of Cruiser In Marshall Islands Raid
The Tokyo radio quoted Imperial Headquarters saying a Japanese submarine sighted a large enemy cruiser off Wotje in the Marshall Islands on February 3. Japanese planes and anti aircraft guns allegedly shot down 92 planes in raids on Rabaul since last Thursday, while U.S. reports from the Marshalls claim no warships were lost in the invasion and air attacks on Rabaul showed only light losses. Rails and selected industrials in New York posted modest recoveries amid war loan drive and earnings uncertainty, with buyers awaiting foreign developments and the 1944 outlook.
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Associated Press
Tokyo Radio
Imperial Headquarters
Wotje
Marshall Islands
Rabaul
New Britain
Marshalls
New York
Bombardment of Kurabu Point on Paramushiro Island
U S Navy warships bombarded Kurabu Point on Paramushiro Island in the North Pacific, followed by American aircraft. The brief harborside strike lasted about 20 minutes on February 4, with no U S ships hit. The action involved Rear Admiral Wilder D. Baker's task force and included air and sea forces from the 11th Air Force and other Navy units.
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Washington
Kurabu Point
Paramushiro Island
Tokyo
Japan
Pacific Ocean
Sea of Chkotsk
Wilder D. Baker
Frank Jack Fletcher
North Pacific Feet
Admiral Baker
Davenport Johnson
11Th Air Force
E. D. Post
Simon Bolivar Buckner
Alaskan
General Post
Paramushiro
Harry Smith
Admiral Fletcher
Coral Sea
Battle of Midway
Navy
Leslie E. Gehres
Cet Air Wing Four
Hunter Wood
Smith
South Pacific
H. L. Gearing
Eli Hill
Dawson
Georgia
White Mountains
Tho Sea
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Sicily
City Registers Office
Frederick City
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles Office
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
Narva
Estonia
Reuters
Jap Island
Attu
Maj. Hendrickson
BBC
Shimushu
Kamchatka Peninsula
Norman Bell
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