U S Refuses to Recognize Bolivia Junta and Bolivian Action
The United States announced it would not recognize Bolivia's revolutionary junta, tying it to plots against the Allied cause. Ambassador Padre Boal was recalled. Woodward to handle interests. Sanctions limited for now, with normal trade continuing as Bolivia's regime seeks broader legitimacy. Brazil and Argentina weighed possible shifts. Oswaldo Aranha cited no diplomatic ties yet. Marion drafted into U S Army from Fort Jackson after World Series fame.
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Washington
United States
Bolivia
State Department
Padre Boal
la Paz
Western Hemisphere
Briain
Boal
Rupert Forbes Woodward
Woodward
Minneapolis
Argentina
Fernando Iturralde
Enrique de Lozada
Iturralde
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Oswaldo Aranha
Agree On $300 For Mustering Out Pay
Washington reports Senate and House conferees approve a blended mustering-out pay plan. Final bill caps payments at 300 dollars for veterans with overseas or Alaska service, 200 dollars for service over 60 days in the continental United States, and 100 dollars for those under 60 days in the continental United States. Previously proposed amounts reached as high as 700 dollars, with Senate and House tops at 500 and 300 respectively.
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Washington
Senate
House
Continental
United States
Alaska
Tax Bill Paid in Orphans Court First Account
An Orphans' Court filing shows Charles P Mort of Emmitsburg owed the federal government over 11000 at his February death. Administrators reported 3509.03 and 751.843 paid to the IRS, with assets at 54403 including debts and personal property. Court approved attorney fees 1200 and administrator commissions 2419.26.
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Orphans’ Court
Charles P Mort
Emmitsburg
Harrison P. Mort
George L. Wilhide
Collector of
Internal Revenue
Amos A. Holter
Edwin F. Nikirk
Maryland
John A Colbert
Point of Rocks
Jaame M Colbert
Colbert
Mary K. Starr
Frank L Stoner
Stockman
Mary Ridenbaugh
Frederic J. Stockman
West South Street
Missing Suitcase Ts Returned To Magnuson
Vancouver January 24 An air craft worker who saw a suitcase fall from a passing car solved the mystery of Rep Warren D B Magnuson s missing luggage today. Richard Benner Boeing aircraft employe turned the valise over to city police saying it contained confidential documents and police were investigating possible enemy involvement.
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Vancouver
Warren DB
Magnusons
Richard Benner
Boeing Aircraft
Washington Democrat
Magnuson
Benner
Magnusot
Senate Talks But Takes No Action On Vote
In Washington the Senate debated the fourth term issue without voting. Taft charged Stimson and Knox favor a federal ballot for service personnel amid their own reelection bids, while Lucas defended the compromise on absentee ballots and criticized delays. Vandenberg urged a constitutional limit on presidential tenure and noted growing dynastic sentiment after a Democratic committee show of support for Roosevelt.
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Washington
Senate
Taft
Ohio
War
Stimson
Navy
Knox
Lucas
D-H
Ohioan
War and Navy Departments
Army
Youll
Roosevelt
Vandenberg
H-Mich
Democratic National Committee
Jefferson
White House
Michigan
National Committee
Associated Press
Bailey
D-Nc
Congress
Individual Bond Sales Hit 8.863 Billion In War Loan Drive
Treasury report shows 8863,000,000 in fourth war loan bond sales, up 81,000,000 from Saturday. The drive nears 16 percent of the 5.5 billion goal for individuals, with big purchases ongoing toward the 14 billion overall objective, month balance pending.
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Treasury
Patriots Cut Railroad Near Rome Beachheads
Italian patriots have temporarily cut the Rome Cassino railroad, a Nazi supply line, near the Allied landings south of Rome. The Bari radio, reported via the FCC, said anti Nazi patriots intensified their activities since the beachheads were seized.
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New York
Rome
Cassino
Bari
Federal Communications Commission
British Veterans Named To Assist Mountbatten
London January 24 two veteran British campaigners were named to lead armies under Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten Southeast Asia Command The War Office announced Gen Sir George Gifford 57 veteran of 30 years in British Colonial Armies and credited with mobilizing West Africa was appointed commander in chief of an army group under Mountbatten Lt Gen W J Slim 52 who fought in the Burma campaign was named to lead the 1th Army in forthcoming operations against the Japanese Slim has served in East Africa Iraq Syria Iran and Burma since 1940 and has likely seen more command time than most generals in this war
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London
Louis Mountbattens
Southeast Asia
War Office
George Gifford
West Africa
Mountbatten
W. J. Slim
Harold Alexander
Burma
Slim
East Africa
Iraq
Syria
Iran
Fight With Jap Zeros Reveals Narrow Escape From Downed Pilot
Washington reports Lt. Harmon, former Michigan football star, described a dogfight over China and his dramatic 32 day escape after being shot down by Japanese Zeros. He parachuted into a lake to avoid reprisals, later revealing the action and his survival at a press conference as Zeros closed in. Meanwhile Wendell L Wilkie announced he will skip the California primary, eyeing Wisconsin Nebraska and Oregon contests.
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Washington
Tommy Harmon
China
Michigan
Kinkiang
Tommy
Lowden Enslen
Springfield
New York
Wendell L Winlkle
California
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Oregon
Twenty One Foe Planes Shot Down in Western Germany Sweep
London reports a USAAF bombing raid on a major German industrial area destroyed 21 enemy planes with escort shooting down 19 more, plus three shot down earlier off the Dutch coast. Losses include two heavy bombers and fighters. Mosquito night raids into Western Germany preceded the day’s actions.
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London
U Saaf
Germany
RAF
Holland
Vichy
Normandy
France
U. S
Pas de Calais
Carl Eckhardt
Scotts Bluff
Neb
Pilot Identified In Chesapeake Bay Crash
Baltimore Jan 24 First Lieut Dale C Kercher of Shelbyville Indiana was identified as the army test pilot missing after his twin eng bomber crashed and sank about 1500 yards off Gibson Island during a routine test flight from the Glenn L Martin Aircraft Co Army officials said the body has not yet been recovered awaiting recovery efforts.
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Baltimore
Dale C. Kercher
Shelbyville
Ind
Army
Chesapeake Bay
Glenn L. Martin Aircraft Company
Kercher
Gibson Island
Martin
Plane lands safely after wheel jam in California
Long Beach, Calif on January 25 reports an Army training plane with its wheels jammed retracted performing a belly landing. The pilot is Army Captain Kenneth B Skidmore from National City Calif.
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Long Beach
Calif
Army
Kenneth B Skidmore
Skidmore
National City
Deal With Labor Like With Corporations
Richmond, January 24 Captain Eddie Rickenbacker president of Eastern Air Lines and World War I ace said a National Service Act would not be needed if Congress compels labor leadership to follow the same laws as corporations He urged amending labor laws to replace entrenched labor leaders and stressed saving rather than extracting benefits from the war addressing Richmond Army Air Base officers at a luncheon
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Richmond
Eddie Rickenbacker
Eastern Air Lines
Congress
Washington
Rickenback
Richmond Army Air Base
Pardon to General Richardson Ends Hawaii Habeas Case
President Roosevelt pardoned Lt. Gen. Robert C. Richardson Jr amid a clash between U S Army and civil authorities in Hawaii over habeas corpus under partial martial law. Richardson, fined for contempt for not obeying a writ, had halted trials of habeas corpus while prisoners Edwin Seifert and Walter Gluckman were held. The Justice Department announced the action on the deadline for appeals, resolving a dispute that date back to martial law after Pearl Harbor.
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Washington
U. S. Army
Hawaii
Roosevelt
Robert C. Richardson, Jr
Justice Department
Richardson
Hawaiian Department
Delbert E. Metzger
Honolulu
Metzger
War Department
Edwin R. Seifert
Walter Gluckman
Pearl Harbor
Civic
Allied Air Triumph Over New Guinea Rabaul Wewak Strongholds
Allied Headquarters reports over the New Guinea front a major air victory with 51 to 85 Japanese planes shot down across Wewak and Rabaul. US bombers and escorts attacked Lakunai, Cape Moren, and Boram, while Liberators hit Rabaul amid heavy anti aircraft fire. Thirteen Allied planes were lost.
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New Guinea
Japan
Southwest Pacific
Wewak
Rabaul
Southwest
Central Pacific
Solomons
New Britain
Lakunai
U. S
Fifth Air Force
Cape Moren
Boram
Officel
Ramu
Madang
Aussies gain ridge positions in New Guinea advance
Australian forces hold Shaggy Ridge from Protherio to Kankiryo and control all ridge trails. Enemy guns and ammunition captured. Immediate goal is Bogadjim, a Madang outpost about 20 miles from Australian lines. Meanwhile Washington reports six atolls raided by Army and Navy planes in two days on the Marshall Islands with hits on shipping and installations.
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Protherio
Kankiryo
Bogadjim
Madang
Washington
Marshall Islands
Tokyo
Navy
Elliott in London Arrives for Photo Recon Duty
Pi Col Elliott Roosevelt arrived in London to serve as photo reconnaissance officer at the Strategic Bombing Headquarters under Lt. Gen. Carl A. Spaatz.
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