Tojo’s Long War Strategy Hidden in Speech
Analysis notes Premier Tojo’s remarks on preferring a prolonged war to a rapid victory. He argues Japan gains by delaying decisive action, strengthens its position with time, and urges allies to weary of the struggle. The piece frames the speech as revealing Japan’s intent to prolong hostilities while the Allies push to strip Japan of conquered territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tojo
Japan
Pacific
Greater East Asia
United States
Britain
Congress Reassembles Amid War Worries and Tax Debate
Lawmakers return after the holiday recess facing war support, tax concerns, inflation, and the cost of living. The public urges swift victory and asks Congress to balance measures to sustain the economy and prevent a postwar downturn.
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Congress
Wartime Plea for Peace and Resolve
A wartime letter urges continued drive toward victory to end the conflict. The writer stresses that relief will come only with successful efforts abroad and at home, hoping peaceful aims prevail and minds stay hopeful while war continues.
Roosevelt Aims to Speak for Troops on Voting Question
In Washington Jan 27 President Roosevelt urges Congress to remove all restrictions on soldier voting. He claims to express troops and their families as commander in chief on a constitutional dispute over veterans voting rights. The piece questions legality, potential radio distribution, and implications for state constitutions and congressional power.
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Washington
Rosevelt
Congress
David Lawrence
Mr. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
United States
Radio 19
Wendell Willkie
Taft
Roostwelt
Supreme Court
Fifty Years Ago Elects Officers For Independent Hose Company
The Independent Hose Company held its annual election with 324 ballots cast. Elected: President Judge James McSherry. vice presidents Jacob Rohrback and Edward S. Eichelberger. secretary J. Roger McSherry. treasurer John C. Hardt. foreman Harry Baer. chief engineer David H. Kolb. Mrs Edward Baker resigns as First National Bank director and James Houck replaces her. Captain Louis Green resigns from the Annapolis Guards, making Captain Beckley senior captain of the Frederick Rifles. YMCA Literary Society debated Navy spending. result favors the negative. Middletown citizens plan to organize a fire company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independent Hose Company
James McSherry
Jacob Rohrback
Edward S. Eichelberger
J. Roger McSherry
John C. Hardt
Harry Baer
David H. Kolb
Edward Baker
First
National Bank of Frederick
James Houck
Louis Green
Annapolis Guards
Maryland National Guard
Beckley
Frederick Rifles
YMCA
Literary 5 Society
J. E. R. Wood, Jr
Frank Trimmer
Grayson Renner
Edgar Moore
A. Murray Thomas
Roger Wickham
Albert Gilson
Middletown
Twenty Years Ago Local Items From The Columns Of The News
The January 27 1924 column notes Reverend John Adam Silver Run accepted a pastorate at the Reformed church in Middletown and will arrive mid February. W E Burrall near Johnsville suffered a broken leg hauling a log. Over 300 Frederick County milk producers members met at Girls High School to elect five directors including Steiner Wachter James Harris Emory Co Remsberg Howard Fawley and E C Speaks. Reverend Charles S Reifsnider of this city will be consecrated as bishop suffragan for North Tokyo Japan on February 12 at All Saints church in Pasadena California.
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John
Adam
Silver Run
Reformed Church
Middletown
W. E. Burrall
Johnsville
Frederick County
Maryland and Virginia Milk Producers Association
Girls’ High School
Steiner B. Wachter
Woodsboro
James P. Harris
Thurston
Emory Co. Remsberg
Buckeystown
Howard C. Fawley
Petersville
E. C. Speaks
Charles 5. Reifsnider
Sullragan
Tokyo
Japan
All Saints Church
Pasadena
Calif
Today In History and Birthdays Across Time
A compact compendium of notable dates and figures. Highlights include 1824 born David M. Key Tennessee lawyer and Confederate veteran, 1832 birth Lewis Carroll, 1861 Ralph Modjeski, 1896 protest on Turk outrages, 1839 sale of warplanes to France, and 1862 Lincoln War Order No. 1. Birthdays feature Wheeler McMillen, Dr William Crocker, Phil Strong, J Howard Pew, Carl Blegen, Jerome Kern, and William Lee among others.
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David M. Key
Tennessee
Greene Ca
Tenn
Richard Taylor
Toussville
Lewis Carroll
Charles L. Dodgson
Rossiter Johnson
New York
His Day
Rochester
N.Y
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
England
Ralph Modjeski
Poland
Los Angeles
Lincoln
Congress
Duluth
Knott
Edison
Amenia
Washington
Henry E. Humington
San Marino
Cal
Smedley D. Butle
Mussolini
France
Erie
Northern Ireland
Germany
Wheeler McMillen
The
Farm Journal
Philadelphia
Ada
Ohio
William Crocker
Boyce Thompson Inst For
Yonkers
Medina
Phil Strong
Keogauqua
Iawa
J. Howard Pew
Pennsylvania
Bradford
Carl W. Blegen
University of Cincinnati
Minneapolis
Jerome D. Kern
William E. Lee
War in Italy and Baltic Germany Breathing Space Narrowed
Allied pressure in Italy threatens the German High Command with a possible retreat along the Etruscan line while a Russian pincer tightens from the Baltic to the Dnieper. About 225000 Nazi troops are trapped near Lovat and Ilmen as Soviet forces threaten Riga and Dno, prompting a potential multi-front retreat.
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Italy
Sli
Russia
Europe
Rome
Leghorn
Rimini
Peipus
Leningrad
Novgorod
Volkhov
Lake Ilmen
Baltic
Vitebsk
Lovat
Nevel
Vitebsk-Dno-Leningrad
Dno Junction
Shimsk
Lake Ilmenets
Dno
Pskov
Estonia
Staraya Russa
Novosokolniki
Dnieper
Riga
Strength For Today by Earl L Douglass D D
A reflection on everyday heroes who face death social pressure dishonesty and hardship with religious faith. Paul’s teaching of the peace of God guiding steadfast conviction amid life’s trials highlights courage hope and moral resolve.
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Earl L. Douglass
D. D
St. Paul
Babson
Synd
Bible Quotes Highlight Inner God and Moral Restraint
An assemblage of quotations asserts a divine presence within and calls for virtue. It cites James 4 8 Ovid 1 Thessalonians 5 21 and Cicero on mental discipline and joy in good while grieving evil. The collection emphasizes reverence and ethical living.
Horoscope Advice From Today's Almanac
A brief horoscope notes a harmonious disposition and good powers of perception with a measure of success and opportunities for fame. It warns against indiscretion and suggests overcoming this tendency to improve prospects.
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Merce
Madison Co. N.C
Cancellation Of War Work May Side Glances Throw Many Out Of Jobs
Washington dispatch discusses wartime contract cancellations likely totaling over ten billion dollars and the impact on workers and subcontractors. It warns of abrupt postwar transitions, urges gradual shifts to peacetime production, and calls for policy clarity to prevent mass unemployment.
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Roger W. Babbon
Washington, D. C
Washington
War Production Board
Leaves From Notebook Of A Correspondent By HAL BOYLE
Newly trained American bomber crews pour into Italy to swell the 15th Air Force. Green recruits display eagerness and nerves while joking with comrades as they adjust to life in transit from North Africa. A crew steals two bed rolls and two handbags amid a chaotic start, illustrating GI improvisation and camaraderie.
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Hal Boyle
Italy
United States
15Th Air Force
North Africa
War weals and forged letters mix with policy talk
A wartime scene shows a tense crew awaiting a mission and fearing separation. Peter Edson reviews a forgery targeting Hopkins, examines its origins, motives, and potential impact. Henry Wallace is portrayed as reviving old New Deal ideas, with Stimson and Gurney posing questions on national service.
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Henry L. Stimson
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Stimson
Chan Gurney
Yankton
Wallace
Henry Wallace
Henry
Washington
Chapel Hill
N. C
Department of Justice
Chicago
Weather Summary for January Readings
The 24 hour precipitation ending 8 a m today is none. January to date precipitation is 3 49 inches. Normal January precipitation is 4 23 inches while actual January 1943 totals 2 58 inches. Yesterday high was 66 degrees and the low last night was 3. Times for sun and moon events are given with sets at 6 24 p m today and rises at 8 22 a m tomorrow with moonrise at 10 35 a m and moonset at 10 18 p m tomorrow.
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Kirke L. Simpson
Associated Press
Bible Thought
James
Ovid
Thessalonians
Cicero
White House
Pub. Financial Bureau
Churchill
Woundsea
Peter Edson Washington
Harry Hopkins
Akron
C. Wilson Sparks
Hopkins
Umphrey Lee
Willkie
George N. Briggs
Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Sparks
Northwest
Senator Gurney
Lewey
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