Notices For Large Call Put In Mail By Board One
Local Draft Board One prepares to send notices for preinduction examinations in Baltimore early February. The notices do not guarantee Army or Navy service and include registrants with deferments or 1-A rulings. Reclassification of many registrants to 1-A 2-A 2-B or 3-C is explained as a major clerical effort. Chief Clerk Ida Rosenbaum resigns effective March 1. successor not yet named.
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Baltimore
Pearl Harbor
Ida Rosenbaum
Rosenbaum
Garland Z. Hightman
Argentina Envoy to Brazil Resigns Amid Argentine Upheaval
Montevideo Uruguay January 28 Argentinian government turmoil continues as Ambassador to Brazil Arthur Rawson resigns amid Cabinet and official shakeups following severance of diplomatic ties with the Axis. Wiliam T Dewart 68 dies in New York after long illness. former NY Sun president rose from office manager to top newspaper executive.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Arthur Rawson
Argentina
Brazil
Axis
T. Dewart
New York
Wiliam T. Dewart
The
New York Sun
Overseas Servicemen Addresses Under Wartime Censor Rules
Families of service members are notified that published addresses overseas are restricted by wartime censorship. The code prohibits identifying servicemen with units or ships abroad except after official announcements of US forces arrival in areas, before which no unit or ship identification may be published.
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United States
Woman reports shoe stamps sold above ceiling price
New Orleans Jan 28 M J Leumas district OPA shoe rationing officer says an irate citizen reported a neighbor selling loose stamps well above ceiling prices. OPA agents are investigating the claim and looking into the matter.
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New Orleans
M. J. Leumas
OPA
Vandenberg Supports Roosevelt On Soldier Voting Bill
Washington January 28 Senator Vandenberg Republican Michigan split the GOP opposition to the war ballot bill by saying he would vote for the measure to ensure service personnel can vote in the November election He plans an amendment to ease handling of state and federal absentee ballots amid Democratic charges of political motives and Roosevelt criticism of a state rights bill.
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Washington
Vandenberg
R.-Mich
Roosevelt
McNary
Ore
Senate
Holman
R.-Ore
Full Story Of War Not Told
Palmer Hoyt former OWI domestic chief argues the war’s true brutality must be disclosed daily to the public. He cites Japanese massacres of 50 000 Bataan prisoners and says frank reporting will deter further cruelty as the war shifts. Hoyt is back publishing the Portland Oregonian after six months with the OWI.
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New York
Palmer Hoyt
OWI
Hoyt
Bataan
Portland Oregonian
Florida truck driver held but no charges filed
City police stated no charges were entered against James Guffey a truck driver detained for several days at the request of his Florida employers. He was released into the custody of a firm representative who planned to escort him back to Florida. The allegations prompting his detention were never specified.
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James Guffey
Florida
Guffey
Defeat Japs Hang Mikado In Angered U S Chorus
A Washington debate erupts over reports of Japanese wartime atrocities against American and Filipino POWs. Senators Clark Barkley May and others demand punishment and insist such crimes justify pushing toward Japan’s defeat, with calls to bomb Tokyo and end Japanese power.
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U.S
Washington
PIA
United Nations
Japan
Clark
D.-Mo
Barkley
Thomas
Utah
Shanghai
Hongkong
Berlin subs sink 11 ships in convoy raids reported
London dated January 28 reports the Berlin radio asserting that German submarines have sunk four destroyers and seven other ships totaling about 5,100 tons in Allied convoys over the past days amid ongoing Atlantic warfare.
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London
Berlin
Eden's Statement Adds To Atrocities By Japs
Secretary Hull said the U S is gathering evidence to punish war criminals after the war. Eden told the House of Commons that thousands of British troops died as prisoners under tropical jungle conditions with poor shelter, food, and medical care. He cited torture and killings of 36 000 Allied prisoners at Bataan and Corregidor and noted Japan refused neutral prison camp inspections. He warned the record of Japanese military atrocities will not be forgotten and urged action.
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Stephen Early
Early
State Department
May
D.-Ky
House Military Committee
United States
Tokyo
Hades
West Coast
Engle
D.calif
Army
Navy
New Zealand
Walter Nash
Pacific
White
R.-Me
Kilgore
D.W. Vaj
Genghis Khan
London
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Britain
Japan
Eden
Washington
Tured
Bataan
Corregidor
Thailand
Hongkong
Shanghai
Philippines
Burma
John Wardlaw Milne
Allied Leader Encouraged By Gains In Italy
General Sir Harold Alexander reports Fifth Army has solidly positioned south of Rome after tying beachhead progress to a broader push. He praises American troops on the Rapido for crossing the river and securing two bridgeheads, notes German demolitions were foiled, and condemns the bombing of a hospital ship off the coast.
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Italy
New York
C. L. Sulzberger
New York Times Today
Harold R. L. G. Alexander
Fifth Army
Rome
Alexander
Anzio
Rapido
Mun
Navy Sinks U Boat After Daylong Battle in Atlantic
The U boat was located early by a scout plane and pursued by escort carrier planes and destroyers. After multiple depth charges and deck gun actions the submarine surfaced to recharge, then disappeared beneath the sea following a night of continuous attacks. Over 200 depth charges were dropped in the protracted engagement.
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Washington
America
Atlantic
Yank Trained Chinese Drive Japs Back
American trained Chinese troops pushed Japanese forces from an area northeast of Taro in the Dalu river valley, with heavy enemy losses and captures of war equipment. Bitter fighting continued eight miles northeast of Taro as bad weather grounded Allied planes across much of Burma. Dive bombers attacked a Japanese camp at Machaik in the Chindwin valley on January 27.
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New Delhia
Taro
Dalu River
Burma
Southeast Asia Command
Machaik
Chindwin
Heavy RAF night raid hits Berlin and other targets
RAF heavy bombers return to Berlin with a large attack described as a decisive finishing stroke in the Berlin campaign. The raid caused extensive fires in outer districts, with about 34 aircraft lost. other RAF sorties hit Heligoland and western Germany while laying mines in northern France and enemy waters.
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London
Berlin
H. H. Arnold
Aircraf
Helgoland
North Sea Island
Alftonbladet
RAF
Magdeburg
Rail junctions Volosovo Tosno fall to Govorov drive
Gen Leonid Govorov’s forces break through near Leningrad recapturing Volosovo and Tosno marking gains in the drive that has freed Leningrad from siege. Moscow and Lenin grad celebrate as 700 towns retaken and Narva line threatened. The offensive continues.
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Moscow
Leonid A. Govorov
Leningrad
Volosovo
Tosno
Red Army
Soviet Union
Govoroy
Andrei Zhdanov
Leningrad Party Committee
Czars
Volozove
Govorov
Narva
Olosovo
Narva-Reval
Leningrad- Moscow
Allied Hold At Nettuno Beachhead Near Anzio In Italy
Allied headquarters report a repulse of a German 10th Army assault near Carroceto along the Via Anziate ten miles north of Anzio and 24 miles south of Rome as Fifth Army expands its bridgehead. Air battles cripple German raids. Allied ships shell targets near Gaeta and the Appian Way coast. Canadians in Adriatic sector reported in line.
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Algiers
10Th Army
Nettuno
Carroceto
Via Anziate
Anzio
Rome
France
Marseille
Montpellier
Nome
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Associated Press
Don Whitehead
Cassino
Cagsing
Rapido River
Eighth Army
Gulf of Gaeta
Appian Way
Italy
Aegean
Rhodes
Ottawa
H. D. G. Crerat
Adriatic
Forts Battery Airdromes Strike in France and Italy
In a coordinated raid, Flying Fortresses and Liberators attacked three German airdromes in the Marseille Montpellier area and hit the Istres Treize Tube airport north of hangars. The offensive also targeted the Appian Way junction at Velletri southeast of Rome to aid Allied ground forces. Two Liberators returned with losses reported and about 21 German planes were destroyed in air combat over France.
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18Th Air Force
Italy
Marseille-Montpellier
France
Ferst
Appian Way
Velletri
Rome
Nettuno
Istresse
Salon de Montpellier
Early tax returns urged as March fifteenth deadline nears
Washington reports the Treasury urged wage earners to start filling tax returns as receipts arrive, aiming to curb the last minute rush before the March 15 deadline. Acting Internal Revenue Commissioner Graves urged taxpayers to learn their own tax position now, noting deductions from paychecks under pay as you go do not excuse timely filing.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Department
Harold N. Graves
Internal Revenue
Promotion Confirmed for Hayes to Maj. Gen. in Third Service Command
Baltimore dispatch reports Maj. Gen. Philip Hayes received Senate confirmation of his temporary promotion from brigadier general. Hayes now commands the Third Service Command after the Senate action taken yesterday.
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Baltimore
Philip Hayes
Third Service Command
Senate
Three Chickens for 500 Prisoners Reported by War Dept
Washington reports Japan propaganda broadcasts claimed American prisoners were fed with meals of three chickens or 50 eggs per 500 men. War and Navy Departments explained the figures as propaganda and clarified no such ration occurred.
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Washington
War and Navy Departments
Japs Won't Accept Air Battle Challenge
New Georgia and Solomon Islands report says Japanese losses in the Rabaul campaign have them conserving aircraft for defense. Allied Fighter Command notes 30 Navy and Marine fighters returned from a 35 minute patrol over Rabaul area and challenged Japanese planes to engage, but the Japanese ignored it.
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New Georgia
Solomon Islands
Rabaul
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