War Moves Daily Dispatch on Berlin Threat to War Effort
United Press analyst Louis F. Keemle reports from London that Berlin nears strategic vulnerability as government offices move to Breslau and factory output declines. Berlin’s fall would damage morale and logistics, yet not end Germany, while Allied bombing signals broader pressure and anticipated strikes on other cities with new bases in Italy.
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U.S
Louis F. Keemle
United Press
London
Berlin
Breslau
Stockholm
Hamburg
Germany
Bertha
Europe
Royal Air Force
Italy
New Draft Rules In Effect Today
Washington DC new selective service rules take effect eliminating screening tests and granting 21 day furloughs to inductees. Local boards will limit deferments for 18 to 22 year olds to slow father drafts while existing deferments run until expiration. Exemptions include 397000 non fathers and 9000 fathers in agriculture plus certain 18 to 22 year olds in merchant marine and essential jobs.
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Washington
D. C
Navy
Army
Congress
Marine Corps
National Eclective Service Headquarters
Merchant Marine
Army Transportation Corps
Draft Quota for March Doubled
Brig. Gen. Charles H. Grahl, head of the selective service, announced that March drafts are about twice February levels. He noted February was light due to the new pre induction physical examination plan and added that exact draft figures cannot be published under regulations.
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Des Moines
Charles H. Grahl
Laws Selective Service
Selective Service
Soviet press charges on Franco, Vatican links with fascism
The Red Star claims Germany obtains American and Latin supplies via Spain, including oil and Argentinian wheat, with Franco aiding the war. Televsda accuses the Vatican of backing fascism in Italy Spain and France. Izvestia endorses an anti clerical trend in Italy and criticizes the Vatican’s role in aligning with fascism.
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Moscow
Red Star
Germany
United States
Latin America
Tevestia
Vatican
Italy
Spain
France
Izvestia
American Foreign Policy Association
Hitler
Mussolini
Francisco Franco
Europe
Franco
Army
Reich
Argentina
Straits of Gibraltar
Spanish Legion
Cevestia
Reds Clear Way Into Estonia
Soviet troops under Gen Govorov captured Kingisepp, clearing the Leningrad Tallinn corridor and enabling a direct drive toward the Estonian border. Stalin announced the town fell after crossing the Luga river and outflanking German defenses, with 124 victory salutes planned in Moscow. The conquest opens a path toward Narva and the sole Baltic exit below Leningrad, amid heavy street fighting.
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London
Kingisepp
Estonia
Josef Stalin
Leningrad-Talinn
Stalin
Leonid A. Govotrov
Leningrad
Luga
Radio
Moscow
Govorov
Naru
Narva
Baltics
Pskov
Lake Peipus
House Rejects Roll Call Vote on Ballot Plan
The House rejected a push for a roll call vote on a federal ballot plan by 243 to 160. Lawmakers adopted a teller voting rule, keeping names from public records while counting votes. President Roosevelt urged members to "stand up and be counted" as action shifted to the Senate for a revised bill.
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Washington
House
Senate
House Elections Committee
Aso
Scott Lucas
Theodore Green
Rules Committee
Roosevelt
Charles City Firm Denied New Trial
Federal Judge M. M. Joyce denied a motion for a new trial by Dr. Salsbury's Laboratories of Charles City. The firm was found guilty of misbranding and mislabeling poultry patent medicines. At a Mankato trial last year, it circulated pamphlets for Bakos, Phen-o-sal and an-pho-sal claiming they cured all poultry diseases. The judge ruled the distribution method was a fraud scheme and authorized seizure of the products by government agents.
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Minneapolis
M. M. Joyce
Salsbury
Charles City
Mankato
Minn
War Dead 33,153 Plus Jap Victims
The office of war information reports American casualties total 146,186, with 33,153 dead and additional reported enemy victims from torture. Prisoners of war total 29,898, with 1,933 enemy camp deaths. Philippines treatment deaths add 7,700, bringing total presumed prisoner deaths to 9,633.
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Washington, D. C
Office of War Information Today
Philippines
Iowa History Highlighted By Rotary Speaker
Royal Holbrook of Ames traced Iowa’s origins from the 1673 sighting by Marquette and Joliet to Dubuque’s early land lease and the era’s council and treaties. He noted growth of churches, schools, colleges, and the forthcoming centennial Masonic Lodge observance in Cedar Rapids, ending with a description of Iowa’s flag designed by Iowa City DAR women.
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Iowa
Royal Holbrook
Ames
Pather Marquette
Louis Joliet
Pack
Julien Dubuque
St. Louis
Dubuque
Hobrook
West
West Coast
Blackhawk
Washington
Keokuk
Mississippi River
Zachary ‘Taylor
Jess Davis
Illinois
Uculy
Hulbrook
New Territory
Michigan
Detroit
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Allies Reach 15 Miles From Rome In Italian Front Drive
Allied 5th army nears Rome within 15 air line miles as German reinforcements rush from the north. On the Cassino front American British and French troops push back along the Gustav line while Canadian units strike up the Adriatic coast. Allied air forces pound enemy air bases and rail hubs to curb reinforcements. British troops move from Anzio toward Sampo Leone and the Alban hills as American troops advance toward Cisterna.
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Algiers
5Th Army
Rome
Italy
Eternal City
Cassino
Tyrrhenian
8Th Army
Adriatic
Austrian Alps
Anzio
Sampo Leone
Alban Hills
Cisterna
Quarely
Appian Way
Camp Leone
Tire Quotas for February Slashed
Des Moines area rationing quotas for February cut new car tires, truck tires, and farm implement tires from January levels. Des Moines district OPA director R. E. Walters noted limited supply, with Grade I passenger cars tires up 1,? to 5,098 and Grade II used tires down to 10,342. new automobiles down to 160. Eligible essential workers may apply for graded tires or reclaimed-rubber options, with boards screening applicants due to constrained supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
R. E. Walters
Walters
Japan Deaf to U Protests Revealed in Hull Note
The State Department under Cordell Hull released new chapters in a war crimes account detailing cruelties against American prisoners and civilian internees. The report, issued after a Roosevelt briefing, cites brutal abuses and mass killings at Bataan and Corregidor, and outlines protests lodged with Japan from January 13, 1942 onward. Congress debate sharpens over ensuring war criminals are prosecuted.
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Washington
State Department
Yiar
Japan
Cordell Hull
Roosevelt
Army and Navy
Army-Navy
Bataan and
Corregidor
Congress
Augustine B. Kelsey
Pearl Harbor
Pri
Stilwell says Chinese troops push 100 miles in Burma toward China
Lt. Gen. Joseph Stilwell reported that American trained Chinese forces advanced over 100 miles across northern Burma despite Japanese resistance and that the Ledo road is more than one third across Burma. He warned jungle fighting will slow further gains and noted heavy use of artillery to clear jungle positions.
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New Delhi
Joseph W. Stilwell
Burma
China
Stilwell
China-Burma- India
India
Ledo
Stillwell
Normington Navy death in accidental shooting
Mr and Mrs George Normington of Oelwein mourn their son Melvin Normington R T 2/e of the U S Navy after a pistol accident at St Simons Island Georgia where he was stationed. The body will be returned to Oelwein with a military escort and burial plans will be announced later.
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George Normington
Oelwein
Melvin Normington
R. T
U. S. Navy
St. Simon's Islan
Georgia
Normington
Oeiwein
Airfields knocked out as Allied blows hit Rabaul
Allied airmen claim two Rabaul airfields temporarily out of action after a four day raid. The January campaign totals show 582 Japanese planes destroyed or probably destroyed, with 164 on the four day hammering and 178 likely destroyed in January. Shipping targets near New Guinea also attacked with two freighters sunk and a 500 ton vessel set ablaze at Hansa Bay. Ground actions continued with patrols and strafing as Allied forces advance from Sto along the Balcorst and nearing Reiss Paint.
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New Guinea
Rabaul
Southwest Pacific
South Pacific
Sto
Bal Corst
Reiss Paint
WARDEN IOWA HOTEL OPERATOR DIES IN DES MOINES
Frank G. Warden aged 86 longtime operator of the Chamberlain Hotel in Des Moines died after a long illness. He had run hotels in Springfield Darton Ohio Chicago Illinois Bloomington Indiana Muncie Indiana Muskogee Ohio Ottumwa Fort Dodge Mason City Newton Clinton and Town City Indiana and worked with hotel pioneer Eugene Eppley.
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Bes Moines
Frank G. Warden
Chamberlain
Des Moines
Women’s Army Corps
Springfield
Darton
L Ohio
Chicago
Bloomington
Ind
Muncie
Muskogee
Ohla
Ottumwa
Fort Dodge
Mason City
Newton
Clinton
Town City
Eugene Eppley
World War A Year Ago Today February 1 1943
United Press reports Churchill visited Turkey to discuss British and U S aid. Moscow says Soviet forces drive toward Rostov while Russians hold Svatovo. Tokyo claims Allied battleships and cruisers sunk near Rennell Island. Mussolini vows Italy will return to Libya and endure with Fascists.
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United Press
London
Churchill
Turkey
U.S
Moscow
Rostov
Salsk-Rostov
Svatvovo
Tokyo
Rennell Island
Guadalcanal
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Libya
Invasion of Marshall Islands Opens Pacific Front
United States forces under Admiral Nimitz land on Roi and Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands, supported by a large fleet including battleships. Vice Admiral Spruance leads the assault with Maj. Gen. Sigith and Maj. Gen. Schmidt directing landing troops. Strong Japanese opposition reported with moderate U S casualties.
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Pearl Harbor
New York
United States Army
Navy
Marshall Islands
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Roi
Kwajalein Islands
Kwajalein Atoll
R. A. Spruance
Japan
Yokyo
United States
Kwajalein
Aslands
H. M. Sigith
USMC
Eoi Island
Fourth Marine Division
Harry Schmidt
Roi Kwajalein Island
Seventh Infantry Division
Charles H. Corlett
USA
Patrolmen Busy 743 Report Shows Illicit Traffic Violations
DES MOINES reports the 1943 annual state highway patrol: 38,796 notices for illegal or faulty equipment to truckers, 10,220 motorist summonses, 2,814 licenses issues, 406 speeding tickets near stop signs, 708 truck speeding fines, 265 intoxicated driving charges, 489 reckless driving, 431 illegal passing, and 1,279 speeding on open road in 1943. Chief Knee says many tickets warn rather than penalize.
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Des Moines
State Highway Patrol
C. A. Knee
French Ordered to Evacuate Coast
A Vichy radio warning urged all inhabitants along the Freech Mediterranean coast to move inland immediately unless their presence is essential. Evacuees may arrange privately with relatives but must not relocate to other coastal areas or towns over 20,000 population. The message presented an effective order with no opt option for noncompliance.
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London
Vichy
Freech Mediterranean
Severe earthquake reported in Turkey destroys Gerede town
United Press says a severe earthquake struck Turkey and destroyed the town of Gerede, located about 65 miles northwest of Ankara, per a British radio report.
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Ftess
British Radio Today
Turkey
Gerede
Ankara
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Rotary
Prom Local News Desk
Hull
I Normington
Melvin Normington Assurain
Nimitz
HARH
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