PLANES 0 USE BASES N KWAJALEIN
United Press reports American planes will soon launch a new offensive from the recently won Kwajalein bases in the Marshalls against Japanese strongholds. The campaign there is largely complete with American casualties far lower than Japanese. American Seabees and engineers work to restore the Kwajalein airstrip as raids on Paramushiro and other Pacific targets continue.
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United Press
Marshall Islands
Navy
Army
Kwamein Island
Pacifc
Paramushiro
Tokyo
Amerian
Japan
Arabu Zaki
Kurile Islands
Packers to Handle Movers Shipments
A. J. Loveland, Iowa AAA chair, announced that Loch meat packers will try to make room for emergency hog shipments from farmers moving farms by March. If farmers cannot market hogs before moving, counties AAA will coordinate with packers and state AAA to arrange priority handling. He praised packers’ cooperative spirit supporting record Iowa hog marketings.
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A. J. Lovelind
Iowa
Triple-A
Loch Meat Packers
Loveland
Tfe
AAA
Ankara Faces Second Week Earthquake Toll
London UP reports another strong quake hit Ankara province this morning, killing 103 and injuring over 100. Early word places the focus near the same area north and west of Ankara damaged by last Tuesday's tremor. Total casualties in the disaster rise to 2,381 dead and around 3,000 injured, with many houses demolished and more damage feared.
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London
Turkey
Ankara
Radio Ankara
Radié Ankara
JapanBLamesAmerica abuse claims in war of propaganda
Tokyo denies Japanese prisoner mistreatment in American camps and says allied reports of brutality are propaganda. Washington has filed nearly 100 formal protests over Japanese atrocities, while Tokyo cites minor inmate complaints and embassy checks.
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Japan
Bataan
Corregidor
Navy
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United States
Berlin
New Zealand
Red Cross
Vatican
Dillons. Myer
War Relocation Authority
Philippines
Warson
War Department
Germans Bomb Yank Hospital Near Rome
A German air attack on an American evacuation hospital south of Rome killed 26 and wounded 43. The dead include two women nurses and four doctors. among the wounded are dozens of nurses and enlisted men. The dive bomber struck tents including receiving, evacuation, ward, x ray and operating tents, with ambulances also hit.
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Rome
Allied planes hit continent in massive London raid
British based bombing fleet spearheaded by American heavy bombers attacked Frankfurt and French invasion coast targets. Marauder and Liberator formations joined the daylong assault backed by Mosquito fighters and dozens of escort squadrons, marking a major return to full strategic bombing after weather delays.
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London
Frankfurt
United States
France
Minty
Germany
Friedey
BOC
French
Pas de Calaiscoaglas
Wounded Soldiers List Names Kruempel Arlington Soldier
War department released 410 wounded in action across European and Mediterranean theaters. The list includes Cpl. Robert W. Kruempel of Arlington Iowa and Sgt. John W. Vasesmother with Mrs. Minnie M. Vases of Clinton Tennessee.
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Washington
War Department
John W. Vases
Minnie M. Vases
Clinton
Mediterranean
Robert W. Kruempel
John C. Kruemapel
Arlington
Climb Toward Monte Cassino Toughest Yet
United Press War Correspondent James E. Roper reports from Mount Cassino with the Fifth Army as American troops press a hard climb toward the Benedictine monastery. After a two hour mule train ascent under German fire, artillery and air bombardment pound the defenses, while troops haul ammunition and supplies upward amid the brutal mountain assault.
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James E. Roper
United Press
Fifth Army
Mount Cassino
Red Armies in Triple Triumph Over Dnieper Front
Soviet leader Stalin announced a triple Red army triumph as Gen. Malinovsky's 3rd Ukrainian army captured Nikopol and Tolbukhin's 4th Ukrainian forces shut the Dnieper bridgeheads, trapping five Nazi divisions. The seizureTargets Nikopol's manganese mines after a massive frontal assault on the lower Dnieper.
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London
Dnie Ber
Nikopol
Josef Stalin
Triple Red Army
Radio
Moscow
Rodion
Malinovsky
Ration Tokens Improve Shopping Time in Trial
Office of Price Administration estimated today that new ration tokens will speed checkout. In a Chicago test, 10 housewives with tokens processed $16 of purchases in five minutes, while 10 using stamps took almost two minutes longer for $14.30. Some 200 retailers endorsed the simplified token system to begin in February, with tokens issued as change for red and blue stamps each at ten points.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Chicago
OPA
Senate Okays Federal Ballot in 46 40 Vote
Washington the Senate approved the administration federal ballot soldier vote bill by 46 to 40 after defeating last minute amendments from Republicans and southern Democrats. The measure goes back to the House where a similar coalition blocked a federal ballot plan during an extended session last Thursday night.
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Washington
Senate
House
Alben W. Barkley
Barkley
Robert A. Taft
Republican-Democratic
Taft
EF Bond Sales At Half Way Mark
In the Fourth War Loan drive with one week left, individual bond sales reach 2.774 billion dollars toward a 5.5 billion goal. Total bond sales to individuals and institutions stand at 11.149 billion, 80 percent of the 14 billion target. Rhode Island and several states near their quotas. West Virginia 93 percent, Minnesota 83 percent, Tennessee and Nebraska 66. Jack Davis of Danielson, Conn., reports a thriving business by offering to help taxpayers file income tax returns for buyers of 50 dollars or more in bonds.
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Washington
Treasury
Rhode Island
West Virginia
Minnesota
Tennessee
Nebraska
Jack Davis
Danielson
Conn
Bridges Appeals Deportation In Ninth Circuit Hearing
Harry Bridges, West Coast CIO leader and ILWU head, fights deportation ordered on grounds of communism and undesirable alien. He seeks a writ of habeas corpus after Judge Welsh denied relief, while Bridges continues wartime conferences and visits with longshore unions nationwide.
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San Francisco
Ninth Circuit Court
Harry Bridges
CIO
Bridges
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen's Union
Circuit Court
Martin J. Welsh
Francis Biddle
Australia
150 Busshel Corn Yield Wins Prize Panel
Ames report lists Bert Kinsinger Grundy Center and D W Meyer Odebelt as winners in Iowa yield contests. Roland Holden Williamsburg had top score in 1943 Iowa corn yield test. Joe L Robinson secretary of the Iowa Corn and Small Grain Growers Association announced results. Kinsinger Bean yield 28.72 bushels per acre, prior yields 37 and 33.83. Meyer's corn yield 150.87 bushels per acre.
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Bert Kinsinger
Grundy Center
D. W. Meyer
Odebelt
Iowa
Roland Holden
Williambourg
Towa
Joe L. Robinson
Towa Corn Find Small Grain Growers Association
Kinsinger
Mukden
Meyer
Michalske Named Cyclone Coach at Iowa State
A. M. Michalske is approved by the state board of education as head football coach at Iowa State College on a full-time basis. He took over mid 1942 after Ray Donels resignation and led the 1943 team to a second place tie with Missouri in the Big Six. Michalske, Penn State graduate and former Green Bay Packers guard, earned six All American honors.
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Cyclone
Mes
Af A. ML
Mike) Michalske
Iowa State College
State Board of Education
Ray Donels
Missouri
Penn State College
Green Bay Packers
Governor Hickenlooper seeks Senate seat in Iowa race
Des Moines reports Gov. Bourke G. Hickenlooper announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for U. S. senator, the first Iowa governor to seek a Senate seat since 1896. He touted a permanent farm program free from politics, support for armed forces, and opposition to centralizing peacetime power in Washington while stressing economic growth and veterans’ reintegration. Other candidates include Lt. Gov. Robert D. Blue and Henry W. Burma.
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Robert D. Blue
Hickenlooper
Henry W. Burma
Iowa House of Representatives
U. S
Iowa
Guy M. Gillette
Free Americas
Hickeanlooper
Lican
R. J. Nel- Council Bluffs
Allied air battle over Rome beachhead as 19 planes fall
Waves of German warplanes attacked the Allied 7th Army beachhead below Rome. American and British fighters shot down 19 German aircraft, with 12 more damaged, while ground fighting raged along a 14 mile front from Anzio inland toward Cassino. Axis attempts to resume counterattacks persisted as fighting intensified near Cassino.
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Algiers
7Th Army
Rome
Anzio
Luftwaffe
5Th Army
Tyrrhenian
Packard
Washington
Cassino
Abbey Hill
Casilina
REA Not Utility, High Court Rules
DES MOINES UP The suite supreme court ruled today that REA properties in Town should be taxed as cooperatives and not as public utilities. The ruling said such property should be taxed on the basis of its Membership and on the value of its real estate rather than on the basis of transmission line mileage.
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Des Moines
Suite Supreme Court
REA
World War A Year Ago Today War News Briefs
On February 8, 1948 reports recount U S bombers striking Naples and Haroy Moscow announcing Kursk and Korocka captured near Lelggrad. British raiders strike Lorient while Japanese raids hit Kweilin. Gen Georges Catroux meets Gen Gir. Axis base hit at Cagliari. Netherlands agency Aneta reports Seyffardt assassination.
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Kursk
Korocka
Lelggrad
Lorient
France
Kweilin
Georges Catroux
Giran
Cagliari
Sardinia
Aneta
Hen
Rik
Alexander Seyffardt
Netherlands
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Mt. Cairo
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