War's Greatest Air Offensive Opens New Kwajalein Push
Allied commanders report a six day Marshall Islands campaign tighten the invasion ring around Kwajalein as American troops seal strategic positions on Ebeye and nearby islets. Heavy air bombardment targets Japanese bases in New Guinea and Burma while Coast Guard ships and Marines clear key atoll points. Casualty figures remain unconfirmed as bitter pillbox fighting persists on Kwajalein island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kwajalein Atoll
Marshall Islands
Vltal
mid-Pacific
Tokyo Radio
Chester W Nimitz
Central Pacific
Syacbhe
Mérghans
Hirohito
Southwest Pacific
Werwik
New Guinea
MacArthur
Madang
Bogadjim
Burma
Huxawng
Chindwin Hills
Mayil
Mandalay
Chindwin
Marshalls
Seventh Army
Ebeye Island
Kwajalein Island
Kwajateln Lagoon
U. S
Gugegwe
Lol
Obeye
Ral
Namur
Ates
Howard Handieman
Kwajalein Lagoon
Ught. Herald
Army
Alvision
Attu
Aleutians
English explosion kills eighteen and injures twenty
A blast at a Northern England railway yard yesterday is believed to have killed eighteen people and injured twenty. The exact cause remains undetermined, with initial reports suggesting service personnel were nearby moments before the explosion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HWM
Northern England
T Way
Promotion of Marshall opposed in senate battlefield fight
Washington February reports senators Truman and Langone urged the war department to confirm whether General Marshall would remain army chief of staff before considering legislation to create the title General of the Armies and to elevate Marshall and General Arnold to a rank equal to General Pershing. Senator Wallgren said he would oppose the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Marshall
Army
Senate
Miilitary Affairs Committee
Army Air Force
H.H. Arnold
Truman
D.-Ma
Ian Gurney
R.S. 19
War Department
Reynolds
Kins
Jand Arnold
Fershing
A. EB. F
Wallgren D.wash
Arnold
Congress weighs wartime officer promotions and retirement rules
Wallgren argues that past wartime promotions to generals after wars created injustices. Stimson warned the bill would burden regular army officers by delaying permanent promotions during and after war. Simson contends the plan could permanently retire officers reaching retirement age while the resolution is active. Continued on Page 2 Col 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Grant
Sherman
Sheridan
Pershimg
Wallgren
Simson
Air Freight Mark Set By C-47s Across South Atlantic
Douglas Aircraft Co announced that 35 heavily laden C-47 transports carried five tons of freight each on a 1970 mile flight from Natal to Africa, sanctioned by the War Department. Capt. George W. Schoenfeld, pilot, described loading 35,500 pounds gross versus the standard 15,200 pounds and noted clearing a 6000 foot runway with the heavy ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Monica
Calif
Pere
Hopping
South Atlantic
Natal
Africa
Douglas Aircraft Company
War Department
George W. Schoenfeld
Army Air Forces School of Applied Tactics
Orlanén
Fla
U S in Earnest Tokyo Cries U S in Earnest
Tokyo radio warned that the United States invasion of the Marshall Islands was in dead earnest and that the war situation was growing more acute. The broadcast claimed the enemy was pressing into the inner south seas with the Gilberts as a strategic base and that Marshalls, Marianas, and Carolines lay in Japan's interior south sea front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R—Uap
Tokyo Radio Today
United States
Marshall Islands
Tokyo
South Seas
Gilberts
Central Pacific
Japan
Western Pacific
Marshalls
Marianas
Carolines
South Sea
Reds Down 84 Junkers Transports
Red armies drive sweeping gains along the Gulf of Finland and Dnieper front as they seal off the Estonian land strip, trap 30 Nazi divisions, and report destruction of 46 tanks and 109000 enemy troops. Submarine sightings spark Baltic breaking-into-shipping speculation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MUSGU
Wyener Govorov
Leningrad
Gulf of Finland
Narova
Gulf
Lake Pripus
Gagorov
Mesetskov
Lake Peipus
Red Army
Ukraine
Dnieper
Cherkasy
Kanev
Gecran
Zvenigorodka
Shpo- In
RED Subs
Merelskoy
Vulkhov
Lake Simen
Moscow
Novgorod
TidmiJe
Narov
Italians Executed in Milan as German Reprisal
Milan reports that fifty Italian prisoners, many loyal to Marshal Badoglio, were executed by German forces as retaliation for the assassination of Milan's police chief. The killings occurred in Milan and were relayed by diplomatic quarters via UPI.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barcelona
UPI
Badoglio
Milan
Nazis Pressed to Explain Evacuation of Russian Area
Berlin radio traced the evacuation of 140000 people from the Black Sea region into the Reich to German settlers described as descendants of ancient peasants. The broadcast said they would receive land in Wartheland, covering about 1600 kilometers on a westward trek. Reports from Riga and Reval described thousands of Germans and Estonians fleeing toward Germany, with scarce fuel and crowded trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Catherine the Great
Germany
Black Sea
Russia
Reich
Tose
Mostow
Vavid
Wartheland
Lathis
Warthe River
Black Senates
Social Demo
Pkraten
Authoritiea
East Prussia
Baltic Countries
Proland
Boenl Demokraten
Riga
Germans Repulsed After Forte Cassino Assault North of Rome
Allied forces repelled a German attack north of Aprilia near Cassino as heavy fighting raged on the Fifth Army front. American, British, and Italian units pressed the defense amid artillery and armor clashes, with thousands of prisoners reported taken in the beachhead since the invasion began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allie Nealquanters
Italy
Arca
Aprilia
Rome
Fifth Army
Cassino
Cassing
Mount Maiula
France
Gagigliano
Ornitu
Castelforte
Eighth Army
Crecchio
Casoli
Toulon
Cannes
Jbeachherad
Pescara
Adriatic
Sibenik
US Heavies Hit Nazi Plane Nests
London February 5. US heavy bombers smashed at Nazi airfields and industrial targets in central France and Germany in the ninth day of sustained Allied aerial assault. The raid involved 1100 bombers and fighters against Wilhelmshaven, Frankfurt, and other targets, with 12 German fighters shot down and no RAF losses. Moonlight Mosquito attacks and mines were noted in western waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Nod
Nyests
France
Hiller
Germany
Occupied
BH. A. F
Wilhelms- Iugven
Frankfurt
Wilhelmshaven
Western Reich
Dominion
20000 Strikers Defy NLEE Threat in Midwest
About 20,000 striking workers from the Independent Mechanical Educational Society of America mobilized in Cleveland Detroit and other cities to protest the NLRB and WL B handling of a jurisdictional dispute. Ralph A Bard acting secretary of the navy demanded workers return to duty. The strike or others threaten sanctions including possible reclassification under selective service or loss of union benefits. The Toledo Willys-Overland tool room disruption affected 4700 workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Ohio
G War Labor Board
Independent Mechinice Educational Society of America
Cleveland
Detroit
N.l.rg S
Ralph A. Bard
Navy
Matthew Smith
The
MESA
Smith
WLB
Edwin EB. Witte
Detroit Board
Witte
NLRB
United Automobile Workers
C10
Willys-Qverland Motor Company
Toledo
Eight Bandits Hunted In New York Robberies
New York police pursued eight masked robbers in two separate heists in one day. A payroll job netted $30400 and a bank and loan robbery yielded $3500. The gang used two submachine guns and a sawed off shotgun, wrecked a car during a chase, and escaped with about $16830 in cash and valuables amid a chaotic sequence on the West Side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
West Side
Tron Wonky
Bankers Federal Livings & Loan Association
Brereton Reported To Be in England
London report places Maj. Gen. Lewis Brereton in the capital on February 1 as listed among guests at a Lord Mayor dinner for senior Allied commanders. Brereton, former commander of American air forces in the Philippines and India, was reassigned to lead American forces in the Middle East last September without public notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lewis Hi
Brereton
Philippines
India
Middle East
Invasion Preparations Reported by German General Staff
German general staff quoted in Budapest says Allied invasion preliminaries are under way with reconnaissance attacks by English units along the Atlantic wall. The English air assault has begun with American Flying Fortresses frequently employed in raids against coastal sectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Western
Europe
Atlantic Wall
Budapest
West Wall
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kwajalein
U.S
Reds
Junkers
Fulton Lewis Jr
Albert
Monteverde
Cape Gloucester
Yank Bown
N.Y
England
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!