Tank Battle Rages in Italy
Allied and Axis forces clash across central and northern Italy as a second all-out offensive targets the Rome beachhead. German tanks and infantry press near Cassino and Rome while Allied air forces bomb rail yards and supply lines. Polish divisions join the effort amid heavy fighting and unexpected advances.
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Rome
Severi
vHors
Carmeela
Apeilia
Maes
Crssino
Adriatic
Cassino
Italy
Suzy Stepiano
Ancony
Cecioa
Florence
Orte
Orvieto
Perugia
Alexander
Berlin Bombarded by Night Raid Leaves Much Ruined
Reports from London and Berlin indicate most of Berlin's western districts were virtually levelled after a Tuesday night raid. Claims of thousands killed and widespread plant and factory damage, with Rommel touring northeastern Berlin amid ongoing chaos.
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Rommel
London
DNB
New
Heimkel Aire Dey
Marshal Rommel
Hitler
Berlin
Berne
Stockholm
Morgen Tidingen
Vatican Denies Nazis Using Papal Villa
Washington February 1 The Apostolic delegate for the Vatican declared the papal villa at Castel Gandolfo could not be a military target. He said no German soldiers are inside the villa and no German forces are present, despite press claims by Allied commands. The Vatican noted the villa provides asylum to up to 15,000 refugees with hundreds killed in bombings, and warned that any warlike action against the villa would threaten defenseless people and breach extraterritorial rights.
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Washington
United States
Angelo Giovani Cicognanni
Vatican
Castel Gandolfo
Italy
Magnione
Pius
Papal Villa
Castel Gandolifo
Pontifical Villa
Lin National Catholic Welfare Conference
Vatican City
Holy Father
Castel Gandalfo
Vatican Radio
American and British Casualties in Italian Campaign
Secretary of War Stimson announced 28,741 American casualties in the Italian mainland campaign. Of these 4,156 were killed, 18,154 wounded, and 6,429 missing. Churchill reported British casualties totaling 7,635 killed, 24,283 wounded, and 5,708 missing through February 12.
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Wasking Tom
Xen
INS
Stimson
Churchill
Commons
New Britain
New Guinea
Hel
Pacific
Rotation of Overseas Troops and Rotation Policy
Washington reports that over 200000 troops have been returned from overseas since the war began. The rotation prioritizes longest service and theater needs, with 13 months in North Africa and two years in Alaska and the Caribbean. A new policy outlines three aims: maintain unit efficiency, train and form new units, and rotate veterans deemed deserving, with three weeks rest before potential redeployment.
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Washington
United States
Stimson
Rome
Alaskan
Caribbean
Southwest Pacific
Bristol
Dhe
Tessas
Culion
U S Bombs Blaze Trail Toward Truk
Allied air and ground offensives extend operations across the Pacific. Liberators fly long-range missions toward Truk and Kavieng while bombers strike Carolines, Marshalls, and New Britain. Dutch and Indian forces aid operations in Burma as U S and New Zealand troops secure Green islands to cut Jap supply routes. A draft dodging case in El Paso is noted.
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Japan
Philippines
Kavieng
New Ireland
Bismarck
Peingo
Pacific
Caroling Islands
Marshalls
Giberts
Carolines
Jacquinot Bay
Talnsea
Cape Hoskins
New Britain
Bergen Bay
Cape Mensing
Long Island
United States
New Zealand
Green Islands
Rabaul
MacArthur
Solomons
Burma
Negalryedauk
Alled Army
India
Chindwin River
Navy asks record 30 billion for 1985 budget
President Roosevelt urged Congress to approve a historic 30,788,000,000 navy appropriation for the 1985 fiscal year. The request tops the 1944 and prior year outlays, with the War Department facing a tentative 18,001,451,840 as its war program.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War Department
Small Craft Warnings Issued For Gulf Coast Waters
New Orleans February 17. The U S Weather Bureau reports small craft warnings from Brownsville Texas to St Marks Florida. Fresh to strong southeast winds with gusts to 35 mph from Brownsville to Morgan City shifting northeast today and tonight and turning more southeasterly east of Morgan City toward St Marks with 25 to 40 mph winds this afternoon and tonight.
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New Orleans
United States Weather Bureau
Brownsville
Texas
St. Merks
Fla
Browneville
Morgan City
St. Marks
Proof of Unsanitary City Conditions by Don Politico
A two hour investigation reveals sewer gaps on Lombraw and Henry, with twenty four houses on a block lacking proper plumbing. Pit privies, cess pools overflow, and mosquitos flourish near Kenwood. several tons of garbage dumped into a lake west of Our Lady of the Lake College.
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DON Politico
P. L. d Anderson
Dent P
Lombraw
Henry
Lincoln Emitts
Kenwood
West Travis
Our Lady of the Lake College
Henry Hely
Bexar County
Guadalupe Street
Zarzamora
Walt
Tiebion
Mel Know
Hero of Tarawa Staff Sergeant Bordelon Deserves Hall of Fame
Marine Staff Sergeant W J Bordelon of San Antonio is praised for extraordinary bravery at Tarawa, where he was killed after taking multiple wounds. Beers, a fellow Marine, recounts their perilous landing and Bordelon’s sacrifice while volunteering to deploy demolition charges amid heavy fire. The story continues on page 2.
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Marine Staff
W. J. Bordelon
Sac Antonio
Tarawa
Elden Geers
Marine Corps Hall of Fame
Bordelon
Ardelon
Wid
Cluster Street
San Antonith
Centin Catiels High School
Laredo
Pearl Harbor
Courgue
Beers
Deer Park
Wash
N. S. Naval Hospital
San Diego
Bardelan
Gilberk Island
Bill Bordelon
Murings
Guadalcanal
Tatiwa
Tatiwa,” Beers
Bill
Orly
Borledan Wis
Reds Near Pskov and Helsinki Bombed in World War II Action
The report notes Russian advances toward Pskov, with attacks around Lake Peipus and Estonia, as Berlin claims Russian forces crossed into Estonia near Tartu. Finnish city Helsinki endured a nine hour bombing by waves of 400 Russian bombers, as Parachute troops were said to have struck German lines in northern Estonia and Narva was shelled by Russian warships.
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Associated Press
Pskov
Beltiesia
Lake Peipus
Santidya
Berlin
Estonia
Aabo
Radlo Wiehy
Duho Paasikiyi
Stockholm
Moscow
Helsinki
Narva
Veivars
Narove River
Cherkassy
Kresk
Weather forecast for East Texas and surrounding area
Forecast calls for cloudy Thursday afternoon and night with colder conditions and the lowest temperatures of the period. Friday will be partly cloudy and colder with fresh to strong east winds. Temperatures near 40 Friday morning, with northwest winds around 20 degrees in extreme northern portions Thursday night.
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East
Texas
Ieridian
Mternoon
Atrang Wilds
Davis Says CensorMove Unjustified During War Dispatch Debates
Director Elmer Davis protested the suppression of direct press dispatches from Anzio Italy. He argued censorship could threaten military security and noted pressure from British officials. The piece also discusses Gen. Alexander's wartime role and impact on Allied reporting practices.
Midwest Cold Wave Forecast Hits Chicago Area
Chicago weather bureau issued a cold wave warning for Minnesota Iowa and most of Wisconsin with a river calder forecast for eastern and southwestern Illinois and upper Michigan by tonight. Temperatures were expected to drop to 20 below zero in Minnesota by Friday morning.
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Chicago
Chicago Weather Bureau
Minnesota
Towa
Wilkiconsin
Ilinois
Upper Michigan
Army Reveals Child Marriage at Alamogordo Base
Alamogordo air base newspaper reports cases of 16 year old ex staff sergeant T. Roper and 13 year old Arnetta Kendall who served brief WAC stints before their ages were disclosed. Roper, discharged after three years service, was aboard a bomber that crashed in Atlantis. Kendall’s mother revealed her true age after recruiters were told she was 21.
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WN. M
Air Forces
WAC
Alamogorde Air Base
Statt
Sgt
T. Roper
Mt. Pleasant
Texas
Katie Roper
Neva Kerr
el Pasol
Arnetta Kendall
Fort Davis
Fort Oglethorpe
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