Eisenhower Receives Soviet Order of Suvorov First Class
Moscow reports the USSR awarded General Dwight D. Eisenhower its Order of Suvorov First Class for Allied successes in North Africa and Italy. Fifty more American officers were decorated. Spaatz, Kral Baker, and Anderson also received Suvorov titles in Second and Third Class distinctions.
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English Kiss Sparks Reaction Across Atlantic
Patricia Patrick, 17, a Beant member, sends a flippant reply after news of Sgt. Bernard E. Jensen being kissed by a British girl following a parachute jump over England. The tale reached an American bomber base where Jensen woke from unconsciousness in the girl’s arms, drawing quick reaction.
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3 Dead as Mill Fire Continues
Kansas City fire at Larabee Pour mills leaves 3 dead and 26 injured, four critically, as flames and explosions rain smoke over the north Kansas City plank area. Firefighters battled smoldering flames amid continuing danger today.
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Stavsr Nazis Clash in Alps Near Udine
News bulletin reports Yugoslav partisans driving across the Julian Alps to hit Nazis in northeast Italy near Udine, 20 miles northwest of Gorizia, with fighting also reported along the Hungarian border in Bosnia and Croatia. The report claims over 200 Germans killed across clashes.
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Bomber and Eight Men Reported Lost in Snowstorm
A missing army bomber with eight crew members was feared lost in Lake Ontario after coast guards heard a poorly functioning plane heading toward Canada. The craft, from Westover Field, circled Syracuse airport for an hour reporting fuel exhaustion amid heavy snow and poor visibility. the initiating officer ordered the crew to bail out as conditions worsened.
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Reds Open Way for Pskov Drive
Russian troops quickly exploited the recapture of Staraya Russa to push toward Pskov in northern Russia. Moscow dispatches report more than 40 towns captured, with Staraya Russa opening a westward corridor toward the railhead at Pskov and threatening Krivoi Rog and Kherson in related Dnieper advances. The Soviet journal War and the Working Class warned against separate peace attempts, while an unofficial London report cited Polish willingness to accept a Curzon Line border with conditions.
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Burglar Steals $30 From Princess Grill Register
Mrs. R B Gusler manager of the Princess Grill at 10 North Main avenue reports a burglary early Friday morning with $30 taken from the cash register of the restaurant.
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Nazi Raid Heaviest Since Blitz over London
London suffered its fiercest raid since the 1940-41 blitz as three waves of German bombers hit the city. Towers of fire glowed after the attack while search parties dug through wreckage for victims. Estimated casualties hovered high with about 150 raiders believed to have struck the capital region. The barrage of anti-aircraft fire was described as the heaviest yet seen. Two enemy bombers were shot down over Belgium and northern France, with no immediate tallies for English losses. The raid damaged churches, hospitals, schools, a hotel, stores, and many homes across multiple districts, with Americans among witnesses calling it the most terrifying spectacle they had ever seen. Houses on several streets caught fire, and a Red Cross club neighborhood district suffered incendiaries. British servicewomen were killed or wounded when a bomb struck a building housing them.
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Third U S Task Force Attacks in Pacific Campaign
Reported February 1 by the Associated Press states U S carrier task forces attacked Marshall Islands including Truk and Eniwetok while other forces pressed operations against Kwajalein. American marines and soldiers established beachheads on Eniwetok as part of a broader central Pacific offensive with heavy air bombardment and reconfirmed by Navy Secretary Knox as a decisive U S victory.
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Troop-Laden Liberty Ship Splits Open At Seattle Dock
A Liberty ship converted for troop transport split open while tied to a Seattle dock. Ten similar ships were held in the Seattle area by army and navy refusal to use them. Senator Walgren called the situation a major scandal and said the Alaska ship cracking report would be a Truman committee focus.
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Allies Hold Anzio Lines Against Strong German Offense
Allied forces on the Anzio beachhead report the line intact amid heavy German counterblows involving four divisions. Fifth Army and Allied units tightened positions near Mount Cassino and Castiglione, while naval air and surface forces bombarded targets along the coast. German activity included attacks near Rome and renewed reserves, with Allied patrols and captured prisoners noted on the Eighth Army front.
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FDR Poised to Act on Baruch Plan for Postwar Economy
Washington reports President Roosevelt prepared to move Bernard Baruch and John Hancock’s wartime economic blueprint into concrete steps for peacetime security. Proposed: create a work director and surplus property administrator under Byrnes, shift government from business, tax law changes, debt reduction, and streamlined war agencies to cut costs and boost employment.
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Eight paratroopers drown during training flight
UP reports eight parachutists drowned Wednesday night in an incident tied to a training jump. No further details were released. In Gainesville Florida, Screen Actress Brenda Joyce, wife of Lt. Owen J. Ward stationed at Camp Blanding, gave birth to a five pound baby yesterday at a local hospital.
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Convoy From Truk Smashed in Allied Air Attack
Allied airmen sank 16 ships in a three day attack on a major convoy from Truk northwest of New Ireland. MacArthur said bombers hit 12 merchantmen, two corvettes, and a destroyer, then attacked Rabaul, New Britain with a 45 ton raid.
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Charles Bedaux Believed death by own action
MIAMI Fin Feb 19 Joe Charles E Bedaux a notorious international figure died at a hospital in Miami authorities said he took an overdose of sleeping powders and left a note indicating death by his own action A grand jury had been convened to consider treason and communication charges Bedaux had been held by immigration officials since December after being brought from North Africa He was linked to high German officials and Vichy France and was said to have invented a labor system controversial with labor leaders.
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