Planes and ships blast Jap supply lines in Pacific action
Allied naval and air forces attacked Japanese supply points across the Southwest Pacific. U. S. units at Saidor and nearby areas shelled shore installations while FP boats destroyed barges with troops and matériel. Bombers hit targets from Maindang to Baldiar and joint raids expanded across New Guinea and the Solomons.
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Hises
Southwest Pacific
United States
New Guif- Tiga
Saidor
Gali Point
Baidor
Solomons
New Britain
Marshalls
New Guinea
Craps
Baidar Madang Romafp
Maidang
Baldar
Saldor
Kendarj
Celebes Island
Darwin
Australia
Army
Navy
Marshalla
Wolfe
Jalul
Kawajalein
Wotse
Rabaul
Kavieng
Ecnrmy
Bougainville
Cape Gloucester
Italy
Gloucester
San Antonio Braces for Rain and Mist This Week
Occasional rain and mist are forecast for Tuesday evening into Wednesday, replacing cold air that has lingered across the state. In San Antonio the temperature is not expected to rise much, with readings near the upper 30s Wednesday morning as overcast skies continue.
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San Antonians
San Antonio
Mercury
Patton Receives British Honor From King George VI
Eighteen American generals including Patton and Clark receive British decorations by order of King George VI for meritorious action in the Mediterranean. Patton is made a Companion of the Order of the Bath for command of the American Second Corps during the Maknasay battle in southern Timisla last year. Other officers receive Knights Commander and Knights of the British Empire for staff work and leadership.
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Patton
Glark
Mediterranean
S41
Seventh Army
Order of the Bath
Alexander
Italy
Timisla
Feld
Bath
Walter Bedell Smith
Eisenhower
Briain
Clark
Fifth Army
Wich Patton
Omer N. Bradley
Pattony
Ernest
N. Harmon
Charles W. Ryder
Lowell W. Rooks
Alfred L. Gruen—ther
Lucian K. Truscott
Manta
Eddy
Terry Allen
Nazi Ship Flies Argentine Flag Camouflaged South Atlantic Run
The O Globo reports a German blockade runner sunk in the South Atlantic during the week. The craft was camouflaged but displayed the Argentine flag and carried a number of Argentine seamen aboard.
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Rio DE Janetag
O Globo
Jase
South Atlantic
Allied pincers close on Cassino in Italian offensive
Allied forces driving toward Cassino from multiple sectors with Fifth Army pincers reaching Cerraro and Mont Pedro captures. American units move toward Mount Rocchio near Carssing while New Zealand troops trap German patrols. Air support targets rail bottlenecks in the Balkans and Adriatic coast ships sweep the coast, sinking schooners and bombarding targets near Ancona and Villorba.
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Cassino
Rome
Cerraro
yiNage
Mount Rocchio
Carssing
Mont Pedro
Balkans
Bkoplje
Yugoslavia
San Benedetto
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Villorba
Po Valley
Bordeaux
Toulouse
France
Jervis
Troubridge
Claitanova
Ancona
Germany Lifts Swedish Blockade
Stockholm reports Germany agrees to end the recent trade friction by lifting the blockade on Swedish tonnage. Six Swedish ships were ready to sail for North and South America as the blockade ends, with more awaiting signal to depart from foreign ports. Swedish foreign office says talks aim to secure safe conduct guarantees for trade and traffic to England.
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Stockholm
Jan
Germany
England
Weather forecast for San Antonio and East Texas
Forecast shows mostly cloudy conditions Tuesday afternoon and night and Wednesday with occasional rain. Temperatures remain steady. East Texas expect similar clouds with rain on Wednesday, colder in the far north Tuesday night. Minimums 24 to 28 degrees just north on Wednesday.
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San Antonio
East
Texas
Ciano Executed in Verona Trial Mockery Report
German agency DNB states Count Ciano was shot after conviction for alleged treason aiming to oust Mussolini. Four other former Fascist grand council members were executed, with conflicting Verona reports. Pope Pius XII allegedly sought clemency while Mussolini’s health and villa life at Lake Garda loom.
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London
Jan
Taleazzo Ciano
DNB
Mustolini
Thyliyn
DNA
Clanomlko
Emilio Fe Bono
Giovanni Marinetti
Carla Priesehl
Luciano Gottardt
Grand Council
Anpounerd
Bare Rob
Milk
Adyenuis
Tullio Clannetti
Verona
Taly
Frontier
Pius XII
Corriere del Ticino
Lugano
Castel Vecento
Iblo
Mussolini
Clan
de Gono
Lake Garda
Reds Aiming at European Power
Soviet Russia presses westward under Gen. Nikolai Vatutin toward central Europe. The piece cites British and American strategists, debates Moscow aims, Baltic state status, and potential concessions by Stalin in a broader war panorama. It contrasts Hitler’s strategy with Soviet ambitions and ponders Germany’s future.
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Moscow
Red Army
Nikolai FP
Vatutin
Russia
Europe
Doset Binliti
Hitler
Alfred T. Mahin
Jan
Germany
Britain
Josep Stalin
Mahan
Hetle
Asia
Aid to Vets Hershey Urges Jobs Before Discharges
Maj. Gen Leys B Hershey, head of selective service, urged that demobilizing veterans receive jobs before discharges. He warned against bitterness from unemployment and cited re employment and rehabilitation efforts. The address, read by Col John N Andrews, stressed labor needs and civilian economy in postwar planning.
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Hershey
Germany
Washington
Jon
Soviet
Russia
America
Great Britain
Wiltormanl
Leys B
Selective Service
U. S
Nehisive
Reds Surge Toward Key Railway
Soviet forces push toward the Odessa Warsaw Railway as they breach toward the Dnieper front. Konev’s Second Ukraine Army moves within 15 miles of Smela, while Germans report renewed attacks north of Kerek in Crimea. Berlin notes fighting over Surmy and the Odessa corridor continues amid heavy German losses.
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Van
Kerek
Crimea
Berlin
Poland
Ukraine
Odessa-Warsaw
Rumania
Ure Smela Gap
Nikolai “Vetutin
Two Bug Rivers Figure In War News Briefing
The Associated Press reports two Bug rivers linked Poland and Russia amid fighting. Soviet forces near Vinnytsia and Warsaw outskirts advance as Konev and Vatutin coordinate to threaten the German front and isolate units along the Dnieper bend. Reports also claim a failed Soviet landing on the Black Sea coast and significant German casualties and captured materiel.
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Associated Preas
Poland
Russia
Ukraine
Black Sea
Niko- Ine
Vistula
Warsaw
Sarov
Vatutin
Dnieper Bend
Berlin
Thr
Ochakov
Odessa
Doleper
Moscow
Rea
President Roosevelt outlines national service plan for war effort
President Roosevelt presents a quick victory program calling for national service legislation to mobilize every able bodied person for the war effort. He says Congress will hear a plan to direct citizen labor toward victory while laying groundwork for postwar security, with a system of guarantees to shorten suffering and hasten triumph.
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Washington
Jan. Ile
National Service
Roosevelt
Tehran
Red Offer to Poles Patterns After War Boundaries
Postwar plans outline Soviet proposals to redraw Poland's eastern border along the Curzon line. Stalin suggests Poland cede territory to the USSR in exchange for inclusion in a changed map of eastern Europe. Britain may support the Curzon line as a boundary guide.
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New
Europe
Y. C. Owstraiche
Forelen
Ruesin
Poland
Gersmany
Stalin
Russia
Ukraine
Soviet Union
Oredne
Brest-Litovikia
Lublin
Lwon
Carpathians
Britain
Heying Jong
Curzon Line
Silesia
Galicia
East Prussia
Curzon
London
Roosevelt to address nation on four point program
President Roosevelt will broadcast at 8 p.m. Tuesday to outline a wartime program titled the second bill of rights. It covers economic security from jobs to protections against old age sickness and unemployment and argues for a national service act to mobilize manpower and resources for victory. The four other points include a broad tax reform a renegotiation of war contracts a costs of living act and renewal of the Economic Stabilization act.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Rct
Aisit
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