Beachhead Troops Near Appian Way in Italy Action
Route toward the Appian Way and the main rail line near Cisterna is reported as 145 American troops reach within light artillery range. Allied forces push north of Anzio, capture a bridgehead beyond Carroceta, while French troops take two hills north of Belvedere. German raids and heavy air attacks persist as Allied navals bombard near Anzio and Cassino.
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Llanes Bal
Mon Vand
Anzio
Ferrara
Dag
Casavia
Belvedere Mountain
Paris
Rafia
Italy
Coninmuunique
Rapido
Cassino
Bremer Pass
Bologna
Verona
15Th Air Force
Red Ships Reported Shelling Narva Port
New York report notes Hungarian radio broadcast recorded Nazi positions near Narva on the Gulf of Finland and suggests ships shelling the area. The item references Baltic theater activity and Soviet-German fronts during the war period.
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Narva
New York
Astonian
Gulf of Finland
Stamp 40 Good for Canning Sugar
Jan 29. To aid homemakers, stamp 40 in ration book 4 will be valid for five pounds of sugar starting February 1, 1945. The stamp is valid through February 21, 1945 and will be the only one valid for canning sugar this year. Additional amounts may be issued later after local board approvals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Death March Told By Victim
An American air force captain Samuel C. Grashio 25 of Spokane Washington described the Death March from Mindanao after Bataan as he testified at an army press conference in Los Angeles details of beatings starvation and executions by Japanese captors. He recounted a dying comrade and the brutal trek that left hundreds of bodies along the retreat line with dysentery malaria and thirst driving men down.
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Los Angeles
Bataan
Army Air Forces
War and Navy Departments
Culo Blanc
Atrocity Report Sparks White House Debate and Publicity
Washington officials weighed the risks of publicizing the Philippine atrocity report detailing torture and murder of American prisoners. The release split officials, with the War Navy departments backing disclosure to inform the public while the armed services feared worsening prisoner suffering and hampering diplomacy. Stephen Barry said secrecy was deemed pointless, noting no hope for relief supplies to reach captives.
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Washington
Japan
Armed Services
CWS
War and Navy Departments
Nciols
Pearl Harbor
Philippines
Utig
la Spmr
Stephen Barry
Two American officers aid evacuation at Rapido crossing
American Captain David Kaplan and Private Arnold Weischman moved through battered Italian terrain under heavy fire to a barbed wire line. They secured an agreement with a German officer to evacuate casualties then, with aid from 25 Yankee medics and some Germans, retrieved 28 bodies and four wounded.
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Hal Boyle
PIPTH
Tpaly
Wo Man’s Land
Rapido River
Encrusitiog
Leras
David Kaplan
Sioux City
Town
Arnold Weischman
Wood Haver
Tapia
Widespread Air Bombardment Hits Pacific Jap Bases
Allied air forces press the campaign in the South Pacific with the twenty fourth raid on Rabaul and attacks across New Guinea and the Admiralty Islands. Bombers destroyed or damaged Nipponese aircraft, while land troops push toward Madang and Saidor. Nauru and other atolls faced aerial and naval bombardment as interceptors fought back.
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United Nations
South Pacific
New Britain
Rabaul
Nauru
Admiralty Islands
Rew Gulpea
Madang
Marshall Islands
Sander
Phosphate
Wolfe
Maloelup
Mili
mid-Pacific
Marshalls
New Guinea
Hansa Bay
Portuguese Timor
Amencai
Saidor
German Gunfire Misses Gen Clark Near Anzio Beachhead
General Clark of the Fifth Army came under German fire during a visit to the Anzio Bay beachhead south of Rome. He escaped injury while several nearby men were hit. Broadcasts from Algiers said he dropped to the ground but continued his inspection and conferences with field commanders after the fire ceased.
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New York
Clark
Fifth Army
Anzio Bay
Raine
Algiers
13000 Poles Slain by Nazis Reported by Moscow Radio
Moscow radio said 13 000 Polish citizens in Sarny and eight nearby towns recaptured from Germany were slain. Atrocities included Gestapo torture chambers executions and priests burned, with youths driven to slavery and 400 houses burned. The report noted transport of girls to Germany and mentioned nearby villages as sources.
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London
Sarny
Old Poland
Ahe
Red Army
Moscow Radio
Bontire
Genuty
Moscow
Hed Star
Amy Orwspaper
Leningrad
Germany
Krasnoye Sel
Holt
Teninerad
Iussii
Nazis May Evacuate Capital
London dispatch reports Berlin may be evacuated as Allied heavy bombers hit the German capital. The raid marked the third heavy attack in 24 hours, with Berlin’s defense alert reaching a record, while American and Canadian planes participated in operations over France and Germany.
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London
Berti
Longdoy
RAP
Pas- le-Calais
France
Not & Aingle
Reds Drive To Cut Nazi Escape Line
Soviet troops under Meretskov push toward the Leningrad Pskow Warsaw rail corridor after severing the Leningrad Vitebsk line near Lake Ilmen and nearing Chudovo en route to encircling remaining German forces. Govorov’s army nears the Estonian border as fighting continues in Ukraine with heavy losses on the German side. A local notice reports a separate supper sponsorship by the Loyalty Class.
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London
K. A. Meretskoy
Leningrad
Pskow
Warsaw
Leningrad-Vitebsk
Lake Ilmen
Moscow-Leningrad
Meretskov
Moscow-Laningrant
Premer Stalin
Moscow
Chudovo
Stalin
Esthonia
Govorov
Volosovo
Hrashogvatdeisk
Leningrad-Vitebsg
Pskov-Warsaw
Stary Shinsk
Lake Limen
Shimsk
Sta~raya Russa
Ukraine
Vatulin
Odessa-Warsaw
Women Vie for Welding Title in Mississippi Contest
Vera Anderson, a 20 year old weld or and former waitress, defends the world women’s welding title against Edna Slocum, a ranch wife and mother from California. The event at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula includes radiograph tests and speed rounds as judges compare skill. Slocum earned the challenger spot by outranking 10 000 women writers in the Pacific Northwest. Anderson previously won the championship by beating Hermion Srmiska of Kaiser Oregon yards.
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Pascagoula
Gulf Coast
Vera Anderson
Vera
Pacific Coast
Edna Slocum
California
Pacific North“West
Ingalls Shipbuilding Corpor
Ation
Acare
Slocum
Moore Dry Dock Company
Oakland
Calif
FDR in Fine Physical Shape
Washington January 22 The physician monitoring President Roosevelt said he was essentially in fine shape for his age though recovering from influenza. Rear Admiral McIntire noted the president was all right health wise and hoped to resume a twice weekly swimming routine despite irregular schedules. Roosevelt’s grip and overall condition were described as buoyant given recent illness and travel.
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Nashington
Roosevelt
Ross, McIntire
Serted
Chhef
Mecintire
Oawi Myr Roosevelt
Cairn and
Teheran
Sage of Emporia dies editor W A White dies
William Allen White aged 75 longtime editor of the Emporia Gazette known as the Sage of Emporia died today after extended illness. He sought care at Mayo Clinic Rochester and underwent major surgery before returning to Emporia. White bought the Gazette in 1895 with $3000 borrowed amid a career as a Republican elder statesman and adviser to presidents and governors.
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Emporia
Kan
William Allen White
Emporis Gazette
White
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Anade
New York
Colorado
Gazette
Aid Vounseley
Tewis
Eldry
Republican Party
Anti-Jap Feeling Rises on West Coast
San Francisco dispatch reports rising anti-Japanese sentiment across the West Coast after horror stories of atrocities. Vows of vengeance and demands for tribute sweep coastal communities as Lieutenant General Delos C. Emmons cautions against individual retaliation amid tension among a population with a large Jap presence prior to 1941.
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San Francisco
Perry Harbor
Delos C. Ennuns
Yanks Teach Swede To Fly Fortress
Spooky town report claims American aircrew trained Swedish aviators to fly a rising barriers fortification. Likely a World War II era item noting Swedish assistance or training raid events amid fortress defenses.
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U.S
Frankfurt
Berlin
Appian Way
Battie
Gen. Clark
S. A
Carlos R. C. Martins
Teft
Air Forces
San Antonio
John DU. Gillett
Army General Staff
Martins
Luther Stevens Smith
RAF Central Fying
Dr. Martins
Walter Co White
Randolph Field
Amerie
Jackie
Tae Sweden
Tutu
Sone
Thiniderea
Britain
Pase de Calais
Pranic
Hambure
Pha
Consernment Hill Methosus
Earch
Sage of
W.A. White
W. Coast
Spounkholm
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