Land War In Tunisia Into Lull
Allied reports say Tunisian land fighting slowed while attrition against Axis sea links continued. British forces seize a height near Bou Arada and repulse a German counterattack as Rommel’s rearward patrols encounter limited action. Air operations hit Sicily and Italy. 14 to 16 Axis ships are sunk in the Mediterranean by submarines and bombers over several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mediterranean
Tunisia
Bou Arada
Eighth Army
Rommel
Libya
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Tunisian
Montgomery
Tripoli
Mareth
Sicily
Italy
Gabes
U. S
Cairo
Palermo
Messina
Allied tanks knock out German Mark VI on Tunisian front
An allied spokesman said in North Africa on February 4 that a 52 ton German Mark VI tank was knocked out on the Tunisian front by British six pounders. Four shells pierced its armor, ending the battle damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied
North Africa
Tunisian
Suggests Hitler May Be Dead
Joseph E. Davies former ambassador to Russia on the March of Time program voiced the possibility that Adolf Hitler is dead amid German mourning over Stalingrad. He warned the Nazi regime remains, aided by propaganda, and predicted a summer attempt to reach the Baku oil field. Davies praised the Russian advance, saying Germany’s campaign there is near collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joseph E. Davies
Russia
NBC
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Stalingrad
Hitler
Davies
Nazi Party
Goebbel
United Nations
Baku
Hospital Admits and Dismissals List Names and Addresses
Mrs J K Anderson of 1209 West Fifth Street Mrs M T Hooper of 307 North Quincy Avenue and Vernon Prall of 508 East Eleventh Street were admitted for surgery J D Bettis of 521 East Tenth Street Mrs William Culley of 1404 South Kentucky Avenue and Will Carl of South Ohio Avenue were dismissed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. K. Anderson
West Fifth Street
M. T. Hooper
North
Quincy Avenue
Vernon Prall
East Eleventh Street
J. D. Bettis
East Tenth Street
William Culley
South
Kentucky Avenue
Will Carl
Ohio Avenue
Defense Council Appropriation by Pettis County Court
The Pettis County Court appropriated 2500 dollars for the defense council for the year 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defense Council
Pettis County
Senator Gillette Proposes Post War Peace Charter Treaty
Senator Gillette proposes a world wide post war peace charter to embody the United Nations declaration and the Atlantic Charter in a formal treaty. He urges immediate negotiations and outlines four points: no aggrandizements, rights of peoples to choose government, just peace collaboration, and global economic cooperation including labor standards and access to resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gillette
Iowa
United Nations
Roosevelt
Churchill
Atlantic
Pacific
Asia
United States
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Missouri merit program aims to purge politics from state payroll
Gov Forrest Donnell introduced a broad civil service bill to remove most of Missouri 12000 state workers from politics. Exemptions include deputies and university staff. All others must pass exams and meet qualifications. hires can be dismissed for cause. Political activity by workers would be prohibited. Jan 1 payroll holders may requalify, but eligibility to keep the job remains at the discretion of hiring officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Forrest C. Donnell
O. K. Armstrong
Springfield Republican
Donnell
University of Missouri
Civil Service
Statehouse
Pettis County Historical Society Elects Officers
The Pettis County Historical Society met in the Chamber of Commerce offices with J. L. Curry presiding and prepared articles of incorporation. Officers elected are J. L. Curry president, Mrs. E. F. Yancey vice president, Mrs. Frank S. Leach secretary, and Miss Nina Harris treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pettis County Historical Society
Chamber of Commerce
J. L. Curry
E. F. Yancey
Frank S. Leach
Nina Harris
Pettis
Pettis County Court House
Jackie Coogan Becomes Soldier John L Coogan at Sedalia Field
Sedalia Army Air Field crowds greet Jackie Coogan now John L Coogan flight officer and glider pilot. Enlisted in Los Angeles 23 months ago he weighs 191 pounds, is 165 at enlistment, and has a year old son John Anthony with Florence Parry ex wife. He hopes postwar life keeps him in flying, possibly in South America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackie Coogan
Sedalia Army Air Field
John L. Coogan
Army
Charles Chaplin
Sedalia
Missouri
Mometer
Los Angeles
Coogan
Air Corps
South America
A. L. Bernstein
van Nuys
Calif
Florence Parry
John Anthony Coogan
Betty Grable
Timm Aircraft Company
Post
Lieut Green On Air Friday Night
Lieutenant Ellsworth Green, secretary of the Sedalia Chamber of Commerce, on leave and in the U S Army stationed at Fort Morgan Colorado will broadcast from Los Angeles on NBC Friday night at 9 30 Pacific War Time 11 30 Sedalia time in the program Uncle Sam Presents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellsworth Green, J Jr
Chamber of Commerce
United States Army
Ft. Morgan
Colo
NBC
Los Angeles
Calif
Sedalia
Uncle Sam
Marriage License Issued For Joan Howard And Mary Sullivan
A marriage license was issued to Joan Edward Howard of Altro Kentucky and Mary Donnell Sullivan of St Louis, Missouri. The record notes their names and jurisdictions as part of the license filing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Edward Howard
Altro
Mary Donnell Sullivan
St. Louis
Acquit Three In Cannon Deal
A Jefferson City circuit court jury acquitted Ralph Coghlan and two others of conspiring to steal and scrap an old state capitol cannon. The gun, captured from Germans in World War I, was found to be owned by the state. Coghlan, Ross Riley, and Sidney Stearns were accused after an editor suggested scrapping the piece. The trial judge called the case a ridiculous procedure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Ralph Coghlan
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
State Capitol
Sam C. Blair
Coghlan
Ross W. Riley
Sidney Sterns
Forrest C. Donnell
Riley
Blair
Statehouse
Adjutant General’s Office
War Department
Vane Thurlo
Stearns
Cours
War Manpower Commission to Hire in Shortage Areas
Washington February 4 The War Manpower Commission will assume control of hiring labor in critical shortage areas. A priority system will assign workers to war industries and other essential tasks. Barriers will curb shifts to nonessential work, with appeals to protect workers rights and local input.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
McNutt
Manpower Commission
WMC
Talk On Taxes To Kiwanians
Mrs. Frank Wagner gave an informative talk on Taxes at the Sedalia Kiwanis club meeting in Bothwell hotel. Joe Rosenthal presented the speaker and three new members were welcomed Rev A J Brunswick Sam Harlan and Al Yancey inducted by Rev O J Rumpf. Charles Gillespie Kiwanis District Governor was guest, introduced by Rev H A Campbell. Corporal Mac Lewis a recruiting visitor and former state senator attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Wagner
Sedalia Kiwanis Club
Bothwell Hotel
Joe Rosenthal
A. J. Brunswick
Sam Harlan
al Yancey
Howvard Roberts
O. J. Rumpf
Charles Gillespie
Kiwanis
Rev. H. A Campbell
Corporal Mac Lewis
Five American Bombers Lost In Heavy Raid
London reports heavy Allied raids on northwestern Germany with Flying Fortresses and RAF bombers targeting U boat yards and submarine works near Hamburg. Two dozen German fighters engaged the formations, resulting in the loss of five American bombers. Hamburg fires spread as the RAF conducted its 95th raid, while German claims cited 28 bombers shot down.
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London
RAF
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Hamburg
Henry Burman
Philadelphia
United States
Arthur Harris
Wilhelmshaven
Emden
Reich
Air Ministry
Blohm and Voss
Youth Killed In Wreck Identified
POPLAR BLUFF Missouri February 4 Doris Johnson identified by state highway patrol as the daughter of Charles Johnson a Malden construction worker among two youths killed in a Monday night automobile crash near Leitton Missouri The aunt Mrs Charles Hollis of Alton Missouri said she would claim the body until the father could be located The other victim named is Charles Ray Mercer of Houston Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poplar Bluff
Doris Johnson
Leeton
State Highway Patrol
Charles Johnson
Malden
Charles Hollis
Alton
Johnson
Charles Ray Mercer
Houston
Rostov Drive Splits Nazi Forces in Caucasus
Soviet forces broke German defenses south of Rostov and cut off retreat routes to the sea. The Red Army reported encircling advances in the Western Caucasus, smashing through Rostov fortifications and seizing key towns near the Sea of Azov.
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Moscow
Red Army
Caucasus
Rostov
Sea of Azov
Voronezh
Kursk
Ukraine
Russia
Flanders
Staromiirskaya
Kanevskaya
Novorossisk-Krasnodar
Stalingrad
Berlin
Black Sea
Taman
Crimea
Rival Ships At The Solomons Stull Skirmish
American troops press west on Guadalcanal driving Japanese forces toward the Bonegi river area. US forces report 39 enemy killed and equipment captured as fleets skirmish in the Solomons amid air and sea engagements. Tokyo reports big battles planned. navy says details will not be announced to protect forces. Japanese planes bombed American positions with undisclosed results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonegi
Navy
Tokyo
Navy Department
U. S
Officers Sought For Missing 14 Year Old Dorothy Olson
Police appeal for Dorothy Olson a 14 year old girl who vanished after leaving her home at 400 Wilkerson on Sunday night January 24. She is described as five feet tall weighing 100 pounds with a dark brown coat white snow shoes navy blue blouse green skirt with red rose design and a blue scarf with red fringe. She had previously left home about a month earlier and was found by officers in Warsaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Olson
Ralph Olson
Wilkerson
Warsaw
Dorothy
Worse Disaster Appears To Be Facing Naz Troops
By Kirkel Simpson Soviet momentum grips three sectors from north of Kursk to Rostov threatening the Nazi defense. Red army advances cut rail lines, reach Donets center, and pressure Rostov, while Hitler clings to a fragile bridgehead in the Caucasus near the Kerch Strait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naz
Kirkel. Simpson
Kursk
Rostov
Stalingrad
Red Army
Hitler
Caucasus
Donets
Don
Volga
Kerch Strait
Crimea
Six Brothers In The Service From LaMonte Family
Mr and Mrs H E Patrick of LaMonte Route 2 report six sons serving the country. Joseph Patrick 22 enlisted September 15 1942 and became a corporal in coast artillery at Fort Bliss Texas. Edwin Patrick 26 left November 3 1942 and after top army air corps tests at Miami Beach was sent to A A F Technical Training School of Radio at Scott Field Illinois. Warren Patrick 24 inducted December 17 1942 in field artillery at Camp Roberts California. Eugene Patrick 28 eldest enlisted in Coast Guards December 22 1942 training at CGTS St Augustine Florida. Daryle Patrick 20 enlisted in Naval Air Corps three weeks ago taking pre flight at CMS TC Warrensburg. Billy Patrick 18 youngest left for induction January 14 and is stationed at St Petersburg Florida. Eugene Edwin and Warren are married. the other three sons stay at home. The couple also have daughters Mrs Everett Wing and Miss Joyce Patrick.
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H. E. Patrick
LaMonte
Route 2
Joseph Patrick
Army
Coast Artillery
Fort Bliss
Texas
Edwin W. Patrick
Army Air Corps
Miami Beach
Fla
A. A. F. Technical Training School of
Scott Field
Warren T. Patrick
Field Artillery
Camp Roberts
Calif
Eugene Patrick
Coast Guards
St. Augustine
Daryle K. Patrick
Naval Air Corps
Warrensburg
Billy Max Patrick
St. Petersburg
Eugene
Edwin
Warren
Patrick
Everett Wing
Joyce Patrick
Nome
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Bothwell Hospital
Historical Group
Sedalians
Lieut. Green
Wentzville
Farm _ Security Administration
TNT
FSA
Defense
Charles Halser
Arizona
Rostov-on-the Don
Mechetinskaya
Kagalnitskaya
Solomons
Buin
By Hamilton W. Faron
Guadalcanal
Solomon Islands
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