U S Units Hold Japs In Death Pocket Near Pasig River
American forces close in on Manila trenches as First Cavalry and Sith Infantry link near Paro station and polo club. Artillery limited. fierce street fighting described as among the war’s harshest.
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Injunction Requires Adequate Heat for Buffalo Project
Kensington Gardens Inc. agrees to a permanent injunction to provide adequate heat at its privately owned Buffalo housing project. OPA Attorney William D. O’Neill told Judge John Knight. The suit began to stop rent collection during periods without heat. a $3,900 rent ceiling violation suit filed Jan. 22 by OPA remains pending.
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William D. O'Neill
John Knight
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Senate Committee Backs Restrictions In Job Control Bill
Senate Military Committee favors limited work or jail measures for critical war industries. Proposed substitute would use War Manpower Commission to direct labor through labor management panels and reshuffle staffing. House approval cited as authorizing Selective Service to assign 18 to 45 year olds to war jobs with penalties for noncompliance.
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Colgate Adds Ten Gold Stars to War Flag
Colgate University has added 10 gold stars to its service flag in the last 10 days. Seven were casualties on the Western Front and eighty three Colgate men are known to have died in the war with 20 missing in action.
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Colgate
Hamilton
Colgate University
Escaped Prisoner Details New Proof of Jap Barbarity
Hollywood reports Lt James McClure, back from two years as a prisoner of war, describes brutal Jap treatment on Negros Island including starvation, forced labor, lashings, and bayonet stabbing. He later escaped with 20 fellow Americans and joined Filipino guerrillas aiding MacArthur’s return.
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INS
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McClure
Philippines
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Manila
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War Today: Big Three seek practical unity on Europe
The piece notes that unified Western powers must pool influence to enforce postwar aims. It discusses France’s fragile rebound under de Gaulle, a potential Rhineland zone, and the absence of a Big Four. It highlights Nazi Germany’s doom yet humane outcome for Germans and cites a Polish frontier dispute as a key test of allied plans.
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Russia
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Hitler
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Farley Praises Modern Politics As Cleaner Than Lincoln Era
James A. Farley at a Lincoln birthday dinner in Norwalk says today’s politics are cleaner and less devious than Lincoln’s time. He notes limited changes over 50 years but cites improvements and respect for opposing views even during wartime.
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Lincoln
Norwalk
Conn
Modern Politics
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Abraham Lincoln
Norwalk Catholic Club
United States
Poland's Provisional Government Rebuilds War-Torn Nation
The Polish provisional government works to reconstruct the country after destruction from war. Officials anticipate a forthcoming plebiscite to ratify the current measures and reforms.
Australia to Name Envoy for San Francisco Peace Conference
Prime Minister John Curtin announced Australia will send a minister to represent at the United Nations peace conference to be held in San Francisco, marking a politically meaningful site for world security. Curtin added that defeating Japan in the Pacific and China is essential before world security can be achieved.
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Parley
San Francisco
Canberra
John Curtin
Curtin
Japan
China
Electronic tachometer aids war work at General Electric
General Electric announced a new photoelectric tachometer that records speeds from about 200000 revolutions a minute to a rate so slow the eye cannot follow. The device measures model airplane motor speed in wind tunnel tests and supports wartime production efforts.
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Schenectady
General Electric Company
Princess Elizabeth Suffering From Mumps Attack
London February 13 Princess Elizabeth heir to Britain's throne was reported to be suffering from a slight attack of mumps an official announcement said.
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Britain
Elizabeth
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