Anti Subsidy Fees Pledge New Battle
President Roosevelt won a battle with Congress to continue food subsidies but anti subsidy spokesmen say the fight is not over. They plan to press for renewal when price control hearings begin, aiming to extend the program beyond June 30. Senator Bankhead will seek June 30, 1945 subsidy continuance including price supports.
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Washington
Roosevelt
His &Gk
Congress
Jesse P. Wolcott
R-Mich
Banking and Currency Committee
Senate
House
John H. Bankhead
Dala
CCC
Bombing raid devastates districts across city during hour of terror
A German air raid lasting about an hour lit the sky with flares as bombs hit four districts destroying homes churches and an unused hospital. American soldiers reported the scene as terrifying with many killed buried in a block of apartments. Rescue teams worked by car headlights through dawn. Westminster Hall fire followed a separate Westminster raid with historic buildings spared.
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Parliament
Westminster Hall
London
Westminster Abbey
Big
Ben
House of Commons
Chennault China Fliers Sink Huge Japanese Tonnage
Major General Claire L. Chennault announced the 14th U.S. Air Force had sunk 2011200 tons of enemy shipping since Oct 1 1943 with 38700 sunk and 80250 damaged plus 214 small boats and four gunboats destroyed. He outlined plans to use China bases to support Nimitz’s Pacific drive and transport heavy air cargo to back Chinese operations.
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Chennault
China
Chungking
Claire L. Chennault
14Th
U.S. Air Force
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific
Japan
China Coast
All-Out Nazi Anzio Drive Pushed Back by Allied Defenses
Allied forces repelled a major German offensive at Anzio as medium bombers hit Castiglione docks and light bombers struck Sezze. Three German planes fell with one Allied loss. Polish troops captured Nazis. Allied lines remained intact amid heavy beachhead fighting. Cassino intensified as the Fifth Army pressed a dawn attack after a long artillery barrage. American tanks broke through toward Carroceto, destroying hundreds of Axis infantry.
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Castiglione
Sezze
Cisterna
Eighth Army
Italy
Cassino
Fifth Army
North Africa
Sicily
Associated Press
Daniel de Luce
DeLuce
Carroceto
Anzio
Imien
President Lopez of Colombia Plans To Resign
Liberal Party leaders in Bogota say President Alfonso Lopez will resign soon after returning from the United States. They cite his wish to retire from public life, his wife’s illness, and a desire to spend time with family as reasons. A resignation would trigger special elections within 60 days to fill the unexpired term.
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Lopez
Colombia
Bogota
Liberal Party
Alfonso Lopez
United States
Hs Acton
Two Niagara Falls Slaying Suspects Cleared
Police in Niagara Falls say they have no suspects or clues in the murder of Mrs. Dorothea Smith Newgarden, 40, a mother of eight. Detectives Fitzsimmons and Wesley report two men arrested in Buffalo and Medina had no connection to the slaying. Her body was found last Sunday in an empty Pine Acres Federal housing unit. she had been strangled.
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Niagara Falls
Dorothea Smith Newgarden
Robert C. Fitzsimmons
Thomas Wesley
Buffalo
Medina
Nedgarden
Weather Forecast Report with Cold Night Ahead
The U S Weather Bureau forecasts partly cloudy and very cold tonight with a low near 12 degrees. Tomorrow will be slightly warmer with occasional snow. Shippers forecast lists temperatures by region with the Northeast 10 below, Northwest 10, Southwest 20, Southeast 25. Characters and digits indicate extended time data and locations.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Tito’s Yugoslavs Strike Nazis in Northeast Italy
Yugoslav Partisans crossed the Julian Alps to strike near Udine about 20 miles NW of Gorizia, with Marshal Tito confirming headquarters in the region. Broadcast says fighting continued along the Hungarian border and in Bosnia and Croatia, with the bulletin reporting more than 200 Germans killed.
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London
Yagoslav
Julian Alps
Italy
Udine
Gorizia
Josip Brez
Tito
Travnika
Bosnia
Croatia
Soviets Drive Toward Pskov in Northern Front Push
Soviet forces punch westward along rail and highway toward Pskov as they tighten around the German northern flank. Govorov’s army breaks through near Lake Peipus, driving within 30 miles of Dno and 35 miles of Pskov, with about 1,000 German casualties. Meretskov’s Detachment seizes Shimsk and advances toward Vyeshka, near Lake Ilmen, while 2,000 enemy dead reported at Shimsk.
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Pskov
Dne
Pskov- Starava Russa
Leningrad-Vitebsk
Polotsk
Leonid A. Govorov
Leningrad
Lake Peipus
Luga
Dno
Lake
Svyatogorsha
Kyril A. Meretskov
Novigorod
Shimsk
Lake Ilmen
Staraya Russa
Vyeshka
German Captain Captured in Kentucky Farm Find
Escaped German Captain Wolfgang Hellfritsch was located by FBI agents on a Kentucky farm several miles outside Lexington. He had eluded capture since escaping a Crossville Tennessee prisoner of war camp last October and initially refused to identify himself when confronted.
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Kentucky
Louisville
INS
Wolfgang Hermann Hellfritsch
Crossville
Tenn
Federal Bureau of Investigation
LE Acree
Lexington
H. K.moss
FBI
Hellfritsch
The
Camp Oct. Iu
Suspended Trooper Haskins Seeks Reinstatement With Back Pay
Supreme Court Justice A Lind rsay O Connor ruled Haskins petition for reinstatement with back pay could be filed while his bid to dismiss charges must first go before a departmental board. Five days were given to the State police representative to respond as the case scheduled for Feb 26. Haskins, formerly of Troop C Sidney, was suspended after a gambling raid in Liberty Sullivan County. A justice of the peace had dismissed disorderly conduct charges.
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Delhi
Matthew V. Haskins
Supreme Court
A. Lind Rsay O'Connor
Haskins
Edward W. Scully
Tiaskins
Troop C
Sidney
Liberty
Sullivan County
I Haskins
Daniel E. Fox
New York City Attorney Named to State Mediation Board
Governor Dewey appointed Ezra G. Leavitt, a New York City attorney, to the State mediation board for a three year term succeeding Max Meyer. Leavitt serves on the national panel of the American Arbitration Association and taught economics at the College of the City of New York from 1933 to 1939.
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N. Y
Albany
Dewey
Ezra G. Leavitt
New York City
State Mediation Board
Leavitt
Max Meyer
Senate
American Arbitration Association
College of the City of New York
Baruch Fans Push for Postwar Reconstruction Plan
A White House drafted Baruch and Hancock report outlines 10 major postwar goals and dozens of ideas to wind down war controls, set up new offices, and shift to civilian production. It calls for a work director, a surplus property administrator, tax policy for peacetime rates, and faster settlements to cut red tape as Congress debates feasibility and funding.
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Baruch and
Hancock
White House
James F. Byrnes
Tis Problam
Capitol Hill
War and Navy Departments
Maritime Commission
Small War Plants Corporation
Ship of Hancock
Congress
Baruch and Hancock
War Committee
George
Baruch
Justice Byrnes
Bernard MM. Baruch
Senate
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Taft
Ohio
Roosevelt
House
Senate to Press Own Program Next Week
Washington February 19. Senate Postwar program faces Baruch report questions on whether policy will be settled by executive directives. Chairman George D Ga announced the panel will press its agenda next week.
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Senate
Washington
George
Montreal Streetcar Strike Halts Transit Across City
Montreal faced a complete transit shutdown as more than 4,000 streetcar operators joined a broad walkout. The juri sdictional dispute halted all trams and buses, hitting war plants and prompting warnings of production curtailment. Officials blamed inter union conflict and failed closed shop talks while the public service struggle drew fines under recent legis lation.
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Montreal
Montreal Tramways Company
Churchill Backs New Conservative Candidate in By election
Prime Minister Churchill endorsed Maj. F. M. Keating for the Bury Saint Edmunds by election amid a general Conservative setback after Hartington’s defeat by a cobbler's son in West Derbyshire. British press weigh causes and potential confidence vote after Thursday results.
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Churchill Indorses
London
Churchill
Marquess of Hartington
Derbyshire
F. M. Keating
Bury Saint Edmunds
Hartington
Cne
British
News Chronicle
House of Commons
Yanks Push Invasion Of Eniewtok And Wake Island
American ground forces widened beachheads on Eniewtok about 2500 miles west of Pearl Harbor as part of the Tokyo invasion route and the Gilberts capture marked a 1000 mile advance in three months. Wake Island’s isolation was deepened while admiralty command coordinated carrier task forces silent on Tokyo implications. The plan relies on a large carrier fleet and possible Japanese counteractions to intercept the invasion force.
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Pearl Harbor
Tokyo
Gilberts
Eniwetok
Wake Island
Adm
Turner
H. W. Hill
Thomas E. Watson
Washington
John T. Walker
Russell G. Ayers
Truk
Nimitz
Knox hails Truk air strike as victory in war effort
Secretary Knox says exact results are unclear but calls the Truk attack a victory in the campaign to deny Japan war capability. He cites radio silence and notes the strike was carrier air based with no invasion planned at this time.
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Washington
Truk
Navy
Knox
United States
Manpower Waste On Cost-Plus Jobs To Be Investigated
Senate military subcommittee plans spot checks at major shipyards and airplane factories to probe manpower hoarding under cost-plus fixed-fee contracts. Senator Murray said public hearings would open shortly after March 1 and unnamed plants will be examined.
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Washington
Senate
Murray
D-Mont
Roosevelt Drafted Like Other Soldiers Says Pepper
Fort Lauderdale Florida February 19 Senator Grande Pepper D Florida says President Roosevelt is drafted for the duration of the war like any other soldier. Pepper cites the war state and notes the president may resign and return to private life if elected again and war ends.
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Pepper
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Roosevelt
Grande Pepper
D-Fla
Toay
Lfe
Roosevelt tax bill sparks veto threat and social security debate
Washington notes indicate President Roosevelt may veto the $2.314 billion tax bill amid opposition from Socialists and labor groups. The plan would raise Social Security taxes and require large employer returns, with analysts counting on a possible $1.4 billion in new revenue if the bill fails.
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Washington
Réet S
Thomas Axa ’ Ikins
R-O
Jenkins
High Ways and Means
Bey Anand Adande
Roosevelt
Orig
Congress
Treasury
Aes Ds
Truk attack cited as Pacific war boast and strategy
The column argues the Truk raid served dual aims to inflict damage on the base and distract for Eniwetok assault. It notes Tokyo radio warnings and Navy Secretary Knox calling it a victory, with Eniwetok as a staging aid to neutralize Truk and cut supply lines. The piece ends reporting a fatal auto crash in Gansevoort.
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Bismarck Archipelago
Tokyo
Truk
Richmond Turner
Eniwetok
Knox
Washington
Southwest Pacific
Barri
Philippines
Nimitz
Mikado
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