Hitler Names Anti Invasion Commanders
London reports Hitler reshuffled senior officers to defend Western Europe. Rommel becomes inspector general of defense, with Guderian and Galland in high general staff roles. Several field marshals reassigned to cover areas behind retreating forces as plans for an Allied invasion are prepared. A covert rail and depot network is readied for rapid mobilization.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Erwin Rommel
Europe
Britain
Hitler
Rommel
Heinz Guderian
Adolf Galland
Karl von Runstedt
Va O Ty Wy
Tag West Europe
Fritz von Mannstein
Russia
Express
Maximilian von Weichs
Balkans
Eduard Diet
Finland
Germany
Nikolans von Falkenhorst
Norway
Hermann von Hannecken
Daily Express
T.e.Army
London Air Raid Fades After Heavy Blitz
Allied air action over Magdeburg and London culminates in a heavy but limited retaliation raid on London with eight enemy planes downed by night fighters and anti aircraft fire. In daylight operations along the Pas de Calais coast, 19 enemy aircraft were shot down as 1500 Allied planes dropped nearly 2000 tons of bombs on targets said to include gun emplacements, barracks, airfields, and communications.
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London
Fght
John Hall
Junkers
Pas de Calais
Italy
Henry Maitland Wilson
Rome
Air Force
Gulf of Genoa
Fall of Rome Will Speed Republic in Italy
Professor C Steve Haines associate professor of history Syracuse College of Liberal Arts told the Lions Club luncheon at Hotel Syracuse that the fall of Rome to the Allies will hasten Italy's move to a republic. He cited anti Fascists like Count di Forza Luigi Sturgo and Gaetano Salvemini as early advocates of an Italian republic.
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Rome
Italy
Haines
Vittorio Emanuele
Steve Haines
College of Liberal Aies
Syracuse
Onion stocks for civilians in New York shrink
New York onion stocks for civilians stand at 564,000 100-pound sacks, about one fifth of the national usage. Government purchases via Army Navy and Lend-lease tied to 1943 floods helped but still fall short of the 10-year average of 956,000 sacks for this period. State output last year reached 268,000 sacks, with production_metrics cited by the agriculture department.
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V.y
Albany
Army
Navy
New York
Agriculture Department
Weather overview for Friday through Sunday shows cooler temps
The forecast calls for fair skies and slightly cooler conditions with light winds. Low temperatures around the mid twenties to near twenty three degrees are expected overnight. Saturday advertising suggests moderate temperatures and clear conditions across the region.
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Weather Bureau
Soviet Allies Press Leningrad Breakthrough Near 100 Miles
Russian and Allied troops drive west from Novgorod and Kalinkovichi Mozyr area inflicting heavy casualties on German forces. Meretskov Govorov Rokossovsky units report multiple towns captured and large weapon and supply stores seized as Germans suffer waves of surrenders. The push coincides with Lenin’s death anniversary triggering national emotion.
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Meretskov
Novgorod
Leningrad
Mga
Govorov
Novogorod
White Russia
Rokossovsky
Kalinkovichi- Mozyr
Ozarichi
Kalinkovichi
Baltic
Nikolai Lenin
Allied Fifth Army lands on west coast of Italy
A broad Allied invasion of central Italy began with American British and French forces landing on the Tyrrhenian coast as part of a coordinated effort to drive toward Rome. General Clark's Fifth Army multiple units supported by naval and air forces stormed ashore along a lengthy beachhead while British and Greek navies provided artillery and landing support.
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Edwin J. House
12Th Air Support Command
France
Marseille
Italy
Pisa
Pontedera
Prateau
Minturno
Vandra
Garigliano
Cassino
U. S
Frank Jacob Lowry
Thomas Hope Troubridge
Rome
Florence
Salon
Istres Les Tubes
Salerno
Liri
Clark
Fifth Army
Alexander
Central Mediterranean Force
15Th Army Group
John K. Cannon
12Th Air Force
Cannon
North Africa
Western
Morocco
Resignation Is Offered By Walker
A Congress hopeful report notes Walker’s resignation offer and outlines Democratic strategy for a fourth Roosevelt term. The piece discusses vice presidential prospects, Wallace and Rayburn, Midwest support, and Chicago as the convention site with July dates.
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Walker
Congress
Democratic Party
Roosevelt Roosevelt
Chicago
Dent Roosevelt
Farley
John J. Raskob
Ed Flynn
New York National
Hannegan
St. Louis
Democratic Organization
James F.byrnes
St. Louisan
Internal Revenue
Truman and
Clark
Missouri
White House
Frank €. Walker
Young
Roosevelt
George Allen
Mrs Babcock Named On Hospital Board Albany 1945
Governor Dewey named Mrs Howard C Babcock of Buffalo as a member of the Buffalo State Hospital board of visitors to fill the unexpired term of Mrs Elizabeth D Hazel who resigned The term runs until December 31 1945 and the appointment will be sent to the Senate for confirmation Monday
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Babcock
Albany
Dewey
Howard C. Babcock
Buffalo
Buffalo State Hospital
Elizabeth D. Hazel
Hungarian Radio Reports Limited Bulgarian Dishes in Sofia
A Sofia report quoted by Bern dispatch says only Anat Aleh mante would be served in restaurants in the Bulgarian capital. The broadcast mentions Hungarian radio sourcing the claim.
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Bern
Switzerland
Sofia
Aga
Pacific Foundries To Reopen Monday After 5 Day Strike
Pacific Northwest foundry workers vote three to one to return to jobs on War Department terms. Local unions representing about 6 000 members in Oregon and Washington backed reopening after a five day strike that halted roughly 80 plants and limited castings for shipyards and war production.
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Pacific Foundries
Seague
Pacific
Naxtinwest
A. F. of L. Mold‘ers’ and Foundry Workers
Oregon
Washington
War Department
National Labor Relations Board
Regional War Labor Board
Tgeae
Nazi Peace Talk Rumor Circulates Over North Africa
In Algiers a sighting of captured German officers from Italy sparked a wild tale that a Ribbentrop headed mission had arrived to discuss peace. Reporters noted the timing with Churchill and Roosevelt en route to Cairo, making the rumor a local excitement.
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Algiers
Italy
Joachim von Ribbentrop
North Africa
Churchill
Roosevelt
Cairo
Ribbentrop
New Citrus Price Ceilings Expected Next Week
Washington officials forecast new price ceilings on citrus fruits grapefruit oranges lemons and tangerines to cut costs by up to 15 percent from last winter. The ceilings follow recent controls on seven fresh vegetables with shipments starting January 31 and retail prices set locally after February 15.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Chester Bowles
OPA
Legislative Costs Inquiry Recesses on Day to Day Basis
Albany reports the state administration's probe into Republican committee spending paused with a day to day recess ordered by Justice Ely W. Personius until Jan 31. The second jury panel of 36 was exhausted with six jurors seated. a third panel was not summoned awaiting Court of Appeals action on the case. Special prosecutor Hiram C. Todd suggested the inquiry may involve people in political positions of importance.
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Legislative
Albany
Legislative Committee
Supreme Court
Ely W. Personius
Dewey
Talesmen
Personius
Court of Appeals
Hiram C. Todd
Veniremen
Buffalo Man Reputed as Hitler's Early Follower
Testimony links Nicholas Raci of Buffalo to a claim of being among Hitler's first five followers. The Government seeks denaturalization for 11 defendants alleging oath taking with mental reservations. A former neighbor and other witnesses describe his statements after showing a photo of himself with the Fuehrer.
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Buffalo
Hitler
Nicholas Raci
Bund
Mary O'Connell
Radl
Consell
John
Fuehrer
Aid of Ickes Found in Hopkins Letter Case
Washington reports George N Briggs, Interior official aide to Ickes, located in New York while Washington claimed he was in seclusion. The forged Hopkins letter to support a Wendell Willkie book prompted grand jury action. Briggs, once tied to Sparks, may testify as FBI proof the letter is forged is presented.
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Washington
George N. Briggs
Ickes
Wendell Willkie
New York City
Havre Hankine
Willkie
Riggs
Henry Schweinhaut
Schweinhaut
Hopkins
White House
C. Nelson Sparks
Akron
Sparks
Briggs
Justice Department
Frank Phillips
Oklahoma Oil
FBI
New York Judge Rules Loyalty Ground for Marriage Annulment
Justice Aaron J. Levy granted Anna Jaeger an annulment against Ludwig Jaeger after she alleged he pledged to become an American citizen but later visited Germany, embraced Nazi ideas, refused to seek citizenship with her, and stayed abroad as an enemy alien. The ruling cites disloyalty as sufficient basis for annulment in this state.
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U.S
N.Y
New York
Supreme Court
Aaron J. Levy
Anna Jaeger
Ludwig
United States
Jaeger
Germany
Camp Lincoln
N. D
Fire destroys Campagna Boat Plant in East Hartford
A general alarm fire completely destroyed the Campagna Boat Construction Company plant in East Hartford Connecticut where government landing barge contracts were being built. No injuries were reported and investigators began surveying the scene.
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East
Hartford
Conn
Campagna Boat Construction Company
The War Today Do The War Today From Page One
The War Today continues on page one with updates and commentary. Readers are given ongoing coverage of military actions, strategic assessments, and frontline developments as the conflict evolves.
Soviet Drive Promises Annihilation and Russian Trap Threats
Amid reports of massive casualties on the Russian front, Soviet tactics are described as annihilation warfare intended to trap and crush German forces. Stalin cites four million enemy losses last year, with hundreds of thousands killed or buried, signaling a brutal campaign toward decisive victory. The piece notes German manpower shortages and a looming setback at the Leningrad area, with potential collapse of the Hitlerite front as Bolshevik offensives arc through many miles of front.
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Leningrad
Stalin
Stalingrad
Moscow
Ukraine
Russia
Soviet Union
Leningrad-Novgorod
Finland
Baltic
Senators and House Near Compromise on Servicemen Mustering Pay
Senate conferees pressed to keep a 200 to 500 dollar scale for mustering out pay as House members cut to 100 dollars for short service and 300 for longer service. Discharges for top earners retirement eligible personnel and service academies were blocked. A possible compromise around 400 dollars was floated while cost estimates differ: 3.6 billion versus 5.5 billion dollars.
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Washington
Senate
House
Reynolds
D-N. C
Senate Military Committee
May
D.-Ky
House Military Committee
Legion Head Urges GI Bill of Rights and Labor Draft
Warren H. Atherton national commander of the American Legion urged a universal service act and a GI Bill of Rights. He told Eighth District members that high wages and prices do not win a war and likened drafting veterans to draftable nonparents. The bill would aid dependents, provide vocational training, and support liberal hiring and jobs for other veterans.
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Buffalo
Warren H. Atherton
American Legion
Atherton
Legion
Department of New York
Empire State Express Kills Three In Colonie Collision
Three siblings from the Pigliaverito family, Benjamin 23 Virginia 16 and Yolanda 18 of Guilderland, were killed when New York Central’s Empire State Express struck their car at a private grade crossing in Colonie. The eastbound train, at 70 mph, hit the coupe as it neared the crossing and debris flew hundreds of feet. Engineer Benjamin J. Sullivan of Syracuse was identified by New York Central police.
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Empire State
Albany
New York Central
Empire State Express
Colonie
Benjamin Pigliaverito
Virginia
Yolanda
Guilderland
New York Central Police
Benjamin J.sullivan
Syracuse
Congress Approves Final Revenue Bill For Treasury Rise
The Senate gave final approval to a $2.2756 billion added revenue measure after House passage with amendments. The bill, boosting Treasury receipts to over $43.5 billion, faces a House-Senate conference to resolve differences on individual income tax changes and war contracts renegotiation terms.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Treasury
George
Nance Committee
Senate l
Finance Committee
Senate Committee
Patrolman Saves Patients and Staff In Hospital Blaze
Cambridge Relief Hospital fire is controlled after Patrolman Leo Gutoski rushed inside the burning mansion to wake three patients and hospital staff. He helped Dr Edith Lee and two nurses guide patients through smoke filled corridors to safety. Fire broke out just before 3 AM with two alarms following rapidly.
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Cambridge
Mass
Cambridge Relief Hospital
Leo Gutoski
Edith Lee
Reading
Joseph Caldwell
Tremors Felt Across Argentina and Chile As San Juan Toll Grows
Panic spread through the Andean regions of Argentina and Chile after minor tremors were felt while rescue teams continued clearing ruins from last Saturday's San Juan earthquake. Officials warn the death toll could exceed prior estimates as more bodies are recovered, already surpassing five thousand.
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Argentina
Chile
Buenos Aires
San Juan
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