India Prepares Allied Base for Offensive
United States Britain and China pool forces to form a front from India Burma and Australia to strike Japan. Air Power heads toward India with plans to push into Japan while Chinese troops pour into Burma and Cripps travels to seek political agreement to bring all India into the war.
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United Press
New Delhi
India
United States
British Empire
China
Burma
Australia
Japan
Richard Peirse
U. S
Sumatra
Louis Johnson
R. M. Wilson
Washington
Mandalay
Dutch
Calcutta
Statesman
Chiang Kai-shek
London
Stafford Cripps
Winston Churchill
Nazi plane carrier in Atlantic hinted
The High Command announced that a German fighter plane in the central Atlantic sank a 2,000 ton British merchantman. The brief communique suggested a possible aircraft carrier presence, as the target lay beyond land based fighter range.
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The
Associated Press
Berlin
High Command
Atlantic
Weather Report PD 1-A Priority Forms Ad
Classified weather note indicates PD 1-A priority forms available by Klingstedt at dial 8319. Item priced at $3.75 per 100. Advertisement focused on business form supplies and contact.
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Klingstedt
Dial
Darwin Bombing Rattle Australia as War Fights On
Fourteen Japanese bombers hit Darwin in another raid aimed at neutralizing the northern Australian port. Sydney said damage was slight with some casualties as Australia appeals for aid and notes renewed combat along island fronts. A U N submarine arrived at Perth after a 60 day, 15,000 mile voyage, while Allied air and sea offensives consider joint strikes against Japan.
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Associated Press
Darwin
Australia
United Nations
Pacific
Sydney Radio
Henry Gordon Bennett
Malaya
Singapore
Sydney
China
Japan
United States
Perth
Richard Peirse
R.A.F
India
Southwest
Royal Australian Air Force
Timor
Dill
Portuguese Timor
Stark's Deputies To Halt Cars Traveling Above 40
Sheriff Dick France ordered highway patrolmen to stop motorists exceeding 40 mph to save rubber and gasoline. Drivers over 50 mph will be arrested, while those between 40 and 50 mph will be asked to cooperate. He stressed broad public support for Roosevelt's speed limit request.
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Stark’s Deputies
Dick France
Roosevelt
Haircuts and hardship on Corregidor siege
One of the first letters from Corregidor by nurse Brunetta Kuelthau describes life in the besieged fortress. She notes hair being cut due to lack of hairpins, limited belongings after fleeing Manila, and that food remains sufficient though uncertain for the future. She reassures her family she hopes to return safely.
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Brunetta Kuelthau
Sternberg Hospital
Manila
West Bend
Wis
United Press
Washington
Manila Bay
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan
Bay Forts
Miss Kuelthau
United States
Pvt Franzo Stricken in Texas Army Camp
Pvt Dominick Franzo, 28, inducted Jan 8, died Saturday at Camp Wolters Texas from a heart condition. A Canton lettercarrier before service he served in infantry training. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs Fred Franzo and three sisters Mrs Raymond Altier Mrs Nick Antinozzi and Lucy Franzo.
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Pvt
Dominick Franzo
Army
Camp Wolters
Tex
Fred Franzo
2Nd St NE
Franzo
Canton
St. Anthony's Catholic Church
Infantry Training Center
Raymond Altier
Dover
Nick Antinozzi
Oak Park, NL
Lucy Franzo
Eight Hurt In City County Traffic Collision
Eight persons were injured over the weekend in city and county traffic incidents. Charles Maurer, 25, suffered internal injuries and possible rib and back damage after being tossed from a car on 7th Street SW. He was taken to Aultman Hospital in fair condition. William J. Maurer, 25, drove the vehicle. Charles E. Anderson, 54, of the Goodwill Mission, suffered a compound left leg fracture and skull fracture after stepping into a car’s path at Tuscarawas Street East and Cherry Avenue. he was hospitalized in serious condition. George Ross, 27, of Dover, endured a cerebral concussion when the car he rode in collided with another vehicle on Mahoning Road NE. he was taken to Mercy Hospital. Donald Glines, 15, sustained lip lacerations and contusions after a crash on Garfield Ave SW. he was treated at Mercy Hospital. Earl D. Col d snow, 30, of Moultrie, had a left eyelid laceration and shoulder contusions when his car hit a truck near Louisville Road. he was treated and discharged from Mercy Hospital. Gail Dolan, 2905 Rosewood Pkwy NW, suffered head contusions when a vehicle collision occurred Sunday. Further details were reported by local police.
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Charles Maurer
AD 4
7Th St
Forest
Francis LeMasters
Roger Graybill
Aultman Hospital
Maurer
William J. Maurer
Charles E. Anderson
Goodwill Mission
Tuscara Was
St E
Tuscarawasst E
Cherry Ave
Clifton Ridgeway
R. C. Brady
Mercy Hospital
William J. Nemeth
Belden Ave
George Ross
8Th St
Dover
Julian Ross
Geiger Ave
Massillon
Glenn V. Lozier
Louisville
Mahoning Rd
Howard van Orman
Andrew Roman
Donald Glines
Maryland Ave
George Glines
Garfield Ave
Roman
van Orman
Earl D. Coldsnow
RD 1
Moultrie
Harry E. Kerr
Deerfield
Canton
Mr. Coldsnow
Nazis claim winter blows weaken Russians near Kharkov
London dispatch notes Hitler promised summer defeat of Bolshevik forces and delayed conquest. Observers see admission of Soviet winter successes. Hitler assails Jews Marxists and capitalists while pledging to halt non continental interference as the war enters a harsher phase.
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United Press
London
Adolf Hitler
Russia
Hitler
Berlin
MacKenzie Says Germans and Japanese Pursue Own Goals
The article reports Hitler urging Japan to attack Allied shipping lanes in the Indian Ocean and invade India, offering East and South Africa territories as a reward. It questions the permanence of the German Japanese alliance and notes Japan must choose a policy at a vital juncture.
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Hitler
Japan
Germany
Fuehrer
Indian Ocean
India
Russia
East
South Africa
President Roosevelts demand for railroad arbitration
President Roosevelt demanded Toledo Peoria and Western Railroad management submit the strike dispute to arbitration under the wartime labor board. In a letter to George P McNear Jr the president urged compliance, citing no strikes or lockouts during the war and the contract talks starting December 28 with 104 union members.
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United Preas
Washington
Roosevelt
Toledo, Peoria, & Western Railroad
War Labor Board
White House
George P. McNear Jr
Effner
Ind
Keokuk
United States
National War Labor Board
Brotherhoods
Office Workers Battle Rain in Noon Downpour
Heavy rains with occasional lightning and thunder drenched the city. Umbrellas and rain gear were common as office workers faced the downpour, with many arriving back from lunch either late or soaked.
No Tax Filing Rush Expected As Deadline Arrives Tonight
Taxpayers filed into the Canton bureau of internal revenue as the income tax period neared its end. Earl D. Gross said the office would stay open until eight but expected no last minute rush. Returns for the period were 60 percent ahead of last year with over 47,000 filed in Stark and six other counties by Sunday.
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Canton
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Earl D. Gross
Canton Division
Treasury
Gross
Stark
Treasury estimates 10 percent sales tax war revenue
The treasury estimated a 10 percent sales tax would raise up to 9.702 billion in war revenue, exceeding the administration’s proposed income and corporate tax yields by over 2 billion. The estimate excludes rents and personal services but includes government and war contractor purchases. Excluding those, the tax would yield 4.632 billion, with wholesale and manufacturers sales at 3.509 billion and 2.382 billion respectively.
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United Press
Washington
The
Treasury
Japanese Manchukuo chief Arrives in Tokyo for Week with Emperor
Chang Ching-hui head of the Japanese controlled Manchukuo government arrived in Tokyo for a week long stay and will be received by Emperor Hirohito.
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Tokyo
Chang Ching-hui
Manchukuo
Hirohito
Apple House Fulton NW Ad Promises Fresh Cider Daily
Sweet cider available fresh daily from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Apple House Fulton NW. Ad promotes daily hours and product.
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Apple House Fulton NW
Blaze damages four-family place in northwest apartment
A Sunday blaze at 3211 Glen place NW caused extensive fire and smoke damage to a four family residence. The fire spread from a basement coal ash partition through a cold air shaft to a bedroom, destroying a bed, wallpaper and woodwork. Firefighters battled smoke, checked for a man believed in the basement, who later escaped, and extinguished the fire after several hours.
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Glen Pl
A. A. Hafner
D. T. Sheffer
Alice Grabel
George E. Jacob
Robert E. Briggs
Shorthave
Florida
Soviet Forces Break Through Axis Lines Near Kharkov
Soviet army reports blasting paths into both ends of the Axis defense to thwart a spring offensive. Kharkov liberation nearing as Seventh Guards division storms a German front near Staraya Russia and the 16th Army is crushed. On the southern front, advances between Kharkov and Orel continue after taking several towns. Red Star notes Kharkov capture and overall German lines pressured.
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Kharkov
Soviet Information Bureau
Seventh Guards
Red Star
Red Army
Staraya Russa
Moscow
Hitler
Caucasus
Ukraine
Lake Ilmen
Leningrad
United Nations
London
Thames Estuary
Berlin
United Press
Russia
Staraya Russia
Orel
Soviet Parachutists Hold Smolensk Front Assets
Moscow correspondent for Dagens Nyheter reports Russian parachutists captured fortified positions behind German lines on the Smolensk front and additional Soviet forces secured two towns in the Vyazma sector.
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Associated Press
Stockholm
Moscow
Dagens Nyheter
Smolensk
Vyazma
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