Allied air offensive in New Guinea reaches 390 losses
Allied Headquarters in New Guinea reports Japanese planes destroyed or damaged at Rabaul as sustained air offensives continue. Between 22 and 30 January 60 enemy fighters were downed, with over 100 Allied bombers and fighters raiding the base. Attacks have occurred in 24 of the last 26 days as Allied air forces operate from the Solomons.
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Rabaul
Solomons
Pearl Harbor
Jai
Marshalls
Chester W. Nimite
Wotje
Mili
Maloclap
Ailinglapilap
U.S
Seventh Air Force
Tuto Airdrome
Maloelap Atoll
Washington backstage duel over Rayburn Wallace as Roosevelt ticket
The Jackson Day dinner controversy pits Speaker Sam Rayburn against Vice President Wallace over possible Roosevelt fourth term run. Southern Democrats planned to praise Rayburn while Northern Democrats pressed to invite Wallace. Wallace delivered a brief speech on human rights versus property rights, hinting the New Deal’s legacy. Rayburn stumbled reading his remarks, later explained by glare from stage lights. In a separate note, AFL leader Green and UMW head Lewis reportedly bury their feud after a secret meeting.
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Washington
Sam Rayburn
Wallace
Roosevelt
Rayburn
Fdr
Sam
Frank Walker
Jackson
Lincoln
Wilson
Series E bond drive shows progress with sales highlights
Series E bond sales reached 118700 today with totals at 302667 though last night figures incomplete. Series B seeks 140000 quota as more drives continue with Juneau Masonic Lodge and Order of Eastern Star running booths tonight and tomorrow Townsend Club Pioneers of Alaska and Douglas Eagles. Monday booths to be run by CIO and Federal Employees Association.
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Juneau
Masonic Lodge
Order of Eastern Star
Townsend Club Pioneers of
Alaska
Douglas Eagles
CIO
Federal Employees’ Association
Vast postwar public works mapped by Ickes
Secretary Harold L. Ickes told President Roosevelt that the Interior Department has blueprinted a vast postwar public works program. It could be launched within 30 days after victory. Power and irrigation projects would keep about 480,000 veterans employed for three years, with 225,000 at construction sites and 255,000 at plants to supply materials, opening farm settlement opportunities for 165,000 families.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Roosevelt
Japanese reaction to U S prisoner abuse disclosure
Tokyo via Comei agency calls U S claims of brutal prisoner treatment propaganda and repeats charges of enemy savagery. Federal Communications Commission notes Tokyo rebuttal accusing the enemy of bestial acts of terrorism and inhumanity.
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New York
United States
Tokyo
Comei
Federal Communication Commission
Twelve new fish canneries for Alaska planned
Seattle dispatch reports a group of salmon canning consultants endorsed a relaxed plan expanding Alaska canneries by twelve this year, boosting total labor by about ten percent. The coordinator will seek approval from Washington officials and later meet with state employment and War Manpower agencies to discuss quotas.
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Seattle
Alaska
Ralph Ferrandini
Washington
Fish and Wildlife Service
Juneau
United States Employment Service and
War Manpower Commission
Ferrahdini
W. ©. Arnold
August Buschmann
A. B. Priele
Joe Jurieh
Guy Graham
Eric Pribrock
William Reynolds
Leo Kretelsheimer
E. M. Brennan
Frank Marshall
Archie Shiels
Guy Helferty
Johr Wise
Laurence Freeburn
Free Gunderson
Decline in Salmon Pack Expected in 1944 Forecast
Washington January 29 The 1944 salmon pack is projected to be about 200 million cases below last year Ira N Gabrielson director of the Fish and Wildlife Service told Secretary Ickes in a report The sharpest drop is forecast for the pink salmon runs in southeastern Alaska where the extremely cold winter of 1942 43 is thought to have killed many fish The outlook improves in central Alaska with a pack near last year and normal runs are expected in western Alaska The projected total pack is 5 200 000 cases
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Washington
Ira N. Gabrielson
Fish and Wildlife Service
Alaska
Gabrielson
Editor William Allen White Dies at 75 in Emporia
Emporia Kansas January 29 William Allen White 75 longtime editor of the Emporia Gazette died quietly at his home after a year of declining health. The editor's son W L White announced the death and Mrs White his longtime associate in running the Gazette was with him during illness.
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Emporia
Kansas
William Allen White
Emporia Gazette
White
W. L. White
Red Skimen Pushes Toward Leningrad Frontline Bottlenecks
Red Army units west of Novgorod advance across snowy countryside toward the last German supply artery between Lake Ilmen and Lake Peipus. The push, near the Leningrad Moscow line and Leningrad Tallinn corridor, aims to sever communications and isolate forces around Staraya Russa and Staraya Ryssakerrixon, threatening German positions along the western shore of Lake Tmen.
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Red Army
Novgorod
Leningrad
Pskov
Lake Ilmen
Lake Peipus
Leningrad-Moscow
Vitebsk
Meretskov
Govorovs
Leningrad-Tallinn
Peredolskaya
Leningrad-Vitebsk
Ukraine
Chudovo
Tol
Lake Men
Staraya Russa
Lake Tmen
Shimsk
Staraya Russo
Boom in War Babies Hits Slump in October 1943
Washington report notes census files show a drop in births for October 1943 to 199,775, five thousand fewer than September and the year's lowest rate so far. Despite the dip, births remain higher than pre Pearl Harbor levels, with wartime demands and men at fronts shaping the trend.
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Howard Fleger
Washington
Census Bureau
Pearl Harbor
Tamty
West Coast Responds to Jap Atrocities with Vows of Revenge
Reports from San Francisco and Pacific Coast towns reveal widespread calls for retaliation against Japanese Americans and demands for renewed military control of relocation centers. Lieutenant General Emmons warns such actions would be harmful, while Tule Lake and Manzanar facilities face heightened tensions and security measures. Internees in Rivers, Arizona condemn atrocities, fearing harsher treatment if captured.
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San Francisco
Pacific
Ucute
West
Emmons
Tule Lake
California
Military Agai
Manzanar Relocation Center
R. P. Merritt
Arizona
Rivers
Argentina ambassador to Brazil resigns amid government upheaval
Montevideo January 29 Gen Arturo Rawson resigns as Argentina's ambassador to Brazil as part of a broader upheaval in the Argentinian government. The shakeup follows severance of diplomatic relations with Axis nations and the resignations of three cabinet ministers and three other officials.
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Montevideo
Arturo Rawson
Argentina
Brazil
Beachhead Troops advance toward Rome near Anzio
American beachhead troops push toward the Appian Way and main rail line, advancing 12 miles northeast of Anzio with light artillery range into Cisterna area. Allied forces move north from Anzio to the Aniceto road and seize a bridge beyond Carroceto as German units are routed. Allies now about 19 miles southeast of Rome and 12 miles north of Anzio. German air attacks seek shipping. Allied air forces down 21 enemy planes at sea and 14 during a Ferrara raid.
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Algiers
Appian Way
Cisteria
Anzio
Anaiate
Carroceto
Rome
Ferrara
Evacuation of Berlin Planned Amid Heaviest Night Bombing
London dispatch reports the Eighth Air Force sent over 800 bombers in a massive raid on Frankfurt while Berlin burned from a second RAF air strike. Nazis seal censorship on casualty figures as Stockholm’s Aftonbladet notes Berlin’s evacuation rumors and continued fires.
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London
Eighth American Air Force
Frankfurt
Berlin
Royal Air Force
Frankurt
Stockholm
Aftonblidet
Ors
Jhhat
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