Nazis Retreat To Meet Threat Near Cassino Rome Front
Allied forces push across the Rapido River in renewed fighting as Nazis pull units back from Cassino to counter a larger invasion threat. Fifth Army advances north of Cassino while Nettuno Anzio troops face continued Nazi resistance. Cairo radio places Allied advance within 19 miles of Rome. Further sea air operations and German bomber activity are reported as Clark revisits the front.
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HDQ
Algiers
U. 58
Rapido River
Cassino
5Th Army
Rome
Appian Way
Cassino-Rome
Mi- Croce
Nettuno- Anzio
Cairo
Mark W. Clark
Will Collect Canes Crutches For Legionnaires Drive
The Hagerstown Chapter of the Military Order of the Purple Heart plans a week long campaign to collect old canes and crutches from legionnaires attending department and national meets. Donated items will be repurposed for hospital centers through a practical reuse effort.
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Legionnaires
National
Hagerstown
Military Order of the Purple Heart
Women War Workers Trapped In Blaze
Five women employees at a northwest side war plant died when flames trapped them in a one story building. Police found the bodies after a search of the ruins. Several others were rescued through a skylight in the washroom where they were trapped. The plant manufactured electrical equipment for the Army and Navy.
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Chicago
Kamarek
Army
Navy
Waitress Wanted Promised Free Meals and Pins
Seen in a restaurant window in Los Angeles on January 26: a humorous notice reading Waitress wanted good wares free meals free hobby pins. The quirky ad reflects playful job-seekers and local flavor of the era.
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Los Angeles
Rome Under State Of Siege By Allied Actions
Dispatches from the Italian frontier report Rome placed under a state of siege as Allied troops push from Nettuno. Allied sympathizers attacked German barracks and depots and bombed military bureaus and soldiers in the streets, with several German officers said killed in daylight attacks.
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Bern
Rome
Nettuno
Britain Stands Put On Polish Border Issue
Secretary of State Hull said Russia rejected the U S offer to mediate Poland Russia. Foreign Secretary Eden reaffirmed Britain will not recognize territorial changes in Poland since 1939 and will honor the Atlantic Charter and Churchill's September 1940 statement while allowing changes only with free consent of involved parties.
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Washington
Hull
Russia
United States
Poland
London
Anthony Eden
Eden
Britain
Waldyslaw Sikorski
Commons
Churchill
Auto Owner Is Found Not Guilty
John C. Kipe of Waynesboro Route 3 was cleared of charges that he allowed a car to stand without lights on Middleburg Pike. Magistrate Harry E. Snyder ruled the law partial when a vehicle is disabled after two cars struck it early Tuesday.
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John C. Kipe
Waynesboro
Middleburg Pike
Harry E. Snyder
Kipe
Howard Swisher
George Mowen
Snyder
Draft Raises Successor Issue In City Posts
The summons of registrants for pre induction examinations prompts questions on successor naming. The Mayor and City Council filled a commissioner's post temporarily months ago. If the official returns, he resumes his position. if drafted, a temporary successor serves until return or term end. Under Selective Service the President, Vice President, and governors govern vacancy rules.
MacArthur awarded DSM on 64th birthday
President Roosevelt awarded General Douglas MacArthur the Distinguished Service Medal for successes in New Guinea and New Britain. The citation praised his forces for favorable positions to continue offensives in the Southwest Pacific. The award was presented by Maj. Gen. Richard J. Marshall on MacArthur’s return from inspecting troops in northern Australia.
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HKDQS
New Guinea
Roosevelt
Douglas MacArthur
New Britain
CIA
Southwest Pacific
MacArthur
Richard J. Marshall
Australia
15000 Parisians Die In Allied Air Raids
German controlled Paris radio claims Allied air raids killed 15000 Parisians and injured 20000 with over a million left homeless up to January 23. Report recorded by the Associated Press from London dateline January 26.
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London
Paris
Associated Press
Pump Holdup In Los Angeles Bicycles Used In Heist
Police report two youths prodded Robert Swilley with a bicycle pump, robbed him of 75 cents, then rode away on bikes. The weapon used was a bicycle pump, reported from Los Angeles on January 26.
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Los Angeles
Robert Swilley
Thre Company And Garage Fire Destroys Property
A early morning blaze destroyed a one story concrete block garage at 1007 West Washington street with two trucks six autos tires recapping rubber and guilcanizing gear. The adjacent two story apartment suffered damage. Loss estimated up to 50000 dollars. Fire reported by Luther Moats and investigated by Russell Anderson. Property owner J Luther Eckstine operated Conner Tire Service and Giv.
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West
Washington Street
Tire Replacement Policy After Fire Teaches Immediate Aid
Motorists and truckers who suffered tire loss in today's fire may receive replacements immediately by applying to the Ration Board. Certification that the tires were in the possession of the recapping station is required.
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Ration Board
N L B Accused Of Exceeding Power By Requiring Union Membership
A House special committee accuses the National War Labor Board of violating the constitution by demanding union membership clauses in contracts. The report warns of autocratic overreach during wartime and threats to the economic system, signed by five of seven panel members led by Chairman Smith. A dissent by Voorhis and Delaney says authority was not exceeded.
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N.L.B
Washington
National War Labor Board
House
Labor Board
Smith
D-Va
Voorhis
California
Delaney
New York
Congress
Peterson
D-Ga
Hartley
R-Ng
Jennings
R-Tenn
Hoffihan
Rmich
Katyn Forest Bodies Report Sparks World Shock
Moscow radio said a Soviet commission found 11,000 corpses in Polish uniforms buried in Katyn forest near Smolensk. The victims, claimed as Polish war prisoners shot by German invaders, were investigated by Lt Gen Nikolai Burdenko and experts beginning Sept 26, 1943, with documents and graves cited to establish time and circumstances.
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London
Moscow Radio
Sovie
Katyn Forest
Smolensk
Monitor
Special Commission
Nikolai Burdenko
People’s Commissariat of Health
County official salvages scrap metal from discarded timbers
Oklahoma City January 26 County Commissioner Gro ver Pendleton directed removal of nails from bridge and culvert timber scraps given to needy families for fuel Result 1700 pounds of scrap metal recovered and returned to use in relief efforts
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Oklahoma City
Grover Pendleton
First Million In Bonds Sold Here
The Fourth War Loan drive surpassed the one million dollar mark in the county with about $1,053,000 raised after a $200,000 corporate allocation. Subscriptions remain open through February 15, the official closing date.
County's Warwhopping First Inhabitants Exhibit at Hotel Alexander
Local history lovers will tour an Indian relics display at Hotel Alexander tomorrow night. Three collectors share the limelight, led by Harry KE Wolf, YMCA boys' secretary, with arrowheads, cores, knives and tomahawks from across the United States. Wolf's display includes hundreds of pieces gathered over 15 years for the Washington County Historical Society exhibit.
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Alexander
Harry KE. Wolf
VY. HM. C. A
United States
Winfield Lloyd
Marlowe
W. Va
Newton B. Sprecher
Wolf
Washington County Historical Society
Washington County
Big Pool
Pinesburg
St. James
Paptomac River
Decree Admits Huge Spy Ring Discovered There
United States officials offered no comment as Argentina announced a long delayed break with the Axis. A wait and see attitude was noted while possible orders to suspend communications and cut commercial ties were anticipated. The move, seen as likely to close German and Japanese embassies in the western hemisphere, follows a hemispheric defense resolution from Rio de Janeiro.
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Washington
United States
Argentina
Hull
Buenos Aires
Rio de Janeiro
Chile
Sumner
Soldier Vote Bill Criticized by Roosevelt in Congress
President Roosevelt blasted the Senate last month for a soldier voting bill, calling it meaningless and a fraud on servicemen. He urged adequate federal legislation and endorsed Green’s substitute measures, as the issue deepens in Congress.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Congress
House
Green
Bombers Sink Four Japanese Vessels Off Fuchow
Mitchell bombers of the Chinese American wing of the U S 14th Air Force attacked a Japanese convoy at Fuchow on the East China coast Monday and sank four vessels totaling 7700 tons. A 2700 ton freighter was damaged and a Japanese seaplane was shot down, according to Gen Stilwell’s headquarters.
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Chungking
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Ait Fuchow
East China
Joseph W. Stilwell
Allies Hammer Northern France in Fourth Straight Day
Allied bombers and fighters pounded targets in northern France for a fourth day while swift RAF Mosquitos opened a night raid against western Germany. Northern France operations continued with no losses, according to the Air Ministry.
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London
France
Swift
RAF
Germany
Air Ministry
Argentina Breaks With Axis Amid High Society Spy Revelations
Argentina declared break with Germany and Japan becoming the last American nation to sever ties. President Ramirez, in a radio address, announced a decree exposing an Axis spy network involving Argentine high society, with numerous arrests overnight. Officials coordinated with the Chilean ambassador and the U.S. envoy as sensational revelations promised.
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Argentina
Mik Pupue Ke
Pedro Ramirez
Ramirez
Germany
Japan
EWT
Alberto Gilbert
Foreign Ministry
Chillean
Rios Gallardo
Gilbert
United States
Norman Armour
Americas
Axis
Wood Worker Seeks Injunction Against Union and Bosses
John Forrest, a wood worker for M. P. Moller, Inc., filed a petition asking a court to permanently enjoin the Federal Labor Union Local 21108 and M. P. Moller, Inc. from interfering with his employment and to void recent Trial Board actions expelling him from the union. An order to show cause by February 2 was signed. Labor leaders hint at a CIO AF of L struggle for control at the Moller plant, noting Forrest's solicitor Abe Klein is a CIO organizer for the United Furniture Workers of America.
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John Forrest
M. P. Moller, Inc
Abe Klein
Federal
A. F. of L
Federal Labor Union
Forrest
Joseph D. Mish
Moller
Klein
CIO
United Furniture Workers of America
Two Local Men Get Special Navy Rating
Stager Bartner of Keedysville is accepted by the Navy for a radio technician course and will return to Boonsboro High School to finish studies before Navy service. John H. Millard and James M. Keeney, both locals, enlist in the Ships Repair Unit with Keeney rated foundryman 2.c.
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Stager Bartner
Keedysville
Navy
Boonsboro
John H. Millard
James M. Keeney
Liberty Street
Bus driver’s chores sold for 2590 in war bonds
Castleford Idaho January article notes Fritz Bybee offered a day of chores to raise funds for the War Bond drive. The highest bidder, farmer Albert Heller, bid 2590 in war bonds to secure the services.
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Castleford
Idaho
Fritz Bybee
Albert Heller
Parole Records Show Most Escape Prisons Since 1939
Maryland parole director Nerman M. Moser disclosed that among 02 prisoners paroled since Governor O'Conor took office in 1939, only 58 have been returned to prison.
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Annapolis
Nerman M. Moser
O'Conor
Killing of Girl Reporter Admitted by Suspect
New Haven police said Walter W. Law confessed to slaying Rose Brancato, a 28 year old New Haven Journal Courier reporter who disappeared July 5. Her body was reportedly found in a furnace after hours of questioning by Police Captain Ramond E. Egan and Detective Howard Young. The case tied to Law, former superintendent of a Church street building, with withheld details and no further disclosures. Brancato was active in the American Women's Volunteer Service and disappeared after a 3 p.m. sighting near the Army Air Forces training school block party.
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New Haven
Conn
Rose Brancato
New Haven Journal Courier
Walter W. Law
Ramond E. Egan
Howard Young
Law
Church Street
Brancato
Wommen
AWU
Furniture Makers Off WMC Essential List
Manufacturers of furniture and concrete pipes removed from the War Manpower Commission list of essential industries. Employees in these industries in the Hagerstown area are no longer subject to World War II regulations governing workers in essential industries, the WMC announced.
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WMC
War Manpower Commission
Hagers Stown
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Purple Heart
Beryle Blake
New York City
West Washington Street
Decree
U.S
Buenos ‘Aires
Moller Plant
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