British Air Raids Press Berlin In Major Allied Blitz
British RAF bombers struck Berlin again on Sunday night in the ongoing invasion era air offensive. US Flying Fortresses and Liberators attacked Brunswick and Hannovers at daylight, with 91 Nazi planes shot down. The day’s operations also saw 103 enemy planes downed in northern France and Holland, as 20 US heavy bombers and five fighters failed to return.
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London
Royal Air Force
Berlin
U. S
Brunswick
Hannover
Reich
France
Holland
United States
WPB Eases Iron and Steel Use in Selected Goods
The War Production Board began relaxing its ban on iron and steel in over 600 civilian products. The amendments permit use in automotive heaters cigarette lighters moving picture projectors and sound equipment stencils hose reels grease guns pumps oil pumps window shade rollers and street cars and buses with low grade steel wire for hat brims. Some truck parts and accessories may also use the metals.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Great Air Show Staged Over Tyrrhenian Sea
The Mediterranean theater hosts a major ongoing air show as Allied shipping feeds Rome with power while German air force units concentrate on shipping lanes. German operations focus on striking supply routes and lone land attacks are rare as Allied fighters counter.
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Fifth Army
Anzio
Mediterranean
Tyrrhenian Sea
Rome
County Nears Quota in Individual War Bond Purchases
Silver Bow county nears its Fourth War Loan goal for E F and G bonds with two days left to reach 1 007 000 in individual sales and 3 879 600 county total. War loan chairman R L Ruhle urges residents to use savings accounts and consult bankers, while a Monday meeting in the Chamber of Commerce hosts labor representatives to discuss campaign participation.
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Silver Bow County
R. L. Ruhle
Morgenthau
Ruhle
Joint Labor Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Five Records Set in Butte Youth Ice Meet at Clark Park
Young skaters set five records during Butte's 25th annual ice and speed skating meet at Clark Park. Greeley school teams won the championship 57 to 26 over Emerson and St Ann dominated individual honors with Emmett Fogarty setting a standout tire dive as the crowd gasped.
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Butte
Clark Park
Greeley School
Emerson
St. Ann
Glen Rice
John Lindquist
Fogarty
Rice
Weather forecast west and east of divide for Monday
West of the continental divide. Partly cloudy and continued cold Monday. Cloudy with scattered snow flurries and continued cold Monday night. East of the divide. Monday partly cloudy with snow flurries and colder northeast and extreme east portions. Little temperature change elsewhere. Monday night partly cloudy with snow flurries in Missouri headwaters region and extreme south central portion. Not much change in temperature.
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Continental Divide
Missouri Headwaters
Four German Air Bases Are Shattered
American tanks and infantry pressed the Gustav line near Cassino after 48 hours of combat, capturing two hills and a village, with 100 plus prisoners. Allied air forces knocked out 36 German planes at four bases north of the Gulf of Venice in heavy action led by Lt. Col. Robert L. Baseler, as Thunderbolts and long range fighters supported bombers in a major Italian campaign air battle.
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Fifth Army
Cassino
Gustav Line
Italy
Gulf of Venice
U. S
15Th Air Force
Thunderbolts
Robert L. Baseler
Boston
Mass
Algiers
German General Schulz Dies on Eastern Front
The German high command announced in Berlin the death of Major General Schulz on the Russian front. He was described as a heroic tank commander and one of the army's best officers, with the notice noting decorations by Hitler. Previous dispatches identified him as chief of staff to Field Marshal Von Manstein's south Russian armies.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Schulz
Hitler
Fritz Erich von Mannstein
London Bombing Raid Kills 26 as Air Alert Hits City
At least 26 people were killed and more than 25 injured in a German bombing raid on London Saturday night. Widespread property damage followed as London’s防 barrage repelled the attack and three enemy planes were reported down in flames.
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London
England
East Anglia
U S Warships Blasts Marshalls For Second Time
Advanced Allied Headquarters in New Guinea reports Rabaul attacked for the 26th time this month. 30 Japanese planes shot down with 20 probably destroyed on the ground. In seven strikes overall 149 enemy aircraft are listed as destroyed. Japs raid Arawe and Cape Gloucester but described as minor.
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New Guinea
Rabaul
Japan
New Britain
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Arawe
Cape Gloucester
Death March of Bataan Colonel Tells Story
Lieutenant Colonel Dyess recounts opening days of the Japanese invasion of the Philippines and the Battle of Agoloma Bay. He notes later articles will cover the Bataan campaign and Japanese prison camps, and mentions his death in a California plane crash on December 22 last year.
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Dyess
Philippines
Agoloma Bay
Bataan
California
Hero of Bataan stalks of green cane
A wartime field narrative recalls air battles over a Philippine position. The narrator describes anti aircraft fire bringing down a two engined bomber that struck a bridge nearby and exploded in the cane patch. Reconnaissance missions and close combat with a Japanese fighter are recounted.
R. A. F. Reveals Secret Weapon Pathfinder Force
Gladwin Hill reports from English Pathfinder HQ on a moonscape moor as the Pathfinders mark targets for follow up bombers. The secret weapon helps Ruhr fires and Berlin raids through clouds and haze, with American members serving in the elite unit.
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R. A. F. Pathfinder
England
Berlin
Pathfinder
Pathfinders
Ruhr
Hitler Calls for Perseverance to Secure Biggest Victory for Reich
London January 30 Adolf Hitler urged a bomb scarred nation to endure the hard year ahead aiming for what he called the biggest victory of the German Reich despite Allied raids. He framed the conflict as a stark choice between Germany and Soviet Russia and warned Britain and the United States face bolshevism at home. The address marked the eleventh anniversary of his rule and mixed gloom with mystical promises of victory.
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Edward D. Ball
London
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Soviet Russia
Berlin
Associated Press
Europe
Hitler
Russia
Britain
United States
Reich
D.N.B
Describes Late Colonel Dyess As One Of Best Loved Air Force Officers
A fellow officer, Captain Samuel Grashio, recalls Lt. Col. William Edwin Dyess as a devoted leader who cared for his men in Bataan and Japanese prison camps. Grashio, returning from the Pacific, praises Dyess’ calm leadership during raids on Subic Bay and notes Dyess earned wide regard for duty and courage.
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Samuel C. Grashio
Army Flyer
Spokane
Wash
Los Angeles
Philippines
Colonel Dyess
Air Force
Chicago Tribune
Chicago
War Department
Samuel Charles Grasho
William Edwin Dyess
Bataan
Grashio
Dyess
Pacific Theater
United States
Ed Dyess
Hollywood
Ed Champing
Nichols Field
Manila
Subic Bay
Germans Evacuating Rome as Allies Press at Anzio
German forces are reported withdrawing from Rome under demolition teams as British and American troops clash with the retreating units along the Anzio bridgehead perimeter. Italian refugees confirm the evacuation as artillery rumbles echo from the capital.
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Fifth Army
Rome
Anzio
Five Soldiers Die in Gunnery Accident at Fort Rosecrans
Five soldiers were killed and seven others seriously injured in a gun nery practice accident Saturday night at Fort Rosecrans on Point Loma California. Names of the dead: William Kutzer Lawrence Belmont Kenneth Houserman Robert A Wall Thomas A Sawyer. A board of inquiry has been appointed to investigate the accident.
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San Diego
Calif
U.P
Fort Rosecrans
Point Loma
William Kutzer
Chicago
Lawrence Belmont
Longacre
W. Va
Kenneth Houserman
Saranac
Mich
Robert A. Wall
Allied forces inch forward on three Burma fronts
A southeast Asia communique reports ground forces advancing slowly against Japanese positions on three Burma fronts. They made slight gains at two points and repelled an attack at a third area.
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New Delhi
Burma
Southeast Asia
Pacific Fleet Attacks Marshall Islands In Largest Preinvasion Assault
U P reports powerful U S carrier task forces attacked Maloelap, Wotje, Kwajalein, and Eniwetok in the Marshalls for a second day. Carrier bombers and surface ships delivered heavy bombardment as Seventh Army Air Force supported, signaling a major push toward Japanese bases in the central Pacific.
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Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
U.P
U. S
Marshall Islands
Pacific
Central Pacific
Marshalls
Maloelap
Wotje
Kwajalein
Eniwetok
Carolines
Truk
Roj Islands
Kwajalein Atoll
Gilbert Islands
Enwetok
U. S. Navy
Navy
Seventh
U. S. Army Air Force
Soviets Capture Vital Junction In Baltic Advance
Soviet forces under Govorov pushed toward Narva gap sweeping up 50 localities including the rail junction of Weimarn near the Estonian border after capturing Veliskoe Selo and advancing from Luga. Nine miles of westward gains disrupted German routes to Pskov as 800 Germans were reported killed.
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James M. Long
London
Leonid A. Govorov
Leningrad
Narva
Gulf of Finland
Lake Peipus
Weimarn
Moscow
Kingisepp
Baltic
Red
K. A. Mereteskov
Vitebsk
Batetskaya
Veliskoe Selo
Luga
Pskov
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W. W. Hercher
Kenneth L. Dixon
Japrnelty
W. FE. Dyess
United States Air Forces
Charles Leavelle
The
General MacArthur
Philippine
Lubao
Hero of
Charles
Bud) Sprague
Lingayen Bay
W. E. Dyess
Gladwin Hill
Horst Wessel
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