Allies Press Gustav Line From Front and Rear
Allied reports say French troops crossed the Rapido near Mt Lago north of Cassino, threatening to outflank the Gustav line. British forces pushed along the Appian Way, taking Minturno and pressuring Castelforte and Ventosa. American and Eighth Army patrols probed below Cassino as heavy bombing targeted central Italy airfields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
Rapido River
Mt. Lago
Cassino
Italy
Fifth Army
Minturno
Rome
Castelforte
Ventosa
Mt. Santi Cosma E Damiano
Tyrrhenian
Leningrad
Mark W. Clark
Acros
Eighth Army
Russians strike new drives as siege of Leningrad ends
Soviet northern forces push in two large offensives lifting the siege of Leningrad and seizing Novgorod after six days of fighting. Report says 40 000 Germans killed and up to 250 000 encircled as Meretskov’s units open the road to Lake Peipus and southern Estonia. The Moscow radio trumpets German collapse and Soviet retribution.
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London
Russia
Leningrad
Novgorod
Moscow
Stalingrad
K. A. Meretskov
Lake Peipus
Estonia
Seven Die In Local Bomber Crash Near Pocatello Base
A heavy bomber from the Pocatello army air base crashed about 10 miles southwest after takeoff killing seven fliers and injuring three others. Names listed include Lieut. Col. Marshall Bonner and seven deceased airmen with injured personnel noted as being in satisfactory condition at the base hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocatello Army Air Base
Marshall Bonner
Donald W. Harries
Hurley
Wis
Frederick J. Alderman
Tampa
Fla
Raymond W. Shook
Tacoma
Wash
Clifton S. Hurt
San Francisco
Gerald H. Cuddington
Ferndale
Mich
Jack C. Clough
Crawfordsville
Ind
Glen M.piska
Kimberly
Idaho
Charles E. Byrne
Calliham
Tex
Frank L. Stevens
Chicago
Roy A. Sager
Pocatello
Arbon
Bannock Creek
Pocatello Air Base
Heiress Doris Cromwell Gas Ride Spars Permit Stir
Nevada report says tobacco heiress Doris Cromwell rode with her secretary Marian Paschal on authorized fuel to visit her mother in California and return. Ed Walker of the Renovation board confirmed the 75 gallon allotment and noted alternative transport was available. Cromwell later faced service of petition seeking to nullify her Reno divorce from James R. Cromwell.
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Reno
Nev
Doris
Duke Cromwell
San Francisco
Santa Barbara
William Woodburn
Ed Walker
Cromwell
Esday
New Jersey
James R. Cromwell
Murder Hunt Grows After Diplomat's Wife Shot
Chicago police intensified their hunt for a killer after Mrs. Frank Starr Williams 55 wife of an American diplomat died from a head wound inflicted by a middle aged woman who entered her Drake hotel apartment witnesses described a fleeing suspect. First Assistant State's Attorney Crowley labeled the case a revenge shooting and noted Mrs Williams had enemies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Frank Starr Williams
Lake Front Drive
U.S
Tokyo
Williams
State Department
Washington
Wilbur F. Crowley
Marines Sing Tarawa Victory Song Aboard Ship
Capt. Earle Wilson reports Marines storming Tarawa chanted “Tarawa Boom De-Ay” as naval guns provided support. The report notes the island seizure by U S troops and the soldiers’ morale boosting song during the landing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pacific
Tarawa
Earle Wilson
Marine Corps
Office Plans Return to Normal Work
Undersecretary of War Robert P. Patterson told the US conference of mayors that total production is actively planning for prompt peacetime reconversion with minimal disruption. He warned reconversion will be as hard and long as wartime conversion and urged planning as a form of insurance to avoid economic collapse, noting a 50 percent drop in national income if prewar conditions return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Robert P. Patterson
Patterson
United States Conference of Mayors
War Department
Ciano Family Flees Italy to Swiss Internment
Edda Ciano daughter of Benito Mussolini and widow of the former Italian foreign minister is interned in Bern with her three children under strict police watch after fleeing Italy. She sought refuge January 9 the day Verona treason trial began. Ciano was executed for voting with the fascist grand council to oust Mussolini last July. Dino Alfieri former ambassador to Germany also crossed into Switzerland last October and faces a death sentence. his health delayed potential expulsion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bern
Switzerland
Edda Ciano
Benito Mussolini
Count Ciano
Verona
Ciano
Grand Council
Mussolini
Dino Alfieri
Germany
Episcopal bishop calls Boise clergy meeting February
The Rt. Rev. Frank A. Rhea bishop of Idaho’s Episcopal missionary district has called a conference of district clergy in Boise on February 9. The Very Rev. Paul Roberts of Denver will direct the sessions.
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Boise
Frank A. Rhea
Episcopal Missionary District of
Idaho
Paul Roberts
Denver
Tall Blonde with Shotgun In Tavern Robbery Case
In Indianapolis three police officers were critically wounded during an arrest attempt of a robbery suspect pair a man and a tall blonde woman. A sawed off shotgun was strapped to the woman s leg and both suspects were seriously hurt. A taxi driver led police to the tavern scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Nazi shortages admitted as war production wanes
Nazi propagandists acknowledged reduced German war output affecting the eastern front and submarine warfare. Adm Karl Doenitz said U boats are temporarily weaker but will soon be stronger, while Gen Kurt Dittmar argued Berlin aims to conserve time to rebuild armaments as Allied bombing slows production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Reich
Adm
Karl Doenitz
Stettin
Germany
OPA Extends Coal Sales Approval to April 30
The Office of Price Administration extends until April 30 permission to sell bituminous coal at minimum prices that exceed OPA maximums under the Guffy coal act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
RAF LANCERS BOMB BERLIN IN MASSIVE ATTACK
London dispatch reports the RAF Lancaster and Halifax force dropped over 2 300 long tons of bombs on Berlin in the largest raid since the campaign began two months ago. American bombers joined later, striking Pas de Calais targets as RAF fighter-bombers and US aircraft patrolled the Channel and back across to the forests around a 50 square mile promontory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
R.A F
Berlin
U. S
Reich
Pas-de- Calais
France
Air Ministry
Brunswick
Relief Plans Start Fight Over UN Relief Budget
In the House a $1.35 billion plan to fund United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration faced opposition. Rep Jesse Sumner warned Stalin could gain power through relief control, while Rep Voris said human suffering cannot be budgeted and Rep Fish urged spending limits and safeguards restricting funds to relief, not education or rehabilitation.
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Washington
United States
Stalin
Europe
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Jesse Sumner
Rep Vorvs
R-Ohio
Foreign Relations Committee
India
UNRRA
Baltic Fleet Free as Red Army Advances in Baltic
Moscow reports the Baltic Fleet freed from port confinement near Kronstadt as the Red Army drives south from Leningrad. German forces are surrounded or cut off in sectors west of Novgorod, between Oranienbaum and Leningrad, and east of the Moscow Leningrad railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Red Army
Leningrad
Russia
Bay of
Kronstadt
Baltic
Novogorod
Oranienbaum
Moscow- Leningrad
Leavitt Named Social Protection Representative in Utah
Abel J. Leavitt of Salt Lake City is named social protection representative for the federal security agency in Utah and Idaho. He previously worked for the Utah department of public welfare.
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Salt Lake City
Abel J. Leavitt
Federal Security Agency
Utah
Idaho
Utah Department of Public Welfare
Parody Gettysburg Address From Seabees on Island
Dorothy Sell recounts a Seabees parody of Lincoln on a South Pacific island. The verse mocks wartime hardship, hash and beans meals, and hopes for 30 days of freedom by Easter, ending with resolve that the battalion’s work endure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neenah
Wis
Dorothy Sell
Arvin
South Pacific
Lincoln
Sell
Miller Plans No Defense In Idaho Anti Farm Picketing Suit
Attorney General Bert Miller says he will not participate in the AFL suit challenging Idaho’s anti farm picketing law. He has previously deemed the act unconstitutional and will not appear for the defense. A brief hearing before Judge Charles E. Winstead will resolve a demurrer. Secretary of State George H. Curtis plans active involvement to ensure a full adjudication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Bert, Miller
Third District Court
American Federation of Labor
Idaho
Miller
Charles E. Winstead
Ada County
George H. Curtis
Milk and Cream Supply Tightens Across Nation
Washington reports civilian milk consumption must stay at current levels or quota restrictions in 112 areas will widen. 1944 production expected at 116.0 billion pounds, 6.0 billion below the war food administration goal. farms must expand herds by 2 percent and lift output per cow by 50 pounds. Feed distribution and local shortages threaten the outlook for milk output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of War Information
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
War Food Administration
OWI
WFA
Goa
Marriage License Issued to Groom Rex C Groom and Gwendolyn Smith
A Salt Lake City marriage license has been issued to Rex C. Groom age 19 and Gwendolyn Donna Smith age 19, both of Idaho Falls.
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Salt Lake City
Rex C. Groom
Gwendolyn Donna Smith
Idaho Falls
Machine Gun Fire Hits Millville Dwellings
Calm returned to Millville New Jersey after an accidental burst from a fighter plane on the nearby air base damaged eight dwellings and a clubhouse. No injuries were reported though there were narrow escapes. Captain Lawrence Davis declined to release investigation details.
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Millville
N. J
Jersey
Army Air Base
Lawrence Davis
Allied advances on Appian Way near Minturno reach line breach
Reports describe British fifth army breaking through German defenses north of the Garigliano river to reach Minturno, a key Appian Way waypoint 76 miles from Rome. Weather and stiff counterattacks slow progress, with hope Rome may fall to spring but dangerous obstacles remain ahead.
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Fifth Army
Appian Way
Terracina
Minturno
Castelforte
Ventosa
Rome
Italy
Sam
Garigliano
Fifth
Bee
Catation
Compromise Bill Emerges To Break Soldier Vote Logjam
The Senate elections committee proposed a compromise to end the soldier voting deadlock by creating a uniform federal ballot while preserving state control over vote counting. The re drafted measure voids no poll tax or registration rules and delegates qualification decisions to state and local election officials. Senators Lucas and Tydings hailed the change as a victory for states rights, with Connally echoing opposition to federal repeal efforts.
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Washington
Congressional
Senate Elections Committee
Senate
Lucas
Tydings
D-Mdn
Connally
D-Tex
Gas Cut Coming in Six Months Warns Editor
Warren C. Pratt editor of the National Petroleum News predicted an oil shortage and a further gasoline ration decrease within six months saying industry supplies remain tight and demand is high.
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Cleveland
Warren C. Pratt
National Petroleum News
Raiders Exact Big Toll of Jap Shipping
The Associated Press reports Allied naval forces damaged and sunk multiple Japanese vessels. American submarines claim 12 more ships sunk including a tanker and nine freighters, raising total torpedoed to 558 since Pearl Harbor with 408 confirmed sunk. Submarine activity spans Pacific and possible coastal waters, while a British submarine sank a light cruiser and three merchant ships.
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Associated Press
Navy Department
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Bismarck Sea
China Sea
Hopkins Testimony and Campaign Letter Forgery Claim
Hopkins testifies before the grand jury regarding authorship of a contested letter tied to a political drama. He again claims the signature is a forgery and hints at the forger. Separate items report Camp Shanks audit evidence and defeat of a postwar tax reserve amendment tied to the war-financed bill.
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Harry Visor
Grand Jury
Hopkins
Wendell Willkie
Ralph O. Burton
House Military Committee
Camp Shanks
Orangeburg
N. Y
Senate
Truman
D-Mo
Hatch
D-N.m
Finance Committee
George
D-Ga
Taft
R-Ohio
Danaher
Rconn
Idaho Naval Projects Approved In Three Sites
Washington bulletin reports Senator Clark D Ida announces navy department approval of three Idaho projects. Diesel generators at Arco proving ground cost 40000 dollars. Generators and accessories at Pocatello ordnance plant cost 131500 dollars. Night floatout training building of seven units at Farragut training station cost 63000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Clark
Idaho
Navy Department
Naval Proving Ground
Arco
Naval Ordnance Plant
Pocatello
Naval Training Station
Farragut
Idahoan Succumbs in Utah Home of Daughter
Greenwood Nelson 67 of Montpelier Idaho died here yesterday at the home of his daughter in Coalville Utah. He was a native of Idaho and had resided in Montpelier. Funeral arrangements were to be announced by the local undertaker.
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Coalville
Utah
Greenwood Nelson
Montpelier
Idaho
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Arielli River
OPA
Utahn
Seabees
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