Allied Drive Presses Toward Cassino In Italy
Allied forces broke the Gustav Line and moved into the outskirts of Cassino after heavy resistance from German sacrificial squads and snipers. American patrols reached 300 yards from Cassino as fighting continued. other units moved toward Terelle, seven miles north of Cassino, in a widening offensive.
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Italy
Gustav Line
Cassino
Rome
Associated Press
Hal Boyle
Boyle
Terelle
Cairo
Alunied Idrive
Jap Torture Of Indians Revealed
An official account from the government of India describes Japanese forces torturing eight Sikhs captured near Arakan in Burma. Methods included deprivation of water, forced drinking, beating, and execution by bayonet and heart removal. The report cites brutal acts against prisoners including a hanging and beheading.
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London
Government of
India
Arakan
Burma
Jeven
Little Hope Yet for Girdles and Garters
Washington dispatch says synthetic rubber girdles and garters are pushed back by several months by an Office of the Rubber Director order banning neoprene except for a few civilian items. ORD expects replacement materials. industry sources warn of necessary production readjustments and months of delay.
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Washington
Upi
Rubber Director
ORD
Penicillin to Cure Venereal Diseases
Dr. G J Van Slyke of the U S Public Health Service says penicillin could relegates gonorrhea to a minor role among infections. Charts show cures in 98 percent of cases. Dr Arnold notes possible favorable effect on syphilis. May order a yes.
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New York
G. J. van Slyke
United States Public Health Service
van Slyke
New York Tuberculosis and Health Association
Richard C. Arnold
U. S Public Health Service
Veterans In Pacific To Get Furloughs
An Army officer said veterans with the longest Pacific war stints would soon return home with fresh troops replacing them. A troop rotation policy will start, limited by war needs, beginning with those two years or more in the area. The program will expand as transport and combat demands allow.
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Washington
Pacific War Zone
Congress
Millard F. Harmon
South Pacific
Harmon
Marshall
Black Market Seen If Congress Blocks Subsidies
New York Mayor Fiorello La Guardia warned that blocking food subsidies by Congress would trigger a black market worse than the racketeering era of Prohibition. He spoke at a joint conference of labor groups urging subsidy expansion and stronger OPA price enforcement.
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New York
F. H. LaGuardia
Congress
F. L
Railroad Brotherhood
OPA
LaGuardia
OPA Labor Advisory Committee
Fourth Loan Reaches 44 Percent of Quota in U S War Fund
The Fourth War Loan totals 6.16 billion dollars, 44 percent of the 14 billion goal, with individual purchases adding 199 million and the personal total at 1.941 billion. The drive runs Jan 18 to Feb 15. West Virginia leads with 52.45 million in sales, Minnesota at 60 percent of its quota, and RE bonds at 48.3 percent.
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Washington
West Virginia
Treasury
Minnesota
De Gaulle Troops to Lead Return to France Invasion
French forces who served under De Gaulle at El Alamein and Bir Hacheim will be among the first to land on French soil in the invasion. Commissioner Andre Letroquer announced this during a speech to officers during an inspection in Tunis.
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Algiers
de Gaulle
EL Alamein
Bir Hacheim
France
Andre Letroquer
Tunisie
Bombs Burst On Berlin Again
German radio reports Berlin was attacked again by RAF bombers after night raids across the Channel. The Luftwaffe faced little opposition as American Liberators hit targets along the northern France invasion coast and Pas de Calais.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Germany
R. A
France
Frankfurt
Pas de Calais
George H. Lymburn
South Weymouth
Mass
Red Army Crosses Old Estonian Border Near Narva
Moscow announced waves of Soviet advances across the Narva area with more than forty towns captured as Germans retreated. Berlin reports a new Soviet push along the Dnieper bend and toward Rovno, with a spearhead reaching Venkule near the prewar front. The communique says heavy German losses include 1,200 killed while Russian artillery wrecked trucks, tanks, and batteries. A Leningrad Luga Pskov corridor center yielded thirty big guns, self propelled guns, trucks, tractors, and 15 ammo dumps.
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London
Narva
Moscow
Berlin
Dnieper
Rovno
Old Poland
Venkule
Soviet
Monitor
Leningrad-Luga-Pskov
Montgomery Sees Victory This Year
General Bernard Montgomery told his troops in Southeast England that the war in Europe could be finished this year and urged a great effort. He stressed confidence, saying he never fights an army unless sure of victory and that they will see the war through together.
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England
Bernard I. Montgomery
Europe
Spain Feels Effects of Oil Ban
Madrid reports the impact of the American British oil shipment ban on Spain as newspapers urge neutrality and patriotic acceptance of the driving restriction. Traffic wanes and embassies pull cars from streets while Madrid carries on with limited transit and car usage amid fuel shortages.
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Spain
Madrid
Nazis Send Spanish Legion to East Front
Moscow dispatch to Red Star reports prisoners from the Spanish Blue Legion fighting the Soviet Union revealed they had moved to the front below Leningrad from the rear in December. The 3,000 strong unit has suffered about 1,000 dead or wounded during the retreat in the last six days.
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Moscow
Red Star
Red Army
Spanish Blue Legion
Soviet Union
Leningrad
Taft Offers Voting Plan For Federal Ballot
A Senate proposal from Republicans and Southern Democrats would create a federal ballot for armed forces voters.Led by Senator Taft of Ohio the plan allows states until June 1 1944 to implement absentee ballot provisions or adopt the federal option for soldier citizens without existing absentee laws.
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Washington
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Warren Signs Absentee Vote Bill for California Servicemen
In California Governor Earl Warren signed a bill granting servicemen and women abroad the right to vote by absentee ballot, expanding voting access for deployed personnel.
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California
Sacramento
Earl Warren
Soldier Vote Plan Extends Absentee Balloting Rules
A proposed measure outlines range absentee voting terms allowing in person use without registration and requiring ballots be ready to mail 45 days before elections. Federal ballots would serve military voters where states fail to provide, with state law concessions to states rights advocates and waivers of local registration. Senate sponsors include Taft and Reynolds.
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Taft
Reynolds
Nazis Claim 14 Nuns Killed Near Papal Residence
German controlled Rome radio reported that 14 nuns were killed in an attack on Castel Gandolfo, the Pope's summer residence south of Rome. The broadcast said a nearby convent was struck and the bodies were recovered, with no Allied confirmation.
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London
Rome
Castel Gandolfo
Papal Residence
Partisans Battle Nazis in Dalmatia
Yugoslav partisans announced that they had blunted a two week Nazi Bulgarian drive in Macedonia and were now engaging German forces in Dalmatia. Marshal Tito reported heavy fighting in the Cetina Valley near the Adriatic harbors of Split and Zadar with reinforcements from Greece.
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London
Macedonia
Dalmatia
Greece
Josip Broz
Tito
Cettina
Adriatic
Split
Zara
Test Proves Income Tax Can Be Figured
Internal revenue collector W Dallman reported five deputies in his eighth Illinois district agreed to the penny in separate computations of identical figures in a complicated return. None of the deputies knew it was a test and the tax ascertained was not Dallman’s personal obligation.
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Springfield
Internal Revenue
W. ¥. Dallman
Illinois
Dallman
Soviets Grant Autonomy in Foreign Affairs Across Republics
A Moscow decree grants the USSR’s 16 republics increased autonomy in foreign relations and armed forces. Observers in London and New York view the move as a strategic diplomatic coup to gain bargaining power during reconstruction. Corliss Lamont endorses international democracy in this shift.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Red Army
LA Reuters
London
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Baltic States
United States
Great Britain
New York
Russia
Corliss Lamont
Council On American-Soviet Friendship
Thomas W. Lamont
Native Labor Plans Under Marshall Islands Invasion
United States Military Government officers ashore with Marines in the Marshall Islands invasion establish order for natives. Proclamations by Adm. Chester W. Nimitz applied to property rights and currency exchange. Native labor will be used for safety and food distribution with ration wages reflecting work versus idle hours.
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Joint Expeditionary Force
Kwajalein Atolli
Cal
Marshall Islands
United States
Collegeville
Chester W. Nimitz
Albert C. Metze
Percy A. Finch
Reuters
Metze
Legation
Finch
China
Gilbert Islands
Willkie Urges Tax Boost To Prevent Inflation
Wendell L. Willkie called for a major tax increase to curb inflation and debt. He criticized the current eight billion dollar treasury proposal as too low and urged raising taxes more than double that amount.
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Willkie
New York (P
Wendell L. Willkie
Congress
Senate
House Conference Committee
Treasury
New York Times
Stalingrad Sword Given to Citizens
London reports the Stalingrad sword, a royal gift to the besieged city, handed to a delegation of Stalingrad citizens as broadcast by the Moscow radio yesterday.
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Stalingrad
London
England
Moscow Radio
Thay Soviet Monitos
Let Uncle Sam Figure Your Tax Proposal Faces Opposition
A Congressional plan to simplify taxes would let about 30 million small taxpayers file 1040 A forms with only gross income dependents and status. The Internal Revenue Service would calculate the liability and send notices, with taxpayers paying within ten days after receipt of the bill.
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Washington
Congress
Internal Revenue Bureau
Representative Robertson
D.-Va
House
Ways and Means
Robertson
Kansan Urges Fair Treatment for Jackrabbits in Prices
McPherson dealer L H Gates protested to Gov. Schoeppel that the OPA price ceiling of 30 cents per head misclassifies jackrabbits as ordinary rabbits. Gates said a jackrabbit weighs more than a cotton tail and should have a separate price class. Gov. Schoeppel said he would address the issue as it significantly affects Kansas.
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Topeka
Kas
Office of Price Administration
Kansas
L H. Gates
McPherson
Andrew Schoeppel
OPA
Gates
Elieves
Chicago
Schoeppel
No Fighters No Fun Raid Description Reported
Sergeant George R Kmied of Dobbs Ferry a Liberator gunner offered a six word description of the Pas de Calais raid yesterday No flak no Aghlera Do fun The remark captures terse wartime mood and vivid front line shorthand from the operation.
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London
UPI
George R Kmied
Dobbs Ferry
Pas de Calais
Marines Seize Roi Island In Kwajalein Atoll Offensive
American forces captured Roi Island and its air field in the Kwajalein atoll as part of a new Central Pacific offensive launched Monday. Landings followed on Namur Isle and Kwajalein islet with Marines and infantry supported by ships and air power. A spokesman said prisoners were taken and casualties were modest with no ships lost.
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Roi Island
Roi
Namur Island
Kwajalein Atoll
Marshalls
Pearl Harbor
Marshall Islands
Central Pacific
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
mid-Pacific
Kwajalein
Namur Isle
Namur
Kwajalein Islands
Nimitz
Mandated
Japs Die of Starvation Near New Guinea Coast
Allied forces report Japanese troops around Reiss Point in northeast New Guinea are fleeing into the mountains as Australians push north toward American troops. Allied light naval units and air forces cut Japanese supply lines, leaving the enemy starved and unable to sustain its position.
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Southwest
Pacific
Reiss Point
New Guinea
High Command
Guffey Accuses Butler of Playing Politics Over U S Latin Policy
Senator Guffey charged Senator Butler with political maneuvering in criticizing U S expenditures in Latin America. He urged Butler to apologize for calling waste and boondoggling in nearly six billion dollars of recent direct and committed U S spending in South America.
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Washington DP
Guffey
D.-Pa
Senate
Butler
R. Neb
Latin America
Republcan
United States
South America
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