Stalin Says No Retreat as Red Army Advances in Ukraine
A Moscow announced new Soviet offensives threaten five Axis divisions at Nikopol and grind remnants of 100,000 German troops in the Smela pocket. Stalin declares coordinated blows within a week could pave the way for liberation of southern Russia amid World War II battles.
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London
Moscow
Nikopol
Dnieper
Smela
Stalingrad
Russia
Marshal Stalin
German General Seeks Surrender as Soviet Offensive Rages
A Bern dispatch reports General Woehler seeking Hitler's permission to surrender to the Russians, which was refused. Soviet forces break German lines from Nikopol to Krivoi Rog, 37 miles, on a 100 mile front, with heavy gains. Moscow claims seven German divisions were routed, thousands of trucks, guns, and tanks abandoned, Apostolove seized, and German rail escape cut.
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Stockholm
Woehler
Ukraine
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Bern
AlJehan de
Vnikopol
Krivoi Rog
Moscow
Nikopol
Soviets Charge Bulgaria With Aiding German War Effort
Moscow Radio quoted a Istanbul dispatch saying Bulgaria’s ruling clique has exposed its territory to Hitlerites. It accused Burgas Varna Ruse and other ports of serving German naval bases and alleged railroads fleet and airfields aid the Soviet front. Bulgaria was said to have sent more divisions to fight with Germany against Yugoslavia.
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London
Moscow
Russia
Bulgaria
Istanbul
Soviet Union
Burgas
Varna
Ruschuk
Ruse
Black Sea
Marshal Tito
Yugoslav Liberation Army
Volunteers Supply A Billion Dressings
Volunteers have produced one billion surgical dressings for Army depots worldwide in two years. Smaller supplies go to the Navy, Civilian War Relief has received 48 million dressings abroad since 1929, and civilian hospitals gain from volunteer efforts. Production has risen as the European invasion nears.
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Washington
Army
Headquarters
Navy
Europe
Youth Center Plan for Manhattan Outlined by Mayor La Guardia
Mayor Fiorello La Guardia announced a new children shelter plan for Manhattan and the formation of the Youth Center Administrative Committee to replace the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children in Manhattan.
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New York
F. H. Laguardia
Manhattan
Youth Center
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Children
Russians Propose New Polish Ties as Moscow Plans Expand
Moscow outlined a plan to establish a separate Ukrainian Soviet foreign office and foster a new democratic Poland after liberation from fascist rule. It warned the emigre Polish government in London may be ignored while signaling possible Kremlin backed regimes in eastern Poland as Red Army advances. Moscow also denied an imminent peace with Finland despite reports of bombing Helsinki and urged Finland to quit the war.
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London
Russia
Ukraine
Poland
Moscow Radio
Soviet Monitor
Moscow
Tasy
Bogomolets
Supreme Soviet
Helsinki
Finland
Leningrad
Hitler
Bulgaria
Axis
Kremlin
Bomb Raid Hits Helsinki in Major Night Assault
Russian air formations attacked Helsinki by moonlight, with over 100 bombers and a three hour alert. The first raid caused heavy fires and widespread damage including the central railway station, national bank, technical university, and diplomatic quarter. Casualties were reported as at least 15 dead and 30 wounded, with shattered windows across the city and ongoing hardships amid winter conditions.
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Stockholm
Helsinki
Finland
Leningrad
Dagens Nyheter
Finnish National Bank
Technical University
Toeloe
Parliament House
Brunnsparken
Helsingin Sanomat
Dagens Nyheter Sdid
Russia
Woodring Party Seen Scorned By Democrats
Washington UP The anti administration movement within the Democratic party led by Harry Woodring seems unlikely to receive active support from Congress. Democrats critical of administration policies say the American Democratic National Committee formed at Chicago last week will have little impact on the presidential campaign. Senator Maybank called the movement abortive.
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Washington UP
Democratic Party
Harry Woodring
Congress
American Democratic National Committee
Woodring
Chicago
Maybank
Badoglio Moves to Rehire Fascist Militia Officers
Allied authorities blocked a Badoglio plan to enlist former Fascist militia officers into the carabinieri guarding ports roads and bridges behind military zones. Local carabinieri were told to ignore the order until objections could be raised. Allies considered naming an Italian commission to purge civil service and semi public posts of former Fascists.
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Naples
Pietro Badoglio
Mussolini
Soldiers Bet on Anything in Army Sand Dig Contest
Private Roy L. Webb from West Liberty Ohio proved the Army can gamble as well as dig. With a medical company just 2000 yards from Bougainville, they planned a large foxhole and bet on a four hour dig. Webb dug it in four hours plus four minutes, winning eighty dollars amid eight hundred in side bets.
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Washington
G. I. Joes
Roy L. Webb
West Liberty
Ohio
Army
Sfth
Bougainville Island
Webb
Representative Gearhart Proposal Would Require Oath by Japanese
Representative Gearhart of California proposed a bill requiring all Japanese in the United States to renounce allegiance to Japan. The measure would punish noncompliance with loss of citizenship and deportation to Japan within sixty days. Gearhart claimed it would reveal over 30,000 disloyal Japanese in the country.
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Washington Llp
Gearhart
R.-Calif
Japan
Naturalization Court
United States
Negro Squadron Downs 13th Plane Over Anzio Beachhead
The 99th Fighter Squadron of the 12th U. S. Air Force, composed of Black pilots, claimed its 13th enemy plane. Second Lieutenant Elwood T. Driver of Trenton, New Jersey, shot down a German Focke-Wulf while the squadron protected Allied troops at Anzio.
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Algiers
12Th
U. S. Air Force
Elwood T. Driver
Trenton
N. J
Anzio
Seabees At Work Yanks Hold Kwajalein Invasion Gains
Adm. Nimitz announced the capture of Gueewe, Bigej, and Eller Islands in the Kwajalein atoll, bringing U S control to 21 of about 32 major points as Seabees build a fast rising air and naval base at Namur Roi. Marines on Namur wiped out snipers in the coffin corner as the Pacific campaign consolidates.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Kwajalein Atoll
Central Pacific
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Gueeewe
Bizei
Eller Islands
Nimitz
Eller Island
Ebler Island
Marshall Islands
Gugegwe
Bigej
Huga Lagoon
United States Fleet
Kwajalein Island
Eller
Navy Seabees
al Dopkin
Associated Press
Namur
Roi
Coffin Corner
Namur Gets Face Lifting After Marshall Islands Battle
Namur Roi Namur in the Marshalls is being rebuilt by Navy Seabees with bulldozers clearing wreckage and dead Japanese. Marines of the Fourth Division finish mopping up near Coffin Corner while dogs are exercised on the beach. Namur served as ammunition center for the campaign with heavy explosions preceding and after landings.
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Namur
Kwajalein Atoll
Marshall Islands
Navy
Roi
Marshalls
Coffin Corner
British protests over Spain threaten broader conflict
Britain laments Spain's neutrality breaches and warns war could follow if General Franco defies Allied protests. A Sunday Observer report claims Italian midget submarines were based in Algeciras in 1940 43 to raid Mediterranean shipping. Observers foresee a Franco decision within two weeks with Spain pressured to curb German agents, release interned ships, and withdraw the Spanish Legion from the Russian front. The Berlin radio notes Allied ships idle near Gibraltar, signaling German observation of Spanish soil.
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London CP
Britain
Spain
Sunday Observer
Francisco
Algeciras
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Franco
Spanish Tangier
Badoglio
Berlin
Allied Bombing Hits Cape Hoskins Supply Base
Allied forces hammered Cape Hoskins on New Britain, bombing the big supply and refueling base for the third straight day. Other heavy units struck Wewak on New Guinea, leaving a 3000-ton enemy vessel afire. MacArthur said Thirteenth Airforce bombers hit Rabau with minor resistance and four interceptors were downed along with two Allied losses.
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Southwest Pacific
Japan
Cape Hoskins
New Britain
Wewak
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Thirteenth Airforce
Rabaul
Bronx of Future May Have Helicopter Fields
Borough President James J. Lyons described a postwar Bronx plan featuring helicopter landing fields an airport a cross country parkway and a system of overhead and underground parking. The plan outlines a $200 000 000 development program for after the war under study in the borough postwar plan.
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New York
James J. Lyons
Bronx
Life goes on in Berlin amidst air war claims
Nearly 200 protestant churches in Berlin advertised regular services yesterday, with Roman Catholic notices likely also appearing. The count may reflect Nazi efforts to show life continues despite the bombing. The Voelkischer Beobachter marked February 4 as the saxophone inventor Adolphe Sax’s death centennial.
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Lisbon
Berlin
Voelkischer Beobachter
Hitler
Adolphe Sax
Nazi General Kutschera Killed and Polish Executions
Stockholm dispatch says the Polish underground SWIT reported Major General Kutschera the Warsaw German commandant and five others were killed February 1 by a street bombing. In reprisal SWIT claims Germans executed 100 hostages and left bodies in the street as a warning with a fine of 100030900 zloty and a 5 p.m. curfew order.
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Stockholm
SWIT
Kutschera
Warsaw
Cuclaw
Voila! Une Vache London Cow Crossings in Paris Plan
A rural scheme, floated by Vichy radio, proposed importing 4,000 cows into Paris to boost milk supply. The concept, presented Saturday, envisions cows crossing a boulevard of the French capital to ease demand.
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London
Paris
Vichy Radio
Daylight Raid Costs U S Eleven Planes
The American Eighth Air Force and British allies conducted a daylight raid on Pas de Calais and northwest France targets, with four heavy bombers and multiple escorts missing among 11 planes lost, while enemy positions and airfields were struck. Marauders attacked northern France, and bombs hit Paris outskirts. Basle alerted for possible continued offensive into week two.
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London
Eighth Airforce
France
Pas de Calais
Hitler
Germany
Vichy
Paris
Basle
Switzerland
Fire Triggers Subway Shutdown Affecting 130 Trains
A fire in oil around a cable near the power station at 58th Street and the Hudson River caused a 35 minute halt to subway service, affecting 130 I R T and B M T trains in Manhattan and the Bronx. Officials estimate about 6570 riders inconvenienced, with no weekday level confusion.
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New York
58Th Street
Hudson River
Senate to Resume Battle Over Vote Bill and Green-Lucas Plan
Senate returns to a tense three week clash over a service voting bill while opponents push a states rights alternative. Administration leaders seek to attach Green-Lucas amendments piece by piece, risking a back and forth with the House and potential deadline alarm.
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Washington
Senate
House
Army Show to Tour Italy and North Africa
The cast of Irving Berlin's "This Is the Army" will tour North Africa and Italy to entertain troops in the field after a London farewell performance announced Saturday night.
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London
Irving Berlin
North Africa
Italy
Launching Ceremonies Upset for Two Navy Minesweepers
In Tampa the launching of the U S S Destiny was halted when a grease slick slowed the ship during a chilly ceremony. Officials christened the second ship U S S Design as a bottle was broken. Sponsor Mrs. Cosby of Scranton watched as the first ship failed to proceed. In nearby Scranton and coal regions, roughly 46,000 miners, about 14 percent of the coal workforce, faced a February Sunday shift as Fuel Administrator Ickes urged Sunday work to ease shortages. Church services lined up at 5 am across coal areas. Miners who worked seven days earned double pay for the seventh day.
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Tampa
Fla
Tampa Shipbuilding Company
Scranton
Ickes
German Attack Mounts In Fury At Rome Bridgehead
Allied Headquarters in Algiers reports powerful German forces including Himmler's SS units pressing the invasion bridgehead below Rome. Fifth Army lines have been adjusted and the Cassino front remains under heavy attack as fighting continues in the Anzio sector and along routes toward Campoleone and Nettuno.
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Algiers
Himmler
Italy
Rome
Fifth Army
Carroceto
Aprilia
Associated Press
Daniel de Luce
Reynolds Packard
Campoleone
Cassino
Nettuno Harbor
Anzio
Rechsfuehrer Schutzstaffel Brigade
Heinrich Himmler
New Atlanta Christened By Authoress At Shipyards
The cruiser Atlanta, successor to the mighty A, was launched on the Delaware River at New York Shipbuilding. Mrs Margaret Mitchell Marsh smashed the champagne bottle, declaring, I christen thee Atlanta. Residents of Atlanta, Ga, bought war bonds totaling 63 million dollars for the ship, keel laid January 5, 1943.
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Camden
N. J
Atlanta
Guadalcanal
Delaware River
New York Shipbuilding Company
E.W.T
Margaret Mitchell Marsh
Navy
Marsh
Georgia City
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