Allies Admit Rome Beachhead In Peril
Allied commands report heavy German assaults on the Anzio beachhead near Rome with renewed pressure from German divisions. Reinforcements including the 715th motorized infantry division from southern France bore down as Americans and British troops held the shelled sector despite persistent, intensified attacks.
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Rome
Italy
Anzio
Grouth
Daniel de Luce
Associated Press
715Th
France
Cisterna
Deptn
Allies close to Rome face shaky initiative near Anzio
A British officer reports Allied forces in the Anzio beachhead have not gained as expected and face renewed German counterattacks. He notes pessimistic hopes of being driven to the sea are unwarranted while American artillery helped repulse a dawn thrust about nine miles northeast of Anzio as fatigue grows among frontline troops. Continued heavy reinforcements fill the 14 mile beachhead area.
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Washington
Allied High Command
Rome
Anzio
de Luce
Beachhead
Nazis Reinforcements Reported in Eastern Bosnia
German forces were said to rush reinforcements into eastern Bosnia as fighting persisted. Tito announced guerrillas disrupted the Sarajevo Visegrad rail line, destroying an enemy troop train and cutting the line west from Sarajevo to Mostar. Several clashes occurred in Croatia near Perusac, with 150 Germans reported killed.
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London
Bosnia
Josip
Tito
Sarajevo-Visegrad
Sarajevo
Mostar
Croatia
Perusac
Gospic
President Roosevelt Praises Scouts on Anniversary
President Roosevelt told the Boy Scouts of America on the eve of their 34th anniversary that if nations embraced the basic philosophy they would avoid war. Dr Elbert K Fretwell, chief scout executive, released the message in New York.
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New York
Roose
Boy Scouts of America
Elbert K. Fretwell
A S
Roosevelt
Fewer Ships Built Amid Complex Vessels Rise January Output Decline
The Maritime Commission reported a drop in ships delivered in January as more complex specialized vessels increased per-ship effort. A total of 124 ships were completed, eight fewer than December.
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Washington
United States
Maritime Commission
Cigarette Gift Grows Into Four Thousand Dollar Sum
Niagara Falls workers at Bell Aircraft Corp donate from pennies to a $100 bill for a Smokes-for-Saldimre drive. The effort, begun as a small gesture to see what would happen, raises contributions totaling over $4,000 as a P-39 Airacobra fuselage is assembled.
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Niagara Falls
Bell Aircraft Corp
Akeleton
Finns Flee Helsinki After Major Soviet Bombing
Thousands of Finns fled Helsinki as Soviet bombers struck central areas including shipyards docks and a rail hub. Moscow radio called it a large mass raid with dozens of fires and heavy explosions.
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London
Helsinki
Finland
Russia
Soviet Union
Poland
Moscow Radio
Stockholm
Moscow
Green Urges Unions to Support War Effort
William Green, president of the AFL, asked the International Boilermakers Union convention in Kansas City to avoid strikes and stand firm on production for the war. He warned there is no justification for stoppages while American soldiers fight and victory hangs in the balance.
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Kansas City
William Green
American Federation of Labor
International Boilermakers Union Convention
Red Army Attacks Nikopol and Cherkasy Pocket
Moscow says the Red Army crashed into Nikopol on the lower Dnieper and shattered German garrisons in the Cherkasy pocket 200 miles away. Dispatches claim five German divisions cannot escape as Russians shell airfields and press the anti evacuee effort, with driving armored units at Nikopol’s outskirts.
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London
Nikopol
Dnieper
Cherkasy
Moscow
Associated Press
Red Army
Krasno-Grigorievka
Nove-Pavlovka
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Allied Flyers Strike Twice At Rabaul
Allied fighters and bombers launched two major strikes on Lakunai air drome at Rabaul New Britain. Torpedo and dive bombers hit gun positions while Liberator bombers dropped 39 tons on runways and dispersal areas. Over 150 Allied planes from Solomon Islands bases attacked. about two dozen Japanese planes attempted interception with seven shot down and four possibly destroyed. Allies lost four aircraft.
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Southwest Pacific
Lakunai
Rabaul
New Britain
Douglas MacArthur
Solomon Islands
South Pacific
Suisui Maru Founders Near Kagoshima with 500 Missing
The Japanese passenger steamer Suisui Maru foundered Sunday near Kagoshima. About 700 aboard were casualties, with 500 missing. Discrepancies arise from the German agency DNB report via the U S Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service. Cause of sinking unclear, possible mine strike or torpedo.
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New York
Kagoshima
DNB
U. S
Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service
Kyushu
OWI reshuffles as three New York officials resign
After a month long internal quarrel in the Office of War Information a statement in Davis name announced the resignation of three top New York officials of the overseas division led by Robert E Sherwood The resignations end his push for a purge to improve coordination of psychological warfare and Sherwood will remain director of the overseas branch before a London trip to plan intensified warfare efforts Edward W Barrett Newsweeks former associate editor was named executive director of the overseas division under Sherwood with offices in Washington.
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Office of War Information
OWI
New York
Robert E. Sherwood
Emer Davis
Sherwood
London
Davis
United States
James P. Warburg
Joseph Barnes
Atlantic
Edd Johnson
Edward W. Barrett
Newsweek Magazine
Congress Sends Tax Bill To President
Congress passed a 2.315 billion tax increase bill sent to President Roosevelt who favored a larger measure. The Senate House conference report cleared on a unanimous voice vote, while the House approved 238 to 101 amid opposition over wartime financing. The bill raises annual government income to about 42.239 billion and augments individual, corporate, excise, and postal taxes effective in 1944.
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Congress
Roosevelt
Senate House
Senate
House
Rep
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R.-Mich
Voorhis
D.-Cal
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Cal
Knutson
R.minn
Wallace Says Roosevelt Likely To Run For Fourth Term
Vice President Henry A. Wallace stated he is confident Roosevelt will run for a fourth term but would not confirm his own candidacy for a second term as vice president. He spoke after a busy schedule of speeches in the San Francisco area and avoided speculation on his own future.
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San Francisco
Henry A. Wallace
Roosevelt
Wallace
Fats Waller Cuts Off Widow in Will
Probate records reveal that jazz pianist Fats Waller left Edith Waller a minimal legal bequest and named Anita Rutherford as the primary heir. The will dated October 23 1943 was filed after Waller died of a heart ailment on a Kansas City railroad train, with estate value listed as more than $20 000. Edith Waller resided in the Bronx while Anita Rutherford Waller was also known as Anita Rutherford and lived in Jamaica Queens.
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New York
Thomas ‘Fats’ Waller
Edith
Kansas City
Anita Rutherford
Anita Rutherford Waller
Waller
Jamaica
Queens
Bronx
Canadian Wheat Purchase Rebuked by Senator Reed
Senator Reed of Kansas rebuked the War Food Administration for buying Canadian wheat. He called the WFA the slipperiest bunch he has dealt with and accused them of blundering into the deal. He cited 175000 bushels bought from Canada and the use of government railroad equipment to move the grain while U S elevators are full.
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Washington
Reed
Kan
WFA
Marvin Jones
Canada
American Warships Pound Kwajalein In Major Pacific Victory
U S Pacific Fleet reports heavy Japanese losses at Kwajalein while American deaths run about 286. Total casualties include 1 148 wounded and 82 missing on U S and allied forces. Seventh Army bore the heaviest toll with 157 dead and 712 wounded.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
United States
Kwajalein Atoll
Marshall Islands
Chester W. Nimitz
At. S&s Marine
Army
U. S
Nimitz
Tarawa
Seventh Army
Kwajalein Island
Atoll
Noi
Arabian King May Approve Pipeline Deal
Cairo reports indicate Ibn Saud will likely approve a far reaching pipeline from the Persian Gulf to the eastern Mediterranean. Saudi officials say consent hinges on goods for development and the plan could raise Saudi oil output to world leading levels. Secretary Ickes notes a 1250 mile pipeline under a deal with Arabian American Oil Company and Gulf Exploration Company costing 130,000,000 to 165,000,000 dollars. Senator Moore calls the plan a treaty needing Congressional approval.
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Ibn Saud
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Persian Gulf
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United States
Ickes
Petroleum Reserves Corporation
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Arabian-American Oil Company
Gulf Exploration Company
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Moore
R.okla
Congress
Japs Well Treated Says Camp Authority
Fort Bliss officials say two hundred Japanese internees housed at Fort Bliss for six months in 194? received equal food and shelter as American soldiers. They deny a Japanese broadcast alleging the internees faced harsh weather and dilapidated tents, noting that complaints about pampering were numerous.
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el Paso
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Fort Bliss
United States
Weater
India Not Ready For Jap Offensive
Lieutenant General Sir Wilfrid Lindsell told New Delhi India must be a first class base before any all out offensive on Japan. Admiral Mountbatten’s Southeast Asia command administrative officer said India is not yet geared to the war effort and lacks needed facilities, especially port development, for the vast forces to be released after Germany’s defeat.
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New Delhi
India
Japan
Wilfred Lindsell
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Germany
Linasell
German Governor Frank Summoned to Hitler HQ Report
Tass reports London dispatch stating Dr Hans Frank, Poland governor general, was summoned to Hitler's headquarters to report on the political situation per Stockholm sources.
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London
Tass
Stockholm
Hans Frank
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Poland
Hitler
Naval air and ship bombard Paramushiro in Kurile raids
A U S Navy force shells Kurabu point on Paramushiro Island in the Kurile chain. The operation lasts about twenty minutes causing fires and explosions ashore and damaging a small merchant ship. Japanese aircraft reply but all planes return safely. Commanded by Rear Admiral W D Baker with carrier air wing four under Commodore Leslie Gehres. Comdr. Harry Smith reports.
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Norman Bell
Associated Press
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North Pacific
Paramushiro Island
Kurabu Point
Alu Auung
Paramushiro
Kurile Islands
Japan
Tokyo
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Attu
Aleutians
Wilder D. Baker
Leslie HE
Gehres
Fleet Air Wing Four
Tokyo Short Line
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Willkie Urges GOP to Avoid Negation in 1944 Campaign
Wendell L. Willkie urged the Republican Party at a Utah dinner to resist a process of negation in its 1944 campaign. He said he would accept another bid for the presidency but不会 enter popularity contests. He warned that defeat by negation would do nothing and victory by negation would cause the party to fall apart after taking power.
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Salt Lake City
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
Utah
America
Pope Protests Forced Entry Into Basilica
Vatican radio reports Fascist Italian police violated extraterritorial rights by forcing entry into St Paul’s Basilica in Rome. The Vatican lodged a formal protest, citing treaties and 13 extraterritorial buildings. A Basel paper claimed police arrests, and a German plane event near Vatican City caused casualties.
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Vatican
Vatican Radio
St. Paul's Basilica
Rome
Vatican City
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Pietro Caruso
Basler Nachrichten
Basel
Switzerland
St. Paul's
Goeteborg
Sweden
Button Up Soldier Warns in New York Area
Brig Gen Ralph K Robertson, commanding District No 1 of the Second Service Command, ordered enlisted men and officers in metropolitan New York and northern New Jersey to present a soldierly appearance and salute properly. He cited lax dress and unbuttoned coats and caps worn on the back of heads as unacceptable.
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New York
UPI
Anr
New Jersey
Ralph K. Robertson
Second Service Command
Robertson
Famine Warning for Pork and Beef in Sixty to Ninety Days
P O Wilson of the National Live Stock Producers Association warned of a civilian famine in pork and beef within sixty to ninety days due to government policies. The Agriculture Department projected civilian meat supplies for 1944 would be about the same as 1943, with per capita availability around 123 pounds.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
P. O. Wilson
National Live Stock Producers' Association
Wilson
Department
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Battle of Marshalls Continues
U S Pacific forces push toward Japan from the Marshall Islands as Paramushiro offensive nears. Rear Adm Wilder B Baker leads a night strike within five miles of Paramushiro shore blasting coastal targets, while Kwajalein atoll atoll construction accelerates for future operations. Nimitz states Kwajalein occupation is nearly complete with many islets seized and lagoon entrances opened.
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Paramushiro
Kurile Islands
Washington
United States
Adm
Wilder B. Baker
Central Pacifico Marshalls
Kwajalein
Rio
Namur Islands
Chester W. Nimitz
Mid-Pacific
Mechanics Union Calls Off Strike In War Plants
The Mechanics Educational Society of America temporarily ends a four day strike affecting about 44 war plants in Michigan and Ohio. The national committee delays further action pending U S government response on recognizing non AFL affiliated unions.
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Mechanics Union
Cleveland
National Administrative Committee
The
Mechanics Educational Society ofAmerica
Michigan
Onio
Uns
Washington
AFL
House approves bill to curb penalty mail use
The House unanimously passed a bill to strictly regulate postage-free penalty mail by executive agencies. The measure, drafted by Rep. Burch and backed by a Byrd-led economy panel, implements warnings against private use and aims to curb postage evasion.
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Washington
House
Senate
Burch
Ds Va
House Post Office Committee
Joint Economy Committee
Byrd
D.va
Red Tape Enmeshes Soldier Vote Bill
In a last ditch move to beat a federal war ballot, Senate opponents forced the House approved states rights bill to the floor, entangling the Senate in parliamentary red tape and delaying further service voting legislation until today.
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Washington
Senate
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