German Dive Bomber Attacks Beachhead Hospital at Anzio
At Anzio Italy a German dive bomber struck the evacuation hospital near Nettuno, killing 27 and wounding 68. Nurses and doctors were among the dead and the armor tents were ripped by bombs and shrapnel. The attack disrupted care for the beachhead casualties as memorial services were held.
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Daniel DE Luce
Fifth Army
Anzio
Hubert L. Binkley
Denver
Spitfire
Nettuno
Col. Binkley
Corp
Jex ¥ Young
Army Author Learns How to Oust Japs
Capt. Roy L. Atteberry, author of several language guides for the Seventh Army, uses Marshallese and Japanese phrases to coax Marshall Island natives from a cave on Kwajalein. He reports single fighter emerged after communication and asks if more are inside before continuing the operation.
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Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
Roy L. Atteberry
Fox Hole
Attu
Seventh Army
Atoll
Atteberry
Mar
Kwajalern
Nimitz Calls for Forces Into China Bases
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, returning from Kwajalein, stated the aim to move ground and air forces into China as early as possible. He argued Japan cannot be defeated from the sea alone and that bases in China are essential to cut off Manchuria and China supplies for sustained air raids.
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U. & Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Chester W. Nimitz
Kwajalein Atoll
Pacific
China
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Japan
Manchuria
Saltonstall Chooses Weeks for Senate Seat Bid
Gov Leverett Saltonstall named Sinclair Weeks, RNC treasurer and Newton resident, to the U S Senate seat from Massachusetts and then announced his own candidacy for the fall election. Weeks will fill the vacancy caused by Henry Cabot Lodge Jr resigning to go on active duty. Weeks will not seek the unexpired Lodge term.
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Boston
Leverett Saltonstall
Sinclair Weeks
Republican National Committee
U. S. Senate
Massachusetts
Weeks
Newton
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
U. S. Army
Lodge
OPA Deluged With Clothing Complaints
Chicago reports that OPA’s official housewife Mrs. Philip L Crowlie says American housewives shifted complaints from food rationing to clothing in recent months as shortages persist.
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Chicago
Philip L. Crowlie
OPA
London Britain and Free French sign wartime finance aid pacts
Britain and the French Committee of National Liberation announced two agreements on finance and mutual military assistance. One fixed exchange at 200 francs per pound or 50 per dollar, the other pledged mutual aid as available for joint war effort. Sir John Anderson disclosed the details in parliament.
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London
Britain
French Committee of National Liberation
John Anderson
Commons
Why Are Allies Stymied in Italy
War analyst Kerke L. Simpson surveys Allied failures after the Rome landing. He cites weather hampering air activity and reinforcements, uncertain currents off Sicily, and the general amphibious nature of the operation. He notes the need for a Churchill or Roosevelt public explanation.
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Kirke L. Simpson
Associated Press
Rome
Atlantic
Churchill
Roosevelt
Italy
Nettuna
Sichy
Roosevelt Proclaims Repeal of Chinese Exclusion Act
President Roosevelt signed a proclamation putting into effect the repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act and fixing a yearly Chinese immigration quota of 105 persons. The notice notes changes in policy at the close of the workday.
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Washington U
Roosevelt
President Roosevelt dodges fourth term question at press conference
President Roosevelt avoids confirming a fourth term during a press conference. He dismisses speculation as old news and notes no current news on the topic. A Buffalo Evening News correspondent questions a claim elections could be delayed, prompting humorous exchanges with Maine newspaper representative Elisabeth May Craig.
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Washington
Roosevelt
James L. Wright
Buffalo Evening News
Wright
Senator Kilpatrick estimates 50 billion ballots to vote from military
Senator Kil gore D West Virginia argues states rights would fail to provide ballots to servicemen. He cites military mobility and the need for uniform ballots per unit, estimating fifty billion ballots globally. He analyzes his state’s 350 districts and Illinois 12 000 tickets to illustrate complexity.
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Washington
Kilgore
D-W.va
Illinois
Russians Take Nikopol in Push to Clear Dnieper Bridgehead
Moscow reports Soviet forces seized Nikopol the key manganese ore center after a four day battle. Russian troops stormed streets house by house, disrupted German flank and rear positions, routing seven divisions and taking 15 000 dead and 2 000 prisoners. The bridgehead area measures 75 by 21 miles on the south bank of the Dnieper.
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London
Nikopol
Dnieper
Moscow
Ukraine
Fourth Ukrainian Front
Feodor I Tolbuxhin
Hitler
Kwajalein Invasion Declared Finished By Nimitz
U S Pacific Fleet announces that organized resistance on Kwajalein has ceased and its capture completed. Ground action may linger in western atoll areas while Fourth Division Marines mop up pockets. The win shortens Pacific communications, boosts U S control to over eighty Marshalls islands.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
Ebadon Island
Fourth Division
Roi-Namur
Central Pacific
Tarawa
Gilberts
Nimitz
Marshalls
South Pacific
Southwest Pacific
Pacific
Holland M. Smith
Tokyo
United States
Rio
Roi
Namur
Protestants to Wage War on Anti-Semitism
A Protestant commission pledged a nationwide campaign to eliminate anti Semitic utterances from textbooks used in religious institutions parochial and Sunday schools yesterday.
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New York
Knife on Roosevelt desk shocks reporters at news conference
President Roosevelt displayed a vicious looking knife described as a perfectly balanced commando knife. He told reporters after the briefing that it is a throwable weapon and urged caution during the session.
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Washington
UPI
Roosevelt
Paramushiro Raid Reshapes Japanese War Strategy
The Paramushiro raid pins Japan’s fleet closer to home waters and curtails risky moves toward the south. Naval experts say the action, while not decisive, signals a new threat to Tokyo and increases U S naval freedom in the Central and Southwest Pacific while reducing chances of trapping the enemy fleet far from Japan.
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Washington
Japan
Marshall Islands
Central Pacific
Tokyo
United States
Central
Southwest Pacific
Reds Hold Anzio Beachhead as German Pressure Mounts
Allied and German forces clashed around the Anzio beachhead with tank supported infantry attacks and renewed pressure along the line south of Rome. Despite several penetrations, Allied counterattacks and air dominance limited gains. Dozens of farmhouses used as posts changed hands. casualties remained light for the Americans as resistance continued.
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Algiers
Fifth Army
Rome
Anzio
Rome Tose
Cassino
United States warns Finland bears sole war burden
Secretary Hull says Finland must shoulder responsibility for fighting with Nazi Germany. Moscow radio urges a Finnish surrender and predicts Red Army will reach Helsinki as air raids intensify. UPI reports Moscow claims Finnish invaders will be swept from Soviet soil with airfield activity near Helsinki.
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Washington
United States
Finland
Hull
Moscow
Helsinki
Moscow Radio
Izvestia
Germany
Radio Moscow
Finnh
Red Army
United Press
Estonia
Girl 3 Vanishes as Earth Opens at Pittston Mine Squeeze
Three year old Jule Ann Fulmer disappears when a coal mine subsidence opens a large hole beneath her on a Pittston sidewalk. Miners reach twenty feet but are halted by a renewed earth squeeze. Rescue teams, police, firemen, Red Cross, and miners search with ropes and cribbing, hoping for an air pocket or recovery. The girl's father serves in the Navy at Norfolk. The tragedy unfolds amid frantic witness accounts by her aunt Mrs. Marie Mitchell.
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Pittston
UPM
Jule Ann Fulmer
Jule Ann
Marie Mitchell
Red Cross
Ann
June Ann
George Fulmer
Norfolk, Va
Mia, Fulmer
Pittstown
John J. Reilly
Miners Seek Entrance to Abandoned Shaft After Cavern
An engineer called a conference of mine officials and urged opening an abandoned air shaft for a survey of coal workings beneath the city. Subsidences have plagued the city for years causing property damage. The cavern formed near the city center drawing about 2500 spectators as police cordoned the area.
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Mmine
WLB Moves to Punish Mechanics Strike Threats
The War Labor Board announced it will pursue criminal penalties and civil sanctions under the War Labor Disputes Act if the Mechanics Educational Society of America resumes strikes. The action follows a public hearing where MESA leader Matthew Smith threatened renewed walkouts. The board stated MESA has defied the U S Government.
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Washington GP
War Labor Board
Roosevelt
Mechanics Educational Society of America
MESA
Matthew Smith
Smith
United States
Green-Lucas Bill Passed by Senate Despite House Favors States Voting
The Senate narrowly attached the Green-Lucas bill to a states’ rights voting measure and approved the amended form 46 to 40, then passed the modified bill 47 to 38 as a back-stopping action. House opposition remains likely with a conference committee planned.
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Washington
Senate
House
Senate House
Patricia Goodbody and Mrs Williams in Drake Hotel murder dispute
Chicago police official Joan Quinn testified that Patricia Goodbody and Mrs Frank Starr Williams were alone in the Drake Hotel suite when a dispute over a gun ended with Mrs Williams shot dead. Goodbody rejected the officer’s theory calling it absurd while she said she told everything. The widower and others doubted the coroners inquest conclusion as “too fantastic.”
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Chicago
Joan Quinn
Fourth War Loan Enters Last Lap Drives to $11.46 Billion
Two week end sales of 329000000 in the 14000000000 Fourth War Loan drive push total cash subscriptions to 11458000000 or about 82 percent of the goal. Individual purchases rose to 2906000000 and corporate buying to 8562000000.
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Washington
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