Truk Attack Marks First US Assault In Pacific War
United States forces launched the first attack on Truk in the Central Pacific. Admiral Nimitz announced the operation had commenced with radio silence on details. Recon planes previously scouted the atoll, and carriers likely approached within 200 miles to launch air strikes as surface ships pondered a bombardment.
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Counsel for Joan Berry Resigns from Paternity Suit
Los Angeles sources report Joan Berry's counsel withdrew from her paternity suit against Charles Chaplin. A judge refused to dismiss the case based on a stipulation tied to blood test results, and the attorney acting as guardian said dismissal required notice. The mother and guardian ad litem indicated they accepted the resignation and gave no immediate plan for new representation or next steps.
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Charles Chaplin
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Gertrude Berry
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Wallace Predicts War Delay If Roosevelt Seeks Fourth Term
Vice President Wallace told reporters that the war effort would be retarded if Roosevelt is not reelected for a fourth term. He predicted Roosevelt would win again and said his own renomination is “in the lap of the Gods.” He argued a new president would need time to acquaint with the presidency and its problems.
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UPI
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New Yorker Named to State Banking Board
Governor Dewey appointed yesterday Robert L. Garner of New York City as a member of the New York State Banking Board. Garner is vice president of General Foods Corporation and former vice president of the Guarantee Trust Company of New York, succeeding Harold L. Reed whose term expires March 1.
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New York State Banking Board
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Harold L. Reed
Cornell University
Truk Raid Seen as Potential Pearl Harbor Moment
Washington reports Vice Admiral John S. McCain warns the Truk strike may prove as pivotal as Pearl Harbor. He cites radio silence and says details will follow after the battle concludes, noting Truk as Japan's strongest South Pacific base and the attack began at dawn Wednesday.
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Veto Awaits Anti Subsidy Measure
Congress sent the anti subsidy bill to the White House after a 249 to 118 House vote, above two thirds, while the Senate approved 63 to 28 but not the needed override margin. President Roosevelt warned the measure would harm wartime price stabilization and risk inflation. Representative Patman denounced Congress as inflationary during the final House action.
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Veto Of Tax Bill Believed Assured
President Roosevelt plans to veto the $2 315 billion tax bill citing loopholes and failure to meet Treasury revenue needs. A veto would also derail the Social Security payroll tax freeze and push fiscal policy toward no new revenue measures this year. House committee studies tax simplifications but expects little revenue from changes.
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Navy planes crash in Capital Area with undetermined losses
Six Navy planes crashed in a series of accidents across the Capital Area yesterday. Three of six in a squadron went down near Montross Virginia, a fourth near Quantico, while the other two landed safely. Separate crashes occurred at Elkins West Virginia and Milington Maryland with unknown casualty figures and some crew bailing out. Causes not given.
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Milington
Jap Rescue Convoy Disaster Near Mussau Island
Allied forces sank or damaged six Japanese ships in an air attack off Mussau Island northwest of New Ireland. The convoy included a tanker, a 6 0 ton transport, three 1660 ton cargo ships and an escort destroyer, all hit by striking air strikes. General MacArthur announced the engagement as ongoing.
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Bismarck Archipelago
Mussau Island
New Ireland
Douglas Macarthur
Allied Planes Fire On Anzio Beachhead Assault
Allied aerial armada from Naples hammered German troops and defenses around the Anzio beachhead. Flying Fortresses Liberators and other bombers dropped thousands of fragmentation bombs on troops armor supply lines and road junctions to aid American and British forces against Kes selring's counterattack. The operation involved far more heavy bombers than the Salerno raid, and German fighters offered little opposition.
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Mediterranean
Anzio
Albert Kesselring
U.S
Salerno
Ninth Air Force to spearhead invasion thrust
The Allied command formed the Ninth Air Force as the aerial spearhead for the European invasion. Air Chief Marshal Leigh Mallory heads the Allied Expeditionary Air Force with Maj. Gen William Q. Butler named deputy commander, linking U S and British air power for the upcoming battle against Germany.
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William QC. Butler
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Aleutians
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Protests Rise Over Shaw Will Bequest To Ireland
Irish leaders and others blast Mrs. Shaw's will which leaves 400000 dollars to teach the Irish self control elocution deportment and social arts. Critics blame English influence and G B Shaw while others deride the notion that the Irish are inarticulate.
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George Bernard Shaw
James McGurrin
American-Irish Historical Society
G. B.S
T. A. Daly
Philadelphia
Farm Draft Deferments Reviewed in 1944 Intake
Washington reports that draft age farmers not contributing to 1944 crop production will be drafted. Local boards must reopen about 1.7 million deferment cases in two farm classifications. Draft Director Hershey linked the move to low January inductions of about 200,000, while Stimson cited the Army nearing its planned maximum of 7,700,600 men.
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Eisenhower Named Outstanding World Warrior of 1943
General Dwight D. Eisenhower is chosen as the outstanding world warrior of 1943 by the Indian Confederation of America led by Chief Paul Horn. He will receive honorary chieftainship and a war bonnet at tonight’s powwow ceremony. Maj. Gen. Homer Groninger to accept for Eisenhower.
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UPI
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Indian Confederation of America
Paul Horn
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Homer Groninger
Douglas MacArthur
Joseph Stain
Army Grants Furlough To Hiccup Specialist
New York 21 year old Anna Mayer reported Captain Lester Samuels of the Army Medical Corps will receive a War Department leave of absence. Mayer had sought presidential intervention after an earlier denial. Roosevelt referred the matter to the surgeon general who granted the leave once the doctor reaches his new post.
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Lester Samuels
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Soviet Litigate Massive Axis Losses Near Korsun
Stalin announced Russian forces trapped and annihilated ten German divisions and one brigade near Korsun after a two week battle. 52,000 Germans died and 11,000 surrendered. 2,000 German officers reportedly fled by air. 20 salvos were ordered to mark the victory.
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Joseph Stalin
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Stalingrad
Negro Hero Cited for Saving Shipmates in Atlantic Rescue
Charles W. David Jr. a 26 year old mess attendant from New York City, described as a giant with tremendous strength, repeatedly entered freezing dark waters to haul survivors aboard after a torpedoed transport in the North Atlantic. He saved his executive officer Lieutenant Laneford Anderson of Wellesley, then died of pneumonia from exposure.
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Wellesley
Anderson
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Nazis Plan To Evacuate Finland Front Says Dagens Nyheter
Stockholm reports German moves to receive forces in Finnmark and fortify northern Norway with an Arctic sea wall along the Pasvik River. Helsinki air raid alarm passes without incidents as Ny Dag hints Finland could seek armistice terms with Allied settlement after the war.
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Dagens Nyheter
Pasvik
Helsinki
Swedish Communist Party
Ny Dag
Soldier Vote Bill Still Unsettled
Senate and House conferees left without a compromise on service vote legislation after two preliminary meetings. Chairman Green of the Senate said he was optimistic by nature, but conferees reported no improvement in the administration's prospects for saving its federal ballot proposal.
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Heroic Marine Dies After Saving Comrades at Namur Island
Martine pye Stephen P. Hopkins, son of Haris Hippkns presidential adviser, died a hero on Namur Island amid the Marshall Islands battle. The 18 year old Private First Class Hopkins carried ammunition under heavy fire, aided by comrades, and fell mortally wounded while digging a foxhole near the Jap lines.
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Stephen P. Hopkins
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Tueite
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No Survivors Land in Britain
London reports that none of the survivors from the American troopship sunk in European waters were landed in Britain. The Army had announced about 1,000 soldiers lost, with transport likely bound for the Mediterranean or possibly Iceland or a return to the Western Hemisphere.
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London
Britain
Mediterranean
Iceland
Celler Accuses Dewey of Power Bid in New York Politics
In a New York House debate, statements allege Governor Dewey seeks to appoint Supreme Court justices and expand executive control. The exchange centers on Dewey's request for legislative power and the political maneuvering within the state.
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Woman Dies After Leap From Train Near Canastota
Mrs Gloria Mintz 37 wife of Trem Mintz of New York leaped from a speeding east bound New York Central train near Chittenango Station Tuesday afternoon. She died yesterday at Canastota Memorial Hospital after being moved there. Authorities said they know of no reason for her act.
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Trem Mintz
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