Midnight curfew ordered for all entertainment venues nationwide
War Mobilization Director James F. Byrnes issued a midnight closing request covering all night clubs theaters road houses and similar venues to conserve coal and electricity. The measure aims to deny staff access to venues violating the curb and to coordinate with the War Manpower Commission and other agencies to enforce compliance.
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Nazis Claim New Midget Subs Hit Ships in Thames
German broadcasts boasted of success by small submarine craft penetrating the Thames Estuary to attack an Allied convoy from Britain to Holland. They claimed sinking a freighter and hinted at further weaponry while mocking Allied setbacks and alluding to retaliation over Dresden.
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Hogan Rites To Be Held Thursday
Funeral services for Frank J. Hogan former mayor of Troy will be held at his home Thursday at 9 30 am with a solemn requiem later at St Patrick Church. Interment will be in St Peters Cemetery. Hogan died yesterday after a long illness that began toward the end of his second term in office.
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Russians Free Yanks Held In Germany
Maj. Gen. J. Russell Deane reported United States officers and men liberated from German camps by the Red Army. An Army medical team was sent to Lublin to assist prisoners assembling there while others are sheltered near Warsaw and in the Polish areas. About 200 to 400 officers, freed at Stalag Oflag 63 near Lublin, are among Americans being cared for by Poles and Russians. Deane noted U.S. Air Force bases in the Soviet Union have evacuated airmen and some aircraft recently.
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Rescued Yank's Data Hastened Leyte Invasion
Admiral Halsey said a rescued American pilot provided critical information that accelerated plans to invade Leyte. The pilot, shot down on September 13 and captured by guerrillas, returned with intelligence prompting combined actions with MacArthur forces to move into Leyte within 24 hours.
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Yanks Win Big Fortress At Manila
American forces push through Manila area as Corregidor is pressured by paratroopers and infantry. MacArthur notes steady Japanese reduction in Intramuros while Tokyo claims Japanese gains northwest of Marikina and attacks Quezon City.
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B 29s Strike Tokyo In Major Allied Air Assault
Washington reports an unprecedented B 29 raid on Tokyo with about 150 aircraft from Titian and Saipan bases. The attack targeted Nakajima Musashina factory and other industrial sites with light fighter opposition and heavy anti aircraft fire. Five enemy fighters were downed, one possibly destroyed, and 11 damaged. three B 29s were lost. Other strikes hit Kuala Lumpur rail and repair facilities. all returning safely.
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Bong Still Tops Army Ace Despite Idle Period
Washington report notes Maj. Richard Bong of Poplar Wisconsin remains the leading U S Army Air Forces ace with forty confirmed kills. He achieved most of these during the Leyte invasion while serving as a gunnery instructor with the Fifth Air Force. Runner up as of February 13 is Maj. Thomas McGuire of San Antonio Texas, also a Fifth Air Force pilot, listed as missing in action and credited with destroying eight enemy planes.
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Nazis Press Soviet Forces on Fronts Near Berlin
Nazi counterattacks claim to push Russians from Guben and retake Sommerfeld Sorau and Sagan on a 35 mile front southeast of Guben. Soviet leaders report advances toward Neuenburg and Guben as Zhukov and Konyev mass forces for a Berlin blow while Berlin braces for a major strike along the Oder.
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De Gaulle Snub To Roosevelt Meeting Reported
Paris dispatches say General de Gaulle refused an invitation to meet President Roosevelt in the Mediterranean area. French officials scramble for a face saving compromise while Foreign Minister Bidault explains the refusal as aligned with de Gaulle’s policies.
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Upstate Man Dies at 111 in Warrensburg
William Moss, a resident of the Warren County Home since 187, died yesterday after a short illness. Moss would have turned 112 on March 21 and had been in excellent health until about a month ago.
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Paris and Scottish troops breach Siegfried Line in major push
Allied forces on multiple fronts report progress into Germany as the U S Third Army expands deep into the Eifel and clears seven towns south of Bitburg. Canadian First Army bears the brunt along a corridor between the Maas and Rhine as Goch action tightens.
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Civilian Pinch Tightens War Time Controls
A wartime decree list shows tightened civilian production curbs, race track closures, and rationing with dates Dec 16 to Jan 10. It notes penalties for violators, draft deferment reviews for athletes, and farm deferment reviews as manpower measures expand under War Production Board guidance.
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Hartford Fire Awards Total 3751.575 to Date
Arbitrators announced death and injury award totals related to Hartford Fire incidents. Final sums reach 3751.575 with 37 death cases resolved and additional hearings scheduled this week. Names tied to estates and the Ringling Brothers incident appear in the partial report.
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Reobomb Kills and Wounds British Factory Workers
British factory in southern England was struck by a German V bomb killing and injuring workers, many of them women. The blast also damaged nearby homes as the blitz misery continued from dawn yesterday until dawn today, per the Air Ministry.
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England
Fair Ministry
U S Guests Leave London Up
Approximately THO children return to England from America after wartime disruption as London relieves the strain of air attacks in 1948.
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England
América
Marines Inch Toward Iwo Jima Landing Tactics
Reports from Guam describe Marine forces landing on Iwo Jima, facing stiff resistance as they push up rocky shores toward the island’s bomber airfield. Commanders warn of high casualties yet deem initial progress satisfactory amid heavy artillery and air bombardment.
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Jap Fleet Won’t Fight, Halsey Says
Admiral Halsey declared the Japanese navy has little left to fight with and what remains is in shape for battle. He said the Nipponese will not accept the Dold challenge and must be engaged by U S naval air strikes to go in and dig them out. He also dismissed negotiated peace talks as unlikely.
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Sickness Rate For Workers Rises Sharply
USPHS expert Wo OM Gaifer reports a rise in sickness among industry workers. He identifies factors including more older workers, long unemployment, inexperienced hires, emotional strain, overcrowding, lower physical standards, and extended night shifts contributing to poorer health.
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