Allied Air Strike Hits German Aircraft Plants in Largest War Raid
An Allied force of about 2,000 planes attacked Hitler’s fighter plants across Leipzig Gotha Bernburg Aschersleben Brunswick Halberstadt and other sites in the killer raid described as the largest and most hazardous operation yet. US bombers and fighters faced Nazi defenses while estimates said substantial enemy production was knocked out, with 61 German planes shot down and 22 American bombers missing.
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Beachhead Sub Pack Destroyed
British planes and warships destroyed three enemy submarines and damaged several more in a failed 11 day attempt to slip through the Straits of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean. The pack aimed to harry Allied shipping around Anzio in Italy. Allied HQ said some submarines were already active there as Germans claimed sinkings near the beachhead. Two nights of the 11 day period saw three large Allied convoys pass through the straits without interference.
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Dormitory Fire Forces YMCA Evacuation in Geneva
Fire swept through a section of the Geneva YMCA injuring no one and forcing occupants to flee through smoke filled halls. Damage is estimated at 25000 dollars as flames likely began in an air and light shaft. Executive secretary William Warr says activities will be crippled for some time while volunteers mop water from the gym. The four story building was rebuilt after a 1902 blaze.
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German Company Surrenders at Anzio Front
Basil Gingell reports that an entire German company on the Anzio front surrendered with other prisoners after heavy Allied shelling and losses of arms and equipment. The Germans say they had never faced such a heavy artillery onslaught and some had not eaten for three days.
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London Under Night Fire From German Air Raid
German planes hit London with oil bombs and incendiaries last night as part of a follow up to an earlier heavy fire raid. Fires burned in many areas including a convent church hotel and homes. Three schools were damaged and a memorial statue was damaged. Night workers at a suburban post office were killed.
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Allies Recognize Tito as Balkans Leader Amid Shifting Support
Tito emerges as top leader in the Balkans with backing from the United States, Britain, and Russia. Former Prime Minister Simovic endorses Tito via BBC, signaling a retreat of the Cairo regime. Britain and the U.S. weigh withdrawal from Cairo’s Yugoslav government while Russia trains military support and Tito gains solid underground ties in Italy.
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Italy
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Henry Maitland Wilson
Mediterranean
Draja Minaiovic
Oonas Expecting In August
Oona ONeill 18yearold wife of Charlie Chaplin says she is expecting a child next August. She confirms the pregnancy and notes it will occur mid August per doctors. Chaplin, 54, has two sons by his former wife and faces legal proceedings in Los Angeles courts this week.
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J. F. T. O'Connor
Los Angeles
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Misa Berry
Carol Ann
Army Navy Planes Bomb Jnps on Kusaie
U S Pacific Fleet announced continued neutralizing attacks in the central Pacific with land based planes bombing Kusaie Island in the eastern Carolines and four Marshall atolls on February 18. Adm. Chester W Nimitz said Liberator heavy bombers sank a small ship at Kusaie while bombing docks and shipping.
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No Wonder He Knows the Law
Rep Sol Bloom walking from a White House office criticized an American Flag with a gold border in the lobby, arguing the flag must be plain by law. He contends the embellished flag violates the constitution and declares he wrote the law. The Army adjutant general's office was asked to advise on the issue.
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Sol Bloom
White House
Bloom
New Yorker
Lonergan Murder Trial Seatings Draw Heavy Demand
Thrill loving New Yorkers seek seats at Wayne Lonergan murder trial opening Wednesday. Only newspapermen will be admitted as spectators due to limited criminal court room capacity. Prosecutor Grumet notes immense public interest while defense says hundreds sought entry. Relatives of Lonergan and the slain heiress Patricia expected to attend.
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Patricia
Jacob Grumet
Edward V. Broderick
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Broderick
Royal Canadian Airforce
Tax Bill Deadline Passes
President Roosevelt appears set to veto the 2 315 000 000 tax bill by allowing it to become law without his signature or by returning it to Congress. He signaled disapproval as a possibility, while Senator Vandenberg accused him of courting an anti Congress platform in the veto debate. If vetoed, it would reflect political maneuvering ahead of reelection.
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R-Mich
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Finish Hitler First Says Gen. Doolittle
Maj. Gen. James H. Doolittle, leader of the 1942 Tokyo raid, predicted faster Allied assaults on Tokyo while noting Allied unity that Hitler must be finished first. He disclosed the Eighth Air Force, now under his command for the western invasion, has flown over 19 000 sorties and dropped 15 000 tons in the past thirty days as Tokyo targets loom. He pledged renewed and massive Allied air power to strike Yokohama Osaka Kobe and Nagoya.
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James H. Doolittle
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Kobe
Nagoya
Finnish Envoy Paasikivi To Return To Helsinki
Swedish paper Dagens Nyheter reports Finnish diplomat Paasikivi will return to Helsinki today or tomorrow to brief on efforts to obtain terms for cessation of hostilities with the Soviet Union. His stay in Stockholm is seen as implying preliminary Finnish Russian armistice talks.
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Navy Vetoes Water For Ship Christening
A new light cruiser named Oklahoma City slid into the Delaware River at Cramp Shipbuilding yards as Mrs. Anton H. Classen broke a champagne bottle on the prow. Navy officials vetoed using water for the christening in honor of Philadelphia’s new water system while the crowd of 10,000 cheered and the Galveston sister ship was launched moments earlier.
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Anton H. Classen
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Allied armored push at Anzio gains two miles toward Carroceto
Allied headquarters report U S and Italian forces counterattacked near Anzio driving as much as two miles toward Carroceto after a fierce clash. Air battles roared as Flying Fortresses and Cubs supported operations against dense German formations, with German planes replying in force. Continued combat since early Saturday and into yesterday left the beachhead more secure despite heavy losses.
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Daniel de Luce
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Red Army drives on Pskov threaten Nazi retreat in winter
Soviet forces push toward Pskov from north and east aided by severe weather and air hammering. Govorov and Meretskov spearheads press German lines, mopping up towns as the blitz advances. Simultaneous Russian victories appear at Krivoi Rog and Kherson on the Dnieper mouth.
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Kyril A. Meretskov
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Kherson
Amalgamated Official Attacks Polish Press Criticism
Newark meeting of the Polish American Trade Union in New Jersey heard GP Leo Krzycki, national president, condemn sections of the Polish press in the United States for propaganda against U S foreign policy. He said Hull’s Moscow trip produced an anti Polaris stance and called such attacks a challenge to democracy and Polish people. Krzycki also serves as vice president of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America.
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Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
Japs Still Entrenched Behind British Lines
In Burma on the Arakan front Japanese forces breaking through the rear of British positions are being blasted from jungle foxholes. Severe fighting continues to clear the threat to the Aled supply route as South East Asia HQ reports progress toward relieving the Seventh Indian Regiment blocked via Neakyedauk Pass on the Mayu Ridge.
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Reich Plans Vitamin Pill Distribution in Germany
Hamburg Fremdenblatt reported on Thursday that a vegetable shortage will drive the German government to distribute vitamin pills nationwide. The note cites officials seeking to curb shortages and maintain public health amid food scarcities.
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Hamburger Fremdenblatt
Vandals smear Jewish seminary in latest attack
The Jewish Theological Seminary was smeared with red paint in a wave of vandalism, the fifth house of worship targeted. Police offered a cash reward for tips leading to arrests after three Catholic churches and Riverside Church were also daubed with paint in recent days.
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Rockefeller Church
Triple Air Jab Rocks Rabaul
Allied air forces in the southwest Pacific delivered three rapid aerial blows Friday morning, bombing Rabaul’s Tobera and Vunakanau fields with 123 tons of bombs, shooting down 13 Japanese planes and destroying others on the ground. Liberators, Lightnings, and Mitchells roared over the targets, wrecking revetments and dispersal areas.
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Naval Chief Named for Invasion Job
The Navy announced details of the European invasion plan naming Rear Admiral Alan Goodrich Kirk as commander of the U S task force in England. Admiral Harold R Stark leads U S naval forces in the United Kingdom area with Rear Admirals John Lessuie Hall Jr and John Wilkes also assigned to command units. The allied naval forces for the operation are under Sir Bertram Ramsay.
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UPI
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England
Harold R Stark
United Kingdom
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John Wilkes
Aled
Sir Bertram Ramsay
Idaho Grange Boosts Dewey in Idaho Press Statement
Idaho State Grange legislative committee member Ray McKaig of Bose issued a press statement last night declaring Idaho farmers are overwhelmingly against Willkie. He says Gov. Thomas E Bewey of New York is far in the lead as a Republican presidential prospect.
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Draft Age Debate Prompts Proposed Rise Above 38
Chairman May of the House Military Committee urged raising the draft age top beyond 38 years to slow prewar conscription and oppose lowering to 17. He noted some support for drafting 17-year-olds with combat delay, but he warned the Army has not asked for it. He argued many men aged 38 to 45 could serve in limited roles. The Selective Service law allows induction to 45, though the President fixed 38.
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Planes Bagged at Eniwetok and Truk Gain
U S Pacific Fleet reports landing on Eniwetok Island capturing the western half and seizing the atoll except Parry Island base. Naval communique says 19 Japanese ships sunk 201 planes destroyed at Truk with limited surface casualty details and no capital ship losses noted. Admiral Nimitz notes no enemy air opposition on day two and hints at carrier strikes after neutralizing air defenses.
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Books Balanced Nimitz Declares Partial Debt Settlement
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz calls the Truk air and sea actions a partial settlement of the debt for Pearl Harbor. U S losses at Pearl Harbor included 177 planes destroyed three destroyers two battleships and damage to six other battleships three cruisers one minelayer one seaplane tender one repair ship. At Truk the Japanese claim 201 planes and at least 14 ships sunk or damaged including two heavy cruisers three destroyers one ammunition ship one seaplane tender two gunboats and eight cargo ships plus seven other ships likely sunk.
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Montreal Tramway Workers May Quit
A spokesman said 25 trams were in barns as workers not on hand to relieve operators left the fleet, about 50 crews completed their runs, suggesting another Friday stoppage could occur.
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