American Fleet Attacks Marianas Saipan and Tinian
U S Pacific Fleet planes raid the Mariana Islands 1300 miles south of Tokyo with Admiral Nimitz announcing the action and Rear Admiral Mitscher commanding carrier forces. The operation follows the January Truk strike and includes the completion of the Eniwetok atoll conquest with Parry Island taken. Additional land based strikes target Ponape Kusaie and Nauru as forces push closer to Japan.
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U.S. Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Mariana Islands
Tokyo
Truk
Aam
Chester W. Nimitz
Marianas
Adm
March Mitscher
Mitscher
United States
Nimits
Eniwetok Atoll
Marshall Islands
Parry Island
Nimitz
Ponape
Kusaie
Carolines
Nauru Island
Marshall Atolls
Saipan
Tinian Islands
Western New Britain Falls To Americans
General MacArthur announced that Western New Britain is now in American hands after Marines from Cape Gloucester and Sixth Army troops from Arawe combined to clear enemy resistance west of a line from Rottock Bay to Arawe. About 7000 Japanese were reported killed in the campaign, including actions at Cape Gloucester and Hill 660.
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Southwest Pacific
New Britainia
Sixth Army
Douglas MacArthur
Arawe Peninsula
Cape Gloucester
Rottock Bay
Arawe
MacArthur
Jap Cabinet to Meet in Imperial Palace
Reports from Vichy radio relay a Tokyo newspaper claim that Japanese Premier Hideko Tojo plans cabinet sessions in the Imperial Palace, a move last seen during times of national danger such as after the 1923 earthquake, signaling potential crisis actions.
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New York
Hideko Tojo
Vichy
Tokyo
Imperial Palace
Tojo
Rubber Output Up Port Neches Tex
Col Bradley Dewey national rubber administrator said here yesterday that by midsummer this year the annual production rate of synthetic rubber will equal the pre war yearly consumption. He spoke during coverage of wartime industry efforts in Port Neches Texas.
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Port Neches
Tex. UP
Col
Bradley Dewey
National Rubber Administrator
Dr. Baekeland Dies, Inventor of Bakelite
Dr. Leo Hendrik Baekeland, 80, inventor of Bakelite and a pioneer in plastics, died yesterday in a sanitarium where he had been a patient for several months.
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Beacon
Leo Hendrik Baekeland
Nazi Stratosphere Blitz Rocks London
German raiders conducted an hour long attack on London and a southeast coast town with high altitude planes. Casualties and damage were reported as four enemy planes were downed and residents described the strike as among the heaviest since the pocket blitz.
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London
Budapest
DNB
Britain
Japs Retreat In Burma
Allied forces with American and British air support push Japanese troops backward in northern Burma and the Anglo front. Chinese units under Stilwell report cutting the Maingkwan Taipha Ga highway and clearing the Hukawng Valley as more than 400 Japanese soldiers, including two field officers, are killed. Additional Japanese losses include twenty in an ambush near Taipha Ga and a repulsed counterattack five miles south.
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New Delhi GP
Burma
Chungking
Joseph W.W. Stilwell
Maingkwan-Taipha Ga
Assam
Hukawng
Hukawng Valley
Taipha Ga
City Dweller Farm Draft Advocated
A Niagara County agricultural agent urged farm labor mobilization of industrial and professional workers, housewives and children to save food crops this year. Daniel M. Dalrymple told a Western New York War Councils meeting that only local people can save the crops, arguing national drafts are insufficient.
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Buffalo
America
Niagara County
Daniel M. Dalrymple
New York
Queen Wilhelmina Survives Bomb Hit Near London
The Daily Mirror reports two bodyguards killed as Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands escaped unharmed when a bomb struck the house she was staying in during a raid near London on Sunday night.
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London
Wilhelmina
The
Netherlands
Daily Mirror
Reds Fight Through Dno City And Surrounding Areas
Soviet forces push toward the northern communications hub of Dno and advance to 44 miles from the northeast. Moscow says over 2,500 Germans killed in the Leningrad Pskov corridor and 16 tanks along with hundreds of guns and trucks captured near Krivoi Rog. Malinovsky’s troops seize several communities west and northwest of Krivoi Rog as 6,000 Nazis reportedly died in surrounding fighting.
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London
Pakov
Dno
Ukraine
Red Army
Krivol Rog
Moscow
Strugi Krasnoye
Leningrad
Pskov
Krivoi Rog
Rodion ¥. Malinovsky
Swedes Protest Russian Bombing Over Stockholm
Sweden will protest to Moscow over bombs dropped on Stockholm Tuesday night. Officials say three foreign aircraft were in the area. Russian markings were found on fragments at Straengnaes, while the Soviet Communist Party denied involvement. Finland ordered a nationwide blackout amid recent Russian air raids.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Moscow
Foreign Office
Straengnaes
Finland
Baron Carl Gustav Mannerheim
Lonergan Case Opens With Defense Counsel Absence
Manhattan murder trial of Wayne Lonergan starts with no show by defense counsel Edward V. Broderick. Judge Freschi denounces conduct as contempt and demands an apology when trial resumes. Broderick later says he will be away visiting Niagara Falls and Buffalo for his client.
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New York
Manhattan Case Society
Wayne Lonergan
Edward V. Broderick
General Sessions
John J. Fresuhi
Broderick
Toronto
Dewey asks Wisconsin delegates withdraw petitions
Governor Thomas E. Dewey urged 24 Wisconsin candidates to withdraw petitions filed to elect delegates in his name for the April 4 primary. He stated his strongest disapproval and repeatedly said he is not a candidate, while noting he could be drafted if a deadlock occurs.
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Albany
Thomas E. Dewey
Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
Dewey
Bernhart Gettleman
Gettleman
Poles Await Stalin Reply on Boundary Compromise
Polish government in exile awaits Premier Stalin's response to a compromise offer on borders. Officials fear rejection but deny reports of declining the British American settlement. The plan, forwarded by Churchill, would set a temporary line east of the Curzon boundary with postwar elections and potential compensation from western Germany and East Prussia.
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London
Marshal Stalin
Washington
Churchill
Stalin
Curzon Line
Red Army
Poland
Germany
East Prussia
Stripper’s Smile Shocks Jurist at Suffolk Court
Boston UP! reports Vickie Welles, 23, New York dancer Dorothy Hershkorf, appealed a three month jail term for an immoral performance. She faced Judge Edward F. Hanify as jurors weigh her January 13 act while she offered only a smile. District attorney McGunigle questioned her reliance on personality.
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Boston
Vickie Welles
New York City
Edward F. Hanify
Suffolk Superior Court
Casino Theater
Dorothy Hershkorf
George A. McGunigle
War Secretary Denies Army Racial Prejudice
Secretary Stimson denies any War Department policy to avoid overseas deployment or combat roles for Negro or other race troops. He issued the assertion in a letter to Representative Fish, made public in the House as Fish protested what he called a lack of toparty utilization of Negro Americans.
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Washington
War Department
Stimson
Fish
R.N. F
Roosevelt Urges Barkley Not to Quit Leader Post
President Roosevelt telegraphed Senator Barkley urging him not to resign as Senate majority leader. He expressed confidence in Barkley and noted they may differ on issues but must maintain mutual respect and leadership unity. The message, delivered by Stephen Early, conveyed Roosevelt’s hope for reelection if Barkley resigns.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Barkley
Senate
Stephen Early
Early
White House
Alben
Congress
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Gestapo Active in U S Prison Camps Report
Gerhart H Seger of New York city, editor of Neue Volkszeitung, says Nazi organs including the Gestapo are organized in American prison camps. He reports German prisoners who show democracy interest are punished while five inmates have already been murdered by fellow prisoners.
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Baltimore
America
Democracy
Gneisenau Dismantled in Polish Port of Gdynia
Air reconnaissance reported the 26 000 ton German battleship Gneisenau in Gdynia with bows and gun turrets removed and no repairs attempted in a year. The British Air Ministry disclosed the finding last night.
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London
Gneisenau
Gdynia
Bennington Carrier Honors Bennington
The U S S Benning ton, a 27 000 ton Essex class aircraft carrier built entirely at the New York Navy Yard, will be launched Saturday announced Rear Admiral Monroe Kelley. Named for the gunboat U S S Bennington and referencing Wake Island’s 1899 transfer, the ceremony features Artemus L. Gates as speaker and Mrs. Melvin J. Maas as sponsor.
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U. S. & Bennington
Navy
Francis E. Morrisey
Vermont Village
John
Bennington
New York Navy Yard
Monroe Kelley
U. S. Bennington
Vermont
Wake Island
United States
Artemus L. Gates
Youth Confesses Slaying Mother and Sister Over War Film
Edward Warmchall 16 confessed to shooting his mother and nine year old sister at their St Charles Michigan home after being stirred by violence in a war movie. Deputy Lake said the written confession was made and Patrolman Clay noted the youth believed he could imitate the film killings.
Nazi Guns Hit Allied Beachhead Near Rome
Allied forces bore the brunt as German divisions massed for a third push on the Cassino front and the 100 square mile beachhead below Rome. Artillery duels roared while snow and smoke screens hindered movement. German casualties ran high after a four day assault last week.
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Naples
Rome
No Man's Land
Albert Kesselring
Italy
Cassino
Fifth Army
Reich Food Supply Better Than Last Year
Germany reports a noticeably improved food position over the same period in 1943 with no signs of a breakdown on the enemy food front. An official from the Ministry of Economic Warfare spoke at a press conference yesterday warning that failure of the 1944 harvest would threaten supplies.
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Reich
London
Germany
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Slim Chances For Quadruplet Life At Benevolent Hospital
Doctors and attendants at Benevolent Hospital fought to save Dianne the last surviving infant of quadruplets born to Mrs Spencer Edmund Hutto wife of a Fort Benning paratrooper. The three siblings Spence Edmund Jr Yvonne and Sherianne died from general weakness and prematurity. The father arrived from Fort Benning as the fourth baby died.
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Decatur Aja
Benevolent Hospital
Dianne
T. M. Guyton
Spencer Edmund Hutto
Hillsboro
Fort Benning
Spence
Edmund, Jr
Yvonne
Sherianne
Gurton Sal
Edmund Hutto
Fort Benning, Ga
Roosevelt pleads with Barkley over Senate leader resignation
President Roosevelt urged Alben W. Barkley to stay as Senate majority leader after Barkley announced resignation in protest of the vetoed 2.315 billion tax bill. A telegram delivered to Barkley’s home urged him not to resign and suggested colleagues might refuse the resignation or reelect him.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Alben W. Barkley
Senate
Barkley
Stephen Early
Alben
London Headlines Signal Barkley Resignation Impact
London papers splash front page headlines on Senator Barkley’s resignation. Reports warn the move deepens the political crisis on the home front and could have far reaching repercussions in the presidential election, with readers urged to grasp the gravity of the situation.
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London
Barkley
Roosevelt
Bricker Flags Barkley Break as Omen for Congress
Governor Bricker welcomed Senator Barkley’s resignation as Senate majority leader calling it a sign of a reawakened Congress. He accused the President of partisan interference with domestic matters and criticized the revenue program as inadequate amid the wartime period.
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Columbus
O. UP
John W. Bricker
Alben W. Barkley
Senate
Congress
United States
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