Eisenhower Lands In England For Invasion Thrust
General Dwight D. Eisenhower arrived in the United Kingdom to direct the Allied invasion effort, meeting with President Roosevelt and General Marshall after brief talks with Churchill. British workers rally behind Berlin This Year as Cripps touts aircraft production.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Allied
Europe
Roosevelt
Army
George G. Marshall
Eisenhower
North
Africa
Mediterranean
Britain
Hitler
United Nations
United Kingdom
Combined Chiefs of Staff
Berlin
Stafford Cripps
Germany
Rep Wheat Dies Of Heart Attack In Washington
Rep William H Wheat 64 of Rantoul IL died yesterday at Georgetown Hospital after a heart attack Thursday morning. Serving his third term, he sat on the Naval Affairs Committee. His death alters the House balance to 217 Democrats, 207 Republicans, four minor party members and six vacancies. Resignation of Rep Gavagan last week left Democrats without a majority for the first time since 1931.
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Washington
William H Wheat
Rantoul, HL
Georgetown
Capitol
Wheat
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Gavagan
Fire destroys 13 locomotives in Chapleau roundhouse blaze
Thirteen locomotives valued at more than $2 060 000 were damaged yesterday when fire of undetermined origin swept through the Canadian Pacific Railway's roundhouse and repair shop in Chapleau Ontario. The blaze lasted two hours and buried the engines under debris as the roof wall and main smokestack were demolished.
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Chapleau
Ont
Canadian Pacific Railway
Allied air raid moves over western Hungary signals Austria
Budapest dispatch reports two large Allied air forces crossing western Hungary yesterday in preparation for a raid on Austria. The first raid shifted between 11 45 a.m. and 1 p.m. and the second between 1 45 and 2 10 p.m. local time.
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Stockholm
Hungary
Austria
Budapest
Buenet Lat Orly
Bergdoll Granted Release From Army Baracks
World famous World War I draft dodger Grover Bergdoll will be released from Fort Leavenworth Kansas Army disciplinary barracks in about a month. A War Department spokesman said no exact date was set. Bergdoll has served about four years and ten months of a seven year sentence for desertion and draft evasion. In Downingtown Pennsylvania Mrs Berta Bergdoll welcomed the news saying she is glad he is on his way home with their six children on a 260 acre farm purchased in 1940.
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Washington
Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll
Fort Leavenworth
Kas
Army
War Department
Philadelphia
Downingtown
Berta Bergdoll
Alfred
Emma
Mina
Erwin
Vega
Berta
Three Americans among dead in London train crash
London officials confirmed eight dead in a collision at Ilford station after a Norwich train rear ended a Yarmouth train. A U S Army briefing said seven Americans were among the injured, with names not yet released. John Duffield described a crowded, soldier-filled car before the impact.
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London
London Northeastern Railroad
Ilford
U. S. Army
Norwich
Yarmouth
John Duffield
Yanks Seize Mount Trocchio Blocking Cassino
American Fifth Army infantry stormed Mount Trocchio near Cassino capturing the fortress and consolidating positions atop the peak. French troops moved in from the northeast, seizing additional heights and two villages as the drive toward Rome continued through the Liri Valley.
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Algiers
Mount Trocchio
Cassino
U. S
Fifth Army
Rome
Soviets Reply To Polish Curzon Line Offer
The Soviet government in a sharp reply to the Polish Curzon Line proposal says the Polish response is a rejection of its offer. Moscow radio quotes a statement accusing Poland of mislead public opinion and says official negotiations cannot occur with a government whose diplomatic relations are broken. The blame falls on the Polish government in exile for rupturing ties amid accusations tied to Katyn murders and anti Soviet propaganda.
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London
Curzon Line
Moscow
Lester
Stalin
Russia
Father and Son Named Heroes After Soviet Frontline Deaths
Emilian Lukich Sokol and his son Grigory, both gunners in different units, were suddenly reassigned to fight side by side. In a key counterattack near Moscow they faced German tanks and infantry, mowed them down, and perished at their posts. They were posthumously named Heroes of the Soviet Union for their sacrifice.
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Nat OS Emilian Lukich Sokol
Grigory
Emilian
Father
Son
Ukraine
Soviet Union
Double Alarm Fire Hits Four Places On Second Avenue
Firemen fought a two alarm blaze lasting about four hours on Second Avenue. Four adjacent brick buildings suffered water, smoke, and fire damage including a funeral home, a dry goods store, a pharmacy, and a hotel dining area. Cause undetermined.
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Second Avenue
Troy
Charles H. Mason and Son Funeral
Michon
Yorke Pharmacy
E. L. Belfigno
Eighth Avenue
Phoenix Hotel
Marines Capture Hill 660 in New Britain Campaign
U S Marines seize Hill 660 after bitter fighting with Japanese, securing Bergen Bay on New Britain near Cape Gloucester. MacArthur released communique detailing earlier captures at Sio on Huon Peninsula and Rabaul air raids destroying ships and vessels at Simpson Harbor. Air units from the Solomons bombed Japanese targets including Vanukanau Lakunai and Rapopo in the Rabaul area.
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New Guinea
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Sio
Huon Peninsula
Rabaul
Douglas MacArthur
Hill 1
Bergen Bay
Cape
United States Navy
Solomons
Simpson Harbor
Southwest Pacific Command
Vanakanau
Lakunai
Rapopo
Factions Unite To Simplify Tax
Washington headline reports Republicans and Democrats calling for a general overhaul of tax laws to simplify income tax returns. Rep Robertson of Virginia outlines a program to tax roughly 30 million people and reduce the number required to file returns after this year.
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Washington
Congress
Rep
Robertson
D Va
House
Ways and Means
Six Army Men Die In Bomber Crash Near Wymer West Virginia
Six of seven crew members perished when an Army bomber crashed in a blizzard over the Allegheny mountains near Bling Wymer West Virginia. State police said residents heard a mo tor sounding like a plane in trouble and then the crash aftermath.
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Bling
W. Va
Allegheny Mountains
Wymer
R A F Bombs 13 Nazi Ships in Aegean
A Middle East communique reports eighteen enemy ships and boats attacked by RAF aircraft over the Aegean in three days. Hitting near Hydra Mykonos Paros Amorgos and surrounding waters left vessels aflame damaged or sinking with ships near Paros and Amorgos among those attacked.
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Cairo
Aegian
Middle East
Greece
Cyclades
Rhodea
Dodecanese
Hydra
Aegean
Mykonos
Paros Island
Paros
Amorgos
Simphos
Anaphe Islands
Argentine Earthquake Death Toll Rises in San Juan
Rescue workers sift through ruins after four earthquakes hit San Juan over the weekend. Death toll estimates range from 1,400 to 1,600 with 90 percent gravely injured and 4,000 others less seriously hurt. The army guards the region as authorities seek jailed escapees and call for a large reconstruction loan.
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Buenos Aires
San Juan
Luis C. Perlinger
Interior
Pedro Ramirez
Perlinger
Argentina
Ramirez
Thesa
New Offensive Opens In North and Ukraine Fronts
The Red Army reports a sweeping advance in Ukraine under Vatutin in which about 100000 Germans were killed in three weeks as his First Ukraine Army pushes 35 miles into old Poland. A northern offensive cut the Novosokolniki Dno railway below Lake Ilmen, with heavy counterattacks repelled. Russian forces drive a wedge nine miles wide five miles deep near Novosokolniki and approach Rovno, Sarny, and Pinsk regions, threatening critical lines.
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London
Nikolai F. Vatutin
Ukraine
Old Poland
Novosokolniki-Dno
Lake Ilmen
Moscow
Vatutin
Umian
Stockholm
Berlin
Bog
Vinnitsa
Warsaw-Odessa
Germany
Dnieper
Churchill and De Gaulle Agree on Franco British Cooperation
Churchill and Charles De Gaulle conferred in Marrakech on joint Franco British plans for victory. They discussed arming De Gaulle’s underground in France and governance of liberated territories. The meeting follows Churchill’s announced illness and return to active duty in Allied councils.
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Algiers
Churchill
Charles de Gaulle
Marrakech
Morocco
de Gaulle
France
French
Middle East
Nazis test secret liquid air bomb on eastern front
Swedish press says Germany plans practical tests of a liquid air bomb before using it against Britain. The device reportedly rises to high altitude by rocket power, then glides to target, causing destruction over 400 yards. It allegedly travels seventy miles and is released from a transport plane above three miles.
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Stockholm
East Front
Great Britain
Stockholms- Tidningen
Postmaster Reports Permanent Zone Mail System
Forest Hall, special assistant to the Postmaster General, says the zone mail system begun last June in over 120 cities is permanent and improves speed and handling of Christmas mail. The method sorts mail by city zones, letting inexperienced clerks route items quickly and accurately, with central offices feeding branch offices. The aim is better service and eventual cost savings, while testing a one-post office city-zone variant.
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Washington
Postoffice Department
Forest Hall
Hall
Washington 6
Labor Draft Bill Aims at 4-F and 5 First Classifications
The article reports on a national labor draft concept tied to the Austin-Wadsworth bill with hearings by the Senate Military Committee. It notes 4-F and 5 4-F classifications, potential transfer of workers to new jobs, and a proposed nationwide service under a director of national service. It outlines ages 18 to 64 for men and 18 to 49 for women, with exceptions, and suggests a likely ladder of classifications prioritizing single and then family men and women.
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Congress
Senate Military Committee
Stimson
Francis V. Keesling, Jr
Selective Service
Selection Service
National Service
Armed Services
Churchill Receives Copy of Soviet Anthem From Stalin
BBC reports Premier Stalin sent a personal copy of a new Soviet anthem to Winston Churchill. The composition, intended to replace The Internationale, was disclosed during BBC’s first broadcast of the song.
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London
Guy
Chie Regue
Stalin
B. B.C
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