Reds Seize Nazi Booty Take Rail Junction of Pervomaisk
The Red Army captured the fortified railway junction of Pervomaisk near Podzamchye, advancing toward Voznesensk and Nikolaev on the Bug estuary. Soviet reports say over 1,000 Germans killed with many prisoners and booty, as German forces countered near Proskurov Tarnopol, while news from Moscow noted heavy clashes on the 500 mile front.
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Red Army
Russia
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Voznesensk
Nikolaev
Bug
Moscow
Podzamchye
Brody
Old Poland
Monitor
Proskurov-Tarnopol
Ukraine
Poland
Japs Push Into India Advance Through Manpur Mountains Toward Imphal
Allied reports confirm Japanese forces crossed into India and moved west through the Manpur mountain region toward Imphal, a key road junction 30 miles away. Gen Auchinleck says the push aims to divert Allied forces and relieve pressure on the Arakan front, citing Japanese air inferiority limiting supply by air.
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India
Manpur
Imphal
Naga
Burma
Claude J. E. Auchinleck
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Manipur Diiva
Arakan
Auchinleck
O Connell Moves to Oust Farley in Albany Power Play
Albany Democrats back John J. O Connell Jr in pushing for James A Farley replacement as state Democratic chairman. Cullen of Orange County, 51, would be the favored successor. Farley contends with Roosevelt third-term pressure as political maneuvering unfolds ahead of spring primaries.
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New York State
James A. Farley
Roosevelt
John J. O’connell, Jr
Albany County Democratic Committee
Daniel P. O'Connell
Farley
Thomas J. V. Cullen
Goshen
Albany Democrats
Cullen
Pittsburg
Orange County
Willkie Says America First Deal Is A Lie
Wendell Willkie dismisses America First claim by Gerald L. K. Smith as an absolute falsehood. He denies any authorized Willkie agent contacted Smith and recalls opposing Smith during a Detroit hotel protest last year. Smith had claimed a Willkie representative sought a secret meeting with money offered for support.
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Wis
Wendell L. Willkie
Gerald L. K. Smith
America First
Willkie
Smith
Detroit
Minneapolis
Marine Landing on St Matthias Endangers Truk
Allied forces under Admiral Halsey launched a surprise amphibious landing from the St Matthias Islands in the northern Bismarck archipelago, about 530 miles south of Truk. The move bypassed Kavieng and Rabaul, isolating Truk and placing it within bombing range, as General MacArthur announced the operation.
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Southwest Pacific
Truk
St. Matthias Islands
Bismarck Archipelago
Caroline Islands
Wiliam F. Halsey
South Pacific Command
We Hit Berlin Says Maj Jimmy Stewart
U S bomber base in Britain reports Maj James Stewart film star turned airman visited Berlin yesterday commanding a Liberator wing after eleventh raid in Europe. He described heavy flak good fighter support and distant enemy planes. He joked that the mission was unusual because they hit Berlin.
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U.S
Britain
UPI
James Stewart
Berlin
Stewart
Bertin
Tea As Usual London Family Survives Bomb Shelter
A London family sheltering from a Tuesday night raid remained unhurt after debris trapped them briefly while rescue workers and wardens siphoned tea down to them and continued removing rubble.
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London
Faulty Scales Found On 25 Pound Baby In Raleigh
A baby girl reported to weigh 25 pounds at birth at St Agnes Hospital Raleigh weighed 15 pounds 3 ounces when checked. The infant lived 12 hours. Dr Thomas F Cathcart said scales used to weigh the baby had a ten pound error.
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Raleigh, N. C
UPI
St. Agnes’ Hospital
Thomas F. Cathcart
Germans Return To London for Brief Attack
German raiders returned to London last night as the city still cleaned up from an air assault by over 100 Naz planes earlier. The latest raid was brief, with the alert lasting about 30 minutes and flares seen in parts of London and southern England.
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London
England
U S Casualties Since War's Outbreak Mount to 165 061
The Office of War Information reports total US casualties at 165 061 since the war began. Dead 38 816, wounded 53 964, missing 35 21, prisoners 31 730. Navy Marine and Coast Guard totals include 17 832 killed and 4 414 prisoners. Coast Guard 309 dead and 1 prisoner.
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U. S
Washington
United States
Office of War Information
War and
Navy
War Department
Paiippines
Marine Corps and
Coast Guard
Marine Corps
Chaplin Trial Jury Completed
A jury of seven women and five men, many in forties and fifties, was selected to try 14 year-old Charlie Chaplin on a Mann Act charge. Prosecution and defense used most of their peremptory challenges as jurors were sworn and alternates named.
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Los Angeles
Charlie Chaplin
Joan Berry
New York City
Charles H. Carr
Chaplin
Jerry Guesler
Carr
C. E. Kells
Margaret Ingram
Parents of Cold Flat Children Found Guilty
New York. Frank Jara and his wife Julia were convicted in a special sessions court of endangering their two infants by leaving them alone in a cold damp flat for 12 hours. They were ordered to Belle Vue Hospital for mental observation pending sentence. Conviction carries a maximum of three years each. A patrolman testified found two year old Frances barely dressed in a crib and nine month old Frank tied to a couch with swollen discolored ankles.
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New York
Frank Jara
Julia
Irving Ben Cooper
Wiliam Stanley Miller
Alvah W Burlingame
Bellevue Hospital
Jacob Szwedowsk
Jara
Frances Jara
Franks
Vesuvius Eruption Gains In Fury Climax Expected Today
Vesuvius lashed the Pompeii region with two feet of ash and lava stones. Winds carried ash 25 miles south toward Salerno. lava showers hit westward near Pompeii. Residents fled, transport blocked, crops burned. Two deaths confirmed as authorities expect today to mark the eruption’s climax.
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Pompei
Italy
Salerno
Pompe
Arthur Carter
Amsterdam
N. Y
Torre del Greco
Torre Annunziata
Java
Ameri
World Relief Bill Sent to White House
Congress approved the UNRRA plan with a 285 to 58 vote and sent the relief bill to President Roosevelt for signature. The measure authorizes 1.35 billion dollars for United Nations relief and rehabilitation, with Bloom of New York noting a separate appropriation bill will follow.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
House
Conference Committee
Senate
United States
Bloom
D-N.y
Foreign Affairs Committee
U. S
United Nation Relief and Rehabilitation Fund
Gloria Vanderbilt Granted 3000 for California Visit
Mrs Gloria Laura Morgan Vanderbilt di Cicco was granted 3000 for travel to visit her ill husband in California in surrogate's court. Lieut Pasquale Pat di Cicco, U S Army, is convalescing. The heiress already receives 89250 for maintenance and expenses from January 1 through February 20.
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New York
California
Gloria Laura Morgan Vanderbilt di Cicco
Pasquale Pat di Cicco
U. S. Army
Soviet ace of aces claims 58th kill in Moscow report
Flyer Alexander Poklyshkin reportedly shot down his 58th enemy aircraft, marking him as the Soviet ace of aces. The report places the event in Moscow and highlights his continued aerial victories.
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Moscow
Alexander Poklyshkin
Yanks Lose 22 Planes In Fifth Berlin Raid
American heavy bombers escorted by fighters attacked Berlin and surrounding targets in heavy flak, losing 13 bombers and mine fighters. The Royal Air Force followed with a raid on Frankfurt and other Rhine land targets amid large-scale aerial operations.
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Berlin
London
Frankfurt
Rhineland
U. S
Domberg
State Says Lonergan Killed Wife
The state charged Lonergan with murdering his wealthy wife Patricia by strangulation after two failed blows with bronze candlestick holders in her East Side bedroom last October 24. Prosecutor Grumet depicted a deliberate, three-step sequence leading to asphyxia and fatal head injuries, while medical examiner Helpern described lacerations and skull fracture in the evidence photos.
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New York
VPI
Wayne Lonergan
Patricia
East Side
Grumet
Lonergan
Milton Helpern
Helpern
Edward V. Broderick
Lone
Court martialled Sailors Escape Near Schenevus
Six prisoners from a Schenevus bound train to Portsmouth naval prison escaped last night as the train halted for steam. State troopers searched near Schenectady for traces of the six men in gray uniforms with red striped sleeves.
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Oneonta
U. S Naval
Portsmouth
Schenevus
Here
Schenectady
U S and Soviets to Exchange Musicians in Postwar Pact
The Rachmaninoff Memorial Fund announced plans for a postwar musician exchange between the Soviet Union and the United States to honor the late Russian-born pianist Serge Rachmaninoff who died March 28.
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New York
Rachmaninoff Memorial Fund, Inc
Soviet Union
United States
Sege Rachmaninoff
Paul Resigns As Counsel For Treasury
Paul Rand Paul resigned yesterday as general counsel of the Treasury. He told President Roosevelt in a letter that he could contribute little more in this field. Roosevelt accepted with great regret, praising his services as of the highest value to the country.
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Washington
Randolph Paul
Congress
The
Treasury
Roosevelt
Paul
White House
the Treasury
Morgenthau
Walker Cites Manpower Shortage in Postoffice
Spokane Postmaster General Frank C. Walker told postmasters the department had 43,000 men in the armed services and faced the loss of 15,000 more. He urged deferment of essential workers when employment is tight and noted nearly 20 million Christmas packages were mailed to service members overseas last fall with over 99 percent delivered before Christmas. He spoke during his western trip amid no political complications.
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Spokane
Wash
Frank C. Walker
Armed Services
Walker
Democratic Party
Dewey Leads in GOP Delegate Preference Poll
James B Kemper of Chicago released final returns from a survey of Republican convention delegates. Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York led in preference for the party's presidential nomination with a wide margin, based on the poll of delegates to the 1940 convention.
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Thomas E. Dewey
New York
James 8. Kemper
Philadelphia
Willkie Voted Least Desirable in Final Poll
In a final poll the least desirable presidential nominee was Gov. Earl Warren of California at 46.3 percent. Other figures include Bricker 189, MacArthur 6.7, Dewey 6.3, Stassen 3.1, Griswold 2.8, Green 25, Saltonstall 18. The 1944 nominee will be chosen by delegates at the 1944 convention. The poll notes the number of 1940 delegates participating was not disclosed.
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John W. Wendell Willkie
Bricker
Ohio
Douglas MacArthur
Willkie
Bricker MacArthur
MacArthur
Vice Press
Dential
Earl Warren
California
Harold Stassen
Dwight Griswold
Nebraska
Dwight H. Green
Ilinois
Leverett Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Kemper
Haela ‘Y California
Two More Bodies Recovered from the Passaic River
The Passaic River recovery adds two more victims to the intercity bus plunge from the Market Street bridge. A 16 year old war worker and an adult man were identified, with Percy Dunham of Clifton named among the deceased.
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Passele
N. J. GP
Passaic
Market Street
Percy Dunham
Clifton
Pittsburgh Striking Bus Drivers Vote to Continue Walkout
Pittsburgh Greyhound Lines workers voted to extend their strike and sent union reps to the regional War Labor Board ultimatum. They will appear before the board in Philadelphia today to respond to the dispute.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines
War Labor Board
Philadelphia
Soviets Panic as Germany Expands in Southeast Europe
Reports from neutral capitals say Germany tightens control over Hungary and pushes into Bulgaria Romania and Slovakia. Berlin radio announces a Quisling premier in Hungary as part of a broader seizure to fortify against Russian advances and Allied threats.
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Hungary
Germany
Europe
Bulgaria
Rumania
Slovakia
Berlin
Diplomats detained as German troops occupy Sofia embassy
London reports German airborne forces seize the Soviet embassy in Sofia and detain Russian diplomatic staff. Hungary’s government resigns and Nazi forces enter under mutual understanding while Bulgaria remains at war with Britain and the United States. A radio broadcast claims no resistance but criticizes anti-German politicians and Jews.
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London
London Daily Mail
Madrid
Sofia
Bulgaria
Britain
United States
Russia
Moscow
Hungary
Briber in Soule Case Pleads Guilty and Pays Fine
Hudson LLLP operator Albert H. Holmes of Stockport pleaded guilty to one bribery count connected to ex state police sergeant David J. Soule. He paid a 750 dollar fine after prosecutors recommended no jail as he cooperated with the investigation. The second charge was dismissed. Soule had been convicted of accepting a bribe from a Rhinebeck trucker and faces a multi to ten year sentence at Sing Sing.
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Rhinebeck
Sing Sing
De Valera Urges Higher Home Food and Fuel Output
Prime Minister Eamon de Valera warned Ireland's citizens of wartime supply risks and urged increased domestic production. He noted only seven-tenths of wheat was produced for home use and called farmers to sow an extra acre per acre planted last year, while doubling turf production for fuel.
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CPI
Eamon de Valera
Eire
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